Posted on 05/23/2011 3:53:37 PM PDT by onyx
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 10:00am
While Washington, D.C., is increasingly consumed with bickering between Democrats and Republicans, the U.S.-Israel relationship remains the one issue that transcends the partisan divide. In a display of this bipartisan spirit, more than half of Congress will attend tonight's Gala Banquet, which will fill a room large enough to fit the Washington Monument on its side.
This year, however, for the first time ever, Hall D/E, as massive as it is, cannot fit all delegates and guests for a sit-down dinner. As a result, all student delegates will be seated in the Ballroom Banquet in Ballrooms A, B and C. Each banquet will feature live and simulcast appearances as well as unique programming. The major speakers tonight—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, House Majority Leader John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid—will appear personally in both banquet halls.
Representatives from more than 65 countries—including ambassadors from China, South Africa, Mexico, Turkey and the Netherlands—will be seated at tonight's dinner.
Senators, members of Congress, administration officials, foreign diplomats and other VIPs at the banquets will have their names read during the Roll Call, a lively Policy Conference tradition that has been a crowd favorite for many years. AIPAC National Board members Amy Friedkin and Michael Tuchin will join AIPAC Executive Director Howard Kohr for the Roll Call.
The Gala Banquet will be the end of a full day of Monday programming. The morning kicks off with an address by Reverend Dr. Tony Crisp. After the morning plenary, delegates will head to lobbying workshops, where they will learn from AIPAC's top experts how to make the case for Israel on Capitol Hill tomorrow.
Amen! Stop blaming Israel for all the regions problems!!!
I missed that one. What happened at Hagee’s church?
TIME TO STOP BLAMING ISRAEL
Amen, Prime Mininister!
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people want freedom, progress, a better life.
why did vendor set self on fire? not bc of israel... ... b/o yearning for freedom, opportunity. it’s time to stop blaming israel for all the region’s problems!”
Says: Protestors in Middle East not thinking about Israel.
Thinking about their families and hopes for future.
So stop blaming Israel.
Whatever it is, Boehner got a hold of it.
Amen, he’s good, and he speaks the truth!
He is a leader. “The problem of the region is not Israel”, it is decades of oppression.
I’m no Tunisian street vendor, but I AM fired up by Bibi’s speech!
“Israel is what’s RIGHT about the Middle East!”
SOOOO TRUE!!
“Israel is not what wrong with the Middle East.
Israel is what’s RIGHT about the Middle East!”
Israel is not what’s wrong with the middle east
Israel is what is right about the middle east!!
Tell ‘em Bibi!
I need to steal the remote! Waaah! Hubby won’t watch political figures. GRR
“Israel is not what’s wrong with the Middle East. Israel is what is RIGHT with the Middle East.”
Yes...and BiBi knows exactly in detail the points he wants to get across...
“Israel is about what’s right in the Middle East”...Beautiful!
G-d ...please take this message to the hearts of those who need to take hold of it,..and may they know it fully as you would have them know it.
Smack down to Fauxbama regarding ‘67 lines. AMEN!!
Got that, obama???
Says: “Israel cannot return to the indefensible 1967 lines!”
Never again, Bibi! Speak truth to power!!!!!!
Israel CANNOT return to the 1967 lines!
SMMMMMMMMMMMAAAAACK!
ROFL!
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