Subject: R&B INFORMATION SERVICES: STATE OF ALABAMA ENDORSES R&B
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 00:27:08 +0000
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Subject: R&B INFORMATION SERVICES: STATE OF ALABAMA ENDORSES R&B
EMBASSY 3000 CAMPAIGN (TEXT OF RESOLUTION FOLLOWS NEWS BULLETIN)
R&B INFORMATION SERVICES: STATE OF ALABAMA ENDORSES R&B EMBASSY 3000
CAMPAIGN (TEXT OF RESOLUTION FOLLOWS NEWS BULLETIN)
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, February 13, 1998, Root & Branch: The State of
Alabama passed a resolution on February 3, 1998 endorsing Kare Kristiansen
and the Root & Branch Association for their Embassy 3000 Campaign to
encourage the nations of the world to recognize united Jerusalem as the
eternal capital of the State of Israel, which is the Homeland of the Jewish
People, and to move their embassies in Israel to Jerusalem.
Embassy 3000 Chairman Kare Kristiansen and I thank Alabama State
Representative Jim Carns and Alabama Governor Fob James for securing the
introduction and passage of this resolution.
We especially thank Mr. Ralph Buntyn of Birmingham, Alabama, for his
"shidduch" (matchmaking) services that made this possible. Mr. Buntyn is
R&B Business Fellowship Co-Chairman and an R&B International Council Member.
Mr. Kristiansen, R&B Treasurer and Board Member Samson Krupnick, and myself
had the privilege of meeting Representative Carns and his wife Judy,
Governor James and his wife Bobbie, Alabama Development Office Director Ira
Silberman and his wife Claire, and Ralph and his wife Rebecca, at the Tel
Aviv Hilton on Monday, October 27, 1997.
Our friends from Alabama were visiting Israel as part of an Alabama State
Trade Mission led by Governor James.
May the G-d of Israel bless Rep. and Mrs. Carns, Gov. and Mrs. James, Mr.
and Mrs. Silberman, Mr. and Mrs. Buntyn, and the great State of Alabama for
expressing their solidarity with Israel at this time of Jacob's trouble.
Shabbat Shalom,
Aryeh Gallin, President
Root & Branch Association, Ltd.
Jerusalem, Israel
***********TEXT OF THE ALABAMA STATE RESOLUTION*******************
State of Alabama House of Representatives
Montgomery, Alabama
House Joint Resolution 36
By Representative Jim Carns
COMMENDING KÅRE KRISTIANSEN AND THE ROOT & BRANCH ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS WITH "EMBASSY 3000"
WHEREAS, it is with highest commendation that Kåre Kristiansen, Past
President of the Norwegian Parliament, Former Norwegian Minister of Oil and
Energy and Former Nobel Peace Prize Committee Member, and the Root & Branch
Association, Ltd. of Jerusalem, are recognized by the State of Alabama for
their international campaign "Embassy 3000"; and
WHEREAS, "Embassy 3000" encourages the nations of the world to recognize
united Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the State of Israel, which is
the Homeland of the Jewish People, and to move their embassies in Israel to
Jerusalem; and
WHEREAS, the founding of Jewish Jerusalem by King David celebrated its
3000th Anniversary during 1996; and
WHEREAS, despite a 1,900 year exile including crusades, countless
expulsions, inquisitions, pogroms and the Holocaust, Jerusalem has
throughout Jewish history remained a concrete symbol of the eternal Jewish
hope to return to the Land of Israel, the Jewish Homeland; and
WHEREAS, millions of followers of many different religions throughout the
world believe Jerusalem to be the spiritual center of Humanity; and
WHEREAS, even though the Jewish People have unique and exclusive claims to
Jerusalem, biblical capital of King David, the Israeli Government after
reunifying the Holy City in 1967 granted freedom to all the peoples of the
world to come up to Jerusalem and worship, each according to his
conscience, in Jerusalem; and
WHEREAS, affirming and reaffirming its opinion that the united City of
Jerusalem is the legitimate capital of Israel, the United States Congress,
on October 24, 1995, voted in favor of the Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act
of 1995, which states that Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of
the State of Israel; and
WHEREAS, the State of Alabama fervently believes that it is time for the
United States to implement the Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act and for the
nations to follow the lead of the United States and to relocate their
embassies in Israel to Jerusalem; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH HOUSES THEREOF
CONCURRING, That the Honorable Kåre Kristiansen and the Root & Branch
Association, Ltd., of Jerusalem are indeed commended for the exemplary
leadership they have displayed through their international campaign
"Embassy 3000," which encourages the nations of the world to recognize
united Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the State of Israel, which is
the Homeland of the Jewish People, and to move their embassies in Israel to
Jerusalem.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution is presented to the
Honorable Kåre Kristiansen and the Root & Branch Association with highest
honor and esteem and best wishes for continued success.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the GREAT
SEAL of the State of Alabama to be affixed by the Secretary of State at the
Capital in the City of Montgomery on this the 3rd day of February, 1998.
Fob James, GOVERNOR
Jim Rennert, SECRETARY OF STATE
****************END TEXT OF ALABAMA STATE RESOLUTION********************
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ISRAEL
Aryeh Yosef Gallin, President
Root & Branch Association, Ltd.
P.O.B. 8672, German Colony, 91086 Jerusalem, Israel
Tel: 972-2-673-9013, Fax: 972-2-673-9012
Email: rb@rb.org.il
UNITED STATES
Lt. Col. Martin Gallin, Esq., A.U.S.A. (ret.)
Chairman of the Board,
Root & Branch Association, Ltd.
Attorney-at-Law
860 Grand Concourse, Bronx, N.Y. 10451
Tel: 718-585-3512, Fax: 718-993-3712
The Root & Branch Association, founded by Torah-observant Jews, represents
Jews and Non-Jews who work together on behalf of the Jewish People and the
State of Israel and who promote the study and practice of universal Jewish
teachings.
The Root & Branch Assocation, Ltd.
P.O.B. 8672
German Colony, 91086
Jerusalem, Israel
Tel: 972-2-673-9013
Fax: 972-2-673-9012
Email: rb@rb.org.il
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