Friends
of Israel Create Israel 60 Birthday Anniversary Website
By
Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency
Jerusalem
----- April 30, 2008 ....... Friends of Israel has created an
Israel 60th Birthday celebration Website to secure global support
for Israel and to provide relief for Israel charities.
"The
world is full of people who hate Israel for no reason other
than it simply exists," says Aharon Grundman, Friends of
Israel Vice President of International Marketing. "It makes
no difference what Israel does, how many people this small democracy
helps or how it struggles to defend itself. Israel will always
remain wrong by default and by ignorance for many."
To
counter that, Friends of Israel has created an Israel 60 Anniversary
Birthday Website (IsraelBirthday.com)
where every citizen of the world can illustrate their love,
faith and respect for Israel and what it stands for as Israel
celebrates her 60th birthday anniversary celebration.
Send
a Happy 60 Birthday card to Israel, show your support
for Israel and provide critical help to leading charities in
Israel!
The
Israel 60 Birthday Website enables hundreds of thousands of
supporters from around the world to post a personal Happy Birthday
card to Israel. Every Friends of Israel supporter will have
their name, picture, and message proudly placed on IsraelBirthday.com.
"This
call will be heard worldwide, loud and clear saying" 'Israel,
we're with you whenever you need us. United we stand',"
says Grundman.
In
addition, in honor of Israel's 60th birthday anniversary, all
supporters posting on the site will automatically be entered
to win an all-expense-paid trip to Israel for two. The proceeds
will be distributed among Israel's top charities.
Friends
of Israel was created by a group of Americans who care about
Israel's future..
"There
are millions of people out there who share the happiness of
the people of Israel on its diamond anniversary. Yet, they have
been missing an effective method for expressing their joy to
the people of Israel. Furthermore, we believe this to be an
all-important vote of confidence in the basic goodness of Israel.
The importance of this show of solidarity cannot be overemphasized,"
says Ari Flynn, President of Friends of Israel.
"This
is a crucial junction in the history of Israel. Political demands
on Israel have become so insane that the only antidote is unconditional
support," adds Grundman. "We are here to declare that
Israel is a democracy that is fundamentally good and moral and
an asset to all of humanity. Thousands are out there condemning
Israel's every move."
Friends
of Israel's 60 Birthday Celebration Website is expected
to reach over 40 million people through their Website and
aims at generating over 2 million dollars for Israeli charities
which provide food, shelter and medical care for those in
need.
"What
Israel needs is people - ordinary people - to come along and
just stand by it and provide it with the love and moral support
it needs to face its challenges," says Flynn.
Friends
of Israel is reaching out to every American, every citizen of
Europe and every nation in Asia. "From New York, Chicago,
Miami, and Los Angeles to London, Madrid, Rome, Paris and Tokyo,
Friends of Israel wants people to stand up and be counted for
their support of Israel while at the same time contributing
to charities in Israel," says Flynn.
"It's
vital to note that Friends of Israel has no political agenda
and offers no opinions. Friends of Israel isn't right-winged,
centrists or leftist. Personally, some of us are right-wingers,
some left-wingers, and others are centrists - but we leave that
all behind. We're not here to advise Israel what it should or
shouldn't do. We're here to offer pure and unconditional, love,"
explains Flynn.
Among
the major Israel charities associated with the Friends of Israel
60th Birthday Website is the Jewish National Fund, Nefesh B'Nefesh,
American Friends of Magen David Adom, the One Family Fund, Aish,
Yad Sarah, Yad Eliezer, StandWithUs, Chai Lifeline and many
others.
Many
of the events planned for Israel's 60 birthday are already taking
place from Philadelphia, Toronto and San Francisco to Manchester,
Atlanta and Jerusalem. On the eve of Israel Independence Day,
May 7, a dazzling laser, light show will illuminate Israels
skies. Citizens of Beersheba, Haifa, Eilat, Netanya , Tiberias,
Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ashdod will all be able to enjoy this
Israel 60th birthday event.
On
Israel
Independence Day, Wednesday May 8, The Israel Air Force
will provide a colorful and creative air show and a flyby across
the skies of Israel. A huge IDF paratrooper demonstration will
also take place, as well as an IDF naval review by the Israel
Sea Corps. Israel President, Shimon Peres, will also hold a
joint birthday party at his Jerusalem residence for all in Israel
sharing a Hebrew-calendar birthday with the State of Israel.
Three
massive Israel 60 birthday concerts will take place in Israel's
Tel Avivs Rabin Square as well as in Nitzanim beach in
the south and Achziv beach in the north. Each of these Israel
60th birthday concerts will be dedicated to different age groups,
and will feature different and unique musical styles. Israel
Anglo Singles, the largest Anglo singles dating and support
site in Israel, is planning a large Israel 60 birthday beach
picnic in Tel Aviv.
A
long list of celebrities will be coming to Israel for the Israel
60th birthday anniversary celebrations. They include: film director
Steven Spielberg, US President George W. Bush, former USSR President
Mikhail Gorbachev, ex-US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger,
Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair, Indonesian President Abdurrahman
Wahid, French philosopher Bernard-Henri Le'vy, Nobel laureate
Elie Wiesel, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, French
Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, former German foreign minister
Joscka Fischer, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the
first President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel, News Corporation
Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, social networking Web site
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google co-founder Sergey
Brin.
Friends
of Israel's 60 Birthday Celebration Website is expected to reach
over 40 million people through their Website and aims at generating
over 2 million dollars for Israeli charities which provide food,
shelter and medical care for those in need.