On Wednesday May 7th 2008 at 9:00am in the Plaza outside the Jewish Agency
and National Institutions building, 48 King George St., Jerusalem

Special Memorial Day ceremony in memory of those killed in terror attacks
against Israeli and Jewish targets and antisemitic incidents around the
world, with the participation of several family members of the victims.

200 Jews have been killed in terror attacks around the world.

Lisa and Ilsa, the daughters of the late Leon Klinghoffer, a USA citizen
killed by Palestinian terrorists, will light the torch in memory of the
victims.

As part of the commemoration of Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims
of Terror, a special ceremony will take place outside the National
Institutions building in Jerusalem on Wednesday May 7th 2008 commemorating
those who have been killed in terror attacks and antisemitic incidents in
various places around the world in addition to commemorating the soldiers
who have died in Israel's wars and the victims of terror attacks in Israel.
A memorial will be put up containing the names of people killed in terror
attacks in various places outside of Israel. According to Jewish Agency
data, around 200 Jews have been killed in terror attacks around the world.

The ceremony is being organized by the Jewish Agency, the World Zionist
Organization, in cooperation with the Jewish National Found, Keren Hayesod
and the United Jewish Communities.

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel, the Jewish Agency
invited the daughters of the late Leon Klinghoffer - Lisa and Ilsa from New
York - to come to Israel and participate in the ceremony and to light the
torch in memory of those killed. Their wheelchair-bound father was
ruthlessly killed by Palestinian terrorists on October 8th 1985 while on a
Mediterranean cruise on the Achille Lauro luxury cruise ship and his body
tossed into the sea.

Klinghoffer's daughters will accompany the Chairman of the Jewish Agency,
Zeev Bielski, at the Memorial Day services on Mt. Herzl and will also attend
the 60th Independece Day opening ceremony. They will also be hosted by the
American ambassador Richard Jones in the framework of an event organized by
the Anti-Defamation League in honor of their parents, and they will visit
the Rambam Hospital in Haifa to see a garden planted in memory of their
father.

You are invited to cover the memorial event on Wednesday May 7th at 9:00am
in the plaza outside the National Institutions building (Jewish Agency
building), 48 King George St., Jerusalem.

Office of the Spokesman, Jewish Agency for Israel
Jewish Agency website: www.jafi.org.il