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Article in the Jewish Voice, NY newspaper Highlights Teens Activities

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JUNE 18, 2010 

The Jewish Voice, New York

  

No Nukes for Iran Calls

For No Business With 

Iran

Danielle Flaum, a junior at 

Millburn high school recently stepped 

up onto the world stage when she 

started a grass roots group called ‘No 

Nukes For Iran.’ In one of the group’s 

first appearances they marched near 

the front of the Salute to Israel Parade 

and many of the politicians noticeably 

wore their buttons on their lapels. 

At a recent Press conference she 

said that “History teaches us that 

for social change to occur, the 

youth must stand up and lead. 

“I have tried to live by these words 

this year.  Our group, No Nukes for Iran, 

a group of teens from Short Hills, NJ, 

created a “face” for this issue, a logo that 

is displayed on banners, on magnets and 

on buttons that is now being displayed in 

over 25 states and numerous college 

campuses.” 

The group has enlisted the help, of 

national and local agencies, religious 

organizations and youth groups they also 

have launched a national campaign, 

determined to protect the very nature of 

world peace. 

They have met with officials in Washington D.C., 

here in NJ 

and around the country that care deeply 

about Iran’s goal to not only develop 

nuclear capabilities but also the missiles 

to deliver them.  

Danielle Flaum  asked the people of 

NJ to demand of their elected officials to 

insure that NJ State government divests 

from companies doing business with 

Iran. 

No Nukes for Iran, was created out of 

our Outrage at the possibility that Iran, a 

country run by terrorist regime, is racing 

to have Nuclear weapons. 

Ms Flaum stated that while she repre- 

sented No Nukes for Iran but was also 

sharing the hope of the youth of America 

Standing for Human Rights for all peo- 

ple, Standing for peace Standing for a 

world free of terrorists threatening our 

dreams. 

And standing in our way are the 

active plans of Iran threatening world 

peace; 

Threatening the interests of the 

United States and Threatening America’s 

allies in the Middle East. 

She called for NJ politicians to 

“Make the wonderful state of NJ an 

example for other states and divest from 

all companies doing business with Iran. 

“We need to use all of our resources 

to stop companies from doing business 

with Iran. 

“Today, take a stand, make this issue a 

priority so that you can tell our fellow 

citizens of New Jersey, your children and 

grandchildren – that you helped to make 

the world a safer place for us today and 

for future generations.” 

Joining Ms Flaum at the Press confer- 

ence were Senator Bateman Senater 

Robert Singer, Senator Joseph Vitale and 

Assemblyman Bramnick who have been 

strong supporters  and offering encour- 

agement to the group’s efforts.  

Ass. Sender stated that she was very 

impressed with the work of the teens - 

she encouraged the teens to take what 

they have accomplished in NJ and 

encourage other groups in different 

states to do the same thing! 

Other groups supporting the No 

Nukes For Iran Initiative are,  American 

Jewish committee, AIPAC, Human 

Rights Institute of Kean University, 

Lutheran Office of governmental 

Ministry in NJ, NJ State Ass. of Jewish 

Federations and Teamsters Joint Council 

#73. 

"Max"imum Potential shares his thoughts, Max Kleinman is the Executive Director of the United Jewish Communities of Metrowest NJ

Honeywell, Get Out of Iran!

Avi Posnock, Ferne Hassan, Nancy Kislin Flaum, Max Kleinman, Julia Silverstein, Rabbi Eric Lankin, Melisa Rayvid, David Ibsen, Danielle Flaum, Jim Daniels, Michelle Bauer, Banefesh Zand-Bonzzi, Chandler Benzini, Melanie Roth-Gorelick

As we raised our posters demanding that Honeywell leave Iran, we were

 greeted by passing cars honking their horns in support of the cause. 

The cause is very simple, the United Nations joined by the European 

Union and the United States Congress have all approved sanctions 

which are hoped to persuade Iran to stop its nuclear program resulting in 

building nuclear bombs. We credit the EU and the United States Congress 

have imposed more severe sanctions than the relatively modest Security

 Council resolutions, which gave diplomatic cover for the U.S. and our allies

 to be more aggressive in our efforts to impede Iran’s progress towards

 making a bomb. But companies like Honeywell stand in the way of this 

unified effort. Because it is currently aiding Iran in the development of the

 Iraqi refinery which will aid Iran’s capacity to refine its own oil. One of the

 major vulnerabilities of the Iranian economy is its dependence on imported

 petroleum and Honeywell is helping them overcome this deficiency. 

Honeywell is also a major U.S. government contractor. Of all the companies 

that do business in Iran, Honeywell does the greatest amount of business

 with the U.S. Government, more than $12.9 billion over the past decade. 

Honeywell must choose between doing business in Iran and doing with the 

United States.

I lived in the Twin Cities for seven years and Honeywell was a major corporate

 icon and great corporate citizen, known for many philanthropic initiatives. 

Honeywell bought Allied-Signal and moved its corporate headquarters to

 Morristown, New Jersey, which was the sight of our demonstration. We 

were over sixty strong, involving our Stop Iran Task Force of our 

Community Relations Committee, chaired by Jim Daniels, 

No Nukes for Iran, teen advocacy group, led Danielle Flaum, 

Amir-Abbas Fakhrabar, Secretary General of the Confederation 

of Iranian Students, and Eagle’s Wings representatives of the 

Christians United for Israel and Rabbi Eric Lankin of the

 Jewish National Fund.

Most poignantly stated, the plea of teens who, G-d forbid, would have

 to live with a nuclear-armed Iran, as part of their future if our efforts

 fail. Quoted in her letter to Mr. David Cote of the Honeywell Corporation

 that, “We are committed to confronting the biggest threat to peace 

in our lifetime, we call upon the free citizens of the world to mobilize 

and do their part to end Iran’s nuclear program. Our group has been 

instrumental in educating and motivating the youth of America to

 stand up and speak out against nuclear Iran. We are involved in 

communities in twenty-five states and twenty college campuses. 

To date, we have taken our message to Trenton and to Washington, D.C. 

and throughout the country.”

The Danielle’s of the world, founder and chair of No Nukes for Iran, 

teen advocacy program, have the most legitimate claim for our attention

 as their long-term future depends upon our success in addressing this 

most important issue in writing Honeywell at Mr. David Cote, 

Honeywell Corporation, 101 Columbia Turnpike, Morris Township, NJ 07960 

and calling Honeywell offices at 973-455-2000 to register your outrage 

about Honeywell’s concern for profits over doing the right thing for one 

of the most serious issues confronting our country.

Honeywell, get out of Iran now!

No Nukes for Iran Teens Organize Protest Against Honeywell Corporation

Honeywell protesters: 

Drop business in Iran

Teens spearhead rally at technology

 giant’s Morristown offices

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About 60 people gathered at Honeywell headquarters in Morristown to “shame” the company into stopping its business in Iran.

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by Johanna Ginsberg
NJJN Staff Writer

June 23, 2010

About 60 people gathered at the Morristown headquarters of the Honeywell Corporation on June 21, hoping to shame the technology giant into ending its business in Iran.

Protesters waved placards and shouted, “Honeywell, get out of Iran, now!” Some cars driving by on Columbia Turnpike tooted their horns in support.

The protest was organized by No Nukes for Iran, an organization founded by a group of local teenagers and cosponsored by United Against a Nuclear Iran.

“We have launched a national movement that is determined to protect the very nature of world peace,” Danielle Flaum, an incoming senior at Millburn High School who spearheaded the rally, announced to the gathering. “We need to use all our resources to stop companies from doing business 

with Iran. The time is now!”

Honeywell has been targeted because it is the only company with headquarters in New Jersey doing business in Iran, according to David Ibsen, coalitions director for UANI, which maintains a database of about 250 businesses operating in Iran.

There are “about five or six” other companies on the list that do extensive business in the state that he said might be targeted, including Lukoil.

Honeywell has a subsidiary, Universal Oil Products, that is engaged in expanding and upgrading the Arak refinery in Iran. It also receives $12.6 billion in subsidies from the United States federal government.

It may have been the first time a local company

 has been directly confronted about its business in Iran.

The rally was supported by the Community Relations

 Committee of United Jewish Communities of MetroWest 

New Jersey, the Jewish Community Relations Council of 

the Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey,

 American Jewish Committee, and StandWithUs.

“Hopefully if enough people turn out to rally against them,

 the tides will start to turn and people will stop looking to 

Honeywell as such a great corporation,” Flaum told NJJN

 before the rally.

Melanie Gorelick, MetroWest CRC associate director, called

 Iran the organization’s “number one issue.” The CRC is 

urging Congress to impose sanctions on companies doing

 business in Iran through their subsidiaries and is urging 

businesses with a presence in New Jersey to divest from Iran.

Jim Daniels, chair of the MetroWest CRC’s 

Stop Iran Now Coalition, called Iran’s pursuit of nuclear 

weapons “a grave and growing national security threat.”

“Ahmadinejad’s access to nuclear weaponry and his ever 

expanding support of terror groups around the world…cannot

 be ignored,” said Daniels. “A nuclear Iran will change the

 balance of power, in the world, as we know it.”

In a letter addressed to David Cote, chairman and CEO

 of Honeywell, Flaum, on behalf of No Nukes for Iran, urged 

him to end its business dealings with Iran. The letter requests 

a meeting with Honeywell. So far, she has not received a response.

When questioned about Flaum’s letter, Honeywell spokesperson

 Robert Ferris wrote in an e-mail toNJJN, “We always reply to letters.”

He also provided a statement in response to other questions

 from NJJN: “Honeywell is compliant with all U.S. laws and 

with all laws in every country where we operate. We have

 committed to accept no new assignments in Iran in anticipation

 of a change in U.S. law, but are legally obligated to complete 

work under current contract. Should U.S. law change and prevent 

the company from fulfilling its contractual obligations, we will fully

 comply.”

Protesters came to the rally from around New Jersey. They were

 joined by a group from an evangelical church in upstate New York 

with ties to the MetroWest CRC.

Rabbi Dr. Eric Lankin, chief of institutional advancement and 

education at Jewish National Fund and a resident of Highland Park,

 said he and his 14-year-old son Ben attended the rally as private citizens.

“We Jews remember quite well that it was the rallies that we had

 in cities across the world that brought down the Soviet Union and

 freed a million Soviet Jews,” he said. “We want to start a

 movement not only in our area but in areas all over the country

 where there are companies doing business with Iran.”

Larry Slavin of Rockaway attended the rally with his wife, Helen. 

“It’s important for every American to fight against Iran getting 

nuclear weapons,” he said. “It’s bad for the whole world.”

For others, like Evelyn Shaw of Scotch Plains, the campaign 

has a specifically Jewish component.

“The Jewish community didn’t believe what Hitler said, and the

 Americans didn’t believe what Hitler said. But he was serious,” Shaw said.

 “And Ahmadinejad is serious, and we should believe what he says. That’s

 why I’m here today: to do everything that I can in my power to stop the 

nuclear threat that Iran represents to Israel and to the world.”

Ferne Hassan, associate director of American Jewish Committee’s NJ Area, 

urged Honeywell stockholders to look beyond their wallets.

“I think stockholders would respect that the stock may not make as

 much for them — but what will they be spending their money on if 

we’re all blown to smithereens?” she said.

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No Nukes for Iran teens spearhead a Press Conference in Trenton, NJ.

Stop Iran coalition urges

 divestiture

In Trenton, politicians and 

religious leaders urge

bipartisan action

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Democratic Assembly member Gordon Johnson, left, and Republican Jon Bramnick call for a bipartisan divestment campaign to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Photo by Robert Wiener

by Robert Wiener
NJJN Staff Writer

June 16, 2010

As the United Nations Security Council intensified its economics sanctions against Iran, a group of legislators and Jewish activists gathered together and issued a call to governments and private entities in other states to follow New Jersey’s lead in using divestment to stop Iranian nuclear ambitions.

Assemblyman Jon Bramnick (R-Dist. 21) chaired the June 10 meeting in a tightly packed conference room near the State Assembly chamber in Trenton under the banner of “No Nukes for Iran.”

Bramnick called for “a bipartisan effort to make sure the public is aware of the efforts of the state in bringing attention to the serious problems of the Middle East.”

The Assemblyman quoted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s statement that “the Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation”; that rhetoric, said Bramnick, is “pure evil.”

Following him at the podium was Assembly member Linda Stender (D-Dist. 22), prime sponsor of the 2007 law that requires state pension funds to divest from companies doing business involving Iran’s defense, nuclear, natural gas, and petroleum sectors.

She said initially New Jersey sold off $14.5 million shares in companies linked to Iran, amounting to $489.1 million.

“We have until January 2011 to fully divest and $11 million to take out of those investments,” she added. “We will remain vigilant to make sure that is done.”

Jewish leaders in the room thanked the politicians for such efforts and urged other municipalities and companies to follow suit.

“A nuclear-weaponized Iran will change the balance of power and the world as we currently know it,” said David Lentz, chair of the Community Relations Committee of United Jewish Communities of MetroWest, who spoke on behalf of the NJ Stop Iran Now Coalition. The group’s members include the State Association of Jewish Federations, the community relations councils of the federations, and the American Jewish Committee.

“We recognize that many governmental subdivisions in New Jersey and elsewhere — counties, municipalities, and other public and private pension and investment funds — have not yet added their voices and taken action to divest,” said Lentz.

“Addressing Iran is not only a United Nations matter or a House and Senate matter. It affects all of us — every county, every public and private pension fund and investment fund,” he said.

State Sen. Robert Singer (R-Dist. 30) added a note of partisanship to the proceedings. “I’m hoping that this press conference today will have the ears of the administration in Washington and our president will understand our concerns for Israel and the well-being of Israel in the Middle East,” he said.

The day before, the UN Security Council had passed new 

sanctions against Iran, setting the stage for new and tougher

 U.S. actions against the country.

Still, some Jewish commentators have suggested the UN sanctions

 and U.S. proposals do not go far enough in isolating Iran.

Singer, whose daughter Sarri was seriously wounded in a Jerusalem

 bus bombing in 2003, called divestiture a “key to fighting terrorism.”

A prime mover in the “No Nukes for Iran” campaign has been

 Danielle Flaum, a 16-year-old Millburn High School student,

 who shared the podium with the politicians.

“I stand before you sharing the hope of the youth of America,

 standing up for human rights for all people,” she said.

She noted that June 12 marked the anniversary of violent street

 protests in Iran against the reelection of Ahmadinejad.

“The bloody day serves to remind us that we have the power and 

the capability to use all of our resources and unite to stop Iran from

 getting nuclear weapons,” she said.

Also taking part were Assemblyman Gordon Johnson (D-Dist. 37)

 and Jim Daniels, the Iranian-born chair of the MetroWest

 CRC’s Stop Iran Taskforce.

After the meeting, the Rev. Bruce Davidson, who is the director 

of the Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry in New Jersey, 

said his office is working to raise public awareness of the divestment effort.

“Any nuclear proliferation in the world is a bad thing. We need

 to reduce the threat of nuclear war, not increase it,” he said. 

“If Iran is developing nuclear weapons, the target is going to

 be Israel. That is absolutely unacceptable.

“Iran may feel it is the target of Israel’s nuclear weapons,” 

he added. “However, Israel has never used its nuclear weapons, 

and I believe they would use them only if they were attacked first.”

Divestment

The companies from which New Jersey has divested to date include:

ENI Spa
Gazprom OAO
GDF Suez
GS Engineering & Construction
Lukoil OAO
Mitsui & Co
OMV AG
Petroleo Brasileiro
Sasol LTD
SNC-Lavalin Group, Inc.
Statoil Hydor ASA

An additional 33 companies have been identified as ineligible for investment by the pension and annuity fund portfolios in New Jersey (list available upon request).

— The list was supplied by the NJ Department of the Treasury Division of Investment in its March 1 report to the NJ Legislature on investments in Iran.

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