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Record-Breaking Online Solidarity Rally to Support Israelis Under Fire
JERUSALEM, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- - OneFamily Expects 1 Million to Join Together4Israel.org Event to be Broadcast on March 20 from Eight Cities on Four Continents OneFamily Fund, a non-profit organization that helps victims of terror, has planned eight, consecutive cyber solidarity rallies around the world on March 20th to support the people of Israel. The rallies will be broadcast live on the Internet, starting in Sderot, the southern town increasing shelled by rockets. The goal is to inspire Jews on every continent to watch the one hour live event from home by simply logging on to http://www.together4israel.org, a website created especially for this event. Alan Dershowitz, the renowned American international lawyer and Irwin Cotler, the former Canadian Justice Minister, will kick off the evening with a live web cast from Sderot at 11pm local time. "The world needs to know that Jews everywhere support Israel's right to defend itself," said Dershowitz. "We're starting in Sderot because the people there live under a constant barrage of kassam rockets, but our message is that terror cannot be tolerated from anyone, not from Hamas, not from Hezbollah and certainly not from Iran." The opening event in Sderot will be followed by a stop at the Western Wall with Natan Sharansky, the former MK and Refusenik. The former Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau will close the Israel portion of the event . After stops in Paris, London and Brazil, the rally moves to New York City, broadcasting at 6:00pm EDT with local dignitaries. Elie Wiesel has prepared a taped and reggae star Matisyahu will perform. In Los Angeles, Rabbi Marvin Hier and Oscar winner Jon Voigt will address the crowd. Australia will be the last stop. Pre-Taped messages from the U.S. Presidential candidates - Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain - will also be played for audiences. Australia will be the last stop. "We wanted the rallies to happen on Purim," said Belzberg. "2,500 years ago, Mordechai asked Esther to gather the Jews together, to unite. Today we're asking the same thing. " The OneFamily Fund is the central organization providing comprehensive assistance to victims of terrorism in Israel. In the past seven years, OneFamily has provided more than US$18 million in financial, social, emotional, therapeutic, legal and material assistance to over 3,100 victims of terrorism and their families throughout Israel. Media Contact: Jordana Miller for OneFamily Fund +972-54-467-6979 jordana@ruderfinn.co.il
