Originally published 16 November 1999
in general release
www.stopmoskowitz.com
9553 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90035
P.O. Box 1471, Hawaiian Gardens CA 90716
310-910-9153
pager 310-797-0457
November 16, 1999
Newsplease note:
Coalition asks Israeli Prime Minister to intervene with Governor Davis, Attorney General Lockyer
The
Coalition for Justice in Hawaiian Gardens and Jerusalem has asked Prime Minister
Ehud Barak, who is visiting the U.S. this week, to ask Californias governor
and attorney general to stop gambling operations in Hawaiian Gardens, which
are harming that Los Angeles County city and funding the activities of Israeli
extremists opposed to peace with the Palestinians.
In a letter to
Barak, leaders of the Jewish-Latino coalition warned that Dr. Irving Moskowitz,
who controls the gambling ventures (and Hawaiian Gardens politics) has been
funneling millions of dollars in tax-free bingo proceeds to Israeli extremists
bent on destroying the peace process. "Today, because of Moskowitzs activities,
the future of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples are intertwined with the
future of the people of Hawaiian Gardens," says the letter, a copy of which
is attached.
Adds Coalition Coordinator Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak: "The
Moskowitz Foundation, which operates the multi-million-dollar bingo parlor,
staffs the games with unpaid, often immigrant "volunteers," working for tips
alone. Their exploited labor is funding the radical Israeli settlers assault
on Israeli-Palestinian peace."
The coalition has been campaigning
to persuade Attorney General Bill Lockyer not to grant a permanent license
to Moskowitzs Hawaiian Gardens poker casino.
A copy of the letter
appears in this weeks edition of the Atlanta Jewish Times. Prime Minister
Barak will address the General Assemblies of Federated Jewish Communities
in Atlanta on Friday.
The Coalition for Justice in Hawaiian Gardens
and Jerusalem is distributing a video about Moskowitzs activities, A Tale
of Two Cities, which you can request from the address or phone number above
or from www.stopmoskowitz.org
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