Posted on 09/30/2004 5:12:44 PM PDT by Robert_Paulson2
Israeli officials say since the program was implemented, no child has been killed in a school.
http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=680
Millions Diverted From School Guards UJC officials acknowledge less than half of $20 million raised for security in Israel now slated for that purpose.
Stewart Ain - Staff Writer
Some are questioning what will happen to remaining $12 million earmarked for protecting Israeli schoolkids.
Esther Hecht
Only $8 million of the $20 million raised from American Jews to provide security guards for Israel’s schoolchildren will be used for that purpose, The Jewish Week has learned.
“Something doesn’t smell good,” said Hilik Goldstein, a spokesman for the Union of Local Authorities, which is hiring the guards for Israel’s 124 municipalities and who revealed the funding cutback.
Hoffman stressed that authorities in Israel, not the UJC, made the decision to cut back on the $20 million security guard program. But Goldstein said Israeli parents would have a hard time accepting that decision in light of the July 30 bombing at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem that killed nine.
“After that bombing, we heard from police sources in Israel that Palestinian [terrorists] intended to do some activities against children,” Goldstein said. “A lot of parents went to the local authorities and asked them to ensure the safety of their children.”
“We don’t know where they [terrorists] are going to hit next and we have to do the maximum to protect our children and make sure that everything is OK,” she said.
“The high schools have their own guards and there are a lot of teachers who walk around with weapons,” she added. “But in the kindergartens, there are 38 kids with two unarmed women. They are more vulnerable [to attack].”
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Group Advocates Armed Parent Patrols for U.S. Schools
By Jim Burns
CNP Senior Staff Writer
March 27, 2001
(CNSNews.com) - A senior citizens' group is offering what it calls a "safe schools initiative," based on an Israeli model, in response to the recent spate of school shootings in the United States.
The Dallas, Texas-based group calls itself "Seniors United Supporting the Second Amendment."
Executive Director John Bender said SUSSA will offer scholarships for courses in handgun safety and the use of guns in defensive situations to five volunteers, selected by the first public school in the United States that adopts the Israeli model for protecting the school from violence.
In 1974, Israel began arming parents and grandparents who volunteered to patrol local schools. Israeli officials say since the program was implemented, no child has been killed in a school.
Some Israeli schools continue to use armed parent- and grandparent-patrols, while other schools have hired armed guards for protection. The Israeli government also requires groups going on school field trips to have one armed guard for every 10 students. Many parents double as guards and chaperones on such field trips, and most of those parents have had army training and know how to use a gun.
According to SUSSA, if the Israeli program been in place at U.S. schools, recent shootings, including the two in California, might not have happened. "SUSSA urges every school in America to implement the Israeli safety program before there is another school shooting," the group said.
"We want to make our schools safe and stop the killings. Israel has a program that is tested and proven to work. By adopting the Israeli model we can stop the tragic school shooting and protect our Constitutional right to own and carry firearms.
"We will also gain from having parents and grandparents involved and visible in our schools. This will cut down on the bullying and tormenting that we now see as a major problem in our schools," Bender said.
The idea has received support from the 60-Plus Association, a senior citizens rights group.
"Clearly, it would be beneficial to all students to have senior citizens, parents and grandparents patrolling the halls of schools. This would be a good use of senior citizen know-how and manpower," said Jim Martin, president of the 60-Plus Association.
Handgun Control, Inc. had no immediate comment on the proposal.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200103\NAT20010327a.html
I just woke this morning from the worst dream about something like this.
This can't be true.
Moi Kerry, the choice of Islam, has told us that there are no al Qaeda and international terrorists in Iraq.
Looks like Kerry got caught Rathering Americans again about al Qaeda, terrorists and their connections with Iraq.
By LARA SUKHTIAN and JOSEF FEDERMAN
The Associated Press
Sept. 3, 2003
JERUSALEM - Armed guards stood watch outside Israeli schools. ...In all, 13,000 officers, security guards and soldiers - some armed with submachine guns - were deployed at Israeli schools, well above the typical daily level, Kleiman said.
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One of the arriving buses had bulletproof windows because it carries students who live in West Bank Jewish settlements that are often targeted by gunmen.
chuckling softly under my breath.
we got a situation there don't we?
Yep. The border and illegal immigration/terrorist threats are Bush's blind spots.
all national guard trainees could be doing their 'high desert' training in the Soutwest. Add a few hundred predator drones and a border patrol with the authority to call for help from guard reinforcements to track and hunt down infiltrators... and a civil patrol of volunteers with radios doing private property between san diego and elpaso... and we could cut that down to a trickle.
I would also like to see the Army,Navy,Airforce, and all the guard and auxilaries re-opting to open training ON HIGH SCHOOL campuses to recruit and train men and women who actually WANT to learn self-defense, officer skills, military prep, law enforcement, security and patrolling basics and such. You ought to be training our next generation of 'throat slitters' two days a month at Patrick Henry High. (and people like you who have "the gift") It would go further to change our nation's mental state on defense and undermine criminal activity in the public school system, than all the bills the dems in sacramento could pass in five years.
We could do a lot more. And it would REALLY make the difference. I am not as worried about the borders as I should be. But my decades in San Diego, tell me THIS is no longer just a 'wetbacks' problem related to migrant 'fruit pickers'.. not any more. Ridge is either being intentionally disengenous or wrong. I prefer to beleive the former. but fear the latter.
I pray W does take action to close that opening down, and that he does it in such a way that keeps our relationship with mexico great, and in fact, enhances it. Where would we be without sport fishing in baja?
Sir with all due respect; the powers that be believe as an article of religeous faith that the average citizen is literally a booger eating moron that is to stupid to wipe ,flush, wash their hands in the proper order when the use the toilet. You asked a simple straight forward question I hope my reply provided an equally straight forward answer.
kinda like I was saying to another freeper earlier.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1231973/posts?page=84#84
I like the israeli model for school safety. Getting kids used to the use and appearance of firearms as part of their American Heritage is a good thing afterall. And the guns could be used to repel or slow down bad guys, while the reinforcements are coming.
I agree with you.
sounds like we need to triple our number of 'volunteers' for the coast guard auxilary with some folks like you... one weekend a month, one day a week.
They are 'taking names' even as we speak.
I like the idea of our kids seeing guns, and uniforms EVERY DAY. I have no fear of americans in uniforms wearing guns. In fact, I think we need to see the majority of our adults ARMED in public. It's not just about terror.
It is about giving our kids the gift of loving guns and defending America from its enemies. Lots of women are scared of guns and military displays that look all 'threatening' and such. But I see them more like a 'warm blanket' and it reminds me of family members, now passed, who NEVER made me fear the military, or guns... only the enemy.
I think they OUGHT to wear khakis or camo on campus... with a little rank or insignia to let onlookers know there are military personnel of the united states on our campuses. Even if they are auxillaries and semi-retirees of limited rank.
but hey, that's just me.
Yes. I live in San Diego as well. With the navy and marine bases here and the sub base, unfortunately I think we'd be one of the top places on the list of targets.
To me it's only a matter of time.
Yeah right, John Kerry protect us...
Maybe it peaks every October?
sorry bout that.
Bookmarking
kerry is a real assclown.
we don't need a president who lives in a state of denial.
kerry is a resident of that state.
without a doubt.
this is defintely on their "wish list" for the holidays.
americans are watching.
some at least.
God help us prevent having yet another beslan here.
Hillarious. And a great word picture. I can just see it.
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