Dear friends,
Hope comes in small doses these days. Today, however, the dose is double size. Following in Costa Rica’s footsteps, we now have breaking news that El Salvador has decided to move its embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.
I’m sure those of you who took action after learning of Costa Rica’s move contributed to this. Thanks!
Israel: when will you learn? This continued occupation and arrogance of power will drag you places you never dreamed of! ACTIONS DO HAVE CONSEQUENCES!
Chalk one up for peace with justice,
Sam
P.S. Please forgive me for what my Israeli friend termed an "elegant little Freudian slip" in my last message. I meant to say "your local places of worship…," not "warship"! These words should not even be so similar.
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El Salvador announce embassy move
From correspondents in San Salvador
August 26, 2006
OFFICIALS in El Salvador announced overnight that they will transfer their embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, meaning that all embassies will now be located in the western Israeli city.
El Salvador had been the lone holdout, the only country to maintain its embassy in Jerusalem, after Costa Rica decided on August 16 to move its mission to Tel Aviv.
The Salvadoran government reached the decision after "analysing with Israel the current situation in the Middle East, especially after the agreements reached in UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which seeks to promote security and greater stability" in the region, it said in a statement.
Israel claims Jerusalem as its capital, which is disputed by the Palestinians.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20257460-23109,00.html
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Sam Bahour is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM), a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.
Bahour was instrumental in establishing two of Palestine’s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS).
He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine’s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.
A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.
Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled “The Tallest Man in Ramallah.” He holds an Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA — a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.
He tweets at @SamBahour, blogs at www.epalestine.ps, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.
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