Malcolm Hoenlein discusses upcoming rally

NOTE: Iranian President Amadinejad is scheduled to attend the opening sessions of the U.N. General Assembly this coming Wednesday, September 20th.... inspiring a major solidarity rally

WHO: Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the coordinating body on international Jewish concerns for 52 national Jewish organizations. He has served as a Middle East specialist at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. In addition, he served on the editorial staff of ORBIS, the Journal of International Affairs.

Mr. Hoenlein has written and lectured across the US and abroad on international relations, Israel and Middle East affairs, Soviet and World Jewry, terrorism, the American Jewish community, and intergroup relations. He has traveled extensively in East and West Europe, Central Asia, the Persian Gulf, North and South Africa, Australia and the Middle East, meeting with leading government officials, world leaders and Jewish communities.

WHAT: A national rally is being held at noon on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at the United Nations in New York City. This rally is to show solidarity with Israel and to support the war against global terror and its state sponsors, and to demand the release of the three Israeli soldiers STILL being held hostage. . The demonstration will coincide with the presence of world leaders -- including Iranian President Amadinejad -- at the opening sessions of the U.N. General Assembly.

Many thousands of people from the eastern seaboard and beyond, are expected to join the mass rally in solidarity with Israel, in support of the war against global terror and its state sponsors, and to demand the release of the three Israeli soldiers being held hostage. Cosponsored by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, in conjunction with United Jewish Communities, UJA-Federation of New York, and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs as well as scores of national and local organizations, the demonstration will coincide with the presence of world leaders at the opening sessions of the U.N. General Assembly. It is expected that Iranian President Amadinejad will be in attendance.