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A few short weeks ago, the AFSI group joined leaders of the Havat Gilad community todedicate a camera security system which Marc Provisor, Security Director of the One Israel Fund, had researched and installed. Havat Gilad is a small community in Samaria that holds a special place in the hearts of many of our members. AFSI has visited there often and was especially alerted to the need for security by the murder by Arab terrorists of Rabbi Raziel Shevach, a beloved member of the community.

This past Tuesday morning, May 15, 2018, there was an attempted terror attack at Havat Gilad. The intended victim was able to save himself, and shortly following the attempt the terrorist was apprehended using the information recorded by the new camera system.

AFSI is grateful to our members who help us fund projects like this. It is our Chizuk missions, which take us throughout Israel, into the disputed areas, which enable us to learn about the important needs of the communities.

We are involved in other projects to help communities we love get the help they need to continue to survive and thrive. We are extremely appreciative of the work of Marc and the One Israel Fund, who are at work day and night to “keep our people safe” in projects all over the country. Without a security expert like Marc we would never be able to carry out these types of projects.

Working together! That’s what it’s all about!

Sincere Thanks to President Donald J. Trump for Making the U.S. Congress’ Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act of 1995 – a Reality!!

Broadcast below of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem dedication

The United States Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel has officially opened!

“What a glorious day. Remember this moment. This is history. We are in Jerusalem and we are here to stay!” Jerusalem has been and will always be the capital of the Jewish people. the capital of the Jewish State. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

“Today, we keep our promise to the American people, and we extend to Israel the same right that we extend to every other nation, the right to designate its capital city. A capital city, I should add, which houses all three seats of government, with a 3,000 year old history dating back to the time when King David made Jerusalem the capital of ancient Israel.” US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman

“…for many years we failed to acknowledge the obvious, the plain reality that Israel’s capital is Jerusalem.” “The United States will always be a great friend of Israel and a partner in the cause of freedom and peace.” President Donald J. Trump

“Jerusalem is the heart of serenity of the State of Israel.” President of Israel Reuven Rivlin

“The United States stands with Israel because we both believe in freedom and human rights. We stand together because we believe in democracy. The United States stands wits Israel because we know that it is the right thing to do.” Special Representative Jared Kushner

On a recent AFSI Chizuk mission to Israel, AFSI was treated to a tour of the underground emergency hospital at Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus. We were amazed by what appeared to be a huge parking lot, impeccably clean. We saw how it could be converted, in minutes, into a functioning, state of the art, hospital. Kol hakovod to Rambam. We pray there will be no need to treat great numbers of people, but are grateful that Rambam is prepared.

This week, Israel’s largest hospital in the north, Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus, inaugurated a command center for its fortified underground emergency hospital (FUEH).

Situated in proximity to the border with Lebanon, the command center has been operating the Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital (FUEH), designed to treat 2,000 patients from throughout the northern region in time of war.

Story HERE.

The Israeli Defense Forces launched a counter strike – a severe blow – following an Iranian missile attack on the Golan Heights Thursday, destroying “nearly all” of the Islamic Republic’s military infrastructure throughout Syria.

“The IDF will not allow the Iranian threat to establish itself in Syria. The Syrian regime will be held accountable for everything happening in its territory,” the press release read.“The IDF is prepared for a wide variety of scenarios.”

PM Netanyahu issued a statement on his Facebook page: “Iran crossed a red line. We responded accordingly.”

The White House issued a statement saying, “The U.S. condemns the Iranian regime’s provocative rocket attacks from Syria against Israeli citizens, and we strongly support Israel’s right to act in self-defense.” Iran’s deployment of missiles is “unacceptable,” and warned Iran would bear “full responsibility” for the consequences of its behavior.

Reports are also revealing unusually strong defense of the Jewish State from the UK, France and Germany.

Today, May 8, 2018, President Trump announced that the U.S. is withdrawing from the JCPOA – the “deal” with Iran, which was NOT a treaty, but an AGREEMENT, which former President Obama pushed through, in order to strengthen Iran, the leading state sponsor of terrorism in the world.

The “deal” was supposed to protect the world against the building by Iran of its nuclear bomb, BUT, it allowed the continuing enrichment of uranium, the lifting of sanctions, and the building of ballistic missiles which could deliver nuclear warheads. President Trump cited Israel as showing the history of Iran’s building of the nuclear bomb. The billions of dollars that Obama gave to Iran did not go to the Iranian people, but into Iran’s military budget which has grown by 40% since the “deal.”

President Trump spoke about the efforts to work with France, Germany, England, and the Middle Eastern states to have them cooperate in this withdrawal from the “deal,” which he describes as a decaying, defective, rotten structure.

He concluded his talk by reaching out to the eight million Iranian people, who he described as suffering for the past forty years since the dictatorship took power. He said the Iranian people are entitled to a nation that does honor to its history. He is hoping that a new understanding with Iran will accomplish that, as well as bringing peace and stability to the Middle East.

At the end of his talk, he sat down to sign a memorandum on economic sanctions that would be placed on Iran and on countries that would do business with Iran. He concluded, “America will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail.”

A series of legal guidelines for regulating the legal status of thousands of homes in Judea and Samaria was welcomed by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked. The recommendations were made by the Zandberg Committee – an interministerial team of lawyers.

Shaked praised “the end of the era of uprooting Jewish families from Judea and Samaria with no purpose” and was led by a legal team that found ways to regulate this unacceptable atrocity.

Story Here.

This year, on May 2nd we marked Theodor Herzl’s birthday. May 3rd was Golda Meir’s birthday and Lag B’Omer. These are three reminders of the fight for Jewish sovereignty and extraordinary examples of leadership.

Theodor Herzl invisioned the rebirth of the Jewish State at a time when it seemed an impossible, crazy idea. Herzl’s motto was, “If you will it, it is no dream” His dream was realized, but it has not been completed – he intended the Jewish state to be safe, secure, and living in peace. This is the future.

Lag B’Omer celebrates Bar Kochba’s fighting Jewish spirit, driving for freedom from Roman occupation and Jewish sovereignty in our ancestral homeland. It also celebrates the light of Jewish spirituality brought to the world through the vision and wisdom of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.

Gold Meir was instrumental in the formation of Israel, including being one of 25 people who signed on the Independence document. Golda also had the privilege of being Israel’s 4th prime minister and the world’s third woman with the title of Prime Minister. She was Prime Minister during the devastating Yom Kippur War.

Herzl, Golda, Bar Kochba, and Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai are all examples of extraordinary leaders, who played key roles in shaping the Nation of Israel. Each, in his own way, fought for the sovereignty of the Jewish People – the freedom to fulfill Jewish life in our ancestral homeland.

The above information is courtesy of The Israel Forever Foundation.

Tanzania announced on Tuesday that it will open its first embassy in Israel.

The embassy’s opening is scheduled for May 8 and will be located at 12 Abba Hillel Silver Street in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv. That is NOT Jerusalem, but it is a first step.

Tanzanian Foreign Minister Dr. Augustine Mahiga will attend the opening.

Story HERE.

Arutz Sheva has learned that Knesset Members will not be invited to the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, currently the US Consulate.

The reason to ban MKs is unclear, but it is possible that he US is concerned about provocations of various kinds, both political and otherwise.

Story HERE.