2012 AIPAC ATL Event: former Pres. Spain & Israel's Latest Tech Innovations
Monday, January 30, 2012 starting at 7PM
Cobb Gallery Centre: Two Galleria Parkway - Atlanta, GA
THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO THE
2012 AIPAC Atlanta Community Event
Standing Together With Israel
Featuring
The Honorable José Maria Aznar
Former President of Spain
Founding Member, Friends of Israel Initiative
and
Up Close & Personal: Unveiling Israel's
Latest Technological Innovations
Monday, January 30, 2012
7:00 p.m. ~ Dessert Reception Only
7:45 p.m. ~ Community Program
Cobb Gallery Centre
Two Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, GA
$36 couvert per person
Tables of 10 Available for $360
No Minimum Contribution Required To Attend
Please RSVP by Friday, January 27, 2012
Advanced RSVP's Preferred
RSVP Link: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=224976&CFID=4564132&CFTOKEN=a98f3953b9f7c59f-4AE77740-3048-C9AF-9DFC1AA1B01E242C
Space is Limited ~ Dietary Laws Observed ~ Business Attire
For more information, please contact:
Melissa Horen at mhoren@aipac.org
AIPAC Office: (770) 541-7610
2012 AIPAC Atlanta Community Event Chairs
Ilene Engel & Bob Arotsky Robyn & Doug Ross
About The Honorable José Maria Aznar
José Maria Aznar became President of Spain in 1996, following the
electoral victory of the Partido Popular. With the party’s subsequent
electoral victory in the year 2000, this time with an absolute majority,
he led the country again for a new term. His time as President lasted
until the elections of 2004, when he voluntarily chose not to run for
office again.
Throughout his two terms as President of the Government he led an
important process of economic and social reform. Thanks to various
liberalisation processes and the introduction of measures to promote
competition, along with budgetary controls, rationalised public
spending and tax reductions, almost 5 million jobs were created in
Spain. Furthermore, the first two reductions on the income tax that
democratic Spain has ever known took place during his two terms in office.
One of José María Aznar’s most serious concerns is the battle against
terrorism. He advocates a firm policy, one that is against any kind
of political concession, combined with close international cooperation
between democratic countries. He is a strong supporter of the Atlantic
Relationship and the European Union’s commitment to freedoms and
economic reform.
In 2010, Aznar founded the Friends of Israel Initiative, with the stated
goal to "counter the attempts to delegitimize the State of Israel and its
right to live in peace within safe and defensible borders". Referring to
the ill-fated takeover of the Mavi Marmara by Israeli commandos, Aznar
said in 2010 that the world must support Israel because "if it goes down,
we all go down". He said that "In an ideal world, the assault by Israeli
commandos on the 'Mavi Marmara' would not have ended up with nine dead
and a score wounded. In an ideal world, the soldiers would have been
peacefully welcomed on to the ship." He criticized Turkey, for placing
Israel "in an impossible situation" in which it would have to either
give up its security or face world condemnation. Aznar concluded that
Israel is the West's first line of defense, and must be protected.
He is the Honorary Chairman of the Partido Popular, a party he chaired
between 1990 and 2004. Until the year 2006 he was the Chairman of
the Centrist Democrat International (CDI) and Vice-Chairman of the
International Democrat Union (IDU), the two international organisations
that bring together the parties of the Centre, along with Liberals,
Christian Democrats and Conservatives throughout the world.
José María Aznar began his political career in the political party
known as Alianza Popular, in 1979. In 1982 he was elected a Member of
Parliament for Ávila. He then went on to become the Regional Chairman of
Alianza Popular in Castile-Leon and the Head of the Regional Government of
Castile-Leon between 1987 and 1989. In 1989, following the re-founding
of the Partido Popular, he was chosen as the party's candidate for
President in the general elections of 1989. The following year he
was elected Chairman of the Party. He led the Partido Popular in the
elections of 1993, 1996 and the year 2000. Throughout these four terms,
he served as a Member of Parliament for Madrid. Between 1989 and 1996
he was the Leader of the Opposition.
José María Aznar graduated in law at the Universidad Complutense. He
qualified as an Inspector of State Finances in 1975. He was Distinguished
Scholar at the University of Georgetown from 2004 to 2011.
Unveiling Israel's Latest Technological Innovations
An interactive panel discussion that highlights new technology developed
in the Jewish state of Israel that has helped United States soldiers
and citizens.
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