(JERUSALEM) For decades the World Zionist Organization (WZO) has worked to strengthen the safety and security needs of at-risk Jewish communities outside of Israel, but more is urgently needed. In the aftermath of attacks and attempted terrorist attacks on synagogues and Jewish targets in New York, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Poway, Halle, Germany, and in many other communities, it is time for the WZO to create new programs to directly help Jews worldwide to protect their communities.
At the 38th World Zionist Congress (WZC) taking place in Jerusalem, in October 2020, the World Herut movement will propose a resolution for WZO to allocate funds, resources and programming for the recruitment, training and deployment of security advisers to assist local synagogues, Jewish schools, and community centers in evaluating premise security and preventing violent physical attacks.
The Herut resolution calls on experienced Israel security experts and anti-terrorism specialists to be sent to various U.S. and European cities and will focus on assisting Jewish communities with developing training programs, creating security plans, and evaluating security needs.
Herut leaders see the Israeli security experts working for six months to two years per assignment based on the shaliach (Israeli emissary) model the WZO already utilizes.
Herut Zionists candidates in the current U.S. based WZC elections have been the motivators for this Herut initiative.
The more delegates Herut Zionists have in the next WZC election will directly impact the
success of this resolution.Herut is an international movement for Zionist pride and education and is dedicated to the ideals of pre-World War Two Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky and more about Herut can be found at https://www.voteherut2020.com/
