7 ISRAELI TEENS TOUCHED BY TERROR SPEAK IN L.A.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer Serving as self-styled ambassadors of peace and hope, seven Israeli teen-agers who have been victims of terrorism came to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. on Thursday in a campaign against hate. "You have to fight for peace," said Sivan Horesh, a 14-year-old survivor of a Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest bus bombing in 1994. "You have to work to increase understanding." Sivan was part of a delegation brought to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. by the Anti-Defamation League Anti-Defamation League B’nai B’rith organization which fights anti-Semitism. [Am. Hist.: Wigoder, 33] See : Anti-Semitism to help explain the horror of terrorism and help survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing See Terrorism "The Oklahoma City Bombing" (Sidebar); Venue "Venue and the Oklahoma City Bombing Case" (Sidebar). overcome their fears. One of those visiting teens, Shlomi Eliyahu, still has burn scars and wears pressure bandages from a 1994 bombing in the rural Afula area of Israel. He has met with youthful victims of the latest terrorist attacks in Israel to give them hope. The visit to Oklahoma City is scheduled for next week. The young people will meet with those bombing victims in hospitals and schools. David Lehrer, executive director of the Los Angles ADL chapter, said the bombings in Israel and the United States show that terrorism can occur anywhere. "We have to be on alert against this madness," Lehrer said. |
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