Coalition for Justice in Hawaiian Gardens and Jerusalem
The Story of Moskowitz and Hawaiian Gardens
News Release
Appeal to Israeli Prime Minister
Ehud Barak
Coalition for Justice in Hawaiian
Gardens and Jerusalem
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
News…please 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 California’s 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 Moskowitz’s 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 Moskowitz’s Hawaiian Gardens poker casino.
A copy of the letter appears in this week’s 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 Moskowitz’s activities, A Tale of Two Cities, which you can request from the address or phone number above or from www.stopmoskowitz.org.
Click here to see the letter sent to Prime Minister Barak.
