1/30/2012
Small City Is Home to Israel’s Unlikely Top Team |
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| This city is one of Israel’s smallest, a hardscrabble place with a population of 23,000 that is less than two miles from the Lebanese border and through the decades has repeatedly found itself caught in the crossfire of Arab-Israeli strife. |
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1/30/2012
UN Textbooks for Palestinian Children ‘Explosively Anti-Israel' |
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| The textbooks used to educate Palestinian children who live in refugee camps came under fire at a briefing on Wednesday on Capitol Hill where experts said lessons of intolerance and hatred toward Jews and Israel fill the books’ pages. |
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1/26/2012
UPCOMING CONNECTICUT EVENT |
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| Join Michelle Rojas-Tal for her presentation: The Psychological Perception of the Conflict and its Effect on Israel's Image |
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1/24/2012
Negotiations, not anti-Semitic demonstrations, will further peace in the Middle East |
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| Balboa Park is a jewel in the crown of this city for families to enjoy culture and history. Unfortunately, it was not January 14 for a group of extremist anti-Israel protestors promoting hatred of Israel and the Jewish people for the third year in a ... |
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1/24/2012
Amb. Prosor Addresses UN Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East |
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| Ambassador Ron Prosor addressed the United Nations Security Council on the situation in the Middle East today, January 24, including the advancement of Iran’s nuclear weapons program and the sanctions imposed by the US and EU.
Amb. Prosor also ad ... |
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1/23/2012
New Faces Speak Up for Israel |
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| El Al Pilots, Flight Attendants Trained as Grassroots Ambassadors for Israel In a Pilot Program
Five El Al "Blue and White "Ambassadors Will Speak in Los Angeles in February 2012
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1/23/2012
What's New at StandWithUs |
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| For 10 years, StandWithUs has been dedicated to empowering Israel`s supporters around the world to to educate their communities about the young state`s remarkable achievements and to challenge misinformation about Israel. We have grown dramatically a ... |
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1/22/2012
Anti-semitism at Carnegie Mellon |
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| Anti-Israel essay desecrates Martin Luther King's Memory but Wins an M.L. King Award. |
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1/20/2012
Omar Barghouti's Lectures: A case study of dangerous propaganda |
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| If you ever wondered how groups like the Nazis, Hutus, or America’s southern racists incited hatred and prejudice, you have a case study every time Omar Barghouti speaks on a college campus. Consider his comments when he toured California campuses in ... |
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1/19/2012
Mideast conflict spills onto BART walls |
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| Thousands of miles removed from the political tinderbox of the Middle East, a controversy has broken out between Palestinian and Israeli advocacy groups over dueling advertising campaigns on BART. |
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1/19/2012
ACTION ALERT: INSIST THAT CSUN REMOVE BIGOTED, ANTI-ISRAEL WEB PAGES |
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| Cal State University Northridge [CSUN] mathematics professor David Klein has posted anti-Israel defamations on the CSUN server. These inflammatory web pages violate Cal State University standards and policy, and foster a hostile environment for pro- ... |
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1/18/2012
Israeli Fellowship Opens with Michael Oren and Ron Prosor |
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| 150 New Recruits – Reservists from the IDF Now Studying in University – Join Our Next-Gen Israeli Ambassadors Program |
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1/17/2012
Jewish Student Attacked After Nazi Drinking Game |
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| A Nazi themed drinking game at the French ski resort Val d’Isère left a Jewish student with a broken nose after he was attacked when he attempted to excuse himself after anti-Semitic remarks were made. |
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1/17/2012
Threats of Violence at London University |
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| A talk organised yesterday by the Queen Mary Atheism, Secularism and Humanism Society on ‘Sharia Law and Human Rights’ had to be cancelled after threats of violence. |
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1/17/2012
Omar Barghouti, Angela Davis, and Fred Moten on Israel - Special Program at USC |
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| On Thursday, January 12, I went to the University of Southern California (USC) to hear three speakers and a moderator address
“Our South Africa Moment: Divestment From Apartheid In South Africa And Israel.” |
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1/13/2012
Speaker discusses growing anti-Semitism on college campuses |
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| Anti-Semitism on college campuses in California, including at UC Davis, will be the focus of Matthew White’s talk Sunday, Jan. 29, at Congregation Beth Shalom in Carmichael. |
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1/11/2012
Upcoming pro-Palestine movement conference sparks debate |
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| The two-day conference will take place in February
and has elicited strong reactions from Penn's pro-Israel community |
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1/9/2012
*New* Apartheid in the Middle East Video by StandWithUs |
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| Official, institutionalized discrimination against Palestinians is widespread in the Middle East. Where does this Apartheid take place, and what are the reasons behind it? |
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1/5/2012
Response to BDS Goes Way Beyond Chickpeas |
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| Just before finals, University of Pennsylvania sophomore Noah Feit, (StandWithUs Emerson Fellow) stumbled upon a Facebook link from a newly formed student group affiliated with the international movement that targets Israel with boycotts, divestment ... |
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1/5/2012
Pro-Israel ad campaign to go up, again |
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| For the third time in the last 12 months, a pro-Israel poster campaign will be launched in area BART stations and on AC Transit buses to counter anti-Israel ads. Sponsored by StandWithUs, the posters will go up Monday, Jan. 16, and will be posted for ... |
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1/5/2012
STANDWITHUS TO COUNTER ANTI-ISRAEL ADS ON BART |
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| For the third time in the past year, StandWithUs, the international Israel education organization, is launching a pro-Israel ad campaign on Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and AC buses to counter another campaign of anti-Israel ads. The SWU counter-ads ... |
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1/5/2012
StandWithUs Michigan marks Chanukah and its organization's 10th anniversary |
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| StandWithUs Michigan marks Chanukah and its organization's 10th anniversary |
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1/3/2012
Palestinian people - children especially - are being indoctrinated in hate |
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| New study reveals the cynical double game played by Abbas and other leaders.
If there were an Oscar given for doublespeak, the Palestinian political leadership would win it, hands down. Speaking in English, French or any other non-Islamic language ... |
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1/3/2012
StandWithUs mourns the loss of Newton Becker, philanthropic visionary, friend, mentor |
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| The Jewish and pro-Israel world has lost one of its greatest supporters and visionaries. Newton Becker passed away on Monday, January 2, 2012.
Newton Becker was a giant in pro-Israel philanthropy through his generous funding and, even more so, th ... |
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12/30/2011
Happy 2012 from StandWithUs! |
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| As you consider your final contributions for 2011 to the worthy charities you support,
please don`t forget StandWithUs because we need your help.
May 2012 be a great year for you and your loved ones and may 2012 bring us closer to peace. |
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12/24/2011
STANDWITHUS WELCOMES ALI ABUNIMAH'S RETRACTION |
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| Ali Abunimah has denied he ever made the 2005 statement we attributed to him in our recent release about the extremism of speakers scheduled for the upcoming national BDS conference at the University of Pennsylvania in February, 2012. It is unclear w ... |
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12/23/2011
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: U OF PENN REJECTS BDS, DISTANCES SCHOOL FROM UPCOMING BDS C |
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| We are pleased to report that just a few hours ago, the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) officially announced that the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) national conference, scheduled to be held on their campus in February, 2012, does not h ... |
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12/20/2011
Hitler admired in PLO youth magazine because he murdered Jews |
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| The Palestinian Authority funds a monthly educational magazine for children called Zayzafuna. The magazine is made up of material written by the magazine's staff and also includes essays and poems written by children. Accordingly, Zayzafuna both rep ... |
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12/19/2011
StandWithUs' Festival of Lights |
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| The StandWithUs Organization celebrated ten years of activity at a festive evening at the Hyatt in Century City. The evening was dedicated to two couples, donors of the organization of the evening Gila and Adam Milstein and Rita and Steve Emerson. 13 ... |
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12/19/2011
Federal judge: Iran shares responsibility for 9/11 terror attacks |
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| In an historic hearing in the federal courthouse in Manhattan on Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge George Daniels said he planned to issue a ruling in the coming days declaring that Iran shares in the responsibility for the 9/11 terror attacks. |
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12/15/2011
Articulating Israel’s Side of the Story |
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As an articulate advocate for Israel, MA candidate Jonnie Schnytzer is actively working to upgrade Israel’s global image and challenge eforts to delegitimize the Jewish State. Regional Executive of StandWithUs (SWU) – an international education or ... |
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12/13/2011
Ethics and war: an oxymoron? |
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| You’re an Israeli soldier engaged in a firefight with Hamas terrorists. One of them crosses an open space. You train your rifle on the running terrorist, but suddenly he grabs a bystander – a child – and shields his body with the youth as he opens fi ... |
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12/12/2011
Consul General Of Israel Celebrates Festival Of Lights With StandWithUs |
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| On Sunday, December 11, Consul General of Israel, David Siegel, joined 1,300 people in applauding the outstanding work of StandWithUs on its 10 year anniversary! Consul General Siegel was proud to recognize the evening's honorees, Rita and Steve Eme ... |
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12/12/2011
When It Comes to Israel, Why is the World Silent |
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| Silence. Just silence from the U.N. Silence from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. And silence from major media outlets throughout the world.
Imagine for just a moment if this were happening to cities in, say, Texas. Imagine that the citizens of ... |
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12/12/2011
Snacking for Israel |
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| For most students, classes have ended and it's time for finals. Stress hovers in the air, waiting to smother anxious students. Bellies grumble for snacks to provide much-needed energy and enhanced focus on studies. Pigging out is more than just acce ... |
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