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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaking at the Jewish Agency Board of Governors on Sunday (Emil Salman, Jini) Last update - 14:21 22/06/2008 Olmert: Israel can't keep taking handouts from Diaspora Jews By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Jewish World, Jewish Agency  Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called for a dramatic change in the financial relationship between Israel and the Diaspora, in a speech before the Jewish Agency Board of Governors on Sunday. In his address, Olmert argued that the "situation in which Diaspora Jews are the philanthropists and Israel is the recipient cannot continue." The prime minister went on to say that Diaspora Jews have nurtured Israel over the last 60 years, and that for the next 60 year, Israel must take it upon itself to nurture the Jewish people. "Israel and Diaspora Jews must be united, not only in past successes but also in preserving the future," he said. Olmert presented the board with statistics on topics like intermarriage among world Jewry and the low affinity to Israel and Zionism among young Jews abroad. He also described a number of programs and projects that the government has proposed, such as a projects encouraging young Jews to visit Israel, programs sending Israelis abroad to serve as educators in Jewish schools, and the launching of Israeli "culture houses" around the world. He explained that these projects will require a much larger investment than in the past, and voiced hope that Diaspora Jews will in fact donate the funds, but did not name a sum. The prime minister also said that the Jewish Agency will have to undergo a dramatic change in its organizational structure and its method of management. He suggested that the organization change its name from "Jewish Agency for Israel" to "Agency for Israel and the Jewish People." More Jewish World news and features Bookmark to del.icio.us   Death penalty Iran hands down death sentence to man who spied for Israel. Robot hospital The place where IDF treats droids wounded in the line of fire.   1.   Olmert: Israel can`t keep taking handouts 13:34  |  JJ Gross 22/06/08   2.   Olmert: Israel can`t keep taking handouts from Diaspora Jews 13:41  |  s.davies 22/06/08   3.   ISN`T WHAT HE`S SAYING JUST A TINY BIT HIPPOCRITICAL? 13:41  |  David 22/06/08   4.   stop taking money from talansky,set personal example 13:46  |  joe 22/06/08   5.   Israel: Olmert can`t keep taking handouts from Diaspora Jews 14:07  |  mg 22/06/08   6.   Expert opinion on handouts 14:16  |  nina 22/06/08   7.   LOOK WHO IS TALKING!!!!!!! 14:22  |  ANDY 22/06/08   8.   LOOK WHO IS TALKING!!!!!!! 14:22  |  ANDY 22/06/08   9.   One would think so 14:34  |  Mark Lincoln 22/06/08   10.   #4. Olmert Stop Taking money from Talansky 14:44  |  Dr. David Feigenbaum 22/06/08   11.   taking handouts 14:59  |  Moshe 22/06/08   12.   Olmert/Money 15:24  |  Ed Codish 22/06/08   13.   Moshe 11 15:29  |  ChanahS 22/06/08   14.   If He Could Put Down That SUITCASE full of CASH long enough 15:58  |  Dracula@lawadvice 22/06/08   15.   sending teachers to the diaspora 15:59  |  Tova 22/06/08   16.   Israel will nurture the Jewish people with money from the galut 16:00  |  david 22/06/08   17.   Hillarious! Tell us another Joke, Mr. Olmert! 16:07  |  Michelle 22/06/08   18.   Ed Codish/Pardessia/#12 . He`s right in a way! 16:11  |  Dracula@lawadvice 22/06/08   19.   Olmert is a a hypocrit 16:22  |  Dr. Allan 22/06/08   20.   A post-Shoah period of calm does not mean change, 1 17:58  |  David Turner 22/06/08   21.   A post-Shoah period of calm does not mean change, 2 17:59  |  David Turner 22/06/08   22.   A post-Shoah period of calm does not mean change, 3 18:00  |  David Turner 22/06/08   23.   Leap over that hurdle,name it..."Israel Agency for All the World" 18:35  |  Jews must 22/06/08   24.   Neither can you ... 18:37  |  Bruno 22/06/08   25.   Mumbling of a Twisted Mind 18:48  |  Butch 22/06/08   26.   What Chutzpah ! Like, ex-Gov.Spitzer Against Prostitution 18:57  |  Tod Zuckerman 22/06/08   27.   Agency for Israel & the Jewish People 19:41  |  Oisiki Ghitis 22/06/08   28.   From breath to breath, or was this in the same breath? 20:03  |  Listen to yourself 22/06/08   29.   The Arrognt Impudence of Olmert.....Incorrigible... 21:07  |  Dolly 22/06/08   30.   Make me believe will exist and I will support 21:27  |  david 22/06/08   31.   David, What are YOU willing to do to insure Israel`s existance? 21:57  |  Anything at all? 22/06/08   32.   It`s Olmert, not Israel 22:06  |  Moshe 22/06/08   33.   Petty, petty, petty! 23:04  |  US Citizen 22/06/08   34.   OLMERT 23:50  |  Steve 22/06/08   35.   it makes it more special,,,,,, 00:12  |  pepsi 23/06/08   36.   "Do what I say, not what I do" 00:23  |  Udi 23/06/08   37.   like Al Capone lamenting organized crime in Chicago 00:48  |  Nathaniel 23/06/08   38.   taking handouts and ChanaS 02:01  |  Moshe 23/06/08   39.   Israel is a central part of us, therefore we are happy to give 02:45  |  AliciaYasmeen 23/06/08   40.   Da Nyet Da.Nyet 04:33  |  Jim 23/06/08   41.   #32 Moshe 06:22  |  Jim 23/06/08   42.   At last a topic everyone can agree on 08:26  |  A thinking Jew 23/06/08   43.   I dont agree 10:10  |  sweis Melbourne 23/06/08   44.   #43 even you agree: omlette has no right to talk 14:31  |  A thinking Jew 23/06/08   45.   Israel-Diaspora relationship 11:01  |  Alan Abbey 24/06/08

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