5/22/2013
Pro-Palestinian ads misrepresent apartheid |
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| As a black South African who lived under apartheid, this system was implemented in South Africa to subjugate people of color and deny them a variety of their rights. In my view, Israel cannot be compared to apartheid in South Africa. |
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5/22/2013
Official PA daily acknowledges Israeli hospital's medical care for Palestinians |
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| The official PA daily reported on a visit by the PA Minister of Health, Hani Abdeen, to Israel's Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. The hospital has a special program to train Palestinian doctors to treat cancer among children, reported the PA daily. |
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5/22/2013
Women to watch |
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Six Jews who have proven they are forces to be reckoned with.
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5/21/2013
South Africa parliament member and clergyman makes the case for Israel |
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| LOS ANGELES—Reverend Kenneth Meshoe, a member of the Parliament of South Africa and founder of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), sees irony in how the anti-Israel attitudes of his country’s mainstream politicians are depriving them of be ... |
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5/17/2013
The Ring Road Wall: An Israeli Perspective |
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| Every year at UC Irvine, our beautiful campus receives its annual dose of anti-Semitism and racism from the Muslim Student Union. Why the university allows one club and one club only preferential treatment is a great question, but the questions I wi ... |
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5/13/2013
Conference boycotted by Hawking has hosted Palestinian speakers every year |
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| Top West Bank figures, including key PA officials, regularly participate in Peres-hosted gathering that top British scientist is eschewing in solidarity with the Palestinians |
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5/13/2013
Laugh With Us Event - A Dedication To Murdered Israeli Boy |
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| On Wednesday evening, May 8 at The Improv in West Hollywood, StandWithUs hosted an evening of comedy. “LaughWithUs” was organized by comedian Avi Lieberman and featured well known figures in the Hollywood comedy world, including Mark Schiff, Michael ... |
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5/13/2013
Attempted divestment at UCSB and the BDS machine |
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| Over the last month the UC Santa Barbara student government has been voting on a resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel. As a UCSB graduate and former student leader, I spoke at two senate hearings and worked with current stud ... |
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5/10/2013
The flying ambassadors come to Long Island: El Al partners with StandWithUs |
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| As part of their series “Legends of Air & Space,” the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, Long Island last Thursday presented El Al crew members to discuss their flight experiences and as ambassadors for Israel. |
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5/9/2013
Pro-Israel ad campaign at Metro-North stations starts next week |
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| The Israel-versus-Palestine war of the billboards will continue at dozens of Metro-North stations next week when seven pro-Israel ads go up touting the Middle East state's long-standing ties to the United States. |
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5/9/2013
How much tolerance for intolerance? |
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| Tolerance is justifiably one of liberal Democracy’s most cherished values. But what do we do when tolerance, with its openness to multiple views, permits and even supports intolerance? This is particularly an issue today when open prejudice against J ... |
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5/9/2013
Jspace Exclusive Interview: StandWithUs CEO on Pro-Israel Ad Campaign |
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| Pro-Israel group StandWithUs is placing a series of seven ads along New York’s metro system this month, in response to an anti-Israel campaign launched earlier this year. |
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5/8/2013
Israel divestment vote at UC Berkeley the latest sign of hostile campus environment |
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| April’s Israel divestment vote at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is just the latest unfortunate expression of how hateful an environment the anti-Israel movement can create for Jewish students and supporters of Israel on campus. ... |
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5/1/2013
STANDWITHUS TO COUNTER ANTI-ISRAEL POSTERS IN METRO-NORTH |
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| WITH PRO-ISRAEL POSTERS MAY 13 UNTIL JUNE 9
(New York—May 1, 2013) StandWithUs [SWU] is placing seven posters in 25 New York (Westchester) Metro-North locations from May 13 until June 9, 2013. |
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5/1/2013
Berkshire buys rest of Israel's Iscar for $2.05 billion |
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(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Wednesday said it paid $2.05 billion cash to buy the 20 percent it did not already own of toolmaker Iscar from the Israeli company's founding Wertheimer family. |
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4/30/2013
Palestinian stabs Israeli to death in West Bank |
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| Attacker shot after opening fire on police at Tapuah junction; government must ‘get with the program,’ settler leader says |
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4/25/2013
ASUC senator sends letter offering Landgraf deal for no veto |
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| Hours before ASUC President Connor Landgraf publicly announced that he would not veto SB 160, the controversial divestment bill, he received a letter that gave him pause. It guaranteed a settlement on charges against him if he agreed not to veto the ... |
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4/25/2013
UC Berkeley admin will ignore student gov resolution demanding divestment from Israel |
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| The University of California – Berkeley (CAL) administration will ignore a resolution passed 11-9 by the student government early Thursday morning, which demands the school divest assets from companies conducting business with Israel, a spokesperson ... |
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4/24/2013
U.C. Berkeley student senate passes resolution calling for divestment |
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| The debate over divesting from Israel slammed back into the U.C. Berkeley campus this week, as a new resolution urging divestment from certain companies was passed 11-9 by the Associated Students of the University of California senate on April 18. |
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4/23/2013
Dangerous decoy: Ignoring human rights abuses |
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| “Honor killings” – the barbaric murder of women who “shame” their families are the most egregious example of women’s oppression.
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4/16/2013
Boston Marathon Blasts: Doctor Credits Israelis With Helping Set Up Disaster Team |
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| Hours following a pair of blasts at the Boston Marathon that left 2 dead and up to 100 wounded according to reports, a chief doctor at the hospital where many of the patients are being treated credited Israelis with teaching his team how to respond t ... |
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4/12/2013
J Street Carved Out A Place In U.S.-Israel Advocacy; Israelis Say Policies Don’t Jive |
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| “We are an important voice in the debate and discussion about Israel,” said Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street. “I don’t want to overstate anything. There has been very steady, gradual growth and gradual acceptance.”
But the numbers ar ... |
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4/11/2013
StandWithUs Congratulates UC Santa Barbara students on defeating BDS |
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| UCSB student leaders worked tirelessly to defeat a divestment resolution that unfairly singled out and condemned Israel. Their courage and determination paid off. |
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4/11/2013
...But You Can't Fool All the People All of the Time: |
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| Facts Win Over Caricatures as Divestment Is Rescinded at UC Riverside
The UC Senators, realizing that they had been made to hastily adopt a divisive and misleading resolution, decided to reconvene in order to hear, for the first time, presentation ... |
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4/11/2013
StandWithUs' 65 Things We Love About Israel in 65 Seconds |
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| In honor of Israel's 65th celebration of Independence [Yom Haazmaut] |
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4/11/2013
UCSB, in marathon hearing, becomes latest school to reject Israel divestment |
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| The student government at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has rejected an Israel divestment resolution in the latest victory for pro-Israel students in the University of California (UC) system. |
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4/10/2013
StandWithUs Statement re: Cardozo Law School Honoring Jimmy Carter April 10, 2013 |
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| StandWithUs is deeply concerned that Cardozo Law School, part of Yeshiva University (YU), has chosen to honor Jimmy Carter with its International Advocate for Peace Award, bestowed by the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution. |
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4/10/2013
Jimmy Carter to be honored by Yeshiva University’s law school amid alumni opposition |
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| (JNS.org) Alumni and pro-Israel supporters of Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law have launched a campaign to prevent to the university from awarding former President Jimmy Carter with the school’s “International Advocate for Peace ... |
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4/9/2013
Cardozo Law School’s Honoring of Jimmy Carter Provides an Educational Moment |
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| The ill-advised decision by a student run journal of conflict resolution at the Cardozo Law School to honor Jimmy Carter provides a long overdue opportunity to set the record straight with regard to Carter’s dishonorable history with regard to conflicts. |
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4/8/2013
BDS Tries, But Can't Break Dead Sea Product Sales |
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| The Dead Sea products business is alive and well, despite the best efforts of the BDS crowd |
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4/4/2013
Israel divestment resolution overturned by UC Riverside students |
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| The University of California, Riverside (UCR) student government overturned a recently passed student senate resolution that urged the University of California (UC) system to implement Israel divestment. |
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4/3/2013
Bridge to Understanding |
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| Two hundred students heard Israeli soldiers Adam and Kinneret talking about their experiences at Yorba Linda High School on March 1. The newly formed “Israel Club” and the “Bible Club” sponsored the event. |
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4/3/2013
A Display to Change Your Campus |
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| When campuses are assaulted with Israel Apartheid Week events, as many were over the past month, pro-Israel students can be hard-pressed to find effective ways to respond. Israel advocacy organization StandWithUs (SWU) has created a modular set of un ... |
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4/3/2013
Israeli Soldiers Stories- touring the States, spreading the truth |
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| In recent years, Israel haters spread anti-Israeli propaganda via social networks and during IAW, which is filled with false information and contains mainly lies about the IDF. |
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4/1/2013
Navajo, Israel conference seeks farmers |
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| FARMINGTON — Since he was 10, Tommy Begay has grown alfalfa, corn, zucchini, watermelon, and cantaloupe. Now he's 60 and ready to make money off of his crops — finally |
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