December 11, 2002
6 Tevet, 5763
Jerusalem

In the Presence of Prime Minister Sharon and Jewish Agency Chairman Sallai Meridor 39 Patrol Cars and State-of-the-Art Communications Equipment Will Be Given to the Civil Guard - a Gift of the United Jewish Communities of North America

Ceremony: Thursday, 12 December at 12:00 Noon, in the Jewish Agency's Kiryat Moriah Educational Campus. Entry to Press upon presentation of GPO Card, until 11:00.

In a ceremony to be held under the aegis of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Jewish Agency Chairman Sallai Meridor and Israel Police Commissioner, Shlomo Aharonishki, 39 patrol cars and 400 state-of-the-art communications sets will be given over to the Civil Guard. This equipment is a gift of the United Jewish Communities of North America (UJC).

400 donors from North American Jewish Communities will participate in the ceremony, which will be held at the Jewish Agency's Kiryat Moriah Educational Campus, 3 HaAskan St. Jerusalem. Press will be admitted until of 11:00 AM upon presentation of GPO Press cards.

In the course of the ceremony Jewish Agency Chairman Sallai Meridor and a representative of the United Jewish Communities of North America, will present the Civil Guard with 39 patrol cars and the advanced communications equipment, which were collected in the context of the Israel Emergency Campaign, run by the Jewish Agency and the United Jewish Communities.

For additional information contact Tal Rabina at 03 535 1234, 050 331 027

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