[Dean's World] Aziz P: pledge drive for Israel and Lebanon

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Posted by Aziz P:
pledge drive for Israel and Lebanon
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1155823853.shtml


   [1]Jonathan Edelstein has pledged to match up to US$1250 in donations
   to Lebanon and US$750 in donations to Israel to rebuild and provide
   support to the civilian populations of these two countries. Hilzoy at
   Obsidian Wings is [2]also matching up to $1000. The greater sum for
   Lebanon reflects the greater devastation, as well as the fact that
   there is Iranian and Saudi money ready to fill the void. We must not
   let Hizbollah become a state within a state again in Lebanon - and we
   are already behind. Money is flooding into Lebanon from Iran and the
   hearts of ordinary Shi'a - upon whom so much misery is always visited,
   who always fare the worst and who have borne the biggest burdens in
   these conflicts - will follow the money.

   Listen to this report from NPR today: [3]Hizbollah takes the lead in
   rebuilding Lebanon.

   I am donating $21 each to Doctors without Borders ([4]here) and to
   American Friends of Magen David Adom ([5]here). I urge all of you to
   do the same. There are [6]numerous other charities helping both sides
   that you can choose from.

References

   1. http://headheeb.blogmosis.com/archives/032808.html
   2. http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2006/08/pledge_drive_le.html
   3. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5662485
   4. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/donate/
   5. https://secure2.convio.net/armdi/site/Donation?ACTION=SHOW_DONATION_OPTIONS&CAMPAIGN_ID=1002
   6. http://www.beliefnet.com/story/196/story_19637_1.html