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Participants pay attention at Free Trade seminar.
Georgia, Israel free trade forum
probes several aspects of pact
Approximately 100 Georgia
businessmen attended the Geor
gia, Israel Free Trade Conference
last week. The day-long seminar,
sponsored by the Atlanta Jewish
Federation and Dean Rusk Center
for International and Comparative
Law, explored the economic and
legal ramifications of the U.S./Is
rael Free Trade Agreement signed
in 1985.
“Israel and Georgia share many
similar demographic, geographic,
economic and market similarities,”
said Gil Bachman, chairman of the
conference, in his opening remarks.
"There is tremendous potential for
the development of business rela
tionships in many different sectors,
including agriculture, computer tech
nology, electronic, telecommunica
tions and many others. The recent
ly approved Free Trade Area legis
lation only enhances the market
for such trade and investment op
portunities.”
George Berry, commissioner,
Georgia Department of Industry
and Trade, and Issachar Katzir,
Consul General of Israel, were on
hand to open the conference.
Panel discussions and luncheon
meetings outlined the specifics of
the agreement and opportunities
which have been opened up in
import, export, technology trans
fer and investment.
As a result of the interest in this
conference, the Federation’s Com
munity Relations Committee is cur
rently exploring the possibility of
organizing a trade mission to Israel
to foster relations between Georgia
and Israeli businessmen.
AACI reaffirms anti-racism stance
After a dignified debate for 2/:
hours, in which 56 people spoke at
the closing session of the 25th
national convention of the Associ
ation of Americans and Canadians
in Israel (AACI), on March 18, the
delegates voted 112-20 to reaffirm
the anti-racism statement passed
by the AACI national board sev
eral months ago. A key paragraph
of the anti-racism statement fol
lows:
“Like other Israelis, we differ
amongst ourselves on issues of
politics and religion. However, we
profoundly agree on the methods
through which those disagreements
are expressed and worked out, that
is—democracy, with its inherent
components of basic freedoms, civil
liberties, mutual tolerance and
rules of law. We want our fellow
Israelis and world Jewry to know
that we condemn Meir Kahane’s
racist program and activities. As
former North Americans, we are
familiar with his demagogic me
thods, his skillful exploitation of
fears and frustrations, and we re
ject them with all the moral vigor
at our command.”
The Convention delegates also
called upon the AACI to establish
an “Education for Democracy” com
mittee, to produce materials in
Hebrew and English, for circula
tion in the Israeli school system
and throughout the informal edu
cational network through the coun
try.
On the first night of the conven
tion, Prime Minister Shimon Peres
addressed the delegates. He empha
sized the important role of North
American olim in Israel: "You, my
fellow Israelis who have come of
your own free will from the United
States and Canada, are familiar
with democracy as a working sys
tem of government. It is an integral
part of your upbringing, because
you have the experience of demo
cracy from your daily lives in your
countries of origin. It is your re
sponsibility to disseminate the
tenets of democracy as you know
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Israel. The Association must foster
the basic values of democracy and
must continue to be, as it has been
throughout its 35-year history, a
bridge of understanding between
the U.S. and Canada.”
The AACI presented a special
award to Yehuda Dominitz, the
former director-general of the Ali
ya h Department of the Jewish
Agency, for his 36 years of distin
guished service in that position.
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