Dear LionPAC Community,

We hope that you are having a restful break and cannot wait to begin an excellent semester of programming in a few weeks. We know that many of you are following the situation in Gaza and wanted to provide you with some additional information. Below, we are providing a list of articles written by some of the world's top thinkers on the subject. Also, for those of you in the New York area, please note that there will be a rally in support of Israel tomorrow (for those of you outside of New York, consult your local community leadership). Should you have any questions or observations about the current situation, please feel free to contact us at lionpac@hillel.columbia.edu for more information.

RALLY IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL - TOMORROW!, Tuesday Jan. 6 at 12:30 P.M. at the Israeli Consulate in Manhattan (42nd and 2nd Ave)

Co-sponsored by: The David Project, Fuel for Truth, Hasbara, UJA, AJC, ZOA, Act for America, National Council of Young Israel, CJC-AMCHA, AFSI, Mothers Against Terrorism, Students for Peace in the Middle East and more.

Article List:

Michael Oren and Yossi Klein Halevi: The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051182944538487.html

Alan Dershowitz: Christian Science Monitor and the Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123085925621747981.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1231/p09s02-coop.html

Charles Krauthammer: Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/01/AR2009010101780.html

Khaled Abu Toameh: Hudson:
http://www.hudsonny.org/2009/01/hamas-and-the-palestinians.php

Amos Oz: http://mfaex.castup.net/mfa/public/sderot/AmosOz/AmosOz-ENG.pdf

Have a great end to your break,

The LionPAC Board