The North American Jewish Student Alliance NAJSA has organized a rally for the release of Israel’s MIAs. Speakers at the rally are to include Israeli Cabinet Minister Natan Sharansky, Rabbi Avi Weiss and Ori Tannenbaum, son of Elchanan Tannenbaum, an Israeli businessman kidnapped by Hizbullah in October of 2000.
Hizbullah has held Tannenbaum incommunicado in an unknown location and has prevented the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and others from visiting him. The ICRC has sent Tannenbaum’s medicines to Hizbullah, but it is unknown whether he received them. Last month after Israel sent the bodies of two Hizbullah terrorists to Lebanon, a German mediator was allowed to visit Tannenbaum. He was the first person to see Tannenbaum since his kidnapping in October 2000, and said Tannenbaum is in “reasonable” condition
The rally will take place on Friday, September 19 at 12 PM in front of the Lebanese Consulate on 76th Street between 5th Avenue and Madison in Manhattan.
"With the grisly daily attacks on our people, we must not forget the parents of these MIA's who lie in bed each night with the torturous doubt as to the whereabouts and conditions of their loved ones," said Natan Gesher, a longtime activist who has rallied in front of the Lebanese consulate dozens of times and is immigrating to Israel this winter. "We must let our Israeli brothers know that there are Jews all over who share their pain and won't rest or be silent until their sons are brought back home."
Hizbullah has held Tannenbaum incommunicado in an unknown location and has prevented the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and others from visiting him. The ICRC has sent Tannenbaum’s medicines to Hizbullah, but it is unknown whether he received them. Last month after Israel sent the bodies of two Hizbullah terrorists to Lebanon, a German mediator was allowed to visit Tannenbaum. He was the first person to see Tannenbaum since his kidnapping in October 2000, and said Tannenbaum is in “reasonable” condition
The rally will take place on Friday, September 19 at 12 PM in front of the Lebanese Consulate on 76th Street between 5th Avenue and Madison in Manhattan.
"With the grisly daily attacks on our people, we must not forget the parents of these MIA's who lie in bed each night with the torturous doubt as to the whereabouts and conditions of their loved ones," said Natan Gesher, a longtime activist who has rallied in front of the Lebanese consulate dozens of times and is immigrating to Israel this winter. "We must let our Israeli brothers know that there are Jews all over who share their pain and won't rest or be silent until their sons are brought back home."