Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on September 12, 2012

September 2011

An Egyptian mob breaks into the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, and Israeli personnel are stuck inside for hours until Egyptian commandos arrive at the scene. Israeli Air Force jets evacuate the Israelis from the country. The attack exacerbates fears in Israel that it is losing a once-reliable ally to the south.

The Palestinians submit their bid for statehood recognition to the U.N. Security Council. In speeches at the U.N. General Assembly, President Barack Obama rejects the Palestinians unilateral approach, saying that Israels security concerns are legitimate and must be addressed. In dueling speeches in the same forum, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas trade charges of ethnic cleansing.

Lauren Bush, granddaughter of the first President Bush and niece of the second, marries Ralph Laurens son in a ceremony presided over by an ordained rabbi.

Turkey expels Israels ambassador to the country and downgrades diplomatic and military ties.

A California court finds 10 students affiliated with the Muslim Student Union at the University of California, Irvine, guilty of two misdemeanor counts for disrupting a speech in February 2010 by Israels ambassador to the United States Michael Oren.

Some 15 countries announce before the Durban Review Conference known as Durban III that they will boycott the proceedings. The one-day session receives little attention amid all the goings-on at the United Nations.

Turkey agrees to accept Israels help after initially rejecting assistance during an earthquake there that kills 430 people and injures 1,000.

The terrorist organization Hamas releases Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after the Israeli Cabinet approves a deal in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Cheering crowds greet Shalit when he finally returns to his home in Mitzpe Hila after five years in captivity. Less than a week after the Shalit deal, Egypt agrees to release dual American- Israeli Ilan Grapel in exchange for 25 Egyptians, and he reunites with his mother.

The United States stops paying its dues to UNESCO following the U.N. cultural and scientific agencys vote to grant full membership to the Palestinians. A month later, UNESCO calls for emergency donations because of the loss of U.S. funding. Israel also cuts tax payments to the Palestinian Authority.

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