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Sir, - On September 29 I participated in a beautiful, peaceful demonstration for Israel held in Bern, the Swiss capital. More than 3,000 people (some say 5,000) listened for more than two hours to powerful discourses about why and how to support Israel - including one by a member of parliament. Wond...

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Published inThe Jerusalem post
Main Author David S. Addleman, Aurelie Simonet, M. Hartley, Nina Zeldis, Leonard Zurakov, Jacob Chinitz, Stewart Weiss responds, Sylvia Weiner, Tom Mason, Prof. Paul Lawrence Rose, Shimon Crown, Chaim Fachler, David Teich, Jerusalem Post Staff
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Jerusalem The Jerusalem Post Ltd 09.10.2006
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Clinton, Bill
Peres, Shimon
Weiss, Stewart
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Summary:Sir, - On September 29 I participated in a beautiful, peaceful demonstration for Israel held in Bern, the Swiss capital. More than 3,000 people (some say 5,000) listened for more than two hours to powerful discourses about why and how to support Israel - including one by a member of parliament. Wonderful Hebrew songs brought tears to the eyes of quite a few people. Sir, - Twice in recent days The Jerusalem Post has carried articles about people who can trace their ancestry to either one particular individual ("King David's 'progeny' to meet amid revolution in Jewish genealogy," October 3) or to the lost tribe of Menashe ("A miracle of biblical proportions," October 4). In both cases the ancestor(s) lived well over 2,000 years ago. Sir, - Last month during a wonderful few days with 20 bikers on the annual Miklat charity bike ride in the scenic beauty of Connemara on the west coast of Ireland, I entered a pub to buy a (soft) drink. Three locals were just leaving, and one of them looked at me and said, jovially, "Hello, where are you from?" I replied, "I was born and bred in England, and now live in Israel."