[RBS] aLIYAH fAIR IN lONDON

[harley]

Avi and Ditza Silverman Shalom

I organised the Beit Shemesh delegation to the Aliyah Fair in London.

I feel you should IMMEDIATELY retract your statements about the City paying
for a double booth. What you are saying is based on hearsay evidence and
may be libellous. Beit Shemesh paid for a single booth and the organiser of
the event, the Aliyah Chief in the UK Mr. Rafi Nasi GAVE us the double
booth AT NO EXTRA COST. If you do noot believe me then please contact him.

As to your other points - I received approval from the Municipal Council to
arrange our delegation which included: Mrs. Tami Elmaleah  Co-ordinator
for English speaking Aliyah at the Municipality, and Mrs Miri Shalem the
director of the RAMBASH MATNAS who while living in the UK was a youth
aliyah Bnei Akiva co-ordinator. I myself made aliyah from the UK.

Mayor Abutbul does not speak English but he spoke Hebrew to former Israelis
living in the UK and who expressed interest in possibly living in Beit
Shemesh. He also spoke in 7 synagogues between Friday morning when we
landed and Sunday. The mayor also answered questions from parents of people
living in Beit Shemesh who are concerned about the situation here. I
translated for him. Since our Foreign Minister did not for a very long time
speak English that is why he has translators.

You may not like or agree with the policies of the Mayor, but these fairs
are important to ensure the city attracts young, educated professional
people and families who work for a living, otherwise they really will go to
Modiin, Jerusalem and Haifa and we will be left with the rest.

Harley Stark
Acting Director, Dept. of International Relations
Municipality of Beit Shemesh
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