PM Netanyahu Meets with World Mayors
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning (Monday), 7.5.12, in his
Jerusalem office, hosted 37 mayors from 28 countries who have arrived in
Israel to take part in the 28th Israel International Mayors Conference
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The Conference is taking place under the auspices of The American Council
for World Jewry http://www.world-jewry.org/ , led by American businessman
Jack Rosen, the Foreign Ministry and the Union of Local Authorities in
Israel http://www.masham.org.il/English/Pages/default.aspx

Conference organizer and initiator Jack Rosen introduced Prime Minister
Netanyahu to the mayors. After the former's remarks, the latter spoke with
each of the mayors.

After the Prime Minister's remarks, Kyustendil (Bulgaria)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyustendil Mayor Petar Paunov gave him a
framed 1943 letter written by Bulgarian Parliament Deputy Speaker Dimitar
Peshev http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/stories/peshev.asp , who
saved approximately 50,000 Jews from murder and extermination. Mayor Paunov
noted that Peshev's home has recently become a museum dedicated to the
memory of Yitzhak Rabin.

The Conference is being held in Israel between 6-10.5.12. In addition to
meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu, the mayors will meet with Foreign
Minister Avigdor Liberman, Intelligence Affairs Minister Dan Meridor, Israel
Police Inspector-General Yohanan Danino, Israeli mayors, leading Israeli
educators and cultural figures, businessmen and high-tech entrepreneurs, and
IDF and Israel Police officers. The mayors will also visit IDF bases, Yad
Vashem, the Old City of Jerusalem, high-tech firms, Elbit, Elta, etc.