Continued from Page 1 Jewish people, that this long-standing conflict will be resolved. Let’s look at a little bit of history. In 2000, Yasser Arafat was offered a Palestinian state, 97% of the land in the West Bank, part of Jerusalem, all of Gaza, and billions of dollars of international aid. While Israel accepted that deal, Arafat not only rejected the offer, he started a terror war against Israel marked by scores of bombings of buses, restaurants, pizzerias, and other places filled with civilians. . Arafat refused to abandon the notion that somehow hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Palestinians would return to Israel, therefore changing the demographics of the Jewish state. In a peace treaty, Palestinians would have the right to return to the Palestinian state, not to Israel. Because Israel is a Jewish state, it does not mean that no Palestinians can live there. Indeed, there are currently more than one million Israeli-Arab citizens who have the best standard of living of any of the Arab citizens in the entire Middle East. As Prime Minister Netanyahu put it when he spoke to Congress, “Of the 300 million Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa, only Israel’s Arab citizens enjoy real democratic rights. I want you to stop for a second and think about that. Of those 300 million Arabs, less than one-half of one-percent are truly free, and they’re all citizens of Israel!” Let’s also remember that Israel withdrew totally from Gaza and Southern Lebanon. Instead of getting peace, Palestinian militants used the vacated territory to launch thousands of terror rockets upon Israeli civilians. It is my fervent hope that one day we will see two states – Palestine and Israel – living side by side in peace and security. However, that can only be achieved with face-to-face negotiations and when the
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Arabs truly accept a Jewish state in the Middle East. I will do everything in my power to help facilitate the two-state solution and will continue to do everything to ensure that the bond between the United States and Israel is unshakeable. And that aid to Israel continues as well. Israel must maintain its qualitative military edge, with the help of the United States, and the excellent defense cooperation that the U.S. and Israel currently have must grow even stronger in the future. At a time when there is so much partisan fighting on Capitol Hill, it is heartwarming to know that support for Israel is strong and bi-partisan. Let us continue to support Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East and the only country there which has the same values that we do.
By PAULETTE SCHNEIDER Exuberant young actors in dazzling, jingly costumes tackled challenging songs and delivered snappy dialogue in a Riverdale Rising Stars Junior presentation of Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” The 29 seven- to 11-year-old Rising Stars formed two separate casts who alternated in the six-performance run that ended last weekend. Shiv Pai as an adorable Aladdin interacted seamlessly with a perky Mariela Saver as the Genie and a delightful Rosala Saver as Jasmine. Joshua GoldinMcCarthy was impressive as Jafar. The show was a debut for director Greg Kanter, himself a founding member of the Riverdale Rising Stars. As a
freshman at LaGuardia High School, he appeared in “Grease” in 2001. The super-calm Kanter lit up when describing his young charges. “The kids are fantastic,” he said. “This is the first time onstage for a good number of them, and it’s really surprising how naturally theater and acting comes to children because they haven’t learned yet to be shy.” The cast members all support each other, he said. When someone has trouble remembering a line during rehearsals, others help by providing the forgotten line. Kids even help each other get through bouts of stage fright. “Nobody ever fights. It’s the purest form of teamwork,” he said. “And I didn’t have to tell them—they just did it. It’s just really nice to see.”
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Continued from Page 3 munity and the police department, I hope that it always stays that way.” Burke and del Pozo were hired in the same academy class in 1997. They worked together in Brooklyn’s 67th Precinct for about two years responding to 911 calls, but they were eventually promoted to different areas. Burke did six months under cover before moving to the 9th Precinct and then became a lieutenant at the 17th Precinct. Afterward, he moved to internal affairs. Over the last few years he has been a captain and executive officer at the 26th, 28th, 32nd and then the 33rd. Despite all his movement, this will be the first time Burke finds himself employed in The Bronx since a brief one-month stint during his time at the police academy, when he was on street patrol for the 52nd Precinct. Burke has been married for five years and currently lives in Westchester County. He obtained a masters degree in history from Brooklyn College and a J.D. from CUNY Law School. This won’t be del Pozo’s first stint in Manhattan. He was second-in-command of the 19th Precinct on the Upper East Side in 2008. “I’m very protective of the 50th Precinct because I’ve grown so close to so many residents, and for that reason, I regret to leave it. But I’m also honored that I’ve been given the challenge of a new command with new responsibilities.”
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