Organizers said it was the largest pro-Israel rally here since the country came into existence in 1948.

When Mr. Malter makes a speech at a pro-Israel rally that makes the newspapers, Saunders forbids his son to speak to Reuven, or even mention his name.

Mr. Brach gave to many charities and financed many pro-Israel rallies, with his biggest donations going to political candidates he thought would benefit the Jewish community.

Nonetheless, he was booed when he spoke on behalf of the president at the large pro-Israel rally held by American Jews in Washington last month.

The pro-Israel rally last Monday in Washington, organized in less than a week, attracted a crowd estimated at 100,000 people from across the fractious spectrum of American Jewry.

But the people here have no illusions that their cause is dear to the hearts of politicians, who turned out in force for the pro-Israel rally Thursday but stayed away today.

Mr. Sharon had been invited to Florida for a pro-Israel rally organized by the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, at which he was to appear with the governor.

A pro-Israel rally took place in Düsseldorf.

A pro-Israel rally was held a day later.

On July 18, 2006, Clinton spoke at a pro-Israel rally in New York in front of the United Nations.