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World Jewish Congress – US , Executive Board Meeting
Monday, March 12, 2012, Report by Joan Lurie Goldberg
The meeting began with a sobering note as the Israel WJC office, on video, reported that, given heavy bombardment from Gaza, one million Israelis would spend the night in bomb shelters. Among other places, Beersheva is under unprecedented missile fire.
Sastanak je započeo izvještajem Izraelskog ureda WJC i videom koji je pokazao da će , zbog teškog bombardiranja iz Gaze, milijun Izraelaca provesti noć u skloništima od bombardiranja. Među ostalim mjestima i Bersheva koja je pod vatrom projektila.
The Israeli office enumerated the challenges facing the Jewish people today .Izraelski ured je nabrojao izazove s kojima se danas Židovi susreću:
• Rights of Jews everywhere - pravo za sve Židove
• Right of Israel to exist- pravo Izraela da postoji
• A major program is to be launched dealing with the rights of Oriental Jews exiled (1940s to the 1970s) from Islamic countries in Africa and the Middle East
Glavni program je da se postigne dogovor o pravima orijentalnih Židova koji su pobjegli ( nalaze se u egzilu) ( 1940-tih do 1970-tih) iz Islamsih zemalja u Africi i Srednjem Istoku
• Iran- Iran
This is a time for Jewish unity!
Sada je vrijeme za jedinstvo Židova!
Rabbi Joel Meyers, Acting Chairperson led the business part of the meeting.
The revised By Laws of World Jewish Congress – US were the next topic. The most important modifications were discussed
Clarification of Committee structure; Increase in Board members; Establishment of a Grants Committee to receive and dispense funds to support WJC work;The revised By Laws were adopted unanimously
;The WJC-US operating budget was discussed and approved unanimously.
The uppermost concern at WJC is Iran. Congress is considering two measures to strengthen sanctions. Emphasis will be on US companies acting as fronts for Iran and on South American countries where training of Iranian terrorists is taking place.
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Michael Schneider discussed Restitution. The issue of returning private property seized by the Nazis throughout Eastern Europe is complicated by politics. For example, in Poland, there is little movement in returning this property to survivors or their heirs....
Michael Schneider je diskutirao o restituciji. Vraćanje privatne imovine, koja je oteta od nacista u Istočnoj Evropi, se zakomplicirala politikom. Na primjer u Poljskoj, ima malo pomaka u vraćanju imovine preživjelima ili njihovim nasljednicima. Teško je napraviti pritisak na vladu, jer je ona poduprla Izrael na mnogo načina i Izrael si ne može dozvoliti da "udalji" Poljsku u ovo vrijeme povećanog pritiska na Izrael.
Projekt "Heart" je napravio bazu podataka cjelokupnog otetog vlasništva u Evropi i u Arapskim zemaljama Srednjeg Istoka, koje su Židovi bili prisiljeni napustiti.
Ovo može postati veoma važno, ako u procesu pregovora, Palestinci naprave pritisak za svoje pravo na povratak.