StandWithUs News

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1/2/2016	1/2/2016 I Was Less Than a Block From Tel Aviv Shooting Attack That Killed Two Just over an hour ago, I was less than a block from a shooting in Tel Aviv that may have been a terrorist attack that killed at least two. ...
1/2/2016	1/2/2016 Palestinians: Save Us from the Good-Hearted Westerners! Every Palestinian knows in his heart that we do not want a state of our own alongside Israel, but rather instead of Israel. This includes all the land of Palestine and Israel. It means that Jews have no right to exist on even one speck of it....
12/29/2015	12/29/2015 Leon Charney Honored by FAU Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton recently recognized Leon Charney - a prominent American Jew - for his lifelong commitment to peace through diplomacy and for the example he has set for the university`s students....
12/29/2015	12/29/2015 Advocating for Israel Through Instagram From its humble beginnings as a photo-sharing application to its dominance as an effective social media platform, Instagram has progressed both in size and function....
12/24/2015	12/24/2015 San Diego Students Wear Jewish Start to Protest Islamophobia In an controversial effort to protest Islamophobia, an Iranian-American professor from the University of San Diego led her students on campus wearing the yellow star badges with “Muslim” written on it, similar to the Holocaust-era stars Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis....
12/24/2015	12/24/2015 A DECADE OF CREATING AMBASSADORS FOR ISRAEL: StandWithUs Israel Fellowship Begins ItsTenth Year The newest group of StandWithUs Israel Student Fellows held their Chanukah Opening Conference at Israel`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem....
12/23/2015	12/23/2015 Israel Means the World to Me The state of Israel means the world to me. ...
12/22/2015	12/22/2015 The United Autoworkers Slap Down the Israel-Bashers Three cheers for the United Auto Workers - who just slapped down the anti-Israel “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” movement....
12/22/2015	12/22/2015 It`s Not Just About Israel. BDS Threatens Us All. A campaign of hate is sweeping across our country....
12/22/2015	12/22/2015 Bergen Women Tour Israel on JWRP Trip When it comes to visiting Israel, it`s never a good time to go and it`s always a good time to go....
12/21/2015	12/21/2015 Municipality Passes anti-BDS Ordinance Bal Harbour Village recently became the first municipality of note in the country to pass an anti-Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) ordinance. ...
12/21/2015	12/21/2015 The One-Second Intifada There are different kinds of fears. Some fears are specific -- you can stumble into a dangerous neighborhood, receive a bad diagnosis from a doctor or get caught up in a legal battle. Remove the circumstance, and the fear goes away....
12/21/2015	12/21/2015 Why Tel Aviv is Hollywood`s New Billion-Dollar Sin City It may be smack-dab in the middle of the Holy Land, but over the last decade Tel Aviv has unveiled itself as a kind of glamorous new Sin City....
12/21/2015	12/21/2015 Will You Help StandWithUs to Stand with Israel? If you have some exposure to the world of Jewish organizations, you know it`s vast, yet StandWithUs doesn`t blend in easily....
12/21/2015	12/21/2015 Excluded on My `All-Inclusive` Campus out a month ago, I attended a mandatory workshop for first-year students at the University of Michigan called “Change It Up!”...
12/20/2015	12/20/2015 StandWithUs Condemns Shameful Appropriation of Nazi Yellow Star Badge at the University of San Diego StandWithUs strongly opposes the use of Nazi-like yellow star badges in a protest against Islamophobia at the University of San Diego (USD). In response to anti-Muslim rhetoric, a USD professor, Bahar Davary, has encouraged students and faculty to wear yellow Stars of David with a crescent moon and the word “Muslim” written on them....
12/18/2015	12/18/2015 UAW, San Jose State Foundation Reject BDS Measures The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel experienced twin setbacks this week as both a major labor union and the endowment foundation of a Bay Area university rejected BDS measures recently passed by students....
12/18/2015	12/18/2015 BDS Resolution Overturned by UC Grad Students` National Union: It discriminates Against Jews Foes of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel got a big boost Wednesday when a national union told a local chapter it couldn`t adopt a BDS resolution....
12/18/2015	12/18/2015 From The Heart of an Honest Muslim “I am a Muslim by faith, a Christian by spirit, a Jew by heart, and above all I am a human being.” says Dr. Tawfik Hamid...
12/17/2015	12/17/2015 United Auto Workers Union Rejects BDS as Discriminatory and Harmful to Workers, December 16th, 2015 StandWithUs thanks the United Auto Workers (UAW) International Union for striking down a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) resolution against Israel, which had been adopted in 2014 by the University of California Student Workers Union (UAW Local 2865)....
12/17/2015	12/17/2015 Hamas and the Islamic State: Growing Cooperation in the Sinai In recent months, Hamas has been increasing its clandestine military cooperation with the Islamic State`s so-called "Sinai Province."...
12/17/2015	12/17/2015 Students Go Proactive to Counter BDS and Anti-Israel Sentiments on College Campuses One night last April, Jewish students at New York University were shocked to find threatening eviction notices in their dorm rooms....
12/17/2015	12/17/2015 Israel and the Arameans - StandWithUs German Exclusive Mino of StandWithUs German has been spending his time talking to groups of Arameans in order to better understand their relationship to Israel. Here is the underlying findings summarized in this one sentence of his report: A storied and peaceful nation, searching for acceptance and peace despite continual resistance....
12/17/2015	12/17/2015 Rocket Lands in Shaar Hanegev Open Field A rocket lands in an open field outside of a kibbutz in the Shaar Hanegev region near the Gaza Strip....
12/16/2015	12/16/2015 Why I Clap When I Land In Israel Wearing a green army uniform, was something I thought I would never do. ...
12/16/2015	12/16/2015 Israeli Delegation Reaches Out to Canadian Students For 2 weeks in November, a delegation of 6 Israelis - Jews, Druze, Muslim and Bedouin - headed by Hen Mazzig, StandWithUs Israel Education Director, converged on university campuses in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Windsor on a WordSwap mission, organized by StandWithUs Canada....
12/16/2015	12/16/2015 Lawrence Solomon: Holiday in Palestine This holiday season, why not visit one of the world`s most underappreciated destinations, a place that has it all, whether you`re after a 5-star hotel, cosmopolitan restaurants boasting chefs from Paris and Florence, multi-story shopping malls, imposing architecture built by captains of industry, lively cafés or nightclubs with people who enjoy the high life - all just a stone`s throw from some of the world`s greatest treasures of antiquity and holiest sites....
12/16/2015	12/16/2015 Egyptian Native Delivers Pro-Israel Message Hussein Aboubakr - who grew up in Egypt - is now a pro-Israel speaker and a great friend of the worldwide Jewish community....
12/16/2015	12/16/2015 Vivid Memories Never Fade I can vividly remember the first few minutes of my trip to Israel. ...
12/15/2015	12/15/2015 STANDWITHUS CELEBRATES FOURTEEN YEARS AT ITS GALA DECEMBER 13, 2015 More than 1,200 people gathered on the last night of Hanukkah for the StandWithUs` annual gala, "Festival of Lights," celebrating the non-profit Israel education organization`s fourteen years of growth and achievements. ...
12/11/2015	12/11/2015 Misinformation in the Media Can Lead to Conflict and Fear Since mid-September, Israel has been experiencing a wave of terror. Ever since the current string of violence erupted, rampant misinformation has become the norm as mainstream media outlets have fallen short in their news reports about Israel....
12/10/2015	12/10/2015 Beware Scholarly Associations` Unscholarly Prejudices As the holiday season approaches, it is also time for annual meetings of different scholarly associations....
12/10/2015	12/10/2015 Why Are Canadian Students Still Funding the CFS? University student unions across Canada are under the umbrella of a federal union called the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS)....
12/9/2015	12/9/2015 Disturbing Video: Incitement from Infancy Disturbing incitement from infancy...
12/9/2015	12/9/2015 Young Israelis Fight Stereotypes with One-On-One Dialogue A group of Israeli 20-somethings completed their outreach tour of university campuses with a stop in Toronto last week....
12/9/2015	12/9/2015 StandWithUs Canada was Proud to Host the WordSwap Project StandWithUs Canada was proud to host the WordSwap project. ...
12/8/2015	12/8/2015 (Unintentional) Pro-Israel Advocate Of The Day Sometimes, some of our best advocates are on the other side!...
12/7/2015	12/7/2015 Guest Speaker Discusses Arab, Zionist Identities About 30 students gathered in the Trotter Multicultural Center on Sunday to hear from Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, an Arab Zionist who discussed his experience living in Egypt during the Arab Spring....
12/7/2015	12/7/2015 A Letter to My Bat Mitzvah Girl As I write this, I`m bursting....
12/4/2015	12/4/2015 Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism and BDS Approved at Indiana U., With Free-Speech Changes Cognizant of complaints that other resolutions condemning anti-Semitism had been faulted for suppressing free speech, Indiana University-Bloomington`s student government passed a measure 22-6-6 Tuesday that tried to address those concerns....
12/3/2015	12/3/2015 First Israel on Campus Event “Often Jewish students on university campuses struggle to express any kind of pro-Israel sentiment. They are intimidated to do so and they don`t have the tools to articulate or engage in productive conversations,” said Ariella Karmel, president of Israel on Campus (IOC) at the University of British Columbia....
12/3/2015	12/3/2015 ISRAEL 101 and Beyond - Preparing High School Students On Nov. 1, students from Rhode Island and Massachusetts met at Congregation Beth Sholom in Providence to participate in the first of a two-part series focused on preparing students for the contemporary college campus regarding Israel and their Jewish identity....
12/2/2015	12/2/2015 `Falafel for a Fact?` StandWithUs UK joined University College London (UCL) Friends of Israel Society this week for a demo against a BDS campaign on campus....
12/2/2015	12/2/2015 StandWithUs Congratulates Indiana University Students on Resolution Against Anti-Semitism, December 1st, 2015 StandWithUs congratulates students at Indiana University for passing a “Resolution to Condemn Anti-Semitism”....
12/2/2015	12/2/2015 IUSA Congress Passes Six Bills at Final Voting Meeting of Semester After the IU Student Association Congress` passage of a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, the bill`s sponsors and outside supporters hugged and high-fived before gathering in the hallway to take a picture to commemorate the moment....
12/1/2015	12/1/2015 Bal Harbour Village (FL) Is The First Municipality to Pass Anti-BDS Ordinance, December 1, 2015 After two public readings, the Village Council of Bal Harbour unanimously passed an ordinance prohibiting the Village from contracting with any business unless the contract includes a representation that the business is not currently engaged in, and will not engage in, the boycott of a person or an entity based in or doing business with a country or jurisdiction with which the United States has free trade or other agreements. ...
11/30/2015	11/30/2015 Wedding of Terror Victim`s Daughter Becomes Symbol of National Unity as Thousands Gather to Celebrate A crowd of thousands gathered in front of Jerusalem`s International Convention Center on Thursday night to celebrate the marriage of Sarah Litman and Ariel Biegel just 13 days after the bride`s father and brother were brutally murdered by a Palestinian terrorist....
11/30/2015	11/30/2015 UCF takes action against vandalism Last April, a mezzuzah on a door was destroyed and swastikas were discovered carved into the walls of an off-campus apartment complex where UCF students were living....
11/30/2015	11/30/2015 Anthropologists to Boycott Archeology? Defying logic, a band of anthropologists voted to boycott archeology....
11/30/2015	11/30/2015 On Eagles Wings There is almost nothing like the month of November in New York, especially this November, which seems to have forgotten all about the winter....
11/27/2015	11/27/2015 The Problem with Moderate Muslims For the past six months the president of the US has taken it upon himself to defend Islam as a religion and a culture. ...
11/25/2015	11/25/2015 StandWithUs-NY Celebrates 1st "Leaders of Tomorrow" Gala A capacity crown filled the Museum of Jewish heritage on November 19, 2015, as more than 300 people gathered to celebrate StandWithUs (SWU) New York`s first "Leaders of Tomorrow" Gala Dinner. ...
11/25/2015	11/25/2015 StandWithUs Annual Student Conference Held November 6-8, 2015 StandWithUs held its annual "Israel in Focus" student leadership conference on November 6-8 at the Century Plaza Hotel in west Los Angeles....
11/25/2015	11/25/2015 The Ivy League`s Israel Problem The eight Ivy League universities, though unfairly, remain centers of power and privilege in the United States. ...
11/24/2015	11/24/2015 The Deception and Selective Justice of the Boycott Movement (BDS) Against Israel Video...
11/21/2015	11/21/2015 StandWithUs Urges Membership of American Anthropological Association to Reject Discriminatory Boycott Resolution StandWithUs urges the 10,000 members of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) to live up to their own standards of ethics and academic integrity by rejecting an academic boycott resolution against Israel. ...
11/20/2015	11/20/2015 Stabbing Survivor Tells Students: `Stand up for Israel` Suffering multiple stab wounds and broken bones, Kay Wilson thought of music....
11/20/2015	11/20/2015 American Firefighters Visit StandWithUs Israel Education Center On November 18, 2015 StandWithUs presents to US Firefighters who are visiting Israel to support and volunteer with their Israeli counterparts....
11/20/2015	11/20/2015 Where is the Muslim Shame? If it were Jews who had massacred people in Paris last Friday night, I would be drowning in shame right now. I would be writing about that shame. ...
11/20/2015	11/20/2015 Academics Call for a Stop to Boycott Votes of Israel The Academic Council for Israel, The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Stand With Us and the Louis D. Brandeis Center issued a statement in advance of the shocking vote, expected to pass, to boycott Israeli institutions of higher education by members of the American Anthropological Association gathered for its annual meeting in Denver, Colo....
11/19/2015	11/19/2015 The ISIS Victims You Don`t See - World Snoozes as Yazidis Massacred UN: 5,000 Yazidi men executed and 7,000 Yazidi women and girls made sex slaves...
11/19/2015	11/19/2015 Survivor of Arab Terrorism Addresses Brooklyn Audience Terrorism survivor Kay Wilson spoke at the Brooklyn home of Rena Nasar, StandWithUs Tri-State Campus Coordinator as part of her U.S. for the fourteen year-old, international Israel education organization...
11/19/2015	11/19/2015 Jewish College Students Make their Voices Heard Yoni Nirenberg recently addressed the Solidarity Forum With Israel at Temple Hillel in North Woodmere. Here are some excerpts from his speech that many of you, your parents and grandparents and neighbors would relate to....
11/19/2015	11/19/2015 Training International Advocates for Israel Founding Editor of The Times of Israel, David Horovitz, headlined the launch of public diplomacy program for international students in Israel....
11/19/2015	11/19/2015 Connecticut AFL-CIO Passes Resolution Condemning Israel At its biennial convention last month, the Connecticut AFL-CIO passed a resolution calling on its member unions to support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement directed against Israel....
11/19/2015	11/19/2015 Egyptian Man Tours York After Receiving Political Asylum in the United States An Egyptian man, Hussein Aboubakr, spoke to York students last week about his persecution by state police for conducting research at the Israeli Academic Center of Cairo where he produced pro-Israel content....
11/18/2015	11/18/2015 How Azerbaijan Restored My Hope in Israel The Director of Legal Affairs at StandWithUs explains how a Muslim, democratic country restored her faith in the Jewish state....
11/18/2015	11/18/2015 From Egypt to Hebrew Academia, an Arab`s Transformation Through Education “My main purpose is to explain beyond any reasonable doubt why a 12 and 13-year-old, instead of going on a bike ride, or going to play with their toysâ€¦they go bring knives, kitchen knives, from their mother`s kitchen, and go try to stab Jews,” says Hussein Aboubakr Mansour....
11/18/2015	11/18/2015 UC Santa Cruz Student Warned to Abstain from BDS Vote Over `Jewish Agenda` A Jewish member of the student government at University of California, Santa Cruz was warned to “abstain” from voting on a pro-BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement) resolution because he is the president of the schools` Jewish Student Union and was “elected with a Jewish agenda.”...
11/16/2015	11/16/2015 LDB and StandWithUs Urge University to Condemn Mistreatment of Israeli Lecturer On Friday, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) and StandWithUs issued a joint letter to President Eric W. Kaler of the University of Minnesota expressing concerns regarding free speech and anti-Semitism at the law school. LDB, a national civil rights organization based in Washington, D.C., is best known for its work fighting anti-Semitism in higher education....
11/16/2015	11/16/2015 Five Lessons from the Paris Tragedy Once again, terrorists have struck, this time in Paris again and with devastating results....
11/16/2015	11/16/2015 FROM READERS: Why a Jewish MU student supports Concerned Student 1950 I must admit that, in my four years as a student at Mizzou, I have not always been proud to be a Tiger. ...
11/16/2015	11/16/2015 Hunter College `Strongly Condemns Antisemitic Comments` Made at CUNY Student Rally Following Thursday afternoon`s demonstration at Hunter College, at which students from the City University of New York system chanted, “Zionists out of CUNY! Zionists out of CUNY,” and “Intifada, Intifada, long live the Intifada,” the Hunter administration released a statement condemning the “anti-Semitic comments” made at the rally....
11/14/2015	11/14/2015 Europe should label terrorists, not tomatoes On Nov. 11, while Islamic terrorists were preparing for their Friday night massacre in Paris that would leave 129 people dead and 352 injured, one of the big news items was the European initiative to put special labels on Israeli goods that originate from disputed Israeli-occupied territory....
11/13/2015	11/13/2015 Why I`m traveling to Israel Violence has become an everyday occurrence in the state of Israel, creating an atmosphere of panic....
11/13/2015	11/13/2015 `Zionists Out of CUNY!` `Long Live the Intifada!` Chanted at CUNY Student Protest at Hunter, Administration Looks Other Way (VIDEO) Vicious implicitly antisemitic slogans were chanted at a protest at Hunter College in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon after organizers on Facebook called for participants to oppose the school`s “Zionist administration.”...
11/12/2015	11/12/2015 Revealed: California Stabber Was an ISIS Fan California student who stabbed four people was carrying an image of the ISIS flag and manifesto with instructions to behead a student....
11/11/2015	11/11/2015 Pro-Israel Group Refutes Roger Waters` Comments on Country "He may believe that he`s doing this with the best of intentions, but it is up to the Jewish community, not Roger Waters, to decide whether or not he has engaged in anti-Semitism," StandWithUs CEO writes ...
11/11/2015	11/11/2015 Sens. Gillibrand and Cruz Lead Bipartisan Letter to the EU Opposing New Guidelines For Israeli Product Labeling Proposed EU policy could promote a de facto boycott of Israel...
11/11/2015	11/11/2015 Major American Jewish Groups `Dismayed` by `Misguided` EU Labeling of Israeli Settlement Products American Jewish groups across the board echoed Israel`s harsh condemnation of new European Union guidelines for labeling products made in territory captured by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War....
11/11/2015	11/11/2015 StandWithUs Condemns EU Commission Guidelines on Labeling Israeli Products StandWithUs condemns in the strongest terms the shameful European Union Commission guidelines to label Jewish-made products from the West Bank and the Golan Heights. ...
11/11/2015	11/11/2015 Comment: Europe`s Settlement Product Labeling Hurts Palestinians, Not Israelis Ironically, Palestinian-backed boycott activism against Israel threatens to destabilize the Palestinian Authority....
11/11/2015	11/11/2015 After Brutal Attack, a Source of Inspiration It was a crisp day in December 2010, ideal for a hike. ...
11/10/2015	11/10/2015 Terrorism Victim Moves Students Despite going through a harrowing experience of surviving a brutal knife attack, terrorism victim Kay Wilson was able to humor enthusiastic college students in addition to inspiring them when she told her courageous story at Florida International University (FIU)....
11/10/2015	11/10/2015 Beyond the Slogans: Students for Justice in Palestine`s Dangerous Misinformation When Stanford Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) took to White Plaza on October 16th, the average Stanford student likely dismissed the protest as more of the same: trite slogans about occupation and injustice along with Nelson Mandela quotes...
11/9/2015	11/9/2015 The Forgotten Refugees For more than one year, Detroit Jewish News subscribers have had the opportunity to read many articles about a series of “Different Cultures, Different Foods” programs....
11/9/2015	11/9/2015 WhatsApp`s `Priceless` Response to BDS Jan Koum, co-founder of popular social networking app, tunes in to the discussion on the global movement to boycott Israel....
11/6/2015	11/6/2015 A Flame Re-Ignited: My Trip to Poland, Part IV No one in my family has ever returned - or wanted to return - to Poland since my grandparents fled after the horrors of the Holocaust; last week, I broke that tradition. Here is my story from that trip:...
11/5/2015	11/5/2015 US Defense Secretary: Israel Saved US Soldiers` Lives Ashton Carter says Israeli innovations in the military domain saved many American lives; assures Israel will maintain its qualitative military edge over its neighbors...
11/5/2015	11/5/2015 Haifa-Based Group Shows Philadelphia What Arab-Jewish Cooperation Can Look Like While many people assume Arabs and Jews can`t get along because of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the city of Haifa shows it can be done. ...
11/5/2015	11/5/2015 Palestinian`s Message Upends Expectations On Campus Students for Justice in Palestine, the pro-Palestinian college advocacy group, and members of Hillel don`t often share a platform....
11/4/2015	11/4/2015 Why Palestinians Do Not Want Cameras on the Temple Mount Why is the Palestinian Authority (PA) opposed to Jordan`s proposal to install surveillance cameras at Jerusalem`s Haram al-Sharif (Temple Mount), sacred to Christians, Muslims and Jews?...
11/3/2015	11/3/2015 Facebook Removes Holocaust-Themed Halloween Costume After Push-Back From Users This Halloween, two party-goers took dressing up a little too far....
11/3/2015	11/3/2015 Debating Against BDS - And Winning BDS sends a false message to the Palestinian street: namely, that international economic and political pressure can force Israel to capitulate to all Palestinian demands....
11/3/2015	11/3/2015 Palestinian Human Rights Activist: Media `Full of Antisemitism, Hatred for Israel` A prominent Palestinian human rights activist lamented on Monday night what he called the media`s unfair treatment of the Jewish state....
10/30/2015	10/30/2015 (The Story Behind) Harry Potter and the Threats to Israel If you`re heard it once, you`ve heard a hundred times: Israel is losing the PR war....
10/30/2015	10/30/2015 Jewish Tombs Now Muslim Sites? The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passed a resolution last Wednesday, Oct. 21, listing Ma`arat HaMachpelah, the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron...
10/30/2015	10/30/2015 BUILDING CULTURAL BRIDGES - UK VISIONARIES SIGN LETTER AGAINST ISRAEL BOYCOTT Over 150 major UK figures from Niall Ferguson, Simon Schama, Maajid Nawaz and JK Rowling to Dame Hilary Mantel and Labor MP Michael Dugher signed an open letter against the boycott Israel movement by our partner organization, Culture for Coexistence. ...
10/29/2015	10/29/2015 Pope Says Denying Israel`s Right to Exist is Anti-Semitism At 50th anniversary of landmark document that transformed Catholic-Jewish relations, Francis urges interfaith cooperation to promote peace...
10/29/2015	10/29/2015 A Flame Re-Ignited: My Trip to Poland, Part III No one in my family has ever returned - or wanted to return - to Poland since my grandparents fled after the horrors of the Holocaust; last week, I broke that tradition....
10/29/2015	10/29/2015 Rewriting History Six Arab states submitted a proposal last week on behalf of the Palestinians to the United Nations` Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to officially claim the Western Wall as part of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount....
10/29/2015	10/29/2015 Book Helps Defeat Israel-Bashers You`re a college sophomore and one day on the quad you see a group of students handing out flyers blasting Israel as a racist apartheid state. You want to refute them but you`re not sure how best to argue the pro-Israel position....
10/28/2015	10/28/2015 By the Numbers: Terror Attacks Against Israel 2015 By the numbers: 1,703 terrorist attacks against Israel in 2015....
10/28/2015	10/28/2015 Muslim Arabs Hold Anti-Terrorism Demonstration in Tel Aviv Protesters explain that they oppose violence, and that anyone who supports violence does not represent the Arab community, "even if he`s an MK" ...
10/28/2015	10/28/2015 Jewish Congressional Members Show Support for Israel The three local Jewish Congressional representatives have been very public in their support of Israel this past week....
10/28/2015	10/28/2015 Jobless and Desperate Palestinians The boycott, divest and sanction campaign will produce more of them...
10/28/2015	10/28/2015 High School Students Learn How to Teach About Israel Four Valley high school students are currently serving as interns in a program designed to prepare students for the challenges they may face regarding Israel in college and in their communities....
10/27/2015	10/27/2015 Primer for Businesses: How Corporate Participation in BDS Risks Legal Liability In recent months, Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) activists have targeted American corporations doing business with Israel in their smear campaign against the Jewish State. ...
10/27/2015	10/27/2015 FACEBOOK: A CRITICAL SOCIAL MEDIA FRONTIER FOR ARAB AUDIENCES Arabic social media is at the forefront of the battle we are seeing on the ground in Israel. ...
10/27/2015	10/27/2015 StandWithUs UK Condemns Call by Some British Academics to Boycott Israel, October 27, 2015 StandWithUs UK condemns the announcement by some British academics to “not: accept invitations to visit Israeli academic institutions; act as referees in any of their processes; participate in conferences funded, organised or sponsored by them, or otherwise cooperate with them.”...
10/26/2015	10/26/2015 A Flame Re-Ignited: My Trip To Poland Part I No one in my family has ever returned - or wanted to return - to Poland since my grandparents fled after the horrors of the Holocaust; last week, I broke that tradition....
10/26/2015	10/26/2015 A Flame Re-Ignited: My Trip to Poland, Part II No one in my family has ever returned - or wanted to return - to Poland since my grandparents fled after the horrors of the Holocaust; last week, I broke that tradition....
10/23/2015	10/23/2015 Berkeley commission rejects Israel divestment resolution Berkeley`s Human Welfare and Community Action Commission - which advises the city council regarding social welfare needs - voted Oct. 21 to reject a resolution urging Berkeley to divest from "companies that profit from Israeli occupation" of Palestinian territories....
10/22/2015	10/22/2015 Berkeley Welfare Commission Rejects Bigoted Divestment Resolution, October 21, 2015 StandWithUs congratulates the Berkeley City Human Welfare and Community Action Commission (HWCAC) on rejecting a bigoted resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel, with a vote of 2 in favor, 5 against and 1 abstaining. ...
10/22/2015	10/22/2015 Berkeley Commission Rejects Divestment Resolution 5-2 A Berkeley, California, commission rejected a resolution to divest from companies that do business with Israel....
10/21/2015	10/21/2015 Feeling Targeted, Ultra-Orthodox Take Up Arms The prevailing sense among the ultra-Orthodox sector is that they are marked as a major target for attack in the current wave of violence. ...
10/21/2015	10/21/2015 We Palestinians Hold The Key To A Better Future I am a proud Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp and raised a large family....
10/20/2015	10/20/2015 Palestinian Lies that Kill On Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015, I attended a Chicago rally sponsored by American Muslims for Palestine. ...
10/20/2015	10/20/2015 WATCH: ANTI-ISRAEL PROTEST IN CHICAGO CALLS FOR THIRD INTIFADA Hundreds of protestors attended a rally in downtown Chicago, this past Sunday afternoon, calling for a Third Intifada against the Jewish State....
10/20/2015	10/20/2015 UNESCO Chief `Deplores` Bid to Name Western Wall Part of Al-Aqsa Irina Bokova postpones vote by executive board, urges it to avoid `inciting further tensions` on Jerusalem`s Temple Mount...
10/19/2015	10/19/2015 The Hashtag War Thousands of young activists are transforming their social media accounts into weapons to fight a massive propaganda war for their global viewers to watch....
10/19/2015	10/19/2015 StandWithUs-NY Joins Politicians Condemning Attacks in Israel at Rally on October 18, 2015 New York Congresswoman Grace Meng, Assemblymen David Weprin and Michael Simanowitz, Councilman Rory Lancman and Peter Koo and New York Comptroller Scott Stringer spoke out condemning all violent attacks in Israel at a rally held on October 18, 2015. ...
10/19/2015	10/19/2015 A Letter to Israelis: We Are With You A friend in Israel writes, "Sometimes we feel as though no one in chul (chutz la`aretz -- outside of the land) really understands what is happening here."...
10/19/2015	10/19/2015 NYTimes Advertisement Targets Media Coverage of Israel In Saturday`s New York Times, a group of people used a full page advertisement on page A5 to send a message to the media....
10/19/2015	10/19/2015 The Story behind an Investigative Journalist`s Scoops Award-winning Investigative Journalist Edwin Black in an exclusive StandWithUs Israel Education Center event on October 12, 2015...
10/19/2015	10/19/2015 StandWithUs Condemns UNESCO Vote on 10-21-15 That Lists Jewish Holy Sites as Muslim Sites StandWithUs was outraged to learn that on Wednesday, October 21, 2015, despite worldwide condemnation, historical rights, and all reason, UNESCO passed a resolution listing the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel`s Tomb in Bethlehem as Muslim sites....
10/16/2015	10/16/2015 How a Kuwaiti Muslim Made a Jewish Home in Jerusalem Born to a Palestinian refugee family in Kuwait City, Mark Halawa went on a journey that has taken him through continents and cultures...
10/16/2015	10/16/2015 Boycott Israel? Faculty Caught Up in BDS Dispute This week`s cover story is part of a multipart series examining the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement in California: how it operates, how it is being opposed and what it represents....
10/16/2015	10/16/2015 It`s the Education, Stupid! 15 year old Helena Rapp woke up to another sunny day in her hometown of the city of Bat-Yam on the Mediterranean shore....
10/15/2015	10/15/2015 What Do You Do When The People Trying To Kill You Live Around The Block? Op-ed: Ultimately, the only way to thwart people bent on murder, with their minds poisoned by racism and religious extremism, is to curb the flow of toxicity...
10/15/2015	10/15/2015 This Israeli Soldier Gave His Cereal To `Most Beautiful Little` Arab Girl When an Israeli soldier saw a young Arab girl riffling through trash for food, he didn`t see her as the enemy. ...
10/15/2015	10/15/2015 Psychosis of Palestinians If you`ve been following the news from Israel, you might have the impression that "violence" is killing a lot of people. ...
10/15/2015	10/15/2015 Extremists seek to hijack Berkeley welfare commission On Oct. 21, the Berkeley Human Welfare and Community Action Commission will debate divestment from companies doing business with Israel....
10/15/2015	10/15/2015 StandWithUs Resources Regarding Recent Stabbing Attacks - October 2015 You Can Help Educate With These Resources...
10/14/2015	10/14/2015 Blogger Campaigns to Make Israel`s Voice Heard in NY Times Elad Nehorai, who runs the Jewish blog Pop Chassid successfully raised money through crowdfunding to put a full-page ad in the New York Times to combat the media bias....
10/14/2015	10/14/2015 ISRAEL WE STAND WITH YOU! As barbaric knifing attacks continue in Israel, StandWithUs sends not only our love and our heartfelt prayers...
10/14/2015	10/14/2015 Berkeley Students Chant for Intifada [video] A video of UC Berkeley students chanting in support of an intifada “just hours... after the stabbing of a 72 year old Jewish civilian on a bus” was shared on the Facebook page of pro-Israel group StandWithUs on Wednesday....
10/14/2015	10/14/2015 STANDWITHUS TALKING POINTS: Discuss Knife Attacks In Israel STANDWITHUS TALKING POINTS: Discuss Knife Attacks In Israel...
10/13/2015	10/13/2015 Shame on SJP for Inviting Murderer to SDSU StandWithUs condemns Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for hosting Rasmeah Odeh as a keynote speaker during its national conference at San Diego State University (SDSU) on October 11, 2015....
10/13/2015	10/13/2015 Dismantling the Oslo Accords Also Dismantles Israeli-PA Cooperation On September 30, the Palestinian flag was raised at the United Nations headquarters in New York City for the first time....
10/13/2015	10/13/2015 Mothers Rush to Pull Children From Ra`anana Pre-schools; Shops, Restaurants Deserted Following Stabbing Attacks “Due to the security situation, the shop will be closed today,” was among the signs that could be seen this afternoon in Ra`anana, the Israeli news site Walla reported....
10/12/2015	10/12/2015 Interactive Map Shows the Where, When, and What of Terror Attacks Using community mapping platform MapMe, Israel advocacy group StandWithUs hopes to make clear the enormity - and complexity - of the security issues facing the country...
10/12/2015	10/12/2015 I Am Embarrassed to Be an Arab I have long resisted saying this, but the ongoing Arab violence in Jerusalem has pushed Arab idiocy beyond my capacity for tolerance. ...
10/12/2015	10/12/2015 The Futility of Palestinian Evil Deeds For years, Jews in Israel have lived under the threat of Palestinian violence and terror, in spite of continuous calls for peaceful coexistence. ...
10/12/2015	10/12/2015 Nazareth Mayor Slams Arab MKs for Fostering Violence Leader of `the Arab capital of Israel` says Arab leadership is `destroying our future, destroying coexistence`...
10/11/2015	10/11/2015 StandWithUs Condemns SJP for Hosting Convicted Murderer at Their National Conference, October 11th, 2015 StandWithUs condemns Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for hosting Rasmeah Odeh as a keynote speaker during their national conference at San Diego State University (SDSU) on October 11, 2015....
10/9/2015	10/9/2015 STANDWITHUS PHILADELPHIA HOSTS TERRORISM SURVIVOR KAY WILSON ON A SPEAKING TOUR NOVEMBER 4 AND 5, 2015 StandWithUs-Philadelphia is hosting terrorism survivor Kay Wilson on November 4 and 5, 2015....
10/9/2015	10/9/2015 Israelis Outraged by Biased, Anti-Israel Reporting of Terrorist Attacks BBC, Al Jazeera headlines on fatal stabbing attack in Jerusalem shock Israelis by focusing on Palestinian perpetrator who was shot dead, without indicating that he had just murdered two Israelis...
10/9/2015	10/9/2015 Political Impotence and International Arousal: Get Up! On Thursday, October 8, 2015, the entire world woke up to some distressing news. ...
10/8/2015	10/8/2015 A Rising Tide of Terror Op-ed: The situation is under control, one Israeli analyst said Wednesday night, after a catalog of attacks. No, it isn`t...
10/8/2015	10/8/2015 Abbas Calls for Murder, Palestinians Attack The Palestinian Authority (PA) and its leaders, including President Mahmoud Abbas, cannot evade responsibility for the latest wave of terror attacks against Israelis in Jerusalem and the West Bank....
10/8/2015	10/8/2015 Stop Incitement On Facebook!! STOP INCITEMENT. We call on all peoples, Palestinian, Israeli, Jewish or Arab, to speak out against the appalling incitement we are seeing on social media and from the Palestinian Leadership....
10/5/2015	10/5/2015 The Impossible Abbas While ostensibly warning against a religious war, the PA leader has deliberately fueled the flames of the new, murderous Al-Aqsa-centered terror wave....
10/5/2015	10/5/2015 Empathetic Jon Bon Jovi dedicates song `We Don`t Run` to Israel At packed, rapturously received Tel Aviv concert, New Jersey rocker tells his Jewish keyboard player, `Your father would be proud of you`....
10/2/2015	10/2/2015 Grandma Rowaida`s Dark Secret StandWithUs Hosts A Special Sukkot event in Jerusalem: A Kuwaiti Muslim`s extraordinary journey to Judaism....
10/2/2015	10/2/2015 Netanyahu Demands Palestinian Condemnation for Couple`s Murder Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday called on the international community to condemn the Palestinian leadership`s praise for the terrorists who murder Israeli civilians, reports the Jerusalem Post....
10/1/2015	10/1/2015 Abbas at UN Vows to Torpedo Oslo Accords, Netanyahu Calls Speech `Deceitful` Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas threatened to stop abiding by the 1993 Oslo Accords in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, accusing Israel of halting the withdrawal of its forces from disputed territories as stipulated by the peace agreement....
10/1/2015	10/1/2015 Israeli Organization Helps 28. Jun Realize Massive Humanitarian Project The multinational humanitarian organization 28. Jun today announced the successful completion of a 4-year long initiative to deliver humanitarian and medical supplies to the Western Balkans....
10/1/2015	10/1/2015 Your Tax Money at Work: In the Wrong Hands There has been much chatter and discussion (albeit less than years past) about the UN General Assembly`s speeches of Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israel`s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu....
10/1/2015	10/1/2015 Israeli Couple Killed in Front of Their Four Children in Drive-By Terror Attack An Israeli couple was shot and killed in front of their four children Thursday night in the West Bank, in what appears to have been a drive-by terrorist attack....
9/30/2015	9/30/2015 Taking a Stand Against BDS Local South Florida representatives of StandWithUs, a national not for profit Israel advocacy organization, spoke about the need to spread the word about the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel recently at the Thunderbird Hotel in Sunny Isles Beach....
9/30/2015	9/30/2015 Abbas Unilaterally Disengages from Oslo Accords Despite U.S. Pressure The Palestinian Authority (PA) no longer adheres to the 1993 Oslo Accords, President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Wednesday in an address to the United Nations General Assembly, eliciting a swift rebuttal from the Israeli government....
9/30/2015	9/30/2015 StandWithUs Condemns Hypocritical Attempts to Whitewash Harassment and Bigotry on Campus StandWithUs condemns two new reports released today by Palestine Legal and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)....
9/30/2015	9/30/2015 2 pro-Palestinian Groups: Israel Advocates Threaten Free Speech on Campus A Jewish pro-Palestinian group has issued a report claiming that Israel advocates are using “false charges” to silence criticism of Israel on U.S. campuses....
9/25/2015	9/25/2015 Outstanding Rosh Hashana sermon by Rabbi Richard Steinberg “Don`t Take Judaism for Granted, Lessons of History” Congregation Shir Ha Ma`alot`s 2015 Rosh HaShanah sermon by Rabbi Richard Steinberg...
9/24/2015	9/24/2015 Jewish Community Set to Welcome Pope Francis Pope Francis will arrive in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 26. The previous day, at 3:00 p.m., Jewish and Catholic Philadelphians will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, Vatican II`s Declaration on the Relation of the Church to non-christian religions, in which antisemitism was condemned, at Saint Joseph`s University. Rabbi Abraham Skorka, a close friend of Pope Francis, will be the featured speaker....
9/24/2015	9/24/2015 An Israeli leftist to J Street: Stop! Last year I traveled to campuses across North America to share my experiences as an officer in the IDF - a role which entailed helping Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza with humanitarian aid. ...
9/24/2015	9/24/2015 College Students Thrust into Campus Spotlight as Israel Advocates Becky Sebo and Daniel Pearlman seemed to be on parallel paths as advocates for Israel while growing up in different suburbs on Cleveland`s East Side....
9/24/2015	9/24/2015 Everything You Need To Know About The Clashes On The Temple Mount, Jerusalem We`ve been hearing in the news that tensions are rising on the Temple Mount, but what is REALLY going on at the site that is holy to Christians, Jews, and Muslims? Here are the answers....
9/24/2015	9/24/2015 RABBIS PROCLAIM ``WORK HAS JUST BEGUN`` AT UN MISSION RALLY Leaders from Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstruction Groups Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal...
9/22/2015	9/22/2015 Anti-Israel Propaganda - Now, in US Elementary School The trickle-down effect: Palestinian with terror links speaks to third graders in Ithaca, NY about `Israeli oppression.`...
9/22/2015	9/22/2015 Rutgers Announces `N.J.-Israel Healthy, Functional and Medical Foods Alliance` On Friday, Representatives from Rutgers, Israel`s Tel-Hai College and its Economic Development Taskforce, Choose NJ and the New Jersey state government gathered at the new facility for Rutgers` New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition & Health....
9/21/2015	9/21/2015 An Israeli leftist to J Street: Stop! Last year I traveled to campuses across North America to share my experiences as an officer in the IDF — a role which entailed helping Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza with humanitarian aid. ...
9/21/2015	9/21/2015 Boosted by nuke deal, Iran ups funding to Hezbollah, Hamas Operating on assumption sanctions will be lifted, Tehran increases support to proxies, while freezing out Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal...
9/18/2015	9/18/2015 An Open Letter to Reykjavik, Iceland, On its Eruption of Anti-Semitism Dear Reykjavik City Council members...
9/18/2015	9/18/2015 Leading the Fight Against Anti-Semitism Combating anti-Israel propaganda on Canadian campuses is a fight StandWithUs Canada`s executive director Meryle Kates refuses to walk away from. ...
9/18/2015	9/18/2015 StandWithUs Attends UC Regents Meeting, Urges Action on Anti-Semitism Representatives from StandWithUs (SWU) attended the University of California Regents meeting at UC Irvine on September 17th, 2015, and were encouraged by the discussion held there on adopting a specific definition of Anti-Semitism for the UC System. ...
9/17/2015	9/17/2015 Abbas: "Filthy" Jews` Feet Not Allowed on Temple Mount The International Union of Muslim Scholars is calling on Palestinians to "Rescue al-Aqsa" and rise up against Israel, according to several Twitter posts translated by the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)....
9/17/2015	9/17/2015 Gaza Kids Say They Aspire to `Blow Up the Jews` WATCH: Hamas-run TV station interviews two young boys who want to wage jihad against Israel when they grow up...
9/17/2015	9/17/2015 StandWithUs Condemns Boycott of Israeli Goods By Iceland`s Capital City - Calls For Action StandWithUs is appalled by the decision of Iceland`s capital city to boycott all Israeli products....
9/16/2015	9/16/2015 We Don`t Ask `Can We Go?` - The IDF`s Top Medic on Coping With Disaster The IDF`s top medic recalls how they coped with disaster...
9/16/2015	9/16/2015 The UN `World Circus`: A Mockery of Memory September 11 is a day of awe...
9/16/2015	9/16/2015 One Canadian Chapter Represented at the First Students Supporting Israel Conference in Minneapolis In 2014, the Israeli Students Association at Ryerson University in Canada transformed itself into a movement that now encompasses students from all over United States, the United Kingdom and Austria. ...
9/16/2015	9/16/2015 StandWithUs Speaking Tour in Norway, September, 2015 Young Israelis share insights into their lives with audiences across Norway...
9/15/2015	9/15/2015 STANDWITHUS SALUTES POPE FRANCIS` VISIT TO PHILADELPHIA WITH POSTER CAMPAIGN SEPTEMBER 14-OCTOBER 11, 2015 StandWithUs celebrates the arrival of Pope Francis to Philadelphia on September 26 with metrolight posters highlighting the shared Judeo-Christian values of both faith communities....
9/15/2015	9/15/2015 The price Palestinians pay for BDS `victory` To serve “Palestine,” Palestinians must suffer: Such, at least, is the logic of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which just forced SodaStream to move its carbonation-machine factory out of the West Bank and into Israel`s Negev desert....
9/15/2015	9/15/2015 The BDS Wars: Some Signs of Success for the New Year The past year was not particularly good for Israel in terms of the demonization and boycott campaigns, but it was not as bad as expected, and there were some successful counterattacks against the demonizers....
9/11/2015	9/11/2015 Muslim Zionist Says BDS Not a Jewish Issue, It`s a Human Rights Issue Kasim Hafeez grew up in Britain, the child of Pakistani immigrants, where he was immersed from a young age in anti-Semitism, and Israel was commonly demonized....
9/11/2015	9/11/2015 National Post View: The spectre of anti-Semitism Sunday night, Jews all over the world will observe Rosh Hashana, the start of the Ten Days of Awe that end with the Yom Kippur fast, when the sins of the past year (5775 in the Hebrew calendar) are expiated and promises to do better are pledged....
9/11/2015	9/11/2015 StandWithUs Denounces Lack of Iran Vote in Senate; Congratulates House StandWithUs is deeply disturbed that the Senate refused to allow a vote on the resolution to disapprove the Iran nuclear deal. ...
9/10/2015	9/10/2015 Action Alert From AIPAC on September 10, 2015 Urge Senators and Representatives to allow a vote on the resolution of disapproval...
9/10/2015	9/10/2015 Bill Clinton`s Own Warning About Fissile Material Being Used in Capitol Truck Campaign This truck and another like it are circling around the U.S. Capitol this afternoon as debate has begun on the Iran nuclear deal....
9/10/2015	9/10/2015 Pro-Israel Campus Groups Worry Iran Deal Debate Will End in `Anti-Semitic Hatefest` On the college frontlines, advocacy groups fear ratification of the nuke deal will expose a failure in Jewish leadership and have severe implications...
9/9/2015	9/9/2015 Injured Vet Opposes Iran Deal Medically retired Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bartlett, a severely wounded veteran, was all over South Florida recently speaking out against the Iran nuclear deal....
9/9/2015	9/9/2015 Pro-Israel Students at Ryerson Do Not Have it Easy As fall rapidly approaches, Canadian students are preparing for first semester to commence....
9/9/2015	9/9/2015 New Anti-Iran Deal Petition! New petition created by concerned citizens in Los Angeles affiliated with the creative community and entertainment industry as well as influential business people and other high profile individuals. ...
9/8/2015	9/8/2015 A Toulouse Fashion Student Finds Style and Harmony in the Holy Land A unique group of young fashion bloggers and designers recently visited Israel to learn more about the country`s fashion industry and diverse culture. ...
9/8/2015	9/8/2015 A Rose by Any Other Name - The New Antisemitism on Campus Imagine that you are a North American university student dealing with the pressures of classwork and maintaining your GPA...
9/8/2015	9/8/2015 Campus Activist Dreamin` Let`s rewind about two years to a day around this time of the year; that day happened to be the very first of my college career. ...
9/8/2015	9/8/2015 StandWithUs Launches "This Much" Anti-Iran Deal Campaign in Washington DC September 9th, 10th & 11th, 2015 With the vote on the Iran nuclear deal fast approaching, StandWithUs has launched its latest initiative urging Congress to vote NO on the deal....
9/8/2015	9/8/2015 Alan Dershowitz on Iran Nuclear Deal: `I`m Furious With President Obama` Long-time Democrat, Israel defender and famed law professor Alan Dershowitz told a synagogue audience on Saturday night that he was “furious” with President Obama over the Iran nuclear deal....
9/8/2015	9/8/2015 1 Week Left - Let Your Voice Be Heard As the vote in Congress regarding the announced Iran Nuclear Deal rapidly approaches, as a constituent, a future parent, and someone who read the actual agreement, I am concerned about the future of our children, the security of the United States, and of our closest ally in the Middle East - Israel....
9/6/2015	9/6/2015 How would you vote if your children`s lives were at stake? Supporters of the Iranian nuclear deal appear to have achieved a Congressional victory....
9/4/2015	9/4/2015 Israel`s Public Diplomacy Guru Sitting down with PR expert Ran Bar-Yoshafa....
9/4/2015	9/4/2015 Blue (and White) Steel: Hasbara On the Catwalk A new project invited 10 bloggers and fashion designers to describe their experiences in Israel; `Everyone here is nice, Arabs and Jews live side by side and it seems to be fine,` one blogger says....
9/4/2015	9/4/2015 SHOCKER: United Electrical Workers Union Embraces Anti-Israel BDS Growing solidarity between trade unionists and Israel boycotters alarms pro-Israel forces ...
9/3/2015	9/3/2015 StandWithUs Graduates 180 Israeli New Student Ambassadors September 2, 2015 Each year, StandWithUs selects 180 Israeli students from around the country to join the Fellowship, empowering them to be future Israeli leaders and ambassadors. ...
9/3/2015	9/3/2015 The Real Story behind the Viral Head-Lock When an Israeli soldier put an innocent 12-year-old Palestinian boy in a head-lock, that was bad enough....
9/3/2015	9/3/2015 Students Set to Battle for Israel on Campus Term has not yet begun for university students but Joseph Stoll, campus director of Israel advocacy grassroots group StandWithUs, is already organising a training conference and gearing up to counter an anti-Israel event at the London School of Economics....
9/3/2015	9/3/2015 StandWithUs Announces Two New Legal Initiatives to Help Students and Others Combat Anti-Israel Activity, September 4, 2015 StandWithUs is pleased to announce two new initiatives to help students combat anti-Israel and anti-Jewish activity on campus. ...
9/1/2015	9/1/2015 Local Students Go to National Trainings In Los Angeles from Aug. 9-13, StandWithUs - the Los Angeles-based international Israel education organization - hosted separate trainings for selected North American college and high school students to prepare them to be pro-Israel advocates on their campuses this school year....
9/1/2015	9/1/2015 Countering BDS Movement on Campus Local students recently learned what is happening on college campuses regarding the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement against Israel and how to counter it at a program at Temple Israel of Greater Miami....
9/1/2015	9/1/2015 Iran Deal: Pro, Anti-Iran Deal Activists Descend Upon Offices of Reps. Lieu, Sherman LOS ANGELES, California - Activists and concerned citizens on both sides of the Iran Deal stood outside Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA)`s office on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, urging the freshman congressman to take a stance on the nuclear accords that are slated to be voted on September 17....
8/31/2015	8/31/2015 A Remarkable Silence -- Taking a Look in the Mirror In mid-August, an American Jewish singer, Matisyahu, was due to perform at Rototom Sunsplash festival in eastern Spain. ...
8/31/2015	8/31/2015 WIT Israel Attracts Women Entrepreneurs From Around The World To The Startup Nation A first of its kind international Women tech entrepreneurship conference was held in Israel last week, as a group of female tech bloggers and entrepreneurs from around the world were invited for a one-week trip to explore the `Startup Nation`....
8/31/2015	8/31/2015 I saw for myself #Israel My experience in Israel was simply spectacular due to many people, places, food or landscapes....
8/31/2015	8/31/2015 Palestinians Flock to Islamic State Hardly a week passes without another report of a Palestinian killed while fighting for the Islamic State terror group....
8/31/2015	8/31/2015 Why Progressives Should Oppose the Iran Deal Although I do not personally identify with the progressive political movement, I firmly believe in the advancement of LGBT rights in America and around the world. ...
8/31/2015	8/31/2015 StandWithUs Condemns UE Union for Anti-Israel Resolution at Its Convention, August 20, 2015 StandWithUs condemns the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers (UE) union for joining the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement....
8/28/2015	8/28/2015 Australian Ambassador to Israel Hosts StandWithUs Fellows His Excellency Ambassador Dave Sharma, Australia`s envoy to Israel, hosted Alumni of the StandWithUs Israel Fellowship at his residence. It was part of an initiative, where graduates of the Israeli public diplomacy program meet with foreign Ambassadors and share their feelings and experiences about issues related to Israel....
8/27/2015	8/27/2015 What Are Palestinians Doing With U.S. Money? During the past 20 years, the U.S. has invested $4.5 billion in promoting democracy among the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and boosting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process....
8/27/2015	8/27/2015 Death March in the Hills of Jerusalem Terrorism survivor Kay Wilson visited Toronto this summer to speak with Jewish students, including York students, about her horrific experience and years of ongoing recovery...
8/27/2015	8/27/2015 Read: An open letter from retired generals and admirals opposing the Iran nuclear deal A group of retired brass says the deal would threaten national security and that Congress should not approve it....
8/27/2015	8/27/2015 As Iran Vote Looms, Both Sides Reach Out to Congressmen The country seems divided on the Iran Nuclear Deal and the same goes for Rhode Island....
8/26/2015	8/26/2015 What Do Hindus and Jews Have in Common? Everything That Counts. What do one of the nation`s leading oncologists, an economist, detective and a former Indian cabinet minister, an expert on agr-itech, alternative green energy and cyber security, an independent human rights activist, and a retired college professor, who is a child of Holocaust survivors have in common? ...
8/26/2015	8/26/2015 A Lesson in Cultural Differences: Israeli Women Vs. American Women Hi, my name is Israel Girl and I am a feminist. ...
8/24/2015	8/24/2015 Faced With Sea of Palestinian Flags at Spanish Reggae Festival, Matisyahu Belts Out `Jerusalem` After failing in an attempt to have Jewish-American singer Matisyahu banned from a Spanish music festival, the BDS bigots had yet another trick to unveil as the star ascended to the stage on Saturday night....
8/24/2015	8/24/2015 Denying the Israel-Basher - Kudos to Oprah and Other Principled Stars For years, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has worked to make Israel an international pariah. ...
8/24/2015	8/24/2015 Victims` Attorney Disappointed by Low PA Bond Requirement The lead attorney for 10 American families who secured $655 million in civil damages against the Palestinian Authority (PA) for past terror support expressed disappointment Monday with a judge`s bond order....
8/21/2015	8/21/2015 Gil Stein`s Letters-To-The-Editor re: Opposition to the Iran Nuclear Deal Landmark deal with Tehran ...
8/21/2015	8/21/2015 Bonnie Stuart and Nathan Japhet: Iran deal is dangerous to America Iran is the leading state sponsor of global terrorism. Iran was directly involved in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, resulting in the killing and maiming of hundreds of American servicemen by explosives it supplied to Shiite militias and the Taliban....
8/20/2015	8/20/2015 ALERT! These Congressman Need to Hear From You! As concerned U.S. citizens, we need your help!...
8/19/2015	8/19/2015 Documentary on Campus Anti-Semitism Draws Big Crowd Near Chicago More than 250 supporters of Israel, including dozens of high school and college students, packed into a Chicago-area AMC movie theatre on Sunday for a screening of the documentary “Crossing The Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism On Campus,” a half-hour film that takes a look at when criticism of Israel “crosses the line” into anti-Semitism on North American college campuses....
8/18/2015	8/18/2015 Mariah Carey: Nobody Tried to Pressure Me Not to Come Here At a press conference held at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Herzliya on Monday night, pop superstar Mariah Carey discussed her upcoming sell-out concert and her love of Israel....
8/18/2015	8/18/2015 Dershowitz: `Inept Negotiator` Obama Gave Iran Green Light to Build Nuke Self-declared `liberal Democrat` slams nuclear deal on many fronts, but admits that Congress killing it now could make things worse. Instead, he proposes supplementary legislation to ensure no Iran bomb...
8/18/2015	8/18/2015 Tel Aviv University`s Egyptian Valedictorian: `We Must Always Question Our Assumptions` Haisam Hassanein grew up surrounded by anti-Israeli stereotypes but found a very different reality when he experienced the country for himself....
8/17/2015	8/17/2015 A Responsibility to do Better on Iran Deal - Rabbis` Letter Petition...
8/17/2015	8/17/2015 Countering the BDS Movement Local responses to what the Jewish community considers is the new face of anti-Semitism, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement against Israel, have been taking place....
8/14/2015	8/14/2015 Israel Must Defend its Citizens as Any Country Would THE columnists, commentators, professors and idealistic students who push a one-sided image of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict don`t promote the peace they say they seek. ...
8/14/2015	8/14/2015 BDS in the Boardroom: Campus Protests are Loud, but Corporate Pressure is More Effective This week`s cover story is part of a multipart series examining the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement in California: how it operates, how it is being opposed and what it represents....
8/14/2015	8/14/2015 StandWithUs Canada Statement on United Church of Canada Divestment Resolution on August 12, 2015. StandWithUs Canada is profoundly saddened and disappointed by the August 12, 2015 announcement by the United Church of Canada ( UCC ) encouraging divestment from selected companies doing business in Israel...
8/12/2015	8/12/2015 Be Jewish and Stay Quiet The debate on the Iran Deal is getting heated all around, as more and more U.S Representatives make their intentions clear vis-a-vis the upcoming vote in September. ...
8/12/2015	8/12/2015 A Responsibility to Do Better Letter...
8/12/2015	8/12/2015 Israel is Back on the Map as Air France Bows to Pressure Over In-Flight Screen The controversy began last week, when a passenger on an Air France jet sent a photo to the Facebook page of the pro-Israel group Stand With Us showing how the in-flight map omits Israel....
8/12/2015	8/12/2015 WATCH: Sarah Zoabi, Mother of Muhammad, On Master Chef: I Am A Proud Zionist Regular readers would know I`m a big fan of Muhammad Zoabi, a young Arab-Israeli whose pride and support for his country are something even most Jewish Israelis could learn from....
8/11/2015	8/11/2015 StandWithUs Prepares High School Students StandWithUs high school program prepares South Florida students to be pro-Israel advocates...
8/10/2015	8/10/2015 The Betrayal of the Palestinians by Peace Activists The BBC website explains that “there are several different sorts of pacifism, but they all include the idea that war and violence are unjustifiable, and that conflicts should be settled in a peaceful way”....
8/10/2015	8/10/2015 The Presidium of Israel Business Organizations is Responding to growing Harrassment by BDS Activists The Presidium of Israel Business Organizations today opened a special channel for queries about reports and complaints by business owners about cases of a boycott or concern about a boycott, following the global activity of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement....
8/10/2015	8/10/2015 Lebanese Activist Explains Israel is Welcoming of Both Gays and Arabs Fabian Maamari, a photographer who recently made headlines and who is a Lebanese gay resident of Tel Aviv, related to the recent terror attacks in Duma village and in the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade. Despite these recent incidents, he still believes that Israel is a country that treats both gays and Arabs well....
8/6/2015	8/6/2015 Air France Apologizes For Omitting Israel From In-flight Maps Air France has apologized for using in-flight maps that did not include Israel....
8/5/2015	8/5/2015 Ahead of Summer Fests, Scotland`s New Pro-Israel Network Stands Guard Israelis performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival during last summer`s Gaza war faced a wall of pro-Palestinian protesters. This year a new confederation of friends won`t let that happen...
8/5/2015	8/5/2015 Young, Scared, and Taking a Stand This was a summer to de-stress. ...
8/4/2015	8/4/2015 Christian Group Plans Golders Green Rally to Support Jewish Community Against Extremists A Christian preacher and his wife are organising an anti-fascist demonstration in Golders Green next month as a “show of support for the Jewish community and Israel”....
8/4/2015	8/4/2015 Arab, Christian - and an Israeli Diplomat George Deek Relates His Unique Life Story At StandWithUs Israel Education Center, June 29. 2015...
8/4/2015	8/4/2015 Los Angeles Rallied Against A Bad Iran Deal -- July 26, 2015 Video...
8/3/2015	8/3/2015 Blaming Israel First In May, President Barack Obama donned a yarmulke and spoke in a Washington, D.C., synagogue. ...
8/3/2015	8/3/2015 Air France Wipes Israel Off of the Map... Literally Passengers on an Air France flight to Paris noticed something missing from their in-flight map....
8/3/2015	8/3/2015 Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel Introduce Resolution Supporting Israel Against International Boycott Efforts U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee`s Ranking Member, have introduced H. Res. 402, a bipartisan resolution that supports Israel in its efforts to counter the boycott, sanctions and divestment movement against Israel. ...
7/31/2015	7/31/2015 Our Hearts are Broken Israel and Israelis reacted with shock this morning when it learned of the horrific terror attack that occurred in the Palestinian village of Duma....
7/30/2015	7/30/2015 StandWithUs Strongly Condemns Attack on Jerusalem Pride Parade, July 30, 2015 StandWithUs strongly condemns the attack that took place at the Jerusalem Pride Parade on Thursday, July 30th, in which six attendees were tragically stabbed by an assailant with a history of violence and expressing extremist views....
7/30/2015	7/30/2015 Vote `no` on anti-Israel resolution: Send a message for peace education Before the 7th World Congress of Education International is a resolution blaming Israel for various things that are claimed to obstruct Palestinian education....
7/30/2015	7/30/2015 Two Democratic Representatives Deserve Our Thanks On Standing Up Against The Iran Deal Two representatives, Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY), and Congressman Juan Vargas (D-CA) have publicly opposed the Iran nuclear deal. ...
7/30/2015	7/30/2015 URGE CONGRESS TO GET A BETTER DEAL WITH IRAN - ITS UP TO EACH ONE OF US The deal in its current form only delays Iran`s pursuit of nuclear weapons and allows it to continue promoting violence and instability around the world. ...
7/30/2015	7/30/2015 EXCLUSIVE: New Survey of Jewish Americans Shows Opposition to Iran Deal Increases With More Knowledge of Arguments The more Jewish Americans know about the Iran nuclear deal the less they like it, a new poll first seen exclusively byThe Algemeiner showed....
7/29/2015	7/29/2015 A View from the Left - Part One I`ve just returned from Israel where I spent the last 2 months! ...
7/29/2015	7/29/2015 Christians, Jews and Muslims Gather to Protest Iran Deal Noisy demonstrations in New York and LA reverberate around the globe ...
7/29/2015	7/29/2015 NJ State Senate Committee Approves Bills Banning Boycotts Against Israel On Thursday, July 23, the New Jersey State Senate Committee approved legislation to rebuke the efforts against Israel that are attempting to harm the country through boycotts of the state, its businesses and products. The legislation prohibits investment of state pension funds in companies that participate in the s the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement....
7/29/2015	7/29/2015 BDS DEFEAT: StandWithUs Canada Congratulates U of T Student Leaders StandWithUs Canada congratulates the student representatives of the U of T (University of Toronto) Board of Directors (UTSU) who resoundingly defeated the BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions movement to demonize Israel) in a motion at their campus....
7/29/2015	7/29/2015 Two Opinions Sparked by Assemblies Usually, assemblies involve someone talking to large groups of people. But what happens when a community speaks back?...
7/27/2015	7/27/2015 Hundreds Rally in San Diego to Stop Iran N- Deal Numerous speakers during a Sunday, July 26, rally at Balboa Park passionately decried the nuclear arms deal that the United States and other major world powers recently reached with Iran, but the San Diegan who easily was the hero of the day chose the printed word-not the microphone-to make his views known against the deal....
7/27/2015	7/27/2015 Thousands Protest the Iran Nuclear Deal And Send Congress A Clear Message in Los Angeles and San Diego, July 26, 2015 STOP IRAN NOW rallies took place yesterday (July 26, 2015) as thousands gathered to protest the Iran Nuclear Deal in Los Angeles and San Diego....
7/27/2015	7/27/2015 The Comfort of America I want to make it clear from the outset that this is not an analysis of the Iran Deal....
7/24/2015	7/24/2015 #Real Talk: “Coming Out” for Peace I am an eighteen-year-old Zionist Jew. ...
7/24/2015	7/24/2015 Headline: Tick, Tick, Tick. Students Speak Out on the Iran Nuclear Deal, July, 2015 High school student leaders (including StandWithUs MZ Teen Interns) speak out against the Iran nuclear deal in this video they created during the AIPAC Saban Conference, held July, 2015....
7/24/2015	7/24/2015 Illinois`s Newest Law Fights Divestment With Divestment Governor signs landmark bill prohibiting state pension funds from investing in companies that boycott Israel...
7/23/2015	7/23/2015 Iran N- Pact protest rally July 26 in Balboa Park The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran....
7/23/2015	7/23/2015 Israel, a Water Superpower, is Helping California Fight Drought After successfully dealing with its own water crisis, Israel is sharing its knowledge with other countries. Senior American officials have arrived in Jerusalem to learn from Israeli experts how to save water....
7/22/2015	7/22/2015 Iran Nuclear Agreement Meets With Public Skepticism Little Confidence in Iran`s Leaders to Live Up to Deal...
7/22/2015	7/22/2015 Iran Inspections in 24 Days? Not Even Close Iran can easily stretch out the inspection of suspect nuclear sites for three months or more....
7/22/2015	7/22/2015 WIT Conference to Unite Innovative Women WIT (Women, Innovation, Technology) 5-day conference, will gather women tech entrepreneurs in Israel. ...
7/21/2015	7/21/2015 PM Announces Expanded and Modernized Free Trade Agreement with Israel Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that negotiations toward an expanded and modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) have concluded....
7/21/2015	7/21/2015 OyChicago: Assaf Grumberg, SWU Central Region Campus Director is one of "36 Jewish Professionals Under 36 To Watch" July, 2015 OyChicago! A Chicago Jewish professionals` magazine, and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago named Assaf Grumberg, StandWithUs Central Region Campus Director one of "36 Jewish professionals under 36 to watch." July 21, 2015...
7/21/2015	7/21/2015 Contact Your Senators And Representatives: The World Cannot Afford A Nuclear Iran Tell your Senators and Representatives, who will soon be voting on the deal, to reject it and hold strong for an agreement which protects the U.S. and our allies and prevents nuclear proliferation in the region. ...
7/20/2015	7/20/2015 Summer Camp, Islamist-style: Getaway for Palestinian Children of Martyrs Teaches Hate, Violence, Say Critics Summer camp for the young children of Palestinian prisoners and so-called martyrs is a weeks-long hate-fest that includes military training and indoctrination into jihad, according to Middle East-based groups that warn a new generation is being taught to demonize Israel....
7/20/2015	7/20/2015 Rally Against Iran in San Diego: July 26 Stop Iran Now Rally in San Diego...
7/20/2015	7/20/2015 Rally Against Iran in Phoenix: July 22 Rally Again Iran in Phoenix...
7/20/2015	7/20/2015 Stop Iran Now -- LA Rally July 26th Rally...
7/19/2015	7/19/2015 Stop Iran Now: Rallies Across North America Stop IranrRallies across North America...
7/18/2015	7/18/2015 Rally Against Iran in Florida: July 22 STOP IRAN Now Rally...
7/17/2015	7/17/2015 Local Jewish Leaders Voice Strong Concerns About Iran Deal After 20 months of negotiations, the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia reached an agreement Tuesday morning with Iran on its nuclear program....
7/17/2015	7/17/2015 Rally Against Iran in Toronto: July 22 at NOON Rally...
7/16/2015	7/16/2015 URGE CONGRESS TO GET A BETTER DEAL WITH IRAN While StandWithUs welcomes international efforts to end Iran`s nuclear program through diplomacy, the deal announced on July 14, 2015, between the P5+1 and Iran will not prevent Iran`s regime from developing nuclear weapons, moderate its aggressive policies, or persuade it to stop sponsoring terrorism. ...
7/14/2015	7/14/2015 Holocaust Survivor Compares BDS Tactics to Nazi Propaganda When Irving Roth walked out of the Auschwitz concentration camp in April 1945, having watched in horror as members of his family were marched into the gas chamber upon their arrival the previous year, he was thankful that he would live to see his sixteenth birthday....
7/13/2015	7/13/2015 Kosher Lust, BDS, and Obama: An Interview with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach As a Jewish student attending university, you can imagine my excitement when being asked to interview Los Angeles-born Rabbi Shmuley Boteach....
7/13/2015	7/13/2015 Our Iran Moment House of Cards is a popular Netflix original production in its 3rd season, telling the story of U.S. Rep. Francis Underwood of South Carolina, a ruthless politician in a never-ending pursuit of power, devoid of any value and absent any moral. Rep. Underwood makes his way to the top and ends up ascending to the desired post of President of the United States of America. ...
7/13/2015	7/13/2015 Tweeting Hitler Facebook and Twitter, you have provided a wonderful outlet for disseminating alternative information, but the rampant and disgusting anti-Semitism on social media must stop....
7/10/2015	7/10/2015 The State Department`s Response to Israel Boycott Law - A Line-Item Veto for Trade Legislation? he State Department has recently tried to minimize the significance and effect of provisions in the newly enacted trade promotion laws that seek to discourage boycotts and other economic sanctions against Israel....
7/9/2015	7/9/2015 Why are Liberals Bashing Michael Oren? After interviewing former ambassador Michael Oren last week at the Museum of Tolerance, and reading countless articles attacking him, I think I`ve figured out why his new book, “Ally,” has struck such a sensitive nerve, especially with pro-Obama liberal Zionists....
7/8/2015	7/8/2015 Costa Rica Becomes 33rd Country to Launch Pro-Israel Caucus The 20 Parliamentarians signed a foundation document reaffirming Israel as a Jewish state with Jerusalem as its capital....
7/8/2015	7/8/2015 For Some Palestinians in East Jerusalem, A Pragmatic `Israelification` More East Jerusalem Palestinians are taking Israeli citizenship, learning Hebrew, and living in Jewish neighborhoods. But does that affect their identity?...
7/8/2015	7/8/2015 How BDS Advocates Fooled Two Christian Churches I`ve spent the last three years witnessing and helping defeat Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns on campuses across North America, so I am rarely surprised by the depravity of anti-Israel activists. But BDS doesn`t limit itself to campuses, so this year I`ve had the distinct misfortune of witnessing it in action at the national meetings of two Protestant churches - the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) and the United Church of Christ (UCC). ...
7/7/2015	7/7/2015 BDS in American Churches I`ve spent the last three years witnessing and helping defeat Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns on campuses across North American, so I am rarely surprised by the depravity of anti-Israel activists. ...
7/7/2015	7/7/2015 How Academic Efforts to Boycott Israel Harm our Students In March 2014, I and my co-teacher stood with 27 Vassar College students at the sparkling Auja Spring in the parched West Bank of the Palestinian territories. ...
7/6/2015	7/6/2015 United Church of Christ Approves Divestment to Aid Palestinians The United Church of Christ, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the United States, overwhelmingly approved a resolution Tuesday calling for divestment from companies that profit from Israel`s occupation or control of Palestinian territories, and a boycott of products from Israeli settlements....
7/6/2015	7/6/2015 How Academic Efforts to Boycott Israel Harm Our Students In March 2014, I and my co-teacher stood with 27 Vassar College students at the sparkling Auja Spring in the parched West Bank of the Palestinian territories....
7/6/2015	7/6/2015 The Unholy Lunacy of Israel-Bashing Churches The campaign to isolate and delegitimize Israel picked up ammunition last week when the United Church of Christ called for divestment from companies it says profit from the occupation of Palestinian territories....
7/6/2015	7/6/2015 Palestinian Cleric Delivers Anti-Semitic Sermon, Incites Violence Against Jews Another Palestinian cleric conducted a blatantly anti-Semitic sermon and incited violence against Jews, the Middle East Monitoring Research Service (MEMRI) reports....
7/6/2015	7/6/2015 Stop Iran Now - Rally July 22, 2015 Stop Iran Now Rally...
7/2/2015	7/2/2015 Declining United Church of Christ`s Israel Divestment May Not Pack Any Punch The United Church of Christ (UCC) this week became the latest mainline Protestant denomination to approve a resolution calling for divestment from companies that do business with Israel....
7/2/2015	7/2/2015 Snapshot: Brookfield Hosts Stand With Israel Rally Attendees stand and sing during the Stand with Israel event at the International Christian Fellowship Church in Brookfield June 28. According to organizers, over 400 people attended the rally, which was held to show attendees` commitment to Israel...
7/1/2015	7/1/2015 United Church of Christ Passes Resolution to Divest from Israel The United Church of Christ (UCC) on Tuesday passed a resolution that calls for divestment from companies that do business with Israel at its General Synod in Cleveland. ...
7/1/2015	7/1/2015 Who`s on the Guest List? THE IMPRESSIVE residential, commercial and office project adjacent to the Jerusalem YMCA and across the road from the historic King David Hotel, is fast becoming the hub of international Jewish organizations that are making their headquarters in the sprawling complex built on the site that once housed the YMCA soccer stadium....
7/1/2015	7/1/2015 United Church of Christ Anti-Israel Extremism A study in discrimination, hypocrisy and irrelevance...
7/1/2015	7/1/2015 StandWithUs Israel Fellows Are In Final Preparations For Their 2015 Year-End Projects The students participating in the 9th StandWithUs Israel Fellowship are in final preparations for their 2015 year-end projects. ...
7/1/2015	7/1/2015 Jewish Group Condemns United Church of Christ Vote to Divest from Israel Israel advocacy group StandWithUs said today it condemns the General Synod of the United Church of Christ (UCC) for passing resolutions that demonize Israel. SWU added that in doing so, UCC had aligned itself with the discriminatory Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement....
6/30/2015	6/30/2015 StandWithUs Supports Israel in Geneva At the UN Human Rights Council StandWithUs was proud to join other organizations as a leading partner in the pro-Israel Rally on Monday in Geneva, as the UN`s Human Rights Council debated the UN Commission of Inquiry Report on last summer`s Gaza Conflict. ...
6/30/2015	6/30/2015 StandWithUs Condemns the United Church of Christ (UCC) anti-Israel resolutions, June 30th, 2015 StandWithUs condemns the General Synod of the United Church of Christ (UCC) for passing resolutions which demonize Israel and aligning themselves with the discriminatory Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. ...
6/30/2015	6/30/2015 StandWithUs Israel Education Center Celebrates Its Grand Opening at a Gala Ribbon-Cutting, June 29, 2015 StandWithUs celebrated the Grand Opening of its Israel Education Center at a gala event held Monday, June 29, 2015. Located in the heart of Jerusalem, the Center is near the Old City, the Mamilla Mall and the festive reception was held across the street from the King David Hotel in the gardens of the King David Hotel`s Crown complex....
6/29/2015	6/29/2015 An Israeli Soldier Defended Israel in Front of The Human Rights Subcommittee of the EP In response to an address by anti-IDF group Breaking the Silence speaking on behalf of the Palestinian lobby to the Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Parliament, StandWithUs sent Matan Katzman, a Deputy Company Commander to address the lawmakers....
6/28/2015	6/28/2015 Rally To Support Israel In Geneva On June 29 Rally To Support Israel In Geneva On June 29...
6/26/2015	6/26/2015 Stop Iran Now - Rally July 22, 2015 Stop Iran Rally...
6/26/2015	6/26/2015 Is J-Street Really Against BDS? Their Opposition to Anti-BDS Legislation Shows the Answer After weeks of legislative drama, a trade bill containing provisions opposing the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel cleared its final legislative hurdle Wednesday afternoon....
6/25/2015	6/25/2015 This is my truth: IDF troops react to war crime accusations "I was wounded because I was trained on IDF values to treat every injured person equally, even the wife of a high-level terrorist who faints in the middle of an arrest," says one soldier left paralyzed when ambushed while providing medical care....
6/25/2015	6/25/2015 Why I need to tell my truth about serving in Israeli army We must counter the hypocrisy of Breaking the Silence and show that IDF has thousands of soldiers who try to live up to high ethical standards....
6/25/2015	6/25/2015 StandWithUs proudly supports landmark legislation to counter BDS in US-EU Free Trade Negotiations StandWithUs applauds Congress for passing the bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation, which includes language to combat the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. ...
6/25/2015	6/25/2015 An Exodus of Members Doesn`t Stop the UCC from Attacking Israel During the last four days of June, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ will meet in Cleveland, Ohio to decide if their denomination will enlist in the economic and propaganda war against Israel. ...
6/25/2015	6/25/2015 Bad Joke? College Planned to Hire Anti-Zionist to Teach Zionism It was only due to `lack of interest` that the University of Missouri cancelled a course called `Perspectives on Zionism.`...
6/24/2015	6/24/2015 Remembering Farhud Day and the Arab Pogroms While I was speaking to the packed room, a woman I did not know, sitting in the front row, slowly shook her tear-stained head in disbelief and muttered softly ... barely audible ... “I never thought I would hear these words in this building.”...
6/24/2015	6/24/2015 The World`s Betrayal of Israel It was the month of January 2005. That Saturday night, a 17-year-old girl, by the name of Ayala Abukasis, was walking home with her younger brother, Tamir, in the southern city of Sderot in Israel. ...
6/24/2015	6/24/2015 Landmark Legislation Will Make Countering BDS Central to US-EU Free Trade Negotiations Today, Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06), co-chair of the House Republican Israel Caucus, released the following statement after House and Senate passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation, which includes bipartisan language Roskam authored to combat the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel....
6/23/2015	6/23/2015 Egypt`s Endowments Ministry to Remove `Extremist Books` from Mosques Egypt`s endowments ministry to remove `extremist books` from mosques Mosques must provide the ministry with a list of their library`s contents for inspection Ahram Online...
6/22/2015	6/22/2015 International Farhud Day - An Insider`s Eyewitness Account While I was speaking to the packed room, a woman I did not know, sitting in the front row, slowly shook her tear-stained head in disbelief and muttered softly ... barely audible ... “I never thought I would hear these words in this building.”...
6/22/2015	6/22/2015 Countering the Anti-Israel Movement in Canada A pro-Israel organization wants Canadians to know it appreciates the strong relationship between Canada and the Jewish nation....
6/22/2015	6/22/2015 UNHRC DISCREDITS ITSELF ONCE AGAIN WITH REPORT ON HAMAS-ISRAEL WAR The UN Human Rights Council [UNHRC] report about the Hamas —Israel War last summer suffers from the same bias that has distorted previous UNHRC pronouncements on Israel. ...
6/18/2015	6/18/2015 `IDF is a Moral Army Fighting in an Immoral Neighborhood` IDF reservist Matan Katzman tells EU human rights subcommittee: "[IDF] policy is so concrete and clear that Hamas is an expert on it and uses it to their advantage. They place snipers in schools and hospitals, they stock weapons in homes."...
6/18/2015	6/18/2015 New York State Assembly Passes Anti-BDS Bill The New York State Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday rejecting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, becoming the latest state government to condemn the anti-Israel movement. ...
6/18/2015	6/18/2015 New York State Assembly Passes Anti-BDS Resolution on June 18, 2015 The New York State Assembly passed a resolution on June 18, 2015 rejecting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, becoming the latest state government to condemn the anti-Israel movement. ...
6/17/2015	6/17/2015 StandWithUs Soldier Testifies to EU Human Rights Committee on IDF Morality, June 17, 2015 In response to an address by anti-IDF (Israel Defense Forces) group Breaking the Silence, speaking on behalf of the Palestinian lobby to the Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Parliament, StandWithUs sent Matan Katzman, a Deputy Company Commander to address the lawmakers. ...
6/17/2015	6/17/2015 Terrorism Survivor Kay Wilson`s TEDx Talk at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, May 13, 2015 Kay Wilson has known prolonged and horrendous terror at a depth that most will never know, yet she refuses to let this event destroy her life. ...
6/16/2015	6/16/2015 BDS Mega-Fail: Israeli Goods in Bethlehem Stores Visit to Bethlehem by activist Kay Wilson reveals the Palestinian Authority itself doesn`t boycott Israel....
6/16/2015	6/16/2015 Indian Columnist: Israel is India`s `Most Trusted Ally` in the Middle East, Among Top Friends in the World Israel is India`s most trusted Middle East ally, and one of its closest friends in the world, an Indian columnist wrote over the weekend inThe Asian Age....
6/16/2015	6/16/2015 At Least 63% of Children in Near-Gaza Communities Suffer From Post-Traumatic Stress, Israeli Research Shows No less than 63 percent of children in the southern Israeli town of Sderot suffer from post-traumatic stress, mostly due to the intense rounds of violence that have occurred between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Israel`s Channel 2 reported on Tuesday...
6/16/2015	6/16/2015 Fascist Demonstrators to Burn Talmud at London Rally in Jewish Neighborhood The extreme right-wing organizers of a Saturday protest in a predominantly Jewish London neighborhood plan to burn Israeli flags and even a copy of the Jewish Oral Law, or Talmud, the UK`s Jewish Chroniclereported on Tuesday....
6/16/2015	6/16/2015 CNN Bias, Definitively Explained Last month, CNN - under the headline “Israeli settlers reportedly chop down 800 Palestinian olive trees” - parroted absurd Palestinian allegations without bothering to do a modicum of fact checking. ...
6/12/2015	6/12/2015 Israel Crisis Averted in Missouri as Biology Professor`s anti-Zionist Course Nixed A University of Missouri (MU) fall 2015 honors tutorial that pro-Israel students felt would promote bigotry and misinformation on their college campus has been cancelled. ...
6/12/2015	6/12/2015 BDS and Hamas: The New Partnership Hamas is pinning high hopes on BDS to pave the way for the destruction of Israel through boycotts, divestment and sanctions. ...
6/12/2015	6/12/2015 Fighting the Good Fight As boycott, divestment and sanctions initiatives sweep across university campuses in the U.S., pro-Israel StandWithUs campaign is trying to counter the damage they inflict on Israel`s international image Changing people`s minds, one campus at a time....
6/12/2015	6/12/2015 BDS Activists Playing by Unprincipled Rules It took a while, but after several years of Israel divestment measures passing at college campuses nationwide, the Jewish community finally realized BDS is a problem. A big problem....
6/10/2015	6/10/2015 Orange`s Decision To Boycott Israel Started With The New Israel Fund Who Profits gains its profits from boycotting Israel....
6/10/2015	6/10/2015 STANDWITHUS CONGRATULATES UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI FOR CANCELLING BIGOTED ANTI-ISRAEL CLASS, JUNE 10, 2015 StandWithUs commends the University of Missouri [MU] for canceling a class on Zionism that was to be taught in the fall by biology professor and anti-Israel ideologue, George Smith. The cancellation was made public on June 10, 2015....
6/9/2015	6/9/2015 Israel: Where Imagination Becomes Reality Video...
6/8/2015	6/8/2015 President Peres Joins StandWithUs To Unveil New Anti-BDS Website At Herzilya Conference June 8, 2015 Israel`s ninth President Shimon Peres joined with Israel education organization StandWithUs to encourage Israelis and others to take an active role in the fight against would-be Israel boycotters....
6/8/2015	6/8/2015 Why I support SCR 35: An Open Letter to State Sen. Jeff Stone Much of the campus climate at UCLA revolves around identities and identity politics. Students champion their identities and their communities in a way that the rest of the world should strive to emulate. ...
6/8/2015	6/8/2015 StandWithUs Will Place a Billboard In Toronto For The First Time Beginning June 29, 2015 For the first time in Toronto, StandWithUs is placing a billboard that celebrates the Canada -Israel relationship. ...
6/8/2015	6/8/2015 South Carolina Passes Historic Anti-Boycott Law South Carolina yesterday passed a historic law banning the state from contracting with companies engaged in certain kinds of boycotts....
6/8/2015	6/8/2015 DelRay Resident Teaches Seniors to Read Hebrew Genia Kutner, 86, of Delray Beach, believes that every Jew should know how to read Hebrew....
6/5/2015	6/5/2015 Facing The Truth About BDS It is no secret that a “private” meeting is to be held this week in Las Vegas, supported by philanthropist Sheldon Adelson, aimed at joining forces to face the threat of BDS against the State of Israel....
6/5/2015	6/5/2015 With a Little Help From Our Friends You don`t need to be Jewish to love Israel....
6/5/2015	6/5/2015 Stand With Us First Ever Counter-BDS Conference As a StandWithUs (SWU) MZ intern, it is my duty to advocate for Israel and ensure that I am knowledgeable and prepared to be a voice for all things Israel. Along with 79 other teens across the U.S. and Canada, I have the privilege to call myself an intern for SWU....
6/5/2015	6/5/2015 Rabbi Grover and Beth Tikvah Thanks StandWithUs-Canada For Kay Wilson`s Talk June 2, 2015 Kay Wilson spoke at our synagogue this week. ...
6/4/2015	6/4/2015 Netanyahu: France Must Condemn Orange Pullout from Israel Israeli affiliate threatens lawsuit as telecoms giant cuts ties; Regev demands Richard`s dismissal; employees protest outside Orange HQ, cover logo with Israeli flag....
6/4/2015	6/4/2015 Thank You Letter Re the Washington State Supreme Court Victory Now that our State Supreme Court has decisively riled in my clients` favor, I wanted to take the time to personally thank you and StandWithUs for the extraordinary support provided to my clients in the appeal of their lawsuit against the Board of the Olympia Food Co-op. ...
6/4/2015	6/4/2015 Meet the Organization Fighting the Uphill Battle Against BDS StandWithUs is an organization which has sought to fill the void left in the wake of international attempts to delegitimize Israel....
6/4/2015	6/4/2015 American-Israeli Billionaire Haim Saban Strikes Back at Orange CEO Over Israel Boycott Comments The BDS movement began in 2005, when according to their official website; “Palestinian civil society issued a call for a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights”. ...
6/3/2015	6/3/2015 StandWithUs UK Strongly Condemns the National Union of Students for passing a BDS Motion on June 2, 2015 StandWithUs UK strongly condemns the National Union of Students (NUS) for passing a one-sided motion to boycott Israeli companies, following lobbying by BDS activists. ...
6/2/2015	6/2/2015 Egypt`s Blockade of Gaza Since the beginning of this year, the Egyptians have opened the Rafah border crossing for five days only. ...
6/2/2015	6/2/2015 StandWithUs marched in the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York, May 31, 2015 On Sunday, May 31, StandWithUs marched in the Celebrate Israel Parade on Fifth Avenue in New York. ...
6/1/2015	6/1/2015 Khawaled Village - Bedouin Pride in Israel Bedouin community embraces the country that embraces them....
6/1/2015	6/1/2015 SWU MZ Teen Intern Andrew Jacobson Receives the Star of David Award from Israel Bonds May 26, 2015 StandWithUs MZ Teen Andrew Jacobson, Swampscott High School, Swampscott, Massachusetts remarks as he receives the Star of David (Youth Honoree) award from Israel Bonds at its North Shore, NY event on May 26, 2015...
6/1/2015	6/1/2015 Videography on Campus - A fact sheet outlining when one can video or photograph on campuses, looking at both private and public universities. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: VIDEOING ON CAMPUS...
6/1/2015	6/1/2015 BDS is a Threat to Israel`s Very Existence ISIS? Iran? North Korea? The industry of lies spun by the BDS movement is succeeding in convincing more and more people that Israel is the source of evil in the world. Make no mistake: This is not a campaign against the settlements. It is a war on the legitimacy of the Jewish state. All reasonable forces, from right and left, must act against the economic, academic, and cultural boycott which has become a strategic threat. Yedioth Ahronoth is enlisting in the fight back....
5/29/2015	5/29/2015 Washington Supreme Court Paves Way to Reopen Olympia Co-op BDS Case The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a ruling by a lower court that ordered five plaintiffs who sued the Olympia Food Co-op over a 2011 vote to adopt anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions measures to pay fees and damages to the supermarket`s board members, the Algemeiner has learned....
5/29/2015	5/29/2015 Israeli Companies Bring Jobs to American Cities In one week, 3 Israel-based firms opened or finalized plans to build new facilities in the US, and with it employment opportunities...
5/29/2015	5/29/2015 Supreme Court Ruling On Food Co-op Opens Door to Lawsuit Over BDS The Washington Supreme Court reversed a ruling that protected the Olympia Food Co-op from lawsuits over its boycott of Israeli products....
5/28/2015	5/28/2015 Jewish Club Welcomes Israeli Soldiers On Monday, April 13, Shorecrest High School`s Jewish Club welcomes two Israeli soldiers to share experiences from their life....
5/28/2015	5/28/2015 Youth Summit On Israel Was Interfaith Event Five teens met at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield to discuss Israel in an interfaith Youth Summit On Israel, Sunday, April 26....
5/28/2015	5/28/2015 Breaking News!! BDS Defeat at Washington Supreme Court, May 28, 2015 May 28, 2015, StandWithUs is thrilled to share the news that, in a major setback to the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) campaign, this morning the Washington State Supreme Court held, by a vote of 9-0 that a lawsuit can proceed against Olympia Food Co-op board members, challenging their 2011 decision to boycott Israeli products....
5/27/2015	5/27/2015 El Al: A Passionate Commitment to Israel El Al has constantly made the case that it is the only airline which can be relied on to continue flying to and from Israel through thick and thin....
5/27/2015	5/27/2015 Israel`s JudoTteam Suffers Ongoing Harassment in Morocco Israeli delegation arriving for World Masters competition held up at Rabat airport for more than eight hours, competition`s organizers remove Israeli flag, and local audience waves Palestinian flags and chants `we will murder you.`...
5/27/2015	5/27/2015 ACTION ALERT! Kick extremism out of football. SIGN THE PETITION Palestinian Football Association leader Jibril Rajoub is leading the effort to have the Israeli Football team kicked out of the World Cup run by international body FIFA. The event will be held June 5-July 6, 2015....
5/27/2015	5/27/2015 Moroccan Authorities Take Down Israeli Judo Team Athletes held for nine hours in airport; spectators at the World Masters Judo Tournament shout `We`ll kill you` at them...
5/27/2015	5/27/2015 International Farhud Day Declared at the United Nations on June 1, 2015 The Farhud was the Holocaust-era massacre committed by Arab nationalists, done in coordination with the Nazis....
5/26/2015	5/26/2015 StandWithUs Applauds UC President Napolitano`s Leadership Against Anti-Semetic, Anti-Israel Bigotry on Campuses StandWithUs applauds UC President Janet Napolitano`s support for officially adopting the U.S. State Department`s definition of anti-Semitism in the University of California [UC] system. Such a policy could play a critical role in stemming bigotry on UC campuses. ...
5/26/2015	5/26/2015 Michael Dickson Joined a Forum of Israel`s leading organizational directors under 40 at President Rivlin`s Residence, May 18, 2015 SWU-Israel director Michael Dickson was honored to be chosen to join a forum of Israeli for-profit CEO`s and non-profit organizational directors under 40 (“Spectrum.IL) and to meet Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at his residence on May 18, 2015....
5/26/2015	5/26/2015 Terror Survivor to Lecture on Human Rights Kay Wilson, a survivor of a terror attack in Israel, will be the guest speaker at the second annual StandWithUs Canada Campus Champions Dinner to be held on June 1 at a private home....
5/26/2015	5/26/2015 Diplomacy: Pulling in Different Directions As the new government gets started, the main actors in the Mideast diplomatic drama are all pulling in very different directions....
5/26/2015	5/26/2015 Congress Can Fight the Boycott Israel Movement Israel has faced existential danger since its founding. It pushed back conventional assaults during the 1948 War of Independence against Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Jordan, the 1967 Six Day War against Egypt, Syria and Jordan, and the 1973 Yom Kippur War against an Arab coalition led by Egypt and Syria. ...
5/26/2015	5/26/2015 6th Annual “Israeli Soldiers Tour” StandWithUs` rolled through Oklahoma, northern Miami and North Carolina with four Israel Defense Force (IDF) reserve duty soldier/students sharing their stories with thousands at colleges, high schools, churches and synagogues....
5/22/2015	5/22/2015 BDS on Campus Part II: When Does `Anti-Israel` Become Anti-Semitic? Liana Kadisha, a senior at Stanford University, says some Jewish students on her campus feel they have to hide who they are. ...
5/22/2015	5/22/2015 Brooklyn Food Co-op Becomes BDS Battlefield Both supporters and opponents of boycotting Israel say the other side is spewing lies. That is, when they`re not busy rushing the stage....
5/21/2015	5/21/2015 BBYO Teen Interviews StandWithUs High School Coordinators During Annual Convention February 13-14, 2015 in Atlanta, GA BBYO Teen Interviews StandWithUs High School Coordinators, Sarah Gipoor and Tahli Hanuka, about the Partnership with StandWithUs" During Annual Convention ...
5/21/2015	5/21/2015 Lital and Elad Share Their Perspectives on "L`Chayim" JBS on May 14, 2015 Lital and Elad who participated in StandWithUs` 6th Israeli Soldiers Tour are interviewed by Rabbi Mark S. Golub on "L`Chayim" his show on Shalom TV, Jewish Broadcasting Service on May 14, 2015....
5/21/2015	5/21/2015 Grapevine: Barbara and Bernard Diamond Host a Reception for StandWithUs - Israel PRIOR TO the official launch of the new StandWithUs headquarters off Jerusalem`s King David Street, ...
5/20/2015	5/20/2015 March of Living Makes Impact on Teens March of the Living Holocaust educational trip to Poland and Israel makes impact on Boca Raton teens Daniella Cohen - a senior at Weinbaum Yeshiva High School in Boca Raton - was affected deeply by what she saw on the recent March of the Living - Southern Region Holocaust educational trip to Poland and Israel that she went on....
5/20/2015	5/20/2015 As Illinois quashes Israel boycotts, some see watershed in fight against BDS A day after landmark legislation passes Illinois legislature, pro-Israel activists say winning formula can work in other states...
5/19/2015	5/19/2015 Breaking News: Illinois House Joins the Senate in Passing Historic Anti-BDS Bill May 18, 2015 StandWithUs congratulates the Illinois House which on May 18, 2015 joined the state`s senate in unanimously passing a bill that would prevent the state`s pension fund from investing in companies that boycott Israel. Gov. Bruce Rauner has pledged to sign the historic “anti-BDS” bill. ...
5/19/2015	5/19/2015 Illinois, Latest State to Oppose BDS, Takes Concrete Action Against Boycotters Illinois on Monday became the third state in a month to pass legislation formally opposing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. ...
5/15/2015	5/15/2015 Why I Tour The U.S. As An Israeli Soldier Lital and I participated in the 6th "Israeli Soldiers Tour," speaking on campuses, high schools, synagogues and churches throughout the Northeast. This included John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) staged a "die-in" last semester....
5/14/2015	5/14/2015 Huge BDS Loss - GreenStar Food Coop Rejects Israel Boycott Coop legal counsel finds national origin boycott could violate NY Human Rights Law....
5/14/2015	5/14/2015 StandWithUs Congratulates Illinois for Standing Strong Against Boycotting Israel May 14, 2015 Illinois is the first state to pass legislation (SB 1761, Amendment 3) prohibiting a state agency from doing business with any business that boycotts Israel. ...
5/13/2015	5/13/2015 Israeli Soldiers Visit with San Antonio Area High Schoolers Two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers shared their personal experiences with area high school students as part of the annual Israeli Soldiers Tour sponsored by StandWithUs (SWU) in February....
5/13/2015	5/13/2015 That the World May Not End How we can begin the end of radical Islam...
5/13/2015	5/13/2015 StandWithUs Extends Billboard Campaign With a New Location May 8-June 5, 2015. Reminder of US-Israel Relationship Southbound On I-95 and Oregon...
5/13/2015	5/13/2015 The Nuclear Deal with Iran The Israeli government is united in opposing the Lausanne framework, which does not block Iran`s path to the bomb; it paves Iran`s path to the bomb....
5/12/2015	5/12/2015 MUST WATCH: By George, This Is Another Great Speech! VIDEO: Israeli-Arab diplomat George Deek has still got it, much to the chagrin of the Israel haters (hat tip: StandWithUs). ...
5/12/2015	5/12/2015 Publication of Israeli Soldiers` Accounts Clouded by Political Agenda On May 4, 2015, Breaking the Silence, a small Israeli non-governmental organisation, published anonymous allegations from Israel Defence Forces soldiers who are said to have fought in Gaza during summer 2014, purporting to "close the yawning gaps between what the IDF and government spokespersons told the public about the combat scenarios, and the reality described by the soldiers ..."...
5/11/2015	5/11/2015 Senators for Community Colleges Reject Divestment Student representatives from the state`s 112 community colleges - representing 2.1 million students - rejected an Israel divestment resolution at a general assembly gathering last week in Southern California, according to a tweet posted shortly after the vote....
5/11/2015	5/11/2015 How This Jordanian Arab Became an Ardent Zionist Abe Haak, an Arab born in Irbid, Jordan and raised to hate Israel, has undergone an incredible transformation over the past 37 years....
5/7/2015	5/7/2015 California Community College Student Vote Against Divestment From Israel This week the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel suffered a defeat in California as the governing student body which represents over 2.1 million students in the California Community College System voted to reject a resolution to divest from companies doing business with the Jewish State. ...
5/7/2015	5/7/2015 Ethiopian Doctor Who Lit Yom Ha`Atzmaut Torch Heads IDF Team in Nepal Dr. Avi Yitzchak, the first Israel`s first Ethiopian doctor, who lit one of the traditional torches on Yom Ha`Atzmaut give years ago, is leading the IDF medical team in Nepal....
5/7/2015	5/7/2015 Anti-Israel Indoctrination Parading as Education, Sponsored by Boston University I am grateful to Americans for Peace and Tolerance for exposing the bias and misinformation in Boston University`s “Axis of Hope” program. ...
5/6/2015	5/6/2015 Israel`s Arab Diplomat Tells StandWithUs Guests Why He Backs the Jewish State Pro-Israel grassroots group StandWithUs UK held its first annual reception on Thursday, with Arab-Israeli diplomat George Deek telling the 270 guests that Arab and Jews in Israel shared common goals and fears....
5/6/2015	5/6/2015 BDS Suffers Crushing Defeat at Bowdoin College, May 6, 2015 StandWithUs congratulates students at Bowdoin College for overwhelmingly rejecting a student-wide referendum calling for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel....
5/6/2015	5/6/2015 Bowdoin College Students Overwhelmingly Reject Israel Boycott Bowdoin College Student Government held an unprecedented all-student referendum, sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine, for a full academic and cultural boycott of Israel (not just “divestment” from certain companies)....
5/6/2015	5/6/2015 A Conversation with an IDF Soldier The Goldstone Report, and a generally biased press aside, Israel has, by all standards, the most humane army the world has ever known....
5/6/2015	5/6/2015 Video and Transcript: Israeli-Arab Diplomat George Deek`s Speech at the StandWithUs UK Event Israeli-Arab Diplomat George Deek`s Speech at the StandWithUs UK Event April, 2015. ...
5/5/2015	5/5/2015 The Misleading of Ms. Lauryn Hill Sorry, Ms. Lauryn Hill but your statement doesn`t cut it. People are interpreting your cancellation as you boycotting the world`s only Jewish country...
5/5/2015	5/5/2015 VIDEO: Maureen Lipman accepts Beacon of Light award for Israel support Video...
5/4/2015	5/4/2015 Why America Needs Israel While Israel stays the course, the Obama administration has turned American foreign policy on its head. ...
5/4/2015	5/4/2015 For the Love of Israel We Arabs claim that Israel is a western imperialist enterprise, the small Satan to the U.S.`s big Satan....
5/4/2015	5/4/2015 California Community College Students Reject BDS, May 3rd, 2015 StandWithUs applauds the General Assembly of the Student Senate of California Community Colleges for their decisive rejection of a resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel. On May 3rd, during their semi-annual meeting, the General Assembly voted against divestment with a final tally of 25 in favor, 44 opposed, and six abstentions....
5/4/2015	5/4/2015 UN Report Outlines How Hamas Used Kids as Human Shields The headlines in most places were entirely predictable: “UN Says Israel Killed 44 Palestinians in Schools During Gaza War.” ...
5/4/2015	5/4/2015 Putting a Human Face To The IDF Uniform When the StandWithUs (SWU) “Israeli Soldiers Tour” visited Massachusetts, SWU MZ Teen Intern Jack Rubin, from Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, and I knew we wanted to bring former soldiers Lital and Elad to the North Shore. ...
5/1/2015	5/1/2015 Israeli Soldiers` Tour Gave Portrait Of Reality On April 16-17, the sixth annual StandWithUs (SWU) Israeli Soldiers Tour visited Michigan and met with more than 100 adults and students in West Bloomfield, Southfield, Detroit and Ann Arbor....
5/1/2015	5/1/2015 Israel`s Arab Diplomat Tells StandWithUs Guests Why he Backs the Jewish State Pro-Israel grassroots group StandWithUs UK held its first annual reception on Thursday, with Arab-Israeli diplomat George Deek telling the 270 guests that Arab and Jews in Israel shared common goals and fears....
5/1/2015	5/1/2015 New Anti-Semitic Film All the Rage in Turkey Turkey`s biggest enemy, according to its Islamist rulers, is not the fanatical jihadists who now neighbor their country in large swathes of land in Syria and Iraq; nor is it the thousands of "sleepers" at home -- the same jihadists who have not staged a sensational act of terror, but might yet....
5/1/2015	5/1/2015 Stories from the IDF: From Ethiopia to the Israeli Defense Force This is the eighth in a series of stories told by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve duty soldier-students about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com....
4/30/2015	4/30/2015 A Civil-Rights Veteran Slams the Anti-Israel `Jim Crow` Smear In their campaign to smear the Jewish homeland, Israel`s enemies regularly raid the history books for the worst examples of human cruelty. Israel has been compared to the former apartheid regime in South Africa and even Nazi Germany....
4/30/2015	4/30/2015 Progressing Backwards: Tough Times For Israel On Campus I have a good friend, a professional in the financial world and a mensch: soft spoken, kind and a scholar. ...
4/30/2015	4/30/2015 Hen Mazzig, StandWithUs Director of Israel Education, Addresses YULA Students Hen Mazzig, the StandWithUs Director of Israel Education, spoke at YULA on Wednesday....
4/30/2015	4/30/2015 On the First Day, IDF Field Hospital in Nepal Treats Nearly 100, Delivers Baby Army colleagues of Israel`s last missing national, IDF vet Or Asraf, head to Kathmandu to join search for him...
4/30/2015	4/30/2015 Kathmandu Chabad Rabbi Borrows Helicopter in Nepal Relief Effort The co-director of the Kathmandu Chabad house director borrowed a Nepali helicopter to bring food and water to hikers stranded in the aftermath of the earthquake....
4/29/2015	4/29/2015 WATCH: IDF field hospital opens doors in earthquake-ravaged Nepal - Israel News - Jerusalem Post Video - IDF field hospital opens doors in earthquake-ravaged Nepal...
4/29/2015	4/29/2015 Israeli Soldiers Tour - Putting a Human Face to the IDF Uniform 2015 marks the 6th StandWithUs` "Israeli Soldiers Tour” (Formerly “Israel Soldiers` Stories”.)...
4/29/2015	4/29/2015 Stories from the IDF: Keren, Giving Back to the Community This is the seventh in a series of stories told by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve duty soldier-students about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com....
4/29/2015	4/29/2015 iFest: Celebrating Israel at UC Irvine, a Recap The Israel Festival (iFEST) 2015 has made history on campus as the first time in a long time where the Jewish students of other organizations truly stepped out of the shadows and stood proud and stood strong in their support of Israel....
4/28/2015	4/28/2015 Combating Anti-Semitism More than 300 people attended a four-hour workshop on "Anti-Semitism on College Campuses and Internationally," on April 21 at the South County Civic Center in Delray Beach, hosted by Florida Atlantic Hadassah....
4/28/2015	4/28/2015 Israel at 67 - Contributing to a Better World On Thursday, April 23, 2015, the Jewish state celebrated its 67th birthday - corresponding to the 5th of Iyar on the Hebrew calendar. ...
4/27/2015	4/27/2015 Soldiers Put Human Face to IDF While on Tour The “Israeli Soldiers Stories Tour” - now in its sixth year - has become one of the most important programs that StandWithUs sponsors...
4/27/2015	4/27/2015 Israel Responds to Earthquake in Nepal Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman spoke with Israel Ambassador to Nepal, Yaron Meir, and received from him an update on the situation there following the severe earthquake....
4/27/2015	4/27/2015 The StandWithUs “Israeli Soldiers Tour” Comes to Delaware They don`t look like soldiers, and they don`t dress like soldiers. Instead of a military uniform, Elad was wearing a black button down and khakis, and Lital was dressed in a bright pink top and black pants. ...
4/27/2015	4/27/2015 Stories from the IDF: Crossing the Yemeni Desert to Serve This is the sixth in a series of stories told by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve duty soldier-students about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com....
4/27/2015	4/27/2015 Colleges Connect With Israel Students recently enjoyed falafel and the sounds of Israeli music while celebrating the Jewish state`s culture, history and independence right on their own college campus....
4/27/2015	4/27/2015 Israeli Soldiers Share Their Experience of Serving in the IDF at Congregation Shomrei Torah Israel Independence Day in Santa Rosa...
4/24/2015	4/24/2015 Lessons Learned Fighting BDS at UC Davis INSIDE BDS: PART 1...
4/24/2015	4/24/2015 Visiting Young Israelis Chat Up the Country They Love Two young Israelis - one a man who worked in a special forces unit of the Israel Defense Forces and the other a black Jewish woman born in Ethiopia - want Americans to see their country through their eyes....
4/24/2015	4/24/2015 An Open Letter to Cornel West This is a humble request sent to you from a rank-and-file Jewish professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, where you are scheduled to deliver a keynote address in honor of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, titled “Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity.”...
4/24/2015	4/24/2015 To: Professor Presner, UCLA Jewish Studies: Why did you invite a BDS supporter to honor the memory of the late Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel? We represent 20 organizations with hundreds of thousands of supporters and members who are deeply concerned about the alarming rise of antisemitism on campuses across the country, including at UCLA....
4/24/2015	4/24/2015 StandWithUs Congratulates Princeton students for rejecting divestment, April 24, 2015 On April 24th it was announced that Princeton students defeated a student-wide referendum calling for divestment from certain companies doing business with Israel. The referendum, which occurred from April 20th-22nd, 2015 was defeated with a vote of 965 in favor and 1,067 against....
4/23/2015	4/23/2015 An Urgent Call to Rescind Cornel West`s Invitation to Speak in memory of Rabbi Heschel The Center for Jewish Studies at UCLA recently announced that Cornel West will be the keynote speaker at a conference honoring the late Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel...
4/22/2015	4/22/2015 Tennessee General Assembly Becomes First State Legislature to Condemn BDS The Tennessee General Assembly on Tuesday became the first state legislature in the U.S. to formally condemn the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel....
4/22/2015	4/22/2015 StandWithUs Congratulates UT Austin Students for Defeating Divestment on April 21st, 2015 StandWithUs congratulates UT Austin students for defeating divestment on April 21st, 2015...
4/21/2015	4/21/2015 Israel Divestment Efforts Increasing on U.S. Campuses Anti-Semitic comments voiced at recent UC Santa Barbara debate, Princeton undergrads voting on divestment resolution this week....
4/20/2015	4/20/2015 A Beautiful Love Letter To Israel Love Letter To Israel...
4/20/2015	4/20/2015 Building a Community Network to Fight a Hate Network Given your Jewish identity, how would you vote on divestment [from the State of Israel]?” Such was the question posed to Molly Horwitz this month, a junior at Stanford University, as she sought the endorsement of the Students of Color Coalition in her bid for student government. ...
4/17/2015	4/17/2015 Another Close Divestment Vote Ends in Victory For Pro-Israel Students The University of California-Santa Barbara student government voted 13-12 against an Israel divestment resolution, with the senate president breaking the tie, The Daily Nexus reported early Thursday morning....
4/17/2015	4/17/2015 PA President Abbas Honors Fatah Terrorists in Official Ceremony Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas awarded medals to the first male and female jailed Fatah members and the group`s first "martyred" terrorist, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reports....
4/17/2015	4/17/2015 Target of Anti-Israel Witch Hunt Stands Up for Freedom of Speech In accusing Prof. Andrew Pessin of racism, three students launched a political correctness snowball that is starting to boomerang...
4/16/2015	4/16/2015 Empowering the Next Generation of Israel`s Leaders and Ambassadors StandWithUs Israel Fellowship Retreat Conference 2015...
4/16/2015	4/16/2015 Fatah: Violence and terror is Fatah`s way Fatah video celebrated 5 suicide bombings by Fatah that murdered 55 civilians...
4/16/2015	4/16/2015 StandWithUs applauds UCSB students for defeating anti-Semitic divestment resolution, April 15-16, 2015 StandWithUs applauds UCSB students for defeating anti-Semitic divestment resolution, April 15-16, 2015...
4/16/2015	4/16/2015 War Stories from the Israeli Front Lines IDF veterans visit Massachusetts on annual speaking tour...
4/16/2015	4/16/2015 Say Yes to Peace My name is Paul Felder. I am a freshman, and I serve on the board of Wash U Students for Israel....
4/15/2015	4/15/2015 Hamas Rebuilding War Machine as Gaza Deteriorates The Hamas leadership in Gaza has been unable to rebuild any of the homes destroyed in last summer`s war with Israel, but the terrorist group has had little trouble using heavy machinery to restore its vast tunnel networks that can be used in future attacks....
4/15/2015	4/15/2015 Idan Raichel in Manhattanville College, April 13 2015 On April 13, StandWithUs, in partnership with Hillels of Westchester and several wonderful student groups on campus, had the pleasure of hosting the incredible Idan Raichel at Manhattanville College NY....
4/13/2015	4/13/2015 PRO-ISRAEL PROFESSOR AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE NEEDS YOUR HELP StandWithUs is deeply concerned by a student-led defamation campaign against Connecticut College pro-Israel professor Andrew Pessin, and by his administration`s apparent inaction against this vicious attack. ...
4/13/2015	4/13/2015 Say Yes to Peace My name is Paul Felder. I am a freshman, and I serve on the board of Wash U Students for Israel....
4/11/2015	4/11/2015 STANDWITHUS LAUNCHES BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN IN WASHINGTON DC APRIL 20, 2015 URGES END TO U.S. FINANCING PALESTINIAN EXTREMISM StandWithUs will kick off a billboard campaign in Washington DC to educate the public about how their tax dollars help fund the Palestinian extremism and terrorism that prevent peace....
4/11/2015	4/11/2015 StandWithUs congratulates San Diego State University (SDSU) students for defeating a BDS referendum April 6-9, 2015 StandWithUs has congratulated students at SDSU for defeating a student-wide referendum calling for divestment from companies doing business with Israel....
4/11/2015	4/11/2015 Iran-backed Yemenite (Houthi) children: "Death To America" The true evil of brainwashing children....
4/10/2015	4/10/2015 StandWithUs congratulates SDSU students for defeating a BDS referendum April 6-9, 2015 StandWithUs congratulates students at SDSU for defeating a student-wide referendum calling for divestment from companies doing business with Israel. ...
4/9/2015	4/9/2015 Seder Night Meal for International Students at the StandWithUs Education Center A traditional Passover Meal for International Students studying in Israel was held at the new StandWithUs Education Center in Jerusalem. ...
4/9/2015	4/9/2015 Not Convinced about Iran Deal Even Obama admirers, such as myself, will not be cheering this particular agreement with Iran. ...
4/9/2015	4/9/2015 From Embers to a Flame Towards the end of my semester in Israel last year, a StandWithUs educator came to introduce our group of 31 teens to the concept of Israel activism. ...
4/9/2015	4/9/2015 Jewish Terror Survivor and Israeli Muslim Zionist Speak Out Kay Wilson & Muhammad Zoabi speak about their experiences, their love of Israel and how they formed a friendship....
4/9/2015	4/9/2015 Reconciling Weariness and Love: Yehuda Avner`s Legacy Yehuda Avner (z``l) is one of the most important of Israel`s unsung heroes for Jewish youth today. Avner`s impact in establishing the course of the Jewish state is immeasurable as he served as an advisor to Israeli Prime Minister`s Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, a speechwriter to Prime Ministers Golda Meir and Levi Eshkol, and as an Israeli Ambassador to Australia and the United Kingdom. ...
4/7/2015	4/7/2015 STANDWITHUS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT StandWithUs applauds the P5+1 for attempting to halt Iran`s nuclear arms program through diplomacy. However, we have grave reservations about the framework agreement reached on April 2. ...
4/7/2015	4/7/2015 The Best and the Brightest for Jews and Israel Cognitive actions against Israel fuels the Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) movement`s war against Israel....
4/6/2015	4/6/2015 Soldiers Give Back IN LATE FEBRUARY, two Israeli Soldiers left their lives and families in Israel for two weeks and traveled the Southern United States giving presentations about themselves and their service in the IDF to different religious and ethnic groups. ...
4/6/2015	4/6/2015 Israeli Soldiers Tour Comes To Detroit April 16-17, 2015 The StandWithUs (SWU) annual Israeli Soldiers Tour will visit the Detroit area on Thursday-Friday, April 16-17, 2015. ...
4/6/2015	4/6/2015 Open letter to my fellow Jewish college students: We were freed 3000 years ago, it is time to stop taking that for granted! As a Jewish child, I was taught every year about the significance of Passover....
4/6/2015	4/6/2015 Synagogue hosts `Buy Israeli Goods` program Boca Raton Synagogue hosts StandWithUs Buy Israeli Goods program. With Israel`s Independence Day (Yom Ha`atzmaut) coming up on Thursday, April 23, now is a good time for Jews in the United States to think what we can do to support the state of Israel as it plans to celebrate its 67th year of existence....
4/2/2015	4/2/2015 StandWithUs Applauds UCSB Student Senate for Condemning anti-Semitism and anti-Israel Hate Speech on April 1, 2015 On April 1, 2015, the Associated Students Senate of UCSB voted unanimously in favor of a resolution to condemn anti-Semitism and anti-Israel hate speech within the UC system and at other universities. ...
4/2/2015	4/2/2015 STANDWITHUS APPLAUDS UK SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY We commend the University of Southampton which determined on April 1 that an anti-Israel conference could not be held on campus. ...
4/1/2015	4/1/2015 Two Israeli soldiers visit JCC, schools, April 13-14, 2015 StandWithUs invites the community to hear the “Israeli Soldiers Tour” talk on Monday, April 13 at 7 p.m., at the Loup JCC of Denver, which is a co-sponsor. ...
3/31/2015	3/31/2015 First-of-its-kind conference on BDS showcases diverse pro-Israel strategies I was privileged to attend and participate in a recent conference organized by StandWithUs in Los Angeles, entitled “Combating the Boycott Movement Against Israel (BDS) -- Understanding the BDS Movement`s Strategies and Tactics.”...
3/31/2015	3/31/2015 Sign Petition Against Bad Iran Deal The deadline for a framework for a deal with Iran is upon us. ...
3/31/2015	3/31/2015 New Video! SJP: Promoting Hate Under the Guise of Social Justice Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) sells itself as a group of grassroots activists for human rights and justice, but what they do in reality is promote an anti-peace, anti-justice, anti-human rights agenda on campus. ...
3/30/2015	3/30/2015 Amnesty: Palestinian Groups Committed War Crimes Indiscriminate attacks by Palestinians on civilians during last summer`s 50-day fight with Israel killed more Palestinians than Israelis and amounted to war crimes, the Amnesty International rights group said....
3/28/2015	3/28/2015 The Israeli Arabs Since the end of military rule in the 1960s, Israeli Arabs have come to believe that the Israeli government is serving their interests. They are increasingly seeing themselves as Israeli citizens, not as Palestinian outsiders....
3/27/2015	3/27/2015 Barak Lurie, Between Metaphor and Reality When I was in my teens, living in Israel, each Friday, when returning from work, my mother brought home the weekend edition of the newspaper Yediot A`charonot, meaning, `latest news.` In each weekend edition there was a carton by Ra`anan Lurie....
3/27/2015	3/27/2015 Pro-Israel Groups Express Criticisms of BDS Movement During Israel Peace Week Israel Peace Week this year offered a pro-Israel narrative to counter what zionists allege is anti-Israel propaganda....
3/27/2015	3/27/2015 Pro- Israel Advocates Develop Strategies at Conference This past weekend I was privileged to attend and participate in a conference organized by StandWithUs in Los Angeles....
3/27/2015	3/27/2015 STANDWITHUS MILESTONE COUNTER-BDS CONFERENCE StandWithUs`s recent three day, trail-blazing conference could change the course of pro-Israel activism. The “Counter-BDS Conference,” held in Los Angeles from March 21-23, brought together world-class experts who are on the frontlines fighting all spheres of the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign [BDS]. ...
3/27/2015	3/27/2015 `Israeli Soldiers Tour` Travels to Richmond `Israeli Soldiers Tour` travels to Richmond February, 2015 BBYO Richmond, Weinstein JCC, and the Jewish Federation of Richmond hosted the StandWithUs` “Israeli Soldiers Tour” on Feb. 24 at the Center. Gal and Yehuda, two former IDF soldiers, spoke to the teens, parents and community members about their experiences in the IDF....
3/27/2015	3/27/2015 Northeastern Rejects BDS Referendum Request Pro-Israel students at Northeastern University and Boston`s Jewish communal leaders expressed relief and pride after the school`s Student Government Association rejected a resolution that would have brought a referendum to the entire student body asking the university to divest from certain companies doing business with Israel....
3/26/2015	3/26/2015 L.A. Conference Looks at Strategies to Beat Back BDS Here`s a fun fact about anti-Israel activity on college campuses: Of the 18 Israel divestment measures that have come before student senates this school year, five passed but 13 have failed....
3/25/2015	3/25/2015 Stories from the IDF: Leaving Ethiopia to Serve and Defend This is the fifth in a series of stories told by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve duty soldier-students about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. ...
3/25/2015	3/25/2015 Experts Wrestle with Anti-Israel Movement on Campus With anti-Israel sentiment spreading on college campuses around the world, especially through the “boycott, divestment, sanctions” (BDS) movement, experts gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday to suggest ways to push back during Stand With Us`s first anti-BDS conference....
3/24/2015	3/24/2015 BDS Money Trail: Taxpayers Funding Anti-Israel Hate on Campus, Experts Say The sources of monetary funding for anti-Israel propaganda and movements such as boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) on college campuses can be linked to taxpayer dollars, according to experts at the StandWithUs conference, a gathering of pro-Israel activists....

1/2/2016

I Was Less Than a Block From Tel Aviv Shooting Attack That Killed Two

Just over an hour ago, I was less than a block from a shooting in Tel Aviv that may have been a terrorist attack that killed at least two. ...

1/2/2016

Palestinians: Save Us from the Good-Hearted Westerners!

Every Palestinian knows in his heart that we do not want a state of our own alongside Israel, but rather instead of Israel. This includes all the land of Palestine and Israel. It means that Jews have no right to exist on even one speck of it....

12/29/2015

Leon Charney Honored by FAU

Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton recently recognized Leon Charney - a prominent American Jew - for his lifelong commitment to peace through diplomacy and for the example he has set for the university`s students....

12/29/2015

Advocating for Israel Through Instagram

From its humble beginnings as a photo-sharing application to its dominance as an effective social media platform, Instagram has progressed both in size and function....

12/24/2015

San Diego Students Wear Jewish Start to Protest Islamophobia

In an controversial effort to protest Islamophobia, an Iranian-American professor from the University of San Diego led her students on campus wearing the yellow star badges with “Muslim” written on it, similar to the Holocaust-era stars Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis....

12/24/2015

A DECADE OF CREATING AMBASSADORS FOR ISRAEL: StandWithUs Israel Fellowship Begins ItsTenth Year

The newest group of StandWithUs Israel Student Fellows held their Chanukah Opening Conference at Israel`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem....

12/23/2015

Israel Means the World to Me

The state of Israel means the world to me. ...

12/22/2015

The United Autoworkers Slap Down the Israel-Bashers

Three cheers for the United Auto Workers - who just slapped down the anti-Israel “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” movement....

12/22/2015

It`s Not Just About Israel. BDS Threatens Us All.

A campaign of hate is sweeping across our country....

12/22/2015

Bergen Women Tour Israel on JWRP Trip

When it comes to visiting Israel, it`s never a good time to go and it`s always a good time to go....

12/21/2015

Municipality Passes anti-BDS Ordinance

Bal Harbour Village recently became the first municipality of note in the country to pass an anti-Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) ordinance. ...

12/21/2015

The One-Second Intifada

There are different kinds of fears. Some fears are specific -- you can stumble into a dangerous neighborhood, receive a bad diagnosis from a doctor or get caught up in a legal battle. Remove the circumstance, and the fear goes away....

12/21/2015

Why Tel Aviv is Hollywood`s New Billion-Dollar Sin City

It may be smack-dab in the middle of the Holy Land, but over the last decade Tel Aviv has unveiled itself as a kind of glamorous new Sin City....

12/21/2015

Will You Help StandWithUs to Stand with Israel?

If you have some exposure to the world of Jewish organizations, you know it`s vast, yet StandWithUs doesn`t blend in easily....

12/21/2015

Excluded on My `All-Inclusive` Campus

out a month ago, I attended a mandatory workshop for first-year students at the University of Michigan called “Change It Up!”...

12/20/2015

StandWithUs Condemns Shameful Appropriation of Nazi Yellow Star Badge at the University of San Diego

StandWithUs strongly opposes the use of Nazi-like yellow star badges in a protest against Islamophobia at the University of San Diego (USD). In response to anti-Muslim rhetoric, a USD professor, Bahar Davary, has encouraged students and faculty to wear yellow Stars of David with a crescent moon and the word “Muslim” written on them....

12/18/2015

UAW, San Jose State Foundation Reject BDS Measures

The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel experienced twin setbacks this week as both a major labor union and the endowment foundation of a Bay Area university rejected BDS measures recently passed by students....

12/18/2015

BDS Resolution Overturned by UC Grad Students` National Union: It discriminates Against Jews

Foes of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel got a big boost Wednesday when a national union told a local chapter it couldn`t adopt a BDS resolution....

12/18/2015

From The Heart of an Honest Muslim

“I am a Muslim by faith, a Christian by spirit, a Jew by heart, and above all I am a human being.” says Dr. Tawfik Hamid...

12/17/2015

United Auto Workers Union Rejects BDS as Discriminatory and Harmful to Workers, December 16th, 2015

StandWithUs thanks the United Auto Workers (UAW) International Union for striking down a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) resolution against Israel, which had been adopted in 2014 by the University of California Student Workers Union (UAW Local 2865)....

12/17/2015

Hamas and the Islamic State: Growing Cooperation in the Sinai

In recent months, Hamas has been increasing its clandestine military cooperation with the Islamic State`s so-called "Sinai Province."...

12/17/2015

Students Go Proactive to Counter BDS and Anti-Israel Sentiments on College Campuses

One night last April, Jewish students at New York University were shocked to find threatening eviction notices in their dorm rooms....

12/17/2015

Israel and the Arameans - StandWithUs German Exclusive

Mino of StandWithUs German has been spending his time talking to groups of Arameans in order to better understand their relationship to Israel. Here is the underlying findings summarized in this one sentence of his report: A storied and peaceful nation, searching for acceptance and peace despite continual resistance....

12/17/2015

Rocket Lands in Shaar Hanegev Open Field

A rocket lands in an open field outside of a kibbutz in the Shaar Hanegev region near the Gaza Strip....

12/16/2015

Why I Clap When I Land In Israel

Wearing a green army uniform, was something I thought I would never do. ...

12/16/2015

Israeli Delegation Reaches Out to Canadian Students

For 2 weeks in November, a delegation of 6 Israelis - Jews, Druze, Muslim and Bedouin - headed by Hen Mazzig, StandWithUs Israel Education Director, converged on university campuses in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Windsor on a WordSwap mission, organized by StandWithUs Canada....

12/16/2015

Lawrence Solomon: Holiday in Palestine

This holiday season, why not visit one of the world`s most underappreciated destinations, a place that has it all, whether you`re after a 5-star hotel, cosmopolitan restaurants boasting chefs from Paris and Florence, multi-story shopping malls, imposing architecture built by captains of industry, lively cafés or nightclubs with people who enjoy the high life - all just a stone`s throw from some of the world`s greatest treasures of antiquity and holiest sites....

12/16/2015

Egyptian Native Delivers Pro-Israel Message

Hussein Aboubakr - who grew up in Egypt - is now a pro-Israel speaker and a great friend of the worldwide Jewish community....

12/16/2015

Vivid Memories Never Fade

I can vividly remember the first few minutes of my trip to Israel. ...

12/15/2015

STANDWITHUS CELEBRATES FOURTEEN YEARS AT ITS GALA DECEMBER 13, 2015

More than 1,200 people gathered on the last night of Hanukkah for the StandWithUs` annual gala, "Festival of Lights," celebrating the non-profit Israel education organization`s fourteen years of growth and achievements. ...

12/11/2015

Misinformation in the Media Can Lead to Conflict and Fear

Since mid-September, Israel has been experiencing a wave of terror. Ever since the current string of violence erupted, rampant misinformation has become the norm as mainstream media outlets have fallen short in their news reports about Israel....

12/10/2015

Beware Scholarly Associations` Unscholarly Prejudices

As the holiday season approaches, it is also time for annual meetings of different scholarly associations....

12/10/2015

Why Are Canadian Students Still Funding the CFS?

University student unions across Canada are under the umbrella of a federal union called the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS)....

12/9/2015

Disturbing Video: Incitement from Infancy

Disturbing incitement from infancy...

12/9/2015

Young Israelis Fight Stereotypes with One-On-One Dialogue

A group of Israeli 20-somethings completed their outreach tour of university campuses with a stop in Toronto last week....

12/9/2015

StandWithUs Canada was Proud to Host the WordSwap Project

StandWithUs Canada was proud to host the WordSwap project. ...

12/8/2015

(Unintentional) Pro-Israel Advocate Of The Day

Sometimes, some of our best advocates are on the other side!...

12/7/2015

Guest Speaker Discusses Arab, Zionist Identities

About 30 students gathered in the Trotter Multicultural Center on Sunday to hear from Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, an Arab Zionist who discussed his experience living in Egypt during the Arab Spring....

12/7/2015

A Letter to My Bat Mitzvah Girl

As I write this, I`m bursting....

12/4/2015

Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism and BDS Approved at Indiana U., With Free-Speech Changes

Cognizant of complaints that other resolutions condemning anti-Semitism had been faulted for suppressing free speech, Indiana University-Bloomington`s student government passed a measure 22-6-6 Tuesday that tried to address those concerns....

12/3/2015

First Israel on Campus Event

“Often Jewish students on university campuses struggle to express any kind of pro-Israel sentiment. They are intimidated to do so and they don`t have the tools to articulate or engage in productive conversations,” said Ariella Karmel, president of Israel on Campus (IOC) at the University of British Columbia....

12/3/2015

ISRAEL 101 and Beyond - Preparing High School Students

On Nov. 1, students from Rhode Island and Massachusetts met at Congregation Beth Sholom in Providence to participate in the first of a two-part series focused on preparing students for the contemporary college campus regarding Israel and their Jewish identity....

12/2/2015

`Falafel for a Fact?`

StandWithUs UK joined University College London (UCL) Friends of Israel Society this week for a demo against a BDS campaign on campus....

12/2/2015

StandWithUs Congratulates Indiana University Students on Resolution Against Anti-Semitism, December 1st, 2015

StandWithUs congratulates students at Indiana University for passing a “Resolution to Condemn Anti-Semitism”....

12/2/2015

IUSA Congress Passes Six Bills at Final Voting Meeting of Semester

After the IU Student Association Congress` passage of a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, the bill`s sponsors and outside supporters hugged and high-fived before gathering in the hallway to take a picture to commemorate the moment....

12/1/2015

Bal Harbour Village (FL) Is The First Municipality to Pass Anti-BDS Ordinance, December 1, 2015

After two public readings, the Village Council of Bal Harbour unanimously passed an ordinance prohibiting the Village from contracting with any business unless the contract includes a representation that the business is not currently engaged in, and will not engage in, the boycott of a person or an entity based in or doing business with a country or jurisdiction with which the United States has free trade or other agreements. ...

11/30/2015

Wedding of Terror Victim`s Daughter Becomes Symbol of National Unity as Thousands Gather to Celebrate

A crowd of thousands gathered in front of Jerusalem`s International Convention Center on Thursday night to celebrate the marriage of Sarah Litman and Ariel Biegel just 13 days after the bride`s father and brother were brutally murdered by a Palestinian terrorist....

11/30/2015

UCF takes action against vandalism

Last April, a mezzuzah on a door was destroyed and swastikas were discovered carved into the walls of an off-campus apartment complex where UCF students were living....

11/30/2015

Anthropologists to Boycott Archeology?

Defying logic, a band of anthropologists voted to boycott archeology....

11/30/2015

On Eagles Wings

There is almost nothing like the month of November in New York, especially this November, which seems to have forgotten all about the winter....

11/27/2015

The Problem with Moderate Muslims

For the past six months the president of the US has taken it upon himself to defend Islam as a religion and a culture. ...

11/25/2015

StandWithUs-NY Celebrates 1st "Leaders of Tomorrow" Gala

A capacity crown filled the Museum of Jewish heritage on November 19, 2015, as more than 300 people gathered to celebrate StandWithUs (SWU) New York`s first "Leaders of Tomorrow" Gala Dinner. ...

11/25/2015

StandWithUs Annual Student Conference Held November 6-8, 2015

StandWithUs held its annual "Israel in Focus" student leadership conference on November 6-8 at the Century Plaza Hotel in west Los Angeles....

11/25/2015

The Ivy League`s Israel Problem

The eight Ivy League universities, though unfairly, remain centers of power and privilege in the United States. ...

11/24/2015

The Deception and Selective Justice of the Boycott Movement (BDS) Against Israel

Video...

11/21/2015

StandWithUs Urges Membership of American Anthropological Association to Reject Discriminatory Boycott Resolution

StandWithUs urges the 10,000 members of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) to live up to their own standards of ethics and academic integrity by rejecting an academic boycott resolution against Israel. ...

11/20/2015

Stabbing Survivor Tells Students: `Stand up for Israel`

Suffering multiple stab wounds and broken bones, Kay Wilson thought of music....

11/20/2015

American Firefighters Visit StandWithUs Israel Education Center On November 18, 2015

StandWithUs presents to US Firefighters who are visiting Israel to support and volunteer with their Israeli counterparts....

11/20/2015

Where is the Muslim Shame?

If it were Jews who had massacred people in Paris last Friday night, I would be drowning in shame right now. I would be writing about that shame. ...

11/20/2015

Academics Call for a Stop to Boycott Votes of Israel

The Academic Council for Israel, The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Stand With Us and the Louis D. Brandeis Center issued a statement in advance of the shocking vote, expected to pass, to boycott Israeli institutions of higher education by members of the American Anthropological Association gathered for its annual meeting in Denver, Colo....

11/19/2015

The ISIS Victims You Don`t See - World Snoozes as Yazidis Massacred

UN: 5,000 Yazidi men executed and 7,000 Yazidi women and girls made sex slaves...

11/19/2015

Survivor of Arab Terrorism Addresses Brooklyn Audience

Terrorism survivor Kay Wilson spoke at the Brooklyn home of Rena Nasar, StandWithUs Tri-State Campus Coordinator as part of her U.S. for the fourteen year-old, international Israel education organization...

11/19/2015

Jewish College Students Make their Voices Heard

Yoni Nirenberg recently addressed the Solidarity Forum With Israel at Temple Hillel in North Woodmere. Here are some excerpts from his speech that many of you, your parents and grandparents and neighbors would relate to....

11/19/2015

Training International Advocates for Israel

Founding Editor of The Times of Israel, David Horovitz, headlined the launch of public diplomacy program for international students in Israel....

11/19/2015

Connecticut AFL-CIO Passes Resolution Condemning Israel

At its biennial convention last month, the Connecticut AFL-CIO passed a resolution calling on its member unions to support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement directed against Israel....

11/19/2015

Egyptian Man Tours York After Receiving Political Asylum in the United States

An Egyptian man, Hussein Aboubakr, spoke to York students last week about his persecution by state police for conducting research at the Israeli Academic Center of Cairo where he produced pro-Israel content....

11/18/2015

How Azerbaijan Restored My Hope in Israel

The Director of Legal Affairs at StandWithUs explains how a Muslim, democratic country restored her faith in the Jewish state....

11/18/2015

From Egypt to Hebrew Academia, an Arab`s Transformation Through Education

“My main purpose is to explain beyond any reasonable doubt why a 12 and 13-year-old, instead of going on a bike ride, or going to play with their toysâ€¦they go bring knives, kitchen knives, from their mother`s kitchen, and go try to stab Jews,” says Hussein Aboubakr Mansour....

11/18/2015

UC Santa Cruz Student Warned to Abstain from BDS Vote Over `Jewish Agenda`

A Jewish member of the student government at University of California, Santa Cruz was warned to “abstain” from voting on a pro-BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement) resolution because he is the president of the schools` Jewish Student Union and was “elected with a Jewish agenda.”...

11/16/2015

LDB and StandWithUs Urge University to Condemn Mistreatment of Israeli Lecturer

On Friday, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) and StandWithUs issued a joint letter to President Eric W. Kaler of the University of Minnesota expressing concerns regarding free speech and anti-Semitism at the law school. LDB, a national civil rights organization based in Washington, D.C., is best known for its work fighting anti-Semitism in higher education....

11/16/2015

Five Lessons from the Paris Tragedy

Once again, terrorists have struck, this time in Paris again and with devastating results....

11/16/2015

FROM READERS: Why a Jewish MU student supports Concerned Student 1950

I must admit that, in my four years as a student at Mizzou, I have not always been proud to be a Tiger. ...

11/16/2015

Hunter College `Strongly Condemns Antisemitic Comments` Made at CUNY Student Rally

Following Thursday afternoon`s demonstration at Hunter College, at which students from the City University of New York system chanted, “Zionists out of CUNY! Zionists out of CUNY,” and “Intifada, Intifada, long live the Intifada,” the Hunter administration released a statement condemning the “anti-Semitic comments” made at the rally....

11/14/2015

Europe should label terrorists, not tomatoes

On Nov. 11, while Islamic terrorists were preparing for their Friday night massacre in Paris that would leave 129 people dead and 352 injured, one of the big news items was the European initiative to put special labels on Israeli goods that originate from disputed Israeli-occupied territory....

11/13/2015

Why I`m traveling to Israel

Violence has become an everyday occurrence in the state of Israel, creating an atmosphere of panic....

11/13/2015

`Zionists Out of CUNY!` `Long Live the Intifada!` Chanted at CUNY Student Protest at Hunter, Administration Looks Other Way (VIDEO)

Vicious implicitly antisemitic slogans were chanted at a protest at Hunter College in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon after organizers on Facebook called for participants to oppose the school`s “Zionist administration.”...

11/12/2015

Revealed: California Stabber Was an ISIS Fan

California student who stabbed four people was carrying an image of the ISIS flag and manifesto with instructions to behead a student....

11/11/2015

Pro-Israel Group Refutes Roger Waters` Comments on Country

"He may believe that he`s doing this with the best of intentions, but it is up to the Jewish community, not Roger Waters, to decide whether or not he has engaged in anti-Semitism," StandWithUs CEO writes ...

11/11/2015

Sens. Gillibrand and Cruz Lead Bipartisan Letter to the EU Opposing New Guidelines For Israeli Product Labeling

Proposed EU policy could promote a de facto boycott of Israel...

11/11/2015

Major American Jewish Groups `Dismayed` by `Misguided` EU Labeling of Israeli Settlement Products

American Jewish groups across the board echoed Israel`s harsh condemnation of new European Union guidelines for labeling products made in territory captured by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War....

11/11/2015

StandWithUs Condemns EU Commission Guidelines on Labeling Israeli Products

StandWithUs condemns in the strongest terms the shameful European Union Commission guidelines to label Jewish-made products from the West Bank and the Golan Heights. ...

11/11/2015

Comment: Europe`s Settlement Product Labeling Hurts Palestinians, Not Israelis

Ironically, Palestinian-backed boycott activism against Israel threatens to destabilize the Palestinian Authority....

11/11/2015

After Brutal Attack, a Source of Inspiration

It was a crisp day in December 2010, ideal for a hike. ...

11/10/2015

Terrorism Victim Moves Students

Despite going through a harrowing experience of surviving a brutal knife attack, terrorism victim Kay Wilson was able to humor enthusiastic college students in addition to inspiring them when she told her courageous story at Florida International University (FIU)....

11/10/2015

Beyond the Slogans: Students for Justice in Palestine`s Dangerous Misinformation

When Stanford Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) took to White Plaza on October 16th, the average Stanford student likely dismissed the protest as more of the same: trite slogans about occupation and injustice along with Nelson Mandela quotes...

11/9/2015

The Forgotten Refugees

For more than one year, Detroit Jewish News subscribers have had the opportunity to read many articles about a series of “Different Cultures, Different Foods” programs....

11/9/2015

WhatsApp`s `Priceless` Response to BDS

Jan Koum, co-founder of popular social networking app, tunes in to the discussion on the global movement to boycott Israel....

11/6/2015

A Flame Re-Ignited: My Trip to Poland, Part IV

No one in my family has ever returned - or wanted to return - to Poland since my grandparents fled after the horrors of the Holocaust; last week, I broke that tradition. Here is my story from that trip:...

11/5/2015

US Defense Secretary: Israel Saved US Soldiers` Lives

Ashton Carter says Israeli innovations in the military domain saved many American lives; assures Israel will maintain its qualitative military edge over its neighbors...

11/5/2015

Haifa-Based Group Shows Philadelphia What Arab-Jewish Cooperation Can Look Like

While many people assume Arabs and Jews can`t get along because of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the city of Haifa shows it can be done. ...

11/5/2015

Palestinian`s Message Upends Expectations On Campus

Students for Justice in Palestine, the pro-Palestinian college advocacy group, and members of Hillel don`t often share a platform....

11/4/2015

Why Palestinians Do Not Want Cameras on the Temple Mount

Why is the Palestinian Authority (PA) opposed to Jordan`s proposal to install surveillance cameras at Jerusalem`s Haram al-Sharif (Temple Mount), sacred to Christians, Muslims and Jews?...

11/3/2015

Facebook Removes Holocaust-Themed Halloween Costume After Push-Back From Users

This Halloween, two party-goers took dressing up a little too far....

11/3/2015

Debating Against BDS - And Winning

BDS sends a false message to the Palestinian street: namely, that international economic and political pressure can force Israel to capitulate to all Palestinian demands....

11/3/2015

Palestinian Human Rights Activist: Media `Full of Antisemitism, Hatred for Israel`

A prominent Palestinian human rights activist lamented on Monday night what he called the media`s unfair treatment of the Jewish state....

10/30/2015

(The Story Behind) Harry Potter and the Threats to Israel

If you`re heard it once, you`ve heard a hundred times: Israel is losing the PR war....

10/30/2015

Jewish Tombs Now Muslim Sites?

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passed a resolution last Wednesday, Oct. 21, listing Ma`arat HaMachpelah, the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron...

10/30/2015

BUILDING CULTURAL BRIDGES - UK VISIONARIES SIGN LETTER AGAINST ISRAEL BOYCOTT

Over 150 major UK figures from Niall Ferguson, Simon Schama, Maajid Nawaz and JK Rowling to Dame Hilary Mantel and Labor MP Michael Dugher signed an open letter against the boycott Israel movement by our partner organization, Culture for Coexistence. ...

10/29/2015

Pope Says Denying Israel`s Right to Exist is Anti-Semitism

At 50th anniversary of landmark document that transformed Catholic-Jewish relations, Francis urges interfaith cooperation to promote peace...

10/29/2015

A Flame Re-Ignited: My Trip to Poland, Part III

No one in my family has ever returned - or wanted to return - to Poland since my grandparents fled after the horrors of the Holocaust; last week, I broke that tradition....

10/29/2015

Rewriting History

Six Arab states submitted a proposal last week on behalf of the Palestinians to the United Nations` Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to officially claim the Western Wall as part of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount....

10/29/2015

Book Helps Defeat Israel-Bashers

You`re a college sophomore and one day on the quad you see a group of students handing out flyers blasting Israel as a racist apartheid state. You want to refute them but you`re not sure how best to argue the pro-Israel position....

10/28/2015

By the Numbers: Terror Attacks Against Israel 2015

By the numbers: 1,703 terrorist attacks against Israel in 2015....

10/28/2015

Muslim Arabs Hold Anti-Terrorism Demonstration in Tel Aviv

Protesters explain that they oppose violence, and that anyone who supports violence does not represent the Arab community, "even if he`s an MK" ...

10/28/2015

Jewish Congressional Members Show Support for Israel

The three local Jewish Congressional representatives have been very public in their support of Israel this past week....

10/28/2015

Jobless and Desperate Palestinians

The boycott, divest and sanction campaign will produce more of them...

10/28/2015

High School Students Learn How to Teach About Israel

Four Valley high school students are currently serving as interns in a program designed to prepare students for the challenges they may face regarding Israel in college and in their communities....

10/27/2015

Primer for Businesses: How Corporate Participation in BDS Risks Legal Liability

In recent months, Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) activists have targeted American corporations doing business with Israel in their smear campaign against the Jewish State. ...

10/27/2015

FACEBOOK: A CRITICAL SOCIAL MEDIA FRONTIER FOR ARAB AUDIENCES

Arabic social media is at the forefront of the battle we are seeing on the ground in Israel. ...

10/27/2015

StandWithUs UK Condemns Call by Some British Academics to Boycott Israel, October 27, 2015

StandWithUs UK condemns the announcement by some British academics to “not: accept invitations to visit Israeli academic institutions; act as referees in any of their processes; participate in conferences funded, organised or sponsored by them, or otherwise cooperate with them.”...

10/26/2015

A Flame Re-Ignited: My Trip To Poland Part I

No one in my family has ever returned - or wanted to return - to Poland since my grandparents fled after the horrors of the Holocaust; last week, I broke that tradition....

10/26/2015

A Flame Re-Ignited: My Trip to Poland, Part II

No one in my family has ever returned - or wanted to return - to Poland since my grandparents fled after the horrors of the Holocaust; last week, I broke that tradition....

10/23/2015

Berkeley commission rejects Israel divestment resolution

Berkeley`s Human Welfare and Community Action Commission - which advises the city council regarding social welfare needs - voted Oct. 21 to reject a resolution urging Berkeley to divest from "companies that profit from Israeli occupation" of Palestinian territories....

10/22/2015

Berkeley Welfare Commission Rejects Bigoted Divestment Resolution, October 21, 2015

StandWithUs congratulates the Berkeley City Human Welfare and Community Action Commission (HWCAC) on rejecting a bigoted resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel, with a vote of 2 in favor, 5 against and 1 abstaining. ...

10/22/2015

Berkeley Commission Rejects Divestment Resolution 5-2

A Berkeley, California, commission rejected a resolution to divest from companies that do business with Israel....

10/21/2015

Feeling Targeted, Ultra-Orthodox Take Up Arms

The prevailing sense among the ultra-Orthodox sector is that they are marked as a major target for attack in the current wave of violence. ...

10/21/2015

We Palestinians Hold The Key To A Better Future

I am a proud Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp and raised a large family....

10/20/2015

Palestinian Lies that Kill

On Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015, I attended a Chicago rally sponsored by American Muslims for Palestine. ...

10/20/2015

WATCH: ANTI-ISRAEL PROTEST IN CHICAGO CALLS FOR THIRD INTIFADA

Hundreds of protestors attended a rally in downtown Chicago, this past Sunday afternoon, calling for a Third Intifada against the Jewish State....

10/20/2015

UNESCO Chief `Deplores` Bid to Name Western Wall Part of Al-Aqsa

Irina Bokova postpones vote by executive board, urges it to avoid `inciting further tensions` on Jerusalem`s Temple Mount...

10/19/2015

The Hashtag War

Thousands of young activists are transforming their social media accounts into weapons to fight a massive propaganda war for their global viewers to watch....

10/19/2015

StandWithUs-NY Joins Politicians Condemning Attacks in Israel at Rally on October 18, 2015

New York Congresswoman Grace Meng, Assemblymen David Weprin and Michael Simanowitz, Councilman Rory Lancman and Peter Koo and New York Comptroller Scott Stringer spoke out condemning all violent attacks in Israel at a rally held on October 18, 2015. ...

10/19/2015

A Letter to Israelis: We Are With You

A friend in Israel writes, "Sometimes we feel as though no one in chul (chutz la`aretz -- outside of the land) really understands what is happening here."...

10/19/2015

NYTimes Advertisement Targets Media Coverage of Israel

In Saturday`s New York Times, a group of people used a full page advertisement on page A5 to send a message to the media....

10/19/2015

The Story behind an Investigative Journalist`s Scoops

Award-winning Investigative Journalist Edwin Black in an exclusive StandWithUs Israel Education Center event on October 12, 2015...

10/19/2015

StandWithUs Condemns UNESCO Vote on 10-21-15 That Lists Jewish Holy Sites as Muslim Sites

StandWithUs was outraged to learn that on Wednesday, October 21, 2015, despite worldwide condemnation, historical rights, and all reason, UNESCO passed a resolution listing the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel`s Tomb in Bethlehem as Muslim sites....

10/16/2015

How a Kuwaiti Muslim Made a Jewish Home in Jerusalem

Born to a Palestinian refugee family in Kuwait City, Mark Halawa went on a journey that has taken him through continents and cultures...

10/16/2015

Boycott Israel? Faculty Caught Up in BDS Dispute

This week`s cover story is part of a multipart series examining the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement in California: how it operates, how it is being opposed and what it represents....

10/16/2015

It`s the Education, Stupid!

15 year old Helena Rapp woke up to another sunny day in her hometown of the city of Bat-Yam on the Mediterranean shore....

10/15/2015

What Do You Do When The People Trying To Kill You Live Around The Block?

Op-ed: Ultimately, the only way to thwart people bent on murder, with their minds poisoned by racism and religious extremism, is to curb the flow of toxicity...

10/15/2015

This Israeli Soldier Gave His Cereal To `Most Beautiful Little` Arab Girl

When an Israeli soldier saw a young Arab girl riffling through trash for food, he didn`t see her as the enemy. ...

10/15/2015

Psychosis of Palestinians

If you`ve been following the news from Israel, you might have the impression that "violence" is killing a lot of people. ...

10/15/2015

Extremists seek to hijack Berkeley welfare commission

On Oct. 21, the Berkeley Human Welfare and Community Action Commission will debate divestment from companies doing business with Israel....

10/15/2015

StandWithUs Resources Regarding Recent Stabbing Attacks - October 2015

You Can Help Educate With These Resources...

10/14/2015

Blogger Campaigns to Make Israel`s Voice Heard in NY Times

Elad Nehorai, who runs the Jewish blog Pop Chassid successfully raised money through crowdfunding to put a full-page ad in the New York Times to combat the media bias....

10/14/2015

ISRAEL WE STAND WITH YOU!

As barbaric knifing attacks continue in Israel, StandWithUs sends not only our love and our heartfelt prayers...

10/14/2015

Berkeley Students Chant for Intifada [video]

A video of UC Berkeley students chanting in support of an intifada “just hours... after the stabbing of a 72 year old Jewish civilian on a bus” was shared on the Facebook page of pro-Israel group StandWithUs on Wednesday....

10/14/2015

STANDWITHUS TALKING POINTS: Discuss Knife Attacks In Israel

STANDWITHUS TALKING POINTS: Discuss Knife Attacks In Israel...

10/13/2015

Shame on SJP for Inviting Murderer to SDSU

StandWithUs condemns Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for hosting Rasmeah Odeh as a keynote speaker during its national conference at San Diego State University (SDSU) on October 11, 2015....

10/13/2015

Dismantling the Oslo Accords Also Dismantles Israeli-PA Cooperation

On September 30, the Palestinian flag was raised at the United Nations headquarters in New York City for the first time....

10/13/2015

Mothers Rush to Pull Children From Ra`anana Pre-schools; Shops, Restaurants Deserted Following Stabbing Attacks

“Due to the security situation, the shop will be closed today,” was among the signs that could be seen this afternoon in Ra`anana, the Israeli news site Walla reported....

10/12/2015

Interactive Map Shows the Where, When, and What of Terror Attacks

Using community mapping platform MapMe, Israel advocacy group StandWithUs hopes to make clear the enormity - and complexity - of the security issues facing the country...

10/12/2015

I Am Embarrassed to Be an Arab

I have long resisted saying this, but the ongoing Arab violence in Jerusalem has pushed Arab idiocy beyond my capacity for tolerance. ...

10/12/2015

The Futility of Palestinian Evil Deeds

For years, Jews in Israel have lived under the threat of Palestinian violence and terror, in spite of continuous calls for peaceful coexistence. ...

10/12/2015

Nazareth Mayor Slams Arab MKs for Fostering Violence

Leader of `the Arab capital of Israel` says Arab leadership is `destroying our future, destroying coexistence`...

10/11/2015

StandWithUs Condemns SJP for Hosting Convicted Murderer at Their National Conference, October 11th, 2015

StandWithUs condemns Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for hosting Rasmeah Odeh as a keynote speaker during their national conference at San Diego State University (SDSU) on October 11, 2015....

10/9/2015

STANDWITHUS PHILADELPHIA HOSTS TERRORISM SURVIVOR KAY WILSON ON A SPEAKING TOUR NOVEMBER 4 AND 5, 2015

StandWithUs-Philadelphia is hosting terrorism survivor Kay Wilson on November 4 and 5, 2015....

10/9/2015

Israelis Outraged by Biased, Anti-Israel Reporting of Terrorist Attacks

BBC, Al Jazeera headlines on fatal stabbing attack in Jerusalem shock Israelis by focusing on Palestinian perpetrator who was shot dead, without indicating that he had just murdered two Israelis...

10/9/2015

Political Impotence and International Arousal: Get Up!

On Thursday, October 8, 2015, the entire world woke up to some distressing news. ...

10/8/2015

A Rising Tide of Terror

Op-ed: The situation is under control, one Israeli analyst said Wednesday night, after a catalog of attacks. No, it isn`t...

10/8/2015

Abbas Calls for Murder, Palestinians Attack

The Palestinian Authority (PA) and its leaders, including President Mahmoud Abbas, cannot evade responsibility for the latest wave of terror attacks against Israelis in Jerusalem and the West Bank....

10/8/2015

Stop Incitement On Facebook!!

STOP INCITEMENT. We call on all peoples, Palestinian, Israeli, Jewish or Arab, to speak out against the appalling incitement we are seeing on social media and from the Palestinian Leadership....

10/5/2015

The Impossible Abbas

While ostensibly warning against a religious war, the PA leader has deliberately fueled the flames of the new, murderous Al-Aqsa-centered terror wave....

10/5/2015

Empathetic Jon Bon Jovi dedicates song `We Don`t Run` to Israel

At packed, rapturously received Tel Aviv concert, New Jersey rocker tells his Jewish keyboard player, `Your father would be proud of you`....

10/2/2015

Grandma Rowaida`s Dark Secret

StandWithUs Hosts A Special Sukkot event in Jerusalem: A Kuwaiti Muslim`s extraordinary journey to Judaism....

10/2/2015

Netanyahu Demands Palestinian Condemnation for Couple`s Murder

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday called on the international community to condemn the Palestinian leadership`s praise for the terrorists who murder Israeli civilians, reports the Jerusalem Post....

10/1/2015

Abbas at UN Vows to Torpedo Oslo Accords, Netanyahu Calls Speech `Deceitful`

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas threatened to stop abiding by the 1993 Oslo Accords in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, accusing Israel of halting the withdrawal of its forces from disputed territories as stipulated by the peace agreement....

10/1/2015

Israeli Organization Helps 28. Jun Realize Massive Humanitarian Project

The multinational humanitarian organization 28. Jun today announced the successful completion of a 4-year long initiative to deliver humanitarian and medical supplies to the Western Balkans....

10/1/2015

Your Tax Money at Work: In the Wrong Hands

There has been much chatter and discussion (albeit less than years past) about the UN General Assembly`s speeches of Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israel`s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu....

10/1/2015

Israeli Couple Killed in Front of Their Four Children in Drive-By Terror Attack

An Israeli couple was shot and killed in front of their four children Thursday night in the West Bank, in what appears to have been a drive-by terrorist attack....

9/30/2015

Taking a Stand Against BDS

Local South Florida representatives of StandWithUs, a national not for profit Israel advocacy organization, spoke about the need to spread the word about the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel recently at the Thunderbird Hotel in Sunny Isles Beach....

9/30/2015

Abbas Unilaterally Disengages from Oslo Accords Despite U.S. Pressure

The Palestinian Authority (PA) no longer adheres to the 1993 Oslo Accords, President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Wednesday in an address to the United Nations General Assembly, eliciting a swift rebuttal from the Israeli government....

9/30/2015

StandWithUs Condemns Hypocritical Attempts to Whitewash Harassment and Bigotry on Campus

StandWithUs condemns two new reports released today by Palestine Legal and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)....

9/30/2015

2 pro-Palestinian Groups: Israel Advocates Threaten Free Speech on Campus

A Jewish pro-Palestinian group has issued a report claiming that Israel advocates are using “false charges” to silence criticism of Israel on U.S. campuses....

9/25/2015

Outstanding Rosh Hashana sermon by Rabbi Richard Steinberg “Don`t Take Judaism for Granted, Lessons of History”

Congregation Shir Ha Ma`alot`s 2015 Rosh HaShanah sermon by Rabbi Richard Steinberg...

9/24/2015

Jewish Community Set to Welcome Pope Francis

Pope Francis will arrive in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 26. The previous day, at 3:00 p.m., Jewish and Catholic Philadelphians will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, Vatican II`s Declaration on the Relation of the Church to non-christian religions, in which antisemitism was condemned, at Saint Joseph`s University. Rabbi Abraham Skorka, a close friend of Pope Francis, will be the featured speaker....

9/24/2015

An Israeli leftist to J Street: Stop!

Last year I traveled to campuses across North America to share my experiences as an officer in the IDF - a role which entailed helping Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza with humanitarian aid. ...

9/24/2015

College Students Thrust into Campus Spotlight as Israel Advocates

Becky Sebo and Daniel Pearlman seemed to be on parallel paths as advocates for Israel while growing up in different suburbs on Cleveland`s East Side....

9/24/2015

Everything You Need To Know About The Clashes On The Temple Mount, Jerusalem

We`ve been hearing in the news that tensions are rising on the Temple Mount, but what is REALLY going on at the site that is holy to Christians, Jews, and Muslims? Here are the answers....

9/24/2015

RABBIS PROCLAIM ``WORK HAS JUST BEGUN`` AT UN MISSION RALLY

Leaders from Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstruction Groups Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal...

9/22/2015

Anti-Israel Propaganda - Now, in US Elementary School

The trickle-down effect: Palestinian with terror links speaks to third graders in Ithaca, NY about `Israeli oppression.`...

9/22/2015

Rutgers Announces `N.J.-Israel Healthy, Functional and Medical Foods Alliance`

On Friday, Representatives from Rutgers, Israel`s Tel-Hai College and its Economic Development Taskforce, Choose NJ and the New Jersey state government gathered at the new facility for Rutgers` New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition & Health....

9/21/2015

An Israeli leftist to J Street: Stop!

Last year I traveled to campuses across North America to share my experiences as an officer in the IDF — a role which entailed helping Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza with humanitarian aid. ...

9/21/2015

Boosted by nuke deal, Iran ups funding to Hezbollah, Hamas

Operating on assumption sanctions will be lifted, Tehran increases support to proxies, while freezing out Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal...

9/18/2015

An Open Letter to Reykjavik, Iceland, On its Eruption of Anti-Semitism

Dear Reykjavik City Council members...

9/18/2015

Leading the Fight Against Anti-Semitism

Combating anti-Israel propaganda on Canadian campuses is a fight StandWithUs Canada`s executive director Meryle Kates refuses to walk away from. ...

9/18/2015

StandWithUs Attends UC Regents Meeting, Urges Action on Anti-Semitism

Representatives from StandWithUs (SWU) attended the University of California Regents meeting at UC Irvine on September 17th, 2015, and were encouraged by the discussion held there on adopting a specific definition of Anti-Semitism for the UC System. ...

9/17/2015

Abbas: "Filthy" Jews` Feet Not Allowed on Temple Mount

The International Union of Muslim Scholars is calling on Palestinians to "Rescue al-Aqsa" and rise up against Israel, according to several Twitter posts translated by the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)....

9/17/2015

Gaza Kids Say They Aspire to `Blow Up the Jews`

WATCH: Hamas-run TV station interviews two young boys who want to wage jihad against Israel when they grow up...

9/17/2015

StandWithUs Condemns Boycott of Israeli Goods By Iceland`s Capital City - Calls For Action

StandWithUs is appalled by the decision of Iceland`s capital city to boycott all Israeli products....

9/16/2015

We Don`t Ask `Can We Go?` - The IDF`s Top Medic on Coping With Disaster

The IDF`s top medic recalls how they coped with disaster...

9/16/2015

The UN `World Circus`: A Mockery of Memory

September 11 is a day of awe...

9/16/2015

One Canadian Chapter Represented at the First Students Supporting Israel Conference in Minneapolis

In 2014, the Israeli Students Association at Ryerson University in Canada transformed itself into a movement that now encompasses students from all over United States, the United Kingdom and Austria. ...

9/16/2015

StandWithUs Speaking Tour in Norway, September, 2015

Young Israelis share insights into their lives with audiences across Norway...

9/15/2015

STANDWITHUS SALUTES POPE FRANCIS` VISIT TO PHILADELPHIA WITH POSTER CAMPAIGN SEPTEMBER 14-OCTOBER 11, 2015

StandWithUs celebrates the arrival of Pope Francis to Philadelphia on September 26 with metrolight posters highlighting the shared Judeo-Christian values of both faith communities....

9/15/2015

The price Palestinians pay for BDS `victory`

To serve “Palestine,” Palestinians must suffer: Such, at least, is the logic of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which just forced SodaStream to move its carbonation-machine factory out of the West Bank and into Israel`s Negev desert....

9/15/2015

The BDS Wars: Some Signs of Success for the New Year

The past year was not particularly good for Israel in terms of the demonization and boycott campaigns, but it was not as bad as expected, and there were some successful counterattacks against the demonizers....

9/11/2015

Muslim Zionist Says BDS Not a Jewish Issue, It`s a Human Rights Issue

Kasim Hafeez grew up in Britain, the child of Pakistani immigrants, where he was immersed from a young age in anti-Semitism, and Israel was commonly demonized....

9/11/2015

National Post View: The spectre of anti-Semitism

Sunday night, Jews all over the world will observe Rosh Hashana, the start of the Ten Days of Awe that end with the Yom Kippur fast, when the sins of the past year (5775 in the Hebrew calendar) are expiated and promises to do better are pledged....

9/11/2015

StandWithUs Denounces Lack of Iran Vote in Senate; Congratulates House

StandWithUs is deeply disturbed that the Senate refused to allow a vote on the resolution to disapprove the Iran nuclear deal. ...

9/10/2015

Action Alert From AIPAC on September 10, 2015

Urge Senators and Representatives to allow a vote on the resolution of disapproval...

9/10/2015

Bill Clinton`s Own Warning About Fissile Material Being Used in Capitol Truck Campaign

This truck and another like it are circling around the U.S. Capitol this afternoon as debate has begun on the Iran nuclear deal....

9/10/2015

Pro-Israel Campus Groups Worry Iran Deal Debate Will End in `Anti-Semitic Hatefest`

On the college frontlines, advocacy groups fear ratification of the nuke deal will expose a failure in Jewish leadership and have severe implications...

9/9/2015

Injured Vet Opposes Iran Deal

Medically retired Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bartlett, a severely wounded veteran, was all over South Florida recently speaking out against the Iran nuclear deal....

9/9/2015

Pro-Israel Students at Ryerson Do Not Have it Easy

As fall rapidly approaches, Canadian students are preparing for first semester to commence....

9/9/2015

New Anti-Iran Deal Petition!

New petition created by concerned citizens in Los Angeles affiliated with the creative community and entertainment industry as well as influential business people and other high profile individuals. ...

9/8/2015

A Toulouse Fashion Student Finds Style and Harmony in the Holy Land

A unique group of young fashion bloggers and designers recently visited Israel to learn more about the country`s fashion industry and diverse culture. ...

9/8/2015

A Rose by Any Other Name - The New Antisemitism on Campus

Imagine that you are a North American university student dealing with the pressures of classwork and maintaining your GPA...

9/8/2015

Campus Activist Dreamin`

Let`s rewind about two years to a day around this time of the year; that day happened to be the very first of my college career. ...

9/8/2015

StandWithUs Launches "This Much" Anti-Iran Deal Campaign in Washington DC September 9th, 10th & 11th, 2015

With the vote on the Iran nuclear deal fast approaching, StandWithUs has launched its latest initiative urging Congress to vote NO on the deal....

9/8/2015

Alan Dershowitz on Iran Nuclear Deal: `I`m Furious With President Obama`

Long-time Democrat, Israel defender and famed law professor Alan Dershowitz told a synagogue audience on Saturday night that he was “furious” with President Obama over the Iran nuclear deal....

9/8/2015

1 Week Left - Let Your Voice Be Heard

As the vote in Congress regarding the announced Iran Nuclear Deal rapidly approaches, as a constituent, a future parent, and someone who read the actual agreement, I am concerned about the future of our children, the security of the United States, and of our closest ally in the Middle East - Israel....

9/6/2015

How would you vote if your children`s lives were at stake?

Supporters of the Iranian nuclear deal appear to have achieved a Congressional victory....

9/4/2015

Israel`s Public Diplomacy Guru

Sitting down with PR expert Ran Bar-Yoshafa....

9/4/2015

Blue (and White) Steel: Hasbara On the Catwalk

A new project invited 10 bloggers and fashion designers to describe their experiences in Israel; `Everyone here is nice, Arabs and Jews live side by side and it seems to be fine,` one blogger says....

9/4/2015

SHOCKER: United Electrical Workers Union Embraces Anti-Israel BDS

Growing solidarity between trade unionists and Israel boycotters alarms pro-Israel forces ...

9/3/2015

StandWithUs Graduates 180 Israeli New Student Ambassadors September 2, 2015

Each year, StandWithUs selects 180 Israeli students from around the country to join the Fellowship, empowering them to be future Israeli leaders and ambassadors. ...

9/3/2015

The Real Story behind the Viral Head-Lock

When an Israeli soldier put an innocent 12-year-old Palestinian boy in a head-lock, that was bad enough....

9/3/2015

Students Set to Battle for Israel on Campus

Term has not yet begun for university students but Joseph Stoll, campus director of Israel advocacy grassroots group StandWithUs, is already organising a training conference and gearing up to counter an anti-Israel event at the London School of Economics....

9/3/2015

StandWithUs Announces Two New Legal Initiatives to Help Students and Others Combat Anti-Israel Activity, September 4, 2015

StandWithUs is pleased to announce two new initiatives to help students combat anti-Israel and anti-Jewish activity on campus. ...

9/1/2015

Local Students Go to National Trainings

In Los Angeles from Aug. 9-13, StandWithUs - the Los Angeles-based international Israel education organization - hosted separate trainings for selected North American college and high school students to prepare them to be pro-Israel advocates on their campuses this school year....

9/1/2015

Countering BDS Movement on Campus

Local students recently learned what is happening on college campuses regarding the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement against Israel and how to counter it at a program at Temple Israel of Greater Miami....

9/1/2015

Iran Deal: Pro, Anti-Iran Deal Activists Descend Upon Offices of Reps. Lieu, Sherman

LOS ANGELES, California - Activists and concerned citizens on both sides of the Iran Deal stood outside Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA)`s office on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, urging the freshman congressman to take a stance on the nuclear accords that are slated to be voted on September 17....

8/31/2015

A Remarkable Silence -- Taking a Look in the Mirror

In mid-August, an American Jewish singer, Matisyahu, was due to perform at Rototom Sunsplash festival in eastern Spain. ...

8/31/2015

WIT Israel Attracts Women Entrepreneurs From Around The World To The Startup Nation

A first of its kind international Women tech entrepreneurship conference was held in Israel last week, as a group of female tech bloggers and entrepreneurs from around the world were invited for a one-week trip to explore the `Startup Nation`....

8/31/2015

I saw for myself #Israel

My experience in Israel was simply spectacular due to many people, places, food or landscapes....

8/31/2015

Palestinians Flock to Islamic State

Hardly a week passes without another report of a Palestinian killed while fighting for the Islamic State terror group....

8/31/2015

Why Progressives Should Oppose the Iran Deal

Although I do not personally identify with the progressive political movement, I firmly believe in the advancement of LGBT rights in America and around the world. ...

8/31/2015

StandWithUs Condemns UE Union for Anti-Israel Resolution at Its Convention, August 20, 2015

StandWithUs condemns the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers (UE) union for joining the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement....

8/28/2015

Australian Ambassador to Israel Hosts StandWithUs Fellows

His Excellency Ambassador Dave Sharma, Australia`s envoy to Israel, hosted Alumni of the StandWithUs Israel Fellowship at his residence. It was part of an initiative, where graduates of the Israeli public diplomacy program meet with foreign Ambassadors and share their feelings and experiences about issues related to Israel....

8/27/2015

What Are Palestinians Doing With U.S. Money?

During the past 20 years, the U.S. has invested $4.5 billion in promoting democracy among the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and boosting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process....

8/27/2015

Death March in the Hills of Jerusalem

Terrorism survivor Kay Wilson visited Toronto this summer to speak with Jewish students, including York students, about her horrific experience and years of ongoing recovery...

8/27/2015

Read: An open letter from retired generals and admirals opposing the Iran nuclear deal

A group of retired brass says the deal would threaten national security and that Congress should not approve it....

8/27/2015

As Iran Vote Looms, Both Sides Reach Out to Congressmen

The country seems divided on the Iran Nuclear Deal and the same goes for Rhode Island....

8/26/2015

What Do Hindus and Jews Have in Common? Everything That Counts.

What do one of the nation`s leading oncologists, an economist, detective and a former Indian cabinet minister, an expert on agr-itech, alternative green energy and cyber security, an independent human rights activist, and a retired college professor, who is a child of Holocaust survivors have in common? ...

8/26/2015

A Lesson in Cultural Differences: Israeli Women Vs. American Women

Hi, my name is Israel Girl and I am a feminist. ...

8/24/2015

Faced With Sea of Palestinian Flags at Spanish Reggae Festival, Matisyahu Belts Out `Jerusalem`

After failing in an attempt to have Jewish-American singer Matisyahu banned from a Spanish music festival, the BDS bigots had yet another trick to unveil as the star ascended to the stage on Saturday night....

8/24/2015

Denying the Israel-Basher - Kudos to Oprah and Other Principled Stars

For years, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has worked to make Israel an international pariah. ...

8/24/2015

Victims` Attorney Disappointed by Low PA Bond Requirement

The lead attorney for 10 American families who secured $655 million in civil damages against the Palestinian Authority (PA) for past terror support expressed disappointment Monday with a judge`s bond order....

8/21/2015

Gil Stein`s Letters-To-The-Editor re: Opposition to the Iran Nuclear Deal

Landmark deal with Tehran ...

8/21/2015

Bonnie Stuart and Nathan Japhet: Iran deal is dangerous to America

Iran is the leading state sponsor of global terrorism. Iran was directly involved in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, resulting in the killing and maiming of hundreds of American servicemen by explosives it supplied to Shiite militias and the Taliban....

8/20/2015

ALERT! These Congressman Need to Hear From You!

As concerned U.S. citizens, we need your help!...

8/19/2015

Documentary on Campus Anti-Semitism Draws Big Crowd Near Chicago

More than 250 supporters of Israel, including dozens of high school and college students, packed into a Chicago-area AMC movie theatre on Sunday for a screening of the documentary “Crossing The Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism On Campus,” a half-hour film that takes a look at when criticism of Israel “crosses the line” into anti-Semitism on North American college campuses....

8/18/2015

Mariah Carey: Nobody Tried to Pressure Me Not to Come Here

At a press conference held at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Herzliya on Monday night, pop superstar Mariah Carey discussed her upcoming sell-out concert and her love of Israel....

8/18/2015

Dershowitz: `Inept Negotiator` Obama Gave Iran Green Light to Build Nuke

Self-declared `liberal Democrat` slams nuclear deal on many fronts, but admits that Congress killing it now could make things worse. Instead, he proposes supplementary legislation to ensure no Iran bomb...

8/18/2015

Tel Aviv University`s Egyptian Valedictorian: `We Must Always Question Our Assumptions`

Haisam Hassanein grew up surrounded by anti-Israeli stereotypes but found a very different reality when he experienced the country for himself....

8/17/2015

A Responsibility to do Better on Iran Deal - Rabbis` Letter

Petition...

8/17/2015

Countering the BDS Movement

Local responses to what the Jewish community considers is the new face of anti-Semitism, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement against Israel, have been taking place....

8/14/2015

Israel Must Defend its Citizens as Any Country Would

THE columnists, commentators, professors and idealistic students who push a one-sided image of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict don`t promote the peace they say they seek. ...

8/14/2015

BDS in the Boardroom: Campus Protests are Loud, but Corporate Pressure is More Effective

This week`s cover story is part of a multipart series examining the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement in California: how it operates, how it is being opposed and what it represents....

8/14/2015

StandWithUs Canada Statement on United Church of Canada Divestment Resolution on August 12, 2015.

StandWithUs Canada is profoundly saddened and disappointed by the August 12, 2015 announcement by the United Church of Canada ( UCC ) encouraging divestment from selected companies doing business in Israel...

8/12/2015

Be Jewish and Stay Quiet

The debate on the Iran Deal is getting heated all around, as more and more U.S Representatives make their intentions clear vis-a-vis the upcoming vote in September. ...

8/12/2015

A Responsibility to Do Better

Letter...

8/12/2015

Israel is Back on the Map as Air France Bows to Pressure Over In-Flight Screen

The controversy began last week, when a passenger on an Air France jet sent a photo to the Facebook page of the pro-Israel group Stand With Us showing how the in-flight map omits Israel....

8/12/2015

WATCH: Sarah Zoabi, Mother of Muhammad, On Master Chef: I Am A Proud Zionist

Regular readers would know I`m a big fan of Muhammad Zoabi, a young Arab-Israeli whose pride and support for his country are something even most Jewish Israelis could learn from....

8/11/2015

StandWithUs Prepares High School Students

StandWithUs high school program prepares South Florida students to be pro-Israel advocates...

8/10/2015

The Betrayal of the Palestinians by Peace Activists

The BBC website explains that “there are several different sorts of pacifism, but they all include the idea that war and violence are unjustifiable, and that conflicts should be settled in a peaceful way”....

8/10/2015

The Presidium of Israel Business Organizations is Responding to growing Harrassment by BDS Activists

The Presidium of Israel Business Organizations today opened a special channel for queries about reports and complaints by business owners about cases of a boycott or concern about a boycott, following the global activity of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement....

8/10/2015

Lebanese Activist Explains Israel is Welcoming of Both Gays and Arabs

Fabian Maamari, a photographer who recently made headlines and who is a Lebanese gay resident of Tel Aviv, related to the recent terror attacks in Duma village and in the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade. Despite these recent incidents, he still believes that Israel is a country that treats both gays and Arabs well....

8/6/2015

Air France Apologizes For Omitting Israel From In-flight Maps

Air France has apologized for using in-flight maps that did not include Israel....

8/5/2015

Ahead of Summer Fests, Scotland`s New Pro-Israel Network Stands Guard

Israelis performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival during last summer`s Gaza war faced a wall of pro-Palestinian protesters. This year a new confederation of friends won`t let that happen...

8/5/2015

Young, Scared, and Taking a Stand

This was a summer to de-stress. ...

8/4/2015

Christian Group Plans Golders Green Rally to Support Jewish Community Against Extremists

A Christian preacher and his wife are organising an anti-fascist demonstration in Golders Green next month as a “show of support for the Jewish community and Israel”....

8/4/2015

Arab, Christian - and an Israeli Diplomat

George Deek Relates His Unique Life Story At StandWithUs Israel Education Center, June 29. 2015...

8/4/2015

Los Angeles Rallied Against A Bad Iran Deal -- July 26, 2015

Video...

8/3/2015

Blaming Israel First

In May, President Barack Obama donned a yarmulke and spoke in a Washington, D.C., synagogue. ...

8/3/2015

Air France Wipes Israel Off of the Map... Literally

Passengers on an Air France flight to Paris noticed something missing from their in-flight map....

8/3/2015

Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel Introduce Resolution Supporting Israel Against International Boycott Efforts

U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee`s Ranking Member, have introduced H. Res. 402, a bipartisan resolution that supports Israel in its efforts to counter the boycott, sanctions and divestment movement against Israel. ...

7/31/2015

Our Hearts are Broken

Israel and Israelis reacted with shock this morning when it learned of the horrific terror attack that occurred in the Palestinian village of Duma....

7/30/2015

StandWithUs Strongly Condemns Attack on Jerusalem Pride Parade, July 30, 2015

StandWithUs strongly condemns the attack that took place at the Jerusalem Pride Parade on Thursday, July 30th, in which six attendees were tragically stabbed by an assailant with a history of violence and expressing extremist views....

7/30/2015

Vote `no` on anti-Israel resolution: Send a message for peace education

Before the 7th World Congress of Education International is a resolution blaming Israel for various things that are claimed to obstruct Palestinian education....

7/30/2015

Two Democratic Representatives Deserve Our Thanks On Standing Up Against The Iran Deal

Two representatives, Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY), and Congressman Juan Vargas (D-CA) have publicly opposed the Iran nuclear deal. ...

7/30/2015

URGE CONGRESS TO GET A BETTER DEAL WITH IRAN - ITS UP TO EACH ONE OF US

The deal in its current form only delays Iran`s pursuit of nuclear weapons and allows it to continue promoting violence and instability around the world. ...

7/30/2015

EXCLUSIVE: New Survey of Jewish Americans Shows Opposition to Iran Deal Increases With More Knowledge of Arguments

The more Jewish Americans know about the Iran nuclear deal the less they like it, a new poll first seen exclusively byThe Algemeiner showed....

7/29/2015

A View from the Left - Part One

I`ve just returned from Israel where I spent the last 2 months! ...

7/29/2015

Christians, Jews and Muslims Gather to Protest Iran Deal

Noisy demonstrations in New York and LA reverberate around the globe ...

7/29/2015

NJ State Senate Committee Approves Bills Banning Boycotts Against Israel

On Thursday, July 23, the New Jersey State Senate Committee approved legislation to rebuke the efforts against Israel that are attempting to harm the country through boycotts of the state, its businesses and products. The legislation prohibits investment of state pension funds in companies that participate in the s the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement....

7/29/2015

BDS DEFEAT: StandWithUs Canada Congratulates U of T Student Leaders

StandWithUs Canada congratulates the student representatives of the U of T (University of Toronto) Board of Directors (UTSU) who resoundingly defeated the BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions movement to demonize Israel) in a motion at their campus....

7/29/2015

Two Opinions Sparked by Assemblies

Usually, assemblies involve someone talking to large groups of people. But what happens when a community speaks back?...

7/27/2015

Hundreds Rally in San Diego to Stop Iran N- Deal

Numerous speakers during a Sunday, July 26, rally at Balboa Park passionately decried the nuclear arms deal that the United States and other major world powers recently reached with Iran, but the San Diegan who easily was the hero of the day chose the printed word-not the microphone-to make his views known against the deal....

7/27/2015

Thousands Protest the Iran Nuclear Deal And Send Congress A Clear Message in Los Angeles and San Diego, July 26, 2015

STOP IRAN NOW rallies took place yesterday (July 26, 2015) as thousands gathered to protest the Iran Nuclear Deal in Los Angeles and San Diego....

7/27/2015

The Comfort of America

I want to make it clear from the outset that this is not an analysis of the Iran Deal....

7/24/2015

#Real Talk: “Coming Out” for Peace

I am an eighteen-year-old Zionist Jew. ...

7/24/2015

Headline: Tick, Tick, Tick. Students Speak Out on the Iran Nuclear Deal, July, 2015

High school student leaders (including StandWithUs MZ Teen Interns) speak out against the Iran nuclear deal in this video they created during the AIPAC Saban Conference, held July, 2015....

7/24/2015

Illinois`s Newest Law Fights Divestment With Divestment

Governor signs landmark bill prohibiting state pension funds from investing in companies that boycott Israel...

7/23/2015

Iran N- Pact protest rally July 26 in Balboa Park

The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran....

7/23/2015

Israel, a Water Superpower, is Helping California Fight Drought

After successfully dealing with its own water crisis, Israel is sharing its knowledge with other countries. Senior American officials have arrived in Jerusalem to learn from Israeli experts how to save water....

7/22/2015

Iran Nuclear Agreement Meets With Public Skepticism

Little Confidence in Iran`s Leaders to Live Up to Deal...

7/22/2015

Iran Inspections in 24 Days? Not Even Close

Iran can easily stretch out the inspection of suspect nuclear sites for three months or more....

7/22/2015

WIT Conference to Unite Innovative Women

WIT (Women, Innovation, Technology) 5-day conference, will gather women tech entrepreneurs in Israel. ...

7/21/2015

PM Announces Expanded and Modernized Free Trade Agreement with Israel

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that negotiations toward an expanded and modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) have concluded....

7/21/2015

OyChicago: Assaf Grumberg, SWU Central Region Campus Director is one of "36 Jewish Professionals Under 36 To Watch" July, 2015

OyChicago! A Chicago Jewish professionals` magazine, and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago named Assaf Grumberg, StandWithUs Central Region Campus Director one of "36 Jewish professionals under 36 to watch." July 21, 2015...

7/21/2015

Contact Your Senators And Representatives: The World Cannot Afford A Nuclear Iran

Tell your Senators and Representatives, who will soon be voting on the deal, to reject it and hold strong for an agreement which protects the U.S. and our allies and prevents nuclear proliferation in the region. ...

7/20/2015

Summer Camp, Islamist-style: Getaway for Palestinian Children of Martyrs Teaches Hate, Violence, Say Critics

Summer camp for the young children of Palestinian prisoners and so-called martyrs is a weeks-long hate-fest that includes military training and indoctrination into jihad, according to Middle East-based groups that warn a new generation is being taught to demonize Israel....

7/20/2015

Rally Against Iran in San Diego: July 26

Stop Iran Now Rally in San Diego...

7/20/2015

Rally Against Iran in Phoenix: July 22

Rally Again Iran in Phoenix...

7/20/2015

Stop Iran Now -- LA Rally July 26th

Rally...

7/19/2015

Stop Iran Now: Rallies Across North America

Stop IranrRallies across North America...

7/18/2015

Rally Against Iran in Florida: July 22

STOP IRAN Now Rally...

7/17/2015

Local Jewish Leaders Voice Strong Concerns About Iran Deal

After 20 months of negotiations, the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia reached an agreement Tuesday morning with Iran on its nuclear program....

7/17/2015

Rally Against Iran in Toronto: July 22 at NOON

Rally...

7/16/2015

URGE CONGRESS TO GET A BETTER DEAL WITH IRAN

While StandWithUs welcomes international efforts to end Iran`s nuclear program through diplomacy, the deal announced on July 14, 2015, between the P5+1 and Iran will not prevent Iran`s regime from developing nuclear weapons, moderate its aggressive policies, or persuade it to stop sponsoring terrorism. ...

7/14/2015

Holocaust Survivor Compares BDS Tactics to Nazi Propaganda

When Irving Roth walked out of the Auschwitz concentration camp in April 1945, having watched in horror as members of his family were marched into the gas chamber upon their arrival the previous year, he was thankful that he would live to see his sixteenth birthday....

7/13/2015

Kosher Lust, BDS, and Obama: An Interview with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

As a Jewish student attending university, you can imagine my excitement when being asked to interview Los Angeles-born Rabbi Shmuley Boteach....

7/13/2015

Our Iran Moment

House of Cards is a popular Netflix original production in its 3rd season, telling the story of U.S. Rep. Francis Underwood of South Carolina, a ruthless politician in a never-ending pursuit of power, devoid of any value and absent any moral. Rep. Underwood makes his way to the top and ends up ascending to the desired post of President of the United States of America. ...

7/13/2015

Tweeting Hitler

Facebook and Twitter, you have provided a wonderful outlet for disseminating alternative information, but the rampant and disgusting anti-Semitism on social media must stop....

7/10/2015

The State Department`s Response to Israel Boycott Law - A Line-Item Veto for Trade Legislation?

he State Department has recently tried to minimize the significance and effect of provisions in the newly enacted trade promotion laws that seek to discourage boycotts and other economic sanctions against Israel....

7/9/2015

Why are Liberals Bashing Michael Oren?

After interviewing former ambassador Michael Oren last week at the Museum of Tolerance, and reading countless articles attacking him, I think I`ve figured out why his new book, “Ally,” has struck such a sensitive nerve, especially with pro-Obama liberal Zionists....

7/8/2015

Costa Rica Becomes 33rd Country to Launch Pro-Israel Caucus

The 20 Parliamentarians signed a foundation document reaffirming Israel as a Jewish state with Jerusalem as its capital....

7/8/2015

For Some Palestinians in East Jerusalem, A Pragmatic `Israelification`

More East Jerusalem Palestinians are taking Israeli citizenship, learning Hebrew, and living in Jewish neighborhoods. But does that affect their identity?...

7/8/2015

How BDS Advocates Fooled Two Christian Churches

I`ve spent the last three years witnessing and helping defeat Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns on campuses across North America, so I am rarely surprised by the depravity of anti-Israel activists. But BDS doesn`t limit itself to campuses, so this year I`ve had the distinct misfortune of witnessing it in action at the national meetings of two Protestant churches - the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) and the United Church of Christ (UCC). ...

7/7/2015

BDS in American Churches

I`ve spent the last three years witnessing and helping defeat Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns on campuses across North American, so I am rarely surprised by the depravity of anti-Israel activists. ...

7/7/2015

How Academic Efforts to Boycott Israel Harm our Students

In March 2014, I and my co-teacher stood with 27 Vassar College students at the sparkling Auja Spring in the parched West Bank of the Palestinian territories. ...

7/6/2015

United Church of Christ Approves Divestment to Aid Palestinians

The United Church of Christ, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the United States, overwhelmingly approved a resolution Tuesday calling for divestment from companies that profit from Israel`s occupation or control of Palestinian territories, and a boycott of products from Israeli settlements....

7/6/2015

How Academic Efforts to Boycott Israel Harm Our Students

In March 2014, I and my co-teacher stood with 27 Vassar College students at the sparkling Auja Spring in the parched West Bank of the Palestinian territories....

7/6/2015

The Unholy Lunacy of Israel-Bashing Churches

The campaign to isolate and delegitimize Israel picked up ammunition last week when the United Church of Christ called for divestment from companies it says profit from the occupation of Palestinian territories....

7/6/2015

Palestinian Cleric Delivers Anti-Semitic Sermon, Incites Violence Against Jews

Another Palestinian cleric conducted a blatantly anti-Semitic sermon and incited violence against Jews, the Middle East Monitoring Research Service (MEMRI) reports....

7/6/2015

Stop Iran Now - Rally July 22, 2015

Stop Iran Now Rally...

7/2/2015

Declining United Church of Christ`s Israel Divestment May Not Pack Any Punch

The United Church of Christ (UCC) this week became the latest mainline Protestant denomination to approve a resolution calling for divestment from companies that do business with Israel....

7/2/2015

Snapshot: Brookfield Hosts Stand With Israel Rally

Attendees stand and sing during the Stand with Israel event at the International Christian Fellowship Church in Brookfield June 28. According to organizers, over 400 people attended the rally, which was held to show attendees` commitment to Israel...

7/1/2015

United Church of Christ Passes Resolution to Divest from Israel

The United Church of Christ (UCC) on Tuesday passed a resolution that calls for divestment from companies that do business with Israel at its General Synod in Cleveland. ...

7/1/2015

Who`s on the Guest List?

THE IMPRESSIVE residential, commercial and office project adjacent to the Jerusalem YMCA and across the road from the historic King David Hotel, is fast becoming the hub of international Jewish organizations that are making their headquarters in the sprawling complex built on the site that once housed the YMCA soccer stadium....

7/1/2015

United Church of Christ Anti-Israel Extremism

A study in discrimination, hypocrisy and irrelevance...

7/1/2015

StandWithUs Israel Fellows Are In Final Preparations For Their 2015 Year-End Projects

The students participating in the 9th StandWithUs Israel Fellowship are in final preparations for their 2015 year-end projects. ...

7/1/2015

Jewish Group Condemns United Church of Christ Vote to Divest from Israel

Israel advocacy group StandWithUs said today it condemns the General Synod of the United Church of Christ (UCC) for passing resolutions that demonize Israel. SWU added that in doing so, UCC had aligned itself with the discriminatory Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement....

6/30/2015

StandWithUs Supports Israel in Geneva At the UN Human Rights Council

StandWithUs was proud to join other organizations as a leading partner in the pro-Israel Rally on Monday in Geneva, as the UN`s Human Rights Council debated the UN Commission of Inquiry Report on last summer`s Gaza Conflict. ...

6/30/2015

StandWithUs Condemns the United Church of Christ (UCC) anti-Israel resolutions, June 30th, 2015

StandWithUs condemns the General Synod of the United Church of Christ (UCC) for passing resolutions which demonize Israel and aligning themselves with the discriminatory Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. ...

6/30/2015

StandWithUs Israel Education Center Celebrates Its Grand Opening at a Gala Ribbon-Cutting, June 29, 2015

StandWithUs celebrated the Grand Opening of its Israel Education Center at a gala event held Monday, June 29, 2015. Located in the heart of Jerusalem, the Center is near the Old City, the Mamilla Mall and the festive reception was held across the street from the King David Hotel in the gardens of the King David Hotel`s Crown complex....

6/29/2015

An Israeli Soldier Defended Israel in Front of The Human Rights Subcommittee of the EP

In response to an address by anti-IDF group Breaking the Silence speaking on behalf of the Palestinian lobby to the Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Parliament, StandWithUs sent Matan Katzman, a Deputy Company Commander to address the lawmakers....

6/28/2015

Rally To Support Israel In Geneva On June 29

Rally To Support Israel In Geneva On June 29...

6/26/2015

Stop Iran Now - Rally July 22, 2015

Stop Iran Rally...

6/26/2015

Is J-Street Really Against BDS? Their Opposition to Anti-BDS Legislation Shows the Answer

After weeks of legislative drama, a trade bill containing provisions opposing the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel cleared its final legislative hurdle Wednesday afternoon....

6/25/2015

This is my truth: IDF troops react to war crime accusations

"I was wounded because I was trained on IDF values to treat every injured person equally, even the wife of a high-level terrorist who faints in the middle of an arrest," says one soldier left paralyzed when ambushed while providing medical care....

6/25/2015

Why I need to tell my truth about serving in Israeli army

We must counter the hypocrisy of Breaking the Silence and show that IDF has thousands of soldiers who try to live up to high ethical standards....

6/25/2015

StandWithUs proudly supports landmark legislation to counter BDS in US-EU Free Trade Negotiations

StandWithUs applauds Congress for passing the bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation, which includes language to combat the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. ...

6/25/2015

An Exodus of Members Doesn`t Stop the UCC from Attacking Israel

During the last four days of June, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ will meet in Cleveland, Ohio to decide if their denomination will enlist in the economic and propaganda war against Israel. ...

6/25/2015

Bad Joke? College Planned to Hire Anti-Zionist to Teach Zionism

It was only due to `lack of interest` that the University of Missouri cancelled a course called `Perspectives on Zionism.`...

6/24/2015

Remembering Farhud Day and the Arab Pogroms

While I was speaking to the packed room, a woman I did not know, sitting in the front row, slowly shook her tear-stained head in disbelief and muttered softly ... barely audible ... “I never thought I would hear these words in this building.”...

6/24/2015

The World`s Betrayal of Israel

It was the month of January 2005. That Saturday night, a 17-year-old girl, by the name of Ayala Abukasis, was walking home with her younger brother, Tamir, in the southern city of Sderot in Israel. ...

6/24/2015

Landmark Legislation Will Make Countering BDS Central to US-EU Free Trade Negotiations

Today, Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06), co-chair of the House Republican Israel Caucus, released the following statement after House and Senate passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation, which includes bipartisan language Roskam authored to combat the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel....

6/23/2015

Egypt`s Endowments Ministry to Remove `Extremist Books` from Mosques

Egypt`s endowments ministry to remove `extremist books` from mosques Mosques must provide the ministry with a list of their library`s contents for inspection Ahram Online...

6/22/2015

International Farhud Day - An Insider`s Eyewitness Account

While I was speaking to the packed room, a woman I did not know, sitting in the front row, slowly shook her tear-stained head in disbelief and muttered softly ... barely audible ... “I never thought I would hear these words in this building.”...

6/22/2015

Countering the Anti-Israel Movement in Canada

A pro-Israel organization wants Canadians to know it appreciates the strong relationship between Canada and the Jewish nation....

6/22/2015

UNHRC DISCREDITS ITSELF ONCE AGAIN WITH REPORT ON HAMAS-ISRAEL WAR

The UN Human Rights Council [UNHRC] report about the Hamas —Israel War last summer suffers from the same bias that has distorted previous UNHRC pronouncements on Israel. ...

6/18/2015

`IDF is a Moral Army Fighting in an Immoral Neighborhood`

IDF reservist Matan Katzman tells EU human rights subcommittee: "[IDF] policy is so concrete and clear that Hamas is an expert on it and uses it to their advantage. They place snipers in schools and hospitals, they stock weapons in homes."...

6/18/2015

New York State Assembly Passes Anti-BDS Bill

The New York State Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday rejecting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, becoming the latest state government to condemn the anti-Israel movement. ...

6/18/2015

New York State Assembly Passes Anti-BDS Resolution on June 18, 2015

The New York State Assembly passed a resolution on June 18, 2015 rejecting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, becoming the latest state government to condemn the anti-Israel movement. ...

6/17/2015

StandWithUs Soldier Testifies to EU Human Rights Committee on IDF Morality, June 17, 2015

In response to an address by anti-IDF (Israel Defense Forces) group Breaking the Silence, speaking on behalf of the Palestinian lobby to the Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Parliament, StandWithUs sent Matan Katzman, a Deputy Company Commander to address the lawmakers. ...

6/17/2015

Terrorism Survivor Kay Wilson`s TEDx Talk at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, May 13, 2015

Kay Wilson has known prolonged and horrendous terror at a depth that most will never know, yet she refuses to let this event destroy her life. ...

6/16/2015

BDS Mega-Fail: Israeli Goods in Bethlehem Stores

Visit to Bethlehem by activist Kay Wilson reveals the Palestinian Authority itself doesn`t boycott Israel....

6/16/2015

Indian Columnist: Israel is India`s `Most Trusted Ally` in the Middle East, Among Top Friends in the World

Israel is India`s most trusted Middle East ally, and one of its closest friends in the world, an Indian columnist wrote over the weekend inThe Asian Age....

6/16/2015

At Least 63% of Children in Near-Gaza Communities Suffer From Post-Traumatic Stress, Israeli Research Shows

No less than 63 percent of children in the southern Israeli town of Sderot suffer from post-traumatic stress, mostly due to the intense rounds of violence that have occurred between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Israel`s Channel 2 reported on Tuesday...

6/16/2015

Fascist Demonstrators to Burn Talmud at London Rally in Jewish Neighborhood

The extreme right-wing organizers of a Saturday protest in a predominantly Jewish London neighborhood plan to burn Israeli flags and even a copy of the Jewish Oral Law, or Talmud, the UK`s Jewish Chroniclereported on Tuesday....

6/16/2015

CNN Bias, Definitively Explained

Last month, CNN - under the headline “Israeli settlers reportedly chop down 800 Palestinian olive trees” - parroted absurd Palestinian allegations without bothering to do a modicum of fact checking. ...

6/12/2015

Israel Crisis Averted in Missouri as Biology Professor`s anti-Zionist Course Nixed

A University of Missouri (MU) fall 2015 honors tutorial that pro-Israel students felt would promote bigotry and misinformation on their college campus has been cancelled. ...

6/12/2015

BDS and Hamas: The New Partnership

Hamas is pinning high hopes on BDS to pave the way for the destruction of Israel through boycotts, divestment and sanctions. ...

6/12/2015

Fighting the Good Fight

As boycott, divestment and sanctions initiatives sweep across university campuses in the U.S., pro-Israel StandWithUs campaign is trying to counter the damage they inflict on Israel`s international image Changing people`s minds, one campus at a time....

6/12/2015

BDS Activists Playing by Unprincipled Rules

It took a while, but after several years of Israel divestment measures passing at college campuses nationwide, the Jewish community finally realized BDS is a problem. A big problem....

6/10/2015

Orange`s Decision To Boycott Israel Started With The New Israel Fund

Who Profits gains its profits from boycotting Israel....

6/10/2015

STANDWITHUS CONGRATULATES UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI FOR CANCELLING BIGOTED ANTI-ISRAEL CLASS, JUNE 10, 2015

StandWithUs commends the University of Missouri [MU] for canceling a class on Zionism that was to be taught in the fall by biology professor and anti-Israel ideologue, George Smith. The cancellation was made public on June 10, 2015....

6/9/2015

Israel: Where Imagination Becomes Reality

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6/8/2015

President Peres Joins StandWithUs To Unveil New Anti-BDS Website At Herzilya Conference June 8, 2015

Israel`s ninth President Shimon Peres joined with Israel education organization StandWithUs to encourage Israelis and others to take an active role in the fight against would-be Israel boycotters....

6/8/2015

Why I support SCR 35: An Open Letter to State Sen. Jeff Stone

Much of the campus climate at UCLA revolves around identities and identity politics. Students champion their identities and their communities in a way that the rest of the world should strive to emulate. ...

6/8/2015

StandWithUs Will Place a Billboard In Toronto For The First Time Beginning June 29, 2015

For the first time in Toronto, StandWithUs is placing a billboard that celebrates the Canada -Israel relationship. ...

6/8/2015

South Carolina Passes Historic Anti-Boycott Law

South Carolina yesterday passed a historic law banning the state from contracting with companies engaged in certain kinds of boycotts....

6/8/2015

DelRay Resident Teaches Seniors to Read Hebrew

Genia Kutner, 86, of Delray Beach, believes that every Jew should know how to read Hebrew....

6/5/2015

Facing The Truth About BDS

It is no secret that a “private” meeting is to be held this week in Las Vegas, supported by philanthropist Sheldon Adelson, aimed at joining forces to face the threat of BDS against the State of Israel....

6/5/2015

With a Little Help From Our Friends

You don`t need to be Jewish to love Israel....

6/5/2015

Stand With Us First Ever Counter-BDS Conference

As a StandWithUs (SWU) MZ intern, it is my duty to advocate for Israel and ensure that I am knowledgeable and prepared to be a voice for all things Israel. Along with 79 other teens across the U.S. and Canada, I have the privilege to call myself an intern for SWU....

6/5/2015

Rabbi Grover and Beth Tikvah Thanks StandWithUs-Canada For Kay Wilson`s Talk June 2, 2015

Kay Wilson spoke at our synagogue this week. ...

6/4/2015

Netanyahu: France Must Condemn Orange Pullout from Israel

Israeli affiliate threatens lawsuit as telecoms giant cuts ties; Regev demands Richard`s dismissal; employees protest outside Orange HQ, cover logo with Israeli flag....

6/4/2015

Thank You Letter Re the Washington State Supreme Court Victory

Now that our State Supreme Court has decisively riled in my clients` favor, I wanted to take the time to personally thank you and StandWithUs for the extraordinary support provided to my clients in the appeal of their lawsuit against the Board of the Olympia Food Co-op. ...

6/4/2015

Meet the Organization Fighting the Uphill Battle Against BDS

StandWithUs is an organization which has sought to fill the void left in the wake of international attempts to delegitimize Israel....

6/4/2015

American-Israeli Billionaire Haim Saban Strikes Back at Orange CEO Over Israel Boycott Comments

The BDS movement began in 2005, when according to their official website; “Palestinian civil society issued a call for a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights”. ...

6/3/2015

StandWithUs UK Strongly Condemns the National Union of Students for passing a BDS Motion on June 2, 2015

StandWithUs UK strongly condemns the National Union of Students (NUS) for passing a one-sided motion to boycott Israeli companies, following lobbying by BDS activists. ...

6/2/2015

Egypt`s Blockade of Gaza

Since the beginning of this year, the Egyptians have opened the Rafah border crossing for five days only. ...

6/2/2015

StandWithUs marched in the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York, May 31, 2015

On Sunday, May 31, StandWithUs marched in the Celebrate Israel Parade on Fifth Avenue in New York. ...

6/1/2015

Khawaled Village - Bedouin Pride in Israel

Bedouin community embraces the country that embraces them....

6/1/2015

SWU MZ Teen Intern Andrew Jacobson Receives the Star of David Award from Israel Bonds May 26, 2015

StandWithUs MZ Teen Andrew Jacobson, Swampscott High School, Swampscott, Massachusetts remarks as he receives the Star of David (Youth Honoree) award from Israel Bonds at its North Shore, NY event on May 26, 2015...

6/1/2015

Videography on Campus - A fact sheet outlining when one can video or photograph on campuses, looking at both private and public universities.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: VIDEOING ON CAMPUS...

6/1/2015

BDS is a Threat to Israel`s Very Existence

ISIS? Iran? North Korea? The industry of lies spun by the BDS movement is succeeding in convincing more and more people that Israel is the source of evil in the world. Make no mistake: This is not a campaign against the settlements. It is a war on the legitimacy of the Jewish state. All reasonable forces, from right and left, must act against the economic, academic, and cultural boycott which has become a strategic threat. Yedioth Ahronoth is enlisting in the fight back....

5/29/2015

Washington Supreme Court Paves Way to Reopen Olympia Co-op BDS Case

The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a ruling by a lower court that ordered five plaintiffs who sued the Olympia Food Co-op over a 2011 vote to adopt anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions measures to pay fees and damages to the supermarket`s board members, the Algemeiner has learned....

5/29/2015

Israeli Companies Bring Jobs to American Cities

In one week, 3 Israel-based firms opened or finalized plans to build new facilities in the US, and with it employment opportunities...

5/29/2015

Supreme Court Ruling On Food Co-op Opens Door to Lawsuit Over BDS

The Washington Supreme Court reversed a ruling that protected the Olympia Food Co-op from lawsuits over its boycott of Israeli products....

5/28/2015

Jewish Club Welcomes Israeli Soldiers

On Monday, April 13, Shorecrest High School`s Jewish Club welcomes two Israeli soldiers to share experiences from their life....

5/28/2015

Youth Summit On Israel Was Interfaith Event

Five teens met at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield to discuss Israel in an interfaith Youth Summit On Israel, Sunday, April 26....

5/28/2015

Breaking News!! BDS Defeat at Washington Supreme Court, May 28, 2015

May 28, 2015, StandWithUs is thrilled to share the news that, in a major setback to the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) campaign, this morning the Washington State Supreme Court held, by a vote of 9-0 that a lawsuit can proceed against Olympia Food Co-op board members, challenging their 2011 decision to boycott Israeli products....

5/27/2015

El Al: A Passionate Commitment to Israel

El Al has constantly made the case that it is the only airline which can be relied on to continue flying to and from Israel through thick and thin....

5/27/2015

Israel`s JudoTteam Suffers Ongoing Harassment in Morocco

Israeli delegation arriving for World Masters competition held up at Rabat airport for more than eight hours, competition`s organizers remove Israeli flag, and local audience waves Palestinian flags and chants `we will murder you.`...

5/27/2015

ACTION ALERT! Kick extremism out of football. SIGN THE PETITION

Palestinian Football Association leader Jibril Rajoub is leading the effort to have the Israeli Football team kicked out of the World Cup run by international body FIFA. The event will be held June 5-July 6, 2015....

5/27/2015

Moroccan Authorities Take Down Israeli Judo Team

Athletes held for nine hours in airport; spectators at the World Masters Judo Tournament shout `We`ll kill you` at them...

5/27/2015

International Farhud Day Declared at the United Nations on June 1, 2015

The Farhud was the Holocaust-era massacre committed by Arab nationalists, done in coordination with the Nazis....

5/26/2015

StandWithUs Applauds UC President Napolitano`s Leadership Against Anti-Semetic, Anti-Israel Bigotry on Campuses

StandWithUs applauds UC President Janet Napolitano`s support for officially adopting the U.S. State Department`s definition of anti-Semitism in the University of California [UC] system. Such a policy could play a critical role in stemming bigotry on UC campuses. ...

5/26/2015

Michael Dickson Joined a Forum of Israel`s leading organizational directors under 40 at President Rivlin`s Residence, May 18, 2015

SWU-Israel director Michael Dickson was honored to be chosen to join a forum of Israeli for-profit CEO`s and non-profit organizational directors under 40 (“Spectrum.IL) and to meet Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at his residence on May 18, 2015....

5/26/2015

Terror Survivor to Lecture on Human Rights

Kay Wilson, a survivor of a terror attack in Israel, will be the guest speaker at the second annual StandWithUs Canada Campus Champions Dinner to be held on June 1 at a private home....

5/26/2015

Diplomacy: Pulling in Different Directions

As the new government gets started, the main actors in the Mideast diplomatic drama are all pulling in very different directions....

5/26/2015

Congress Can Fight the Boycott Israel Movement

Israel has faced existential danger since its founding. It pushed back conventional assaults during the 1948 War of Independence against Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Jordan, the 1967 Six Day War against Egypt, Syria and Jordan, and the 1973 Yom Kippur War against an Arab coalition led by Egypt and Syria. ...

5/26/2015

6th Annual “Israeli Soldiers Tour”

StandWithUs` rolled through Oklahoma, northern Miami and North Carolina with four Israel Defense Force (IDF) reserve duty soldier/students sharing their stories with thousands at colleges, high schools, churches and synagogues....

5/22/2015

BDS on Campus Part II: When Does `Anti-Israel` Become Anti-Semitic?

Liana Kadisha, a senior at Stanford University, says some Jewish students on her campus feel they have to hide who they are. ...

5/22/2015

Brooklyn Food Co-op Becomes BDS Battlefield

Both supporters and opponents of boycotting Israel say the other side is spewing lies. That is, when they`re not busy rushing the stage....

5/21/2015

BBYO Teen Interviews StandWithUs High School Coordinators During Annual Convention February 13-14, 2015 in Atlanta, GA

BBYO Teen Interviews StandWithUs High School Coordinators, Sarah Gipoor and Tahli Hanuka, about the Partnership with StandWithUs" During Annual Convention ...

5/21/2015

Lital and Elad Share Their Perspectives on "L`Chayim" JBS on May 14, 2015

Lital and Elad who participated in StandWithUs` 6th Israeli Soldiers Tour are interviewed by Rabbi Mark S. Golub on "L`Chayim" his show on Shalom TV, Jewish Broadcasting Service on May 14, 2015....

5/21/2015

Grapevine: Barbara and Bernard Diamond Host a Reception for StandWithUs - Israel

PRIOR TO the official launch of the new StandWithUs headquarters off Jerusalem`s King David Street, ...

5/20/2015

March of Living Makes Impact on Teens

March of the Living Holocaust educational trip to Poland and Israel makes impact on Boca Raton teens Daniella Cohen - a senior at Weinbaum Yeshiva High School in Boca Raton - was affected deeply by what she saw on the recent March of the Living - Southern Region Holocaust educational trip to Poland and Israel that she went on....

5/20/2015

As Illinois quashes Israel boycotts, some see watershed in fight against BDS

A day after landmark legislation passes Illinois legislature, pro-Israel activists say winning formula can work in other states...

5/19/2015

Breaking News: Illinois House Joins the Senate in Passing Historic Anti-BDS Bill May 18, 2015

StandWithUs congratulates the Illinois House which on May 18, 2015 joined the state`s senate in unanimously passing a bill that would prevent the state`s pension fund from investing in companies that boycott Israel. Gov. Bruce Rauner has pledged to sign the historic “anti-BDS” bill. ...

5/19/2015

Illinois, Latest State to Oppose BDS, Takes Concrete Action Against Boycotters

Illinois on Monday became the third state in a month to pass legislation formally opposing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. ...

5/15/2015

Why I Tour The U.S. As An Israeli Soldier

Lital and I participated in the 6th "Israeli Soldiers Tour," speaking on campuses, high schools, synagogues and churches throughout the Northeast. This included John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) staged a "die-in" last semester....

5/14/2015

Huge BDS Loss - GreenStar Food Coop Rejects Israel Boycott

Coop legal counsel finds national origin boycott could violate NY Human Rights Law....

5/14/2015

StandWithUs Congratulates Illinois for Standing Strong Against Boycotting Israel May 14, 2015

Illinois is the first state to pass legislation (SB 1761, Amendment 3) prohibiting a state agency from doing business with any business that boycotts Israel. ...

5/13/2015

Israeli Soldiers Visit with San Antonio Area High Schoolers

Two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers shared their personal experiences with area high school students as part of the annual Israeli Soldiers Tour sponsored by StandWithUs (SWU) in February....

5/13/2015

That the World May Not End

How we can begin the end of radical Islam...

5/13/2015

StandWithUs Extends Billboard Campaign With a New Location May 8-June 5, 2015.

Reminder of US-Israel Relationship Southbound On I-95 and Oregon...

5/13/2015

The Nuclear Deal with Iran

The Israeli government is united in opposing the Lausanne framework, which does not block Iran`s path to the bomb; it paves Iran`s path to the bomb....

5/12/2015

MUST WATCH: By George, This Is Another Great Speech!

VIDEO: Israeli-Arab diplomat George Deek has still got it, much to the chagrin of the Israel haters (hat tip: StandWithUs). ...

5/12/2015

Publication of Israeli Soldiers` Accounts Clouded by Political Agenda

On May 4, 2015, Breaking the Silence, a small Israeli non-governmental organisation, published anonymous allegations from Israel Defence Forces soldiers who are said to have fought in Gaza during summer 2014, purporting to "close the yawning gaps between what the IDF and government spokespersons told the public about the combat scenarios, and the reality described by the soldiers ..."...

5/11/2015

Senators for Community Colleges Reject Divestment

Student representatives from the state`s 112 community colleges - representing 2.1 million students - rejected an Israel divestment resolution at a general assembly gathering last week in Southern California, according to a tweet posted shortly after the vote....

5/11/2015

How This Jordanian Arab Became an Ardent Zionist

Abe Haak, an Arab born in Irbid, Jordan and raised to hate Israel, has undergone an incredible transformation over the past 37 years....

5/7/2015

California Community College Student Vote Against Divestment From Israel

This week the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel suffered a defeat in California as the governing student body which represents over 2.1 million students in the California Community College System voted to reject a resolution to divest from companies doing business with the Jewish State. ...

5/7/2015

Ethiopian Doctor Who Lit Yom Ha`Atzmaut Torch Heads IDF Team in Nepal Dr. Avi Yitzchak, the first

Israel`s first Ethiopian doctor, who lit one of the traditional torches on Yom Ha`Atzmaut give years ago, is leading the IDF medical team in Nepal....

5/7/2015

Anti-Israel Indoctrination Parading as Education, Sponsored by Boston University

I am grateful to Americans for Peace and Tolerance for exposing the bias and misinformation in Boston University`s “Axis of Hope” program. ...

5/6/2015

Israel`s Arab Diplomat Tells StandWithUs Guests Why He Backs the Jewish State

Pro-Israel grassroots group StandWithUs UK held its first annual reception on Thursday, with Arab-Israeli diplomat George Deek telling the 270 guests that Arab and Jews in Israel shared common goals and fears....

5/6/2015

BDS Suffers Crushing Defeat at Bowdoin College, May 6, 2015

StandWithUs congratulates students at Bowdoin College for overwhelmingly rejecting a student-wide referendum calling for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel....

5/6/2015

Bowdoin College Students Overwhelmingly Reject Israel Boycott

Bowdoin College Student Government held an unprecedented all-student referendum, sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine, for a full academic and cultural boycott of Israel (not just “divestment” from certain companies)....

5/6/2015

A Conversation with an IDF Soldier

The Goldstone Report, and a generally biased press aside, Israel has, by all standards, the most humane army the world has ever known....

5/6/2015

Video and Transcript: Israeli-Arab Diplomat George Deek`s Speech at the StandWithUs UK Event

Israeli-Arab Diplomat George Deek`s Speech at the StandWithUs UK Event April, 2015. ...

5/5/2015

The Misleading of Ms. Lauryn Hill

Sorry, Ms. Lauryn Hill but your statement doesn`t cut it. People are interpreting your cancellation as you boycotting the world`s only Jewish country...

5/5/2015

VIDEO: Maureen Lipman accepts Beacon of Light award for Israel support

Video...

5/4/2015

Why America Needs Israel

While Israel stays the course, the Obama administration has turned American foreign policy on its head. ...

5/4/2015

For the Love of Israel

We Arabs claim that Israel is a western imperialist enterprise, the small Satan to the U.S.`s big Satan....

5/4/2015

California Community College Students Reject BDS, May 3rd, 2015

StandWithUs applauds the General Assembly of the Student Senate of California Community Colleges for their decisive rejection of a resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel. On May 3rd, during their semi-annual meeting, the General Assembly voted against divestment with a final tally of 25 in favor, 44 opposed, and six abstentions....

5/4/2015

UN Report Outlines How Hamas Used Kids as Human Shields

The headlines in most places were entirely predictable: “UN Says Israel Killed 44 Palestinians in Schools During Gaza War.” ...

5/4/2015

Putting a Human Face To The IDF Uniform

When the StandWithUs (SWU) “Israeli Soldiers Tour” visited Massachusetts, SWU MZ Teen Intern Jack Rubin, from Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, and I knew we wanted to bring former soldiers Lital and Elad to the North Shore. ...

5/1/2015

Israeli Soldiers` Tour Gave Portrait Of Reality

On April 16-17, the sixth annual StandWithUs (SWU) Israeli Soldiers Tour visited Michigan and met with more than 100 adults and students in West Bloomfield, Southfield, Detroit and Ann Arbor....

5/1/2015

Israel`s Arab Diplomat Tells StandWithUs Guests Why he Backs the Jewish State

Pro-Israel grassroots group StandWithUs UK held its first annual reception on Thursday, with Arab-Israeli diplomat George Deek telling the 270 guests that Arab and Jews in Israel shared common goals and fears....

5/1/2015

New Anti-Semitic Film All the Rage in Turkey

Turkey`s biggest enemy, according to its Islamist rulers, is not the fanatical jihadists who now neighbor their country in large swathes of land in Syria and Iraq; nor is it the thousands of "sleepers" at home -- the same jihadists who have not staged a sensational act of terror, but might yet....

5/1/2015

Stories from the IDF: From Ethiopia to the Israeli Defense Force

This is the eighth in a series of stories told by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve duty soldier-students about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com....

4/30/2015

A Civil-Rights Veteran Slams the Anti-Israel `Jim Crow` Smear

In their campaign to smear the Jewish homeland, Israel`s enemies regularly raid the history books for the worst examples of human cruelty. Israel has been compared to the former apartheid regime in South Africa and even Nazi Germany....

4/30/2015

Progressing Backwards: Tough Times For Israel On Campus

I have a good friend, a professional in the financial world and a mensch: soft spoken, kind and a scholar. ...

4/30/2015

Hen Mazzig, StandWithUs Director of Israel Education, Addresses YULA Students

Hen Mazzig, the StandWithUs Director of Israel Education, spoke at YULA on Wednesday....

4/30/2015

On the First Day, IDF Field Hospital in Nepal Treats Nearly 100, Delivers Baby

Army colleagues of Israel`s last missing national, IDF vet Or Asraf, head to Kathmandu to join search for him...

4/30/2015

Kathmandu Chabad Rabbi Borrows Helicopter in Nepal Relief Effort

The co-director of the Kathmandu Chabad house director borrowed a Nepali helicopter to bring food and water to hikers stranded in the aftermath of the earthquake....

4/29/2015

WATCH: IDF field hospital opens doors in earthquake-ravaged Nepal - Israel News - Jerusalem Post

Video - IDF field hospital opens doors in earthquake-ravaged Nepal...

4/29/2015

Israeli Soldiers Tour - Putting a Human Face to the IDF Uniform

2015 marks the 6th StandWithUs` "Israeli Soldiers Tour” (Formerly “Israel Soldiers` Stories”.)...

4/29/2015

Stories from the IDF: Keren, Giving Back to the Community

This is the seventh in a series of stories told by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve duty soldier-students about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com....

4/29/2015

iFest: Celebrating Israel at UC Irvine, a Recap

The Israel Festival (iFEST) 2015 has made history on campus as the first time in a long time where the Jewish students of other organizations truly stepped out of the shadows and stood proud and stood strong in their support of Israel....

4/28/2015

Combating Anti-Semitism

More than 300 people attended a four-hour workshop on "Anti-Semitism on College Campuses and Internationally," on April 21 at the South County Civic Center in Delray Beach, hosted by Florida Atlantic Hadassah....

4/28/2015

Israel at 67 - Contributing to a Better World

On Thursday, April 23, 2015, the Jewish state celebrated its 67th birthday - corresponding to the 5th of Iyar on the Hebrew calendar. ...

4/27/2015

Soldiers Put Human Face to IDF While on Tour

The “Israeli Soldiers Stories Tour” - now in its sixth year - has become one of the most important programs that StandWithUs sponsors...

4/27/2015

Israel Responds to Earthquake in Nepal

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman spoke with Israel Ambassador to Nepal, Yaron Meir, and received from him an update on the situation there following the severe earthquake....

4/27/2015

The StandWithUs “Israeli Soldiers Tour” Comes to Delaware

They don`t look like soldiers, and they don`t dress like soldiers. Instead of a military uniform, Elad was wearing a black button down and khakis, and Lital was dressed in a bright pink top and black pants. ...

4/27/2015

Stories from the IDF: Crossing the Yemeni Desert to Serve

This is the sixth in a series of stories told by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve duty soldier-students about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com....

4/27/2015

Colleges Connect With Israel

Students recently enjoyed falafel and the sounds of Israeli music while celebrating the Jewish state`s culture, history and independence right on their own college campus....

4/27/2015

Israeli Soldiers Share Their Experience of Serving in the IDF at Congregation Shomrei Torah

Israel Independence Day in Santa Rosa...

4/24/2015

Lessons Learned Fighting BDS at UC Davis

INSIDE BDS: PART 1...

4/24/2015

Visiting Young Israelis Chat Up the Country They Love

Two young Israelis - one a man who worked in a special forces unit of the Israel Defense Forces and the other a black Jewish woman born in Ethiopia - want Americans to see their country through their eyes....

4/24/2015

An Open Letter to Cornel West

This is a humble request sent to you from a rank-and-file Jewish professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, where you are scheduled to deliver a keynote address in honor of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, titled “Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity.”...

4/24/2015

To: Professor Presner, UCLA Jewish Studies: Why did you invite a BDS supporter to honor the memory of the late Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel?

We represent 20 organizations with hundreds of thousands of supporters and members who are deeply concerned about the alarming rise of antisemitism on campuses across the country, including at UCLA....

4/24/2015

StandWithUs Congratulates Princeton students for rejecting divestment, April 24, 2015

On April 24th it was announced that Princeton students defeated a student-wide referendum calling for divestment from certain companies doing business with Israel. The referendum, which occurred from April 20th-22nd, 2015 was defeated with a vote of 965 in favor and 1,067 against....

4/23/2015

An Urgent Call to Rescind Cornel West`s Invitation to Speak in memory of Rabbi Heschel

The Center for Jewish Studies at UCLA recently announced that Cornel West will be the keynote speaker at a conference honoring the late Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel...

4/22/2015

Tennessee General Assembly Becomes First State Legislature to Condemn BDS

The Tennessee General Assembly on Tuesday became the first state legislature in the U.S. to formally condemn the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel....

4/22/2015

StandWithUs Congratulates UT Austin Students for Defeating Divestment on April 21st, 2015

StandWithUs congratulates UT Austin students for defeating divestment on April 21st, 2015...

4/21/2015

Israel Divestment Efforts Increasing on U.S. Campuses

Anti-Semitic comments voiced at recent UC Santa Barbara debate, Princeton undergrads voting on divestment resolution this week....

4/20/2015

A Beautiful Love Letter To Israel

Love Letter To Israel...

4/20/2015

Building a Community Network to Fight a Hate Network

Given your Jewish identity, how would you vote on divestment [from the State of Israel]?” Such was the question posed to Molly Horwitz this month, a junior at Stanford University, as she sought the endorsement of the Students of Color Coalition in her bid for student government. ...

4/17/2015

Another Close Divestment Vote Ends in Victory For Pro-Israel Students

The University of California-Santa Barbara student government voted 13-12 against an Israel divestment resolution, with the senate president breaking the tie, The Daily Nexus reported early Thursday morning....

4/17/2015

PA President Abbas Honors Fatah Terrorists in Official Ceremony

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas awarded medals to the first male and female jailed Fatah members and the group`s first "martyred" terrorist, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reports....

4/17/2015

Target of Anti-Israel Witch Hunt Stands Up for Freedom of Speech

In accusing Prof. Andrew Pessin of racism, three students launched a political correctness snowball that is starting to boomerang...

4/16/2015

Empowering the Next Generation of Israel`s Leaders and Ambassadors

StandWithUs Israel Fellowship Retreat Conference 2015...

4/16/2015

Fatah: Violence and terror is Fatah`s way

Fatah video celebrated 5 suicide bombings by Fatah that murdered 55 civilians...

4/16/2015

StandWithUs applauds UCSB students for defeating anti-Semitic divestment resolution, April 15-16, 2015

StandWithUs applauds UCSB students for defeating anti-Semitic divestment resolution, April 15-16, 2015...

4/16/2015

War Stories from the Israeli Front Lines

IDF veterans visit Massachusetts on annual speaking tour...

4/16/2015

Say Yes to Peace

My name is Paul Felder. I am a freshman, and I serve on the board of Wash U Students for Israel....

4/15/2015

Hamas Rebuilding War Machine as Gaza Deteriorates

The Hamas leadership in Gaza has been unable to rebuild any of the homes destroyed in last summer`s war with Israel, but the terrorist group has had little trouble using heavy machinery to restore its vast tunnel networks that can be used in future attacks....

4/15/2015

Idan Raichel in Manhattanville College, April 13 2015

On April 13, StandWithUs, in partnership with Hillels of Westchester and several wonderful student groups on campus, had the pleasure of hosting the incredible Idan Raichel at Manhattanville College NY....

4/13/2015

PRO-ISRAEL PROFESSOR AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE NEEDS YOUR HELP

StandWithUs is deeply concerned by a student-led defamation campaign against Connecticut College pro-Israel professor Andrew Pessin, and by his administration`s apparent inaction against this vicious attack. ...

4/13/2015

Say Yes to Peace

My name is Paul Felder. I am a freshman, and I serve on the board of Wash U Students for Israel....

4/11/2015

STANDWITHUS LAUNCHES BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN IN WASHINGTON DC APRIL 20, 2015 URGES END TO U.S. FINANCING PALESTINIAN EXTREMISM

StandWithUs will kick off a billboard campaign in Washington DC to educate the public about how their tax dollars help fund the Palestinian extremism and terrorism that prevent peace....

4/11/2015

StandWithUs congratulates San Diego State University (SDSU) students for defeating a BDS referendum April 6-9, 2015

StandWithUs has congratulated students at SDSU for defeating a student-wide referendum calling for divestment from companies doing business with Israel....

4/11/2015

Iran-backed Yemenite (Houthi) children: "Death To America"

The true evil of brainwashing children....

4/10/2015

StandWithUs congratulates SDSU students for defeating a BDS referendum April 6-9, 2015

StandWithUs congratulates students at SDSU for defeating a student-wide referendum calling for divestment from companies doing business with Israel. ...

4/9/2015

Seder Night Meal for International Students at the StandWithUs Education Center

A traditional Passover Meal for International Students studying in Israel was held at the new StandWithUs Education Center in Jerusalem. ...

4/9/2015

Not Convinced about Iran Deal

Even Obama admirers, such as myself, will not be cheering this particular agreement with Iran. ...

4/9/2015

From Embers to a Flame

Towards the end of my semester in Israel last year, a StandWithUs educator came to introduce our group of 31 teens to the concept of Israel activism. ...

4/9/2015

Jewish Terror Survivor and Israeli Muslim Zionist Speak Out

Kay Wilson & Muhammad Zoabi speak about their experiences, their love of Israel and how they formed a friendship....

4/9/2015

Reconciling Weariness and Love: Yehuda Avner`s Legacy

Yehuda Avner (z``l) is one of the most important of Israel`s unsung heroes for Jewish youth today. Avner`s impact in establishing the course of the Jewish state is immeasurable as he served as an advisor to Israeli Prime Minister`s Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, a speechwriter to Prime Ministers Golda Meir and Levi Eshkol, and as an Israeli Ambassador to Australia and the United Kingdom. ...

4/7/2015

STANDWITHUS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT

StandWithUs applauds the P5+1 for attempting to halt Iran`s nuclear arms program through diplomacy. However, we have grave reservations about the framework agreement reached on April 2. ...

4/7/2015

The Best and the Brightest for Jews and Israel

Cognitive actions against Israel fuels the Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) movement`s war against Israel....

4/6/2015

Soldiers Give Back

IN LATE FEBRUARY, two Israeli Soldiers left their lives and families in Israel for two weeks and traveled the Southern United States giving presentations about themselves and their service in the IDF to different religious and ethnic groups. ...

4/6/2015

Israeli Soldiers Tour Comes To Detroit April 16-17, 2015

The StandWithUs (SWU) annual Israeli Soldiers Tour will visit the Detroit area on Thursday-Friday, April 16-17, 2015. ...

4/6/2015

Open letter to my fellow Jewish college students: We were freed 3000 years ago, it is time to stop taking that for granted!

As a Jewish child, I was taught every year about the significance of Passover....

4/6/2015

Synagogue hosts `Buy Israeli Goods` program

Boca Raton Synagogue hosts StandWithUs Buy Israeli Goods program. With Israel`s Independence Day (Yom Ha`atzmaut) coming up on Thursday, April 23, now is a good time for Jews in the United States to think what we can do to support the state of Israel as it plans to celebrate its 67th year of existence....

4/2/2015

StandWithUs Applauds UCSB Student Senate for Condemning anti-Semitism and anti-Israel Hate Speech on April 1, 2015

On April 1, 2015, the Associated Students Senate of UCSB voted unanimously in favor of a resolution to condemn anti-Semitism and anti-Israel hate speech within the UC system and at other universities. ...

4/2/2015

STANDWITHUS APPLAUDS UK SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY

We commend the University of Southampton which determined on April 1 that an anti-Israel conference could not be held on campus. ...

4/1/2015

Two Israeli soldiers visit JCC, schools, April 13-14, 2015

StandWithUs invites the community to hear the “Israeli Soldiers Tour” talk on Monday, April 13 at 7 p.m., at the Loup JCC of Denver, which is a co-sponsor. ...

3/31/2015

First-of-its-kind conference on BDS showcases diverse pro-Israel strategies

I was privileged to attend and participate in a recent conference organized by StandWithUs in Los Angeles, entitled “Combating the Boycott Movement Against Israel (BDS) -- Understanding the BDS Movement`s Strategies and Tactics.”...

3/31/2015

Sign Petition Against Bad Iran Deal

The deadline for a framework for a deal with Iran is upon us. ...

3/31/2015

New Video! SJP: Promoting Hate Under the Guise of Social Justice

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) sells itself as a group of grassroots activists for human rights and justice, but what they do in reality is promote an anti-peace, anti-justice, anti-human rights agenda on campus. ...

3/30/2015

Amnesty: Palestinian Groups Committed War Crimes

Indiscriminate attacks by Palestinians on civilians during last summer`s 50-day fight with Israel killed more Palestinians than Israelis and amounted to war crimes, the Amnesty International rights group said....

3/28/2015

The Israeli Arabs

Since the end of military rule in the 1960s, Israeli Arabs have come to believe that the Israeli government is serving their interests. They are increasingly seeing themselves as Israeli citizens, not as Palestinian outsiders....

3/27/2015

Barak Lurie, Between Metaphor and Reality

When I was in my teens, living in Israel, each Friday, when returning from work, my mother brought home the weekend edition of the newspaper Yediot A`charonot, meaning, `latest news.` In each weekend edition there was a carton by Ra`anan Lurie....

3/27/2015

Pro-Israel Groups Express Criticisms of BDS Movement During Israel Peace Week

Israel Peace Week this year offered a pro-Israel narrative to counter what zionists allege is anti-Israel propaganda....

3/27/2015

Pro- Israel Advocates Develop Strategies at Conference

This past weekend I was privileged to attend and participate in a conference organized by StandWithUs in Los Angeles....

3/27/2015

STANDWITHUS MILESTONE COUNTER-BDS CONFERENCE

StandWithUs`s recent three day, trail-blazing conference could change the course of pro-Israel activism. The “Counter-BDS Conference,” held in Los Angeles from March 21-23, brought together world-class experts who are on the frontlines fighting all spheres of the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign [BDS]. ...

3/27/2015

`Israeli Soldiers Tour` Travels to Richmond

`Israeli Soldiers Tour` travels to Richmond February, 2015 BBYO Richmond, Weinstein JCC, and the Jewish Federation of Richmond hosted the StandWithUs` “Israeli Soldiers Tour” on Feb. 24 at the Center. Gal and Yehuda, two former IDF soldiers, spoke to the teens, parents and community members about their experiences in the IDF....

3/27/2015

Northeastern Rejects BDS Referendum Request

Pro-Israel students at Northeastern University and Boston`s Jewish communal leaders expressed relief and pride after the school`s Student Government Association rejected a resolution that would have brought a referendum to the entire student body asking the university to divest from certain companies doing business with Israel....

3/26/2015

L.A. Conference Looks at Strategies to Beat Back BDS

Here`s a fun fact about anti-Israel activity on college campuses: Of the 18 Israel divestment measures that have come before student senates this school year, five passed but 13 have failed....

3/25/2015

Stories from the IDF: Leaving Ethiopia to Serve and Defend

This is the fifth in a series of stories told by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve duty soldier-students about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. ...

3/25/2015

Experts Wrestle with Anti-Israel Movement on Campus

With anti-Israel sentiment spreading on college campuses around the world, especially through the “boycott, divestment, sanctions” (BDS) movement, experts gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday to suggest ways to push back during Stand With Us`s first anti-BDS conference....

3/24/2015

BDS Money Trail: Taxpayers Funding Anti-Israel Hate on Campus, Experts Say

The sources of monetary funding for anti-Israel propaganda and movements such as boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) on college campuses can be linked to taxpayer dollars, according to experts at the StandWithUs conference, a gathering of pro-Israel activists....

3/23/2015

The Case Against Iran

Why Iran`s nuclear program must be stopped. Now....

3/23/2015

Stories from the IDF: From Ethiopia to the Israeli Defense Forces

This is the fourth in a series of stories told by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve duty soldier-students about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com....

3/19/2015

Michael Douglas Finds Judaism and Faces Anti-Semitism

Last summer our family went to Southern Europe on holiday....

3/19/2015

StandWithUs Statement on March 2015 Israeli Elections

StandWithUs Statement on March 2015 Israeli Elections...

3/19/2015

Hundreds Attend Seminar on Campus Israel Advocacy

Advocates for Israel issued warnings and offered ways to combat anti-Semitism at institutions of higher learning throughout North America....

3/19/2015

Berkeley`s Swastika Problem: Are America`s Liberal Colleges Breeding Anti-Semitism?

From neo-Nazi graffiti at Berkeley to the grilling of a Jewish student at UCLA, anti-Semitism is on the rise at liberal schools thought to be bastions of political correctness....

3/17/2015

Tel Aviv Named 2nd Best High-Tech Center

International study ranks Israeli metropolis immediately after Silicon Valley as top place in the world to found a startup company...

3/17/2015

McGill Undergraduates Defeat BDS Motion - Again

The McGill University undergraduates` association defeated a motion that urged the university to divest from companies “profiting from the illegal occupation of Palestinian territories” by a vote of 276 to 212, with nine abstentions....

3/17/2015

Northeastern Student Senate Rejects Divestment Resolution

Student leaders at Northeastern University rejected a resolution that had the Boston school divesting from companies doing business with Israel....

3/16/2015

StandWithUs Canada Congratulates McGill Students for Defeating BDS on Campus

Today, student leaders at McGill University mobilized to defeat a racist BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) motion brought forth by SSMU, their student union. With a vote of 212 for, 276 against, and 9 abstentions, the motion failed. ...

3/16/2015

Jews Need Not Apply?

A University of California at Los Angeles student was nearly denied a position on the student government`s judicial board last month after student representatives questioned whether her ties to the Jewish community were a conflict of interest....

3/16/2015

Opinion: Enough is Enough. Stop Pushing Anti-Israel BDS at McGill

Just a few short months ago, McGill students were faced with a decision: Support a motion led by Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, calling for the Students` Society of McGill University`s condemnation of Israel - a motion polarizing the student body and marginalizing Jewish and pro-Israel students - or defeat it. ...

3/16/2015

Los Angeles Conference Confronts BDS Financing and Tactics

The anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction (BDS) movement is said to have ignited in earnest in 2005....

3/16/2015

PETITION: Remove Assoc. Prof. Jake Lynch of Sydney University

PETITION: Remove Assoc. Prof. Jake Lynch of Sydney University...

3/16/2015

Soldiers Put Human Face to IDF While on Tour

When the idea for the "Israeli Soldiers Tour" was first put to StandWithUs executive director Roz Rothstein - who founded the international nonprofit pro-Israel education organization in 2001 - she didn`t think it was a very good idea....

3/13/2015

Pro-Palestine `Justice` Group Sparks Injustice on Campus

On March 4, members of Students for Justice in Palestine at U.C. Santa Cruz dressed in mock Israeli Defense Force uniforms and blocked the entry of students to McHenry Library until those wanting to enter the library produced “proper identification.”...

3/13/2015

Israeli Video Competition: Win a trip to Israel and meet the president! TWO WEEK DEADLINE!

iIsrael Competition: Show Us Your Passion & Win a Trip to Israel to meet the President of the State of Israel...

3/13/2015

Know Both Sides Before Signing on to Divestment

I was sitting in the student union on campus this week, the center place of student life here at San Diego State University, when I overheard a conversation happening 10 feet away from me....

3/13/2015

AskHamas Twitter Campaign Backfires on Gaza Militant Group

A Twitter hashtag campaign launched by Hamas on Friday to build support in the West seems to be backfiring with users mocking the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza....

3/13/2015

UCSA Vote Underlies the Absurdity and Hate Behind BDS

Last Sunday, the University of California Student Association (UCSA) voted to divest from, among others, the American government, as well as companies doing business with Israel. ...

3/12/2015

British University Seminar to Question Israel`s Legitimacy

UK lawmaker slams `provocative` conference that casts doubt on the legality of the Jewish state`s right to exist...

3/12/2015

Let Them Never Be Forgotten

I spent the summer on NCSY JOLT, a five-week program that takes 40 teens to Poland, Austria, Germany and Israel....

3/11/2015

StandWithUs Applauds UCLA Student Council for Condemning anti-Semitism and anti-Israel Hate Speech on March 10, 2015

On March 10, the Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC) at UCLA voted unanimously in favor of a resolution to condemn anti-Semitism and anti-Israel hate speech within the UC system and at other universities...

3/11/2015

Israeli-American Council Gala In LA Raises Over $23 Million

More than 1,100 prominent Israeli-American community supporters and philanthropists from across the country raised $23.4 million at the Israeli-American Council (IAC)`S Seventh Annual Gala March 8 in Los Angeles....

3/10/2015

Stories from the IDF: The Music of Life

This is the third in a series of stories told by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve duty soldier-students about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. Elad is one of 14 speakers traveling around the United States as a part of StandWithUs` 6th annual “Israeli Soldiers Tour,” putting a human face to the IDF uniform. Last names are withheld for security purposes....

3/10/2015

Israeli Soldiers` Stories at the UA

Israeli reserve duty soldier-students Ashager and Eyal spoke at the University of Arizona to 140 students at ROTC and 130 at the UA Hillel Foundation (including the AEPi fraternity) on Feb. 25 as part of the 6th “Israeli Soldiers Tour” sponsored by StandWithUs, an international Israel education organization. ...

3/10/2015

Fighting BDS With Billboards

The pro-Israel billboard visible on I-95 at Lehigh Road since March 5 is a part of a much bigger campaign....

3/10/2015

`Blurred Line`: Anti-Israel Campus Climate Leading to Bigotry, Warn Critics

Over the next 40 minutes, a humiliated Beyda stood before the board that would eventually confirm her and defended her faith and fairness in an ugly confrontation that ended when a faculty adviser intervened. ...

3/9/2015

IDF Soldiers School Students

Visiting pair humanize life in Israeli army...

3/9/2015

Scared Away as Hate Grows at SOAS

JC investigation uncovers wave of intimidation and harassment at university...

3/5/2015

Elon Pro-Israel Organization Brings Former IDF Soldiers to Campus

A recently formed Elon University cultural organization called Israel Dialogue, Education and Advocacy (IDEA) brought two Israeli reservist soldiers to campus Friday through the national non-profit organization Stand With Us....

3/5/2015

AIPAC: 16,000 Hear Common Themes

“It`s put on my calendar 12 months in advance because I find it one of the most exciting, invigorating and fruitful weeks of my year,” said Phil Cohen, of Pepper Pike and five-time attendee of the annual AIPAC policy conference....

3/5/2015

New Round of Bus Ads in S.F.

The sides of Muni buses in San Francisco are once again being used for competing pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian political messages....

3/5/2015

A Taglit Poster Child on a Jewish Journey

Ariela Haim is the perfect poster child for Taglit-Birthright. ...

3/5/2015

Should Some Events Be “Laid to Rest”?

This year marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration camp. In honor of its liberation, Jan. 27 has historically served as International Holocaust Memorial Day. ...

3/5/2015

The Path to Peace is Dialogue

Last Thursday, we had the pleasure of Lt. Hen Mazzig (Res.) coming to speak to us and fellow students at the University of Bristol, thanks to StandWithUs. Joining an audience predominantly made up of Jewish students, among other attendees, a few members of the Bristol Friends of Palestine Society (PalSoc) and other students that were interested in the conflict were present....

3/4/2015

Two Jewish Teens Honored for Leadership

The Lappin Foundation is pleased to announce its inaugural awards for teen leadership and Israel advocacy....

3/4/2015

Arab Commentators Strongly Back Netanyahu on Congress Speech, Iran Nuclear Threat

Leading Arab opinion makers weighed in on the controversy surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu`s address to Congress on Tuesday and expressed strong support for his stance on the Iranian nuclear threat....

3/3/2015

Stories from the IDF: Reaching Out to the Young Diaspora

This is the second in a series of stories told by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve duty soldier-students about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. ...

3/3/2015

Anti-Israel Divestment Push Gains Traction at US Colleges

The lecture hall had filled quickly. Several students arrived wearing keffiyehs, the traditional Palestinian headscarves, while in the front row, a young man sat draped in the Israeli flag. ...

3/2/2015

12 Groups Ask UCLA to Address Anti-Semitism

StandWithUs initiated the following letter to UCLA Chancellor Gene Block in reaction to an incident in which a candidate for the UCLA Judicial Board was asked if being Jewish presented her with a conflict of interest....

3/2/2015

StandWithUs Billboard Begins March 5, 2015 In Philadelphia. Reminder of US-Israel Relationship On I-95

For the first time, StandWithUs is placing a billboard in Philadelphia. Reinforcing the US-Israel relationship, the billboard`s run begins March 5 for four weeks. ...

2/27/2015

Madonna Says `Intolerance` In Europe `Feels Like Nazi Germany`

Globally-acclaimed singer says `anti-Semitism is at an all-time high` in France and elsewhere in Europe, laments lost tradition of welcoming diversity...

2/27/2015

Apple CEO Tim Cook Praises Israel`s Integration of Minorities

Apple CEO Tim Cook is currently in Israel to oversee the opening of a new Apple research and development center in the Tel Aviv suburb of Herzliya....

2/27/2015

For a Change: A Good Week for Israel and Jews on Campus

Jewish college students awoke Monday morning to the news that they are not alone in their experiencing anti-Semitism at school....

2/26/2015

ASUC Senate Passes Bill Condemning Anti-Semitism

On Wednesday, February 25th, the ASUC Senate passed a bill sponsored by Senator Ori Herschmann that condemns the campus anti-Semitism with a defining 20-0 vote....

2/26/2015

2015`s First Resolution Calling for More Investment in Israel Passed by University of Georgia Students

The Student Government Association (SGA) of the University of Georgia on Tuesday passed the first college resolution this year calling for the school to invest more in its relations with Israel....

2/26/2015

New Video: Anti-Semitism On Campus in 2015!

Is racism still a problem in US universities?...

2/26/2015

The Palestinian Authority`s Bad Day in Court

The government of the West Bank, which receives hundreds of millions in U.S. foreign aid, is found liable for financing terrorism in Israel....

2/26/2015

StandWithUs - Asia Unveils Its China Division in a Joint Celebration of the Chinese New Year and the Jewish New Year For Trees

"Xin Nian Kuai Le!" The joyous blessing from StandWithUs staff unveiled the gala at the organization`s new Jerusalem-based Israel Education Centre. ...

2/25/2015

Stories from the IDF: Acceptance and Love for LGBT Soldier Eyal

This is the first in a series of stories told by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve duty soldier-students about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com....

2/24/2015

Seven in 10 Americans Continue to View Israel Favorably

Even as relations between the leaders of Israel and the United States reportedly deteriorate over disagreement about how to handle Iran`s nuclear program, Israel has retained its broadly favorable image in the U.S. over the past year....

2/24/2015

Amazing News! Bar Rafaeli Confirmed To Be Judge on the iIsrael Competition

Bar Rafaeli has just confirmed that she will a be judge on the iIsrael student video competition!...

2/23/2015

Israel Divestment Resolution Overturned at UC Davis

An Israel divestment resolution passed at University of California, Davis (UC Davis) last month was overturned Thursday by a student court on the grounds that the measure was not sufficiently related student welfare....

2/23/2015

Two Pleas, Two Dates, Two Refusals

The date was October 6, 1943, and more than four hundred rabbis came to plead for U.S. government to save Jews from Hitler. ...

2/23/2015

TAU, Northwestern Sign Academic Cooperation Agreement to Become Sister Universities

The agreement was signed this week during a visit to TAU by a delegation of officials led president of Northwestern University in Illinois....

2/23/2015

Historic US Terror Verdict Charges Palestinian Authority With Over $655m. In Damages

"The defendants have already been boasting that they will appeal the decision and we will never collect on the judgment - but we will go to the end of the earth to collect it.”...

2/23/2015

StandWithUs First Spanish Billboards Are Up in Los Angeles Until March 16, 2015

For the first time, StandWithUs has placed 50 billboards in Spanish and English quoting Cesar Chavez on Israel in locations throughout Los Angeles...

2/23/2015

For The Sixth Time, SWU Is Countering Anti-Israel Messages in San Francisco With Pro-Israel Ads Beginning March 2, 2015

StandWithUs (SWU) is placing two posters on San Francisco buses that will begin March 2 for one month. They are on eight buses (four on four.) ...

2/20/2015

UC Davis Student Court Says Campus Senators Overreached on Israel Divestment Vote

UC Davis` student court on Wednesday ruled against the student senate`s resolution calling for the University of California to divest itself of businesses with ties to Israeli military actions....

2/19/2015

Reserve IDF Officers Tell Americans Their Experiences

Currently touring the United States are two young reserve officers of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) who can refute the propaganda often spouted by Israel`s enemies with first-hand facts....

2/19/2015

You Can Help Educate the Public About Israel: Join the Israel Education Force!

StandWithUs, one of the world`s leading Israel advocacy organizations, is recruiting a limited number of volunteers for its new Israel Education Force (IEF), an elite corps of public speakers who will make Israel`s case to the American public, fulfilling its mission to strengthen public support for the Jewish state through education....

2/19/2015

StandWithUs Condemns Northwestern Student Government for narrowly passing anti-Israel divestment

StandWithUs condemns the Associated Student Government (ASG) Senate at Northwestern University for passing an anti-Israel divestment resolution on February 18th, 2015....

2/19/2015

StandWithUs Applauds the Court of Associated Students at UC Davis for Overturning Anti-Israel Resolution on February 19, 2015

StandWithUs applauds the Court of the Associated Students at UC Davis for overturning an anti-Israel divestment resolution which had passed on Jan. 29. ...

2/18/2015

StandWithUs Condemns Stanford`s Student Government for Passing Anti-Israel Divestment, Refusing to Consider Amendments

On February 17th, 2015 The Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) reconsidered and voted 10 in favor, 4 against, and 1 abstaining on a resolution calling for divestment from companies doing business with Israel, Egypt, and Palestinian security forces. The resolution was previously rejected during a meeting on February 10th. ...

2/18/2015

StandWithUs Applauds Congressmen for Co-Sponsoring Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act, February 18, 2015

StandWithUs applauds Representatives Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Juan Vargas (D-CA) for co-sponsoring the Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act, bipartisan legislation, which discourages prospective US trade partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel. ...

2/18/2015

iISRAEL: Win a chance to meet with the President of Israel

Win a chance to meet with the President of Israel...

2/17/2015

Students for (the Obstruction of) Justice in Palestine

At an SJP meeting I attended two weeks ago, the group screened a video about “pervasive bus segregation” in the “occupied West Bank,” trying to draw a parallel between the civil rights movement in America and the “Palestinian civil rights movement.”...

2/17/2015

URGENT ACTION: Remind your Elected Officials: Iran Is a Nonpartisan Issue

URGENT ACTION: Remind your Elected Officials: Iran Is a Nonpartisan Issue...

2/16/2015

Mother of Rasmea Odeh`s Victim Killed in an Israeli Supermarket Leaves a Dying Message

Mother of Rasmea Odeh`s Victim Killed in an Israeli Supermarket Leaves a Dying Message...

2/16/2015

Fighting The “Israel Apartheid” Lie And Other BDS Slanders

The Northeast is covered in snow, New Year`s Eve bashes are a distant memory, and the college kids are back at school, with slew of “activists” bringing divestment resolutions to campuses....

2/16/2015

EHS Hosts Panel Discussing Israel and Palestine Conflict

During Collaborative time on Wednesday, Feb. 11th, Edina High School students were given the opportunity to attend a panel regarding relations between Israel and Palestine, and the media bias related to the issue. ...

2/16/2015

After Copenhagen, What Next for Europe?

Once again, the jihadists have attacked, this time in Copenhagen....

2/16/2015

StandWithUs Chicago Speaks in Kolkata, India, February 14, 2015

Approximately 30,000 Hindus participated in the 7th Foundation Day Rally of Hindu Samhati in West Bengal India today....

2/13/2015

BDS With a Twist: Campus Divestment Measures Target More than Israel

While two recent student resolutions initiated by Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement advocates in California ultimately had different fates, the episodes share a common twist: lumping additional nations and political entities with Israel as divestment targets. ...

2/13/2015

Editorial Board Reflects on Actions of ASUCD Senator Azka Fayyaz

On Jan. 29, ASUCD Senate Resolution No. 9 passed with an 8-2-2 vote....

2/13/2015

J Street: Sometimes Fans Do More Harm Than Good

The disagreement between J Street and other pro-Israel groups continues. ...

2/13/2015

StandWithUs Celebrates Chinese New Year & Jewish New Year For Trees at Special Jerusalem Event

The StandWithUs Israel Education Center in Jerusalem hosted a special event to celebrate both the Chinese New Year and Tu B`shvat - the Jewish New Year for Trees. ...

2/13/2015

UC Student Group Says Yes to BDS; Stanford Says No

The board of the University of California Student Association, a coalition of student governments representing the 10 U.C. campuses, overwhelmingly passed a resolution demanding the U.C. Board of Regents divest from companies it says “violate Palestinian human rights.”...

2/12/2015

Objections to USAC Judicial Board Appointment Discriminatory

Religious affiliations and ethnic identity should not and do not disqualify someone from being an effective judge....

2/12/2015

My 15-Day Journey Confronting Divestment at UC Davis

I only had 15 days in office before my university faced the Divestment, Boycott and Sanctions Resolution. As the incoming president of Aggies for Israel, the University of California, Davis` pro-Israel student organization, I was elected 15 days before leading my community through the largest hurdle pro-Israel students face on a college campus: Divestment. ...

2/12/2015

We Palestinians Hold the Key to a Better Future

I am a proud Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp and raised a large family....

2/11/2015

What Causes Genocide? A Perspective on Anti-Semitism at UC Davis

Decades after the atrocities of the Holocaust, researchers and anthropologists alike have searched tirelessly for the definitive answer to this harrowing question....

2/11/2015

StandWithUs Commends Stanford Students for Defeating Divestment February 10, 2015

StandWithUs congratulates Stanford`s student government for defeating an anti-Israel divestment resolution on February 10, 2015....

2/11/2015

IDF Vets Hope Jewish Teens Stand With Them

The teens attending the BBYO and NFTY conventions will get to see the diverse face of the Israel Defense Forces....

2/10/2015

Attack of the Campus Secessionists

Most maps show California as part of the United States....

2/10/2015

UC Students Vote To Divest... From America

The University of California Student Association has passed a resolution calling on the university to divest itself from several world governments... including its own....

2/9/2015

StandWithUs Brings Israeli Soldiers to Dallas, Frisco

StandWithUs (SWU) is a 13 year-old, international, non-profit Israel education organization with chapters throughout the United States, in Israel, Canada and the UK....

2/9/2015

Submission: Co-Author of UCSA Resolution Needs to Disclose Affiliations

On Feb. 8, the University of California Student Association (UCSA) will vote on a resolution to divest from eleven companies that do business with Israel. ...

2/9/2015

University of California Student Government Passes Resolution, to Divest - From America

The University of California Student Association board - which represents all 233,000 students enrolled in the UC system`s 10 campuses - approved a resolution on Sunday that calls on the system`s leaders to financially divest from the United States....

2/9/2015

U Cal Student Gov`t votes to divest from most of world, including U.S.

Self-parody, as anti-Israel divestment morphs - Can we divest from U. Cal?...

2/9/2015

Stand Against Terror! TELL THE UN: EXPOSE HAMAS WAR CRIMES

Take a stand against terror. Sign the Petition....

2/9/2015

StandWithUs Hosts its First Anti-BDS Conference March 21-March 23, 2015

Renowned Experts Will Explore Tactics and Strategies to Combat The Movement...

2/8/2015

StandWithUs Condemns the UCSA for Passing Divestment Against America, Israel, and Others

On February 8th, 2015 the University of California Student Association`s (UCSA) voted 9 in favor, 1 against, and 6 abstaining, in favor of two divestment resolutions. One calls for divestment from American, Mexican, Russian, Turkish, Indonesian, Brazilian, Sri Lankan, and Egyptian government bonds....

2/6/2015

`Active` Philanthropist Adam Milstein a Growing Connector in the Jewish World

The way philanthropist Adam Milstein sees it, the priorities of fundraising and survival mean that Jewish and pro-Israel organizations are held back by a natural instinct against intimate and robust collaboration....

2/6/2015

Another U.N. Human Rights Fraud

Canadian law professor William Schabas resigned this week as chairman of the United Nations Human Rights Council`s Commission of Inquiry into the 2014 Gaza conflict....

2/5/2015

Galloway Invited to `Jewish` Area by BBC

ZIONIST advocates have reacted with fury after the BBC invited anti-Israel MP George Galloway to appear on a Question Time panel in a heavily-Jewish area of north London....

2/4/2015

Vigil for Rasmea Odeh victims at DePaul University

While inside the student center, Students for Justice in Palestine held a fundraiser honoring the convicted killer....

2/4/2015

Free Exchange of Ideas Not Welcome By Some Swarthmore Students

A reaction to Hussein Aboubakr event...

2/4/2015

Students at Ryerson University in Toronto Stand Up for Israel

StandWithUs Facebook Post, February 3, 2015...

2/4/2015

Threat of Violence Silences Palestinian Journalists

A late 2014 study by the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms found that 80% of Palestinian journalists in the West Bank and Gaza practice self-censorship of their writing....

2/4/2015

StandWithUs UK: Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub`s Speech at London School of Economics Was Shut Down

UK students shut down free speech at the London School of Economics during a speech being given by Israeli ambassador to Britain Daniel Taub....

2/4/2015

Harvard, Israel, and Academic Freedom

This past week I delivered a lecture at Columbia University on academic freedom and anti-Semitism....

2/3/2015

Do We Really Mean `Never Again`?

Amid the ritual expressions of regret and the pledges of “never again” on Tuesday`s 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a bitter irony was noted: Anti-Semitism has returned to Europe. With a vengeance....

2/3/2015

StandWithUs Canada Applauds Trent University Students for Defeating BDS on their Campus Jan. 29th, 2015

StandWithUs Canada congratulates the student leaders at Trent University who brought a successful motion to revers a bigoted, discriminatory policy of the TCSA (Trent Central Student Association) to boycott Israel. We also applaud those student union members who saw through this racist and divisive policy and voted to overturn it....

2/3/2015

Hamas, Not Israel, Is Responsible for Suffering in Gaza: Guest Opinion

Oregonian guest columnists Ned Rosch and Maxine Fookson write a plaintive cry on behalf of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, describing Gazans heart-wrenching situation, suffering the consequence of this past summer`s Hamas-Israel conflict - the third since 2009. ...

2/3/2015

Hamas On Campus

At U.C. Davis, Students for Justice in Palestine chant "Allahu Akbar," endorse terrorism...

2/3/2015

StandWithUs supports and salutes AEPi for standing strong and firm against those who bring hate to campus

The following letter went out to the parents of AEPi students across north American campuses, as a result of a swastika being spray painted on the fraternity house at UC Davis. ...

2/2/2015

UC Davis Chancellor Denounces Swastikas on Campus- (Note from SWU: The Swastikas appeared immediately after the anti-Semitic Divestment Hearing on Campus)

Note from SWU: The Swastikas appeared immediately after the anti-Semitic Divestment Hearing on Campus...

1/30/2015

UC Davis Student Senate Votes for Divestment January 29, 2015. Student Senator Calls for Hamas, Sharia Law and the Fall of Israel

UC Davis Student Senate Votes for Divestment January 29, 2015. Student Senator Calls for Hamas, Sharia Law and the Fall of Israel...

1/29/2015

Canada-Israel, 60 years of friendship

In an increasingly interconnected world, Canada`s opportunity to grow in peace and prosperity rests on the strength of our country-to-country bonds....

1/28/2015

Letter: Angela Davis Over-Simplified Conflict in Middle East

Last week, Angela Davis delivered the annual MLK Memorial Lecture. She spoke of injustices in Ferguson and problems that we as a Black community still encounter today and made valid points. ...

1/28/2015

Anti-Israel BDS Movement is Fashionable in Academia, But Far From Invincible

While the global anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign has officially hit America`s scholarly associations over the last two years, even considering academic boycotts is a dramatic rupture with the past. ...

1/27/2015

StandWithUs Congratulates Students at DePaul University

StandWithUs congratulates students at DePaul University for opposing bigotry and injustice, and handing the BDS movement against Israel yet another defeat on campus!...

1/27/2015

The Killing Fields of Europe: Then and Now

Earlier this month, while four Jews were being murdered at a kosher supermarket in Paris, I was visiting the concentration camps Majdanek and Auschwitz II-Birkenau for the first time with a Jewish group of young entrepreneurs and leaders...

1/27/2015

Submission: Charlie Hebdo Vgil Forges Solidarity Among Communities

On Jan. 12, close to 70 Bruins gathered to commemorate the heinous events which took place earlier this month in France....

1/26/2015

Palestinian Boycott of Israel is Misguided

I don`t know who`s actually pushing the Palestinians toward this idea of an economic boycott of Israel; to the best of my knowledge, Palestinians aren`t pushing it on their own, and neither is the Palestinian Authority, which is simply trying to exploit its momentum....

1/26/2015

Israel`s i24 News on Kay Wilson and Mohammad Zoabi Filmed at StandWithUs Israel Education Center on January 24, 2015

Video - A story of friendship between a Jewish terror victim and an Arab teenager who faced threats....

1/26/2015

DePaul Univeristy Site of Fundraiser for Convicted Terrorist

On February 21, 1969 a bomb exploded in a crowded Jerusalem supermarket filled with “mostly women and children” doing their pre-Sabbath shopping, killing Hebrew University students Leon Kaner (21) and Edward Jaffe (22). ...

1/26/2015

Let The Facts Speak About Convicted Terrorist Rasmea Oded

Students for Justice in Palestine(SJP) DePaul is holding a fundraiser on February 3, 2015 for Rasmea Oded, a convicted murderer of students, terrorist and perpetrator of immigration fraud in the U.S....

1/23/2015

Fatah Adheres to Violent Means and Armed Struggle

Fatah adheres to violent means and armed struggle, glorifies weapons in Facebook post...

1/22/2015

J Street, StandWithUs Debate Best Way to Support Israel

Representatives of StandWithUs (SWU) and J Street - two Jewish organizations with very different takes on Israel - faced off Jan. 13 in a debate on why their respective group is a better friend to the Jewish state....

1/20/2015

Dueling Billboard Campaigns Pit MLK Against Mandela On Israel

A billboard battle aimed at swaying public opinion on Israel is being waged on the streets of Los Angeles....

1/20/2015

#Hashtag Maccabees

Hour by hour and day by day, the world`s only Jewish country is being slandered....

1/20/2015

Israeli Government, StandWithUs Partner on New `Social Media Ambassadors` Program

The Israel education organization StandWithUs and the National Information Directorate of the Israeli Prime Minister`s Office are partnering on the new “Social Media Ambassadors” program, which will educate young people (with an emphasis on university students) about how to use social media to educate others about Israel....

1/20/2015

PUMP the Movie now on iTunes!

PUMP the Movie now on iTunes!...

1/20/2015

Pro-Israel Group Responds to Ads with its own Billboards

Pro-Israel groups are responding to what they call anti-Israel ads popping up around Los Angeles with billboards of their own....

1/16/2015

Houston Billboard: `Stop Aid for Terrorism`

A new ad campaign in Houston urges the U.S. to cut aid for Palestinian terrorism....

1/15/2015

Social Media Ambassadors

“Social Media Ambassadors” Gives Young People a Chance to Tell Israel`s Story Through their Eyes and Communicate It on Social Media...

1/15/2015

Dueling Billboard Battle on Israel in Los Angeles on Martin Luther King Day 2015

StandWithUs will counter an anti-Israel ad that has been placed on 30 billboards in Los Angeles. ...

1/15/2015

Israel`s Hasbara Efforts Get a Boost with New Joint Venture Launched with StandWithUs

The venture, which will focus on youngsters in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Israel, is aimed at "empowering young people to utilize social media to educate others about Israel."...

1/14/2015

Billboard on I-85 Flashes Israel Facts

Three pro-Israel messages are rotating through mid-February on an electronic billboard along Interstate 85 at the Spaghetti Junction interchange with I-285....

1/13/2015

SWU To Counter Anti-Israel Billboard In Houston For The Third Time With a Pro-Israel Message Beginning January 26, 2015

StandWithUs is countering an anti-Israel billboard in Houston for the third time by placing its own pro-Israel billboard beginning January 26....

1/13/2015

In Jerusalem, Thousands Gather for Funeral of 4 Jewish Men Killed in Paris

JERUSALEM - Israelis and their leaders mourned Tuesday alongside the grieving families of four Jewish men killed by a gunman at a kosher supermarket in Paris last week and buried at an emotional funeral here....

1/12/2015

Terror Victims Take Palestinian Authority to Court

The Palestinian Authority could face $1 billion or more in damages if a federal jury in New York finds it liable for a series of terrorist attacks in Israel which killed and injured American citizens....

1/12/2015

New York Trial Targets Palestinian Authority, PLO

Opening statements are set for Tuesday in the latest international terrorism trial to come to New York, pitting U.S. terror victims and their families against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization. ...

1/9/2015

Why the Plight of Iraq`s Yazidis Concerns the Jewish Community

In August, ISIS attacked and took over the Kurdish-controlled town of Sinjar, driving more than 50,000 Yazidis out of their homes and fleeing for their lives to Sinjar Mountain....

1/9/2015

Terrorism in France: StandWithUs Statement

StandWithUs is horrified by the terrorism that has struck Paris, with 12 murdered at the Charlie Hebdo offices and with shoppers at a kosher market held hostage....

1/8/2015

Je suis Charlie, Je suis Ilan

The tragic attack that France experienced yesterday was a catastrophe....

1/8/2015

Pro-Israel Groups Answer Anti-Israel RTD Ad in Denver

A coalition of three pro-Israel grassroots groups have stepped forward to answer the anti-Israel advertisement currently running on Denver buses....

1/8/2015

BDS Movement Fails to Derail Israeli Economy, Knesset Committee Report Says

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has not harmed the Israeli economy, and in some cases Israel`s exports have grown in the regions in which the movement has the most traction, according to a recent report commissioned by the Knesset Finance Committee....

1/7/2015

StandWithUs Sends Our Condolences to the People of France

With deepest sadness, StandWithUs sends our condolences to the people of France, and particularly the family and friends of the victims....

1/7/2015

We Stand With Alan Dershowitz

We stand with Alan Dershowitz, a man of sterling character who has displayed unimpeachable ethics and integrity throughout his life and long public career....

1/6/2015

American Historical Assocaition Delivers Anti-Israel Advocates a Major Defeat

The ant-Israel and allegedly, anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement received a big blow Sunday night when the American Historical Association (AHA), America`s largest society of historians, voted 144 to 55 against any further pursuit of resolutions that denounce Israel....

1/6/2015

StandWithUs Applauds American Historical Association for Defeating BDS January 4, 2015

StandWithUs applauds the American Historical Association [AHA] for defeating (144 to 55) a motion to consider two resolutions condemning Israel on January 4th....

1/6/2015

StandWithUs Aims To Correct False Information With Pro-Israel Billboard in Dallas, Texas

StandWithUs (SWU) placed a pro-Israel billboard Dec. 22, 2014, for one month near Dallas in response to an anti-Israel billboard sponsored by Ads Against Apartheid that had occupied the same space the previous month....

1/6/2015

StandWithUs is Countering Anti-Israel Billboards in Dallas By Placing Pro-Israel One on December 22, 2014

StandWithUs (SWU) is countering anti-Israel billboards in Garland, Texas by placing its own pro-Israel billboard beginning December 22, 2014 for one month....

1/6/2015

Stop Giving Palestinians a Pass

THE president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, insists on using international institutions to pressure Israel, even after he was rebuffed in the United Nations Security Council, where he sought a resolution mandating Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Mr. Abbas has now announced that he will turn to the International Criminal Court - a move that will produce Palestinian charges and Israeli countercharges but not alter the reality on the ground....

1/5/2015

How to Fight the Campus Speech Police: Get a Good Lawyer

That`s what student Daniel Mael had to do after Brandeis charged him with `harassment` in a dispute over Israel....

1/5/2015

STANDWITHUS Billboards in Atlanta Begin January 12, 2015 To Counter Anti-Israel Ads

StandWithUs (SWU) is placing billboards in Atlanta, GA beginning January 12 to counter anti-Israel ones. ...

1/5/2015

American Historical Association Rejects Anti-Israel Resolutions

The American Historical Association (AHA) rejected two anti-Israel resolutions proposed by Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement activists in a 144-55 vote at the association`s annual meeting on Sunday in New York. ...

1/2/2015

DIY Israel Advocacy

Useful tips on creating meaningful Israel programming from a skilled teen advocate....

1/2/2015

Michigan StandWithUs Marks `Festival Of Lights`

More than 220 StandWithUs supporters reserved seats at the Fourth Annual Festival of Lights gala celebration to honor Margot and Dr. Herbert Gardner on Dec. 7 at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township. An appetizer and wine reception greeted guests, with music by Stefan Kukurugya....

1/2/2015

US Academic Org Ushers in New Year with Anti-Israel Vote

Framed as `protecting the right to education in Palestine-Israel,` the January 2 resolution will be harder to defeat because it stops short of boycott ...

1/2/2015

Again, Anti-Israel Ads on RTD Buses

AN ADVERTISEMENT that calls Israel an apartheid state and accuses Israel of war crimes was launched on RTD buses Dec. 17....

1/2/2015

Israel`s Bedouin Schools Flourish in Negev Desert

Al-Sayed Technological School provides education to tribe children who weren`t able to attend high school before, and has a zero percent dropout rate....

12/30/2014

Israel Makes Largest Per-Capita Pledge Against Ebola

In addition to donating $8.75 million, Israel has sent fully equipped medical clinics and medical specialists to West Africa. ...

12/29/2014

Star Professor Blasts Harvard

In shocking move, world-renowned Harvard professor Steven Pinker denounces capitulation to racist BDS movement....

12/23/2014

Pro-Israel Groups Ship SodaStream to Harvard Leaders Following Ban

SodaStream lands on Harvard`s Doorstep in Protest to Ban on Israeli Product...

12/23/2014

Adalah`s Database of Laws: Imagining Racism to Demonize Israel

In March 2013, Adalah launched a “Discriminatory Laws in Israel” database on its website....

12/23/2014

New Video: Incite! Now Available Throughout The Middle East!

The Palestinian leadership has continuously failed the Palestinian people by teaching hate and violence to their children, in their state approved media and TV shows, and through mosques...

12/22/2014

Award-Winning Journalist Talks About Ferguson, the Middle East

Edwin Black didn`t hold back....

12/22/2014

Interlude Video Tech Makes Dylan Cool, and Israel Too

After turning a new generation on to the glories of `Like a Rolling Stone,` Yoni Bloch`s platform is doing the same for the Holy Land ...

12/19/2014

Pro-Israel College Students - The Modern-Day Maccabees

Chanukah; the festival of lights. Since I was a child, Chanukah has always been one of my favorite holidays, right up there with Purim and Passover. ...

12/18/2014

In(teractive) Love With Israel

Fall in love in and with Israel...

12/18/2014

`We Don`t Feel Welcome in our Own Universities`

Pro-Israel students on the censorship and intolerance they face....

12/18/2014

Billboards: Tools for Teaching

Israel`s adversaries have found a new weapon in their ongoing campaign to defame Israel: billboards. Since 2007, anti-Israel activists have posted billboards on highways, subways, and buses in major cities across the United States....

12/17/2014

StandWithUs Billboard Goes Up in Dallas, Texas on December 22, 2014 To Counter Anti-Israel Ad

StandWithUs (SWU) is countering anti-Israel billboards in Garland, Texas by placing its own pro-Israel billboard beginning December 22, 2014 for one month. ...

12/17/2014

INTERACTIVE LOVE - IT HAPPENS IN ISRAEL!

Video ...

12/16/2014

Zionism, The Moral Struggle

ZIONISM IS AN INDIGENOUS RIGHTS MOVEMENT COMPLETELY BASED ON MORAL AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES....

12/16/2014

StandWithUs Celebrates Its 13th Year at its annual

StandWithUs Celebrates Its 13th Year at its annual "Festival of Lights" Gala December 14, 2014...

12/16/2014

Over 200 Jews, Christians, and Hindus Hold Rally for Yazidis Against ISIS

Over 200 Jews, Christians and Hindus from the Chicago area gathered at Ezra Habonim/Niles Township Jewish Congregation in the northern suburb of Skokie to raise awareness and humanitarian aid for the Yazidi population under attack from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL)....

12/16/2014

Pro-Democracy Muslim Promotes `Sunlight` to Combat Radical Islam

Zuhdi Jasser, 46, was amazed to hear his pro-democracy views become the target of a verbal attack in front of his family by the imam of the Phoenix mosque he attends....

12/16/2014

University of California Student-Workers Union Votes to Boycott Israel

United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2865, a union representing 13,000 student-workers and academic employees in the 10-campus University of California (UC) system, on Wednesday voted to participate in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel....

12/16/2014

California Campus Union Votes 2-1 for Israel Divestment

TA Union Is First Labor Group To Back BDS...

12/12/2014

Univ. of California Union Approves BDS Motion

A union that represents University of California student workers and academic employees approved a resolution to join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel....

12/12/2014

Students Activists for Israel Lead on New England Campuses

Each November, 150 students descend on Los Angeles for StandWithUs` (SWU) annual Milstein “Israel in Focus” (IIF) conference. ...

12/11/2014

BDS Opponents Mobilize Against `Unrepresentative` UAW 2865 Vote, Citing Bias and Intimidation

Labor union activists opposed to the anti-Semitic BDS movement at the University of California are gearing up for a bitter political battle....

12/10/2014

Why One Student Switched Sides Over BDS

Five months ago, I sent the following message to the president of Students for Justice in Palestine, “Way to go! Just wanted to let you know that I stand with your position on Divestment 100 percent and your letter was way more articulate than the opposing letter....

12/10/2014

BDS Bait & Switch

Professor schools audiences on real goal of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement....

12/10/2014

StandWithUs condemns UAW 2865 for joining the BDS Movement. Count Was Released December 10, 2014

StandWithUs condemns UAW 2865 for joining the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement by voting in favor of divestment from companies doing business with Israel, boycotting Israeli academic institutions and calling for an end to US aid to Israel....

12/9/2014

UC Asked to Shield Students from Anti-Israel Hatred

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) - Following last week`s UAW 2865 Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) vote, 22 education, civil rights and Jewish advocacy groups want to know whether University of California (UC) policies that prohibit UAW 2865 graduate student instructors from promoting BDS and anti-Israel, and often anti-Semitic, propaganda in the classroom also apply to UC faculty. UAW 2865 is the union representing 13,000 UC graduate instructors on nine campuses....

12/9/2014

Concordia President Swiftly Denounces Pro-BDS Vote

MONTREAL - Concordia University president Alan Shepard has denounced academic boycotts in principle in the wake of undergraduates at his school narrowly voting in favour of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel....

12/9/2014

Concordia`s Students Vote for BDS Against Israel

Concordia`s student union voted to boycott, sanction, and divest from Israel last Friday....

12/9/2014

Over 200 Jews, Christians, and Hindus Hold Rally for Yazidi Against ISIS

Skokie, Illinois - Over 200 Jews, Christians and Hindus from the Chicago area gathered at Ezra Habonim/Niles Township Jewish Congregation in the northern suburb of Skokie to raise awareness and humanitarian aid for the Yazidi population under attack from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL)....

12/9/2014

At Israel`s MIT, Arab Women (and Men) Are Suddenly Thriving

Here`s a little-told success story: Israeli Arabs, women in particular, have made huge strides over the past decade at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, better known as Israel`s answer to MIT....

12/8/2014

Academic Association Passes BDS Proposal

Academics in Israel and America reacted with dismay at the recent passage of a Middle East Studies Association (MESA) proposal that allows its members to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement....

12/8/2014

STANDWITHUS CANADA APPLAUDS CONCORDIANS UNITED AGAINST BDS

Canada is disappointed, but not surprised, to learn that Concordia`s student union has voted to boycott, sanction, and divest from Israel on December 5, 2014. ...

12/8/2014

Speakers of Several Faiths Stand with Israel

SAN DIEGO - With Islamist terrorism striking globally and Palestinians and their supporters attempting to intimidate Jewish college students across America, StandWithUs put together a multi-religious line-up of speakers Sunday evening, Dec. 7, whose message, taken in the aggregate, was that the Jewish community is not alone, nor is it without resources to legally and morally fight back....

12/8/2014

Marcus Reveals that PA Issues Anti-Israel Messages

Itamar Marcus - founder and director of Palestinian Media Watch - told an audience of nearly 200 people (both students and community members) at Florida Atlantic University`s (FAU) Boca Raton campus on Nov. 10 that the Palestinian Authority (PA) poisons the minds of its people with anti-Israel messages through its media....

12/8/2014

Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Jews, Assyrians Greeks and Christians: A multi-faith, multi culture intervention to save the Yezidis

Representatives from diverse religious and ethnic groups will gather for A RACE AGAINST TIME: SAVE YEZIDIS FROM ISIS, SLAVERY AND GENOCIDE on Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 6:30 PM at Ezra Habonim/Niles Township Jewish, Congregation, 4500 Dempster, Skokie, IL....

12/5/2014

The Fierce Battle for Israel on Western College Campuses

The Jewish State is fighting wars for its very survival against barbarous, genocidal foes like Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran. ...

12/5/2014

Unconventional Advocacy

What is Israel advocacy?...

12/4/2014

The Forgotten Story of Jewish Refugees

I had learned even more about these Sephardic/Mizrahi Jews when StandWithUs-MI board member Celia Romm Livermore pushed me to co-produce a presentation inspired by the pamphlet and her personal experiences. ...

12/4/2014

Change of Heart as RIBA`s Israel Boycott Overturned

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has reversed its call for the exclusion of Israel Association of United Architects (IAUA) from world bodies for its failure to condemn the building of “illegal” settlements....

12/3/2014

The New Same Old

I must be experiencing deja vu. Here I am, once again at the Lone Soldier Center`s Thanksgiving Dinner, hearing more languages than I can count, seeing “Tzairim” in boots hardly yet scuffed, green berets improperly folded, uniforms without unit distinguishing tags or battalion pins....

12/1/2014

Students Refuse to be Singled Out by BDS at Concordia University

Counting of the votes on BDS at Concordia University has been suspended due to potential violations....

12/1/2014

High School Summit an Educational Experience

Recently I had the distinct privilege of attending AIPAC`s (America Israel Public Affairs Committee, America`s Pro-Israel Lobby) High School Summit in Washington DC, along with seven other delegates from the North Shore....

12/1/2014

AIPAC Summit Allows North Shore Teens to Lobby for Israel

Last week I had the distinct privilege of attending AIPAC`s (America Israel Public Affairs Committee) High School Summit in Washington, D.C., along with seven other delegates from the North Shore. Through sessions titled “Why We Commit” to “Overcoming Apathy and Overextension,” we learned about the vital importance and benefits of a strong U.S.-Israel relationship....

12/1/2014

Palestinian Media Watchdog Visits Hopkins

Johns Hopkins University hosted a talk from the founder and director of Palestinian Media Watch earlier this month, offering students the opportunity to hear an in-depth assessment of the media messages that reverberate within Palestinian society every day....

12/1/2014

The Mind is Like a Parachute, It Works Best Completely Open

On November 10th, Owls for Israel hosted an event sponsored by Stand With Us bringing Itamar Marcus, the director of Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). ...

11/28/2014

Ahmadi Muslim leader condemns terror against Israelis

Ahmadi Muslim religious leader, Sheikh Muhammad Sharif Odeh, who lives in Israel, condemned all the recent terror attacks carried out by Palestinians under the pretext of defending the Islamic holy sites, stating that they are a distortion of Islam....

11/28/2014

StandWithUs Pro-Israel Ads On TriMet in Portland Begin November 26, 2014

Ads Counter Anti-Israel Ad Campaign and will Run on Buses for Four Weeks...

11/28/2014

Ambassador Prosor`s Statement at the UNGA on the Question of Palestine

I stand before the world as a proud representative of the State of Israel and the Jewish people. I stand tall before you knowing that truth and morality are on my side. And yet, I stand here knowing that today in this Assembly, truth will be turned on its head and morality cast aside. ...

11/28/2014

Attacks Could Spark New Intifadah, Analyst Says

Tensions have been escalating in Israel in recent weeks, but whether that portends another full-blown intifadah is another matter. What could escalate matters is if Palestinians repeat something like the 2002 Passover massacre. ...

11/26/2014

Radical Leftist New Israel Fund Booted from Taglit-Birthright

Extremist group behind pro-BDS NGOs announces its partnership with Birthright cancelled for trying to `influence Israeli policy.`...

11/26/2014

Students for Justice in Palestine Bully a student at Cornell: Great Video by Legal Insurrection

SJP at Cornell threatens yet abitger student, who happens to be the brother of a StandWithUs campus professional....

11/26/2014

Leaked: SJP plans illegal activity against Jewish students and Israel

A recently uncovered internal document of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Binghamton University SUNY sheds new light on the anti-Semitic bigotry of SJP groups across the country, as well as SJP`s ties to international campaigns to harm the Jewish state and the Jewish people....

11/25/2014

POLL: Israeli Arabs: Under Which Government`s Rule Would You Prefer to Live?

Channel 10 TV published on Sunday a poll they commissioned asking Israeli Arabs a rather straightforward but important question....

11/24/2014

Boston Jews Mourn Jerusalem Massacre Victims at Vigil

Rabbi Mosheh Twersky`s hometown assembles in public memorial to those murdered in Har Nof terrorist attack...

11/21/2014

STANDWITHUS LAUNCHES URGENT MOBILE BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN: CONGRESS SHOULD VOTE FOR STRICTER SANCTIONS ON IRAN

Trucks Will Circle Congress and White House November 20 Through 24...

11/21/2014

Students for Justice in Palestine Should Erect a Bridge Rather than a Wall

We as Americans share certain values. Most important among these values are an appreciation of diversity, both in population and in expression....

11/20/2014

After Brutal Terror Attack, Dershowitz Rips CNN Anchor for `Parroting` Hamas Claim That All Israelis Are Legitimate Targets

Interview - Professor Alan Dershowitz, one of the most prominent advocates for Israel in the United States, as well as a leading light of Harvard University`s law school until his retirement last year, has blasted broadcaster CNN for its “determination” to “show that there is a moral equivalence between terrorists and Israel`s proportionate responses.”...

11/20/2014

Mobile Billboard Campaign Urging Iran Sanctions Targets Congress

A mobile billboard will began circling the seats of power in D.C. today to urge lawmakers to impose tougher sanctions on Iran....

11/20/2014

CHAI, HAPI Speaker Talks on Anti-Israel Media Bias

Itamar Marcus, the founder of Israeli media research institute Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), spoke in Hodson Hall on Nov. 13 about how the Palestinian government portrays Israel in its media...

11/19/2014

A Light in the Darkness: UCLA Student Body President Makes Courageous and Inspiring Speech in Defense of Israel

Last night, 11/18/2014, Students for Justice in Palestine brought a divestment resolution to UCLA`s student council. The vote to pass the divestment resolution was a foregone conclusion, based on the makeup of the student council members. Knowing this, the pro-Israel student community made the decision to stay away from the event that would place only Israel on trial for the lack of peace between the Palestinian governments Hamas and the PA, and Israel...

11/19/2014

StandWithUs Condemns UCLA Divestment Vote, Praises UCLA Student President

StandWithUs condemns the UCLA Undergraduate Student Association Council (USAC) vote in favor of a resolution calling for divestment from companies doing business with Israel. ...

11/19/2014

Celebrating the Murder of Jews

What happens when extremism dominates a whole society?...

11/19/2014

If Iran Gets the Bomb, Nuclear War is Almost a Certainty

On Tuesday, November 17, 2014, Adath Israel Congregation, in partnership with StandWithUs Canada, a leading pro-Israel education and advocacy organization, hosted Elliot Chodoff, Israeli political and military analyst specializing in the Middle East conflict and the global war on terror....

11/19/2014

Anti-Semitism on Campus Wears Cloak of `Human Rights` Campaign

Amid the heart-wrenching terrorist attacks that were committed in Jerusalem this week, we face the unfortunate fact that anti-Semitism has spread throughout the United States, specifically on university campuses. ...

11/18/2014

Reckless Sponsorship of Anti-Israelism

I never imagined that a day would come when some of the world`s leading corporations would fund calls for Israel`s destruction, let alone at one of the world`s most prestigious universities. But that is exactly what happened last week at Harvard...

11/18/2014

Student Club Spotlights Jewish Refugees at Event

On Thursday, the Broncos for Israel club and Cal Poly Pomona Hillel hosted an event called “The Untold Stories of Jewish Refugees,” which addressed the persecution and expulsion of approximately 800,000 to 1 million Jews from Arab nations during the 1940s to late 1970s....

11/18/2014

StandWithUs Statement Regarding Terrorism in Har Nof on 11/18/14

Our hearts go out to the bereaved families of the four murdered rabbis, and we pray for the 8 worshippers and police officer who were seriously injured and are now fighting for their lives....

11/18/2014

URGENT ACTION ALERT: STOP IRAN BEFORE IT`S TOO LATE!

StandWithUs urges you to contact your congressional representatives immediately to insist that Congress not lift sanctions against Iran but rather impose stricter sanctions. StandWithUs billboards will be circling the White House and Capitol Hill on two trucks for 5 days beginning Thursday, November 20, through Monday, November 24. ...

11/18/2014

STANDWITHUS LAUNCHES URGENT MOBILE BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN: CONGRESS SHOULD VOTE FOR STRICTER SANCTIONS ON IRAN

With the deadline for negotiations about Iran`s nuclear program fast approaching, StandWithUs is launching a mobile billboard campaign urging Congress to impose stricter sanctions on Iran. The billboards will be circling the White House and Capitol Hill on two trucks for five days beginning Thursday November 20 through Monday November 24th, 2014 to draw public attention and activism about this crucial issue and to urge Congressional action....

11/17/2014

Rex Murphy: How the Specious Concept of `Proportionality` Became Code for Israel-Bashing

Even other terrorists shun ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The brutal, merciless Sunni terrorist group has been rampaging through town after town along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers...

11/14/2014

As Iran Nuclear Talks Reach Critical Juncture, Supreme Leader Calls for Israel`s Destruction

Goal of the international community must not be merely to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons today, but also prevent the radical regime from developing nuclear weapons tomorrow. ...

11/14/2014

Abbas Adviser Issues Bloodcurdling Threat to `Palestinians Who Sell Land to Jews`

A prominent official of the Palestinian Fatah movement who is also an adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has issued a bloodcurdling threat to “Palestinians who sell land to Jews” - and it`s far from being the first time that this same official has engaged in violent, incendiary rhetoric....

11/14/2014

Ryerson Students`s Union Adopts Motion Against Anti-Semitism

A motion that calls on the Ryerson Students` Union (RSU) to oppose anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, and to publish an annual report detailing racist incidents on campus was passed Nov. 12 at the RSU fall general meeting....

11/13/2014

Ethnic Cleansing Starts Where?

The petition for divestment on our campus revealed several truths about SDSU. ...

11/12/2014

Terrorist Attack Survivor Speaks About Experiences

British-born Kay Wilson is many things: an Israeli tour guide, a cartoonist, a jazz musician and a human rights speaker specializing in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She is also the survivor of a terrorist attack, which occurred on Dec. 18, 2011....

11/12/2014

North Shore Teens Learn to Advocate for Israel

Tahli Hanuka, East Coast high school programs coordinator for the Stand With Us MZ Teens Internship, was the guest teacher at the November class of Lappin Foundation`s Teen Israel Advocacy course. Hanuka`s interactive class provided teens with basic education about Israel and how to use the facts to advocate for Israel....

11/12/2014

StandWithUs-Canada Applauds Student Leaders at Ryerson University For Passing Anti-Semitism Motion on November 11, 2014

On November 11, 2014, at the General Assembly meeting of the Ryerson Student Union (RSU) in Toronto, pro-Israel students stood up for their right to attend classes without the divisive propaganda of a motion to demonize Israel - and Jewish students....

11/12/2014

Ryerson University passes motion to protect students from anti-Semitism

(JNS.org) Toronto`s Ryerson University student union (RSU) passed a motion protecting Jewish students from anti-Semitism on campus. ...

11/11/2014

Exclusive: Sen. Mark Kirk to Revitalize Bipartisan Iran Sanctions Bill

Illinois GOP Senator Mark Kirk was welcomed last night by a standing ovation from a crowd of nearly 300 members of Chicago`s pro-Israel community gathered for the “Campus Champion Gala," a project of the Israel advocacy group StandWithUs....

11/11/2014

Submission: Both sides of Israeli-Palestinian conflict must engage in dialogue

I believe each and every one of us has a story, a story worth sharing and a story worth being heard....

11/11/2014

SodaStream Announces Closure of West Bank Plant

The Israeli company SodaStream, a target of the BDS movement, announced it will close its West Bank plant and move manufacturing to a new, state of the art plant under construction in the Negev in Israel proper. The closure is seen as a victory by the BDS movement and BDS advocates within the PC(USA)....

11/10/2014

Top U.S. General: Israel `Went to Extraordinary Lengths` to Limit Gaza Casualties

JNS.org - Gen. Martin Dempsey, America`s highest-ranking military officer as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that Israel “went to extraordinary lengths to limit collateral damage and civilian casualties” during its summer war with the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza....

11/10/2014

Kay Wilson: Terrorism Survivor, Human Rights Activist

Kay Wilson is many things: she`s a British-born Jewish woman who moved to Israel, a jazz musician, a tour guide and a cartoonist. She is also the survivor of a brutal Palestinian terrorist attack that left her American Christian friend, Kristine Luken, dead....

11/6/2014

How Pro-Palestinian Activists Tried to Get a Prestigious College to Silence an Israeli Speaker

Following student efforts at the University of California, Berkeley to cancel a commencement address by comedian and vocal critic of jihadist Islam Bill Maher, pro-Palestinian students at the prestigious King`s College in London appealed to the student union to stop a former Israel Defense Forces officer from presenting his perspective on the Middle East conflict in a campus speech....

11/6/2014

The Israel Boycott that Backfired

For about a year, the American Studies Assn. has been offering a very public object lesson in how to destroy a scholarly organization. Ostensibly devoted to the study of all things American, the 5,000-member academic cohort has ventured outside its natural borders and into the crossfire of Israeli-Palestinian politics by voting to bestow pariah status on Israel....

11/6/2014

Gabe Baskin Trains Guide Dogs for the Blind

When Gabe Baskin was preparing for his bar mitzvah, he wanted to find a community service project that would tie into his Torah portion of Re`eh, meaning, “to see.”...

11/6/2014

Palestinian Press, Social Media, Urging Drivers to Perpetrate `Martyrdom Operations`

Official Palestinian Authority (PA) social media sites and press are awash with photos and images encouraging drivers to use their cars as terror weapons against Israelis, similar to ramming attacks carried out Wednesday, as well as two weeks ago, in Jerusalem, according to an Israeli media watchdog group....

11/5/2014

West Has Succumbed to Madness over Israel, Phillips Says

The West has succumbed to madness when it comes to Israel, declared British journalist, author and commentator Melanie Phillips at a recent lecture at Adath Israel Congregation co-sponsored by StandWithUs. This madness takes the form of demonizing Israel despite the fact that the country occupies the moral high ground in the fight against Islamic terrorism....

11/4/2014

Searching for a Partner for Peace on Campus

Often when students follow the situation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, they feel frustration, anger, and indignation. ...

11/4/2014

Why is the Obama Administration Provoking Israel?

A senior Obama administration official recently went on the record with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in calling Israel`s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “chickenshit.” A second senior official also went on the record calling Netanyahu a “coward” on the issue of Iran`s nuclear threat....

11/4/2014

Sapir College and SWU Bring Public Diplomacy to the South As The Sderot University Joins the StandWithUs Israel Fellowship, November 2014

(Sderot, Israel, November 5, 2014) -- StandWithUs and Sapir College are thrilled to announce that the Sderot university has joined the StandWithUs Israel Fellowship, becoming the eighth university to participate in the prestigious public diplomacy program. In its ninth year, the StandWithUs Israel Fellowship selects 175 student leaders annually, empowering them in a year-long program to be informed and articulate young leaders and ambassadors for Israel....

11/3/2014

SJP: Dividing Campuses Since 2001

As a person who is involved in politics, specifically the Middle East conflict, I have seen very hostile protests, demonstrations, etc... But I never expected to witness it on my own campus, especially right here in New York City. ...

11/3/2014

Advocating for Israel in Sydney

FOLLOWING the success of its Israel advocacy program in May, the Zionist Council of NSW (ZCNSW) has brought another group of young Israelis to Sydney to talk about life in the Holy Land....

11/3/2014

`Don`t Let this `Murderer` Speak at King`s College`

What is free speech and what is hate speech? ...

10/31/2014

Could an Israeli-Created Innovation End World Hunger?

Pimi Agro has figured out a natural way to extend the shelf life of produce by 1,500%, and prevent disease and fungus, too ...

10/31/2014

Israel University Will Confront ASA Boycott in LA

The saga of the American Studies Association`s Israel boycott continues to get more dramatic. The ASA has recently significantly retracted (or reinterpreted) the academic boycott of Israel it adopted earlier this year. It now claims that Israeli scholars and representatives of Israeli institutions are welcome at its annual conference. ...

10/30/2014

Israeli Foreign Ministry Honors StandWithUs for Social Media Work

In an official ceremony in Jerusalem, Israel`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs honored many of the volunteers who participated in putting Israel`s case to people via social media, during Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza. The efforts of the students, staff and volunteers of StandWithUs were cited during the ceremony....

10/30/2014

Palestinians: Stop the Children`s Intifada!

The exploitation of children in the fight against Israel has attracted little attention from the international community and the media. Human rights groups and the UN have chosen to turn a blind eye to this human rights abuse. Instead of condemning it, these groups are busy denouncing Israel for targeting minors....

10/30/2014

Israeli Calls for North American Jews to "Wake Up"

Hen Mazzig, Education Director Stand With Us Israel, (SWU) believes North American Jews are not aware enough of the rising tide of anti-Semitism and are certainly not doing enough to fight it. ...

10/30/2014

Palestinian SodaStream Boycott Leads To Hundreds Of Unemployed West Bank Arabs

A campaign against the SodaStream factory was launched by the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee, (BDS) which works to ruin prospects of peace in the Middle East, by unhelpful boycotts, such as the SodaStream one....

10/30/2014

Univ. of Haifa Sending Representative to Controversial American Studies Confab

The American Studies Association (ASA), which in late 2013 had voted to endorse a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, returned to the forefront of Jewish media coverage last week over its 2014 annual meeting, to be held Nov. 6-9 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles....

10/29/2014

Egyptian Forces Demolish Homes for Buffer Zone Along Gaza Border

CAIRO - One day after an evacuation order, Egyptian Army bulldozers began demolishing houses along the border with Gaza on Wednesday, the first step in establishing what officials say will be a buffer zone intended to stop the passage of militants and weapons across the frontier....

10/29/2014

Israel Comes to Rescue of Drought-Struck California

Drawing on its vast experience with arid lands, Israel will help California fight back against the worst drought in its recorded history, which has dealt a death blow to local agriculture....

10/29/2014

Anti-Israel Speaker at Tufts University Uses N-Word to Describe Palestinians

A keynote speaker at an anti-Israel event hosted by Tufts University used the N-word several times to describe Palestinians in their fight against “apartheid” Israel....

10/29/2014

Arab World`s Paradigm on Israel Has Shifted, but Obama`s Hasn`t

The inaugural session of the Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate took place last week, with scholars coming from around the world to participate in two days of discussion on a plethora of topics. ...

10/29/2014

White House Distances Itself From `Chickenshit` Insult Leveled at Netanyahu, Stops Short of Apology

The White House has issued a cautious criticism of the anonymous Obama administration official who called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “chickenshit” in an interview with The Atlantic`s Jeffrey Goldberg, but stopped well short of an outright apology....

10/29/2014

The Return of the NINA Signs: No Israelis Need Apply

For Israeli professors or employees of an Israeli institution of higher learning, the American Studies Association has decided that “No Israelis Need Apply” to attend their annual conference....

10/28/2014

Israeli Innovation Helps Combat Ebola

Sterile tent produced by Israeli company SYS Technologies has already been ordered by Guinea, as WHO scrambles to deal with deadly epidemic....

10/28/2014

Anti-Israel Speaker Uses Racial Slur to Describe Palestinians

Keynote at Tufts Islamist confab dropped numerous n-bombs...

10/27/2014

Tufts University Hosting Islamists to Train Students in `Direct Action

Tufts welcomes group known for anti-Semitism, violence, connections to Hamas...

10/27/2014

#ILoveIsrael

Stand with me on the front line of Israel`s war in social media....

10/27/2014

Pro-Palestinian Motion at McGill fails

MONTREAL - An anti-Israel resolution was shelved indefinitely by the McGill University undergraduates` association at its general assembly on Oct. 22. ...

10/27/2014

Bastardization of Black Feminist Theory Propels Israel-Bashing on Campus

Using the theory of `intersectionality` first pioneered 25 years ago, Israel is condemned at universities amid a rise in anti-Semitism for imposing an `interlocking matrix of oppression` ...

10/27/2014

Ari Lesser Raps About Hamas on The Rick Amato Show, One America News Network, October 22, 2104

Video - Ari Lesser, Israeli Rapper, Israel Advocate, @AriTheMC raps about Hamas on The Rick Amato how on One American News Network out of San Diego, California October 22, 2014...

10/24/2014

Middle East Analyst Asaf Romirowsky Addresses Students on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Middle East analyst Asaf Romirowsky addressed students on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Tuesday in an event hosted by Hoos for Israel and cosponsored by the College Republicans, focusing on the historical context of the conflict and the obstacles to a settlement....

10/24/2014

StandWithUs Applauds CUNY Students for Handing Another Defeat to BDS October 24, 2014

StandWithUs congratulates graduate students at the City University of New York for defeating a bigoted student government resolution calling for academic boycotts and divestment against Israel. The vote was 31 in favor, 25 against, and 10 abstaining, with the resolution failing because it required 39 votes to pass....

10/24/2014

Boston Students and Activists Condemn Racism at Tufts SJP Conference

StandWithUs is deeply concerned about the organizers and speakers of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) National Conference, which is taking place at Boston`s Tufts University from October 24th to October 26th. ...

10/23/2014

BDS Tabled Indefinitely at McGill University

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement continues to flop on campuses across North America. The latest failure occurred on the campus of Canada`s McGill University on Wednesday evening....

10/23/2014

Black Churches: From Whence Israel`s Help May Come

SAN DIEGO - Holocaust Survivor Lou Dunst and Christian Zionist preacher Rev. Dumisani Washington of Stockton, Calif., are four decades apart in age, yet hearing one and then the other speak, gave me reassurance that Washington`s message partially fulfills the intent of Dunst`s agonized rhetorical cry of pain: “And the Free World did nothing!”...

10/23/2014

J Street U Slammed for Insensitive Post Following Murder of Baby

J Street U, the campus arm of the George Soros-founded organization which claims to be pro-Israel, is garnering negative attention after an insensitive post following the murder of a Jewish baby in Jerusalem on Wednesday....

10/22/2014

Is the ASA Backpedaling on its Israel Boycott?

The American Studies Association (ASA) is preparing to host its annual meeting next month at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. Back in 2013, the ASA voted to boycott Israeli academic institutions and Israeli scholars, “endorsing” and resolving to “honor the call of Palestinian civil society for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.”...

10/22/2014

Cultivating Pro-Israel Teens — Connecticut Students Selected for National Fellowship

With reports from France of Jewish teens joining ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria, the need to strengthen Israel advocacy among young Jews seems more urgent in a country with ample resources to do so....

10/22/2014

“Muslim Zionist” at Greenwich High in Connecticut

In September, the Greenwich High School Israel Club hosted Kasim Hafeez, a British Muslim of Pakistani descent whose anti-Israel and anti-Semitic views were radically changed after he read The Case for Israelby Alan Dershowitz and Israel 101, the primer of Israel-education organization StandWithUs. The self-proclaimed “Muslim Zionist” is now a member of the StandWithUs UK advisory board....

10/22/2014

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10/22/2014

McGill: Anti-Israel Motion Tabled Indefinitely

StandWithUs Congratulates McGill Students for Tabling Anti-Israel Motion Indefinitely...

10/21/2014

10 Ways Israel is Fighting the Battle Against Breast Cancer

Israel has been one of the leading countries in the development of breast cancer therapies and research. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, here are 10 ways that Israel has been leading the fight against breast cancer....

10/21/2014

American Studies Group Receives Renewed Scrutiny Over Boycott of Israel

About a year after the American Studies Association`s (ASA) widely condemned vote to endorse a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, the organization`s policy on Israel is receiving renewed scrutiny over a practical application of that vote....

10/21/2014

Anti-BDS: Boycott and Divestment of Israeli Goods Q&A with Roz Rothstein, CEO

n this month`s anti-BDS article with the holiday season upon so many, there will likely be an increased push for boycotting or divestment of Israel for those considering buying presents...

10/20/2014

Event at LA Westin Hotel Restricts Participation by Israelis

In early November, the American Studies Association will be having its annual meeting at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. Per the ASA`s recently adopted policy, Israeli academics will be subject to unique exclusionary restrictions based on their national origin....

10/20/2014

Academic Boycott Busted - American Studies Assoc Backs Off Anti-Israel Conference Rules

We have covered the American Studies Association academic boycott of Israel since inception, and compiled the definitive list and accompanying statements of universities and associations rejecting the boycott. Scroll through the ASA Tag for the full history....

10/17/2014

Klinghoffer and the `Two Sides` of Terrorism

Would the Metropolitan Opera offer a work called `The Death of Martin Luther King Jr.` with racist views in support of the assassination? ...

10/17/2014

Die-in Protests Fuel the Fire

Remembering is an act that`s integral to our humanity. ...

10/17/2014

Over 80% of Palestinian Reporters Self-Censor, Study Finds

Palestinian media rights group says journalists fear societal response; over two thirds have had material banned from publication....

10/15/2014

Hate and Hypocrisy Disguised as Free Speech Fester on Campus

Freedom of speech is part of the cornerstone of our democracy — one of our country`s most precious values. And while “I may not agree with what you have to say, but I`ll defend to the death your right to say it,” Voltaire`s principle does not shield speech against challenges and consequences, especially if the language is laced with hate, blatant falsehoods and a call for murder....

10/15/2014

`Hostile Environment` For John Jay Jewish Students

Mounting tension at Criminal Justice college since Gaza war....

10/14/2014

Letter to the Editor: The True Plight of the Palestinians

This summer, the world witnessed the longest and most complex clash between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. This conflict brought with it 2,143 unnecessary deaths among Palestinians, and 72 Israeli lives needlessly cut short, along with thousands more wounded on both sides....

10/14/2014

Why I Confronted George Galloway: One Year On...

It`s been exactly a year since an extremely fateful October evening which set me on a path I could have never imagined. The decisions you make sometimes seem mundane -- but some choices we make have the potential to be life changing....

10/14/2014

Top General in Gaza War: We Could Have Retaken the Strip

Brig. Gen. Nadav Padan, commander of the 162nd Division, believes this summer`s military operation was a significant achievement, dealing a heavy blow to Hamas....

10/14/2014

Will Westin Bonaventure Permit Anti-Israel Discrimination on It`s Premises?

American Center for Law and Justice demands that hotel prevent discriminatory access rules at American Studies Association annual meeting....

10/13/2014

Kafka Was the Rage

At a Catholic school, a professor fighting the academic boycott of Israel is investigated on secret charges...

10/13/2014

Israel Simply is not Equally at Fault

Western donor nations that have given so much money to Palestinian causes are expressing hesitancy about funding the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip because they fear another war may be, if not just around the corner...

10/12/2014

StandWithUs Staff Meet with Vivian Bercovici, Canada`s Ambassador to Israel

At the meeting, Ambassador Bercovici spoke of the deep bonds between Canada and Israel and was very interested in learning more about the work of StandWithUs Canada, led by Meryle Kates. ...

10/12/2014

Shouts and Stink Bombs at Israeli Film Festival in France

`Dancing in Jaffa` director Hilla Medalia says she feared for her safety amid anti-Israel protest, police told her they couldn`t do anything...

10/12/2014

Mizrahi Nation

Long shut out of the country`s story, Middle Eastern Jews now make up half of Israel`s population, influencing its culture in surprising ways. Who are they?...

10/12/2014

Jewish Leader Attacked at Brooklyn Nets Game After Palestinian Flag-Grab Incident

Leonard Petlakh Suffers Broken Nose in Barclay`s Fracas...

10/8/2014

On Many Campuses, Hate is Spelled SJP

They advocate for Israel`s destruction, admire terrorists, and are making Jewish students feel unsafe on campuses across the country. They`re Students for Justice in Palestine -- and they`re a huge problem....

10/8/2014

More Than 1,000 Visit StandWithUs Booth at I-House Festival in Davis, California 2014

More than 1,000 people learned a little more about Israel than they knew before at the StandWithUs booth at I-House festival in Davis, California on Sunday, October 5, 2014. ...

10/8/2014

Man Physically Assaulted By Pro-Palestinians After Nets-Maccabi Game Outside Barclays Center

The NYPD hate Crime Task Force is investigating a bias attack, after a man was pyscially attacked by pro-Palestinian supporters in Brooklyn Tuesday night, following the Nets -- Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball game at Barclay`s Center, according to a press release sent out by Kings Bay Y....

10/7/2014

STANDWITHUS APPLAUDS EMORY UNIVERSITY`S RESPONSE TO ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENT

Just hours after Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti appeared on Emory University`s Alpha Epsilon Pi [AEPi] fraternity house. ...

10/7/2014

Formula 1 Racing Comes Roaring into Jerusalem

The city of Jerusalem roared on Monday with the sound of race cars speeding around the Old City as part of the second annual Jerusalem Formula road show....

10/7/2014

Financial Giant SWIFT Rejects Israel Sanctions Call

Belgium-based financial transfer services giant `regrets` international pressure put on it to boycott Israel, refuses to do so....

10/7/2014

`Hamas` Video Goes Viral

Since Ari Lesser`s video “Hamas” was posted to YouTube on Sept. 8, almost 90,000 have viewed it. ...

10/6/2014

Zim Could Consider Abandoning Oakland Port

On Sunday night, after not being able to unload at the Port of Oakland, the ZIM Shanghai headed to the Port of Los Angeles. ...

10/6/2014

BDS Threatens Prospects of Israeli-Palestinian Peace

As someone who cares deeply about peace, justice and human rights in the Middle East, I am very concerned about recent events on campus promoting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) against Israel....

10/6/2014

Israel to Help Fight Ebola in Africa

Three mobile clinics to be sent to countries at risk of infection, but Israelis will not venture into areas where virus has spread...

10/6/2014

Israel Sending mobile Clinics to Africa to fight Ebola

The Israeli government will send three mobile emergency clinics to western Africa in an effort to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus....

10/6/2014

Hamas: Ruling West Bank could destroy Israel “with a speed that no one can imagine”

Hamas leader Al-Zahar: If Hamas were to transfer "what it has [in Gaza] or just a small part of it to the West Bank," it would destroy Israel....

10/6/2014

Demonstration Against the Metropolitan Opera

100 wheelchair caravan to demonstrate against the Metropolitan Opera....

10/6/2014

StandWithUs and NCSY Combat BDS

Vida Velasco, StandWithUs Central Region High School Program Coordinator, was featured in the Kansas City NCSY newsletter for her work with the community regarding combating the BDS movement. ...

10/6/2014

Group Spreads Pro-Israel Message on Local Campuses

Melody DeSanto, 22, the StandWithUs Emerson Fellow at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, grew up in Kissimmee (near Orlando) in an area rife with anti-Semitism....

10/3/2014

Lancet Editor Apologises For Gaza Article By Scientists Who Promoted Ku Klux Klan

Prof Richard Horton expresses `deep regret` to Israeli doctors over journal`s `Open letter for the people of Gaza`....

10/2/2014

Palestinians and the "Death Boats" Scandal

As the past few weeks have, shown, hundreds, if not thousands, of Palestinians would rather risk their lives at sea than live under Palestinian governments and leaders whose only goal is to enrich their bank accounts....

10/2/2014

There`s a Growing Army of Grassroots Groups Working to Defend Israel

We`re a national movement. We`re diverse. And we`re growing. ...

10/2/2014

Arabs Praise Israel For Their Treatment of Palestinian Workers

A September 21, 2014 article in the Palestinian Authority controlled daily publication, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, praises Israel as well as Israeli businesses for their treatment of Palestinian workers. The same article condemned Palestinian employers for their unfair treatment of fellow Palestinians....

10/2/2014

British Colonel Denounces Lies About Israel

In August we attended a lecture in Ra`anana by Richard Kemp, sponsored by the excellent StandWithUs organization, which is dedicated to informing the public about Israel and to combating the extremism and anti-Semitism that often distorts the issues. ...

10/1/2014

J-Street`s Beyonce Blunder

No doubt there was raucous laughter in the Washington DC headquarters of J Street when one of their graphic designers shouted “I`ve got it!”, while sipping from his “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace” coffee mug, “we`re going to do a Beyonce meme”....

10/1/2014

Hamas Urging Followers to Kidnap IDF Soldiers

“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.” (Psalm 125:2) ...

10/1/2014

Rabbi Says He Was Asked to Leave Jackson, Miss, Restaurant Because He Was Jewish

Did you hear the one about the rabbi who goes into a restaurant and is offered the "Jew salad"?...

10/1/2014

14 Groups Urge Colleges to Protect Jewish Students from Anti-Semitism

A varied group of 14 organizations has issued a letter to more than 2,500 U.S. colleges and universities that urges them to protect Jewish students on campus in light of rising anti-Semitism in America and abroad. ...

9/29/2014

Students Supporting Israel Rejected by Student Government

As we begin a new academic year, it is time for us to reflect upon what we would like out of it. ...

9/29/2014

Israel Advocacy for Teens in Massachusetts

The Lappin Foundation`s Israel Advocacy for Teens program provides Israel advocacy and education training to Jewish teens before they go to college....

9/29/2014

Time Abroad Builds Perspective

My eyes gazed down at the meandering line of ink my pen had signed just a few seconds prior as I realized I was committed to the program; I didn`t have an absolute clue to what degree I would be impacted....

9/27/2014

Burson-Marsteller Rejects Israel as a Client; Accepts Muslim Brotherhood

PR Giant Signs Tunisia Branch of Muslim Brotherhood But Thumbs Nose at Israel`s Shekels...

9/27/2014

Human Intelligence Under Fire

Operating in the gap between the Mossad and the Shin Bet, Unit 504 -- the Human Intelligence Division -- is one of the IDF`s most secret units; handling a network of agents, their members offer the ultimate layer of intelligence for the military....

9/24/2014

Priest Tells UNHRC to `End Witch Hunt` of Israel

Israeli Arab Father Gabriel Naddaf says the Jewish state `is the only place where Christians in the Middle East are safe`...

9/24/2014

Letter: Carter Phillips Should be Applauded for Protecting our Freedom of Speech

As Treasurer of the State of Ohio, I was proud to read about the Treasurer of Ohio University`s Student Senate, Carter Phillips, who recently resigned in articulate fashion and with incredible strength. ...

9/24/2014

StandWithUs To Place Pro-Israel Digitial Billboard in New Mexico Beginning September 25 To Counter Anti-Israel Ad

StandWithUs (SWU) is countering anti-Israel billboards in Albuquerque by placing its own ads beginning September 25 through October 24....

9/23/2014

International Petition Against Academic Boycott of Israel

If you are a faculty member or affiliated with a university, please join hundreds of colleagues who oppose BDS. ...

9/23/2014

Muslim Zionist Recalls His Transformation

Kasim Hafeez was taught from childhood that much of the evil in the world could be attributed to Jews and Israel....

9/23/2014

Tolerance is Necessary for Campus to Remain Inclusive

Attempts at progress are futile without respect for the identities of others....

9/22/2014

To be Read at the NYC Rally Protesting “The Death of Klinghoffer”

In joining you today to protest the New York Metropolitan Opera production of this opera, I echo the silenced voice of my son, Daniel Pearl, and the silenced voices of other victims of terror, including James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and including thousands of men, women and children who were murdered, maimed or left heartbroken by the new menace of our generation, a menace of savagery that the Met has decided to elevate to a normative, two-sided status, worthy of artistic expression. ...

9/22/2014

Hundreds in Academic World Sign Anti-BDS Petition

More than 620 people from scores of universities have signed an online petition opposing academic boycotts of Israel. ...

9/22/2014

StandWithUs Opposes AMP and SJP`s "Day of Action"

American Muslims for Palestine [AMP] has once again exposed its extremism and reactionary, thuggish tactics in its call for a September 23rd campus “Day of Action” against Israel and its supporters. ...

9/19/2014

Pro-Israel Students on Social Media

In the wake of Operation Protective Edge, pro-Israel college students have taken an active stance on social media. ...

9/18/2014

Students for Justice in Palestine Promotes Hatred on College Campuses

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) sells itself as a peaceful grassroots movement for justice and human rights....

9/15/2014

FOX News Needs to Hear Your Voice

Fox Sports-Middle East`s website, which used to showcase a map of the region for viewers to find a schedule of events, did not include Israel on the map....

9/11/2014

Sisi`s Gift

Egypt and Jordan have already experienced the spillover of the Palestinian jihad....

9/11/2014

StandWithUs Supports the University of Illinois [UIUC] Trustees Decision Not To Hire Steven Salaita on September 11, 2014

StandWithUs fully supports the University of Illinois [UIUC] Trustees decision not to approve the hiring of Steven Salaita. ...

9/11/2014

U. of Illinois Won`t Hire Ex-Virginia Tech Professor Who Sent Anti-Israel Tweets

Steven Salaita, who last year accepted a job to begin teaching this fall in the university`s Native American Studies Program, has threatened legal action if the university rescinded the offer. His attorneys have said if he isn`t hired, they`ll go to court to try to get an injunction to force the university to hire him....

9/11/2014

The Media`s Tragic Obsession with Israel

Who pays the highest price for the media`s obsession with Israel? Hint: It`s not Israel. It`s the millions of victims who are ignored while the media chases what former Associated Press reporter Matti Friedman calls its “hostile obsession with Jews.” ...

9/11/2014

Israel-bashing Illinois Professor Won`t be Re-Hired, Trustees Vote

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) trustees voted on Thursday not to re-issue a position to Steven Salaita, a former Virginia Tech professor of English who had been offered a position at the Illinois school. His job offer was rescinded after he posted anti-Israel tweets that critics also deemed anti-Semitic....

9/11/2014

Palestinians` Oppression Comes from within the Family

Palestinians are being systematically disadvantaged in both law and practice. But the actual oppressor may surprise you....

9/10/2014

Former Islamic Radical Now Championing Zionism Visits Philadelphia Jewish Community

The crowd gasped as Kasim Hafeez confessed to his past consideration of becoming a Jihadist suicide bomber....

9/10/2014

The Green Prince

Movie...

9/9/2014

Group that Prepares Teens to Defend Israel Comes to the Pacific Northwest

Many college students returning from summer break are going to find themselves in a campus environment even more hostile and politicized than last year, as bad as it was. The skewed media reporting of the recent Gaza War has already proved itself to be a propaganda bonanza for anti-Israel activists both on campus and off....

9/8/2014

Show Boston Your Israel Pride!

The Amazing Israel Race is a fun-filled day racing around Boston in teams of four led by clues and obstacle tasks in search of sites related to Israeli culture and history. ...

9/8/2014

Hamas - By Ari Lesser

Video...

9/8/2014

Rally Against the Metropolitan Opera`s Performance of "The Death of Klinghoffer"

Rally against the Metropolitan Opera`s performance of "The Death of Klinghoffer," which glorifies terrorism. ...

9/4/2014

Pro-Israel Campus Groups Actively Stand Up for Israel

From last year`s boycott of Israeli academic institutions by the American Studies Association to protests at campuses across the country, it`s apparent that colleges are not the friendliest places for pro-Israeli students and advocates these days. ...

9/3/2014

Concern for the Safety of Jewish Students at UC Berkeley

We represent 15 organizations with hundreds of thousands of members and supporters nationwide, who are deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of Jewish students on campuses across the country, particularly in light of the current unrest in the Middle East. ...

9/3/2014

Fighting Senselessness in Gaza

Earlier in the week, my reserve unit was activated to provide an extra sense of security to the kibbutzim under threat of attacks from Gaza. I spent my birthday doing guard duty....

9/3/2014

The Citizen Soldiers, Israel`s Strength

Israel is a tiny Jewish country that manages to thrive in the Middle East with hostile neighbors. The quality of the IDF provides the security necessary for this to happen....

9/3/2014

Campus Groups `Deeply Concerned About the Safety and Well-Being of Jewish Students` on Sept. 23rd

In anticipation for the “International Day of Action on College Campuses: Free Palestine and End the Siege on Gaza,” which is scheduled for September 23rd, 15 campus organizations joined together to issue a letter to University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks....

9/3/2014

PUMP: A New Movie You Should Know About!

An important new movie about ending our oil addiction that could change the rules of the game and defund the enemies of America and Israel. ...

9/2/2014

Comedy: The One About Hamas

Video - As tensions rise between Hamas and Israel, a satirical reminder of the true nature of Hamas, from No Laughing Matter....

9/2/2014

Birthright Israel in Hebrew!

What are you doing for winter break?...

9/2/2014

Turning “No” Into “Yes” on College Campuses

How many of us have gotten involved to proactively prevent BDS, and not just fight it once it already arrived on campus?...

8/29/2014

Over 250 People in the Hollywood Community Come Out for Israel!

Statement from Creative Community for Peace and Friends...

8/29/2014

After Gaza Conflict, Preparing for a Potentially Stormy Year for Israel on Campus

This summer`s 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which has come to a close if a cease-fire reached last week holds, has spurred a sharp rise in both anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incidents around the world. At the same time, the boundary between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism has become increasingly blurred, particularly on American college campuses....

8/28/2014

StandWithUs Shocked at International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network`s (IJAN) Response to Eli Wiesel Ad

StandWithUs applauds Elie Wiesel for his recent ad, calling on all people to join him in condemning Hamas` “death cult” and use of Palestinian children as human shields....

8/28/2014

Boycott Divest Sanction Not Stopping Collaboration Between Israeli and Canadian Universities, Ambassador Says

The Boycott Divest Sanction movement that is gaining popularity across Canadian universities has done little to deter exchanges and co-operation between academics here and in Israel, according to the Israeli ambassador to Canada....

8/27/2014

Witness the Resilience, Resolve and Valiance of a Nation

I recently had the privilege of traveling to Israel on a solidarity mission, arranged by Stand With Us, a prominent Israel advocacy group. ...

8/27/2014

Programs Prepare Jewish Students for Hostile Campus Environment

This past academic year was perhaps the most intense in terms of anti-Israel hostility in recent memory. ...

8/26/2014

Israel Fights Hamas, Not Palestinians

I am proud that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not preach ceasefire to Israel on Hamas` terms....

8/26/2014

Showing Solidarity

Last week I spent the week doing just that as board members and friends of StandWithUs traveled from Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Florida to show solidarity with the people of southern Israel and with Israel`s Defence Forces....

8/26/2014

My Trip This Week to Israel

I returned from Israel just a few days ago. Besides the usually meetings, my week featured my second missile siren in Jerusalem in less than two years, and my first trip to a safe room. I also heard the boom of an Iron Dome rocket intercept a Hamas missile, while I was sitting with friends drinking beer at the Jaffe port....

8/26/2014

Students for Justice in Palestine: What`s in a Name?

Students for Justice in Palestine, your name suggests that there is, in fact, injustice in Palestine....

8/25/2014

A Public Thank You

I`m writing to publicly congratulate Robert Jacobs of StandWithUs Northwest for his leadership and advocacy during this heart-wrenching month of conflict in Israel....

8/25/2014

12 Orgs Call for Monitoring of SJP After Jewish Student Assaulted

Twelve organizations joined together to express outrage at the assault of Daniel Vessal, a CAMERA Fellow and member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) fraternity who was punched in the face and called "kike" by individuals around the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) table on August 20....

8/25/2014

Temple University -- Latest Anti-semitic Hotspot Protested Amid Record Donation Drive

Temple University has become the latest focal point for groups concerned about the spreading wave of campus antisemitism and academic-based Holocaust minimizing....

8/25/2014

StandWithUs Canada Condemns Canadian Federation of Students - Ontario BDS Vote

On August 22, 2014, the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) - Ontario branch, which represents more than 300,000 students in the province, voted unanimously to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. ...

8/22/2014

Organizations Sign Statement Against Assault of a Student At Temple University

We are deeply troubled by the physical assault against a Jewish student at Temple University. Daniel Vessal, a CAMERA Fellow and member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, was punched in the face and knocked down and called "baby-killer, racist, Zionist pig" by individuals at the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) table that was part of "Templefest," an organizational exhibition on August 20, 2014....

8/22/2014

Student-Teachers Union Takes Stand Against Israel as Anti-Semitism Concerns Arise

As Israeli soldiers and Hamas fighters confront one another in a deadly battle over Gaza, an alliance of watchdog organizations asked University of California President Janet Napolitano to monitor the rise of anti-Semitic speech in the nine-campus system, citing “a scathing anti-Semitic statement released by the Union of Student Workers promoting the boycott of Israel.”...

8/22/2014

Hamas Admits to Kidnapping Three Israeli Teens

Two months after Gil-Ad Shaer, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrah were murdered near Hebron, top Hamas official admits groups` operatives behind `heroic` kidnap, murder of teens....

8/21/2014

A Love Letter From Hamas to ISIS (With 10 Tips)

Dear Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...

8/19/2014

Social Media, Internet Have Role in War

According to Sara Gold Rafel, the Boca Raton-based Southeast director of StandWithUs (SWU) -- a 13-year-old, nonprofit Israel education group: "The war between Israel and Hamas, the terrorist organization that rules Gaza, has also been fought in the flow of information on social media and the Internet."...

8/19/2014

Israeli Tourists Visit Bradford To Troll George Galloway

A dozen "Israeli tourists" made a pilgrimage to Bradford this weekend, after local MP George Galloway said they were not welcome in the city....

8/18/2014

StandWithUs Hosted Top International Law Students for the 4th Student Conference on International Law

Last week, StandWithUs hosted top International Law students from 10 different countries for the 4th Student Conference on International Law. ...

8/18/2014

Gaza and Palestinian Leadership: The More It Changes, the More it Gets Worse

Palestinian leadership has always been the worst enemy of the Palestinian people - especially in Gaza, one of the poorest and possibly the most densely crowded place in the world. Had its leadership been smarter and less personally greedy, it`s possible that Palestinians would have had their state alongside Israel scores of years ago....

8/15/2014

Ryan Kavanaugh on Gaza: Hollywood Must Stand Up to "Anti-Creative, Violent" Hamas

"How can a Hollywood community so tolerant â€¦ tolerate this utter tyranny?" asks the CEO of Relativity Media, who challenges celebrities with anti-Israel views on the conflict in the Middle East...

8/15/2014

Urgent! President Obama needs to hear your voice for Israel!

TELL THE WHITE HOUSE, THE STATE DEPARTMENT, AND YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES: DON`T ENDANGER ISRAEL...

8/14/2014

Standing Up for Israel on Campus

It`s going to be a tough year on campus. Anti-Israel rallies nationwide indicate that the atmosphere has turned toxic for all of us who love and support Israel....

8/14/2014

Standing Up for Israel on Campus

When Israel declared its statehood 65 years ago, there was little ripple effect at American universities. At the time, “campus anti-Semitism” referred to the Jewish quotas applied to student and faculty applicants to certain institutions of higher learning. But those rebuffed candidates could and did turn to alternative institutions, put the institutionalized racism behind them, and get on with their education or teaching....

8/12/2014

Christians United For Israel Jumps to the Forefront of Pro-Israel Groups

Israel is looking high and low for friends, especially those with a connection to Congress. It has found them -- not just in its traditional reservoir of support in the American Jewish community, but also in Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which has now been propelled to the front row of pro-Israel organizations. ...

8/12/2014

New York Stands with Israel

The governor of America`s third-largest state is headed to Israel tonight, and the trip couldn`t come at a better time....

8/11/2014

When Speaking Up for Gazans, Speak Out Against Hamas

As the battle between Israel and Hamas has resumed, demonstrators on both sides have taken to the streets. While I don`t expect Palestinian solidarity protestors to suddenly advocate for Israel, what has left me perplexed is their silence when the people of Gaza need them the most....

8/11/2014

Looking Towards the Future, in the Face of War

An engagement photo demonstrates that these soldiers, who are demonized in the international media, are looking towards a peaceful future....

8/11/2014

US College Campuses Debate Middle East Conflict

Tensions over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are increasingly playing out in the microcosm of college campuses across the United States....

8/11/2014

Weissman Busy As SWU Campus Coordinator

Lauren Weissman, 26, has been busy since starting as campus coordinator for Boca Raton-based StandWithUs-Southeast on June 2....

8/7/2014

The NUS Should Be Ashamed of Their `Israel Boycott`

It is with great disappointment to note that the National Union of Students` Executive Council voted to join the call of the BDS movement - demanding sanctions against the State of Israel, and attempting to intimidate student unions across the UK to adopt `Boycotts` and `Divestment` on their campuses....

8/7/2014

LECTURE: Colonel Richard Kemp Stresses Israel isn`t a War Criminal

In a panel discussion titled “Who are the war criminals” sponsored by Stand With US, UN Watch, and the Tel Aviv International Salon, British Colonel Kemp stressed that Israel did not commit war crimes. To the contrary, Israel is a model for the British Army....

8/6/2014

The Wheels Came Off The Tricycle

The Tricycle views the world through a variety of lenses, bringing unheard voices into the mainstream. It presents high quality and innovative work, which provokes debate and emotionally engages. ...

8/6/2014

Peace Can`t Come Through Shutting Down Dialogue

Jewish student groups are willing to talk about these issues and hope to come to some workable solutions. S.J.P.`s refusal to even speak to any groups on campus that don`t accept these 3 Points of Unity does not serve their stated goal of improving the lives of Palestinians....

8/6/2014

MKs in Coalition, Opposition Berate Europeans for Hypocrisy on Israel

Lawmakers speak to parliamentary aides visiting Israel from nine European states for StandWithUs-backed conference....

8/5/2014

Israel: We Caught kidnapper Behind Murder of the 3 Teens

A West Bank man said to be the leader of the terrorist cell that kidnapped and killed three Israeli teenagers in June was arrested....

8/5/2014

Journalists Witness Hamas Rockets Fired from Gaza Population Centers

French and Indian journalists, eye witness...

8/4/2014

Pornography of Pain: Why the Heartbreaking Images Out of Gaza Are Hurting the Palestinians

When I see the images coming out of Gaza, I also want Israel to stop its war against Hamas....

8/4/2014

Florida Atlantic University Rejects BDS Motion

FAU student government tables academic boycott against Israel; pro-Israel groups hail victory in `taking a stand against hate.`...

8/4/2014

Europe`s Alarming Push to Isolate Israel

When President Barack Obama warned of "international fallout" if Israel fails to embrace the latest U.S. Middle East peace proposal, Newsmax asked noted author and Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz to comment on the growing talk of a European boycott against Israel. ...

8/4/2014

People in JAPAN express solidarity with Israel

Israel - Big in Japan #TokyoStandsWithIsrael They don`t just support Israel in Tokyo, they come out and show it! ...

8/1/2014

Spanish Journalist on Why Hamas Never Photographed in Action: `If Ever We Dared Point Our Camera on Them They Would Simply Shoot at Us and Kill Us`

A Spanish journalist told Israeli filmmaker Michael Grynszpan that the reason television news does not broadcast images of Hamas fighters in action is because of fear of immediate execution....

8/1/2014

Israel`s Doctrine of Proportionality in Gaza

The images of destruction after the battle between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas that began July 20 in the Shajaiya neighborhood in the Gaza Strip have caused many to declare, in a now-frequent refrain, that the IDF is behaving “disproportionately.” ...

8/1/2014

Jews Rejected Child Sacrifice 3,500 Years Ago. Now it`s Hamas` Turn.

More than three thousand years ago, Abraham had two children. One son had been sent into the wilderness and was in danger of dying. God saved him with water from a spring....

8/1/2014

OUTRAGE AT HAMAS VIOLATION OF HUMANITARIAN TRUCE

StandWithUs is horrified at Hamas` latest barbaric action. It exposes the nature of the enemy Israel faces....

8/1/2014

Lawrence Solomon: Gaza`s Fantasy Siege

Blockade? Wrong word for the limitations that Israel places on the free flow of goods...

8/1/2014

StandWithUs Congratulates the Students at FAU for Defeating BDS om August 1, 2014

StandWithUs congratulates the pro-Israel students of Owls for Israel at Florida Atlantic University for successfully defeating BDS, having a divestment resolution tabled indefinitely after it was sprung on them at the last minute during the summer session while most students were not on campus. ...

7/31/2014

Notable & Quotable: Eric Hoffer on Israel, 1968

Things permitted to other nations are forbidden to the Jews....

7/30/2014

Gaza`s Palestinians: Trapped Under Hamas

It is heart wrenching to see Gaza`s civilian population suffering because of Hamas` ongoing war against Israel. But they have suffered for seven years under Hamas....

7/30/2014

Award-Winning Palestinian Journalist Forced into Hiding

PA`s Preventative Security Force in W. Bank arrest Majdoleen Hassouneh`s brothers in attempt to put pressure on her to turn herself in....

7/30/2014

IDF Couple Engaged Despite Turmoil

An IDF couple engaged amid beautiful scenery is making viral waves online....

7/30/2014

PUMP: A New Movie You Should Know About!

An important new movie about ending our oil addiction that could change the rules of the game and defund the enemies of America and Israel. ...

7/30/2014

Shortened Teen Trip Sends a Bad Message

It is ironic that the Jewish News` front-page headline of July 17 reads “Standing With Israel,” while on page 14 the reader learns of the Detroit Teen Mission to Israel returning home during the present crisis....

7/30/2014

Arab Leaders Silent, Viewing Hamas as Worse Than Israel

CAIRO -- Battling Palestinian militants in Gaza two years ago, Israel found itself pressed from all sides by unfriendly Arab neighbors to end the fighting....

7/30/2014

Italian Reporter Reveals Hamas Cover-Up Over Misfired Rockets

Journalist backs IDF version of missile strike on school playground, says Hamas rockets went astray. But it`s just the tip of the iceberg....

7/30/2014

Report: Hamas Executes Alleged Spies, Shoots Protesters in Gaza

Palestinian media reports Hamas has executed more than 30 civilians accused of collaborating with Israel....

7/30/2014

5 Reasons Why American Jews Are Standing With Israel

American Jews stand with Israel. At times of war and crisis, that`s the way it has always been, and this time is no different....

7/29/2014

Saudi Official Says Hamas Responsible for Deaths in Gaza; Columnist Calls for Peace With Israel

The former head of Saudi intelligence services Turki al Faisal said that Hamas was responsible for “the crimes Israel has committed in the Gaza Strip,” according to a report by Israeli news website NRG....

7/29/2014

Meet the Hamas Billionaires

"Among the Palestinians, they tell you straight out, `I want to get rich.`"...

7/29/2014

US Politicians Blast Hamas at New York Rally

“We will not take the United Nations seriously unless they take Hamas war crimes seriously,” Steve Israel (D-NY) tells rally in support of Israel....

7/28/2014

Who is the Real Enemy?

I was working at CNN as a field producer on Sept 11, 2001....

7/28/2014

Rare Photos from `Underground Gaza` Give Glimpse of Tunnel Threat

Photographs taken by photographer Jack Guez show tunnels dug by Hamas from Gaza into Israel. IDF troops still occupied with uncovering and destroying more tunnels: `Every day of combat allows us to inflict greater damage on this infrastructure.`...

7/28/2014

Israel Must be Permitted to Crush Hamas

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary of State John Kerry and the foreign ministers of Great Britain and France all are rushing to achieve a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas....

7/25/2014

Jewish Rocker Sings Israel Support

With `Maximum Restraint` Peter Himmelman challenges criticism of Israel`s response to Hamas terror...

7/25/2014

PALESTINIANS, IRANIANS, AND SYRIANS EXTEND ISRAEL A HAND

Between the international press, New York Times, and the Obama administration, it`s easy to believe that Israel doesn`t have many friends. However, a new social media campaign reveals that the Jewish State has worldwide support, even in places notorious for their disdain for Jews and their homeland....

7/25/2014

Standing with Israel Around the World

It`s no secret that Israel is currently engaged in one of its most difficult and public wars of its short history. Operation Protective Edge is unlike any other armed conflict fought in Israel`s history. ...

7/24/2014

Dozens of Canadians Have Gone to Israel to Take up Arms for the Jewish State

If things had turned out differently, Orli Broer would be starting her second year at Montreal`s McGill University, spending her days studying and her nights dancing....

7/23/2014

Advocacy Group Draws Support for Israel From Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Yemen, Qatar, Iran

Israel advocacy group StandWithUs on Wednesday said that when it asked social media followers to send a picture of their passports in support of Israel, readers quickly sent in more than 1,000 passports from 100 countries, including Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Yemen, Qatar, Malaysia, and Iran....

7/23/2014

Who is Responsible for the Suffering in Gaza?

Video...

7/23/2014

Iranian Citizen Gives Israel a Hand

Social media campaign encourages residents of all countries to quickly and anonymously support Israel in fighting Hamas....

7/23/2014

Support Israel Through StandWithUs: New Urgent Jewcer Campaign

During Israel`s time of need, its good to know that you can count on StandWithUs. But we need your partnership now more than ever. ...

7/23/2014

AIPAC Statement on FAA Ban on US Airline Travel to Israel

We understand the need and the responsibility to protect the safety of airline travelers, but we are concerned by the FAA decision to ban all commercial flights by US airliners to Ben Gurion Airport in Israel....

7/23/2014

Why I Side With Israel

Is it OK to take sides in a war?...

7/22/2014

Washington Post: Shifa Hospital in Gaza City `Has Become a De Facto Headquarters for Hamas Leaders, Who Can Be Seen in Hallways and Offices`

Contrary to international rules of warfare, Hamas has commandeered a large hospital in Gaza City as its “de facto headquarters,” the Washington Post reported....

7/22/2014

Al Jazeera Publishes Updated List of Gaza Dead; Analysis Confirms Israel Targeting Combatants

Al Jazeera on Sunday published a list of Gazans who died since Israel`s Operation Protective Edge Began two weeks ago, based on data provided by Ashraf al-Qedra, a spokesman for the Gaza Health Ministry....

7/22/2014

Hamas`s Civilian Death Strategy

Gazans shelter terrorists and their weapons in their homes, right beside sofas and dirty diapers....

7/22/2014

Has Hamas Ended the Prospects for a Two State Solution?

Hamas`s decision to fire rockets in the direction of Ben Gurion Airport may well have ended any real prospect of a two-state solution. Whether the regulators and airlines that have stopped flights to and from Israel are right or wrong, this stoppage cannot possibly be tolerated by a democratic country that relies so heavily on tourism and international travel....

7/22/2014

I`m Done Apologizing for Israel

I`m done apologizing for Israel....

7/22/2014

StandWithUs MZ Teen Alumni speaks at the New York City rally for Israel.

Listen to his inspirational speech....

7/21/2014

Israel Wins Supporters Around the World

New solidarity campaign invited pro-Israel activists to snap their passport - and even got responses from Iran, Pakistan and Indonesia. ...

7/21/2014

Re. Urgent Action for Israel - President Obama needs to hear your voice

President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry are currently proposing an unconditional ceasefire to both sides, after which they hope to bring the parties to negotiations....

7/18/2014

UPDATE: Operation Protective Edge - July 18 2014

Israel`s ground operation into Gaza is aimed at targeting Hamas` tunnels that enable terrorists to cross the border and carry out terror attacks against Israelis....

7/18/2014

Charles Krauthammer: Latest Mideast Clash Creates Moral Clarity in Gaza

Israel accepts an Egyptian-proposed Gaza cease-fire; Hamas keeps firing. Hamas deliberately aims rockets at civilians; Israel painstakingly tries to avoid them, actually telephoning civilians in the area and dropping warning charges, so-called roof knocking....

7/18/2014

Tzeva Adom (Code Red) Kindergarten Song: Helping Children Deal With Terror

This song was written by an Israeli kindergarten teacher a few years ago because she wanted to help the children in her class deal with the rocket attacks against Israel....

7/18/2014

StandWithUs War Efforts

As we write this letter, our brave soldiers of the IDF have entered Gaza. The government of Israel has made clear that its goal in this incursion is to wipe out Hamas and other terrorists groups as well as their missile arsenals, tunnels, and storage facilities....

7/17/2014

Israel Needs an Irony Dome

It boggles the mind to think that a determined, Jew-hating terror army would fire more than 1,000 rockets at Israel over seven days and inflict so few casualties....

7/17/2014

UNRWA Finds Rockets Stored in One of its Schools in Gaza

Agency Demands Full Respect for the Sanctity of Its Premises in Gaza....

7/16/2014

UC Board of Regents Confirms Avi Oved as Student Regent-Designate

The UC Board of Regents confirmed UCLA junior Avi Oved as the 2015-2016 student regent at its meeting Wednesday, with only one opposing vote from current student regent Sadia Saifuddin, just after about a dozen public commenters voiced their concerns about his potential political conflicts of interest....

7/16/2014

Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada in Response to the Situation in Israel

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement in response to the situation in Israel....

7/16/2014

Hamas is Playing a Dangerous Game with Gazan Lives

SO FAR Hamas`s military campaign against Israel has been a dismal failure. ...

7/16/2014

The use of mosques in the Gaza Strip for military purposes by Hamas and other terrorist organizations: the case of the Al-Farouq Mosque

The Al-Farouq Mosque in the Nuseirat refugee camp after being attacked on July 12, 2014, by the Israel Air Force....

7/16/2014

A Letter to the Abu Khadeir Family

From the Center for Religious Conflict Transformation in the Middle East. In English and Arabic....

7/15/2014

Large Pro-Israel Rally in LA Marred by Violence

Four Palestinian activists allegedly beat Israel supporters with sticks at end of thousand-strong demonstration....

7/15/2014

Attacking Israel with the Big Lie: Genocide

A convoy of Israeli Merkava tanks roll near Israel`s border. ...

7/15/2014

Hamas Uses Horror Movie Still of Headless Girl in Miniskirt to Depict Gaza Casualties on Social Media (WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO)

As Hamas supporters are being called out on Twitter for posting photos of Syrian casualties from 2012 as victims of the Israeli Army in Gaza in 2014, Israel advocacy group StandWithUs on Tuesday posted a clip from Hollywood horror flick `The Final Destination 4Ã¢â‚¬Â² that was used to create another fake that circulated widely on Facebook falsely depicting Israel killing civilians....

7/15/2014

Even as Israel is Under Fire -- Over 9 Million People Reached

Even as Israel is Under Fire -- Over 9 Million People Reached...

7/15/2014

Operation Protective Edge: July 15, 2014 - UPDATE

Israel`s objective was and remains putting an end to rocket fire from Gaza on our cities, and providing the citizens of Israel with the peace and quiet to which they are entitled. ...

7/14/2014

Hamas Terrorists Use Innocent Civilians As Human Shields -- VIDEO

Human shielding involves the intentional placement of innocent civilians in harms way in order to protect the lives of combatants....

7/14/2014

Public Diplomacy a Central Front of Ongoing Military Operation

Experts say efforts to spread Israel`s message around the world have markedly improved since previous skirmishes in Gaza....

7/14/2014

Anti-Israel Protesters Besiege Paris Synagogue

Dozens of young men protesting Israel`s actions in Gaza briefly besieged a Paris synagogue and clashed with security. ...

7/13/2014

LA Solidarity Rally For Israel TODAY 7.13.2014

Community Solidarity Rally for Israel, SUNDAY, JULY 13...

7/10/2014

Gaza Crisis: How Israel Responded to Missile Attacks

From #prayforgaza hashtags to `bomb shelter selfies`, millions in Israel took to social media yesterday to share their experiences of the ongoing Gaza crisis....

7/10/2014

A Day In Tel Aviv With Terrorist Rockets

Tel Aviv residents, like millions of other Israelis, were woken up by air raid sirens as Hamas continued to shoot rockets at civilians. ...

7/10/2014

Why I Left J Street

24-year old Ada da Silva was excited and hopeful as she entered the bustling Grand Lobby of the Washington DC Convention Center on March 24th of 2012....

7/10/2014

Ambassador Ron Prossor Addresses The UN - Excellent Speech

Ambassador Ron Prosor sounds a siren in the Security Council ...

7/9/2014

StandWithUs Statement re. Operation Protective Edge

Once again, Israel has been forced to launch a military operation to protect its citizens....

7/9/2014

`Operation Protective Edge` Is a Battle for Human Life

Imagine this: A siren blares, you are holding your child`s hand, you know in barely 15 seconds a Qassam rocket will land only yards away. ...

7/8/2014

Abbas` Advisor Calls to Murder Israelis

Same advisor "blessed the breast that nursed" a terrorist who stabbed father of five to death....

7/8/2014

Students in the 8th StandWithUs Israeli Fellowship Present Their 2014 Year-End Projects

The student participants in the 8th StandWithUs Israel Fellowship are in final preparations for their 2014 year-end projects. ...

7/7/2014

Fatah to Israelis: Prepare body bags

Fatah Facebook:"Sons of Zion, this is an oath to the Lord of the Heavens: Prepare all the bags you can for your body parts."...

7/7/2014

Call To Action at Memorial on July 3, 2014 for Eyal, Gilad and Naftali at Nessah Synagogue in Los Angeles

I was honored to be asked to speak at a community Memorial for Eyal, Gilad and Naftali at Nessah Synagogue in Los Angeles, California on July 3, 2014....

7/7/2014

An Almost-Jihadi is Now a Defender of Israel

“I`m ashamed to admit it now,” said Kasim Hafeez, 29, on May 28 in Glendale, “but I was an anti-Semite.”...

7/7/2014

A Profound Israeli Schizophrenia

I`m writing this from 30,000 feet above Chicago, my home town, as I finish the final leg of a two week mission to Israel with 26 college student activists from StandWithUs and Hasbara Fellowships....

7/7/2014

Turks Come to Israel in Record Numbers

Tourism between Israel and Turkey was traditionally a rather one-sided affair. ...

7/7/2014

StandWithUs Joins Israelis in Mourning The Senseless Loss of Muhammed Abu Khdeir

StandWithUs joins Israelis in mourning the senseless loss of Muhammed Abu Khdeir. ...

7/6/2014

PM Netanyahu`s Remarks in Nof Ayalon

I am visiting today with my family, the families of Gilad, Naftali and Eyal, who were murdered by Hamas terrorists. I promised their dear families that we will continue to stand by them, even after the days of mourning....

7/4/2014

ISIS Already in Gaza Strip

Hamas seems to be losing control of the dozens of terror cells in the Gaza Strip....

7/2/2014

Leehy Shaar, Aunt of Gilad Shaar, speaks out

It wasn`t supposed to be like this. Not that anyone knows what it was supposed to be. But, it wasn`t supposed to be like this! For the last 18 days, never for a moment did I ever think that Gilad, my dear nephew, was anything but alive....

7/2/2014

The corrosive self-delusion of the Presbyterian Church`s Israel divestment vote

Much has been written about the deplorable anti-Israel divestment vote at the recently held 221st General Assembly (GA) of Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA)....

7/2/2014

Discovery of Palestinian teen`s body spurs rioting in E. Jerusalem

Palestinian riots broke out in the neighborhood, Beit Hanina, and other areas of eastern Jerusalem following the announcement of the body`s discovery on Wednesday morning. Rioters believe the teen`s murder is revenge by extremist Jewish Israelis for the murder of three kidnapped teens who were buried on Tuesday evening....

7/1/2014

Fathers cry too

The mothers of all three kidnapped Israeli teenagers have taken center stage so far Now Ophir Shaer, the father of Gil-ad, speaks out for the first time "When it is quiet I can hear Gil-ad calling me for help," he says....

6/30/2014

Cash for Killers: US Funding Palestinian Terrorists?

Obama administration officials have praised Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as someone with whom Israel can do business...

6/30/2014

Eyal, Naftali and Gilad: We Will Never Forget You

Our hearts are breaking at the horrific news of the murder of the three Israeli teenagers: Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Frankel and Gilad Shaer. ...

6/30/2014

Community Memorial Tuesday, July 1st in Los Angeles

We all have heavy hearts, great sadness and profound outrage upon hearing that the bodies of the three kidnapped boys, Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach, have been found near Hebron. We are all shocked by the brutal murder of these young men. Hashem yinkom damam, may G-d avenge their blood....

6/30/2014

BBYO member`s pen pal program connects local teens to Israelis

When Wendy Sherman sought out Israeli pen pals for her BBYO chapter, the idea was simple enough; she wanted to educate her friends and herself about Israeli culture. What better way than learning from fellow teenagers?...

6/30/2014

Open letter to my brothers and sisters at the Presbyterian General Assembly 2014

For those of you who are a part of the Presbyterian Church USA and who do not agree with what happened at the Presbyterian General Assembly, have your voice be heard....

6/30/2014

The Freedom To Hear Offensive Speech

Much has been made of the spate of episodes on university campuses involving students and faculty seeking to block graduation speakers with whom they vehemently disagree. In the name of tolerance, transparency and “conversation,” too often the intolerant, a numerical minority, have prevailed. ...

6/30/2014

MK Hanin Zoabi`s Family Speak Out: `She Doesn`t Represent Us`

Mohammed Zoabi is no longer alone; more members of extended Zoabi clan say they wish radical Arab MK Hanin Zoabi would stay silent....

6/27/2014

Together We Can: A Call for Unity in Peacemaking

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most divisive issues in modern politics. For years, the world--as much as Israeli and Palestinian leadership--has been trying to reconcile their differences, and, though there has been some progress, sadly, a full peace has yet to be achieved....

6/27/2014

University of Calgary refused to remove student spreading pro-jihad views from Jewish professor`s class

A former professor at the University of Calgary says he left his tenured position after colleagues refused to respond to his concerns about students spreading radical Muslim views....

6/27/2014

A shift of outlook is all it took

The moment that shifted my outlook on Israel was when I had the honor to attend a presentation by StandWithUs. Hen and Shay, who toured the United States as part of “Israeli Soldiers Stories,” spoke at my school. Their testimonies touched my heart in a way I never knew was possible. Often, when someone is raised with a shield that only allows seeing certain things, it gives an inaccurate interpretation of the truth....

6/27/2014

At Presbyterian assembly, divestment advocates` win is a limited one

There were amendments and amendments to amendments in a debate lasting for more than four hours. There were dueling T-shirts. There was a last-minute appeal for a joint pilgrimage to speak hard truths to Benjamin Netanyahu. And there was a plea to emulate Jesus and speak hard truths to Jews....

6/27/2014

Don`t Let Time Weaken Our Fervor

Support for kidnapped Israeli students continues to resonate here....

6/27/2014

Shushed Palestinians: My reflections on the UW`s BDS experience

I had never heard about BDS (the boycott, divest and sanctions movement against Israel) until about a year ago when I attended an “Israeli Diversity Week” at Antioch University in Seattle. ...

6/27/2014

State of California forges agreement with Israel`s chief scientist to fund joint R&D projects

Agreement Aims at Advancing Industrial R&D Between the State of California And Israel. Chief Scientist: “It`s an Ongoing Vote of Confidence in Israeli Knowhow”...

6/27/2014

Ruling: U.C. Santa Cruz divestment vote was flawed

A divest-from-Israel resolution that apparently was passed by the student government at U.C. Santa Cruz last month actually was defeated, according to Shaz Umer, who chairs the Student Union Assembly....

6/27/2014

How a radical anti-Israel Jewish group colluded with the U.S. Presbyterian Church

When the church desperately wanted Jewish backing as cover for its pro-divestment position, Jewish Voice for Peace - known for cloaking extremist principles in ambiguous language - stepped forward....

6/26/2014

Israel names suspects in kidnapping of three teens

Hamas operatives Amer Abu Aysha and Marwan Kawasme have been absent from their homes in Hebron since youths went missing...

6/25/2014

HEN MAZZIG; I HOPE I MADE A DIFFERENCE

Hen Mazzig was walking down Shaul HaMelech street in the heart of Tel Aviv when an ear splitting explosion ripped through the air...

6/25/2014

Hip-Hop Artist Epicc Releases Israel Tribute Video Dedicated to Missing Teens

Hip-hop artist and YouTube sensation Epicc spent a week in Israel and filmed a music video together with Israel`s “The Voice” stars Rudy Beinsin and Daniella Milo. Eppic released the heart-felt “Home” on June 16, 2014....

6/25/2014

Presbyterian Statement Some Unvarnished Truth

The Presbyterian General Assembly decision to narrowly approve Israel-targeted divestment began with the hearings of the Middle East Issues committee. The group of approximately 60 committee members was chosen at random from the broader group of voting commissioners....

6/24/2014

Abbas` Fatah movement to Israelis: Death is Near

Only four days after the kidnapping of the three Israeli youths, Mahmoud Abbas` Fatah movement posted a video on its Facebook page promising Israelis: "Death is near." ...

6/24/2014

Dutch Pension Fund PGGM Reportedly Regrets Divesting From Israeli Markets

Dutch pension fund giant PGGM now regrets a decision in January to divest from five Israeli banks, according to Dutch fund managers cited by the Financial Times, as part of a wider review of how pension funds and fund managers now view the campaign to divest from Israeli companies, or international companies active in the West Bank....

6/24/2014

Presbyterian Church Approves Israel Divestment, But Does its Boycott Even Matter?

Leaders of Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) voted Friday at the church`s biennial general assembly in Detroit to divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola Solutions, all companies that do business with Israel, in a 310-303 vote....

6/24/2014

Campus eviction notices are fake, but their anti-Semitism is real, experts say

The latest anti-Israel trend to gain momentum on college campuses has been the distribution of mock eviction notices in dormitories by members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)....

6/23/2014

Good vs Evil: Israeli Intel Exec Pioneers Hi-Tech With Palestinians. His Nephew, A U.S. Citizen, Is Abducted By Terrorists

Until two days ago, I hadn`t spoken with Yishai Fraenkel since last August. I had just published a Forbes magazine cover story about Israeli-Palestinian joint ventures in high-tech ...

6/23/2014

An Open Letter to the Leadership of the Presbyterian Church

There is a Jewish folktale that defines a friend as one who knows what gives his comrade pain. If we do not know what gives our fellow pain, we cannot be a friend. You have caused us deep pain, the kind of pain that penetrates the heart....

6/23/2014

Condemnation of the Presbyterian Church Divestment Decision

With sadness and dismay, we condemn the action of the Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly...

6/20/2014

SWU at New York Rally on June 16, 2014 for the Three Israeli Teens Kidnapped in the West Bank

Hundreds attended the afternoon rally including Avi Posnick, SWU`s Regional Coordinator, NY chapter, Yoni Kaplan, SWU`s Tri-State Area Coordinator, Jasmine Patihi and Paul Friedman, Tri-State Area High School Coordnators....

6/20/2014

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ADOPTS DIVESTMENT, DESTROYS CREDIBILITY AS PEACE MAKER

StandWithUs denounces the Presbyterian Church (USA) [PCUSA] vote for an anti-Israel divestment resolution. PCUSA betrayed its claim to be an “Ambassador of Reconciliation,” and instead lent support to extremists who oppose peace, and ruptured interfaith relations. ...

6/18/2014

StandWithUs Event with Kasim Hafeez, June 2, 2014, in Grand Rapids, Michigan

The relaxed ambiance of McFadden`s restaurant in Grand Rapids, Michigan mirrored Standwithus speaker, Kasim Hafeez`s easy going manner. Fifty-five people from students to college Board members, gathered for wine, appetizers, and the opportunity to hear Kasim recount his turn from Jew-hater to Zionist...

6/18/2014

StandWithUs Letter on Hamas and the Unity Government Sent to U.S. Congress on June 16, 2014

On June 16, 2014 StandWithUs sent a letter to the United States Congress regarding Hamas and the Palestinian Unity Government....

6/18/2014

Eppic Israel Is Home

Towards the end of last year, StandWithUs Israeli Fellows at Bar Ilan Unvierstiy hosted widely-followed YouTube star rapper Eppic to join 2 finalists from Israel TV`s “The Voice” Daniella Millo and Rudi Baynesay to sing about what it means to be home in Israel....

6/18/2014

Abbas: If kidnappers are Hamas, we will disband unity government

Tensions between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, following the abduction of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank, have reached a critical lack of trust that threatens to dismantle the Palestinian unity government and delay the implementation of the sides` reconciliation pact....

6/17/2014

West Bank Kidnapping Triggers Massive Crackdown on Hamas

The kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank last week has triggered an enormous and ongoing Israeli crackdown on Hamas, causing the organization to suffer a setback to its presence in the Palestinian territories....

6/17/2014

Met Opera Cancels `Klinghoffer` Broadcast

The Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday canceled its plans for a live, global broadcast of next season`s “The Death of Klinghoffer,” amid concerns that it could fan anti-Semitism....

6/16/2014

"Teacher and Student of Israel" Aliza McHugh, StandWithUs MZ Teen Intern, Santa Monica High School

Santa Monica High School student Aliza McHugh visited Israel when she was 12 on what she calls a “pre-bat mitzvah trip.”...

6/16/2014

StandWithUs Statement: Bring Back Our Boys

StandWithUs is outraged by the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers late Thursday evening, June 12, in Gush Etzion. The three students, Naftali Frenkel, 16, Gilad Sha`er, 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists while returning home from school. ...

6/16/2014

Dedicated To Kidnapped Teenagers: Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach

Arranged by students from StandWithUs Fellowship at Bar Ilan University in Collaboration with The Voice Israel finalists....

6/13/2014

BREAKING: IDF Launches Massive Manhunt for Three Israeli Youths Feared Kidnapped in West Bank

The IDF confirmed on Friday afternoon that “three Israeli teenagers are currently missing. The individuals were last seen late last night in the area of Gush Etzion,” south of Jerusalem....

6/11/2014

StandWithUs UK Hosts Bishop Gabriel Nadaf

StandWithUs UK held a student event with Greek Orthodox Bishop Gabriel Nadaf, the leader of a Zionist political party who encourages his congregants to integrate into Israeli society. ...

6/11/2014

Reuven Rivlin Chosen as Israeli President

Israel`s parliament has chosen Reuven Rivlin, a stalwart in the ruling Likud Party, as the country`s next president....

6/11/2014

Jewish Teens Escape Axe Attack in Paris

Boys aged 14 and 15 were chased by a bearded man with an Arab appearance and three others....

6/11/2014

StandWithUs Applauds Western Washington University Student Government`s Unanimous Vote to Reject All Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Based on National Origin

First University to Vote for a Resolution Against BDS...

6/11/2014

More Than Half of Palestinians Oppose New Talks with Israel, Poll Finds

Survey by Palestinian Center for Public Opinion also finds that 59% of respondents believe Hamas-Fatah unity will last this time. ...

6/11/2014

Ex-Muslim Extremist Now a Reformer Begging for Peace with Israel

Brave Dr. Tawfik Hamid...

6/11/2014

DePaul Referendum: Intimidation Up Close and Personal

As a mother of recently graduated college students, I wanted to see for myself what the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) looked like....

6/11/2014

Dr. King`s Pro-Israel Legacy (in 5 minutes)

We reiterate the fact that this video is not an attempt to speak for Dr. King as if he were with us today. It is only a quoting (in context) of his own words as pertaining to the IsraeliÃ¢â‚¬”Palestinian conflict. ...

6/11/2014

Anti-Israel Production "The Death of Klinghoffer"

OPEN LETTER TO PETER GELB, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera...

6/10/2014

Join StandWithUs for Another Great Discussion on VONVO!

"Why Support Israel? Perspectives From Friends and Allies"...

6/5/2014

SWU Statement And Call To Action: HAMAS-FATAH UNITY PACT DANGEROUS, AND SHATTERS HOPES FOR PEACEFUL FUTURE

StandWithUs condemns PA President Mahmoud Abbas` decision to partner with Hamas instead of with Israel. ...

6/4/2014

MLA Says NO To BDS

STANDWITHUS CONGRATULATES MLA FOR NOT RATIFYING ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTION...

6/4/2014

MLA Members Reject Resolution Condemning Israel

The membership of the Modern Language Association (MLA) did not ratify Resolution 2014-1, which condemns Israel for denying “academics of Palestinian ethnicity entry into the West Bank” in a vote that concluded at midnight June 1. ...

6/3/2014

Hamas Leader: Resistance Can Liberate West Bank and the Rest of "Palestine"

Reconciliation meant to unify the Palestinian people against the main enemy, "the Zionist enemy" and to continue with the option of resistance....

6/2/2014

Palestinians: BDS Activists Are Troublemakers, Criminals

At university campuses in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe, they are hailed as heroes campaigning for Palestinian rights. But in Ramallah, ironically, activists belonging to the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions [BDS] movement are seen by the Palestinian Authority [PA] as trouble-makers and law-breakers....

5/30/2014

BDS Bullies - by Hen Mazzig

Over the past year, I`ve been invited to speak at over 150 college campuses around the U.S. about my experiences as a commander in the Israeli Defense Forces....

5/29/2014

Instagraming Israel

Breathtaking beauty. Sizzling energy. Spiritual bliss. Diverse population. Vibrant culture. That`s Israel....

5/28/2014

India`s New Foreign Minister a Strong Fan of Israel

Sushma Swaraj, the first woman to hold the post, has called the Jewish state `a reliable partner` and admires Golda Meir....

5/28/2014

SFSU Students: `Not Surprised` Professors Used US Taxpayer Money to Meet with Terrorists

"Tax money is something that is supposed to be used for education and benefiting students....meeting with terrorists isn`t educational or advocating anything positive at all" ...

5/28/2014

`Tolerance` at DePaul? No, it`s Bullying

When Abel Berland was refused admittance to the University of Chicago because its Depression-era quota of Jewish students had been met, he went to DePaul University. ...

5/28/2014

Divestment Fails at the University of South Florida

Wednesday, May 28, the USF Foundation rejected demands by Students for Justice in Palestine to divest from companies doing business with Israel....

5/27/2014

Ottawa City Hall Hosts Palestinian Exhibit Honoring Terrorists

According to the Toronto Sun, Canada`s capital Ottawa`s city hall has no plans to take down an exhibit that honors Palestinian terrorists....

5/27/2014

Alan Dershowitz to Participate in Crowdsourced Interview on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

This live interactive video chat will be held on Monday, June 2, at 1pm EST. ...

5/27/2014

This is What`s Wrong With University Divestment

An expensive tactic that`s likely to fail....

5/27/2014

Breaking News Video on StandWithUs Instagram Photographers Tour

Israel seen through the Instagram filter....

5/27/2014

Hamas and PA Have Same Children`s Education: “There is no Israel"

There is absolutely no difference between official Palestinian Authority and Hamas TV programming for children when it comes to not recognizing Israel`s existence and envisioning a future without Israel....

5/27/2014

The Disappearing BDS Movement: From Anti-Zionism to Anti-Semitism

Step by misstep, the faltering BDS (Boycotts, Divestments, Sanctions) movement is stumbling into an abyss of hatred that will soon lead to its rejection by reasonable people everywhere....

5/27/2014

DePaul Referendum: Intimidation Up Close and Personal

As a mother of recently graduated college students, I wanted to see for myself what the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) looked like. ...

5/23/2014

Jewish DePaul Student: `I No Longer Felt Safe on This Campus`

This week, students at DePaul University are being asked to get involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and vote on a non-binding resolution that asks the university to divest from companies that do business in the Jewish State....

5/23/2014

If You Know a DePaul Student, Read This

Anti-Israel all-campus student divestment vote ends Friday, May 23, help turn out the vote. (Voting ends at Noon on May 23)....

5/23/2014

STANDWITHUS STATEMENT ON DEPAUL DIVEST REFERENDUM PASSAGE BY A VOTE OF 1575 TO 1333 ON MAY 23, 2014

We applaud the pro-Israel students at DePaul University for standing up to the bigotry and bullying of Students for Justice in Palestine [SJP] who organized a school-wide referendum to divest from companies associated with Israel. ...

5/22/2014

The Jews are Indigenous like the Native Americans

In an interview with JerusalemOnline, Ryan Bellerose, a member of the Métis nation in Canada and an indigenous rights activist, spoke about the parallels he sees between Jewish and Native American history. ...

5/22/2014

Palestinian Academic Blames `Zionist Lobby` for Cancelled King`s Lecture

An event that was scheduled to take place at King`s College London featuring the Palestinian academic Azzam Tamimi was moved to another University of London location on Monday, following protest from KCL`s Jewish students. ...

5/22/2014

Careless Love

In two recent op-eds, Bradley Burston attacked pro-Israel groups like StandWithUs, accusing them of “dictating” what it means to love Israel and of calling for “boycotts” of Jewish groups that disagree, such as J Street and NIF. ...

5/22/2014

Why Israel?: The problems with ASUW Resolution 20-39

The blind hatred that some of the world bears for Israel, the world`s only Jewish state, is a deeply troubling conundrum....

5/21/2014

Israel Divestment Resolution Resoundingly Defeated at University of Washington

A resolution to divest from Israel was resoundingly defeated by the student senate at the University of Washington (UW) on Tuesday night....

5/21/2014

U. of Washington Students Reject Divestment Resolution

The student senate at the University of Washington voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposed measure on divestment from Israel....

5/21/2014

`Zionist Attack Dogs`? The MLA`s Debate on Israel Might Go Viral

Need a break from grading? Head on over here, where someone has posted a partial record of Modern Language Association member comments on resolution 2014-1, urging the “United States Department of State to contest Israel`s denials of entry to the West Bank by United States academics who have been invited to teach, confer, or do research at Palestinian universities.”...

5/20/2014

BDS is Backfiring at UCLA

Over the past year, the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has turned the UCLA campus into an intense battleground over Israel`s legitimacy and public image. ...

5/20/2014

Shimon Peres To Get Gold Medal From Congress

Becomes one of nine people to win the U.S.`s two highest civilian honors....

5/19/2014

Israel Club Update

The Greenwich High School Israel Club is continuing to have a great year. We have had a lot of fun getting to know our Emissaries, Tav and Dana. They have been running programs for us about Hebrew slang and popular music in Israel....

5/19/2014

Telling the Truth About BDS

An op-ed by Professor Resnicoff`s of DePaul University College of Law....

5/19/2014

SodaStream Boycott: At West Bank Factory, Palestinian Workers Reveal What They Think About Their Employer

The large, nondescript factory painted in blue and pink with splashes of orange, nestled in the Judean Hills, is a world away from flashy Super Bowl commercials and Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson. ...

5/19/2014

Seized Hamas Video Shows Israeli Commuter Train Targeted

A new train line in Israel may be vulnerable to terrorist rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, Israel Hayom reports....

5/19/2014

Hamas Wants to Employ the `Hezbollah Model`

Hamas source says its organization will be a party in government but will maintain an independent military; other Palestinian groups say Fatah-Hamas unity government won`t last long. ...

5/19/2014

PA Foreign Ministry Libel: Israel Plans to Destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque

The Palestinian Authority is continuing to spread the libel that Israel is planning to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque to build a Temple in its place....

5/19/2014

Standing up for Women`s Rights Beyond Boko Haram and #

Maybe it`s indicative of our Western liberal culture, or maybe it is just extreme apathy, but only when a crime has been committed multiple times, and on an extreme scale, do we take notice....

5/19/2014

KCLSU to Jews: You Are Not Welcome

When Jewish students are reduced to tears, when our elected representatives scream `shame on you` to the people they are meant to represent, when one student is described as `mentally retarded` for simply holding a political opinion, I cannot see how our student union is fulfilling its mandate....

5/19/2014

StandWithUs/Chicago Commends Students Fighting Against Divestment at DePaul University

During May 19-23, 2014 DePaul University students will be asked to vote on a referendum asking for divestment from companies that do business in Israel....

5/19/2014

Poll: More Israeli Arabs Dump Palestinian Identity, Accept Jewish State

An Israeli news station has reported this morning on a poll conducted by Professor Sammy Smooha of Haifa University showing that the acceptance of Israel by Israeli Arabs increased markedly between 2012 and 2013....

5/18/2014

UCLA Office of the Chancellor - statement about blacklisting students who go to Israel

This comes on the heals of students being asked to sign a pledge that they will not participate in trips to Israel if they are elected to student council. ...

5/16/2014

Letter: Serious Concerns About UCLA SJP

To: University of California Los Angeles Chancellor Gene Block University of California President Janet Napolitano University of California Board of Regents ...

5/16/2014

Event Glorifying Holocaust Denier Canceled by London College

King`s College London has canceled a May 19 lecture intended to glorify a Holocaust denier in response to pressure from pro-Israel students....

5/16/2014

Vassar`s SJP Sort of Apologizes for Anti-Israel, Nazi Cartoon

College president demands review of pro-Palestinian group`s status on campus; organization says incident was a mistake....

5/16/2014

Get Your Kicks at Israel 66 Celebration

When members of the Avalon String Band start strumming and strutting their stuff to kick off the festivities for Israel 66, it will mark one of the very few times that the community-wide celebration of Israel`s independence will feature an institution older than the modern Jewish state itself....

5/15/2014

Vassar President Condemns SJP Posting as "Racist and Anti-Semitic"

I am writing to condemn a racist, anti-Semitic graphic posted to the Tumblr online site affiliated with the Vassar chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)....

5/15/2014

May 15: Nakba or Defeat?

A few weeks ago, many people in the Arab world heard a name, Joshua Teitelbaum, an Israeli senior fellow at the Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Goldman visiting associate professor at Stanford`s Center on Democracy and the Rule of Law. Ironically, it is the Arabs who made him famous. ...

5/15/2014

Canadian Aboriginal Stands With Israel

Jewish people don`t need to believe in heaven because they live here....

5/15/2014

Kasim Hafeez -- The Day I Stopped Hating Israel

Kasim Hafeez, a British Muslim of Pakistani origin, grew up around extreme anti-Semitic and anti-Israel views. He harbored an intense hatred for Israel and drifted towards radical Islamism, being further radicalized at university....

5/15/2014

Why Is the University of London Welcoming a Hate Speaker?

Meet Azzam Tamimi, the managing director of Al Hiwar Television. A self-styled academic, Tamimi formerly directed the Islamic Institute for Political Thought - a notorious group whose advisory board was headed by Sheikh Yousuf Qaradawi, the Egyptian mega preacher who among other things has stated to kill the Jews `down to the very last one.`...

5/14/2014

Submission: Ethics Statement Contains Double Standard

Over the past several weeks, we have witnessed the emergence of a troubling double standard targeting Jewish and pro-Israel students and organizations....

5/14/2014

Fatah Threatens Israelis: "Leave Immediately"

"Warning" sign shows assault rifle and map including the PA and all of Israel: "This is a land of a Palestinian state"...

5/14/2014

Israel in the Classroom

Last month, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier named Hen visited with students at Staples High School in Westport and Greenwich High School, as well as students at UConn in Storrs, hosted by the StandWithUs-MZ Teen Internship program....

5/13/2014

My First Trip to Israel, a Light to Indigenous People

I got off the plane already a Pro Israel advocate, but I had no idea how much my views were about to change....

5/13/2014

SJP-Backed UCLA Student President-Elect Took Sponsored Trip to Israel, Yet Won by 31 Votes Slamming Such Trips

As Students for Justice in Palestine challenges student council members who took sponsored trips to Israel, it backed a candidate who took such a trip....

5/13/2014

What`s Behind the `Boycott Israel` Movement?

The anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement [BDS] grabbed attention when the American Studies Association [ASA] voted for an academic boycott of Israel, and when actress Scarlet Johansson, against intense pressure, refused to renounce her decision to represent SodaStream, an Israeli company whose main plant is located in the West Bank. ...

5/13/2014

Danny Glover Pushes for Tel Aviv Festival Boycott

Actor and colleagues declare support for BDS, demand that their film be pulled from DocAviv festival....

5/12/2014

Syrian Rebel Wants a New Ally: Israel

To protect the innocent and to defeat the Assad dictatorship, Syrians should work with Israel to create a safe haven....

5/12/2014

The Nakba According to Haaretz

Reality is always complex, and we do need to teach it in Israel`s schools â€” but not the unilateral Palestinian narrative that was adopted in the Haaretz editorial from April 29....

5/12/2014

LOS ANGELES: Celebrate Israel Festival

FUN for the whole FAMILY at the 66th ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE DAY FESTIVAL! ...

5/12/2014

University of New Mexico Graduate Students Rescind Israel Divestment Measure

The University of New Mexico (UNM) Graduate & Professional Student Association on Saturday rescinded an Israel divestment resolution that it had passed last month. ...

5/12/2014

U. of New Mexico Grad Students Rescind Divestment Resolution

The Graduate and Professional Student Association at the University of New Mexico overturned a divestment resolution on the West Bank....

5/9/2014

StandWithUs Statement re: Letter Asking University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) Student Government Candidates Not to Take Sponsored Trips to Israel

BDS activists are trying to intimidate student leaders and prevent them from learning about Israel. ...

5/9/2014

Israel Divestment Bill Fails at Another California State School

An Israel divestment bill failed early on Thursday in the student senate of the University of California, Davis....

5/9/2014

Shelly Dadon was Murdered by the Veteran Israeli-Arab Terrorist Group “Galilee Liberators”

Shelly Dadon, 20, from Afulah, was murdered Thursday, May 1, in a deserted wood near the Migdal Haemek industrial zone in northern Israel, by a gang of Israeli Arabs belonging to an terrorist organization called “The Galilee Liberators.” ...

5/8/2014

US School Backtracks After Asking if Holocaust Was Real

Los Angeles-area school had told 8th graders to write essay on whether Shoah happened, using anti-Semitic screed as source....

5/8/2014

Abu Toameh Wins 2014 Pearl Prize for Journalistic Courage

The award, named for Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, recognizes courage and integrity in journalism....

5/8/2014

Stranger In A Strange Land

Brian of London here with some background: Our good friends at StandWithUs organized to bring friend of Israel and Israellycool contributor, Ryan Bellerose to Israel. They did this over the Yom Hazikaron / Yom Haatzmaut two day holiday....

5/8/2014

Why it is Hypocritical to Boycott Israel

We`re not normally called upon to justify a decision to travel abroad. Few people would challenge me if I were visiting China, despite that country`s appalling human rights record, repression of free speech, and colonisation of Tibet....

5/8/2014

In Response to Hate

These are the words of a young man posted by a family friend in Kansas City. Avery, who is a Freshman at K.U., posted the following. ...

5/8/2014

The Next Step in the Campus War on Jews

In recent months, those advocating boycotts of Israel have lost a series of votes on college campuses around the country....

5/5/2014

Defaming the IDF on Remembrance Day

The air hangs heavy in Israel on Yom HaZikaron....

5/2/2014

Abbas Pumps New Life Into Hamas

Just when everyone thought that Hamas -- an officially designated terrorist group and an offshoot of Muslim Brotherhood -- was on its way to vanish as a result of Egypt`s tough measures, Palestinian Authority [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas stepped in to save the movement by inviting its leaders to join a Palestinian unity government....

4/29/2014

Fatah Leader Calls for Israel`s Destruction

Palestine from river to the sea....

4/29/2014

You Can`t Love Israel by Whitewashing the Palestinians

Bradley Burston attacks StandWithUs`s work as peddling lies - but the real misinformation is being peddled by those who profess their love for Israel but refuse to address Palestinian leaders` anti-peace behavior....

4/29/2014

Campus Divestment Votes Surge, But Pro-Palestinian Activists Don`t Get Many Wins

Student governments at three Southern California public universities all voted on divestment resolutions targeting Israel in a single day....

4/25/2014

Waiting for the Palestinian Godot

Why are we repeatedly surprised every time Mahmoud Abbas fails to sign a peace agreement with Israel? ...

4/25/2014

New Israeli Satellite Eyes Iran Nuke Program, Terrorist Arms Smuggling

An advanced satellite with radar sensors Israel launched into space earlier this month is expected to enhance surveillance of the two greatest threats to Israeli and international security:...

4/25/2014

Pro-Palestinian Activists Leave `Eviction` Notices for Jewish NYU Students

A pro-Palestinian NYU group targeted Jewish classmates with threatening “eviction” notices that were slid under dorm-room doors in the dead of night, students said Thursday....

4/25/2014

STANDWITHUS CONDEMNS STUDENT CLUB ACTIONS THAT HARASS STUDENTS AND BREAK UNIVERSITY RULES

StandWithUs condemns student club actions that harass other students and violate university rules. ...

4/24/2014

ACTION ALERT: SIGN THE LETTER OF PROTEST NOW TO STOP EFFORT TO EXPEL ISRAELI ARCHITECTS FROM INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ARCHITECTS

On March 19, the Council of the Royal Institute of British Architects [RIBA] voted to call on the International Union of Architects [UIA] to boycott Israel and suspend it from the prestigious international union because of Israel`s allegedly “illegal” activities in the West Bank. ...

4/24/2014

NIF Parade Fracas Pushes Outraged Jewish Groups to Define Mainstream

If a small group of grassroots Jewish organizations have their way, more than one hundred protestors will assemble in New York City on April 29, 2014, each carrying a shofar....

4/24/2014

Ellen Degeneres Gives Away Free SodaStreams!

Earth Day Giveaways....

4/24/2014

Netanyahu - Israel Will Not Negotiate With a Palestinian Government Backed by Hamas

The Cabinet today (Thursday, 24 April), unanimously decided that Israel will not negotiate with a Palestinian government backed by Hamas, a terrorist organization that calls for Israel`s destruction. ...

4/24/2014

StandWithUs congratulates The Pro-Israel Community at UCSB

StandWithUs congratulates UCSB students, along with Rabbi Evan Goodman and the staff at Santa Barbara Hillel for their tireless efforts to defeat divestment at their campus....

4/24/2014

Israel Divestment Votes at California Schools Garner Mixed Results

Resolutions to divest from Israel were resoundingly defeated in votes by the student governments of two California state schools, but a divestment measure was passed at one school, following marathon debates that lasted into the early hours of Thursday morning....

4/23/2014

IDF Stories: Ilana and the Welfare of Combat Soldiers

This is the ninth in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com....

4/23/2014

IDF Stories: How Iris Contributes in Meaningful Ways

This is the tenth in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. ...

4/23/2014

IDF Stories: Anat and Operation Cast Lead

This is the eleventh in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com....

4/23/2014

Millburn High School Hosts IDF Veterans

Sharon, 26, described the day when she had to send a signal to her hometown, Haifa, letting residents know that a missile would strike within 40 seconds....

4/23/2014

Conflict Apparent on Public Transit

Dueling advertisements for and against American tax dollars being given to Israel and the Palestinian Authority can be seen on Metro buses on the streets of Washington, D.C., this month....

4/23/2014

MLA Vote: Will Bias Beat Scholarship?

There is a scene in Guys and Dolls, the Damon Runyan-inspired tale about entertaining mobsters, in which a thug nicknamed Big Julie From Chicago lays down the law: he will not be shooting craps unless the outcome is safely rigged in advance....

4/23/2014

Khaled Abu Toameh -- Why Peace is so Hard

A Palestinian Authority [PA] minister who equated Jewish blood with Palestinian blood has been strongly condemned by many Palestinians, including his own family....

4/23/2014

Israel is a Monstrous Mosque-Eating Soldier

One of the libels continuously repeated by the PA is that Israel is planning to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and everything else on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem - in order to build what the PA refers to as the "alleged Temple." ...

4/18/2014

Pro-Israel Group Counters Anti-Israel Bus Ads in DC

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict played out on Metrobuses in Washington during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival -- one ad campaign displaying anti-Israel messaging and other displaying anti-Palestine messaging....

4/17/2014

Israeli Soldiers Share Their Stories with the Butler Community

In the mailboxes of the average American 17-year-old, one might find birthday cards from relatives, high school report cards and informational college brochures....

4/17/2014

IDF Stories: Yishai, an IDF Soldier with Academic Cred

This is the eighth in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. ...

4/14/2014

The Racism of the Israel-Bashers

The Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement against Israel is often seen as progressive â€” so it`s astounding to see its supporters turn to racism....

4/14/2014

Palestinian University Students` Trip to Auschwitz Causes Uproar

Professor Mohammed S. Dajani took 27 Palestinian college students to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland a few weeks ago as part of a project designed to teach empathy and tolerance....

4/14/2014

IDF Soldiers Have Highs and Lows on SDSU Visit

Yishai and Ilana are students at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, but they weren`t visiting San Diego County in that capacity earlier this week. ...

4/14/2014

Cornell Student Government Tables Israel Divestment, Averting Passover Vote

Cornell University`s Student Assembly on Thursday voted 15-8 (with one abstention) to indefinitely table a resolution that asked the university to divest from companies doing business with Israel....

4/14/2014

Pro-Palestinian Students Accused of Exploiting Jewish Holiday to Push Anti-Israel Campus Agenda

Pro-Palestinian activists have scheduled a splash of anti-Israel events on campuses around the country this week during the major Jewish holiday of Passover, raising accusations that they are intentionally trying to exclude Jewish supporters of Israel from the debate....

4/14/2014

Palestinians` "Anti-Normalization" Movement

Palestinian Authority security forces used force to disperse and arrest Palestinian activists who tried to prevent Indians from performing a dance in Ramallah on April 12....

4/10/2014

StandWithUs Condemns Anti-Israel “Day of Action” Planned for Passover, April 16, 2014

StandWithUs condemns Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for planning an anti-Israel “Day of Action” during the important Jewish holiday of Passover, on April 16th. ...

4/10/2014

STANDWITHUS TO PLACE ADS ON SEVEN BUSES IN WASHINGTON DC BEGINING APRIL 11 TO COUNTER ANTI-ISRAEL ONES ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM LINE

For the third time, StandWithUs (SWU) is countering anti-Israel messages on Washington D.C.`s metro. The StandWithUs ad will go up April 11 for a four week run on seven buses and follow the same Cherry Blossom route as the anti-Israel ads, which end on April 13. ...

4/9/2014

StandWithUs Brings Israeli Soldiers to San Diego

StandWithUs welcomes two Israeli soldiers to San Diego this week as part of their “Israeli Soldiers Tour,” with stops across the country. ...

4/9/2014

IDF Stories: Sharon and the Missile Defense Unit

This is the sixth in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com....

4/9/2014

IDF Stories: How Elad Helped Mediate Between Israeli and Palestinian Governments

This is the seventh in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com...

4/9/2014

Israeli Soldiers Tell Tales of War, Seek Understanding of Their Country`s Challenges

After experiencing the terror of war in the Middle East from the frontlines of a battle zone, 30-year-old Israeli citizen “Iris” has turned her experiences into a positive by pursuing a career in medicine....

4/9/2014

Success!!! StandWithUs Social Media Update

These days, social media is everywhere. That`s why StandWithUs has used the opportunity to educate tens of millions about Israel. StandWithUs has long been a leader in Israel advocacy in communities and schools, but with the constant rise of social media like Facebook and Twitter, we are always discovering new ways to educate the public about Israel....

4/8/2014

Why are the Israelis so Happy?

A new study shows them to be among the most contented in the Western world. What gives?...

4/8/2014

A Paid Operative Behind Campus Divestment

The anti-Israel movement on campus would like you to think that divestment is a form of pure, grassroots student activism. But recent developments at Loyola University of Chicago have shown that divestment promoters are deceiving the public regarding the true nature of their campaigns....

4/7/2014

Staring Down the Devil at the University of Michigan

A first-hand account of how one of America`s elite schools became the latest flash point of anti-Israel activism and anti-Semitic intimidation....

4/7/2014

Rejection of #LoyolaDivest a Wise Move

The pro-Israel community at DePaul University applauds Loyola University United Student Government Association President Pedro Guerrero`s courageous decision to veto an anti-Israel Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution, which would prevent Loyola from purchasing from Israeli companies that they accuse of perpetuating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....

4/3/2014

My Unpleasant Evening with `Breaking the Silence`

On March 31, I attended a disturbing lecture at Washington University in St. Louis. It was co-sponsored by St. Louis Hillel at Washington University and J Street U. ...

4/3/2014

Israeli Soldiers` Stories: A New Side of the IDF

I first heard of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) as a third grader when I attended Camp Mindy. Every day, at Israel Education class, we simulated IDF training and learned about Israel and its neighbors. But it wasn`t until my involvement with StandWithUs as an MZ Teen Intern this year that I learned about an aspect of the IDF beyond the training and wars....

4/3/2014

Tel Aviv University Launches StandWithUs Ambassadors Club

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY FLOCK TO STANDWITHUS “AMBASSADORS CLUB” ...

4/3/2014

Anti-Israel Groups, Rabbi Abadie, and the Israel Day Parade

A leading Manhattan rabbi, representing some of the largest Sephardic communities in New York City, on Wednesday threatened to pull his support from the annual Celebrate Israel Parade, on June 1, unless the parade organizers bar “anti-Israel” groups from participating this year....

4/3/2014

IDF Stories: Lital Volunteers for Combat

Lital, now a 30-year-old Tel Aviv resident and journalist, was faced with the same choice as Israeli teens. Enlisting in the IDF was a given, but where to serve provided a dilemma. Many women become instructors, officers or intelligence gatherers. ...

4/2/2014

StandWithUs Protests Coming Falk Lecture at SDSU

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)— StandWithUs-San Diego is calling on the community to join in protest against San Diego State University offering course credit to students to attend a lecture by anti-Israel extremist Richard Falk on April 7....

4/2/2014

Facing Chaos - Two Israeli Soldiers Found Themselves Under the Attack of Anti-Israel Activists

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. ...

4/2/2014

British BDS Countered by Grassroots Movements and a Touch of Humor

In August 2012, a Christian and a Jew bumped into each other in Brighton, the languid seaside resort on Britain`s south coast that has become the hub of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) protests at the local Ecostream store....

4/2/2014

Divestment Defeated Again

Opponents of divestment welcomed several victories in this second week of spring, thanks to the hard work of pro-Israel students who rose to the challenge. ...

4/1/2014

Members Of Israeli Defense Forces Share Unique Perspective On WPHT

Monday on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT, Dom Giordano spoke with two members of the Israeli Defense Forces who have been on the “StandWithUs” tour of colleges in the United States hoping to educate American students about issues affecting Israel. For security reasons, their last names and official positions were not disclosed....

4/1/2014

Controversy Continues at Northeastern

A decision earlier this month by Northeastern University to suspend the undergraduate chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) was met with praise from many Jewish groups that commended the university for taking action against the group for violating university rules....

4/1/2014

The JStreet Challenge Screening, April 24 - Palo Alto, CA

The seductive allure of peace in our time....

3/31/2014

Drowning Israel`s California Detractors with Hope, Technology

Regarded by many as the progressive holy land, California prides itself on its pursuit of social justice, economic equality and environmental advocacy. The Golden State`s ideals are conspicuously displayed on campuses throughout its public university system, exemplified by the aggressive support for the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement....

3/31/2014

Canada Recognizes Experience of Jewish Refugees

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement after the House of Commons concurred with the recommendations in the report by the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development to recognize the experience of Jewish refugees from the Middle East and North Africa:...

3/31/2014

Hen Mazzig Shares the Power of Good on TEDx at Hendrix College

Hen Mazzig, StandWithUs Northwest`s Israeli representative speaks about the Power of Good and maintaining hope at Hendrix College....

3/27/2014

Pro-Israel Students Successfully Fight BDS on Campuses: Michigan, Loyola, King`s College London

StandWithUs applauds the students who opposed divestment at the University of Michigan, Loyola, King`s College London, and University of Windsor....

3/27/2014

U.K.`s King`s College Passes Israel Divestment Resolution

The United Kingdom-based King`s College London Students Union (KCLSU) passed a resolution to endorse the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement against Israel....

3/27/2014

Israel Divestment Measure Vetoed by Loyola U. Student Government President

Pedro Guerrero, president of the United Student Government Association (USGA) at Chicago`s Loyola University, on Wednesday vetoed a USGA resolution calling for divestment from Israel....

3/27/2014

UCLA Students Write to KCLSU Slamming BDS as “Racist and Dehumanising”

Students at the University of California urge KCL students to vote no to BDS movement....

3/27/2014

Loyola Divestment Passes, Again

After more than four and a half hours of debate on Tuesday night, March 25th, 2014, Loyola University Chicago`s student government (USGA) yet again passed a divestment resolution singling out Israel....

3/27/2014

Arab League Declares `Total Rejection` of Jewish State Recognition

Arab leaders back Palestinian refusal to recognize the Jewish character of Israel as a condition for peace....

3/27/2014

StandWithUs Midwest Speaks to (Korean) National Unification Advisory Council

On Saturday March 23, 2014 Peggy Shapiro, StandWithUs Midwest Regional Director, addressed the 2014 Future Leaders Conference hosted by (Korean) National Unification Advisory Council (NUAC). ...

3/27/2014

Sarah Fellman Tutors Fellow Students For Free

Teen heroes...

3/27/2014

Victim Breaks Down in Footage From Aftermath of Brutal Anti-Semitic Attack in France

The Algemeiner has acquired photos and footage from the aftermath of a horrific anti-Semitic attack that took place in Paris, France late last week....

3/21/2014

Cloaked in Cowardice

It almost feels as if a disease is spreading throughout the world. Fueled by media hype and encouraged by certain academic personnel, it seems that Israel is the villain in the precarious situation in the Middle East. It is de rigueur to delegitimize the only true democracy in the region....

3/20/2014

IDF Soldiers-Students Speak in Florida

Hen and Shay, two former Israeli Defense Forces soldiers who are now reservists studying in Israeli universities, present to a South Florida high school class as part of StandWithUs` sixth “Israeli Soldiers Stories”. ...

3/20/2014

Say NO to Modern Language Association`s Academic Discrimination Against Israel

A Message from MLA Members for Scholars` Rights...

3/20/2014

In The UK, Pro-Israel Students Finally Speak Out

For years, campuses affiliated with the University of London have become hotbeds of anti-Israel and even anti-Semitic activity. It is no longer a surprise when a known hate-monger like Azzam Tamimi is able to call for the `destruction of Israel` at a SOAS lecture....

3/19/2014

Dear Mr. Mandela

I hope this note finds you in a peaceful rest. Your loss was felt across the globe and the impression you left on mankind is truly inspiring. Sadly, the world continues to become a more frightening place as you know and sometimes, I wonder, what it must be like watching this all take place above the clouds, rather than here on the ground....

3/19/2014

IDF Stories: Tamir Confronts Hamas Tactics

This is the fourth in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. Tamir is one of the 13 soldiers on StandWithUs` 6th annual “Israeli Soldiers Stories” tour, which has two legs in 2014: February 16-March 1 and March 30-April 14. ...

3/19/2014

Conspiracy and the BDS Movement: Loyola University Passes Divestment With No Debate

On March 18, 2014, the student government at my Alma Matter, Loyola University Chicago, passed a Divestment resolution against Israel with 26 in favor, 0 opposed, and with 2 abstentions. This resolution was merely the latest in a series of such tactics that have been going on in force since last spring....

3/18/2014

IDF Soldiers on Tour Share Their Stories

The snowstorm did not deter students from attending talks by Hen and Shay (last names withheld for security reasons), who are part of StandWithUs` 6th annual "Israeli Soldiers Stories" tour. ...

3/17/2014

Israeli Arabs Help to Debunk Apartheid Myths

Eight Israelis who identify as Jewish, Muslim, Druze or Bedouin were in Toronto last week as part of a program called WordSwap, hoping to get the last word on the Israeli apartheid debate....

3/17/2014

IDF Stories: Matan Fights to Defend His Family

This is the third in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. ...

3/14/2014

StandWithUs Applauds Northeastern University for Upholding Civility and Inclusiveness

StandWithUs welcomes the principled stand of Northeastern University`s [NEU] administration in upholding standards of civility and inclusiveness. ...

3/14/2014

StandWithUs Canada`s Wordswap Campus Tour

This past week, following the month-long hatefest of IAW, StandWithUs/Canada hosted a team of 8 young professionals from Israel, to tour campuses in Toronto and Ontario, and to engage with students....

3/13/2014

Some Hard Questions About the Western European Double Standard Against Israel

The time has come to point an accusing finger at Western European accusers who try to isolate Israel by imposing boycotts, divestments and sanctions....

3/12/2014

Gazans Bombard Southern Israel in Massive Rocket Attack

Over 60 rockets rain down; no casualties reported in largest such barrage since 2012; IDF responds with tank fire; Islamic Jihad says assault a response to IDF killing 3 of its men....

3/12/2014

Protest was Reflection of Middle East Conflict

As part of the Multi-Cultural Council`s “30 days of Social Justice,” the Hillel Club of Cal Poly Pomona, along with MCC and StandWithUs hosted Israeli Soldiers` Stories, an event whose purpose was to educate CPP students about Israel`s Army (the Israeli Defense Force) on Feb. 27....

3/12/2014

Norwegian Cruise Line Cancels Tunisia Stops After Country Bars Israeli Tourists

The Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) announced Tuesday that it is canceling all of its remaining port calls to Tunisia and ceasing all future port calls there in response to the Tunisian government`s refusal to allow a group of Israelis to disembark the Norwegian Jade ship in the Tunis-based port of La Goulette on Sunday....

3/12/2014

Europe`s Alarming Push to Isolate Israel

When President Barack Obama warned of "international fallout" if Israel fails to embrace the latest U.S. Middle East peace proposal, Newsmax asked noted author and Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz to comment on the growing talk of a European boycott against Israel....

3/12/2014

`Dirty Jew, Go Home to Israel:` Jewish Girl in France Attacked by Arab Mother and Daughter

A young Jewish woman was recently assaulted at a laundromat in a suburb of Lyon, France by a mother and daughter of Arab descent, according to Israeli daily Ma`ariv on Tuesday....

3/12/2014

Northeastern University Bans `Students for Justice in Palestine` for Intimidating Students

Northeastern University`s Center for Student Involvement suspended campus group Students for Justice in Palestine for at least a year and barred its current executive board from serving on any future board in the organization. Its members must also complete training led by university administrators as a condition for reinstatement....

3/11/2014

StandWithUs Congratulates Norwegian Cruise Line For Their Principled Stance

StandWithUs applauds the Norwegian Cruise Line for their highly principled stance against bigotry and in support of their Israeli guests. On March 9, the Tunisian government prohibited Israeli passengers from disembarking while stationed at the Port of Tunis; all other passengers were allowed to disembark....

3/11/2014

Israel: This Land is Your Land AND My Land

There were about thirty in the audience, including eight of my students in the Israel Leadership Fellows program, their mentors, a few parents, and other interested adults....

3/10/2014

Watch the StandWithUs Show on JLTV!

StandWithUs, in partnership with JLTV, has a great show hosted by StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein....

3/10/2014

Technion to Launch First "Massive Online Open Course" (MOOC) in Arabic

Thousands of students from Arab countries have registered for the first-ever Arabic language "massive online open course" (MOOC) to be launched on March 2 by the Technion Israel Institute of Technology....

3/10/2014

Israelis Detained on Board Norwegian Jade as Cruise Ship Docked in Port of Tunis

Israeli tourists were denied the right to disembark from the Norwegian Jade, a vessel operated by the Norwegian Cruise Line, when it stopped in the Port of Tunis, Tunisia recently, Jewish human rights organization B`nai Brith Canada said on Sunday....

3/10/2014

Arab World Failing Women in Gender Equality, Education

The Arab world is among the most unequal regions in the world when it comes to gender and education, according to a new report released Monday by UNESCO....

3/10/2014

IDF Stories: Hen Mazzing at Florida International University

This is the second in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. Hen is one of the 13 soldiers on StandWithUs` 6th annual “Israeli Soldiers Stories” tour, which has two legs in 2014: February 16-March 1 and March 30-April 14. ...

3/10/2014

Israeli Prime Minister Finds Common Ground With CA Governor

A pro-Israel group says the Jewish state can help California in terms of cyber technology and water conservation. ...

3/10/2014

Drastic Rise in Hezbollah Death Toll as Party Battles for Yabroud

Deaths among Hezbollah fighters battling rebels in Syria have increased significantly in March, as the party fights alongside the Syrian army in its struggle to capture the rebel-held town of Yabroud in the Qalamoun Mountains....

3/7/2014

BDS and Neil Young`s Tour to Israel

Even though Neil Young`s July 16 performance in Israel is months away, the artist is being subjected to a multitude of calls to boycott the Jewish state. ...

3/6/2014

Ethiopian/Israeli Delegation Headed for South Africa To Counter Apartheid Weeks

The IDC Herzliya, in cooperation with the Zionist Federation of South Africa and StandWithUs, have organized a very special mission to South Africa. ...

3/6/2014

Wildeman to UWSA: Hold Back on Israel Boycott

University of Windsor president Alan Wildeman has asked the university`s student association to delay its controversial endorsement of an Israel boycott....

3/6/2014

The Truth About Israel

Let me begin by saying that when most people think of Israel, they think of war, terror and conflict, they think of all these things, because that is what the media portrays Israel as; a place of conflict. But, how many of these people have actually visited Israel?...

3/6/2014

Jewish Groups Express Concern About Anti-Semitism at California State Colleges

Several Jewish organizations have written a letter to top California education officials to express concern regarding anti-Semitism at California state schools....

3/6/2014

IDF Stories: Ben Upholds the Humanitarian Corridor During Operation Cast Lead

Intel comes in that a terrorist cell is shooting rockets from beside a mosque in Gaza. It`s Operation Cast Lead, and IDF soldiers are on hand to deal with the threat to Israeli citizens. ...

3/5/2014

Obama Told Netanyahu he Would `Push` Palestinians in Peace Process

Senior Obama administration says this week`s meeting between the two leaders not as contentious as past encounters....

3/5/2014

PA Says Netanyahu`s AIPAC Speech Amounts to Declaration of End of Peace Talks

Fatah central committee member Nabil Shaath says diplomatic speech was "an official announcement of a unilateral end to negotiations."...

3/5/2014

Iranian Ship Loaded with Syrian Missiles Destined for Gaza, Intercepted by Israel (Video)

Israeli Naval commandos on Wednesday intercepted an Iranian ship in the Red Sea weighed down with missiles that was en route to the Gaza Strip, the IDF said in a statement....

3/5/2014

StandWithUs Congratulates University of Windsor Jewish Students for Valiant Fight against BDS

Last Saturday (March 1), University of Windsor`s Students Alliance (USWA) voted on a referendum to support anti-Israel boycotts and divestment. All 14,000 undergraduate students could vote. The referendum passed with 798 students in favor and 585 opposed. The divisive measure was endorsed by only 5% of the student body. ...

3/5/2014

A Soldier`s Story

What is a story? A story is something that is meant to be shared. Stories provide us with lessons, morals, and values that we can take with us for the rest of our lives. ...

3/3/2014

Israeli Soldiers` Stories

Tidewater was fortunate to be included in the StandWithUs Israeli Soldiers` Stories tour on Thursday, Feb. 22. This innovative program which features reserve duty Israeli college students who talk about the Israeli-Arab conflict, give a human face to the Israel Defense Forces....

2/27/2014

A Teenager`s Words on Israel and Anti-Semitism

The moment I heard Roz Rothstein, co-founder and CEO of StandWithUs say, “when my own mother, who survived the Holocaust and was in a DP camp, heard that Israel became a state in 1948, she and other survivors danced....

2/27/2014

After Marathon Debate, UCLA Student Government Rejects Israel Divestment

After a marathon debate that started Tuesday night and stretched into Wednesday morning, the student government at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) student government rejected a divestment resolution targeting Israel....

2/27/2014

StandWithUs Brings Two IDF Soldiers to Arizona

Two Israeli soldiers recently visited the Valley as part of the StandWithUs sixth-annual "Israeli Soldiers Stories" tour....

2/27/2014

Netanyahu to Meet WhatsApp Co-Founder in Silicon Valley

PM will also sign a "strategic cooperation" agreement with California Governor Jerry Brown to promote Israeli-California economic ties....

2/27/2014

StandWithUs Congratulates UCLA Students for Defeating Divestment

On February 25, 2014, UCLA students debated in front of the Undergraduate Student Association Council (USAC) about a resolution that urged divestment from companies doing business with Israel. ...

2/27/2014

Student Referendum Brings Crime and Intimidation to UWindsor

A student executive`s office was broken into and vandalized on the eve of a controversial referendum at the University of Windsor....

2/26/2014

StandWithUs New Vonvo Show: Join Us!

Want to learn more about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel? Its real agenda is the elimination of the state of Israel. Learn how you can eliminate BDS, instead....

2/26/2014

UCLA Student Council Rejects Israel Divestment Resolution

On Thursday, Feb. 26, in a decision that represents a victory for those who oppose any kind of boycott against Israel, the UCLA undergraduate student government voted 7-5 to strike down a proposed “Resolution to Divest from Companies that Violate Palestinian Human Rights.”...

2/26/2014

Israel`s Arab Citizens and the Struggle for Equality

When the intifada erupted in 2000, Jewish Israelis were shocked when some of their Arab countrymen joined in the violence, blocking roads and rioting until suppressed by the police with lethal force. By the time peace was restored, one Jew and thirteen Arabs had died. ...

2/25/2014

El Al Ambassadors Celebrate 200 Speaking Missions Worldwide

StandWithUs a proud partner in the successful global Israel outreach program....

2/25/2014

Divestment Promotes Anti-Israeli Movement

At 7 p.m. Tuesday, the Undergraduate Students Association Council will be debating a resolution calling for divestment from five companies that have contracts with the Israeli government. We find this resolution misleading and offensive, and urge all of our fellow students to join us in opposition to it....

2/24/2014

`Israel Apartheid Week` Returns to US, UK Campuses

Annual event to be held in over 200 cities, but Foreign Ministry says it is in decline as Jewish groups counter message....

2/24/2014

Anti-Israel Jews and the Vassar Blues

Recently I was contacted by a fellow Vassar alumna through Facebook. She wanted to know if I was aware that our genteel alma mater had become a hotbed of anti-Israel, pro-boycott sentiment. ...

2/24/2014

New One Minute Film About Divestment On Campus

"Divestment" in Action on Campus ...

2/20/2014

After SodaStream Factory Visit, Church Leaders Reject Boycotts

Delegates from Presbyterian Church, which formally endorsed boycotts, change their minds after seeing Soda Stream factory....

2/19/2014

Israeli Group Kicks Off $23m Energy Project in Rwanda

Tractors break ground, finances close as Energiya Global helps build East Africa`s first commercial-scale solar field. ...

2/19/2014

Poll: 72 Percent of Americans Have Favorable View of Israel

Annual Gallup survey finds perception of Israel up from 66 percent in 2013; Iran ranks lowest at 9 percent. ...

2/19/2014

In Rawabi, the Brand-New Palestinian City, Both Sides Win

Projects like this bring our peoples closer together, says Bashar Al-Masri, the entrepreneur behind an unprecedented construction project that is changing the West Bank landscape....

2/19/2014

Presbyterians Push Back Against Church Group`s Anti-Zionist Study Guide

Presbyterians involved in dialogue with Jews are outraged by a document put out by their church`s Israel/Palestine Mission Network....

2/18/2014

BDS on a Roll? Not So Fast

One of the BDS movement`s greatest assets is the fact that its every success gets massive media coverage while its failures (ScarJo excepted) are largely ignored. That`s why anyone following the news in recent weeks would probably conclude that boycott, divestment, and sanctions were rapidly gaining ground. Yet in reality, BDS has suffered several major failures lately—and some of these failures bode ill for its future. ...

2/18/2014

What `Occupation` Means Depends on Who Is Speaking

All our holy places are still under occupation, and so far we have not liberated one inch of Palestinian land. All Palestinian land is occupied -- Gaza is occupied, the West Bank is occupied, the 1948 lands (i.e., Israel) are occupied, and Jerusalem is occupied." Official PA TV Live, October 9, 2013...

2/18/2014

Guess Who`s Valedictorian at Israel`s Top Medical School?

Guess who graduated first in this year`s medical school class at the Technion, Israel`s version of M.I.T.? The answer will surprise you. It`s a 27-year-old stereotype-buster: a charming, feminist, smart, open-minded and observant Islamic woman named Mais Ali-Saleh who grew up in a small village outside of Nazareth, in Israel`s Galilee....

2/13/2014

Divestment Lost Again, at UC Riverside

StandWithUs congratulates the pro-Israel students at UC Riverside for their successful stand against the BDS movement, which uses propaganda and progressive rhetoric to promote a malicious, immoral, and illiberal agenda....

2/12/2014

Professor Strips Thesis of Judith Butler Sourcing, Calls for RDS — `Retractions and Disavowals in Scholarship` — to Oppose BDS (INTERVIEW)

Israeli artist, playwright and professor Dahn Hiuni on Tuesday said he launched a new movement called RDS — Retractions and Disavowals in Scholarship — to encourage academics to revisit their work to excise references from scholars who have since lost credibility as public intellectuals because of their bias against Israel and support of BDS, the boycott, divestment and sanction movement, that threatens to isolate and punish Israel....

2/11/2014

John Kerry Peace Plan "To Recognize Israel as a Jewish State"

John Kerry`s framework agreement for Middle East peace will describe Israel as the state of the Jewish people, it has reported, despite fierce Palestinian opposition....

2/11/2014

Arab, Muslim and Pro-Israel

I know, I know, I know what you`re already thinking: ``oh God, not another piece on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the same old arguments regurgitated over and over again, for the last 60 years``. You couldn`t be more wrong. Bear with me....

2/11/2014

Liberty University Joins More than 220 Universities in Rejecting the American Studies Association`s Call For An Academic Boycott of Israel

In response to the boycott of Israel called by the American Studies Association (ASA), Liberty University has reaffirmed its strong support of Israel....

2/10/2014

Berkeley Students Must Tweet on Islamophobia

In 2002, when Prof. Daniel Pipes launched his “Campus Watch” initiative to monitor “the mixing of politics with scholarship” on American universities with regard to the Mideast, he was condemned as engaging in “McCarthyesque” intimidation....

2/10/2014

A Jewish Family Leaves Belgium Because of Anti-Semitism

For our children, before it`s too late....

2/10/2014

Israel Foes, defenders Spar Before CSU Trustees

Amid pressing discussions about budgets, improving student success, and other education issues, anti-Israel boycott activists at the January 29, 2014 meeting interjected the subject of Jews and Israel. They made up almost a third of the speakers (seven out of 22) who had requested time to address the trustees during the allotted 30-minute public comments session....

2/10/2014

PA`s Erekat: Peace Talks Will Not Be Extended, PA Recognition of Jewish State `Will Not Happen`

Saeb Erekat, the chief negotiator for the Palestinian Authority in the U.S.-brokered peace talks with Israel, on Monday said that direct negotiations have stalled and would not be extended beyond April. He also underlined the PA position that it would not recognize Israel as a Jewish state....

2/7/2014

Boycotters of Israel Attempt to Monopolize a Meeting, Again

The recent California State University (CSU) Trustees bimonthly meeting took an odd turn....

2/6/2014

Let the Palestinians Vote, Israel! Pro-Israel Group Blasts "Ignoramus" Musician

A pro-Israel group says one musician`s anti-Israel sentiments are not only inappropriate but reveal his ignorance about the Israel-Arab conflict. ...

2/6/2014

Israeli Soldiers` Stories Tour 2014

StandWithUs is proud to present the sixth annual 2014 StandWithUs Israeli Soldiers` Stories Tour, funded by the MZ Foundation. ...

2/6/2014

Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Protect Academic Freedom by Preventing Academic Boycott of Israel

This Week 2/6/14: Reps. Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Dan Lipinski (D-IL) introduced the bipartisan Protect Academic Freedom Act (H.R. 4009) to address the growing threat of unjustified boycotts against the Jewish State of Israel. ...

2/5/2014

Giant Dutch Pension Fund ABP Declares No Reason to Exclude Israeli Banks

After Danske Bank decides to boycott Bank Hapoalim, ABP fund says it sees no reason to stop its relationships with three Israeli banks; fund says publicity on Israel boycott led it to explain its non-boycott decision....

2/5/2014

Dancing in the Nuclear Dark

How will we know when Iran sprints toward a bomb?...

2/4/2014

What SodaStream`s Palestinian Employees Think About Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson`s decision to part ways with international anti-poverty outfit Oxfam so she can keep her endorsement deal with Israeli fizz-maker SodaStream has intensified the global controversy over businesses that operate in the occupied Palestinian territories. But the Palestinian employees here basically have no idea who she is....

2/3/2014

Elie Wiesel: People Are No Longer Ashamed to be Anti-Semites

Nobel Peace Prize laureate tells Ynet about never-ending struggle against anti-Semitism and recognition that it will likely never be defeated....

1/31/2014

Thank You to Scarlett Johansson for Standing up to Bigotry!

The boycott movement against Israel (BDS) has failed to place pressure on Scarlett to boycott Israeli goods. She will be on during half time, for the Sodastream commercial. ...

1/31/2014

Lawrence Solomon: Israel Boycott will Fail for Same Reason Seal Boycott Succeeded

The Super Bowl will host more than the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks Sunday. It will also highlight the most divisive and bitterly contested trade boycott campaign since the 1980s and 1990s, when environmental and animal rights activists successfully demonized the Newfoundland seal fishery....

1/31/2014

Congratulations to Hen Mazzig, StandWithUs Israeli Representative and Campus Coordinator

There were only three nominees for this category, but that didn`t make the decision any easier. The Jaconson article is destined to be a classic and the Brendan O`Neill article is a must read....

1/30/2014

New York Senate Bill Ends funding to Schools Linked to Israel Boycott Group

The New York Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would prohibit private or public state colleges and universities from spending taxpayers funds on academic groups that support boycotting Israel, Capitol Confidential reported....

1/30/2014

Scarlett Johansson Stepping Down as Oxfam Ambassador

Scarlett Johansson is ending her relationship with the humanitarian group Oxford International after being criticized over her support for an Israeli company that operates in the West Bank....

1/30/2014

StandWithUs Salutes Scarlett Johansson`s Principled Stand Against Anti-Israel Bigotry

StandWithUs applauds Scarlett Johansson for supporting peace and co-existence and rejecting the bigotry of the anti-Israel boycott movement. In saying no to Oxfam`s demand that she comply with the boycott campaign and not work with the Israeli company Soda Stream, Johansson is saying no to a movement that blames and punishes only Israel for the lack of peace. ...

1/29/2014

StandWithUs to Address California State University Board of Trustees January 29

StandWithus will address the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees meeting today at Cal State Long Beach regarding the ongoing misuse of university resources by CSU-Northridge professor David Klein to promote a personal, political agenda. For four years, Klein, a mathematics professor has used his university website to wage a tirade against Israel, and to call for a boycott ...

1/29/2014

Palestinians` New Enemy: Tzipi Livni

The Palestinians were first unhappy with Kerry, whom they accused of being biased in favor of Israel. Now they are angry with Livni for daring to criticize Abbas. In the end, Israel and the U.S. will be blamed for the failure of the peace process. This is exactly what happened after the botched Camp David summit in 2000. A few weeks later, the Second Intifada erupted....

1/29/2014

Event Summary: `Palestinian Incitement: An Obstacle to the Peace Negotiations?`

On the 21st of January 2014, Dr. David Pollock, Kaufman Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Senior Advisor for the Broader Middle East at the US State Department from 2002- 2007, introduced his recently published study: Beyond Words: Causes, Consequences, and Cures for Palestinian Authority Hate Speech....

1/28/2014

Eritrean Solidarity Rally Underscores Community Divisiveness Over Israel

On Wednesday, a protest that expressed solidarity with Eritreans refugee-status seekers in Israel drew approximately 30 Jewish-Americans and Eritreans from Los Angeles and nearby. Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change (EYSC) organized the Los Angeles protest, which took place outside the headquarters of the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles....

1/27/2014

Why The A-List Shuns BDS

Beautiful, respected and talented, Scarlett Johansson is a superstar. From Broadway to the silver screen, she has shone in prominent roles from “The Horse Whisperer” to “Match Point”, from “Girl With A Pearl Earring” to “Lost In Translation”...

1/27/2014

Scarlett Johansson Defends Deal With Israel`s SodaStream

Jewish-American actress Scarlett Johansson has come under fire from human rights groups for serving as spokesperson for Israeli carbonated beverage company SodaStream....

1/24/2014

Pro-Israel Groups Speak Out at U.C. Board of Regents Meeting

In the wake of anti-Israel activist Omar Barghouti`s Jan. 16 speaking engagement at U.C. Davis -- an appearance said to be co-sponsored by four academic departments -- representatives from several pro-Israel groups spoke out on Jan. 22 at the U.C. Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco....

1/21/2014

StandWithUs Statement re UNESCO Cancellation of Israel Exhibit. UNESCO`s Double Standards toward Israel Exhibited Again

StandWithUs is deeply concerned that the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] has once again displayed its willingness to distort -- or ignore -- history in the service of prejudice against Israel and the Jewish people....

1/20/2014

Harper Tells Israel: `Through Fire and Water, Canada Will Stand With You`

Full text of Canadian PM Stephen Harper`s Knesset speech. Arab MKs heckle and leave the hall as he denounces those who `disgracefully` castigate Israel as an Apartheid state; Netanyahu and most MKs stand and applaud ...

1/20/2014

Hillel`s Role in Fighting BDS on Campus

Will students like me remember 2013 as a year when the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel made headlines with calls for academic boycotts? Will we remember it as a time when the American Jewish community debated how “open” our university campus Hillels should be?...

1/20/2014

Australian FM: What Law do Israeli Settlements Break?

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop this week continued to demonstrate what is, on the international diplomatic stage, rare support not only for Israel, but for its historic right to this land....

1/17/2014

Forbes Investigative Journalist Rips NYU President Over `Vanilla` Response to ASA Boycott

In a 15,000 word tour-de-force, Forbes Contributing Editor Richard Behar on Tuesday slammed the president of New York University, where he graduated from, in 1982, saying he was ashamed of his alma mater for its tepid response to the American Studies Association boycott of Israeli universities....

1/17/2014

Omar Barghouti Brings Hate and Bigotry to UCLA

Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), is on the road again with his anti-Israel show and its pack of bigotry and lies. ...

1/16/2014

Filipina Caregiver Wins Israel`s `X-Factor`

Rose Fostanes, a diminutive 47-year-old Filipina caregiver, has emerged as the newest star of Israeli reality television, winning the singing competition “X-Factor Israel” on Tuesday and establishing herself as something of a national phenomenon. ...

1/16/2014

Apartheid in Israel? Hardly.

Those who call for a boycott of Israeli universities should take this little quiz. ...

1/16/2014

Boycotting the Boycott: Sanity Prevails

The American Studies Association (ASA) voted to boycott Israel`s academic institutions last month. Happily, the backlash has been vigorous. The ASA`s campaign hasn`t quite caught on, but the rebuttal denouncing ASA is spreading rapidly. ...

1/15/2014

StandWithUs Congratulates Our StandWithUs/Santa Cruz Chapter Chair Gil Stein

This year alone, Gil has had 83 letters published, most locally but also in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal and USA Today. ...

1/15/2014

Israel: Your Eat, Play and Stay Travel Guide

Planning a trip to Israel? You lucky thing, you! Click the images and links below for guides on what to eat, what to see and where to stay while you`re in the Holy Land. ...

1/13/2014

Anti-Israel Academic Boycotters Demand Freedom From Criticism

The days of the hateful BDS ideology going unchallenged on campuses and in academic organizations are over. ...

1/13/2014

MLA Moderator Supported Academic Boycott of Israel

University of California, Davis professor Margaret Ferguson, a moderator of the delegate assembly at the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Chicago, has endorsed the U.S. Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel. ...

1/13/2014

StandWithUs Israel: Defending Israel Amongst the Students of the World

I remember that when I was in college, at Columbia University in New York, there was a brick path that bisected the campus going east to west, from Broadway to Amsterdam Ave. This was where the various student groups would set up tables and disseminate information about their activities to students and faculty, religious and political groups included. ...

1/13/2014

The Pettiness of the Academic Boycott Israel Movement Revealed

The Delegate Meeting of the Modern Language Association, MLA, began with an hour-long session on the perils of falling enrollment in the MLA and reduced support for the humanities in general. What better way to get a pedantic organization into the headlines than a little anti-Israel action? So the MLA Delegate Assembly took up two resolutions targeting Israel. Now for the first time reporters flocked to cover a conference whose delegate sessions are normally a "Roberts Rules of Order" soporific....

1/12/2014

We the People Say Everything Has a Limit -- Even Speech

The Dec. 20 issue of J. featured two views touching on the issues of free speech and civil discourse as it relates to conversations about Israel. Both are thoughtful, well written and make some valid points. And both, in their own ways, are wrong....

1/12/2014

StandWithUs Launches 6th U.S. Speaking Tour for Israeli Soldiers to Share Their Personal Experiences During February - April 2014

Israeli soldiers will recount their personal experiences of serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as StandWithUs, the international Israel education organization, launches its sixth and largest "Israeli Soldiers Speak" (ISS) tour. Thirteen soldier-citizens will tour from February through April, 2014 and share their backgrounds, interests, life in Israel, and answer questions. ...

1/12/2014

PA Leader: Stages Plan to Eliminate Israel is Basis of PA Policy

Abbas Zaki, close associate of Mahmoud Abbas, says a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders is only first stage in the PA`s program because "the inspiring idea cannot be achieved all at once. [Rather] in stages"...

1/11/2014

StandWithUs Statement on Modern Language Association Vote

StandWithUs applauds the Modern Language Association [MLA] Delegate Assembly for rejecting an emergency resolution that would inhibit free speech, but denounces its passage of resolution 2014-1 calling on the U.S. government to pressure Israel to change its visa policies....

1/10/2014

How to Fight Academic Bigotry

For decades, the American Studies Association labored in well-deserved obscurity. No longer. It has now made a name for itself by voting to boycott Israeli universities, accusing them of denying academic and human rights to Palestinians....

1/10/2014

Modern Language Association (MLA) BDS Session Lays the Groundwork for Promoting Punishment of Israel

In the wake of the recent condemnations of the American Studies Association vote to boycott Israeli academic institutions, there was a great deal of publicity for the Modern Language Association Conference, which opened today in downtown Chicago with a panel on “Academic Boycotts: A Conversation about Israel and Palestine.” ...

1/10/2014

Another Anti-Israel Vote Comes to Academia

Save for some college students refusing to buy Israeli hummus, the "boycott, divestment and sanctions" movement against the Jewish state has had very few successes over the past decade. That changed last month when the American Studies Association voted to boycott Israeli academic institutions. Now the Modern Language Association (MLA), a far more prominent group, is poised to condemn Israel at its annual meeting in Chicago. Anyone interested in academic freedom should pay attention....

1/10/2014

Dueling Panels Debate BDS Inside and Outside of MLA Convention in Chicago

After the Modern Language Association (MLA) held the much-anticipated “Academic Boycotts: A Conversation about Israel and Palestine” roundtable on Jan. 9 as part of its 2014 convention in Chicago, MLA members expressed their opposition to academic boycotts of Israel during an alternative session offsite....

1/10/2014

MLA Caucus Introduces Resolution in Support of Israel-Boycotting ASA

At the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Chicago on Friday, an MLA caucus introduced an “Emergency Resolution in Support of the American Studies Association,” JNS.org has learned. The American Studies Association (ASA) recently voted to endorse an academic boycott of Israel....

1/9/2014

Bipartisan Letter Opposing the Academic Boycott of Israel

Please reach out to your representatives to get co-signers for this letter opposing the academic boycott campaign by ASA...

1/9/2014

Ambassador Yehuda Avner at the StandWithUs “Ambassadors Club”

Distinguished Israeli Ambassador Concludes Graduation of our “Ambassadors” with a Piece of Zionist History...

1/9/2014

Feeling Weary About Israel?

Do you ever get weary about Israel? Then it`s worth listening to Ambassdor Yehuda Avner`s words on the subject....

1/9/2014

13 Ways We Were Inspired And Amazed By Israel In 2013

From lending a helping hand to those in need in the Philippines, to making us laugh (and cry) here at home ...

1/9/2014

Missing Brookline Teen Found Safe In New York City

Caleb Jacoby, a 16-year-old boy who went missing from Brookline on Monday, has been found safe....

1/8/2014

Urgent: Missing Child

Some of you are already aware that Maimonides School has an 11th grader, Caleb Jacoby, who has been missing from home since yesterday....

1/8/2014

Update on Backlash Against ASA Resolution/ MLA Anti-Israel Events

The backlash against the American Studies Association (ASA) resolution is continuing. ...

1/7/2014

Israeli Official Points to `Incitement` by Palestinians

Adolf Hitler is quoted on the websites of Palestinian Authority schools. A young girl appears on Palestinian television, describing Jews as “barbaric monkeys, wretched pigs” and the “murderers of Muhammad,” the Islamic prophet. Maps on the Facebook page of the Palestinian presidential guards do not show Israel. President Mahmoud Abbas himself embraced as “heroes” released Palestinian prisoners who killed Israelis....

1/7/2014

Urge Senators to Support Legislation Strengthening Diplomatic Efforts to Prevent a Nuclear Iran

The Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013 (S.1881), authored by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL), and cosponsored by an additional forty - five Democratic and Republican Senators would strengthen American diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear weapons capability. ...

1/7/2014

How Not to Fight an Anti-Israel Boycott

There are many good reasons to oppose the American Studies Association (ASA) decision to boycott Israeli universities. But there are some bad reasons as well. Many arguments against the boycott play exactly into the hands of the pro-boycott propagandists and give them the ammunition they need to continue their poisonous campaign with renewed vigor and self-righteousness....

1/4/2014

Why Palestinians Want Israeli Citizenship

There is no denying that by applying for Israeli citizenship, in defiance of PLO and Hamas warnings, they are actually making clear that they would rather live under Israel than any Arab rule....

12/30/2013

Why Israel`s Security Barrier Matters: A Harrowing Story Often Forgotten

Raheem Kassam, founder and editor of Trending Central posted SWU Israel director Michael Dickson`s Open Letter to St. James Church in Picadilly, London about its "Wall" display. After reading the article, Kay Wilson contacted him. He invited her to pen her painful story and also wrote about it. Raheem then visited the Wall and scribed "RIP Kristine Luken” on it. ...

12/30/2013

Children`s hate speech against Jews broadcast on PA TV children`s program

In an episode of the PA TV children`s program The Best Home marking the anniversary of Yasser Arafat`s death in November, the program editors chose to include videos of children repeating the libel that the Jews killed Arafat...

12/30/2013

Advocate for Israel via it`s Innovations

INNOVATION MAY not be the first word that comes to mind when one says “Israel,” but we rely on many of Israel`s technological advancements every day. Israel has provided the world with endless inventions and advancements that we use every day....

12/30/2013

StandWithUs Applauds Hillel`s President Fingerhut`s Response to New York Times Article

On Sunday, December 29, The New York Times published an article regarding the “Open Hillel” vote, which took place three weeks ago at Swarthmore College....

12/28/2013

Israel`s Christian Awakening

A Controversial New Movement Wants to Cooperate More Closely With the Jewish State...

12/28/2013

One-sided BDS roundtable scheduled for Modern Language Association confab

As part of its 129th annual convention from Jan. 9-12 in Chicago, the Modern Language Association (MLA) is holding a roundtable discussion titled “Academic Boycotts: A Conversation about Israel and Palestine."...

12/27/2013

StandWithUs Statement on January 9-12 Modern Language Association (MLA) BDS Panel

The speakers invited to the MLA panel will undoubtedly present their usual distorted information about Israel. ...

12/27/2013

Major London church and its wall for terrorism

St. James`s, a prominent London church consecrated in 1684, has fallen in with hateful anti-Israel activists erecting a mock security barrier of the kind that has saved thousands of innocent lives in Israel. ...

12/27/2013

An Open Letter to St. James Church at Christmas, 2013

ISt. James`s Church, in Piccadilly, London, decided to celebrate Christmas by erecting a 26 foot replica of the wall section of the Israeli security barrier outside their church and project anti-Israel propaganda on it as part of their "Bethlehem Unwrapped" `festival`....

12/26/2013

Guess Who`s Valedictorian at Israel`s Top Medical School?

This year`s valedictorian at the Technion University, known as "the MIT of Israel," would likely displease those intent on framing Israel in the most unflattering of terms, writes Diana Bletter for The Huffington Post....

12/24/2013

Urgent Action Alert Update: Oppose Academic Boycotts-- You Can Help Now

Since our December 20th action alert, sharp criticism has mounted against the American Studies Association`s [ASA] vote to boycott Israeli academic institutions....

12/23/2013

Boycott of Israeli universities: A repugnant attack on academic freedom

Academic institutions should not be declared off-limits because of their national affiliation....

12/23/2013

Will Congress Stand Up for Academic Freedom?

This week, the American Studies Association, a group with nearly 4,000 U.S. members, voted to boycott Israeli academic institutions....

12/20/2013

Learning How to Defend Israel in the Boardroom

Businessmen and women can now travel abroad armed with tools to better defend Israel, thanks to a new seminar....

12/19/2013

StandWithUs Advertisements on RTD Buses in Denver Begin December 9, 2013

StandWithUs is placing billboards in Denver to counter anti-Israel advertisements. ...

12/18/2013

AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION ASSAULTS ACADEMIC FREEDOM, SCHOLARSHIP, AND ISRAEL

In an act of shocking bigotry and ignorance, the American Studies Association (ASA) announced on December 16, 2013, that it endorses an academic boycott of Israel and supports the anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement. ...

12/16/2013

StandWithUs Counters Anti-Israel Posters in Boston

BOSTON -- StandWithUs (SWU), an international Israel education organization, has placed billboards in 10 of Boston`s commuter rail and subway stations as part of a four-week campaign to counter recent anti-Israel ads featuring maps of a “disappearing Palestine,” and blaming Israel for creating millions of Palestinian refugees. ...

12/15/2013

Why Does the Myth of Apartheid Persist in Israel?

Edmund Burke said "For evil to triumph it takes good people to do nothing." ...

12/12/2013

StandWithUs Celebrates its Bat Mitzvah Year at "Festival of Lights"

On Sunday, December 8, 1,200 people gathered for StandWithUs` annual gala, "Festival of Lights," celebrating the non-profit Israel education organization`s 12 years - Bat Mitzvah — achievements....

12/11/2013

SWU APPLAUDS HILLEL`S STRONG STANCE AGAINST “OPEN HILLELS”

We applaud Hillel`s clear position against Swarthmore Hillel`s decision to be an “Open Hillel.”...

12/10/2013

PROF. ALAN DERSHOWITZ ENGAGES ISRAEL`S NEXT GENERATION

Takes on the "toughest questions" from international and Israeli students and young professionals, co-hosted by StandWithUs at the prestigious Globes Business Conference in Tel Aviv....

12/7/2013

STANDWITHUS OPENS NEWEST REGIONAL OFFICE IN PHILADELPHIA

WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS JOSEPH PUDER AND FERNE HASSAN AT THE HELM AND BEN BROWNSTEIN AS CAMPUS COORDINATOR FIRST EVENT IS DECEMBER 22 AT CONGREGATION BETH AM...

12/6/2013

ACTION ALERT - NO NUKES FOR IRAN

The November 24th agreement signed by Iran and the major superpowers may be a first step to dismantling Iran`s nuclear weapons capability. ...

12/5/2013

Boycott of Israel Endorsed by American Studies Association Leaders

The national council of the American Studies Association (ASA), the oldest and largest association devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history, last week announced its adoption of a resolution to boycott Israel. The ASA`s 5,000 members have until Dec. 15 to vote on the measure....

12/5/2013

BDS Campaign by United Church of Canada Denounced by Jewish Groups

Jewish groups condemned a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign that was launched this week by the United Church of Canada. The campaign, titled “Unsettling Goods,” urges the boycotting of Ahava, Keter Plastics, and SodaStream, which all have factories in Judea and Samaria....

12/4/2013

StandWithUs Statement About the Anti-Israel Incidents at SFSU

We are appalled by recent threatening anti-Israel incidents at San Francisco State University (SFSU). ...

12/2/2013

Anti-Israel Ads in Boston, Denver, Portland Countered by StandWithUs

A new billboard campaign by the pro-Israel education group StandWithUs (SWU) counters anti-Israel advertisements in Boston, Denver, and Portland....

11/30/2013

French court fines boycott-Israel activists for discrimination

Judge imposes $1,300-penalty, and a suspended jail sentence, on 12 members of BDS group...

11/26/2013

South African MP refutes Israeli apartheid lie

Keynote speaker at two events sponsored by Israel advocacy group StandWithUs Canada...

11/25/2013

IDF mobilized a rescue team as it has done for Haiti and other countries devastated by natural disasters.

After Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, hit the Philippines in early November, the IDF mobilized a rescue team as it done for Haiti and other areas devastated by natural disasters. ...

11/21/2013

In the typhoon-ravaged Philippines, Israel brings its experience in disaster relief

JTA interview with Dr. Ofer Merin - Obviously wanting to get back to work as the medical manager of the field hospital set up by the Israel Defense Forces in the Philippines, Lt.-Col. Dr. Ofer Merin speaks hurriedly about the three days his team has been seeing patients in the typhoon-ravaged nation....

11/20/2013

Radical Islamist Turned Zionist Visits FAU Campus

"I used to be an anti-Semite," British Pakistani Muslim Kasim Hafeez told an audience of adults and students at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton recently....

11/20/2013

Homeless in Jerusalem

Every so often, the international media erupts with condemnations of Israel for demolishing buildings in Jerusalem....

11/16/2013

How the Palestinian Authority Killed Eden

Amidst the silence that followed from the Palestinian Authority in the immediate aftermath of Private Eden Atias`s murder, a quiet comment by an unnamed spokesman to the New York Times, suggesting that this was an isolated incident. A Palestinian had stabbed an Israeli to death on a bus in broad daylight, but it was “an isolated incident by an individual”....

11/14/2013

7 Questions with Itamar Marcus, Director of Palestinian Media Watch

Itamar Marcus recently presented at StandWithUs` annual “Israel in Focus” conference held in Los Angeles. 130 students from the US and Canada heard from renowned speakers and learned the facts and skills needed to better educate about Israel on their campuses....

11/14/2013

Palestinian youth stabs sleeping soldier to death on Afula bus

Funeral for Eden Atias, 18, to be held later Wednesday; passengers capture 16-year-old killer, who was in Israel illegally...

11/13/2013

Philippine envoy thanks Israeli government, NGOs as aid and assistance continues

IDF, Foreign Ministry and Israeli, Jewish humanitarian organizations are all sending aid workers to the Philippines....

11/12/2013

StandWithUs opens Boca Raton chapter

Group to feature Muslim supporter of Israel at inaugural event...

11/6/2013

Why Are Students Totally Obsessed With Israel?

I`m a 19 year old Brit with Israeli citizenship. I speak Hebrew fluently, all my family live in Israel and I visit the country every summer. ...

11/5/2013

Community Unity At Haifa-Pistons game, the big win was celebrating Israel - and one another.

As I looked around the stadium, it brought a special warmth to my heart. On Oct. 8, the Palace of Auburn Hills was alive with energy - not just the energy of the Maccabi Haifa and Detroit Pistons players, but the energy of our Jewish community cheering on two teams that they love. ...

11/4/2013

The scoop on SCOOP Israel

My first exposure to Jewish culture was at age 12, when we moved from an Australian surf town to Melbourne, a city populated by Israeli and Russian Jews. I began to understand elements of Jewish beliefs, but I never became part of the culture, which left me with a desire to know more....

11/4/2013

Local teens in leadership program mastering Israel advocacy skills

From a young age, South Jersey teens Maddie Cohen and Sam Snyder developed a love for Israel and a desire to teach others about the Jewish homeland....

11/4/2013

Did Haaretz mislead its readers about Rihanna?

I left Park Hayarkon having had a great time at Rihanna`s Tel Aviv concert, part of her global “Diamonds” tour which was attended by 55,000 people....

11/4/2013

To Shape Young Palestinians, Hamas Creates Its Own Textbooks

When a class of Palestinian ninth graders in Gaza recently discussed the deadly 1929 riots over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, it was guided by a new textbook, introduced this fall by the Islamist Hamas movement....

11/3/2013

Student who took on Galloway joins pro-Israel group as campus director

Jonathan Hunter, who took a stand and unfurled an Israeli flag at an Oxford Union event where George Galloway MP was the guest speaker will join the Israel advocacy group StandWithUs UK office as Campus Director, TrendingCentral.com can exclusively reveal....

11/3/2013

Instagram Photographers Snap Pictures of Israel

A group of popular Instagram photographers hailing from Turkey, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Russia, and the United States recently visited Israel on a nine-day trip, capturing breathtaking images of the country that they shared with millions of viewers....

11/3/2013

Taste of Israel -- The People Behind It

So, what is Taste of IsraelÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬”who`s behind it, why do they do it, what does it involve, how is it done, how do you become part of it?...

11/3/2013

ARM`ed and Ready

I joined the StandWithUs MZ Teens Internship program to learn life-long skills on advocating for Israel. In its second year, the program selects and trains 55 teens from high schools through the U.S. Teens create Israel clubs at their schools, bring in speakers, educate about Israel, write articles and work with media....

10/29/2013

StandWithUs and IDC Herzliya `Ambassadors Club` Launches 8th Year with Keynote Ambassador Michael Oren

Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States headlines launch of public diplomacy program for international students in Israel...

10/25/2013

Foreign bloggers become unlikely champions of Israel advocacy

Ten influential bloggers arrive in Israel for "Once in a Lifetime" Israel advocacy program run by Tourism Ministry and StandWithUs...

10/16/2013

New Pro-Israel Ads Debut in Vancouver, Canada

The pro-Israel education groups StandWithUs has responded to anti-Israel advertising on Vancouver`s public transit...

10/16/2013

Amos Guiora visits Maury High School

“Intriguingly fascinating,” Annie O`Donnell, a Maury High School junior says about Amos Guiora`s presentation to Maury`s Model U.N. Club on Monday, Sept. 24. An Israeli-American law professor, Guiora shared some of his experiences while working as IDF legal advisor to Gaza. He also shed light on the current situation in Syria....

10/16/2013

Pro-Israel transit ads appear in Vancouver

The pro-Israel group StandWithUs Canada posted ads in Vancouver public transit stations Oct. 14 to counter anti-Israel ads that have been running since the summer...

10/10/2013

An Israeli Soldier to American Jews: wake up!

An Israeli Soldier to American Jews: wake up!...

10/10/2013

Become a volunteer first responder in Israel: Training in Los Angeles this month!

This month there will be an opportunity in Los Angeles to learn how to become a first responder in Israel during an emergency. ...

10/9/2013

STANDWITHUS TO PLACE PRO-ISRAEL POSTERS IN VANCOUVER SKYTRAIN STATIONS

StandWithUs [SWU] is placing posters in ten Sky Train stations to counter the misinformation of anti-Israel posters currently at these sites and on buses in Vancouver...

10/3/2013

STANDWITHUS, IN COOPERATION WITH ELDER OF ZIYON, PRESENTS PETITIONS IN LONDON AND NEW YORK TO HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS

On October 2, 2013, StandWithUs, in partnership with Israel activist blogger Elder of Ziyon, delivered petitions to Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International in London...

10/2/2013

Congressional Letter to John Kerry

Read and circulate this incredible Congressional letter to John Kerry regarding UNRWA...

10/2/2013

What Abbas Missed in His UN Speech

Khaled Abu Toameh fills us in...

10/2/2013

Full Transcript Prime Minister Netanyahu`s UN Speech

Netanyahu`s address to the UN General Assembly...

9/30/2013

We Can All Be Campus Advocates for Peace

StandWithUs UK student speaks out about Israel education...

9/26/2013

Muslims Stop Blaming Israel

Muslims should stop blaming Israel for problems in Muslim world, says Turkish woman...

9/26/2013

The Phantom BDS Victory

Turns out BDS isn`t so victorious ...

9/21/2013

Pro-Israel SDSU students turned to Stand With Us

When faced with professor who showed a map without Israel, students reached out to StandWithUs...

9/17/2013

San Diego State University class replaces map that labeled Israel as `Palestine`

San Diego State University (SDSU) agreed to replace a map from an Arabic language course that excluded Israel...

9/17/2013

Israel wants peace. Period.

Since 1947, Israel has pushed for peace with Arab neighbors but has been met with violence, says Israeli journalist....

9/16/2013

Standing up for Israel on campus

Few students understand the importance of Israel advocacy like Leon Martynenko does....

9/12/2013

Israeli Organization Empowers Arab and Druze Women

Haifa`s Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center promotes peace and the human rights of women. ...

9/11/2013

Israel replaced with Palestine on map in language class at SDSU

Community anger leads people to contact Team 10...

9/11/2013

Today on 911 we remember Danny Lewin

Lewin, the Israeli-American and first victim of the horrific 9/11 terror attacks...

9/10/2013

Washington-Idaho line ad from StandWithUs counters call to end U.S. aid to Israel

StandWithUs places ads defending US-Israel relationship...

9/1/2013

German Jews urge boycott of Roger Waters

German Jews urge boycott after Pink Floyd star floats pig balloon with Star of David at his concert...

8/31/2013

STANDWITHUS AND SPOKANE COALITION FOR ISRAEL TEAM UP TO PLACE PRO-ISRAEL BILLBOARD ON WASHINGTON-IDAHO STATE LINE

StandWithUs (SWU) has teamed with Spokane Coalition for Israel in placing a billboard on the Spokane - Coeur d`Alene state line that celebrates the U.S.-Israel alliance starting September 3...

8/30/2013

StandWithUs hosts law parley in shadow of Syrian abuse

The student program attempts to positively influence Israel`s global image in the face of international criticism....

8/28/2013

Norwegian FM to `Post`: World will not bankroll Palestinian state-building forever

Both the Palestinians and Israel should know that the world will not bankroll Palestinian Authority state-building forever, and that if progress is not made the donations will stop, Norway`s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told The Jerusalem Post Tuesday....

8/27/2013

Shabbat Shalom from Florida StandWithUs MZ Teen Intern Paul Felder

This summer, I set out with over 100 Jewish teens from North America and around the world to Israel. I was on ILSI (International Leadership Seminar in Israel) and the Sea-to-Sea Hike. ILSI is a summer program with the mission of providing leaders with an enduring connection to the Jewish state. We learned about the history of the land while walking in the footsteps of great Israeli leaders like David Ben-Gurion and Yonatan Netanyahu....

8/27/2013

Israel: A beacon of democracy, diversity

The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, begins in just two weeks. Traditionally, it is a time for Jews to reflect, pray and give thanks. Last weekend, an op-ed in this paper blatantly misrepresented Israel to vilify the country. The following reflects why, at this time of year, Jews and other informed people give thanks for Israel....

8/23/2013

Where Muslims Can Speak Freely in the Middle East

Today it has become evident that that leaders and members of the Islamic Movement in Israel enjoy more freedom and rights than the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Jordan, and even -- under the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank -- Hamas....

8/22/2013

Preparing for Campus.. by visiting Israel

Jake is part of a delegation of British pre-campus students who intend to be active in leading pro-Israel activity when they get to university. In Israel with StandWithUs UK, they are engaging in an intensive week-long summit prior to beginning their studies when they return home....

8/21/2013

STANDWITHUS AND VOICE FOR ISRAEL TEAM UP TO PLACE PRO-ISRAEL ADS ON 98 CHAPEL HILL BUSES

ADS COUNTER ANTI-ISRAEL POSTERS AND BEGIN AUGUST 17 FOR ONE YEAR...

8/21/2013

Gabriela Shalev: Israel`s First Female UN Ambassador

Prof. Gabriela Shalev broke the glass ceiling....

8/21/2013

StandWithUs campaign responds to church`s anti-Israel ad on buses in Chapel Hill, NC

The pro-Israel education group StandWithUs on Aug. 17 launched a one-year campaign that will feature pro-Israel advertisements on the interior of 98 buses in Chapel Hill, NC. ...

8/21/2013

Security you can see

Even a 16-year-old kid, traveling alone in Israel, visiting the nation for the first time, gets screened at every turn, and for me that was not a problem. I prefer the security I can see....

8/20/2013

Battling media bias

Students from around the world gather in Beersheba for conference on conflict reporting....

8/20/2013

Allies Thwart America in Egypt

Israel, Saudis and U.A.E. Support Military Moves...

8/18/2013

Israel faces bias at UN, Ban acknowledges

"It`s an unfortunate situation," secretary general tells students in Jerusalem. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon admitted on Friday that Israel suffers from prejudice and even discrimination at his international organization. ...

8/18/2013

A musical cure for African-American kidney disease?

Smokey Robinson and Natalie Cole among headliners at festival to fund Rambam Hospital research into the genetic basis of a prevalent illness...

8/14/2013

Gaza terrorists fire more rockets at Israel

One rocket reportedly lands inside Palestinian enclave; no injuries or damage reported in Israel...

8/12/2013

StandWithUs Israeli Fellows host Campus Journalists in Israel

SCOOP Israel, a conference organized by students for journalism students is taking place at Ben Gurion University of the Negev this week. ...

8/11/2013

Israeli Women`s Karate Champion Fights for Coexistence

Israel`s champion in women`s karate is an Israeli Christian who is proud to fight for Israel at international sporting competitions. ...

8/11/2013

Israel Hosts Global Conference to Promote Women`s Rights

At a recent International Women`s Conference in Jerusalem, attendees learned about Israel`s success promoting women`s rights....

8/8/2013

Female IDF Officer Upgrades Diet & Exercise

IDF Lieutenant Colonel Shirly Subul is a woman on a mission and has built a career out of transforming the physical fitness of IDF soldiers....

8/8/2013

Student regent needs to represent all students

UC student regents are supposed to represent all UC students. Sadia Saifuddin`s leading role in the UC-wide anti-Israel divestment movement calls into question her willingness to represent the Jewish community â€” its extreme left excepted....

8/8/2013

Grapevine: KKL-JNF`s urban parks

One recent developments in Zichron Ya`acov is a new four-hectare (about 10-acre) park....

8/6/2013

Wal-Mart pushes SodaStream profit up

Israel-based manufacturer of beverage carbonation systems says its second second-quarter net income jumped 36%, boosted by strong demand fueled by its launch at US retail chain...

8/5/2013

STANDWITHUS UK AND THE ZIONIST CENTRAL COUNCIL HOST

More than 70 attendees were treated to a feast of information on many issues facing Israel by an outstanding panel at the StandWithUs UK/Zionist Central Council Question Time evening at Menorah Synagogue on July 30, 2013....

8/5/2013

I`ll ask this only once: What has Israel ever done to us?

Demonised by many, the embattled state treats Palestinians better than most, says a puzzled Carol Hunt...

8/2/2013

Ramallah vs. the "Peace Process"

Abbas may be conducting peace talks with Israel, but at the same time he is also backing campaigns that promote boycotts and hatred of Israel. What Secretary Kerry and the U.S. need to understand is that Abbas has failed to prepare his people for the possibility of peace....

8/2/2013

Educate and Respond

StandWithUs Director Michael Dickson believes pro-Israel activists can win the battle against anti-Zionists if they are provided with the right tools...

8/1/2013

Op-Ed: The anti-Israel lesbian avenger

Today, we are witnessing an odd phenomenon: some LGBT activists are jumping on the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement bandwagon (BDS) though its goal is the demise of one of the world`s most progressive LGBT countries, the only gay-friendly country in the Middle East, and the world`s only Jewish nationÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬”Israel. ...

8/1/2013

Attention Los Angeles Friends of Israel: Volunteer in Israel

StandWithUs and the Israeli American Council (IAC) are partnering to facilitate a potential training program for community members willing to volunteer in Israel during times of emergency but first we need YOUR opinion! ...

8/1/2013

International Women`s Conference

Women Impact and Change Israel...

7/31/2013

Unrest in Egypt: Closed Tunnels Could Ruin Hamas

The smuggling tunnels in Sinai are essential for the economy of the Gaza Strip. But since the unrest broke out in Egypt, they have been closed off -- plunging the ruling Hamas party into financial crisis....

7/31/2013

Palestinian tourists conquer Tel Aviv

The Etzel Museum, near the Charles Clore beach in Tel Aviv, assembles many pieces of history related to the Arab Israeli conflict, including the conquest of Jaffa. ...

7/30/2013

JLTV Interviews StandWithUs Israel Director Michael Dickson During Maccabiah Games 2013

JLTV host Brad Pomerance interviews StandWithUs Israel Director Michael Dickson during the Maccabiah Games...

7/30/2013

STANDWITHUS DENOUNCES ROGER WATERS` ANTI-SEMITIC DISPLAY

Roger Waters should apologize to Jews, the international community, and his fans for his disgusting display of anti-Semitism at a July 20 concert in Belgium....

7/30/2013

Israel — second time around

Onward Israel is an exciting new six-week Israel advocacy program organised by the Zionist Federation of Australia for young Australian and South African adults aged 19-30 who want to return to Israel for a second program experience. ...

7/29/2013

Egyptian authorities target Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera is demanding the immediate release of its staff members detained overnight in the capital, Cairo....

7/29/2013

Mursi accused of murder, kidnapping before rival rallies

The Egyptian state prosecutor ordered that ousted Islamist President Mohammad Mursi be detained for 15 days for questioning on charges of collaborating with Palestinian militant group Hamas, official MENA news agency reported on Friday....

7/29/2013

Egyptian border restrictions on Gaza toughest yet

Egypt`s new government has imposed the toughest border restrictions on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in years, sealing smuggling tunnels, blocking most passenger traffic and causing millions of dollars in economic losses....

7/29/2013

Egypt bans fishing in north Sinai as security measure

Egypt has prohibited fishing off the coast of northern Sinai as a security measure to stop militants entering the peninsula by sea....

7/29/2013

Animals` Eric Burdon Israel show back on

British rock veteran had canceled his August 1 appearance in Binyamina due to threatening emails...

7/29/2013

Flash Mob: Hora in Jerusalem

Watch this fun flash mob of the hora in Jerusalem....

7/26/2013

How Entertainers Are Bullied Into Not Performing In Israel

Israeli fans of golden oldies won`t be hearing Eric Burdon grind out his signature House of The Rising Sun. The lead Animals singer canceled his appearance, a victim of intimidation including death threats to stay away from the Jewish state....

7/25/2013

UN Turns to Israel for Advice on Including People With Disabilities in Society

This week the United Nations turned to leading Israeli disabilities non-profit organization Beit Issie Shapiro for advice on the inclusion of people with disabilities. ...

7/25/2013

The poverty of boycotting Israel

Those calling for an academic boycott of Israel not only show the depth to which anti-Israel bias is now entrenched in our ivory towers; they show their ignorance about the boycott`s major victims: Israel`s minorities, its Arab Muslims and Christians....

7/25/2013

For Insight Into Mideast, Tune Into Ramadan TV

A sign of progress: This year`s holiday fare vilifies Islamists more than Jews....

7/24/2013

The Holy Anti-Semitic Month of Ramadan

From the days of my early childhood in Egypt, anti-Semitism was not only a common phenomenon, it has been a national characteristic of my country. ...

7/23/2013

The Newest Battlefront against Israel: Kangaroo Courts

As Israel prevailed against the terrorism of the last decade, Palestinians and their allies put renewed energy into “soft warfare” to defeat the Jewish state. ...

7/23/2013

UC Board of Regents confirm Muslim student to board despite opposition from some Jewish groups

The University of California`s governing board confirmed its first Muslim student member Wednesday, despite some Jewish groups` claims that she marginalized Jewish students and promoted an anti-Israel agenda....

7/23/2013

Animals` Eric Burdon caves to threats, cancels Israel concert

British rock veteran, who was set to play with Israeli veterans Tislam, was getting nasty emails every day...

7/22/2013

Military aid to Israel is a bargain for American security

An ad campaign has been underway to encourage Americans to stop funding the military of one of our staunchest allies, Israel. ...

7/22/2013

To Ramallah and back

A US college student`s perspective on Israeli security: The actions Israel has taken to keep citizens, tourists protected are invaluable....

7/22/2013

Jewish group decries `BDS` Muslim as student representative

A Jewish group says the University of California Board of Regents is rewarding a divisive Islamic movement on college campuses by appointing its first Muslim student representative. ...

7/19/2013

Standing With Israel

Local teen`s passion gets him into first cohort of StandWithUs intern program...

7/19/2013

Pro-BDS student joins UC Regents, Jewish groups react

The University of California`s Board of Regents today voted in UC Berkeley undergraduate Sadia Saifuddin, 21, as a student member of the board, a move that triggered strong reactions from Jewish organizations concerned about her support for the controversial Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS)....

7/18/2013

StandWithUs at TIAA CREF 2013 Shareholder Meeting, BDS Defeated Once Again

On Tuesday, July 16, TIAA CREF held its annual shareholder meeting in Charlotte, NC. StandWithUs worked with the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte and the Israel Action Network to mobilize CREF account holders in response to groups calling for the pension giant to divest from companies doing business with Israel. ...

7/18/2013

Calif. board votes in student leader of BDS movement as regent

A student leader in the anti-Israel divestment campaign at the University of California, Berkeley, was elected to serve on the University of California system`s Board of Regents....

7/18/2013

BDS activist voted in as University of California student regent

Sadia Saifuddin, an activist in the BDS movement against Israel, on Wednesday in San Francisco was voted in as a 2014-15 student regent on the UC Board of Regents....

7/18/2013

Holocaust Hero: Local high school teacher connects with family legend on trip to Israel

At Yad Vashem in Israel, there is a memorial wall in the Garden of the Righteous engraved with the names of non-Jews who risked their lives to help Jews during the Holocaust....

7/18/2013

Pro-BDS student appointed as University of California regent

Well, Sadia Saifuddin had her 15 minutes of fame. On Wednesday, July 17, the regents of the University of California voted to appoint the Pakistani-American Berkeley student from Stockton to the governing body of the university for the 2014-2015 year....

7/17/2013

PA official: EU Judea and Samaria guidelines harm Palestinians

PA officials approach EU, saying that Palestinian laborers are going to lose their livelihoods as a result of the decision to exclude settlement enterprises from future cooperative agreements. Leading manufacturer calls move illegitimate and harmful....

7/17/2013

Guess Who`s Valedictorian at Israel`s Top Medical School?

Guess who graduated first in this year`s medical school class at the Technion, Israel`s version of M.I.T.? The answer will surprise you. ...

7/17/2013

Sadia Saifuddin elected to Board of Regents: StandWithUs Statement

The choice of Sadia Saifuddin as student regent sends the wrong message and in fact, defeats the Regents own goal of being more inclusive. ...

7/16/2013

Student leader in BDS movement up for regent post in Calif. system

A student leader in the anti-Israel divestment campaign at the University of California, Berkeley, is a candidate for student regent in the University of California system....

7/15/2013

Arab Christians: Israel only state worth fighting for

Arab Christian residents of Nazareth who proudly serve in the Israeli army and encourage their children to do the same are coming under increasing attack, and Israel is starting to take notice and come to their aid....

7/15/2013

UC Board of Regents likely to confirm anti-Israel student, Sadia Saifudden

The Board of Regents is likely to confirm the very disturbing nomination of Sadia Saifudden, a Berkeley student who co-authored the latest divestment campaign at Berkeley this past Spring. ...

7/15/2013

Open Letter to the Board of UC Regents Regarding the Nomination of Sadia Saifuddin

As an international Israel education organization, we urge you not to approve Sadia Saifuddin as student regent in 2014 - 2015 and instead select one of the other two students who were also nominated for this position....

7/15/2013

Nominee to Represent All UC Students is Anti-Israel Extremist

This month, the UC Board of Regents will confirm Sadia Saifuddin as student regent for 2014-15. The Regents, inter alia, set educational policy for the 10 UC universities and appoint their senior officers. If confirmed, Saifuddin would represent almost 200,000 UC students....

7/15/2013

StandWithUs Concerned About Nomination of Sadia Saifuddin to UC Board of Regents

As an international Israel education organization, we urge you not to approve Sadia Saifuddin as student regent in 2014-2015 and instead select one of the other two students who were also nominated for this position....

7/15/2013

Tisha B`av

The 9th of Av, Tisha b`Av, commemorates a list of catastrophes so severe it`s clearly a day that merits our consideration....

7/12/2013

StandWithUs follows San Francisco campaign with pro-Israel ads in Montana

Amid its pro-Israel advertising campaign to counter anti-Israel ads in San Francisco`s Muni bus system this month, the pro-Israel education group StandWithUs announced July 10 that it would place similar billboards in Montana....

7/12/2013

Arab farmers, despite BDS calls, train in Israel to improve Gaza agriculture

Two groups of Arab farmers left Gaza this week to attend an agricultural seminar in northern Israel with the goal of improving Gaza`s agricultural industry....

7/12/2013

STANDWITHUS TO PLACE PRO-ISRAEL BILLBOARDS IN MONTANA FOR THE SECOND TIME

ADS WILL BE PLACED IN HELENA ON JULY 15 AND 22 FOR FOUR WEEKS...

7/11/2013

StandWithUs-MZ Teens Internship Program Enters 2nd Year

After a wildly successful first year of the StandWithUs-MZ Teens Internship program, we are excited to head into the second year. ...

7/11/2013

BDS Movement Rising on UC Campuses

Students and pro-Israel campus organizations discuss how the campus climate is changing, and how they`ll be better prepared for debates and resolutions next year....

7/11/2013

Bus ads wars continue in San Francisco

Countering a recent ad on San Francisco Muni buses that called Israel an apartheid state, the pro-Israel organization StandWithUs has placed four ads on 12 Muni buses that highlight Israel`s diversity, religious freedoms and the close Israel-U.S. relationship....

7/10/2013

The Image Of The Jew In The Ramadan TV Show `Khaybar`

During the month of Ramadan, Arab TV channels air drama and comedy shows to entertain viewers after they break their fast. One of the shows airing this year is a docudrama called "Khaybar," which is the name of the Jewish community in the Arabian Peninsula conquered by the Prophet Muhammad in 628 CE....

7/10/2013

Don`t Get What`s Happening in Egypt? Let This 12-Year-Old Break It Down for You (VIDEO)

A middle-school student gives a sharp, off-the-cuff primer on the political revolution occurring in his country....

7/8/2013

Hate speech for kids by the Palestinian Authority

Little girls on PA TV reciting that Jews are the "most evil among creations, barbaric monkeys, wretched pigs," is part of a pattern of demonization by the PA....

7/8/2013

BIG (Buy Israeli Goods) Week (July 1-7, 2013) a Huge Success at Sainsbury`s Stores in the UK

It was a very good week for Israeli potato and date sales in AT Sainsbury`s in Cheadle and Middleton and at the company`s supermarkets throughout the UK. ...

7/8/2013

Lockheed to build technology hub in Israel

Lockheed Martin is to set up a technology development center in Israel, underlining the defense ties between the Jewish state and its strategic ally....

7/8/2013

Intel Considering $10 Billion Investment in Israel

Intel, the world`s top computer chip manufacturer, is in talks with the Israeli government about a $10-billion (U.S.) investment in Israel, a senior government official told the Hebrew-language Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper on Tuesday....

7/2/2013

We have no beef with Israel, Syrian Islamist rebel group says

The Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, which operates near the border, praises Israel`s medical assistance for refugees, fighters...

7/2/2013

STANDWITHUS PRO-ISRAEL ADS RUN ON SAN FRANCISCO BUSES

The ads will run on June 27 through July 27, countering anti-Israel ads for the sixth time. ...

7/2/2013

Kuwaiti legislator says he `loves` Israel for helping keep his country safe

In rare pro-Israel comments, two MPs defend trade with Jewish state, cite the Prophet Muhammad`s dealings with Jews....

6/26/2013

French Court Upholds Lies of French Journalists in Mohammed al-Dura Case

French media analyst Philippe Karsenty was convicted of defamation for accusing French state television of doctoring a video showing the death of a Palestinian boy....

6/26/2013

More than 100 wounded Syrians receive care in Israel

As conflict rages, Israel takes in influx of Syrian refugees in need of medical care; `At first it was young men in their 20s, 30s; now they`re younger, teenagers, sometimes even kids,` doctor at Safed hospital says....

6/25/2013

Alice Walker`s crass bigotry exposed

Alice Walker`s new book of half-truths and lies paints a cartoonish picture of Jews and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By proving she opposes peace talks, the two-state solution and any rational approach to the conflict, Walker writes herself off as irrelevant....

6/25/2013

Muslim IDF Recruits Hold Koran for Allegiance Oath

Religion can often take a backseat in Israel when it comes to security, as brothers Muhammad and Milad Atrash, two Muslim member`s of the Israel Defense Force`s Golani Brigade, can attest to....

6/25/2013

Palestinians: "No Jews Allowed!"

Palestinian journalists who try to arrange meetings or interviews with Palestinian Authority representatives for Western colleagues have become used to hearing such things almost on a daily basis....

6/25/2013

Lebanon`s Apartheid Laws

About three years ago, the Lebanese government decided to amend its Apartheid law that denies Palestinians the right to work in as many as 20 professions....

6/24/2013

Egypt steps up Gaza tunnel crackdown, dismaying Palestinians

Egypt has intensified a crackdown on smuggling tunnels between its volatile Sinai desert and the Gaza Strip, causing a steep hike in petrol and cement prices in the Palestinian territory. ...

6/24/2013

A message to the world - an interview with Michael Dickson, Israel Director of StandWithUs

On June 17th, StandWithUs celebrated the graduation of their 1000th student ambassador (or "fellow" as they call it,) and seven years of activity in Israel. The event featured Olympic Gold Medalist, Noam Gershony, alongside other well-known International-Israeli figures, and pre-recorded congratulations from President Shimon Peres....

6/20/2013

State legislators laud U.C.`s stance on BDS

California Senate president pro tem Darrell Steinberg, Assembly budget chair Bob Blumenfield and 34 other members of the state legislature have signed onto a letter congratulating U.C. Regents on their "resolute stance against those at U.C. campuses pushing for divestment from both Israel and from companies doing business with Israel."...

6/20/2013

StandWithUs Israeli Fellowship Graduates its 1000 Fellow this week!

Each year, StandWithUs selects 150 Israeli students from around the country to join the Fellowship, empowering them to be future Israeli leaders and ambassadors. As of today, our Alumni number 1,000 and are in high-level leadership positions in Israel and around the world. ...

6/18/2013

Israel Advocacy

Local teen participates in StandWithUs leadership seminar in Los Angeles. ...

6/18/2013

Senior Participates in StandWithUs Seminar

During the first week of September, I had the honor of being one of 48 teens nationwide chosen to take part in the first ever StandWithUs MZ Teens Internship seminar....

6/18/2013

Israel Advocacy Club

MZ Teen creates Israel club at his high school....

6/18/2013

Fischer Students Learn New Pro-Israel Communications Techniques

On Thursday, December 6th, Tahli Hanuka came to speak with Paul and Maggie Fischer High School 11th and 12th grade students....

6/18/2013

Israeli All Star Cards - A Project of the StandWithUs MZ Teen Program

The StandWithUs MZ Teen Internship program encouraged students to create a fun and innovative campaign to teach their peers about Israel. The students were given the tools, resources, funding, and guidance to make their campaign a success....

6/18/2013

`Pinkwashing` charge aims to blacken Israel: Bercovici

Queers Against Israeli Apartheid group promotes conspiracy theories by demonizing Israel....

6/17/2013

Native, Jewish bond thicker than water

Justice for Palestinians is attempting to organize with the Council of Canadians a conference titled “Indigenous Perspectives on Water: Canada and Palestine.”...

6/17/2013

USA Today Publishes BDS Press Release Almost Word for Word, Accuses Israel of Abuse

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel found itself a friend in major American newspaper USA Today recently, when a press release about its efforts to have Alicia Keys cancel her upcoming show in Israel appeared almost ve ......

6/14/2013

Tel Aviv White Night Festival's New Promo Video Is Beautiful

Tel Aviv's annual "White Night Festival" turns 10 this year, and there's a truly beautiful ad to promote the June 27 festivities....

6/14/2013

L.A. City Council passes anti-BDS resolution

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a resolution to continue awarding city contracts without regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....

6/14/2013

ACTION ALERT:

Help Alicia Keys Resist Boycott Israel Pressure!...

6/14/2013

Nicole Bernstein new StandWithUs director in S.D.

Bernstein brings with her 14 years of leadership experience in executive management, communications and marketing roles in the corporate and start-up worlds....

6/13/2013

Missing the Point

The struggle in the Middle East came to UC Santa Cruz recently. The movement known as BDS, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions is an international movement to undermine support for Israel and ultimately to destroy her....

6/12/2013

Citing Terror Support and Human Rights Abuses, Boulder City Council Nixes Sister-City

The Boulder, Colorado city council voted overwhelmingly Monday to reject a sister city application from Nablus, citing Palestinian Authority abuses in the West Bank city and its long history as a terrorist center....

6/10/2013

PA Economy Minister walks out of BDS conference

After making insulting comments in response to a "provocative" question, participants ask Jawad al-Naji to leave....

6/10/2013

Exhibit at State House Depicts Israel`s History

TO CELEBRATE ISRAEL`S 65th anniversary, the Community Relations Committee of Greater MetroWest NJ and StandWithUs displayed the "Israel Matters" exhibit at the NJ State House....

6/10/2013

U.C. Santa Cruz rejects divestment bill

The student senate at U.C. Santa Cruz this week defeated a resolution urging the university to divest from companies that “profit from the illegal Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.”...

6/10/2013

Only in Israel: Gay rights in the Middle East

Sexual minorities are as unwelcome in the Middle East as are religious minorities. Except in Israel...

6/6/2013

Excellent News; Israeli Oil

Now we have extraordinary announcements of recent findings starting with the discovery, 50 miles off the Israeli coast, of natural gas in 2009 that will make Israel one of the world's energy powers. Moses was right and an apology is due to him....

6/6/2013

Meet Israel`s Next Ambassadors

This month, our organization StandWithUs is celebrating the graduation of our 1,000th Israeli Fellow. To appreciate what a historic moment this is, let me take you back to 2006....

6/6/2013

Lies, Apartheid and BS

Whereas a liar must know the truth in order to conceal it, a BSer couldn`t care less one way or the other. His goal is not to conceal or reveal but to make an impression to advance an agenda....

6/6/2013

SodaStream, Target of BDS Boycotters, Skyrockets

The at-home beverage maker has often been the target of anti-Israel boycotts, but that doesn’t seem to be slowing down its growth and popularity....

6/5/2013

Divestment Failure at UC Santa Cruz

Statement from StandWithUs: We are pleased that a divestment resolution was once again defeated, this time at UC Santa Cruz....

6/5/2013

Divestment from Israel resolution defeated at UC Santa Cruz

(JNS.org) A divestment from Israel resolution was defeated Tuesday at the University of California, Santa Cruz with 19 votes against, 17 votes in favor, and three abstentions. The defeat followed a 45-minute student senate debate....

6/4/2013

Syria Shows Why Israel Must Remain Strong

That is why Israel will never surrender and will always fight to the end. That is why Israel needs a nuclear deterrent, unsatisfactory as it may be in a part of the world where suicide in the name of Islam is a virtue to so many of Israel’s enemies. ......

6/3/2013

Ten Year Old Palestinian Boy Saved by Israeli Doctors, Jewish Kidney Donor

The life of a ten year old Palestinian boy was saved today thanks to Israeli doctors at the Schneider Medical Center in Petah Tikva, and a Jewish kidney donor....

6/3/2013

Antioch`s anti-anti-Israel week attempts dialogue, change

Antioch University, a one-building institution in downtown Seattle serving 900 students, has been holding Israel Apartheid Week for six years. This year, a tiny band of activists tried to put an end to it and succeeded....

6/3/2013

Gil Stein: How do you spell antisemitism? BDS

To those who follow the worldwide effort to undermine and destroy Israel, BDS -- the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement -- exemplifies the new wave of anti-Semitism. This movement is active on California college campuses, including UC Santa C ......

6/3/2013

THE STANDWITHUS ISRAEL FELLOWSHIP PRESENTS THE 2013 YEAR-END PROJECTS

(Jerusalem, June 2, 2013) - The StandWithUs Israel Fellowship students are in final preparations for their 2013 year-end projects. They range from creating a new app that users "share and receive," bringing top YouTube artists to Israel to ......

5/31/2013

Pension giant TIAA-CREF excludes Israel divestment resolution from shareholders meet

“StandWithUs commends TIAA-CREF for not putting the BDS resolution to a vote this year, thereby ensuring the shareholders meeting will focus solely on TIAA-CREF business,” Avi Posnick, the New York regional coordinator for StandWithUs, told JNS.org....

5/28/2013

McGill's Judith Butler Bungle

When I first heard that McGill University, my university, was awarding Professor Judith Butler an honorary doctorate, I winced, quietly. Butler is a caustic critic of Israel, with a blind spot for terrorist totalitarians....

5/28/2013

Muslim writer touts Israeli tolerance of minorities

"This country does not fit the description of an apartheid state," says author Qanta Ahmed in visit to Israel....

5/28/2013

The Next Step: From Israel Intern to Professional

Campus Israel activists generally have working relationships with multiple pro-Israel organizations, and some get more involved by interning with these groups. In some cases, activists with intern experience move on to work with pro-Israel organizati ......

5/23/2013

14 Days Against the Israel-Apartheid Lie

From our nation’s Capitol to New York City, down to Florida and across to the West Coast, MP Kenneth Meshoe of South Africa has been on a speaking tour with my organization, the Israel Allies Foundation for the past two weeks with a simple yet fundam ......

5/22/2013

Pro-Palestinian ads misrepresent apartheid

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....

5/22/2013

Official PA daily acknowledges Israeli hospital's medical care for Palestinians

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....

5/22/2013

Women to watch

Six Jews who have proven they are forces to be reckoned with. ...

5/21/2013

South Africa parliament member and clergyman makes the case for Israel

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 ......

5/17/2013

The Ring Road Wall: An Israeli Perspective

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 ......

5/13/2013

Conference boycotted by Hawking has hosted Palestinian speakers every year

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...

5/13/2013

Laugh With Us Event - A Dedication To Murdered Israeli Boy

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 ......

5/13/2013

Attempted divestment at UCSB and the BDS machine

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 ......

5/10/2013

The flying ambassadors come to Long Island: El Al partners with StandWithUs

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....

5/9/2013

Pro-Israel ad campaign at Metro-North stations starts next week

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....

5/9/2013

How much tolerance for intolerance?

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 ......

5/9/2013

Jspace Exclusive Interview: StandWithUs CEO on Pro-Israel Ad Campaign

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....

5/8/2013

Israel divestment vote at UC Berkeley the latest sign of hostile campus environment

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. ......

5/1/2013

STANDWITHUS TO COUNTER ANTI-ISRAEL POSTERS IN METRO-NORTH

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....

5/1/2013

Berkshire buys rest of Israel's Iscar for $2.05 billion

(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....

4/30/2013

Palestinian stabs Israeli to death in West Bank

Attacker shot after opening fire on police at Tapuah junction; government must ‘get with the program,’ settler leader says...

4/25/2013

ASUC senator sends letter offering Landgraf deal for no veto

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 ......

4/25/2013

UC Berkeley admin will ignore student gov resolution demanding divestment from Israel

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 ......

4/24/2013

U.C. Berkeley student senate passes resolution calling for divestment

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....

4/23/2013

Dangerous decoy: Ignoring human rights abuses

“Honor killings” – the barbaric murder of women who “shame” their families are the most egregious example of women’s oppression. ...

4/16/2013

Boston Marathon Blasts: Doctor Credits Israelis With Helping Set Up Disaster Team

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 ......

4/12/2013

J Street Carved Out A Place In U.S.-Israel Advocacy; Israelis Say Policies Don’t Jive

“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 ......

4/11/2013

StandWithUs Congratulates UC Santa Barbara students on defeating BDS

UCSB student leaders worked tirelessly to defeat a divestment resolution that unfairly singled out and condemned Israel. Their courage and determination paid off....

4/11/2013

...But You Can't Fool All the People All of the Time:

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 ......

4/11/2013

StandWithUs` 65 Things We Love About Israel in 65 Seconds

In honor of Israel`s 65th celebration of Independence [Yom Haazmaut]...

4/11/2013

UCSB, in marathon hearing, becomes latest school to reject Israel divestment

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....

4/10/2013

StandWithUs Statement re: Cardozo Law School Honoring Jimmy Carter April 10, 2013

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....

4/10/2013

Jimmy Carter to be honored by Yeshiva University’s law school amid alumni opposition

(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 ......

4/9/2013

Cardozo Law School’s Honoring of Jimmy Carter Provides an Educational Moment

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....

4/8/2013

BDS Tries, But Can't Break Dead Sea Product Sales

The Dead Sea products business is alive and well, despite the best efforts of the BDS crowd...

4/4/2013

Israel divestment resolution overturned by UC Riverside students

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....

4/3/2013

Bridge to Understanding

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....

4/3/2013

A Display to Change Your Campus

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 ......

4/3/2013

Israeli Soldiers Stories- touring the States, spreading the truth

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....

4/1/2013

Navajo, Israel conference seeks farmers

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...

3/28/2013

IDF Soldiers Create Awareness Through Personal Stories

As thousands of Jewish high school students across the United States prepare for their college entrance exams, they are also learning about the some of the social challenges they will face on their college campuses. The international nonprofit StandW ......

3/28/2013

"American Muslims for Palestine" launches anti-Israel poster in New York

In the latest public spat over the Middle East conflict, the Americans for Palestine group has launched posters insisting that the US should no longer support Israel...

3/28/2013

'You Can Fool Some People Sometime': BS Gets BDS a Win at UC Riverside

As some of you might know, the student senate at UC Riverside voted on March 6 to divest from companies doing business in Israel. You'd think that the UCR students had risen up in outrage at supposed Israeli "apartheid". That is, after a ......

3/28/2013

Palestinians should be engaged honestly

There is a narrative that has been gaining adherents in America, that it is within Israel’s control to make peace with the Palestinians. If only it were so. The story says that the issue is territorial, and the “occupation” and/or settlements are the ......

3/28/2013

Israel Billboard wars

Soon after a pensive-looking cowboy popped up on a billboard alongside Interstate 90 between the Orange and Reserve street exits two months ago, the phones started ringing at the Har Shalom synagogue in Missoula....

3/28/2013

Israel operating field hospital along border with Syria

Israel has reportedly set up a field hospital along the border with Syria to treat Syrians wounded in their country's bitter and bloody civil war. According to the French news agency AFP, the hospital is situated at Fortification 105 in the northern ......

3/25/2013

Monument with ‘Palestine’ replacing Israel was hidden from Obama

Palestinian authorities in Bethlehem removed ‘State Monument,’ put peace dove in its stead, three days before president came to pray at Church of the Nativity...

3/22/2013

Leader of the free word

Words matter, especially when spoken by people of power. President Barack Obama is a man who understands the power of words. He introduced himself to Americans with words that electrified a nation. He did the same in Israel....

3/22/2013

COGAT report of humanitarian relief services to Palestinians during Pillar of Defense

COGAT is an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) coordination and liaison unit responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs and humanitarian needs. In achieving their objectives, COGAT works with international relief agencies....

3/22/2013

Israel's High-Tech Pipeline to the U.S.

Why did President Obama visit Israel this week, on the first foreign trip of his second term? The U.S. and Israel share democratic values, of course, and there were pressing issues to discuss publicly and privately, including peace with the Palestini ......

3/20/2013

President Obama’s speech on arrival in Israel

US president says it’s no accident that his first foreign visit in his second term is to the Holy Land...

3/19/2013

Changing hearts and minds, one room at a time

When he was growing up, Hen Mazzigâ€™s mother would often tell him she hoped she wouldnâ€™t have to send him to the army, because Israel would have reached peace with its neighbors, rendering the military unnecessary. â€œUnfortunately, this day seems to ......

3/18/2013

UCSD administration rejects ‘Israel divestment’ bid

LOS ANGELES – Although the UC San Diego student government voted last week for divestment from corporations doing business with Israel, the UC regents, who set investment policy, will not even consider the divestment resolution. After the student bil ......

3/15/2013

Puppeteering Mediation Cannot Lead to Lasting Peace

I attended a debate this week between the leaders of two well-established groups that advocate for Israel, through very different approaches, J Street and StandWithUs. I am a professional mediator and peacemaker, and, naturally, I look for where ther ......

3/15/2013

URGENT PETITION for Alicia Keys

Many artists scheduled to perform in Israel are being inundated by false accusations about Israel, particularly that it is an apartheid state. Currently Alicia Keys is being urged to cancel her performance in Tel Aviv this July, via Facebook, open le ......

3/15/2013

LAST CALL to Participate with StandWithUs Canada in Upcoming Dragon Boat Festival

There`s an exciting and unique new adventure waiting for you in Israel this May, as StandWithUs Canada and One Family Fund partner for the 2013 Dragon Boat Israel Experience!...

3/15/2013

StandWithUs New York Presents "Israel at a Dangerous Crossroad"

Join StandWithUs and Shearith Israel for an extraordinary conversation with the Wall Street Journal journalist Bret Stephens and Peace negotiator to six US Secretaries of State, Aaron David Miller....

3/15/2013

Just In Case You Couldn`t Be There...

A Conversation About Israel`s Future, Two Perspectives: J Street &. StandWithUs...

3/15/2013

We "Like" Shimon Peres

Israeli president Shimon Peres, has created a facebook page, to better reach as many people as possible!...

3/15/2013

Love Israeli Art? "Like" Israel Illustrated

Too often, the chaos in Israel and the Middle East all world sees. Few see the beautiful art which comes out of Israel. Israel Illustrated is a campaign lead by eight East Coast StandWithUs MZ Teen Interns in high school who seek to showcase the beau ......

3/15/2013

My conversation with J Streetâ€™s Jeremy Ben-Ami

On Monday evening, March 11, I had a public discussion with Jeremy Ben-Ami, founder and president of J Street, at Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles. The topics included how American Jews should approach pro-Israel advocacy, whether peace is currently atta ......

3/14/2013

Telling tales of wartime

The stories came courtesy of Israeli Soldiers` Stories (ISS), a program of StandWithUs, an education and advocacy organization promoting informed discussion about Israel and the Middle East conflict....

3/14/2013

Ex-Israeli soldiers talk life in IDF

Women tell story of personal, moral struggles in army The stories of what really happens in the Israeli Defense Forces are not often told, and many people aren’t aware of the personal and moral struggles the soldiers encounter each day....

3/13/2013

Fox Lane High School Student Participates in Teen Advocacy Program

Jordan Pasetsky, a junior at Fox Lane High School in Bedford is a participant in the newly-launched StandWithUs MZ Teen Advocacy Internship program. Along with Pasetsky, forty-eight students were carefully selected from across the country by show ......

3/13/2013

Israeli soldier tells San Diego-Golan Heights connection

TEL AVIV (Press Release) â€” Kinneret is back home, but no less than a week ago, she was in San Diego recounting her personal experiences and sharing insights about her service in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and life in Israel. Kinneret was part ......

3/12/2013

Israel’s tolerance

Israel should be praised for its commitment to inclusion, not denigrated for its minor flaws....

3/12/2013

DUELING BILLBOARD BATTLE ON 1-90 IN MISSOULA

STANDWITHUS BILLBOARD THAT COUNTERS ANTI-ISRAEL AD TO GO UP...

3/12/2013

StandWithUs and J Street clash on parameters of American criticism of Israel

LOS ANGELESâ€”How far should American Jews go in their criticism of Israeli policies they disagree with? ...

3/12/2013

Soldier Stories: Sharon Protects Her Hometown

This is the final interview in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. Sharon was one of the 12 soldiers on StandWithUsâ€™ 5th annual "Israeli So ......

3/8/2013

UCR Response to Student Government Resolution on Divestment

UC Riverside Interim Chancellor Jane Close Conoley has issued a response to a vote of the student government:...

3/8/2013

Statement — Minister Kenney issues statement regarding ‘Israel Apartheid Week’

The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, issued the following statement regarding so-called ‘Israel Apartheid Week’ activities:...

3/8/2013

State Dept. delays honor for activist over inflammatory tweets on Jews

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The Obama administration delayed honoring an Egyptian human rights activist after discovering tweets on her Twitter feed celebrating a deadly terrorist attack on Israelis....

3/8/2013

Soldier Stories: Shai Hopes for Peace

his is the fifth in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. Shai was one of the 12 soldiers on StandWithUs’ 5th annual "Israeli Soldiers Storie ......

3/8/2013

In Their Own Words

As the StandWithUs (SWU) Emerson Fellow at Michigan State University, I was privileged to bring to campus two Israeli soldiers who are on tour as part of SWU’s “Israeli Soldiers Stories” tour. The soldiers also spoke at the University of Michigan lat ......

3/7/2013

End the Arab Boycott of Israel

On Jerusalem’s ancient walls hung old fans that made a rattling, windy noise. There was no money for air-conditioning. The carpet for worshipers was old and ragged. I was inside one of the world’s most significant buildings, but scaffolding and clutt ......

3/7/2013

How visits from an Iranian-Israeli musician and Iraqi-Jewish-American writer to

Stanford demonstrate that divestment is faulty On November 3rd, Stanford hosted Iranian-Israeli musician Rita Jahanforuz. She espouses her intent to “puncture the wall of tension” between Israel and Iran, hoping to bridge divides between people t ......

3/6/2013

‘Putting a face on every soldier’

Ben, an Israel Defense Forces reservist, recalls when his unit took up a position to sleep inside a beat-up old Volkswagen van outside a Palestinian village. Hearing a knock on their van’s door, and preparing for the worst, the soldiers jumped up wit ......

3/6/2013

Christian group sponsors Purim party at church

TORONTO - Members of an Israeli dialogue and outreach group participated in an entertaining and informative Purim event Sunday afternoon at Catch the Fire Church. WordSwap is an apolitical, volunteer HESEG Foundation program made up of 17 Israeli ......

3/6/2013

Undergraduate Senate votes against divestment bill

At their March 5 meeting, the ASSU Undergraduate Senate voted against a selective divestment bill proposed by Students for Palestinian Equal Rights (SPER) after three weeks of contentious debate on the subject. The Senate also voted in favor of a res ......

3/6/2013

Soldier Stories: Lital Defies Gender Stereotypes

This is the fourth in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. Lital was one of the 12 soldiers on StandWithUs’ 5th annual "Israeli Soldiers Sto ......

3/6/2013

Soldier Stories: Jossi Puts a Face to the IDF Army

This is the third in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. Jossi is one of the 12 soldiers on StandWithUs’ 5th annual "Israeli Soldiers Stori ......

3/6/2013

Jewish groups help defeat divestment bill in Stanford student senate

(JNS.org) Stanford University’s ASSU Undergraduate Senate, 15 undergraduates elected each spring who deal with the school’s legislation, advocacy and programming, on March 5 voted against a divestment bill proposed by Students for Palestinian Equal R ......

3/6/2013

End the Arab Boycott of Israel

On Jerusalem's ancient walls hung old fans that made a rattling, windy noise. There was no money for air-conditioning. The carpet for worshipers was old and ragged. I was inside one of the world's most significant buildings, but scaffolding and clu ......

3/5/2013

The Prager University: The UN vs. Israel

In the last few decades the United Nations has been obsessed with one country. Is it North Korea, Zimbabwe, Iran, Syria, China or some other nation with a reprehensible human rights record? Those would all be fair guesses and they would all be wron ......

3/5/2013

From al Durah to Badawi: Lethal journalism and Palestinian Propaganda`s Manufacturing

It was a defining image of the last conflagration in Gaza. Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh and Egyptian prime minister Hashim Kandil held up a Palestinian child`s corpse to the cameras, his face bloodied, his lifeless eyes a compelling entreaty ......

3/5/2013

Israeli soldiers visit Mercer Island during West Coast tour

Israel wants peace, and that is the message Shai Bernstein and Hen Mazzig brought to Mercer Island last week. The two Israeli soldiers, now reservists, spoke at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center and Northwest Yeshiva High School, Feb. 2 ......

3/5/2013

StandWithUs Israeli Soldiers Tell Their Story

On February 11, Cornell Hillel and StandWithUs sponsored an event called “Israel Soldiers Stories.” The innovative program brings a diverse group of young Israeli soldiers to college campuses all over the U.S. The goal is for them to share their test ......

3/1/2013

Clear moral lines: barring BDS from Hillel

When demonstrators in Antwerp chant “Hamas, Hamas, all Jews to the gas” and when Jewish children are shot and killed in Toulouse in front of a Jewish school, most of the world recognizes these acts as anti-Semitism....

2/28/2013

Norway questions funding of PA after Palestinian Media Watch findings

(JNS.org) Recent findings by Palestinian Media Watch on the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) glorification of terrorism against Israel were featured in a news report by a television station in Norway, one of the countries contributing funds to the PA, re ......

2/27/2013

Soldier Stories: Ben Upholds the Humanitarian Corridor

This is the second in a series of stories told by former IDF soldiers about their time in service and life in Israel, brought to you by StandWithUs and Jspace.com. Ben is one of the 12 soldiers on StandWithUs’ 5th annual "Israeli Soldiers Storie ......

2/26/2013

Education does not appear to be the road to peace at Essex University

StandWithUs UK is appalled that the actions of violent demonstrators on Essex University Campus forced the Deputy Ambassador of Israel to abandon his invited visit and to be evacuated for his own safety when the demonstrations, which had the backing ......

2/26/2013

'Noles for Israel hosts Israeli Soldier Stories

The racing of a heart beat, getting lost in between the striking of each gunshot begins to fade out, and the thoughts of loved ones back home and making it out alive begin to take over. Sharing the in-depth details about their time serving are Isr ......

2/26/2013

Soldiers talk about service in Israel

Business junior Barak Kaufman, president of I-LEAD — a group that advocates for Israeli policy stances — collaborated with StandWithUS, a non-profit educational and advocacy group that promotes Israeli interests, to bring the two former Israeli soldi ......

2/22/2013

Buy Israel Week | StandWithUs stands by area shops

As one of the organizers of Buy Israel Week from Monday, Feb. 25 through March 3, StandWithUs is encouraging people to purchase Israeli goods from stores and markets all over the Bay Area. In particular, the pro-Israel organization is making a req ......

2/22/2013

Soldier Stories: Orit Wrestles with Treating a Terrorist

Former medic Orit, now 28, joined the Israeli army at the age of 18. Though, as a religious Jew, she didn’t have to serve in the IDF, Orit requested to be stationed in the West Bank. She wanted to see for herself how Israel was treating the resident ......

2/22/2013

Action! 60 Minutes Distorts Again

HELP COUNTER BIAS IN “60 MINUTES” FEBRUARY 17 SEGMENT ON ISRAEL’S IRON DOME...

2/20/2013

Israel Defense Forces soldiers share experiences at UA Hillel Foundation

Kinneret was on her way to deliver food supplies to a widowed Israeli mother, her children and an elderly family member, when she heard the alarm. She began running with the supplies to the shelter where the family was staying....

2/19/2013

Hezbollah Unmasked

ON FEB. 5, after more than six months of investigations, the Bulgarian government announced that it believed Hezbollah was responsible for the attack last July that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver and injured dozens more in th ......

2/18/2013

Jewish groups ask for further review of Hagel before confirmation

Jewish groups are seconding the call of Senate Republicans for further review of defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel, whose controversial past comments on Israel continue to be unearthed, before a final vote is held on his confirmation....

2/15/2013

How Brooklyn College legitimized BDS

The controversy over a "panel discussion" at Brooklyn College has little to do with free speech, and everything to do with politicization of the academia — in this case, by disingenuous anti-Israel ideologues. Back in December, the polit ......

2/15/2013

Houston billboard: Hamas an obstacle to peace

Israel education groups are countering a local anti-Israel propaganda campaign with an ad of their own. StandWithUs and Bridge Houston have teamed up to sponsor a billboard that encourages the public to “Tell Congress not to support Palestinian gr ......

2/15/2013

Notable & Quotable

Judea Pearl, the father of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, writing at Tablet (tabletmag.com), Feb. 4: Most Jews have simple epitaphs on their headstones—perhaps a quote from Psalms or a passage from the Torah, or maybe a phrase pr ......

2/14/2013

StandWithUs Statement Regarding Lack of Free Speech at Brooklyn College

As an organization dedicated to educating students and communities about Israel and to combating the extremism and anti-Semitism that often distorts the issues, we are outraged that students would be kicked out of this event for simply holding inform ......

2/14/2013

Fairy tales won’t bring peace: A tale of ‘Five Broken Cameras’

Five Broken Cameras (2011), a documentary currently up for a 2013 Oscar and co-directed by the film’s narrator and videographer, Palestinian Emad Burnat, and Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi, attempts to erase the complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian co ......

2/14/2013

Using Documentary as Manipulation: The Dishonesty of ‘The Gatekeepers'

The film sends a 'simplistic political message,' implying that Israel's occupation of the West Bank stands between terrorism and peace....

2/14/2013

An Untold Story: Academy award nominated director Josh Aronson joined StandWithUs

and a large audience on Tuesday evening for the screening of his acclaimed film, "Orchestra of Exiles."...

2/13/2013

Jspace Featured .ORG: StandWithUs

StandWithUs is, at its core, an Israel advocacy group. But that’s a simple description for an organization that is anything but basic. The group, over a decade old, works to dispel myths and misconceptions about the Jewish state. That outreach c ......

2/13/2013

Pro-Israel groups respond to Houston billboard calling for end to Israel aid

(JNS.org) The pro-Israel education group StandWithUs will counter a billboard in Houston calling for the end to U.S. military aid to Israel....

2/12/2013

Iran's Global Business Is Murder Inc.

Bombings in capital cities, kidnappings, trade in drugs and guns—Iranian exports, all. Now Tehran wants nukes....

2/7/2013

StandWithUs briefing for Israeli Birthright Student Participants

StandWithUs’s Tel Aviv University Campus representative, Assaf Farhadian ran an educational training workshop for Israeli students who will be accompanying Birthright trips this summer....

2/6/2013

StandWithUs and Bridge Houston team up to counter anti-Israel Billboards

(Houston, TX) -- StandWithUs and Bridge Houston have once again teamed to counter an anti-Israel billboard with a pro-Israel ad that will be placed at Richmond and Dunvale Avenue from February 24-March 25. The new ad encourages the public to "Te ......

2/6/2013

Behind the Scenes: Palestinian Demonstrations

Israeli soldiers stay calm while taunted by Palestinian kids....

2/4/2013

Where coexistence is a way of life

At hospitals throughout Israel, handshakes and hugs between the country’s Arab and Jewish populations are the norm. A young Arab woman in Jericho was bitten on her foot by a poisonous viper in 2008. When the local clinic was unable to treat her, a ......

2/1/2013

Super Bowl Ad For West Bank Manufacturer Spurs Boycott Calls

SodaStream, an Israeli maker of devices that carbonate beverages with a manufacturing plant in the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim, plans to run a TV commercial during Sunday’s Super Bowl, prompting calls for a boycott of the product by the Inte ......

2/1/2013

200+ Trojans turned out for a timely conversation with Ambassador, Dr. Michael Oren

Sponsored by the USC Annenberg School's Public Diplomacy program, in conjunction with USC Hillel, SC Students For Israel, Trojans for Israel, Chabad at USC, and StandWithUs....

2/1/2013

Teaching teens to Stand Up for Israel

No matter how much they know about Israel, high school students need help preparing for the “inevitable conversations” they will have when they get to college. “All too frequently on college campuses there are explosions — or at least ripples — of ......

1/31/2013

Gatekeepers or Gate Crashers?

How can a dubious and unoriginal Israeli movie become the darling of the film world and even get nominated for an Academy Award? That is the real story behind “The Gatekeepers,” a documentary that, as Jodi Rudoren of The New York Times writes, “ha ......

1/31/2013

Khaled Abu Toameh, Journalist Forges On As Lonely Dissenting Arab Voice On PA

In an environment where criticism of Israel is not only common, but also encouraged, Arab-Israeli journalist Khaled Abu Toameh is a lonely voice of dissent on issues relating to the Palestinian Authority (PA)....

1/31/2013

Statement by Brooklyn College Student President RE: BDS event.

BROOKLYN, NY: Abraham Esses, the CLAS President, released the following statement in response to the Political Science Department sponsorship of a politically charged event on the campus:...

1/31/2013

Prof. Dershowitz: Thank G-d for Israel's Military Strength

To a packed crowd of over 600 people at a JerusalemOnlineU fundraiser at the Palm Beach Synagogue sponsored by William K. Langfan, Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, in rare form, thundered "Strength comes before peace, there will never be p ......

1/31/2013

Brooklyn College Under Fire for Sponsorship of Anti-Israel BDS Event (VIDEO)

The controversy surrounding a BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) event aimed at Israel in February at Brooklyn College has prompted more criticism of the school, whose political department is co-sponsoring the event that will feature anti-Israel ......

1/31/2013

Jewish leaders slam Brooklyn College decision to host BDS event

(JNS.org) Prominent Jewish leaders are expressing outrage over Brooklyn College’s decision to sponsor an anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) event. The BDS event scheduled to be held on Feb. 7 will feature Omar Barghouti, Palestini ......

1/30/2013

Brooklyn College’s anti-Israel hatefest

The political science department engages in propaganda by co-sponsoring a BDS forum Why is Brooklyn College’s political science department officially sponsoring a one-sided event that calls for divestment, boycotts and sanctions against Israel? ......

1/30/2013

Sandy Tolan’s The Lemon Tree--Bias and Misinformation Cloaked as Fact

We should be deeply concerned that some secondary schools are using Sandy Tolan’s The Lemon Tree (2006) to educate students about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Despite its thin veneer of balance, the book distorts history and context, makes syste ......

1/30/2013

StandWithUs Statement Re.

Brooklyn College Political Science Dept. co-sponsoring anti-Israel program...

1/30/2013

The Sunday Times Cartoon is of the Same Mentality That Gave Us the Shoah

This week marks 68 years since the Allies’ liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. January 27th is commemorated as Holocaust Memorial Day in the UK. The central message echoed in school textbooks, history lessons and memorial events is that deprav ......

1/30/2013

Taxpayer Funded BDS at CUNY Is Illegitimate, Racist and Anti-Semitic

In my 13 years as a trustee of CUNY, I’ve had plenty of opportunity to observe the intellectual corruption and anti-Semitism of many in America’s academic elite. I hear about it from trustees in colleges and universities across America and it’s becom ......

1/29/2013

Rupert Murdoch Tweets Apology for “Grotesque” Sunday Times Cartoon

Media mogul and owner of Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper has issued an apology for the offensive cartoon that was published by the Times Sunday, calling the image “grotesque” and “offensive.” Murdoch also had harsh words for the illustrator of th ......

1/28/2013

Beyond ‘apes and pigs’: Morsi in his own words

Is Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s recently revealed statement that Zionists are “descendants of apes and pigs” cause for concern? At least one Jewish leader believes that “actions and words both matter.” “So far, President Morsi’s actions have ......

1/28/2013

Monster in Occupy's mirror

On Nov. 18, 2011, Louise Macabitas and Brian Nguyen shaped history. They took the iconic photographs of Lt. Pike pepper-spraying Davis students, which would become the face of the Occupy movement. Had Louise and Brian not been there taking pictures, ......

1/27/2013

'Irvine 11' Muslim students appeal conviction in free speech case

Ten of the so-called Irvine 11 Muslim students convicted of two misdemeanor charges to conspire and then disrupt a 2010 speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren at UC Irvine have filed an appeal in Orange County Superior Court....

1/25/2013

Why Middle East Muslims are taught to hate Jews

For far too long the pervasive Middle Eastern qualification of Jews as murderers and bloodsuckers was dismissed in the West as an extreme view of radical fringe groups. But it is not. It is time for the region's secular movements to start a counter- ......

1/24/2013

Abbas claims link between Nazis and Zionists

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told a Lebanese television station that the Nazis and Zionists worked in collaboration before World War II....

1/24/2013

Stand with Israel, make a difference

There is no shortage of causes in campus life. A brisk stroll through freshers’ fairs sees one bombarded with pleas to join numerous societies and campaigns. I wanted to make a tangible difference and Israel is a cause close to my heart. Was it ......

1/24/2013

No to Politicization of UCSF

As a graduate of UCSF Medical School (1971), permit me to comment on Nadia Gaber’s op-ed (January 9) calling for boycotts and divestment from the state of Israel. The article was troubling for three reasons....

1/24/2013

‘Nonviolent’ demonstrations and a 6th broken camera

I had been in Seattle and the U.S. only a few days when I heard that Palestinian Iyad Burnat, brother of the filmmaker of the Oscar-nominated feature documentary, “5 Broken Cameras,” would be speaking about the “non-violent” nature of Palestinian dem ......

1/24/2013

StandWithUs/Canada partners with One Family and joins upcoming Dragon Boat Festival

in Israel! SAVE THE DATE: May 6 to 11...

1/23/2013

Israelis voting for reality on election day

Regardless of what kind of coalition a bruised and humbled Prime Minister Netanyahu shapes in the new government, the prospects for peace will depend less on his government’s actions and more on the sentiments of Israel’s neighborhood. To get a se ......

1/23/2013

Martin Luther King and Israel

It has come to our attention that the Reverend Martin Luther King did not make some of the comments about Israel and Zionism that are commonly attributed to him, particularly those allegedly in Dr. King’s “Letter to an Anti-Zionist Friend.” The lett ......

1/22/2013

Israel's First Female UN Ambassador Headlines StandWithUs 'Ambassadors Club' Graduati

Flagship Public Diplomacy Program at the IDC Herzliya Israel's first female Ambassador to the United Nations, Prof. Gabriella Shalev addressed the Closing session of the flagship program at the IDC Herzliya for Israeli public diplomacy....

1/22/2013

Clearing up the myths surrounding Israel

FAIRFIELD — Come learn about Israel’s past, present and its future in a unique lecture series spearheaded by local Rabbi Chaim Zaklos. The Chabad of Solano County, in conjunction with the nonprofit Israel advocacy group, StandWithUs, will offer th ......

1/20/2013

Israel: Democracy in Action

Dear World, This week an amazing thing will happen in the Middle East. Keep that in mind, because your local media may not represent it that way. Millions of citizens, men and women, regardless of gender, ethnicity, race or religion, will head ......

1/18/2013

Sacramento honors L.A. teen for his gift to Israel

Robert Leeds, 13, never had much of a personal connection to Sacramento. He grew up and continues to live in Los Angeles. So why did the Sacramento City Council honor the teen in a special ribbon-cutting ceremony the morning of Jan. 8?Inspired by t ......

1/18/2013

StandWithUs applauds the student leaders in Penn Friends

of Israel for their tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ...

1/17/2013

Chabad SOLA and StandWithUs Present Dr. Modechai Kedar

Dr. Modechai Kedar is the Director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East and ISlam (under formation) and lecturer at Bar-Ilan University in Israel...

1/17/2013

Boy donates two ambulances

Robert Leeds’ bar mitzvah party last February was something special. During the cocktail hour, Cirque du Soleil entertainers roller-skated on a half-pipe. The celebration — which had a British invasion theme with English guards, a teahouse and tra ......

1/11/2013

A Golden Ticket

Gabriel Goldstein attended the Cotton States BBYO Winter Convention in December. He is a junior at Cooper Yeshiva High School in Memphis....

1/11/2013

Palestinian mayor: Israel tries to tempt children with toy-shaped explosives

(JNS.org) A Palestinian Authority (PA) mayor said on television that the Israel Defense Forces tries to bait Palestinian children into picking up explosives “shaped like pens and toys,” according to the latest report from Palestinian Media Watch (P ......

1/9/2013

Instead of bar mitzvah gifts, boy buys ambulances for Israel

Watch this short video about a Los Angeles Bar Mitzvah boy who used his gifts to purchase ambulances for Israel. ...

1/9/2013

ISRAELI SOLDIERS SHARE THEIR STORIES AS STANDWITHUS LAUNCHES ITS 5TH U.S. TOUR

(January 9, 2013) – Israeli soldiers will share their personal experiences of serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as StandWithUs, the international Israel education organization, launches its fifth and largest United States speaking tour. T ......

1/9/2013

StandWithUs Deeply Concerned About Chuck Hagel Nomination

Former Senator Chuck Hagel has been nominated for secretary of defense. Given former Senator Hagel’s foreign policy record and public statements, we are deeply concerned about his commitment to policies that would stop Iran's nuclear program, isolat ......

1/9/2013

Orchestra of Exiles with Film`s Director Josh Aronson

In the early 1930s Hitler began forcing Jewish musicians out of orchestras across central Europe; never before had so many experienced players been jobless simultaneously. The Nazis unwittingly presented a unique opportunity and with the short window ......

1/8/2013

StandWithUs Israeli Fellows At Alumni Reunion Conference

Google Israel CEO and Israeli Government Minister Headline Conference of Young Israeli Leaders...

1/8/2013

Kasim Hafeez on a November, 2012 StandWithUs speaking tour in the United States

Interviews with Shalom TV's Mark S. Golub and radio talk show host De...

1/7/2013

Take Iran to the ICC for war crimes against Israelis and Palestinians

Recently, the Iranian government official Javad Karimi Qoddusi made a stunning admission: the armed wing of Hamas is not under the command of Hamas leaders Khaled Meshaal or Ismail Haniyeh. Rather, the primary military force in Gaza takes its orders ......

1/4/2013

Israel advocacy group joins Canadian campuses

Anti-Israel sentiment on campus is growing and creating a hostile environment, and more resources are needed for pro-Israel students to combat these claims, Stand With Us CEO Roz Rothstein says....

1/4/2013

The Saga of Hagel and Haifa

Potential SecDef nominee tried to shut down USO port in Israeli city of Haifa, sources say...

1/3/2013

Overheated rhetoric on Israeli settlements

Facing an election in which his most dangerous competition is from the far right, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has adopted a familiar tactic: a flurry of announcements of new construction in Jewish settlements in Jerusalem and the West B ......

12/28/2012

STANDWITHUS LAUNCHES NEW CHAPTER IN TORONTO

Stand With Us has today 17 offices across the US, with the headquarters in Los Angeles, branches in Israel, France and the United Kingdom - and now Toronto!...

12/27/2012

Five towns represented at StandWithUs program

The goal of Jewish education is not only to educate for life, but also to arm Jewish students with the knowledge to grow themselves, protect themselves, and have a positive influence on the world around us....

12/26/2012

Sacramento city council members who resisted BDS dedicating ambulance to Ashkelon

(JNS.org) After resisting a push by local Palestinian Americans and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) advocates to block the adoption of Ashkelon as a sister city last August, members of the Sacramento city council will now join the American Fr ......

12/25/2012

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH BLASTS HAMAS FOR TARGETING ISRAELI CIVILIANS WITH ROCKETS

Human Rights Watch blasts Hamas for targeting Israeli civilians with rockets. Scathing report by watchdog says indiscriminate fire on Israel is a war crime and calls on Gaza’s Islamist government to ‘stop unlawful attacks and punish those responsible’...

12/21/2012

Pro-Israel StandWithUs Comes to Canada

Its name says it all: StandWithUs has come to Canada to stand in solidarity with pro-Israel students on campus....

12/13/2012

StandWithUs Launches First French-Language Student Program in Israel

Former Israeli Ambassador to France Opens the New ‘Ambassador’s Club’ for French speakers at the IDC Herzliya...

12/13/2012

Junior stands with Israel: Emily Goldman promotes strong U.S.-Israel relationship

As the nation wraps up an election season that focused largely on domestic issues, many young Americans are looking inward, focusing on the economy rather than the geopolitical landscape. Not so with junior Emily Goldman, who said sheâ€™s committed to ......

12/12/2012

BDS-linked professor to chair California university anti-Semitism task force

Manzar Foroohar, a professor connected to the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, has been selected to chair a committee aimed at combating anti-Semitism in the California State University (CSU) system....

12/12/2012

For Israel, All You Need is <3

Amidst all the Twitter feeds, Facebook posts and YouTube videos about Israel during last month's Operation Pillar of Defense, a new student voice emerged in social media that focused on what Israel truly stands for…and it comes from the heart....

12/11/2012

THOUSANDS SIGN PETITION IN RESOUNDING ‘NO’ TO ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTTS

StandWithUs, Act for Israel and the Israel Leadership Council (ILC), have launched a petition against all anti-Israel boycotts. Within six days, over 20,000 people have signed the petition. The organizations are urging others who support fairness, pe ......

12/11/2012

Spreading the Holiday Cheer

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la la la la la That’s what’s broadcasting through the airwaves in America this time of year. Cities all over the United States (and the world too) are filled with Christmas trees, holiday lights, red ......

12/10/2012

STANDING STRONG FOR ISRAEL:New Year of StandWithUs Israel Fellowship Launched

Former IDF soldiers, now studying at Israeli universities, moved from the military frontline to the frontline of public diplomacy to join the StandWithUs Israel Fellowship....

12/10/2012

Why Stand with Israel?: A Call for Context

Imagine a siren wailing. You have 15 seconds to gather your loved ones and dash to the nearest bomb shelter. 15 seconds, this is all the warning you have to evade imminent danger. 15 seconds—anytime, anywhere, the countdown could commence. Can l ......

12/6/2012

Israel in the frame (III)

In September, StandWithUs brought to Israel 10 of the world’s top Instagram users to take inspiring, fun photos of daily life in the country. Here’s Part 3 of our “best of” series of selections. Parts 1 and 2 can be found here and here....

12/6/2012

Gaza conflict divides KSU students

Middle Eastern conflict hit home last week as students held demonstrations at Kent State to educate the campus community about continuous fighting between Israelis and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip....

12/4/2012

2012 Festival of Lights Success

More than 1,100 people attended StandWithUs' (SWU) annual "Festival of Lights" (FOL) celebration held December 2 at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. After bidding on spectacular silent auction items, attendees gave standing ov ......

12/4/2012

Israel: A Perfect Example

Israeli venture capitalist Jonathan Medved laughs when people talk about boycotting products from Israel. Do that, Medved says, and you might have to face more than a few inconveniences. “Every day, each and every one of us is using Israeli techno ......

11/29/2012

Jewish students uncomfortable on campus

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” are rights that are supposedly God-given and also government-protected according to the Declaration of Independence. In America, we are granted a whole lot of rights, among them the freedom of speech, whi ......

11/29/2012

5 Towns yeshivas join StandWithUs rally

Over 1500 men and women, adults and students filled the sidewalk at 2nd Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan in front of the Israeli consulate on Tuesday, November 20th, to rally in support of Israel....

11/29/2012

STANDWITHUS FRANCE HOLDS ITS FIRST DELEGATION TO ISRAEL

French high-school students experience Israel first-hand 24 Jewish, Muslim and Christian high-school students from Nancy, France, came together for a unique week-long visit to Israel....

11/28/2012

Israeli Mother Vanquishes Knife-Wielding Terrorist Scum

When Yael Ram-Matzpon* heard the door open at 3:30 AM, she thought it was her husband returning from his job in the IDF. But when the door flung open and the light flicked on, she found herself face to face with a knife-wielding Palestinian terroris ......

11/27/2012

Jihadist-turned-Zionist, like book that changed his mind, makes Israel Case

NEW YORKâ€”In 2000, as a young teenager on a trip to Pakistan to visit family, Muslim ex-radical Kasim Hafeez saw violence praised and â€œlearnedâ€ that America, the Jews, and Israel were behind all wars and world difficulties....

11/26/2012

Israel’s Right to Defend Itself: Response to Ms. Vahidy’s Op-ed Piece

Ms. Vahidy’s outrage should be with Hamas, not Israel. Hamas, not Israel, is guilty of the sins that Vahidy details. Hamas is guilty of the very extremism Vahidy criticizes. The Hamas charter and Hamas preachers and spokespeople clearly state tha ......

11/26/2012

ISRAEL IN THE FRAME (II)

In September, StandWithUs (having raised funds for the project through Jewcer) brought to Israel 10 of the world’s top Instagram users to take inspiring, fun photos of daily life in the country. Here’s Part 2 of our “best of” series of selections. Pa ......

11/23/2012

The Hamas leader who was killed by a Tweet

For such an evil man, Hamas leader Ahmad Jabri, it was the ultimate – and deserved – indignity. He became the first terrorist mastermind to be killed by a Tweet. ...

11/23/2012

Acknowledging Fernando Espuelas for his actions and responces about Israel

Hispanic media personality Fernando Espuelas is in Israel this week as part of a group of Hispanic Radio Stars visiting Israel. While in Israel, Fernando posted and reported about his experiences during operation "Pillar of Defense"....

11/23/2012

Hamas

Deriving from the Muslim Brotherhood and unwilling to recognize Israel's right to exist, Hamas sees holy war as the religious duty of every Muslim. There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad, it states...

11/21/2012

Update from the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles: Novemember 20

Israeli cities continue to be bombarded by rockets from Gaza. Earlier today, two more Israelis were killed by Hamas rockets fired into southern Israel. There were also rocket attacks on Be’er Sheva and Rishon LeZion, and sirens in Jerusalem; more tha ......

11/21/2012

CEASEFIRE: Special update from the Israeli Embassy:

On Wednesday, at 9 pm in Israel (2 pm eastern), Israel accepted the recommendation of President Obama to give the Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire a chance. Quiet will be met with quiet. If Hamas and the rest of the terrorist groups in Gaza violate ......

11/21/2012

Radical Islamist Turns Ardent Zionist: The Story Of Kasim Hafeez

Radical Islamist turned passionate Zionist Kasim Hafeez travels widely to tell his riveting personal story and express his defense of the Jewish state....

11/21/2012

Staying here to tell the world

My day-to-day life in Beersheba is controlled by enjoying my time here as a student – studying, working, going to parties and pubs with friends, and anything else you can think of. Last Wednesday, when Operation Pillar of Defense was launched, ou ......

11/21/2012

I can tell you where it isn’t quiet

Tell me where 18 year-olds go to college and spend their time in the library and going to parties and doing laundry at 4 am instead of fighting a war they were born into. Where children go to summer camp in the summer and school in the fall and do ......

11/20/2012

Hamas' Tactic: Require Israel to Cause Civilian Casualties

As the rockets continue to fall in Israel and Gaza, it is important to understand Hamas's tactic and how the international community and the media are encouraging it. Hamas's tactic is as simple as it is criminal and brutal. Its leaders know that b ......

11/20/2012

The callousness of Hamas

Of all the points of disagreement between Israel and Hamas, maybe the most profound is this one: Israel cares more about sparing innocent lives — including those of Palestinians — than does Hamas....

11/20/2012

Israel in the public eye

JERUSALEM—You don’t have to be a prophet to anticipate that there would be civilian deaths in Gaza. Hamas embeds its weapons depots and rocket launchers in civilian neighborhoods, near homes, schools, mosques, and apartment complexes. It uses women a ......

11/20/2012

THOUSANDS RALLY TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH ISRAEL NOVEMBER 20 AT ISRAELI CONSULATE

More than 1,500 people rallied at the Israeli Consulate in New York to show solidarity with Israel and express support for its right to defend itself....

11/19/2012

Thousands show solidarity with Israel in a Los Angeles rally

Los Angeles, CA – (November 18, 2012) – Thousands of Los Angeles Jews and non-Jews who are committed to a safe and secure Israel expressed their solidarity for Israel's right to defend itself and protect its citizens in a huge rally on November 18 a ......

11/19/2012

Drawing 1,400, peaceful L.A. pro-Israel rally turns ugly near its end

With an Israeli flag wrapped around him, Rabbi Dov Elkins stood with a crowd outside the Federal building in West Los Angeles on Sunday to participate in a pro-Israel rally....

11/19/2012

Dershowitz: Israel's right to self-defense against Hamas

The media and international community's failure to distinguish between the Israeli military and Hamas terrorists is not only immoral but encourages terrorism and erodes the basic principles of just warfare....

11/19/2012

Peres shows us how it's done: Israel Diplomacy on the net

Israeli President Shimon Peres, continues to foster the social scene, and uses it well to promote Israel's image in the world, and especially now during the operation again Hammas in Gaza: The President's Office, in partnership with StandWithUs, ......

11/18/2012

StandWithUs 'Ambassadors Club' presents

an "Urgent Brieging on the Current Situation"...

11/16/2012

LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER FOR A SOLIDARITY RALLY FOR STATE OF ISRAEL

SUNDAY NOV.18TH AT 1:00PM IN FRONT OF THE FEDEREAL BUILDING...

11/15/2012

From Jihad to hasbara

“Who here is Jewish?” Kasim Hafeez asked the audience. Nearly all of the several hundred raised their hands. “Seven years ago,” he added, “I would have wanted to see all of you dead.” The audience knew where this was heading, which didn’t make his ......

11/15/2012

Stand Up for Israel: Solidarity Demonstrations Being Planned Right Now

Stand Up for Israel! Solidarity demonstrations are being planned... Do you know of an upcoming demonstration? Please let us know at: RioJ@standwithus.com and copy Jenniferk@standwithus.com Thank you for your help!...

11/14/2012

State Department Comments on the Barrage of Rockets into Israel

Press Statement Mark C. Toner Deputy Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC November 14, 2012...

11/14/2012

STANDWITHUS STATEMENT ON “PILLAR OF DEFENSE” OPERATION

The Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas and its allies have once again forced Israel to take action to defend its citizens. Since Saturday night, Palestinian combatants in Gaza have fired 120 rockets at Israeli communities, shutting down normal ......

11/13/2012

Jewish Daily Forward Recognizes Roz Rothstein in its 2012 "Forward 50" List

StandWithUs is honored that the Jewish Daily Forward recognized Roz Rothstein, co-founder and CEO of StandWithUs, in its 2012 “Forward 50” list of America’s most influential Jewish leaders....

11/13/2012

Israel in the frame (I)

Ten of the world’s top Instagramers take on the Holy Land...

11/7/2012

Israeli leaders congratulate US President Obama on election

Netanyahu: "I will continue to work with President Obama in order to assure the interests that are vital to the security of the citizens of Israel."...

11/7/2012

StandWithUs 'Ambassadors Club' Begins its 8th year at the IDC Herzliya

Prime Ministers Spokesman headlines start of program for international students in Israel ...

11/6/2012

Yes, anti-Semitism is still a problem on campus

Mitchell Bard and Jeff Dawson’s new study, “Israel and the Campus: The Real Story,” led many newspapers to trumpet that anti-Semitism is not a problem on American campuses....

11/6/2012

ISRAEL SUPPLIES OPPORTUNITIES AND EXAMPLES FOR START UPS IN THE U.S.

After the United States and China, which country has produced the most successful startups that are listed on American stock exchanges? The tiny country of Israel....

11/2/2012

STANDWITHUS AD TO GO UP IN SACRAMENTO NOVEMBER 5

(Sacramento, CA -- November 1, 2012) -- StandWithUs (SWU) is countering anti-Israel billboards by placing its own ad beginning November 5 for three weeks. The SWU ad encourages the public to "Tell Congress Not to Support Palestinian Groups Like ......

10/29/2012

Top Israeli investor visits San Diego

In late August, Qualcomm Inc. scooped up Israeli chip manufacturer DesignArt Networks for more than $150 million. DesignArt Networks is just one of many Israeli-rooted startups that U.S. tech giants like San Diego-based Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) are ......

10/25/2012

Hamas militants blast Israel with rockets

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired dozens of rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel on Wednesday in the heaviest bombardment on the area in months, drawing ominous Israeli threats of retaliation and dangers of escalation....

10/25/2012

60 California student leaders slam anti-Israel resolution for ‘lack of transparency’

(JNS.org) A group of 60 elected student officials signed a letter slamming what they called the “lack of transparency” as well as the “marginalization” and “misrepresentation” of students associated with the recent passage of a resolution condemning ......

10/24/2012

Why Palestinians Want Israeli Citizenship

There is no denying that by applying for Israeli citizenship, in defiance of PLO and Hamas warnings, they are actually making clear that they would rather live under Israel than any Arab rule...

10/23/2012

Young American Jews and Israel

When a recent Cohen and Kelman poll reported that 50 percent of young American Jews would not consider the destruction of Israel a personal tragedy, it sent shock waves through the pro-Israel community. In contrast, 80 percent of their elders—America ......

10/22/2012

STANDWITHUS UK HOLDS 3rd ANNUAL ‘ISRAEL IN FOCUS’ CONFERENCE IN LONDON

StandWithUs UK Chairperson Joy Wolfe MBE ...

10/19/2012

Hamas: No Holocaust studies at UNRWA-run schools

Teaching Holocaust is "crime against Palestinians," says Gaza group following report UN agency plans to re-introduce course....

10/19/2012

StandWithUs fights back with two new ads

StandWithUs announced last week it will counter recent anti-Israel ads by placing pro-Israel ads on 12 Muni buses in San Francisco from Monday, Oct. 22 through Nov. 18....

10/19/2012

Telling Israel like it is - in Arabic

I first met Boshra Khalaila in the Spring of 2010, at the Ministry of Public Diplomacy’s offices in Jerusalem. She was 24 at the time. Like me, she’d been alarmed by the public relations debacle that followed the Gaza flotilla incident and had someho ......

10/19/2012

STANDWITHUS BILLBOARDS IN PORTLAND TO BE PLACED OCTOBER 22

(Portland, OR -- October 19, 2012) -- StandWithUs (SWU) is countering anti-Israel billboards on Portland light rail and buses by placing its own pro-Israel ads beginning October 22 for four weeks. The two SWU ads will go up when the anti-Israel campa ......

10/18/2012

Traitor or Hero? Christian Arab in IDF Makes History

Mona Abdo becomes the first female Arab commander of a combat unit....

10/18/2012

Mayor Nir Barkat to Inaugurate "Umm Kultum Street” in Beit Hanina

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is conducting a special ceremony on Wednesday to inaugurate a new street named after the singer and great Egyptian musician, Umm Kulthum...

10/18/2012

Egypt's Islamists play to anti-Israel sentiment

CAIRO – A fiery tirade against Jews by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's leader highlights one of the foremost diplomatic challenges facing the country's new Islamist President Mohammed Morsi as he balances popular sentiment with the need for se ......

10/18/2012

CHURCH LEADERS QUESTIONING U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP

A California pro-Jewish group is appalled that a group of Christian leaders has sent a letter asking Congress to reevaluate U.S. funding to Israel....

10/16/2012

STANDWITHUS PRO-ISRAEL ADS TO GO UP ON SAN FRANCISCO BUSES OCT. 22 THROUGH NOV. 18

COUNTERING ANTI-ISRAEL ADS FOR THE FIFTH TIME...

10/16/2012

Protestant Church's hypocrisy exposed

It is appalling that Protestant leaders sent a letter to Congress asking it to investigate whether Israel’s use of American military aid has violated U.S. or international law. This letter marks a disturbing escalation in the efforts of Protestant an ......

10/12/2012

Hezbollah claims it sent drone over Israel, but expert calls it 'rinky-dink'

(CNN) -- The leader of the Shia militant movement Hezbollah in Lebanon said his group is responsible for launching a drone into Israel last week, and Iranians made the drone....

10/11/2012

Why I Won't Join Machsom Watch

Aprevalent attitude that drives and strings together much anti-Israeli fervor and misplaced support for extremism is, at its core, a direct result of a sense of patronization displayed toward the Palestinians. This is coupled with the blatant racism ......

10/10/2012

Senior IDF Source: Expect 'Cast Lead 2'

After Hamas and Islamic Jihad co-signed a statement taking responsibility for the 55-rocket barrage fired into southern Israel over the Simchat Torah holiday, a senior IDF source said Israel has no choice but to launch a wide-scale military operation ......

10/10/2012

Israel on Trial in New York

On a jury to consider how the Palestinians have been treated were such luminaries as musician Roger Waters and writer Alice Walker....

10/10/2012

Report Finds Iran Is Closer to Weapons-Grade Fuel

WASHINGTON—Iran has advanced its nuclear program to where it will be able to produce weapons-grade fuel in two to four months, nuclear experts and former United Nations inspectors said....

10/10/2012

Robert Fulford: Anti-Semitism without Jews in Malaysia

In Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, politicians and civil servants devote a surprising amount of time to thinking about Israel, 7,612 km away. Sometimes they appear to be obsessed by it. Malaysia has never had a dispute with Israel, but the gov ......

10/5/2012

Students tour Israel on StandWithUs project

The Stand With Us UK fellowship programme was launched in January and introduces students to leading figures in diplomacy, academia and education. The participants are trained to become advocates for Israel and to challenge misconceptions in the medi ......

10/4/2012

An appetizing adventure

The world’s most popular food bloggers were invited to tour the Holy Land and have a taste of Israel’s cuisine....

10/3/2012

StandWithUs trains Israel’s collegiate defenders on an Oxnard beach

As the sun dipped toward the Pacific Ocean at Oxnard’s Mandalay Beach one August evening, dozens of college students sat on the sand and looked out at waves lapping, sailboats passing and sea gulls overhead. But they weren’t paying much attention ......

9/30/2012

Gaza Mom Chooses Israeli Hospital to Save Baby

After losing 3 babies to rare birth defects at Egyptian hospitals, a Gaza mother followed doctors' advice and took her fourth to Israel. ...

9/28/2012

Anti-Semitism at Northeastern University

A tolerance organization has released a 30 minute video this week showing anti-Semitic faculty activity at Northeastern University. ...

9/28/2012

Bomb Survivor Highlights Pro-Israel Rally

While Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at the United Nations Sept. 27, a coalition including Israel advocacy group StandWithUs, the Coptic State of Egypt, Mothers Against Terrorism, Ame ......

9/27/2012

Israel Walk For A Cure: AIDS Walk Los Angeles

Please join on Sunday, October 14 as we walk together for a cure!...

9/27/2012

TENTH ANNUAL DANIEL PEARL WORLD MUSIC DAYS TO BE HELD OCTOBER 1-31, 2012

Daniel Pearl World Music Days is an international network of concerts that use the power of music to reaffirm our commitment to tolerance and humanity. Since 2002, Daniel Pearl World Music Days has grown to include the participation of more than 8,90 ......

9/27/2012

'Divisiveness' coming to Calif. campuses

A California Jewish group asserts that a new anti-Israel resolution will most likely create more discord on college and university campuses....

9/27/2012

Transcript: PM Netanyahu’s Speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York

At the UN General Assembly in New York on September 27, 2012...

9/25/2012

Gaza Not Occupied, Says Hamas, So Where Is The UN?

In a stunning about-face, and after decades of violence justified by excuses of being under occupation, Hamas recently admitted that Gaza is not occupied by Israel. And yet, the United Nations, which has long been reluctant to acknowledge Gaza’s chan ......

9/25/2012

Iran Spells Danger Ahead: New Website and Video

Iran’s leaders threaten to wipe Israel off the map. The scary part is they can. Awareness is our first line of defense. Please share this video and website with people you care about....

9/25/2012

Protests surround Ahmadinejad's NYC visit

NEW YORK (AP) — Whenever Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comes to New York, protesters pay attention. They know where he's staying. They stand outside the building when he makes a speech, holding signs calling him a dictator and comparing him ......

9/24/2012

California students respond to ‘undemocratic’ anti-Israel resolution

After being caught off guard by a resolution condemning a measure that would combat anti-Semitism on California state campuses, pro-Israel students at the University of California-Berkeley have responded by highlighting what they call the resolution’ ......

9/24/2012

Israel should be proud -- Op-ed: Islamist-turned-Zionist...

The recent decision by the Canadian government to close the Iranian embassy and expel all Iranian diplomats, citing "Iran as the most significant threat to global peace and security in the world today," is as courageous as it is logical. It ......

9/21/2012

Cut off Iran? It’s about time

Plenty of people, including countless academics and large swaths of the diplomatic corps, are upset over the Harper government’s decision to sever ties with Iran. We’ll lose our influence! We need dialogue and diplomacy! And what about those wretched ......

9/21/2012

Jspace's Jewish .ORGs of the Year (VIDEO)

It’s been a big year for the Jewish community. The 5772 Hebrew calendar saw plenty of change, with major shakeups in the Knesset, a still-growing presidential campaign, and rising tensions over threats to Israel....

9/20/2012

Genocides, unlike hurricanes, are predictable, says world expert...

Genocides, unlike hurricanes, are predictable, says world expert. And Iran is following the pattern Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch, says Iran has taken six of the eight steps on path to genocide. But it’s not late to follow Canada’s pr ......

9/19/2012

Israel brings international food bloggers for a taste of the Holy Land

This summer, two groups of international food bloggers visited Israel for the first time on separate all-expense-paid trips, one of which was partially funded by the Tourism Ministry....

9/19/2012

ASK HERZL

Ask Herzl is a groundbreaking project that will connect students and professionals around the country who are working on similar initiatives and facing similar challenges to collaborate and share best practices....

9/19/2012

DEVIOUS TACTICS LEAD TO UC STUDENT ASSOCIATION TO PASS ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTION

The UC Student Association (UCSA) board’s resolution this past weekend called for "all institutions of higher learning" to boycott and divest from companies doing business with Israel. It also denounced official efforts to address anti-Semi ......

9/14/2012

Anti-Semitism on campus a civil rights issue

The brilliant speech delivered by former President Bill Clinton at the Democratic convention reminded me of his winning 1992 election slogan – “It’s the Economy, Stupid” – and its relevance to the current debate over steps to combat anti-Semitism on ......

9/14/2012

Rule of Law: The IDF’s legal warriors

The “enemy” does not always play by the rules (in the Israeli context, reports indicate that they more often than not violate the laws of war intentionally), and sometimes, IDF sources infer, the “referees” or self-appointed referees seem to have an ......

9/12/2012

STANDWITHUS APPLAUDS CANADA FOR CUTTING DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH IRAN

StandWithUs applauds Canada’s decision to sever diplomatic ties with Iran. In his surprise announcement on September 7th, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird explained Canada “views the Government of Iran as the most significant threat to ......

9/10/2012

U.C.’s pro-Israel Jewish students should not be discounted

As a U.C. Santa Cruz student who worked closely with pro-Israel Jewish students at UCSC and other U.C. campuses, I can say that the U.C. Campus Climate report on Jewish students accurately describes the experiences many of us have had over the last s ......

9/6/2012

StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein discusses anti-Israel activism on campus

Opinion polls consistently show that a strong majority of Americans take Israel’s side in the Israel-Palestinian conflict. It is equally clear that U.S. college campuses are a focal point of pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionist and anti-Israel activism. Som ......

9/6/2012

Upcoming SWU Events

Check here often to learn about upcoming SWU events around the world!...

9/5/2012

PRESIDENT PERES HOSTS MAJOR INSTAGRAM USERS ON MISSION TO ISRAEL WITH STANDWITHUS

(Jerusalem, Israel – September 5, 2012) – Israeli President Shimon Peres posed for a very special team of photographers at his official residence: 10 major Instagram users, from around the world chosen to participate in a project called 'Once in a L ......

9/4/2012

State’s New Anti-Semitism Resolution Called ‘Overdue’ by Some, ‘Anti-Free Speech’ by

RUSS REPORT - A report for the President’s Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture, and Inclusion, commissioned in June 2010 by UC President Mark Yudof, was finally released on July 9....

8/31/2012

Prized Guests Slam Iranian Policies

International Conference Seen as Showcase for Tehran Turns Sour as Egypt's Leader, U.N. Chief Criticize Host's Stances...

8/31/2012

IT IS NO DREAM: THE LIFE OF THEODOR HERZL Now playing in theaters across the U.S!

The untold story of how one man changed Jewish history forever, It Is No Dream, is the latest production from Moriah Films, the two-time Academy Award™ winning documentary film division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The film examines the life and t ......

8/30/2012

Foreign students impressed by Israeli law record

“Israel is doing an amazing job” dealing with the many conflicts on its border, Siddhant Srivastava said last week on the sidelines of the StandWithUs conference in Jerusalem for foreign students studying law or related fields....

8/30/2012

Israel in HD

Stand With Us is an international, non- profit organization, founded in 2001. The organization is dedicated to informing the population of the world about Israel, and to help fight the hate and anti-Semitism by simply acknowledging....

8/30/2012

Blame the ISM, not Israel, for Rachel Corrie’s death

The death of 23-year-old American Rachel Corrie in Gaza in 2003 was indeed tragic. Her death was an accident, however, not intentional on the part of the IDF and Israel or the result of IDF negligence, as the Haifa court concluded this week. The cour ......

8/29/2012

Student's mouth stapled, jaw broken in alleged hate crime

DETROIT – A 19-year-old Michigan State University student is recovering Tuesday after surgery overnight for a broken jaw his family says stems from a brutal hate crime. Two men at a party early Sunday attacked Zachary Tennen, a journalism sophomore ......

8/28/2012

STANDWITHUS LAUNCHES PETITION FOR UC TO ACCEPT CAMPUS CLIMATE REPORT ACTION COUNTERS

StandWithUs has launched a petition urging the UC President’s Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture, and Inclusion to accept its report on the experiences of Jewish students on UC campuses when they vote on October 22. The July 9th report docu ......

8/28/2012

Petition rallies support for findings on anti-Israel bias at California state schools

(JNS.org) The pro-Israel education and advocacy organization StandWithUs has garnered more than 1,500 signatures on a petition urging the University of California (UC) system’s President’s Advisory Council on Campus Climate to accept a report whose f ......

8/28/2012

Anti-Israel activist Antony Loewenstein: “Six Million Should Die.”

Antony Loewenstein is an Australian anti-Israel activist who describes himself as “a non-practising atheist Jew”. He has just co-written a book with Ahmed Moor called After Zionism, about the search for a one state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian ......

8/27/2012

TURNING THEORY INTO PRACTICE: ADDRESSING LEGAL CHALLENGES FACING ISRAEL

In recent years, anti-Israel groups have increasingly utilized international legal frameworks and courts to attack Israel in the international arena. In response, the Student Conference on International Law (SCIL) will take place August 20-23 in Jeru ......

8/24/2012

UCC's new 'bigoted' policy

A pro-Israel organization is condemning The United Church of Canada (UCC) for its recent vote to boycott Israeli products....

8/23/2012

Showcasing the Start-Up Nation

Thirty up-and-coming entrepreneurs came to Israel to learn about Israel's business success story via the L.I.L --Learn - Innovate – Lead--Conference, hosted by StandWithUs Fellows of the Technion & Haifa University....

8/23/2012

Abbas denies the Jewish connection to Jerusalem

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denied the Jewish connection to Jerusalem on Tuesday, the same day he spoke by phone with both Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s envoy Yitzhak Molcho....

8/23/2012

You Must See This Great Film about a Great Jewish Hero

IT IS NO DREAM: THE LIFE OF THEODOR HERZL (WWW.ITISNODREAM.COM)...

8/23/2012

Urgent: Show Your Support for the UC Campus Climate Report PLEASE SIGN

This petition is an urgent matter. At the end of October, the UC President’s Advisory Council on Campus Climate will vote on whether to accept its research team’s report on how anti-Israel extremism and bias adversely affect many Jewish students ......

8/22/2012

Students promote Israel’s compliance with int'l law

A group of law and international relations students, who are members of Israel advocacy group Stand With Us, are continuing their efforts in the battle to influence Israel’s image on issues of international law by hosting their second annual conferen ......

8/22/2012

Sacramento adopts Ashkelon as sister city

A California pro-Israel organization is pleased that the state's capital city has chosen to ignore the controversy and team up with an Israeli city....

8/22/2012

Community mourns Ben Osgrove, 25, Israel advocate

ENCINITAS, California– “Visiting Israel gave my life purpose,” Ben said the first time we met when he was interviewing to be an intern at Stand With Us through Hillel of North County. He was a joyful and sincere 25 year old, but became very animated ......

8/21/2012

Young entrepreneurs experience Israel for first time

Group of young entrepreneurs from around the globe visits Israel through Social Entrepreneur Exchange; meet with Israeli social innovators, organizations...

8/21/2012

Helping people S.E.E. Israel

"From the river to the sea, Palestine shall be free!" The chant rang over and over in my head as I stood on bustling Oxford Street in central London....

8/21/2012

STANDWITHUS ANNOUNCES OPENING OF NEW CHAPTER IN BOSTON IN SEPTEMBER 2012

(Los Angeles, CA, August 21, 2012) -- StandWithUs (SWU) proudly announces the opening of a new chapter in Boston, Massachusetts in September, 2012, headed by New England Campus Coordinator Lihi Benisty. Boston will be a welcome addition to the 13 o ......

8/21/2012

STANDWITHUS EMERSON FELLOWSHIP ENTERS ITS SIXTH YEAR WITH A RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS

(Los Angeles, CA) -- A record fifty student leaders from fifty campuses across the United States and Canada were selected to be StandWithUs Emerson Fellows as the unique campus initiative enters its sixth year. The students were selected from among h ......

8/20/2012

STANDWITHUS CONDEMNS UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA ANTI-ISRAEL PREJUDICE AND EXTREMISM UCC

(Los Angeles, CA, August 20, 2012) -- StandWithUs deplores the United Church of Canada [UCC] vote on August 17th to boycott products from Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The resolution, based on bias, misinformation, and omission of the contex ......

8/17/2012

Number of Palestinian workers in Israel rises

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics: Number of Palestinians working in Israel, settlements rises by 3,000 since 1st quarter....

8/16/2012

Sacramento, resisting BDS, unanimously passes Ashkelon partnership

The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to adopt Ashkelon as a sister city, resisting opposition from local Palestinian Americans and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) advocates....

8/9/2012

Jewish gal shows up IOC with a gold salute to Munich 11

It wasn’t a gloved-fist salute from the medal stand, but Jewish-American gymnast Aly Raisman made quite a statement yesterday by winning a gold medal and invoking the memory of the Israeli athletes killed 40 years ago in Munich....

8/9/2012

StandWithUs counters anti-Israel rhetoric

In the battle against anti-Israel misinformation, StandWithUs (SWU) is a bulwark, countering the diatribes with positive, educational, factual accounts of Israel’s history. This month, starting August 2nd, SWU placed 75 ads with six variations in Met ......

8/9/2012

When silence isn’t golden

How does one respond to a malicious campaign of anti-Israel advertising, which distorts the facts and slanders Israel? Should all anti-Israel criticism elicit a response? The answer to these questions can be answered with a question: When has it ever ......

8/7/2012

Time Is Short For Iran Diplomacy

Iran is the world's leading terror sponsor without nuclear weapons. With them, it can commit incalculable atrocities....

8/7/2012

StandWithUs launching new Israel advocacy training for teenagers

The pro-Israel education and advocacy group StandWithUs is launching a new program to help train 48 teenagers from around the U.S. as proactive leaders on their future college campuses....

8/6/2012

Palestinian women's killings spark outcry

Rights activists march in Bethlehem to demand tougher punishment for the killing of women by relatives. So-called honor killings claimed the lives of 29 women in the West Bank from 2007 to 2010, critics say....

8/6/2012

Lollapalooza coming to Israel in 2013

The water had barely dried on the rain-soaked stages of Lollapalooza in Chicago Saturday night when festival founder Perry Farrell announced the franchise would be expanding to the Middle East next year....

8/6/2012

SWU UK team visits the Munich plaque

StandWithUs UK executive, Gili Brenner, together with two SWU fellows Shlomie Liberow and Beverly Anderson, and SWU supporter Netanel Adrai visited the recently unveiled plaque in Hackney, England which commemorates 40th anniversay of the terrorist m ......

8/6/2012

STANDWITHUS UNVEILS EXCITING NEW HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

This month, StandWithUs is launching its new StandWithUs-MZ Teens Internship Program. Forty-eight qualified high school students from across the country will be selected and prepared to become effective leaders in Israel advocacy. StandWithUs invite ......

8/2/2012

French swimmer stuns Olympic Games with a silent tattoo

The IOC’s refusal to permit a minute’s silence for victims of the Munich terror attack 40 years ago has already provoked a protest from the Italian team, who staged a minute’s solidarity silence outside the Israeli team’s quarters....

8/2/2012

Italian Olympic Team Holds Moment of Silence for Israeli Victims of Munich Massacre

The Italian Olympic team held a moment of silence outside the quarters of the Israeli team in London. About 30 members of the team, staff and athletes, were present at the ceremony....

8/2/2012

JLTV: Israeli Heroes in Haiti with Photojournalist Joe Shalmoni and StandWithUs CEO

Roz Rothstein, CEO of StandWithUs, interviews photojournalist Joe Shalmoni about Israeli heroes in Haiti following the earthquake of January 2010....

7/26/2012

Third intifada, ‘one-state’ solution get traction at confab

One might have expected the Birzeit Society’s 11th annual convention in Burlingame, with its schedule of family outings and festivities, to be a pleasant family affair. The society, established 25 years ago for Palestinians from the village of Birzei ......

7/26/2012

Metro-North Faces Israel-Palestine Ad Conflict

The Israel-Palestine conflict remains in full swing -- on Metro-North train platforms....

7/25/2012

StandWithUs to place pro-Israel ads in suburban N.Y. rail stations

The Israel advocacy organization StandWithUs will place pro-Israel advertisements in suburban New York public transit stations that are displaying anti-Israel ads....

7/25/2012

STANDWITHUS BILLBOARDS IN NEW YORK TO COUNTER ANTI-ISRAEL ADS BY HIGHLIGHTING ISRAEL'

StandWithUs (SWU) is countering anti-Israel billboards in New York’s Metro-North (Westchester) train stations by placing six of its own ads beginning the week of July 30 for one month. They will appear in similar platforms as the anti-Israel ads incl ......

7/25/2012

Egyptian Actors on Candid Camera Show Turn Very Violent

An Egyptian actor who appeared on a local candid camera show did not take things well when, as part of the prank, he was told he was being interviewed for an Israeli channel....

7/24/2012

How dare the world shun Israel on terrorism

Forty years after Munich, we are wrong to freeze out the country most affected by atrocities When we are about to mark the 40th anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the Olympic Village in Munich, in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed by Pales ......

7/23/2012

Neighborly love

In Israel, we live in a country surrounded by many unpleasant neighbors. Most not only do not love us, but would rather destroy us. So, unfortunately, we’re naturally skeptical when others not only offer to help us but openly express love for us....

7/23/2012

Israel is monster that eats Palestinian children, in Palestinian art on PA TV

A Palestinian Authority TV host asked an artist to discuss one of his paintings "dealing with the Palestinian nation's problems such as the Gaza massacres."...

7/23/2012

Israeli Wines Some of the Best in the Industry!

CNN's Erin Burnett, presenter of the OutFront program, visits Carmel Winery, the historic winery of Israel....

7/23/2012

IOC's Rogge holds Munich memorial but stands firm on official silence

The president of the International Olympics committee has observed a silence in memory of the Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the Munich Olympics....

7/23/2012

STANDWITHUS WELCOMES UC REPORT ON CAMPUS CLIMATE FOR JEWISH STUDENTS - Staff

StandWithUs welcomes the July 9 University of California (UC) report about the campus climate for Jewish students in the UC system. The report accurately describes how the activities of anti-Israel groups, faculty, and departments have created a host ......

7/21/2012

BDS TAKES A HIT AT TIAA-CREF MEETING

On Tuesday, July 17, I spent three hours at the TIAA-CREF annual shareholders meeting in New York. During the question and answer session, BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) activists called for TIAA-CREF to divest from companies doing busines ......

7/20/2012

STANDWITHUS WELCOMES PRESBYTERIAN REJECTION OF ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS, MISREPRESENT

StandWithUs applauds the steadfast friends of peace and of Israel within the Methodist, Episcopal, and Presbyterian churches who defeated divestment resolutions at their recent general meetings....

7/19/2012

Pension fund opts against advancing BDS process

TIAA-CREF will not engage in further discussions on Israel with six companies in its network that do business with the Israel Defense Forces, CEO Roger Ferguson said Tuesday, meaning the pension fund has opted against what would have been the first s ......

7/19/2012

Help people S.E.E Israel

Imagine a conference that brought together people who are trying to solve some of life's social issues; people who care about educating those who can't afford to go to school, about helping the blind, deaf and disabled integrate into and become con ......

7/19/2012

Say Yes to Ariel University

When our forefathers laid the cornerstone for the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1918, the number of Jews in the country was smaller than the number of settlers today. There was no real academic need for it, and the old university establishment ob ......

7/19/2012

Statement from Prime Minister Netanyahu- re. Bus Bombing in Bulgaria

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this afternoon (Thursday, 19 July 2012), issued the following statement about yesterday's terrorist attack in Bulgaria: "Yesterday's attack in Bulgaria was perpetrated by Hezbollah, Iran's leading terrorist ......

7/18/2012

Israeli Camp for Sick Arab Kids – Not News

Civil Administration's summer camp for Palestinian Authority children with cancer fails to interest media....

7/18/2012

University in Ariel gets green light

Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria approves transition of the Ariel University Center to Israel's eighth university and first such institution beyond the Green Line...

7/18/2012

5 dead in suicide bombing on Israeli bus in Bulgaria

At least 20 injured after attack on Israeli tour bus at the Burgas Airport on 18th anniversary of Iran-sponsored bombing of Jewish center in Argentina; Bulgarian FM in touch with Liberman, headed to site....

7/18/2012

TERRORIST ATTACK IN BULGARIA TARGETS ISRAELIS

TERRORIST ATTACK IN BULGARIA TARGETS ISRAELIS, STANDWITHUS GRIEVES FOR THE VICTIMS. StandWithUs is appalled by the terrorist attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria....

7/17/2012

Countering Subliminal Anti-Israel Messaging on the Run

StandWithUs is countering the anti-Israel billboards that have appeared at Metro-North stations with ads portraying positive side of Israel....

7/16/2012

Jewish Woman Rescued from Arab Village After 28 Years

A dramatic rescue takes a Jewish woman and her two young children out of the clutches of a brutal Palestinian Authority Arab husband with whom she lived for 28 years....

7/16/2012

An alliance in love for Israel

This week I witnessed a miracle. I stood together with more than 400 Christians and Jews of all ages holding hands in prayer for Israel in downtown La Jolla. This was at the “Israel Miracle: How a Small Nation has Changed the World” event created ......

7/16/2012

'PA man commits suicide over collaboration charge'

Mansour, former head of PA department that prevents Palestinians from land sales to Israelis, jumps off 3rd floor of building....

7/13/2012

Yosef Abramowitz named ‘Green Pioneer’ by CNN

Arava Power president hopes solar energy work makes Israel "renewable light unto the nations."...

7/12/2012

France Penalizes Boycott of Israeli Products

Calling for a boycott of Israeli products is treated in the same manner as would be a call for the boycott of Islamic products. Publicly calling for the boycott of Israeli products is a case of incitement to discrimination on the basis of nationality....

7/12/2012

The Women of Israel Advocacy: Challenges and Benefits of Female Leadership

StandWithUs CEO, Roz Rothstein quoted: Teaches women how to be role models and advocates for Israel....

7/11/2012

'Western anti-Israel activists protest against PA'

Senior PA official to 'Post': “We will be forced to cut off all ties with non-Palestinians who incite against Palestinian leadership."...

7/11/2012

Gaza presents: 'Prisoners' summer camp'

Hamas movement offers children throughout Strip unique chance to experience suffering of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Activities include tour of mock interrogation room, walking on rusty nails...

7/9/2012

A process of engagement

Presbyterian Church’s rejection of BDS was a fitting rebuff of movement seeking to co-opt major denominations to anti-Israelism....

7/5/2012

The Acquiescence of the Israel Boycott Movement and its Damning Implications

Is the Israel boycott movement's “activism” simply a malicious expression of hatred packaged under the guise of Human Rights concerns?...

7/5/2012

They Came With Dreams and Went Home in Coffins

Almost 40 years on, relatives of the Munich 11 tell Rick Broadbent they will not rest until the victims are rightly honored at the Olympic Games....

7/5/2012

An unlikely Israeli ‘ambassador’

The atmosphere was exquisite: neckties and high heels, freshly cut fruit and fine cheeses, lively chatter about exams and fellowship projects. Thus commenced the graduation of the 2012 StandWithUs Fellowship. The warm summer evening marked more than ......

7/5/2012

US Presbyterians reject Israel divestment

By a razor-thin margin, the largest Presbyterian group in the United States rejected a proposal Thursday to divest from three companies that do business with Israel....

7/3/2012

’5 Broken Cameras’ a manipulative pro-Palestinian movie

This past weekend (June 22-24), the La Jolla Country Day School launched its first Young Leaders Film Festival. It was marketed to the general public rather than being an internal academic exercise (taking advantage of the fact that school is out d ......

7/2/2012

Israeli Personalities Hail 'New Generation of Israel's Ambassadors'

Leaders of Israeli industry, music, diplomacy and sport participated in a moving graduation ceremony for Israeli students who seek to represent Israel on the world stage July 1, 2012 from Israel's Air Force Center in Herzilya....

6/28/2012

Muslim woman: Arabs must enlist in IDF

Arab-Israeli whose kids serve in army supports campaign for equal share of the burden, slams Arab lawmakers for 'perpetuating sense of inequality among Arabs'...

6/27/2012

The StandWithUs Israel Fellows Present Their 2012 Year-End Projects

Projects culminate year-long training to become lifelong ambassadors for Israel...

6/27/2012

Anti-Israel Billboards Taken Down in LA

First they were up, then they were down. The story of the "Spend our money at home, not on the IDF" posters....

6/27/2012

Alice in Wordlessland

Last week, the world learned that the author Alice Walker refused to allow a new Hebrew edition of her award-winning novel, “The Color Purple,” to be published in Israel. The decision was based on her observation of Israel’s treatment of the Palestin ......

6/27/2012

Iran Declares War Against the Jewish People

The Iranian government, long known for its Holocaust denial and anti-Zionism, has now declared war against the Jewish people. In a speech delivered in Tehran, Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi accused the Jewish people of spreading illegal drugs a ......

6/26/2012

Anti-Israel aid billboards are taken down

A subsidiary of the CBS Corp. removed 23 billboards in the Los Angeles area calling for a stop to U.S. foreign assistance to Israel....

6/25/2012

Response: Settlements in the West Bank and the Two-State Solution

Ms. Peacock’s essay prophesies a grim future for Jews and Palestinians. She suggests that the hope for sovereignty, safety, and national self-determination are terminally jeopardized by Israel’s actions. By placing the blame squarely on the Jewish st ......

6/25/2012

Anti-Israel Billboard Campaign Removed in Los Angeles

Once again, anti-Israel groups have exposed their lack of credibility, not just on facts about Israel but also on facts about their own alleged successes. This time, fortunately, their distortions were caught by CBS Outdoor, the billboard company....

6/22/2012

Dishonesty from anti-Israel activists re. TIAA-CREF

On June 21 Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and other anti-Israel boycott and divestment activists once again shamelessly misrepresented both the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and their own track record....

6/21/2012

StandWithUs/FRANCE Growing!

Our chapter in France is hosting events and working with other organizations, educating large numbers of people....

6/20/2012

Hamas: we'll stop rockets if Israel ends aggression

As rocket and mortar fire from the Gaza Strip continued to rain down on southern Israel on Wednesday, Hamas announced it was ready to stop the latest round of cross-border violence as long as Israel followed suit....

6/19/2012

Facebook acquires Israeli Face.com

Facebook acquired Face.com, an Israeli company that specializes in facial recognition software....

6/19/2012

Alice Walker: The Color of Anti-Semitism

In what must be considered among the most egregious acts of discrimination against Israel by leftist intellectuals, author Alice Walker is not allowing her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple to be translated into Hebrew because of her oppo ......

6/18/2012

New Investment Opportunities for Israeli Nationals

President Obama has just signed into law a bill granting Israeli citizens eligibility for E-2 Treaty Investor visa status in the United States. The E-2 visa is available to citizens of qualifying countries who are actively engaged in the development ......

6/16/2012

J Street undercuts Obama’s policy on Iran

US President Barack Obama recently invited Alan Dershowitz to the Oval Office for a discussion about Iran....

6/15/2012

Please join the StandWithUs family on July 12

StandWithUs presents "An Evening of Inspiration. Take a Remarkable Journey with 'The Pianist of Willesden Lane'"...

6/14/2012

Why did the U.S. exclude Israel from the new counterterrorism forum?

Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Istanbul to convene a new worldwide forum of countries to share info and help integrate efforts to fight terrorism -- but Israel wasn't invited....

6/14/2012

ASU students, administration differ on Israel divestment bill

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), a pro-Palestinian student group at more than 75 colleges across the country, announced that the Arizona State University student senate had unanimously passed a bill encouraging the university to "divest ......

6/14/2012

ACTION ALERT! WHY WAS ISRAEL NOT INCLUDED?

Israel has been excluded from the new Global Counterterrorism Forum. The Forum, initiated by the U.S. and Turkey last year, was co-founded by 29 nations and the EU....

6/13/2012

Hate Training 101 in Gaza

Kids at Islamic Jihad kindergarten celebrate end of year by demonstrating how Palestinian prisoners are 'tortured' in Israel. Teacher: We educate them to love resistance, Palestine....

6/13/2012

Innovative Pro-Israel Marketing Wins at UC Santa Cruz

You might not expect it, but the pro-Israel group at the University of California, Santa Cruz — a school with a decidedly liberal reputation — drew impressive numbers of attendees to its events throughout the past academic year. Approximately 150 peo ......

6/13/2012

FOLLOW ME - The Yoni Netanyahu Story

From the Producer of PAPER CLIPS and the Distributor of SHOLEM ALEICHEM: LAUGHING IN THE DARKNESS and YOO-HOO, MRS. GOLDBERG. FOLLOW ME - The Yoni Netanyahu Story ...

6/12/2012

To combat BDS, now’s the time for financial Zionism

Many casual observers of contemporary Israeli affairs face a puzzling dilemma when asked to think about the effects of the so-called BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement. On the one hand, they hear reports of ever-increasing accomplishments ......

6/11/2012

Why Is Jordan Keeping Out Palestinian Refugees?

Jordan's treatment of Palestinian refugees is not uncommon for an Arab country. In the past, Palestinians have also been denied entry into Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Libya. Palestinians are being held in tents, with poor sanitary conditions....

6/7/2012

StandWithUs Billboards on San Francisco BART Will Show Israel's Gifts to the World

For the fourth time in this past year, StandWithUs is countering anti-Israel BART ads that call for ending US military aid to Israel. But this time, StandWithUs has decided to change the subject. Instead of correcting the misinformation, the StandWit ......

6/5/2012

Controversial 'Jewish imam': Islamic Brotherhood rise in Egypt endangers Israel

French Muslim leader Hassen Chalghoumi attending Democracy and Religion forum in Tel Aviv to share his thoughts on the Holocaust, women's rights and 'wretched Arab nationalism.'...

6/4/2012

Muslim Zionist's quest to battle anti-Israel bias

Formerly anti-Semitic Muslim Briton says UK media poisons public against Jewish state...

6/4/2012

The British Muslim who went from bullying for Palestine to crying at the Western Wall

‘On my first visit I circled a bus stop twice,’ says Kasim Hafeez, ‘looking for a sign saying “Arabs only.” I couldn’t find one’...

6/1/2012

Madonna launches tour with a bang

30,000 Israelis converge on Ramat Gan stadium to hear pop-diva live...

5/31/2012

Farewell, Gen Shimon Erem - 1922 - 2012

The pro-Israel community has lost a giant supporter of Israel and a symbol of Israel's modern history. ...

5/31/2012

Despite Loss, Israeli Chess Grandmaster Wins Fans

Israel's latest cultural hero is neither the usual army general nor a sexy celebrity — he's a bespectacled 43-year-old Belarus-born chess grandmaster....

5/31/2012

Student Conference on International Law

SCIL Jerusalem aims to create a balanced academic learning process to introduce a group of skilled students from around the world to the practical complexities behind the theory of international law....

5/29/2012

Living and Growing: Seeds of peace sown in Juneau

An Israeli and a Palestinian meet in Juneau and learn about all they have in common....

5/29/2012

Big Plan to Disrupt Israeli Habima Performance in London - a Big Bust

Even as the boycotters and the BDS lobby claims that they disrupted the Habima performance at the Globe Theater in London last night, the reality was very different and their attempts to disrupt failed miserably....

5/24/2012

Upcoming Event: Unmasked Judeophobia the film

June 13th: A new film from Doc Emet Productions - Unmasked Judeophobia. Remarks by Rabbi David Wolpe....

5/24/2012

Israel in the classroom

Michigan college professors discuss the challenges of teaching about Israel....

5/23/2012

UK-Israel relations: Invest in grassroots education

Michael Dickson Michael Dickson is Israel Director for StandWithUs, leading an international team, pioneering innovative Israel educational initiatives, hosting delegations of politicians, diplomats, academics and other people of influence, overseei ......

5/22/2012

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, STANDWITHUS!

StandWithUs is 11 years old!...

5/22/2012

Watch "Israel Inside" for FREE this week only!

This is a story about Israel that needs to be seen....

5/21/2012

'Palestinians will lose jobs if boycott persists'

Owners of factories in West Bank say South African decision to mark settlement products will only harm local employees. 'Ideology is a nice thing, but economic interests eventually prevail,' says factory manager...

5/18/2012

Manchester's Yom Ha'atzmaut Celebration

StandWithUs UK sponsored the youth booths at Manchester's Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration on April 26....

5/17/2012

Judaism in two minutes

Can you “sell” Judaism in a few minutes? This question came up in a piece in The Forward by Leonard Fein, who was commenting on a recent debate in New York City between Daniel Gordis and Peter Beinart. In the debate, as Fein quotes, they were asked t ......

5/17/2012

Letters: Two States or One in the Mideast?

Gilbert Stein, Chair of StandWithUs-Santa Cruz was able to get his letter printed in the Los Angeles Times on May 13....

5/16/2012

Israel Advocacy on Campus Gets New App

In response to a changing attitude toward Israel on college campuses, the Israel advocacy group StandWithUs lauched in 2001. Its goal was to serve as an informational guerrilla unit of sorts and work with established campus organizations like Hillel ......

5/16/2012

A different history of displacement and loss

There is more than one way to look at the commemoration of 1948′s Palestinian defeat and dispersion...

5/15/2012

Radicals Can Be Defeated

Op-ed: Alan Dershowitz shares his insights on best approach to use against anti-Israel extremists...

5/15/2012

What Happened to Israel's Reputation?

How in 40 years the Jewish state went from inspiring underdog to supposed oppressor....

5/14/2012

'Ireland most hostile country in Europe'

Foreign Ministry accuses Irish government of inciting against Israel. Dublin City Council sponsors display presenting IDF soldiers as 'Nazi troops' abusing Palestinians...

5/10/2012

Israeli soldier speaks of Palestinian conflict

If you have the chance not to kill a person, you have to do whatever you can to avoid killing them — even at the expense of risking your own life, said Ran Bar-Yoshofat, an Israel Defense Force soldier. These are the rules of engagement....

5/9/2012

StandWithUs "Israel Matters" Display—A Unique Educational Tool

Display inspires, educates and counters anti-Israel hate walls....

5/7/2012

Save on Award-Winning Israeli Wines!

For a limited time, you can save up to $24 on many popular award-winning Israeli wines....

5/7/2012

Action Alert: Fifth-Largest UK Supermarket Chain Launches Anti-Israel Boycott

Co-op group should revoke discriminatory anti-Israel policy. Act now!...

5/2/2012

Shagririm: Israeli-American Ambassadors, on Campus

Imagine an elite network of pro-Israel students in the region where you attend school. They host meetings, enjoy access to events both in their city and nationally, and ultimately work together to increase support of Israel....

5/2/2012

Pro-Palestinian or Anti-Israel?

Pro-Palestinian groups and individuals in the US and Europe are doing Palestinians injustice by devoting all their energies only against Israel....

5/2/2012

Tacoma high school hosts a visitor from Israel

The students in the 12th grade World Issues class at Tacoma's Lincoln High School listened closely to the intense young man at the front of their classroom, as he explained that the widely circulated photo of an "Israeli soldier" stomping ......

5/1/2012

Israel: Escalating Emotion

Tired of what they claim is Palestinian propaganda at universities in San Diego, California and the nation, supporters of Israel are taking the offensive by trying to engage their detractors in debate and educate students about the Jewish state’s div ......

5/1/2012

Israel Festival: dancing with Eyal Golan

At the end of a long day of festivities Sunday, the crowd screamed as Israeli singer Eyal Golan wrapped an Israel flag around his body on stage at Rancho Park’s Cheviot Hills Recreation Center....

5/1/2012

Sing Out for Israel Music Video Competition

Competition! Create an music video about Israel!...

5/1/2012

Countering the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement

Recently, the assault against Israel has morphed from conventional and asymmetric warfare in the Middle East to an anti-Israel disinformation campaign in Western liberal democracies like the U.S. and the UK. This campaign, spearheaded by the Boycot ......

5/1/2012

With an eye on Twitter, StandWithUs releases app for pre-fab pro-Israel messages

To celebrate the 64th anniversary of Israel’s founding, StandWithUs released a new social media application that the pro-Israel educational nonprofit hopes will help expand its impact on Twitter and Facebook....

4/30/2012

New pro-Israel mobile phone app aims to reach out online about Israel

A new mobile phone application aims to encourage the online masses to share information and photos about Israel....

4/27/2012

Muslim, Zionist and proud

Op-ed: His father praised Hitler, but Kasim Hafeez writes about love for Israel, Jewish people...

4/27/2012

Tell Me about the Future of the Jews

Imagine it’s January 1946. Imagine, too, that you are exactly who you are now: thoughtful, educated, worldly, rational. And then, someone says to you, “Tell me about the future of the Jews.”...

4/27/2012

The spoiled leftist radical

Provocative foreign activists exploit Israel’s tolerance and comfortable lifestyle...

4/25/2012

Israeli soldier to hold presentations in Juneau

JUNEAU - An Israeli soldier will be on a speaking tour at churches, synagogues and the community in Juneau April 27-May 1. Ran Bar-Yoshafat will share his background, experience serving in the Israeli Defense Forces and life in Israel and answer ques ......

4/25/2012

An Open Letter: Unprofessional Journalism on "60 Minutes" on April 22

By now you know that many, many people feel that the program last Sunday evening regarding "Christians of the Holy Land" was one-sided. Our organization, StandWithUs, is being flooded with letters from unhappy former fans of "60 Min ......

4/24/2012

StandWithUs/ZFA/AZYC Israel advocacy seminar immerses shnat

Gap-year participants in Israel engage with plethora of experts during the 3-day “Israel in Focus-Australia” advocacy seminar...

4/24/2012

"60 Minutes" Outrage—You Can Help!

ACTION ALERT!! Unacceptable distortions in "60 Minutes" episode "Christians of the Holy Land" on April 22. Write to heads of CBS and "60 Minutes" to demand corrections and equal time. ...

4/24/2012

Today is Yom Ha'Zikaron

We remember Israel's fallen soldiers....

4/23/2012

British luvvies' anti-Israel stance achieves nothing

A NEW ailment is spreading through the chattering classes. Symptoms include an aversion to art or literature created in Israel, an intolerance of all foodstuffs produced in Israel, and an allergy to the Israeli flag, the Israeli football team and Isr ......

4/20/2012

With new class, Cal grad furthers her pro-Israel battle

At her upcoming workshops, co-leader Jessica Felber will stand before Jewish high school students, work herself up into a minor rage and harp about the Zionist entity being an apartheid state....

4/20/2012

The Piterberg Doctrine: Free speech for me but not for thee

You’d imagine every campus faction would have welcomed University of California President Yudof’s statement on March 8. He called on the UC community to follow the basic rules necessary to protect free speech on college campuses. President Yudof den ......

4/19/2012

AEPi honorarily initiates SWU's Elad Morad and Avi Gordon

StandWithUs was proud to see AEPi honorarily initiate Elad Morad, StandWithUs' San Diego Shaliach and Avi Gordon, StandWithUs' East Coast Campus Coordinator at the sixth and final AEPi conclave at the University of Kansas (KU)....

4/19/2012

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Remembering One and Multiplying by 6 Million

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, but how do we remember the unfathomable? Six million people is beyond our mental grasp. So just imaging if there were graves for the six million victims of the Holocaust and they were set next to each other. The grave ......

4/18/2012

Anti-Israel Hollywood

Rather than blame the state of Israel, a leading pro-Israel group says Hollywood actors ought to focus on the root of the Palestinian conflict....

4/17/2012

The Middle East’s real apartheid

The Jewish State's supporters find it difficult to agree on the best response to Israel Apartheid Week....

4/17/2012

2012 Israel Festival and Israel Walk

SPECTACULAR 15,000-PERSON, COMMUNITY-WIDE FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE ISRAEL’S 64THINDEPENDENCE DAY TO BE HELD APRIL 29 AT CHEVIOT HILLS RECREATION CENTER ON MOTOR AVENUE FROM 10AM-6PM...

4/16/2012

Israel's 'welcome letter' to 'flytilla' activists

In letter to pro-Palestinian activists, Israel says 'You could have chosen to protest Syrian regime's daily savagery, but instead you chose to protest against Israel, the Middle East's sole democracy'...

4/16/2012

Are Settlements the Major Obstacle to Peace?

Mahmoud Abbas is searching for an honorable way to climb down the tree. He is hoping that the US Administration or the Quartet will provide him with the needed ladder. The major obstacle to peace is the increasing radicalization of the Arab and Islam ......

4/12/2012

Learning from the Holocaust Prohibited at Purdue University, Calumet

following the article earlier this week on the cancellation of an anti-Semitism lecture at the University of Purdue Calumet, disinvited speaker, Peggy Shapiro, wrote to FrontPage to give us her reaction:...

4/12/2012

Joy Wolfe, SWU UK Chairman Applauds Celebs Opposed to the BDS Call on Habima Dance Co

StandWithUs UK applauds the high profile celebrities, Arnold Wesker, Ronald Harwood, Maureen Lipman, Simon Callow, Louise Mensch MP and Steven Berkoff who have opposed the call for the Globe to dis-invite the world renowned Habima Theatre Company....

4/12/2012

DUELING BILLBOARDS HIT DENVER

THIS spring, the Middle East conflict has arrived on the streets of metro Denver. Not, thankfully, in the form of rockets or airstrikes, but in the tried-and-true media of visual advertising — signs, to be exact. For the past few weeks, Denver ......

4/12/2012

Florida: Pro-Palestinian group 'evicts' Jewish students

Some 200 Jewish students attending Atlantic University receive fake eviction notice sent by pro-Palestinian activists...

4/11/2012

Video: Northeastern University Professors Abusing Holocaust Remembrance

Americans for Peace and Tolerance/On Campus today released a video documenting Northeastern University faculty members abusing Holocaust Remembrance events for political purposes....

4/9/2012

Theatre ban ‘like Nazi book burning’ say West End stars

Actors clash over calls to stop Israeli company coming to Globe...

4/9/2012

Grad rocket slams into Eilat; none injured

Police discover shell of one Grad rocket, search for second; some citizens suffer shock; attack likely originated in Sinai....

4/9/2012

Happy Passover from The Israeli Army

A short film about Passover....

4/9/2012

I’m a Pro-Israel Muslim: So Why did UJS Ban Me?

Sadly, I was not surprised to see the rearguard action by the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) to encourage Jewish Societies to write to the Jewish Chronicle regarding the courageous human rights attorney Brooke Goldstein, who was recently banned by so ......

4/6/2012

A Passover Wish

Passover / Pesach is the Jewish festival that commemorates our formation as a nation over 3,000 years ago. It marks the beginning of a great literal and figurative national journey, from oppression to freedom, from the depths of physical torment to t ......

4/6/2012

Fallout from the recent failed UCSD Divestment Effort: Attack on Professor Dubnov

Recently UCSD Students for Justice in Palestine unsuccessfully tried to get the Associated Student government to pass a resolution to have UCSD divest from companies doing business with Israel. After it failed to pass, some pro-divestment students wr ......

4/6/2012

Commentary: Smear campaign launched against BDS opponents

The University of California San Diego (UCSD) student government soundly defeated an anti-Israel divestment resolution presented by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on February 29 by a vote of 20 to 13. For the past two years, the Associated ......

4/5/2012

Dangerous gullibility

Passover of 2009 was significantly different from those I had celebrated before. Three months earlier, the main square at Cambridge had been filled with vocal anti-Israel protesters condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza. The freezing January day did no ......

4/5/2012

Group Warns of Prof's State-Sanctioned Anti-Israel Campaign

A civil rights group, the Global Frontier Justice Center (GFJC), has sent a letter to California Attorney General Kamala Harris, warning her of the long-term violation of California state law by a California State University, Northridge (CSUN) professor....

4/5/2012

Pro-Israel side counters S.F. ‘Global’ supporters

Some 70 pro-Palestinian demonstrators and about 30 people defending Israel rallied on opposite sides of the street March 30 in front of the Israel Consulate in downtown San Francisco....

4/3/2012

Extreme Makeover

The Israel Festival gets a new look, new location and new leadership...

4/3/2012

Israel and the LGBT panel: Shunning dialogue insults democracy

Silencing people with whom you disagree is a path that should not be taken in a democracy, says guest columnist Rob Jacobs, regional director of StandWithUs....

4/2/2012

‘2-million-strong march to Jerusalem’ fizzles; anti-Zionist rabbis beaten

A series of rallies across the Arab world that were meant to draw two million participants for a so-called “Global March to Jerusalem,” and which had Israeli authorities heavily deployed at potential border hotspots, fizzled on Friday to localized de ......

4/2/2012

DENVER COLORADO STANDWITHUS BILLBOARDS ARE UP!

StandWithUs has once again countered anti-Israel billboards, this time in Denver, Colorado....

4/2/2012

Israeli Soldiers’ Stories

“The reality in Israel is that people are forced to serve in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) – men for three years and women for two – at the age of 18,” said Elad, one of two Israeli soldiers visiting UCI in March. “I was in border control at a c ......

3/30/2012

Israel and Azerbaijan: unlikely allies?

Claims – disputed by both countries – that Israel has secured Azerbaijani airbases has awakened interest in the Caucasus...

3/30/2012

Shapiro: Israel's decision to cut HRC ties 'understandable'

US ambassador to Israel says Human Rights Council obsessively focuses on Israel instead of other critical issues in Syria, Iran...

3/30/2012

Global March To Jerusalem Fails But We Must Stay Alert

Despite great effort and build-up, today’s Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ), a planned mass assault on Israel’s borders, fizzled. But we must recognize that this is just one part of continuing attempts by Iran and its agents, Hamas and Hezbollah, as ......

3/30/2012

Boycott Campaign Against One Israeli Store Fails in Toronto!

Shani is an Israeli businesswoman and owner of the soap products store LAVAN in Toronto. Anti-Israel activists targeted her store, defaming her via leaflets and holding hateful protests outside. But their protests backfired. When StandWithUs an ......

3/30/2012

'BUY ISRAELI' DAY TO BEAT THE CALLS FOR A BOYCOTT

ZIONIST leaders have urged readers to head out to the shops today on Buy Israeli Goods Day....

3/30/2012

Great Website! Learn more about the threat of a nuclear Iran

Learn more about the threat of a nuclear Iran....

3/30/2012

New Material from StandWithUs: 25 Short Answers to Tough Questions About Israel

Read this important new booklet from StandWithUs! ...

3/29/2012

Buy Israeli Goods weekend gets underway

Pro-Israel organization StandWithUs announces 'BIG' day for March 30, urges shoppers to purchase Israeli-made products in bid to counter global anti-Israel boycott day....

3/29/2012

Park Slope Food Coop Rejects Israel Boycott

The members have voted, and the results have been tallied. The Park Slope Food Coop has voted not to consider a boycott on Israeli food products....

3/29/2012

Beinart’s Crisis

Peter Beinart’s new book showcases its deepest flaw on the very first page, courtesy of his grandmother. From her home in South Africa, she says to her American grandson who is boasting about his country, “Don’t get too attached. The Jews are like ra ......

3/28/2012

SWU Welcomes Brooklyn's Park Slope Co-op's Defeat of Anti-Israel Boycott Measure

Last night, Brooklyn’s Park Slope Food Co-op soundly defeated a motion to consider boycotting Israeli goods. StandWithUs salutes the Co-op and the leaders whose hard work produced an overwhelming vote of 1005 against, versus 653 in favor....

3/27/2012

STANDWITHUS DENOUNCES MARCH 30TH “GLOBAL MARCH ON JERUSALEM”

StandWithUs vehemently denounces the “Global March on Jerusalem” (GMJ), planned for March 30th. Anti-Israel extremists, from the boycott and Flotilla organizers to Hezbollah members and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khameini himself, have urged people ......

3/27/2012

Israeli Reservists Stand Up for Israel at Rutgers University

On Thursday evening, March 22nd, tension filled the air at the Student Activities Center at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, as two Israeli reservists waited to address an audience consisting of both pro and anti-Israel listeners....

3/27/2012

Celebrate Israel by Buying Israeli Passover Goods

Jewish communities are urged to celebrate Israel on March 30 by buying Israeli-made products, just in time for Passover....

3/27/2012

Walk With Us - April 29!

Celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut wtih SWU by walking with us at the Celebrate Israel festival on April 29!...

3/27/2012

Israeli envoy chastises J Street for pressuring Israel

An Israeli diplomat chastised J Street for pressuring Israel on diplomatic issues. The arrival of Barukh Binah, the deputy chief of mission at Israel's Washington embassy, was greeted with enthusiastic applause at the gala dinner Monday night of ......

3/26/2012

Washington and Jerusalem differ on Iran

A week ago, a senior Israeli official had an American guest over for a late-night chat. Because the guest is intelligent and influential, the official, after offering whiskey and serving coffee, cut straight to the chase....

3/26/2012

A Dose of Nuance: Peter Beinart’s Peace-making

We must be able to articulate that there are things that are worth fighting for — and yes, killing and dying for....

3/26/2012

Remembering Yoni

StandWithUs Israel is partnering with Bnei Akiva and the Yoni Jesner Foundation to remember Yoni Jesner....

3/26/2012

Audiences should 'RSVP' to bullies

Over the past 10 years, we have repeatedly witnessed efforts to shut down guest speakers who present an Israeli perspective on college campuses and in communities....

3/26/2012

Israeli soldiers speak to Binghamton University students

Students at Binghamton University attended a program on March 18 sponsored by StandWithUs, the international Israel education organization, in which two Israeli soldiers spoke about their experiences....

3/26/2012

IDF soldiers want talk, but BU protestors walk

For Israeli soldiers Lital and Adam, Tuesday night’s walkout at their talk at Boston University was a pretty typical affair. ...

3/22/2012

Gunman dies in hail of bullets as French siege ends

A 23-year-old gunman who said al Qaeda inspired him to kill seven people in France died in a hail of bullets on Thursday as he scrambled out of a ground-floor window during a gunbattle with elite police commandos....

3/21/2012

StandWithUs Northwest Response to Seattle LGBTQ Commission's Refusal to Meet Israelis

Seattle City Commission Boycotts Israeli LGBT Civil Rights Leaders An Embarrassment for Seattle . . ....

3/21/2012

Thousands attend funeral of Toulouse victims

Four Jews murdered in attack on Jewish school in France on Monday laid to rest in Jerusalem...

3/21/2012

NEW VIDEO: UC Davis Heckler Incident — Continued

Campus groups at UC Davis attempt to silence free speech on February 27, 2012....

3/21/2012

Al-Qaeda gunman in Toulouse siege planned to kill another soldier today

French police continue to lay siege to an apartment block where a self-declared al-Qaeda militant suspected of committing a series of deadly attacks on troops and Jewish children is holed up....

3/20/2012

Israeli leaders slam EU’s Ashton on Toulouse remark

Israeli leaders condemned remarks by European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton that some interpreted as comparing the victims of an attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, to deaths in Gaza, but Ashton said her words were "gros ......

3/20/2012

Toulouse school shootings: Israel demands Baroness Ashton resign

Israel has demanded that Baroness Ashton resign after the European Union foreign minister made an "outrageous comparison" of the Toulouse shooting to "what is happening in Gaza"...

3/20/2012

'Toulouse killer executed the little girl'

Eye witness accounts of Toulouse school shooting reveal killer's savagery, state he carried out execution-style killing of 8-year-old Miriam Monsonego, shooting her repeatedly in order to confirm kill...

3/19/2012

Israel Awareness Hosts Israel Activist, Michelle Rojas-Tal

The Israel Awareness Commission arranged for YOFHS students to hear an informative, shocking and inspirational lecture by StandWithUs Diaspora Education Director, Michelle Rojas-Tal. Mrs. Rojas-Tal started her journey from inner-city, low-income-fami ......

3/19/2012

StandWithUs/UK at the Jewish Living Expo

UK: Over 10,000 people flocked to Wembley Stadium on Sunday for the Jewish Living Expo organized by the London Jewis News....

3/19/2012

StandWithUs France calls for an apology or resignation from Catherine Ashton

StandWithUs France calls for an apology or resignation from Catherine Ashton on her comments regarding the murders at the Jewish school....

3/16/2012

Commentary: Smear campaign launched against BDS opponents

The University of California San Diego (UCSD) student government soundly defeated an anti-Israel divestment resolution presented by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on February 29 by a vote of 20 to 13. For the past two years, the Associated ......

3/16/2012

Farrakhan’s secret relationship

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan addressed an estimated 600 students at UC Berkeley last Saturday and told black students not to befriend any Jew without first reading “The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews,” a book that promotes the ......

3/15/2012

Olympia Deli Needs Our Help!

The anti-Israel boycott activists in Olympia have targeted Kitzel’s Delicatessen for boycott because they are willing to host pro-Israel speakers and they sell Israeli goods!...

3/14/2012

The inconvenient truth about refugees

Sephardic Film Festival reveals Arab hypocrisy on 'right of return'...

3/14/2012

StandWithUs Welcomes UC President Yudof’s Free Speech Principles

StandWithUs Welcomes UC President Yudof’s Free Speech Principles and Condemnation of Anti-Israel Bullying...

3/13/2012

Letter to the UN – Re. Rocket fire from Gaza into Israel

Ambassador Haim Waxman writes a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about the barrage of rockets from Gaza into Israel....

3/13/2012

Exclusive: Baptist Church in Bethlehem Declared Illegitimate By Palestinian Authority

A week after Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told an audience of Evangelical Protestants from across the world that his government respected the rights of its Christian minorities, officials from the Palestinian Authority have informed Bethlehem pastor R ......

3/13/2012

Gantz on escalation: It's not over until it's over

IDF data reveals that over 222 rockets were fired in most recent escalation as chief of staff comments on truce claiming ‘quiet will be met with quiet’...

3/12/2012

Nicky Larkin: Israel is a refuge, but a refuge under siege

Through making a film about the Israeli-Arab conflict, artist Nicky Larkin found his allegiances swaying...

3/12/2012

Anti-Semitic 'cowardice'

A Jewish group at a California university says a recent speaking tour featuring two Israeli soldiers could have fueled a recent act of anti-Semitism on campus....

3/9/2012

UC President Mark Yudof Condemns Intolerance on Campus

University of California President Mark G. Yudof sent the following letter to the UC community today (Thursday, March 8) in response to a number of recent incidents of intolerance...

3/9/2012

NEW VIDEO: Israeli Doctors - Creating Hope & Healing for Israelis & Palestinians

Please view this short film, highlighting Dr. Michal and her work with Israeli and Palestinian children who suffer from brain tumors....

3/9/2012

Advocating for Israel, through soldiers’ eyes

Two Israeli soldiers visiting Connecticut this month will recount their personal experiences and share insights of serving in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The soldiers share experiences that are rarely heard in the media or other public venues....

3/8/2012

Rutgers students say ‘yes’ to peace, ‘no’ to hate

On select college campuses across North America there is an annual week devoted to spreading hatred toward the Jewish state. It goes by the name “Israel Apartheid Week,” but a more accurate title would be “Hate Week.” This year student leaders and th ......

3/7/2012

Freedom of speech, with respect

It’s been a bad week for civil discourse locally. In recent days, multiple incidents took place, each a testament to the dismal power of hate....

3/7/2012

Jspace Talks to StandWithUs About the Arab Spring (VIDEO)

Jspace speaks with Brett Cohen, National Campus Program Director of StandWithUs, at AIPAC....

3/7/2012

StandWithUs Announces “BIG” (Buy Israeli Goods) Day For March 30

StandWithUs is urging schools, campuses, synagogues, community organizations, and individuals to celebrate Israel by designating March 30 as the day to buy up Israeli goods at local stores. ...

3/2/2012

Putting a Face with a Conflict

Two Israeli soldiers recounted their personal experiences of serving in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), shared their backgrounds and talked about life in Israel at USC on February 28. Their talk was sponsored by StandWithUs, the international Israe ......

3/2/2012

Dialogue, not division: The need for a paradigm shift

The State of Israel was established in 1948, with its Declaration of Independence guaranteeing "complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race, or sex" and promising "freedom of r ......

3/1/2012

Divestment Finally Totally Defeated at UC San Diego

StandWithUs congratulates the UCSD Tritons for Israel, particularly Daniel Friedman. Students were supported by faculty, the Hillel Shaliach Amir Lev, and community organizations including StandWithUs. BRAVO to our role models, the UCSD Tritons for ......

3/1/2012

Gail Rubin's Report on Ran and Ranya at Davis

Despite hostile hecklers, protestors, and angry students shouting "rapists" "child molesters" and "liars", the two Israeli reservists brought by StandWithUs as part of its Israeli Soldiers Stories told their stories and ......

3/1/2012

From ‘chillaxing’ to rockets, teens get earful on Israel

How do two Israelis get a couple of dozen 13- to 15-year-olds to understand that not everything they read or hear about Israel is true?...

2/29/2012

What Rules Should Harvard Have?

How should a great university, committed to diversity and freedom of speech, deal with the recurring problem of whether to “sponsor” a student-run event that is deeply offensive to other students? This issue is currently being debated in the context ......

2/29/2012

Apartheid Week Coming Up - Counter with SWU Resources!

Please use the links below to counter the hateful lies presented during campus apartheid weeks across the country....

2/28/2012

Israeli soldiers speak out at MLK Library presentation and panel

On Monday, two members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) participated in a presentation and panel about being in the force and their daily lives after they return from their service....

2/28/2012

Israeli soldier hoping for peace

An Israeli soldier hopes an ongoing speaking tour will encourage healthy debate in churches, universities, and synagogues about the Israel-Arab conflict....

2/27/2012

On the front lines in Vancouver

Canada-based Israeli Shani Bar-Oz has recently found herself the target of an anti-Israel group. 'I'm proud to be Israeli but I'm a sitting duck and I don't feel safe,' she told Ynet...

2/27/2012

Visiting Israelis speak at Temple Beth El about their life in the Middle East

Two young Israelis who spoke to an audience of about 45 at Temple Beth El on Sunday about their lives in Israel said dialogue is the key to Mideast peace....

2/27/2012

Flying Ambassadors

Eleazar Shkedy was the Israeli commander officer of the air force during the seconded Lebanon war.Shakedi retired from the IDF and became the head of EL AL international. At the end of last year Shkedy started the "Blue and White El AL Ambas ......

2/24/2012

Israeli soldiers share stories with Ohio State community

Fears of being beaten up by a homophobe and being shot at by a child are not the only things Israeli soldiers have to battle....

2/24/2012

Howard Waldow Reports on Ilan Pappe at CSUN

ON February 20, I was at CSUN to hear Ilan Pappe, professor of the University of Exeter in England. He is professorial, intelligent, and sounds reasonable. Pappe is also an extreme anti-Zionist and avowed Marxist....

2/24/2012

El Al employees share brighter side of Israel

As most people who care about Israel know, it’s difficult to have conversations about the Jewish homeland without broaching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....

2/24/2012

An evening with professor Ilan Pappe and others like him

On the surface, the anti-Israel lecture that CSUN sponsored on President’s Day was fairly typical of other, similar events that are becoming more common on American campuses. Always delighted to showcase anti-Israel Jews, especially if they are Isra ......

2/24/2012

Harvard Kennedy School Statement Regarding the Upcoming “One State” Conference (sched

Taking place at Harvard: Dean David T. Ellwood has released two statements....

2/23/2012

Israeli soldiers speak about acceptance, democracy in their country

Despite the negative attention Israel gets because of its constant conflicts with other countries, two Israeli soldiers feel that their homeland couldn't be any more accepting and loving of its people....

2/23/2012

How Come No One Wants to Help Gaza?

Who is stopping the Palestinians from turning the Gaza Strip into the Middle East's Hong Kong? Is it Israel, the Palestinians themselves or the Arab countries?...

2/23/2012

Israeli special forces soldier, student talk about their country

Former Israeli special forces soldier Ran Bar-Yoshafat and Israeli student and political activist Ranya Fadel spoke to students last night on what it is like growing up and living in Israel....

2/23/2012

Defending The Israeli Image

Years ago, Ran Bar-Yoshafat and his combat team chased down a car filled with five of the most dangerous terrorists in Israel. The Israeli Special Forces (SF) team that Bar-Yoshafat was a part of rammed the car, and the terrorists went running throug ......

2/21/2012

StandWithUs Launches 4th Speaking Tour for Israeli Soldiers

StandWithUs Launches 4th Speaking Tour for Israeli Soldiers to Share their Personal Experiences During February - March 2012...

2/20/2012

Lecturer addresses India-Israel ties

Nissim Reuben, a Jewish native of Ahmedabad, India, gave two lectures at local U.C. schools last week discussing India’s growing relationship with Israel, and the importance of that relationship. Ruben is the American Jewish Committee’s program direc ......

2/20/2012

Meet Britain's Next-Gen Israel Ambassadors, Launch of StandWithUs UK Fellowship

StandWithUs UK is proud to announce the launch of its first British Fellowship Programme. The Fellowship comprises of Jewish and non-Jewish British student leaders from 11 major campuses in the UK (Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, LSE, Kings, SOAS, Goldsmiths ......

2/20/2012

Why we fight

In “Why We Fight,” one of the last episodes of Steven Spielberg’s remarkable mini-series, Band of Brothers, theAmerican soldiers who form “Easy Company” are in in Germany as the Second World War draws to a close....

2/20/2012

IBM and the Holocaust - Expanded Edition - Smoking Gun Documents Revealed

Never-before published IBM internal correspondence, government documents, photos, and archival materials from the Holocaust era....

2/16/2012

HOLD THE DATE: Salute to Israel Walk - 4.29.12

Community-Wide Walk Celebrating Israel's 64th Independence Day...

2/13/2012

The truth about Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions and Israel

I have read Matt Berkman, Madeline Notewaré, and Abbas Naqvis’ guest column of Jan. 26, entitled “BDS Explained” with curiosity. Given that I am sure the authors have knowledge of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, I am taken aback by the piece’s blat ......

2/10/2012

Battling propaganda at the movies

I attended on Thursday, February 2, an Alternate Focus, ADC screening of the film Israel vs. Israel a documentary directed by Terje Carlsson. The film highlights four Jewish Israelis who are working to bring an end to the “40 year occupation of the W ......

2/9/2012

BDS conference at Penn met my worst expectations

Toward the end of last week, I flew from the Bay Area to Philadelphia for the national BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) conference at the University of Pennsylvania, curious to see whether it would be as extreme as many had warned. I also hope ......

2/8/2012

Featured Professional

Brett Cohen is the National Campus Program Director for StandWithUs. Based in Chicago, Brett oversees StandWithUs programming around the country, supervises staff, designs innovative new campaigns for campus, and serves as a mentor and resource for s ......

2/7/2012

February 28 Premiere of Israel Inside! - Tell Your Los Angeles Friends

Israel Inside: Premiere in Beverly Hills - JOIN US!...

2/3/2012

Full page ad placed in the UPenn Newspaper

Full page ad placed in the UPenn Newspaper on February 2, 2012....

2/3/2012

BDS Bans Exponent

Organizers of this weekend's Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference at the University of Pennsylvania have revoked the press credentials of the Jewish Exponent. Organizers accused the Exponent of engaging in "polemics" and "craf ......

2/3/2012

Dershowitz Strikes Back

A day before the National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Conference was set to begin at the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz called Penn the "model campus" when it comes to pro-Israel activism....

2/2/2012

Students at UPenn Go Shopping for Israel!

Students at the University of Pennsylvania came together to combat BDS. Our Emerson Fellow at UPenn, Noah Feit, wrote an op-ed (which was printed) and has taken the lead on campus. Here is a video of him leading a group to buy Israeli goods when ant ......

2/1/2012

New Faces Speak Up for Israel

El Al Pilots, Flight Attendants Trained as Grassroots Ambassadors for Israel In a Pilot Program JOIN US - Five El Al "Blue and White "Ambassadors Will Speak in Los Angeles in February 2012 ...

2/1/2012

University Students Host "Florida Loves Israel" Conference

StandWithUs is a proud sponsor of "Florida Loves Israel" Conference Feb. 2-5. East Coast Campus Director Avi Gordon speaks on Israel advocacy and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel....

2/1/2012

Mideast Shapes Presidential Race

Americans are increasingly absorbed in presidential politics, and President Barack Obama wants to shift defense/foreign policy strategic emphasis to the Asian/Pacific region....

1/30/2012

Small City Is Home to Israel’s Unlikely Top Team

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....

1/30/2012

UN Textbooks for Palestinian Children ‘Explosively Anti-Israel'

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....

1/26/2012

UPCOMING CONNECTICUT EVENT

Join Michelle Rojas-Tal for her presentation: The Psychological Perception of the Conflict and its Effect on Israel's Image...

1/24/2012

Negotiations, not anti-Semitic demonstrations, will further peace in the Middle East

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 ......

1/24/2012

Amb. Prosor Addresses UN Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East

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 ......

1/23/2012

What's New at StandWithUs

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 ......

1/22/2012

Anti-semitism at Carnegie Mellon

Anti-Israel essay desecrates Martin Luther King's Memory but Wins an M.L. King Award....

1/20/2012

Omar Barghouti's Lectures: A case study of dangerous propaganda

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 ......

1/19/2012

Mideast conflict spills onto BART walls

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....

1/19/2012

ACTION ALERT: INSIST THAT CSUN REMOVE BIGOTED, ANTI-ISRAEL WEB PAGES

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- ......

1/18/2012

Israeli Fellowship Opens with Michael Oren and Ron Prosor

150 New Recruits – Reservists from the IDF Now Studying in University – Join Our Next-Gen Israeli Ambassadors Program...

1/17/2012

Jewish Student Attacked After Nazi Drinking Game

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....

1/17/2012

Threats of Violence at London University

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....

1/17/2012

Omar Barghouti, Angela Davis, and Fred Moten on Israel - Special Program at USC

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.”...

1/13/2012

Speaker discusses growing anti-Semitism on college campuses

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....

1/11/2012

Upcoming pro-Palestine movement conference sparks debate

The two-day conference will take place in February and has elicited strong reactions from Penn's pro-Israel community...

1/9/2012

*New* Apartheid in the Middle East Video by StandWithUs

Official, institutionalized discrimination against Palestinians is widespread in the Middle East. Where does this Apartheid take place, and what are the reasons behind it?...

1/5/2012

Response to BDS Goes Way Beyond Chickpeas

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 ......

1/5/2012

Pro-Israel ad campaign to go up, again

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 ......

1/5/2012

STANDWITHUS TO COUNTER ANTI-ISRAEL ADS ON BART

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 ......

1/5/2012

StandWithUs Michigan marks Chanukah and its organization's 10th anniversary

StandWithUs Michigan marks Chanukah and its organization's 10th anniversary...

1/3/2012

Palestinian people - children especially - are being indoctrinated in hate

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 ......

1/3/2012

StandWithUs mourns the loss of Newton Becker, philanthropic visionary, friend, mentor

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 ......

12/30/2011

Happy 2012 from StandWithUs!

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....

12/24/2011

STANDWITHUS WELCOMES ALI ABUNIMAH'S RETRACTION

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 ......

12/23/2011

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: U OF PENN REJECTS BDS, DISTANCES SCHOOL FROM UPCOMING BDS C

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 ......

12/20/2011

Hitler admired in PLO youth magazine because he murdered Jews

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 ......

12/19/2011

StandWithUs' Festival of Lights

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 ......

12/19/2011

Federal judge: Iran shares responsibility for 9/11 terror attacks

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....

12/15/2011

Articulating Israel’s Side of the Story

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 ......

12/13/2011

Ethics and war: an oxymoron?

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 ......

12/12/2011

Consul General Of Israel Celebrates Festival Of Lights With StandWithUs

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 ......

12/12/2011

When It Comes to Israel, Why is the World Silent

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 ......

12/12/2011

Snacking for Israel

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 ......

12/9/2011

What Do You Mean by Right Wing?

We were disturbed by the angle of your December 2 article “StandWithUs Draws Sharp Line on Israel,” which tried to discredit us as “right wing,” and absurdly asked whether StandWithUs should register as an agent of a foreign government even though ......

12/9/2011

When it comes to Israel, why is the world silent?

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 ......

12/8/2011

StandWithUs Teams with UC Berkeley During Buy Israel Week

StandWithUs NorCal, Oregon and Washington campus coordinator and UC Berkeley alumnus Matthew White organized a group of UC Berkeley students to buy Israeli products during Buy Israel Week, November 28 - December 4, an international campaign co-sponso ......

12/8/2011

SWU's Michelle Rojas-Tal Speaks at JCRC-Long Island

On November 16, 2011, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Long Island (JCRC-LI) along with StandWithUs, an international, non-profit Israel education organization, hosted a luncheon featuring Michelle Rojas-Tal, Director of Diaspora Education ......

12/6/2011

COMMENTARY: "Pinkwashing" is a Whitewashing of the Facts Regarding Israel

Sarah Schulman suggests that Israel, in its diabolically cunning way (now where have we heard that before about the Jews?), started a cynical campaign in 2005 to improve its image, and that campaign included an appeal to progressives who support LGBT ......

12/2/2011

Confronting the Rapidly Growing Iranian Nuclear Threat

The United States and our close allies, including Israel, Britain, Canada and other Western countries, are confronting today the greatest threat we’ve faced in decades. As confirmed by the recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, th ......

12/1/2011

A letter from an IDF soldier on the Israel/Gaza/Egyptian border

15-20 days out of every year, I'm called up to the Israeli army to do my reserve duty. I serve as a paramedic in an IDF paratrooper unit. My squad is made up of others like me; people living normal lives who step up to serve whenever responsibility ......

12/1/2011

Shunning an Academic Endorser of Anti-Semitism

Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz criticizes John Mearsheimer’s praise of a controversial text on Jewish identity....

11/30/2011

Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor's speech to the UN General Assembly on November 29, 20

Mr. President, A great Jewish sage once wrote, "The truth can hurt like a thorn, at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose." His words came to my mind today. His insight could really benefit many in this hall. It takes a well ......

11/29/2011

In their off hours, El Al flight crews are now ‘ambassadors’

A good flight crew requires a certain amount of charm to keep passengers calm during turbulence, emergencies or pretzel shortages. Five El Al Airlines flight attendants and a pilot put those skills to the test Monday at Rutgers University in New J ......

11/28/2011

Israel’s media watchdog

If there’s anything that Itamar Marcus, the director of Palestinian Media Watch, can say has changed over the past three to four years, it’s the large-scale growth of the intense rhetoric to delegitimize Israel and glorify terrorists. What he’s heari ......

11/28/2011

Israel's Gay Community: Open, Diverse and Thriving

“When I think about Israel,” said Irit Zviely, “I don’t think, generally speaking, there is any place the LGBT community cannot live.” Zviely is the director of Hoshen, Israel’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender information and education center ......

11/28/2011

Freedom of speech cuts both ways

I attended the public meeting in Olympia before the board vote and along with others was given a chance to speak against the boycott. No decision was reached at that meeting. Some time later, the board met in closed session and emerged with the boyco ......

11/23/2011

New and Old Media Converge on Campus

On college campuses, information is power. In an environment with yearly population turnover, Israel advocates need well-honed media outreach skills. Glossy pamphlets, postcards and fact sheets, distributed in seemingly inexhaustible supply, have tra ......

11/16/2011

200+ Students Sign Up for the StandWithUs 'Ambassadors Club' at the IDC in Herzliya

Prime Minister's spokesman Mark Regev opens 7th year of the flagship Israel public diplomacy partnership program....

11/15/2011

The Power Of The ‘Buycott’

Efforts to combat delegitimization of Israel send ‘economic, psychological and political’ messages....

11/15/2011

An Internet Guide To Finding Israeli Products

“It doesn’t cost any more to buy Israeli products, and they are superior products in most cases,”...

11/15/2011

Buy Israel Week Nov 28 - Dec 4

Help Israel just by going shopping!...

11/14/2011

StandWithUs Milstein Student Conference a Big Success!!

Over 150 student leaders from all over the United States and Canada gathered in Santa Monica November 11-13 to take their own leadership to higher levels....

11/10/2011

Israel Slams UN Security Council on PA Rocket Attacks

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations is asking that body's Security Council why it's not “shocked” by the constant barrage of rockets and mortars fired by Gaza terrorists at southern Israel....

11/10/2011

Mensch Proud to Speak at StandWithUs Event

Conservative MP Louise Mensch said she was proud to speak at a Jewish student conference despite criticism from anti-Israel bloggers....

11/8/2011

A War of Narratives at UC Davis Jewish Studies Program

Some UC Jewish Studies programs seem to be part of the growing problem of anti-Israel and anti-Zionist bias on UC campuses. Consider the lecture sponsored by the UC Davis [UCD] Jewish Studies Program on October 21st....

11/7/2011

Impediment to Peace: Hate Training

Video from Al-Rahma TV (Egypt) showing the Islamic indoctrination of children....

11/7/2011

120 British Student Leaders Stand Up for Israel at StandWithUs Conference

Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub and Member of Parliament Louise Mensch joined more than 120 pro-Israel student leaders at a unique "Israel in Focus" conference run by StandWithUs UK....

11/4/2011

Navy intercepts Irish-Canadian Flotilla

Navy forces take over Gaza-bound vessels after activists refuse to turn back or sail to port in Egypt; leads ships to Ashdod port...

11/4/2011

StandWithUs Applauds IDF for Intercepting Latest Flotilla

We applaud the IDF for stopping the latest flotilla bound for Gaza. Once again, misguided or anti-Israel activists have tried to grab media attention with a flotilla. Last June during an abortive flotilla effort, liberal democracies and the UN mad ......

11/3/2011

An open letter to the chairman of the Russell Tribunal

I am writing this letter because I am familiar with both the Israeli and South African views on the forthcoming session of the Russell Tribunal “Are Israel’s practices against the Palestinian People in breach of the prohibition on Apartheid under Int ......

11/3/2011

Itamar Marcus 6-City Tour in November

Sign up to hear Itamar Marcus, founder and director of Palestinian Media Watch when he comes to your city!...

11/1/2011

Simon Deng, Former Sudanese Slave says “Calling Israel a racist state is absurd and i

Simon Deng, a former South Sudanese slave in Islamist Northern Sudan, gave the following speech at Durban Watch Conference in New York on Sept. 22nd. ...

11/1/2011

Israel and the Apartheid Slander

The Palestinian Authority’s request for full United Nations membership has put hope for any two-state solution under increasing pressure. The need for reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians has never been greater. So it is important to sepa ......

10/27/2011

Standing behind StandWithUs

Roz Rothstein knows the power of young people. Rothstein is the co-founder and CEO of StandWithUs, a pro-Israel education and advocacy organization that works on college campuses across the country and the world....

10/27/2011

Professor Calls for "Death to Israel"

Tenured Professor Julio Pino disrupted a CAMERA-sponsored event with Ishmael Khaldi, a Bedouin-Muslim Israeli, former diplomat and current advisor to Israel's Foreign Minister, at Kent State University last night....

10/25/2011

StandWithUs Supports the ILC's November Concert!

StandWithUs Supports the ILC's November Concert!...

10/25/2011

Israel to Send Quake Aid to Turkey

Israel said on Tuesday it was launching an airlift of supplies to help Turkey cope with a devastating earthquake, following a request from Ankara, with a first shipment of prefabricated homes destined for shipment on Wednesday....

10/25/2011

Bloggers brought to Israel by StandWithUs - *New* Video!

Bloggers brought to Israel by StandWithUs (one of our Israeli Fellowship projects) International Bloggers Taken to Israel! Watch what it was like in this great video, "Crazy Awesome Technion."...

10/25/2011

RideWithUs & Pedal for Peace!

We will ride and walk to show our support for Israel through StandWithUs. The funds raised will help StandWithUs support people around the world who want to educate their communities about Israel....

10/25/2011

New Video by StandWithUs - Joy & Anguish: The Trade for Gilad Shalit

Israel released 1,027 convicted Palestinian criminals in exchange for the freedom of one Israeli hostage, Gilad Schalit, a young Israeli soldier who had been kidnapped and held incommunicado by Hamas for over five years. Many of the Palestinian crimi ......

10/25/2011

SWU Michigan - Festival of Lights - December 18

Save the date - Dec. 18 - SWU Michigan Festival of Lights. ...

10/24/2011

Arab Students Begin Year at Ariel U

It is located on "disputed territory" and many of its students are "settlers." So why do Arab students like Ariel University too?...

10/24/2011

Abulhawa's blood libel

I was horrified by Susan Abulhawa's lecture at Cal State Bakersfield's Kegley Institute of Ethics on Oct. 18, and deeply concerned about its effects on the audience, many of whom were students, and about its wider implications....

10/24/2011

NEW! French Material on Line

As StandWithUs opened its 14th office in Paris, France, new materials in French are being distributed to help teach those who want to educate others about Israel!...

10/19/2011

“Gilad babaita”: The Los Angeles Jewish community welcomes Gilad Shalit home

On Tuesday morning, October 18, several hundred Los Angeles Jews, Israelis and friends of Israel gathered at the Wilshire Hilton to celebrate the return of Gilad Shalit after five years and four months—1941 days—of Hamas captivity in Gaza. The event ......

10/19/2011

Lopsided prisoner exchange sets off massive celebrations in Israel, Palestinian Terr.

Gaunt and pale, Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit returned home Tuesday after more than five years in captivity, freed in a lopsided exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners that could greatly complicate Mideast peace prospects and strengthen the I ......

10/18/2011

Gilad Shalit FREE!!! Five years, 1,940 days in Solitary Confinement

StandWithUs rejoices over the release this morning of Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped off of Israeli soil and has been held in captivity for over five years. Hamas, the terrorist group that now governs Gaza, violated all civilized standards by abduct ......

10/17/2011

Palestinian Statehood Bid Likely To Backfire, Experts Say

The Palestinian Authority's push for state recognition from the United Nations are likely to backfire and further imperil the peace process in the Middle East, a USC panel agreed last week....

10/17/2011

CJUI Event Honoring StandWithUs Executives on Sunday October 30th in Boston

Are you in or around Boston? We would love to see you at the annual Christians and Jews United for Israel (CJUI) event when Roz and Jerry Rothstein will be honored. Join us!!...

10/17/2011

The latest in high-tech security - a mouse

Forget X-ray body scanners and sniffer dogs, Israel's Bioexplorers has developed a foolproof system for security agencies to detect explosives, by using mice....

10/12/2011

StandWithUs Rejoices Over Freedom for Gilad Shalit

StandWithUs rejoices over the upcoming release of Gilad Shalit, who has been held in captivity for over five years. Hamas, the terrorist group that now governs Gaza, violated all civilized standards by abducting him from Israeli territory and holding ......

10/12/2011

OP-ED: A New State for Homophobia?

With an application pending for Palestinian statehood at the United Nations, two pro-Israel experts wonder what kind of attitude a new country would have toward gay people....

10/11/2011

Cabinet votes on Shalit deal

Government holds urgent session to discuss deal meant to secure release of Hamas-held IDF soldier. Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV says Hamas agreed to deal; notes prisoner exchange may take place as early as November....

10/11/2011

Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Brought by Anti-Israel Bus Ad Supporters

StandWithUs Northwest is pleased to learn that US District Court Judge Robert Jones threw out the lawsuit brought by SeaMAC, the group that submitted the anti-Israel bus ad that prominently declared "Israeli War Crimes."...

10/10/2011

FACT CHECK: Abbas presents disputed narrative & Fatah's Response

In his historic speech to the United Nations, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas eloquently laid out the case for granting his people an independent state. But in doing so, he presented a narrative that is disputed by Israel, and in at least one cas ......

10/10/2011

Spy Jonathan Pollard Must Be Freed

There are several reasons why justice demands that Jonathan Pollard given a life sentence for spying on the United States for Israel be commuted to time served and that he be immediately released....

10/6/2011

Join Israel for a Cure at the LA AIDS Walk

Join the first-ever official Israel team at the Los Angeles AIDS Walk sponsored by the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles and many other LA based organizations, including StandWithUs....

10/4/2011

StandWithUs empowers students to combat anti-Israel rhetoric on campuses

American campuses started to become centers of anti-Israel activism in 2000 after Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations failed and a new campaign of Palestinian terrorism started....

10/3/2011

Tenth Annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days to be Held

We write to call your attention to a unique and powerful opportunity to make our voice resonate with many communities around the world. Our office in Los Angeles has a close relationship with Ruth and Judea Pearl, who are the parents of Daniel ......

9/28/2011

El Al grassroots ambassador program gets off the ground

Orna's grandfather was killed fighting in a Haganah military unit before the creation of the modern state of Israel. And her grandmother was murdered during the Holocaust. Those memories spurred Orna's passion to contribute to the Jewish people ......

9/27/2011

Five Widely-Read Bloggers Tour Israel and Plant Trees

The eleven days that five bloggers from around the world spent touring Israel are probably going to offer over 1 million blog readers a perspective of Israel that they do not often encounter in their local media. ...

9/26/2011

STANDWITHUS STATEMENT REGARDING “IRVINE 11” VERDICT

We respect the jury process and its decision on the 10 defendants in the “Irvine 11” case. The jury determined that the students’ actions were unlawful and will never be tolerated....

9/26/2011

U.N. 'Circus,' a Sideshow of Opinions

As world leaders gather at the U.N. to discuss Palestinian statehood, the posturing among nations is taking on a different tone entirely, just across the street. WSJ's Chris Rhoads reports on the circus of protest at Dag Hammerskjold Park....

9/26/2011

Dershowitz: UN Has No Moral Authority When it Comes to Israel

Harvard law professor and pro-Israel advocate Alan Dershowitz speaks at the StandWithUs rally against the UN circus. ...

9/26/2011

Prager University New Video on Youtube: Is Israel an Apartheid State?

Best-selling author and talk show host Dennis Prager provides the definitive answer. He also explains why some people ask it....

9/26/2011

The Palestinian Statehood Ruse

Going for statehood at the UN derails the real peace process ...

9/23/2011

Durban 3 Ring Circus Exposes UN's Hypocrisy, Racism and Lies

Approximately 500 people, according to the New York police, were present at the Dag Hammerskjold Plaza across from the United Nations on Thursday, September 22, at the "alternative" Durban 3 Ring Circus with keynote speakers Professor Alan ......

9/23/2011

UC Muslim students guilty of disturbing speech

A jury Thursday found 10 Muslim university students guilty of disrupting a speech by an Israeli diplomat at UC Irvine last year, in a case that focused on free speech....

9/23/2011

Abbas: The time has come for Palestinian independence

PA president confirms he officially submitted request to Ban Ki-moon for UN recognition of Palestine as full member state in world body....

9/23/2011

Remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the U.N. General Assembly

Transcript of PM Netanyahu's address to the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2011....

9/23/2011

In U.N. speeches, Abbas, Netanyahu trade charges of ‘ethnic cleansing’

Mahmoud Abbas outlined a vision for an independent Palestine that hewed to the two-state formula but also revived rhetoric that hearkened back to an era of Palestinian belligerence. Shortly after concluding his speech to the U.N. General Assembly ......

9/23/2011

Security Council to meet Monday on Palestinian bid

The UN Security Council will meet Monday afternoon to discuss a request by the Palestinians to admit the state of Palestine as a full UN member, the council’s current president said Friday....

9/22/2011

STANDWITHUS TRUCK “TRUTH ON WHEELS” EXPOSES BIGOTRY OF PROPOSED PALESTINIAN STATE

UN delegates will be in for a stiff dose of inconvenient truths in New York this Thursday, Sept. 22. A truck will be driving around the UN from 11 AM to 3 PM, with giant 7’ by 13’ foot screens on its sides that underscore why the UN should not endors ......

9/22/2011

InfoliveTV features the El Al program

In an effort to improve Israel's image abroad, the country's national airline El Al has decided to recruit its pilots and flight attendants to become unofficial diplomats in promoting the country abroad....

9/22/2011

Supporting Israel; Protesting Durban III

On Wednesday and Thursday, hundreds rallied at the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza opposite the United Nations to protest the Durban III Conference and to declare their support for the State of Israel....

9/21/2011

Abbas' U.N. fantasy

True friends of the Palestinians should urge them to return to direct talks with Israel. No one but Israelis and Palestinians can face the major challenges that must be addressed if peace is to be achieved....

9/21/2011

The coming U.N. debacle

A General Assembly vote that seeks to bypass negotiations and impose a Palestinian state on Israel will only undermine a two-state solution....

9/20/2011

Chicken, beef... or Zionism?

El Al employees will take part in talks, host meetings about Israel at JCCs, federations and university campuses throughout North America....

9/19/2011

El Al flight crews enlisted for Israeli PR work in North America

New project encourages national carrier flight staff to engage in public diplomacy efforts in three North American cities served by the airline - New York, Los Angeles and Toronto....

9/19/2011

Column One: The Palestinian obsession

In a nutshell, the PA initiative of asking the UNSC, General Assembly to upgrade its status is an act of diplomatic aggression....

9/19/2011

The Palestinian Statehood Gambit-The U.S. should respond by cutting funds for the UN

Are Palestinians entitled to a state? Before certain readers erupt at the mere suggestion that Palestinians may not be so entitled, we'd note that the Kurds—one of the oldest ethnic groups in the world—don't have a state. Neither do the Tamils of S ......

9/19/2011

StandWithUs to Protest Durban 'Circus'

The pro-Israel advocacy group StandWithUs is planning to protest the upcoming Durban III Conference, which begins on Thursday, in the form of a “circus” that will expose the hypocrisy of the United Nations....

9/19/2011

Groups planning anti-Durban events in NY

In a week where the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has assumed a starring role at the UN General Assembly, the Durban III conference against racism is slated to take place as well, along with ample counter-protests....

9/19/2011

New Faces Speak Up for Israel

New Faces Speak Up for Israel: El Al Pilots, Flight Attendants Trained as Grassroots Ambassadors for Israel...

9/19/2011

Museum decides against Israel-Gaza conflict display

A controversial art display in California that depicts the sufferings of Palestinian children has been canceled, as one Jewish activist says it's inaccurate to blame those sufferings on Israel....

9/19/2011

Pro-Israel ads in Bay Area countering anti-U.S. aid campaign

SAN FRANCISCO (j. weekly) -- The pro-Israel organization StandWithUs has launched an ad campaign in Bay Area Rapid Transit stations to counter local ads that call for an end to U.S. military aid to Israel....

9/16/2011

StandWithUs launches pro-Israel BART ad campaign

The pro-Israel organization StandWithUs will launch an ad campaign in BART stations to counter local ads that call for an end to U.S. military aid to Israel. The posters will be on display starting Sunday, Sept. 18, through Nov. 13 at the 12th Street ......

9/16/2011

Anti-Israel films labeled non-factual

One pro-Israel organization says films that will be shown on a California university campus are an "anti-fact" series....

9/16/2011

Hoyer, Pelosi, Berman, Lowey, House Democrats Send Letter Calling on Heads of State t

House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer Hoyer (MD) led a letter that was signed by 58 House Democrats including Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Ranking Member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee Howard Berman, and Ranking Member on the Appropriations ......

9/16/2011

Davis International Festival show to feature traditional Middle East Jewish wedding f

The main stage of the Davis International Festival will regale with a parade of Jewish wedding fashions from the Middle East as a first-ever show unfolds at 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 1. Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa, is teaming wi ......

9/16/2011

StandWithUs to Counter Anti-Israel Posters in New York Subway System Sept 26-Oct 23

On Sept.26th, StandWithUs is launching an ad campaign in the NY subway system to tell the public that “Israel Needs a Partner for Peace.” The ads are designed to counter current anti-Israel ads in NY subway stations that call for ending U.S. aid to ......

9/15/2011

Hearing: U.S. Must Respond if UN Declares Palestinian State

A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent Palestinian Authority officials a powerful message Tuesday: There will be severe consequences for any attempt to have the United Nations recognize an independent Palestinian state based on Israel's June 4, 1967 ......

9/15/2011

Discussing Israel can be a challenge among Jews

While out for evening walks from time to time, friends Rick Isserman and Khalid Shah like to talk. For two people who have been committed members of interfaith dialogue groups for years, it's an impulse that comes naturally. ...

9/14/2011

Amb. Michael Oren: Eighteen Years Since Oslo

On the White House lawn, eighteen years ago, under the auspices of President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat signed an agreement intended to end the tragic conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. ......

9/14/2011

U.N. Allows Qaddafi Associates to Attend Durban III

The U.N. has quietly released the list of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that will be allowed to attend its “anti-racism” conference on September 22, 2011 in New York. All NGOs that requested credentials to attend the so-called “Durban III” co ......

9/14/2011

PLO ambassador says Palestinian state should be free of Jews

The Palestine Liberation Organization's ambassador to the United States said Tuesday that any future Palestinian state it seeks with help from the United Nations and the United States should be free of Jews....

9/13/2011

StandWithUs "EcoNegev" Trip to Israel for Journalists gets lots of Press!

Seven international journalists toured Israel's Negev hosted by StandWithUs Fellows of Ben Gurion University. Each journalist writes for respected eco-tourism related news media, and they are visiting cleantech sites and exploring Israeli innovation ......

9/13/2011

Made it to the headlines: journalists on a Green tour of the Negev

When Israel is mentioned around the world, it is generally in terms of wars and terror. To change this image, students from the Ben Gurion University invited world journalists on an ecological tour. ...

9/12/2011

Co-op Board Incumbents Roll to Victory; Measures Win Approval

In a record turnout, Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op Board members Ann Richardson and Alicia Dienst were overwhelmingly re-elected, and two Board-backed ballot measures also won lopsided victories in a hotly-contested election where a proposed boycott ......

9/12/2011

Lawsuit aims to punish Olympia Food Co-op for boycott of Israeli goods

A lawsuit, filed Friday in Thurston County Superior Court, aims to punish the Olympia Food Co-op for enacting a boycott of Israeli Goods, said a press release. Plaintiffs, including several candidates who's recent Co-op Board of Directors campaigns ......

9/12/2011

UANI Condemns Ahmadinejad's Remarks About 9/11, Highlights Iran's Al-Qaeda Alliance

New York, NY -United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, issued the following statement today following Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comments on the tenth anniversary of 9/11....

9/12/2011

Fact Sheet: Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI)

Israelis and many Palestinians long for peaceful coexistence, but Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’ unilateral plan to ask the UN to recognize a Palestinian state on the 1949 armistice lines (UDI) will undermine hopes for peace and ......

9/8/2011

STANDWITHUS RELEASES SECOND ISSUE OF "CAPTAIN ISRAEL"

SUPERHERO COMBATS "BDS" SNAKE ...

9/8/2011

All expenses paid trip to Israel for a Nagpur entrepreneur

Once In a Lifetime All expenses paid trip to Israel came along for a 29 yr old Electrical Engineer & an Entrepreneur from Nagpur - Kaustubh Katdare popularly known as 'The Big K' on the Internet who is also the Founder & CEO of CrazyEngineers....

9/8/2011

Big K's Once In A Lifetime 2.0 Trip To Israel

I've been blogging for the mankind since 2005; but never thought that this SuperBlog would reward me with something totally exciting! About two months ago I received an email from the organizers of the "Once In A Lifetime 2.0" project....

9/8/2011

U.N. vote for Palestine hurts peace

Later this month the Palestinians will take their ill-conceived bid for a unilateral declaration to statehood to the United Nations. It’s an irresponsible maneuver that would undermine the negotiations with Israel that are the only hope for a lasting ......

9/8/2011

StandWithUs to Demonstrate against UN Durban III Conference

Durban three-ring circus of hypocrisy will confront a three-ring circus exposing it...

9/8/2011

StandWithUs Student Conference on International Law – Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Fifty-five top international law students from 25 different countries and various religious backgrounds took part in a week-long conference looking at the conflict and international law....

9/7/2011

Gordis to lead kickoff celebration for StandWithUs in San Diego

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– In recognition of their explosive grassroots volunteer growth, the San Diego Israel Coalition, has joined the internationally leading Israel education organization, StandWithUs as its 14th chapter and to become t ......

9/6/2011

Our community’s vital partnerships

The organizations we can’t live without...

9/6/2011

EcoNegev takes 7 visiting journalists on desert tour

Project organizer: We want their millions of readers to know about this Israel, and we’d also like to encourage tourism to the Negev. For Saskatchewanian reporter Paul Hanley, witnessing Israel’s advancements in desert reclamation and thriving N ......

9/2/2011

The truth should be taught about the 1948 war

Just as nobody, even in German schools, would dream of teaching the German 'narrative' regarding World War II, the 1948 war should also not be taught as a battle between narratives. In the final analysis, there is a historical truth....

9/2/2011

Prominent U.S. Muslims call for Shalit’s release

A group of prominent American Muslims issued a letter urging Hamas to immediately release captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The Aug. 26 letter’s 11 signatories include the two Muslim members of Congress -- Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and And ......

9/1/2011

Q and A with Daniel Gordis

Daniel Gordis hardly needs any introduction in San Diego. But for the few who may not know who Gordis is, he’s the go-to guy for commentary and insight on everything Israel. As president of the Shalem Foundation, senior fellow at the Shalem Center in ......

9/1/2011

Anti-Israel Ads Should Not Go Unanswered

BART, Muni and cable car commuters this week may have noticed a new ad up in a few stations. The campaign’s posters feature a warm and fuzzy photo of two smiling grandfathers — one Israeli, the other Palestinian — each holding a grandchild, with a ca ......

9/1/2011

StandWithUs Welcomes UN Palmer Report's Confirmation of Israel's Right to SelfDefense

StandWithUs welcomes the UN Palmer Report, which unequivocally confirms the legality of Israel’s naval blockade and right to stop ships in international waters. The report also confirms Israel’s right to self-defense against Hamas-held Gaza and aga ......

8/29/2011

South Tel Aviv: 8 hurt in terror attack outside nightclub

Police: Nablus resident commandeers cab, rams Border Police road block, gets out, begins stabbing people; police officers among injured....

8/29/2011

Israel’s supporters out in force in Trafalgar Square

Lord Nelson keeps a watchful eye over Israel's supporters today. Israel’s supporters came out in Trafalgar Square today to show sympathy with Israel as rockets continue to rain down from Gaza and to wish a happy 25th birthday to Gilad Shalit who ......

8/29/2011

StandWithUs UK Demonstrates Support for Israel 8-28-11

StandWithUs UK chairman Joy Wolfe speaking at the Israel Solidarity rally in Trafalgar Square on Sunday August 28, 2011....

8/29/2011

'We have one dream, to see our son come home'

Gilad Schalit's father releases YouTube clip to mark son's 25th birthday, calls on free world to help with release "before its too late." Noam Schalit, the father of IDF captive solider Gilad Schalit, released a YouTube video on Sunday ......

8/29/2011

Dialogue & Peace: A Challenge and Goal for New Fellows

After attending the recently-concluded StandWithUs Emerson Fellowship conference in Los Angeles, students are planning new ways to promote peace on their campuses. Their efforts will include StandWithUs’ key initiative this year, Peace Takes Two, whi ......

8/25/2011

'Islamic Jihad vows to send rockets deeper into Israel'

Terror group says it will extend rocket range; More than 15 rockets fired into Israel; Erez-border crossing damaged; 2 Islamic Jihad members killed in IAF strike, Palestinian report says....

8/24/2011

U.N. Durban III: The greatest farce on earth!

Once again the Durban Circus is coming to town, this time it will take place in New York. StandWithUs will be participating in two demonstrations to oppose the hypocrisy of the United Nations, and we want you with us!!...

8/23/2011

Should Israel welcome Glenn Beck's Support?

All decent people, whether on the left or the right, should support Israel’s right to exist as the democratic nation state of the Jewish people. All decent people should supportIsrael’s right to defend its civilians from terrorist attacks. All reason ......

8/23/2011

Arab League: Palestinian statehood bid could be 'dangerous'

Nabil Elaraby, Arab League secretary-general, suggests Abbas reconsider Palestinian statehood bid in September in wake of recent escalation between Israel and Gaza, condemns Israel for air strikes • Abbas continues efforts to raise international ......

8/22/2011

Attack on Israel

Once again Israel is made to pay a heavy price for her very existence. The killing of seven people and injury of 26 in an attack on a civilian bus (Report, 19 August) is another tragic episode in the campaign of terrorism which Hamas and other milita ......

8/22/2011

Jews Have Human Rights, Too

Until Palestinians recognize this, we will never have peace....

8/19/2011

New Phase in War as Terrorists Cross Egypt-Israel Border, 7 Israelis Dead

...the bitter fruit of the U.S. - backed downfall of the government of President Husni Mubarak in Egypt ...

8/19/2011

Aussie Singer a Reality Hit

SADDLED with a rucksack anddreams of travelling the world, Sydney native Savannah Zwi left Australia to live on a kibbutz and backpack through Europe....

8/19/2011

StandWithUs Outraged, Heartbroken by Terrorist Attacks in Israel 8/18 & 8/19

The StandWithUs community is outraged and heartbroken by the coordinated terrorist attacks near Eilat in southernIsrael today. At least seven people are reported dead and an estimated 25 injured in a three-stage terrorist attack along Israel’s borde ......

8/18/2011

Tel Aviv Uni Students show their brand of Israeli PR

“Is.Real” is a project initiated by students from the Tel Aviv University (TAU) branch of the StandWithUs Fellowship, in cooperation with the TAU Student Union The “Is.Real” series will cover the lives of four young Israelis from diverse social and e ......

8/17/2011

UK Zionists fight cosmetics firm for anti-Israel project

StandWithUs, UK Zionist Federation encouraging people to stop buying LUSH products until it drops support for campaign led by anti-Israel charity....

8/17/2011

Palestinian TV footage: "We will turn Western Wall into Arab housing"

Official Palestinian Authority TV broadcast a documentary which stated that the PA plans to build an Arab residential area in place of the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem, "when they [Israelis] disappear from the picture, like a forgotten chapte ......

8/17/2011

U.N. 'Anti-Racism' Conference Bringing Unseemly Characters to New York

Plans for the U.N.’s “anti-racism” event known as Durban III, which will be held in New York City on September 22, 2011, just got a whole lot uglier. A new draft of the final declaration that U.N. organizers hope will be adopted by over a hundred wor ......

8/15/2011

Oren: Israeli Summer is no Arab Spring

When 300,000 people took to Israel's streets two weeks ago to protest economic conditions in the country, commentators swiftly credited the revolts raging throughout the Arab world. Israelis, they claimed, had learned a lesson from the Arab Spring. ...

8/13/2011

Dershowitz Strikes Back: 'JStreet has Harmed Israel'

Prominent Israel advocate Prof. Alan Dershowitz hit back at a book by the founder of J Street charging that he and others have silenced criticism of the Jewish state, in a recent interview with The Jerusalem Post....

8/12/2011

StandWithUs' Festival of Lights - Save the Date! 12.11.11

Join our annual gala dinner that attracts over 1,000 guests - including community members, students, academics, and dignitaries. We look forward to commemorating 10 years of educating others who want to stand up for Israel, with you. More informatio ......

8/12/2011

The UN Durban Conferences: Anti-Semitism Since 2001

Durban II "provided a platform for the most egregious expression of Jew-hatred seen on the international stage so far this century.” The Czech Republic became the first European Union country to say it would boycott the United Nations-spons ......

8/12/2011

White House, in Escalation of Jerusalem Controversy, Scrubs Its Web Site of Reference

The White House, in an escalation of a closely-watched case the Supreme Court is preparing to hear on whether Congress or the President gets to decide American policy in respect of passports of American citizens born in Jerusalem, has quietly altered ......

8/8/2011

Is.Real: A New Docu-Reality Series

Israel is so often misrepresented in the world today. Viewed by some as a country perpetually in conflict, others believe it is a backwards country where the main mode of transportation are camels. Stereotypes rampant and misinformation abound, no co ......

8/5/2011

ECYP Teens Get Trained to Advocate for Israel

On August 4, students from the Baltimore Jewish Council’s Elijah Cummings Youth Program (ECYP) visited the StandWithUs (SWU) Israel office for a lecture with Michelle Rojas-Tal, Director of Diaspora Education....

8/4/2011

BDS: What, Who, How?

Not too sure what the BDS movement is about? What's the big deal? American and not-for-profit education outfit StandWithUs are the experts. Their CEO Roz Rothstein and education director Roberta Seid have prepared this primer....

8/4/2011

Op-ed: If You Take Down Israel, What Else Goes With It?

Our community should celebrate Israel—a country whose laws are more favorable to LGBT people than the United States—and stop sympathizing with its opponents....

8/4/2011

Looking for all Jerusalem Born American Citizens (Born AFTER 2002)

Do you have a child born after 2002 in Jerusalem? Please read this....

8/3/2011

Internet Videos Attempt to Showcase New Global Ambassadors

All four subjects: Savannah Zvi- Navon, Yair Tayor, Shay Doron, and Ayman Dan, star in 5 clips each, ranging from 1.5 minutes to 3 minutes....

8/2/2011

Law students take public diplomacy into the legal arena

Members of Israel advocacy group StandWithUs at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem organized a conference to discuss flotilla, "flytilla.'...

8/1/2011

FRONT COVER OF OCJEWISH LIFE: SWU: How Much Land is Enough?

It may be a classic "David and Goliath" story, but people without a vested interest in the Muslim-Jewish conflict may not be sure which player is which. After all, the propaganda machine keeps on spinning, and various forms of media throug ......

7/28/2011

Deputy FM Daniel Ayalon territories video to be screened in 100 US schools

Israel PR video irks Arabs Deputy FM Daniel Ayalon discusses Palestinian narrative regarding occupied territories in PR video to be screened in 100 US schools. An Israeli PR video recently uploaded on the internet is causing a stir in the Arab ......

7/25/2011

What do ‘Flotilla Folk’ do?

Who are these people whose hatred of Israel makes them blind to reality?...

7/25/2011

StandWithUs Presents *NEW* 2-Minute Video: 10 Unknown Facts About the West Bank

In only 2 minutes, you'll learn the true history of the West Bank (Judea and Samaria). ...

7/22/2011

The ZFA trains a New Generation of Israel Advocates

Twenty young Australians visiting Israel on IBC, AUJS Aviv or Bnei Akiva shnat MASA programs dedicated three days to an intensive seminar, preparing them to be activists and advocates for Israel upon their return to Australia....

7/21/2011

Protesters Rebuffed in Call For TIA-CREF Anti-Settlements Boycott

Officials of TIAA-CREF, which manages pension funds for teachers and other non-profit employees, rejected demands from activists Tuesday that they no longer invest in companies that profit from the Israeli "occupation" of the West Bank....

7/21/2011

StandWithUs Announce the WINNERS of our “Divest from Terror” Cartoon Contest!

The purpose of this contest was to use the great power of humor to combat the hate that foments terrorism. We sincerely hope that the dream of peace will be realized soon. But it will happen only when all societies commit to creating a world where c ......

7/21/2011

StandWithUs Graduates Israel’s Next Generation of Ambassadors

One-hundred-fifty young adults gathered at the Israel Museum’s Ticho House in Jerusalem on July 20th to celebrate their graduation from the year-long StandWithUs Israel Fellowship program. These outstanding young people had been selected from a pool ......

7/19/2011

Ayalon Launches Campaign to Tell 'Truth About West Bank'

Deputy foreign minister asks YouTube video’s viewers to stop calling Judea and Samaria "occupied territories." "We partnered in this video because we feel its a simple way to communicate important facts about the West Bank that ar ......

7/18/2011

New Video with Danny Ayalon explains the West Bank

New video produced in partnership with StandWithUs - Danny Ayalon explains the West Bank....

7/12/2011

Don't Rush to Buy Lush (Cosmetics)

Don't Rush to Buy Lush (Cosmetics): A Serious Issue for the Mainstream, Pro-Peace Public StandWithUs is deeply disturbed that the UK-based parent company of LUSH Cosmetics is promoting an extremist, anti-Israel group, War on Want (WoW), as one of ......

7/11/2011

Can we afford to pour more money down the Palestinian drain?

Dan Greenfield recently reported that the Palestinian Authority is facing another budget crisis and requesting additional funding from the West. Before we take out our overdrawn checkbooks, it might be time to look at some of the numbers and decide i ......

7/8/2011

StandWithUs Applauds Airlines and Countries for Blocking Anti-Israel Air 'Flotilla'

StandWithUs applauds airlines and countries for blocking anti-Israel air "flotilla" - welcomes precedents for ending anti-Israel propaganda stunts. StandWithUs applauds the airlines and governments that cooperated with Israel and refuse ......

7/7/2011

Israel Bars 300 Activists from Flying to Israel

Ahead of fly-in, state issues blacklist of pro-Palestinian activists blocked from boarding Israel-bound flights. Organizer says airlines complying, cites emails sent to passengers canceling trips 'as per Israel's instructions' ...

7/6/2011

Gaza's Male Hairdressers: Time to Cut and Run?

Hatem al-Ghoul does not know who attacked his salon with small bombs - twice ...

7/6/2011

The Flotilla flop: International community stops provocateurs

Flotilla organizers had planned to launch ten to fifteen ships with self-described peace activist passengers on board in an attempt to violate Israel's naval blockade of the Hamas-held Gaza Strip. They hoped to provoke Israel into a military respo ......

7/5/2011

Boat People

Some questions for the "activists" aboard the Gaza flotilla. The tale of the Gaza "flotilla" seems set to become a regular summer feature, bobbing along happily on the inside pages with an occasional update. A nice sidebar f ......

7/5/2011

“Just Peace” Middle East Ads Mean "Just No Israel"

Americans are generally very favorably disposed to Israel, so you’ll run into very few billboards or ad campaigns promoting its destruction. Anti-Israel groups are usually clever enough to cloak their true intentions in lofty ideals such as peace an ......

7/5/2011

The Face of Israel

The billboard on the northwest corner of 10th Avenue and 35th Street in Manhattan, New York. When the thousands of delegates, journalists and observers drive to the United Nations this September for the General Assembly, I’d like to suggest that o ......

7/4/2011

StandWithUs Commends Greece & International Community for Stopping Flotilla 2

International Leaders Uphold International Law and Legitimacy of Israel's Positions. StandWithUs commends Greece and the international community for effectively discrediting and disabling Flotilla 2. Flotilla organizers had planned to launch te ......

7/3/2011

Hamas Says: Let Gaza Flotilla Sail

The Hamas government in the Gaza Strip on Sunday called on Greece to allow a flotilla of aid ships to set sail for the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian territory....

7/2/2011

Greece Arrests Gaza-Bound Captain

Greek authorities have arrested the captain of a boat that is part of a Gaza-bound flotilla trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory, officials said Saturday....

7/2/2011

Hamas leader is brain behind Dutch flotilla

'De Telegraaf' report says Amin Abu Rashid was spotted training with Gaza-bound crew in Greece; Edelstein: Participation shows intent to provoke. Hamas leader from Holland Amin Abu Rashid has been seen in recent days training with a Gaza-bound ......

7/1/2011

Gaza-Bound Boats Barred from Leaving Greek Ports

American protesters on a boat bound for the Gaza Strip were escorted back to shore Friday, as Greece announced it was banning vessels heading to Gaza from leaving Greek ports....

6/30/2011

US GOVT IS ESTABLISHING DANGEROUS TIES WITH THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

StandWithUs deeply disturbed that U.S. establishing relations with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood appears moderate but advocates theocracy and intolerant agenda....

6/30/2011

The International Community Upholds Israel’s Right to Stop the Flotilla and Flytilla

International leaders confirm the legality and necessity of Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza...

6/29/2011

Jerusalem Post Recognizes StandWithUs Flotilla Facts

International Israel advocacy group Stand With Us has launched a new website in the run up to this year's flotilla to Gaza. Flotillafacts.com details basic information on the upcoming flotilla's members, funding and aims, as well as informationa ......

6/28/2011

SWU Denounces the 2011 Flotilla to Gaza as a Hypocritical & Dangerous Publicity Stunt

Thirty-four Americans and four crew members are set to sail on the American-flagged ship The Audacity of Hope. The ship is part of the “Freedom Flotilla II,” an international flotilla organized to violate Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, all ......

6/27/2011

New! 10 Quick Flotilla Facts

Flotilla Violates International Law, Supports Terrorism, and Tries to Provoke Violent Confrontation...

6/27/2011

Scottish government disavows local boycott of Israel

The Scottish government has disavowed a boycott of Israel by the Dunbartonshire local council, which has led to a boycott of Scotch Whiskey by many Jews....

6/26/2011

New! Flotilla Facts From StandWithUs

Flotilla Violates International Law, Intends To Provoke Violent Confrontation...

6/26/2011

FLOTILLA: U.S. State Department Press Statement, June 24, 2011

Last month marked the one-year anniversary of the confrontation between Israeli forces and activists when a flotilla attempted to break Israelï¿½s maritime blockade of Gaza on May 31, 2010. The United States deeply regrets the tragic loss of life and ......

6/24/2011

Gilad Shalit - 5 Years in Terrorist Captivity

On June 25, 2006 then Israeli Defense Force Corporal Gilad Shalit was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from within Israeli territory and taken to the Gaza Strip. The kidnapping was part of an unprovoked attack which involved seven armed terrorists using ......

6/23/2011

THE STANDWITHUS FELLOWS PRESENT THEIR 2011 YEAR-END PROJECTS

PROJECTS CULMINATE YEAR-LONG TRAINING TO BECOME LIFELONG AMBASSADORS FOR ISRAEL...

6/23/2011

"Peace Takes Two" on Campus Campaign and Logo Competition

StandWithUs is proud to announce a BRAND NEW campaign on campus for the 2011-2012 academic year! Our new initiative is called “Peace Takes Two.”...

6/20/2011

Israel's Other Diplomatic Track: Learning About Israeli Nanotech

It's an action-packed schedule, says Hagai Karov of Stand With Us, which is an international organization dedicated to bringing peace to the Middle East by educating about Israel and the misinformation that often surrounds the Middle East conflict. “...

6/17/2011

The Future of European Jewry

Those who deny Jews or Israel their freedom will lose, or fail to gain, their own....

6/17/2011

Response to the West Dunbartonshire Council Boycott of Books published in Israel

CONGRATULATIONS to Rabbi Topp and his leadership for standing up to the West Dunbartonshire Council boycott of books published in Israel!...

6/17/2011

STANDWITHUS LAUNCHES PRO-ISRAEL ADS IN CHICAGO TRAIN STATIONS

JUNE 20- JULY 20 TO COUNTER ANTI-ISRAEL POSTERS ...

6/17/2011

"Nano IS Green" Conference at Bar-Ilan Starting Sunday

Reported: 14:37 PM - Jun/17/11...

6/17/2011

Yale Shuts Down Study of Anti-Semitism

At a time of increasing—and increasingly complex—anti-Semitism throughout the world, Yale University has decided to shut down the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism, YIISA. Founded in 2006, YIISA is headed by a distingu ......

6/10/2011

Reclaiming a Historical Truth

The deliberate depopulation of Arab villages was a hallmark of the Arab campaign. In December 1947, villagers in the Tul Karm sub-district were ordered out by local leaders....

6/9/2011

YALE, JEWS AND DOUBLE-STANDARDS

Column One: Last week Yale University announced its decision to close down its institute for the study of anti-Semitism....

6/7/2011

StandWithUs CEO, Roz Rothstein Named One of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World

LAST SHAVUOT, The Jerusalem Post published its first-ever list of the 50 most influential Jews in the world, from all walks of life. We wrote then that the candidates were chosen from all walks of life “for their ability to fashion the face of the fu ......

6/3/2011

STANDWITHUS SUPPORTS ISRAEL’S INALIENABLE RIGHT TO DEFEND ITS BORDERS

Anti-Israel groups have launched a campaign to invade Israel’s southern, northern, and eastern borders on June 5th. The idea that foreigners would attempt to breach another country’s borders by air, land or sea, is an outrage....

6/2/2011

CNN POLL Americans side with Israelis over Palestinians

Americans side with Israelis over Palestinians – Continuing a long-term trend, Americans sympathize more with Israelis than Palestinians by a 67 to 16 percent margin according to a CNN poll conducted in late May following Barack Obama’s May 19 speec ......

5/31/2011

Is J Street in the tent, or out?

On May 3, Daniel Gordis addressed J Street Leadership Mission to Israel and Palestine. The following column is based on his remarks that day....

5/25/2011

Speech and Video by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the US Congress

I am deeply honored by your warm welcome. And I am deeply honored that you have given me the opportunity to address Congress a second time. Mr. Vice President, do you remember the time we were the new kids in town? ...

5/24/2011

Scotland: Glasgow Districts Boycott Israeli Books

Several districts in southwest Scotland expands boycott on Israeli products, bar stores from carrying English translations of Israeli books. 'A place that boycotts books isn't far from a place that burns them,' says Ambassador Ron Prosor...

5/24/2011

StandWithUs Urges CUNY to Reconsider Award to Kushner

StandWithUs Urges CUNY to Reconsider Award to Kushner; Applauds CUNY Trustee’s Principled Stand Against Anti-Israel Extremism on Campus...

5/22/2011

What’s wrong with President Obama’s call for the 1967 lines to be the starting point

StandWithUs FACTS YOU CAN USE: 1) Indefensible borders. The pre-’67 lines (“Green Line”), jeopardize Israel’s security because they do not provide Israel with the strategic depth needed for self-defense. At its narrowest point, the Green Line is ......

5/21/2011

An Open Letter to the Toronto community from a Gay Israeli

As a gay Israeli, I am appalled by the efforts of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid [QuAIA] to hijack Pride Toronto’s annual celebration for their anti-Israel political agenda. Their false accusation of 'Apartheid'is used to incite prejudice and ha ......

5/20/2011

March With Us in the Celebrate Israel Parade - June 5

Join StandWithUs and march in the Celebrate Israel Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City....

5/20/2011

StandWithUs Statement Regarding President Obama's Speech on May 19th

We were surprised and disappointed that President Obama has become the first President to define the 1967 borders as a point for negotiations. This approach ignores previous UN Security Council resolutions 242 and 338, the consensus of military expe ......

5/19/2011

StandWithUs UK condemns anti-Israel NUS and ULU motions; Urges Fair-minded People to

StandWithUs UK condemns anti-Israel NUS and ULU motions; Urges Fair-minded People to Write Universities to Protest Motions are anti-peace, divisive, and will foment more extremism on UK campuses...

5/18/2011

The Democratic Senators Who Signed the P.A. Aid Letter

We reported over the weekend that half the Democratic caucus signed a letter urging President Obama to cut off assistance to the Palestinian Authority in the wake of its reconciliation with Hamas unles Hamas swears of terrorism and recognizes Israel. ...

5/16/2011

Here We Go Again—UC Irvine's Annual Propaganda Parade

Here we go again. It’s spring, and for the Muslim Student Union (MSU) at UC Irvine (UCI), spring means it’s time for the MSU’s annual weeklong propaganda parade of hate programs against Israel and calls for punishing it with boycotts and divestment. ......

5/13/2011

StandWithUs Opens 14th Worldwide Chapter

StandWithUs, the leading Israel advocacy and education organization worldwide, has chosen to make the San Diego Israel Coalition (SDIC) its 14th chapter....

5/10/2011

From Chomsky to Bin Laden

The professor dons the militant's cap: It fits....

5/10/2011

Poll: East J'lem Residents Prefer Israeli Citizenship

Survey held ahead of PA's bid for statehood finds 35% of east Jerusalemites would opt to remain Israelis, 40% likely to move to Israel if their neighborhood became part of Palestine ...

5/9/2011

Booming at 63

For all that we are threatened in our narrow strip of land, we are also unprecedentedly strong....

5/9/2011

Congratulations Khaled Abu Toameh!

Hudson Institute, New York will present its inaugural Awardfor Courage in Journalism. The award, accompanied by $10,000, will be granted to Khaled Abu Toameh for his commitment to the cause of truth and for promoting reform and democracy and human ri ......

5/4/2011

Documentary Recalls the Horrors of Ma’alot School Massacre

Ma’alot-Tarshiha is a quiet Jewish-Arab city in the Galilee within walking distance of Israel’s border with Lebanon. But 37 years ago, it was the scene of a horrific attack by Palestinian terrorists who took more than 100 students hostage in a sc ......

5/3/2011

Film Commemorates Ma'alot Massacre

Director Brandon Assanti films his first major motion picture, “Their Eyes Were Dry,” in Israel. The film will be shown nationwide on May 9....

5/3/2011

Fatah Military Wing Calls Bin Laden killing "Catastrophe"

The military wing of Fatah, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, published a long statement in reaction to the killing of Osama bin Laden calling it a "catastrophe." They said that those who killed Bin Laden were "gangs of heretics."...

5/3/2011

Hamas Denounces Killing of Bin Laden

The prime minister of the Gaza Strip government calls the Al Qaeda terrorist leader a "holy warrior."...

5/3/2011

J'lem Imam: Obama Will Soon Hang

Al-Aqsa Mosque imam vows to avenge killing of Osama bin Laden in Youtube video. 'Dogs should not rejoice too much for killing lions'...

5/2/2011

MOWBRAY: Caution sign for Palestinian pact

Fatah linkup with terror-prone Hamas could end U.S. funds...

5/2/2011

USC conference: A pseudo-academic Israel bash

An April 23rd conference organized by the University of Southern California’s [USC] Peace and Conflict Studies Program started out reasonably enough. Entitled “The Shamrock and the Olive Tree: From Belfast to Bethlehem,” the conference’s goal was to ......

4/27/2011

The Goldstone Reconsideration and Israel’s Vindication

Judge Richard Goldstone deserves credit for his recent op-ed piece in the Washington Post entitled “Reconsidering the Goldstone Report on Israel and War Crimes.” Although I was, and remain, among the staunchest critics of the flawed report on the Gaz ......

4/22/2011

Australian Town Council Rescinds Support For BDS

The country's sole municipality to endorse the boycott movement withdraws their support citing cost issues....

4/21/2011

Red Cross: There is No Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

Deputy ICRC head in Strip notes Gazan supermarkets have food, slams Hamas rocket fire, but says Israel should let more materials in....

4/18/2011

Hamas: Body of Kidnapped Activist Found

Body of International Solidarity Movement member kidnapped in Strip said to be found in Gaza City, mere hours after news of abduction break. Hamas police arrest two suspects...

4/18/2011

“Third Palestinian Intifada” Moves to Walls of Pro-Israel Groups

In a tactical shift that probably could have been anticipated, supporters of a Facebook-based effort urging Palestinians to start an armed uprising against Israel have taken the fight directly to their opponents—the Facebook pages of pro-Israel groups. ...

4/18/2011

2 Palestinian Teens Held in Killing of Israeli Family

Israeli officials announced on Sunday the arrest of two Palestinian teenagers from this village in the northern West Bank who they said were responsible for the killing of five members of the Fogel family in the neighboring Jewish settlement of Itama ......

4/18/2011

Jerusalem: Challenge What You Know

Go behind the headlines of the most talked about city in the world. See the most controversial sites in the Holy City. Visit Arab and Jewish communities. Take a tour of Eastern Jerusalem....

4/18/2011

StandWithUs Proud Sponsor of "Their Eyes Were Dry" Documentary

StandWithUs is proud to co-sponsor a screening of the compelling documentary, “Their Eyes Were Dry” as part of a special May 9th event in 250 theaters around the country. The film details the heart-wrenching story of the 1974 Ma’alot Massacre in Isr ......

4/14/2011

StandWithUs Delivers Your Letters to the Fogel Family

Last month, Ruth Fogel, 35, and Udi Fogel, 36, together with three of their children, were murdered by terrorists as they slept in their home on Shabbat. ...

4/14/2011

No Sour Grapes for Golan Winery

Israeli wine-maker takes top prize at Italy's leading international wine competition, beating more than 3,500 wineries from over 30 countries ...

4/14/2011

'Israel Absent or Only Negative Presence in PA Textbooks'

In examples, Jews demonized, martydom praised, Jewish Quarter removed from Old City map, Hebrew erased from Mandate-era stamp....

4/14/2011

Israeli Officer Tells Students: "Experience Israel!"

Assaf Nisanboym, 26, an Israeli Naval Reserve officer who works out of Seattle while completing a six month internship for the State of Israel. He is a StandWithUs Israeli Fellow. StandWithUs is an international organization that works to bring peace ......

4/11/2011

Black Student Group Slams ‘Apartheid’ Abuse

An African-American student group took out ads in college newspapers blasting Israel Apartheid Week organizers for abusing the term. ...

4/8/2011

StandWithUs Launches Letter Writing Campaign for UN to Officially Repudiate Goldstone

StandWithUs is launching a writing campaign to pressure the UN and American and international leaders to officially rescind the notorious 2009 UN Goldstone Report. (www.standwithus.com/app/iNews/view_n.asp?ID=1835 for sample letters and contact infor ......

4/7/2011

Urgent Action Alert: Tell UN and World Leaders: Officially Repudiate Goldstone Report

In a stunning about-face on April 1, Judge Richard Goldstone confessed that the damning accusations against Israel in his notorious 2009 UN Goldstone Report were false. The Goldstone Report has been used as a lethal weapon in the propaganda war a ......

4/7/2011

Teen Critically Injured in Attack on Negev Bus

Initial report suggests anti-tank fired from Gaza Strip hit bus driving near Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council; 16-year-old boy critically injured, another man sustains leg wounds. IDF bombs target in Gaza, killing one, according to Palestinians...

4/6/2011

An Early Kol Nidre for Goldstone

You really screwed up. You screwed up so badly that Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic says you contributed, more than any other individual, to the delegitimization and demonization of the Jewish state. ...

4/5/2011

Reconsidering the Goldstone Report on Israel and War Crimes

We know a lot more today about what happened in the Gaza war of 2008-09 than we did when I chaired the fact-finding mission appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council that produced what has come to be known as the Goldstone Report. If I had known the ......

4/5/2011

Former Israeli Diplomat Speaks at BJCC

StandWithUs Colorado brought Guest Speaker Shahar Azani , Director of External Affairs at the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization (IDFWO) in Israel, former Consul for Culture, Media and Public Affairs at the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles and the F ......

4/4/2011

Israel Solidifies Standing as Patent Power

New World Intellectual Property Organization data says Israel fourth most prolific inventions hub...

4/4/2011

Jewish Teens Learn to Advocate for Israel

The Jewish Federation of Greater Houston’s Bureau of Jewish Education and StandWithUs hosted an Israel advocacy program on March 9-10 for about 200 students from several local religious schools. ...

4/2/2011

Goldstone: Israel didn't target civilians

Head of UN probe into alleged war crimes carried out by Israel, Hamas during 2008 Gaza conflict laments his criticism of Israel in article published by Washington Post; claims Goldstone Report would have been a different document 'if I had known the ......

3/31/2011

An Open Letter to Dean Groves

I really should be working on my thesis at the moment, but I am absolutely furious as a result of two cowards who just perpetrated what is the second unmistakably anti-Semitic affront against me in 24 hours....

3/31/2011

Buy Israeli Goods Day Set for March 30

StandWithUs is urging schools, campuses, synagogues, community organizations and individuals to celebrate Israel by designating March 30 as the day to buy Israeli goods at local stores....

3/30/2011

Jerusalem Post on BUY ISRAELI GOODS day, March 30, 2011

StandWithUs encourages people to buy Israeli products sold at stores to counter global boycott efforts by the BDS movement....

3/29/2011

Norway to Jews: You're Not Welcome Here

Anti-Semitism doesn't even mask itself as anti-Zionism....

3/29/2011

Facebook Page Supporting Palestinian Intifada Pulled Down

A controversial Facebook page calling for another Palestinian intifada appears to have been pulled off the social media website, following complaints from the Israeli government that it incited violence against Jews. ...

3/29/2011

Action Alert: Please report new Intifada pages!

The pro-Israel activists deserve much credit. After an intense campaign Facebook administrators shut down the inciting Facebook page calling for a 3rd Intifada. ...

3/28/2011

StandWithUs Outraged at U of Johannesburg's Boycott of Ben-Gurion University

StandWithUs is outraged by the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Senate vote on March 24, 2011, to break all ties with Ben-Gurion University (BGU). The resolution is based on lies, ignorance, and bigotry. Given South Africa's history of apartheid, it ......

3/24/2011

Making a Stand For Israel on UK Campuses

An international Israel advocacy organisation which arms students with material and information to help them stand up against anti-Israel speakers is expanding in the UK. ...

3/24/2011

StandWithUs Combats ‘Skewed’ Information on Israel

Once upon a time, Roz Rothstein made a living as a family therapist. Today, she is more of a SWAT commando. ...

3/23/2011

‘BIG Day’ to Buy Israeli Products Set for March 30

A Los Angeles-based organization is calling on supporters of the State of Israel to head out to their local malls and grocery stores on March 30 and go shopping....

3/23/2011

StandWithUs Mourns New Israeli Death and Injuries From Palestinian Terrorism

Our hearts go out to the latest Israeli victims of Palestinian terrorism. Today, March 23, one person was killed in a shrapnel-laden bomb explosion at Jerusalem’s Central Bus Station. 38 people were wounded, three seriously, according to recent upda ......

3/22/2011

StandWithUs Condemns Anti-Jewish Hate Speech and Violent Attack at School

StandWithUs Condemns Anti-Jewish Hate Speech and Violent Attack at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London...

3/21/2011

Hamas Attacks Aimed as Diversion From Internal Issues

Analysis: Mortar attacks are aimed at dragging Israel into a military offensive that is needed by Hamas to rally the Palestinian public behind it. ...

3/21/2011

'I Felt Like a Jew in Nazi Germany': SOAS Israel Supporter

A pro-Israel protester has been taken to hospital after being bitten on the cheek outside SOAS, the School of Oriental and African Studies, today. Police arrested two men on suspicion of affray. They have been bailed without charges for dates in Apri ......

3/21/2011

State Dept. Condemns Naming of Square For Palestinian Terrorist

The U.S. State Department issued an explicit condemnation of the naming of a square in a West Bank town for a Palestinian terrorist. ...

3/21/2011

Israel Sends Doctors, Portable Restrooms to Japan

Two doctors and a Japanese-speaking IDF liaison officer arrived in Japan Sunday to survey the needs and see what Israel can contribute, Foreign Ministry officials said. ...

3/18/2011

Local Organizations Promote Israeli Goods to Counter Boycott

In the face of an international campaign designating March 30 as a day to boycott Israeli products, national and local Jewish organizations are organizing supporters to fight back with their wallets. ...

3/18/2011

Ashley Faintuch Sets Up Pro-Israel Table to Counter Israel Apartheid Week on Campus

Faintuch is Western Canada Campus Coordinator for Hasbara Fellowships and ‘Stand With Us' Emerson Fellow at U of W...

3/18/2011

Israeli Flight Attendants Turn Diplomats

A new joint initiative between the Foreign Ministry and El Al will place flight attendants at the forefront of Israeli diplomacy. They flight attendants will undertake PR assignments which will, among other places, include university campuses around ......

3/18/2011

Fogel Family Memorial Video

Please watch and share....

3/17/2011

IDF, Settlers Save Arab Baby

Saving life after massacre: IDF troops, paramedics save life of Palestinian woman giving birth in settlement where Fogel relatives sitting Shiva. Soldier: It felt amazing to hold girl in my arms, know we did something good...

3/16/2011

The Other Tsunami

It is very difficult to hate babies. It takes a special person. As morally wrong as it is to murder innocent adults, mankind seems to have a built-in revulsion against killing babies. If a baby does not evoke any tenderness, if a baby is ......

3/16/2011

Do Not Divest From Israel

The comparisons to South Africa are offensive, repugnant and detrimental to peace...

3/16/2011

Petition - Stop The PA and HAMAS Hate Training Now!

The horrific murder of the Fogel family did not happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas have saturated Palestinian society with state-sponsored genocidal propaganda. That`s why Palestinians passed out candy and danced in the stre ......

3/14/2011

PA TV Glorified Terrorist Who Killed 3 in 2002 Terror Attack in the Town of Itamar

A Palestinian Authority video TV tribute to "Martyrs" three weeks ago included the terrorist who killed three Israelis in a 2002 terror attack in the West Bank town of Itamar. Itamar was the scene of Friday's terror attack, in which Ruth a ......

3/13/2011

StandWithUs Horrified, Grief-Stricken Over Barbaric Murder of Fogel Family

StandWithUs is horrified and grief-stricken by the savage murder of five members of the Fogel family. Palestinian terrorists slipped into the house while the family slept, stabbed the parents, slashed the throat of 11-year-old Yoav, knifed 3-year-ol ......

3/11/2011

Where Is The Outcry Against Arab Apartheid?

Mohammed Nabil Taha, an 11-year-old Palestinian boy, died this week at the entrance to a Lebanese hospital after doctors refused to help him because his family could not afford to pay for medical treatment. ...

3/11/2011

Minister Kenney Issues Statement on 'Israeli Apartheid Week'

The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, issued the following statement: ...

3/10/2011

Oscar-Winning Documentary Prompts SWU LA Times Ad Celebrating Israel as a Model

Inspired by the Oscar-winning short documentary “Strangers No More,” StandWithUs will run a Los Angeles Times ad on March 10 congratulating Israel as a beacon of hope and refuge in a troubled region. The ad calls on the international community to pre ......

3/10/2011

Shoppers Urged to Beat Israel Boycotters

The UK chairman of Stand With Us has called for British supporters of Israel to take part in Buy Israeli Goods Day on March 30, to combat a day of action called internationally by anti-Israeli boycotters. ...

3/10/2011

StandWithUs Opposes Divestment at University of Colorado Boulder

The divestment campaign hit the University of Colorado Boulder on February 22, 2011, but StandWithUs-Colorado Director Yona Eshkanazi and other Israel supporters mobilized to defeat it. Eshkanazi spoke to the university’s regents and, in the two minut ......

3/10/2011

Why the Jews?

Anti-Semitism never went away -- it just went underground....

3/9/2011

The Sinister One-Two Punch: Creating Hatred Again

The boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against the state of Israel is nothing new. ...

3/4/2011

StandWithUs Readies Pro-Israel Campus Counter-Offensive

“Israel Apartheid Week” (IAW) campaigners will be in for a surprise when they mount their seventh annual hate fest this spring. Pro-Israel students on campuses are ready for them. Over the past year, StandWithUs campus coordinators have worked clo ......

3/3/2011

Avi Schaefer and Israel on Campus

These remarks were delivered at The Avi Symposium: Reimagining Israel on the North American College Campus held March 1, 2011 in Jerusalem....

3/3/2011

StandWithUs Discusses Israel Apartheid Weeks on IBA TV

StandWithUs helps students fight against Israel Apartheid week. ...

3/2/2011

Center Field: Shabbat + Humous = A New Zionist Vision

Schaefer was a Brown University student from S. California who survived 3 years in an IDF combat unit only to be killed by a drunk driver....

3/2/2011

A Message From Larry Phillips, Councilmember, Regarding the Seattle Bus Ads

Thank you for contacting me last December with your concerns about planned Metro bus ads that were critical of U.S. aid to Israel. As you know, I share your very serious concerns with this proposed advertising and supported the Executive's decision ......

3/1/2011

Friends, Foes Set For Showdown at Israeli Apartheid Week

Series of events equating treatment of Palestinians with Apartheid South Africa set to begin on university campuses around the world....

2/25/2011

Pro-Israel Groups Protest Upcoming Boycott Israel Day

Pro-Israel groups are urging supporters to buy Israeli goods on March 30 to counter a global anti-Israel boycott called for that day. ...

2/25/2011

StandWithUs Shifts into High Gear to Help Students Counter “Israel Apartheid Weeks”

"Israel Apartheid Week" (IAW) campaigners will be in for a surprise when they mount their seventh annual hate fest this spring. Pro-Israel students on campuses are ready for them. ...

2/21/2011

Guest Commentary: Why We Should Worry About Egypt

I rejoice with the Egyptian crowds in Tahrir Square, Alexandria and every corner of this massive country in their struggle for freedom — yet I can't help equating this upheaval with fireworks gone awry. ...

2/21/2011

A Letter From Senator Darrell Steinberg

I am heartsick and saddened in the wake of Wednesday’s forum, “Never Again for Anyone” by the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network held at Sacramento’s SALAM Center. Despite a flurry of letters from Sacramento’s Jewish leaders urging the mosque ......

2/18/2011

Opinion: America: Align yourself with your strategic allies

America is confronting significant challenges and turmoil at home and abroad, including severe partisan tensions domestically, collapsed governments and regime changes in the Middle East, the existential threat of a nuclear Iran, and uncertainty abou ......

2/18/2011

Denounce the Dangerous Lies and Hatemongering of ''Never Again for Anyone'' Tour

A Call to Los Angeles Leaders and Community Members Denounce the Dangerous Lies and Hatemongering of "Never Again for Anyone" Tour...

2/17/2011

We Need You to Help With BIG (Buy Israeli Goods) Day: March 30

StandWithUs has been advised that March 30th has been designated as a Global BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) Day of action by the boycott movement against Israel. We have received a memorandum that says the following: "The BDS National C ......

2/15/2011

Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood

It's what the good people on West 40th Street like to call a "Times Classic." On Feb. 16, 1979, the New York Times ran a lengthy op-ed by Richard Falk, a professor of international law at Princeton, under the headline "Trusting Khomei ......

2/14/2011

Israel Advocacy Training Institute: Shaping the Debate

StandWithUs is a proud co-sponsor of this event....

2/10/2011

Once Again at Depaul Latest Student Israel-Bashing and Denial Program

The slogan was "Never Again" but at DePaul University it was "Once Again", as the campus was the venue of renewed Israel-bashing. ...

2/9/2011

Decent People Everywhere Should Denounce the Hateful “Never Again For Anyone” Tour

Anti-Israel campaigners have sunk to new depths with their “Never Again for Anyone” tour. It shamelessly perverts the post-Holocaust motto “Never Again” and showcases elderly Holocaust survivor Hajo Meyer in order to demonize and dehumanize Israel an ......

2/9/2011

StandWithUs Launches Campus Tour of Documentary “U.N. Me” With Film Director

StandWithUs has launched a nationwide campus tour of the award-winning documentary U.N. Me, which investigates whether the UN has lived up to its founding ideals. Director Ami Horowitz will speak at each showing to explain the background behind the f ......

2/7/2011

United Israel Appeal Women's Divison Opening Breakfast March 2, 2011

Join the StandWithUs diaspora education manager, Michelle Rojas-Tal and Shlomit Bicha on March 2, 2011....

2/7/2011

Honoring Israel’s Support of Haiti

Hunter College student Wesly Gagerie, who is also a native of Haiti, said he was deeply moved as he stood before a photograph of a 3-year-old Haitian earthquake victim whose broken bones had been mended by an Israeli doctor. ...

2/7/2011

Gaza 2011 - Your Next Travel Destination

Click here to watch the Gaza 2011 video... ...

2/7/2011

Israel in Focus, Johannesburg, South Afria

StandWithUs is a proud co-sponsor of this conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 12-13, 2011....

2/7/2011

New Website, New Video, New Flyer and New Poster!

Check out all of the newest additions to StandWithUs!...

2/7/2011

Get Ready For the Muslim Brotherhood

In 1985, as a teenager in Kenya, I was an adamant member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Seventeen years later, in 2002, I took part in a political campaign to win votes for the conservative party in the Netherlands. Those two experiences gave me some ins ......

2/4/2011

Class Action Suit Filed Against Jimmy Carter for Deliberate Misrepresentation

Perhaps no individual more than former American President Jimmy Carter has sought every possible opportunity to defame the Jewish State and endeavored to challenge its right to exist. Accordingly, an historic class action suit has been filed against ......

2/4/2011

BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Has Approved New StandWithUs Poster For Six Locations

BART has approved a new StandWithUs ad to replace the poster they had originally approved, which was taken down last week in response to a few complaints from people who did not want to see the photo of the Palestinian terrorist that was shown as pa ......

2/4/2011

StandWithUs Seeks Rutgers Investigation of Anti-Israel Program That Barred Jews

“We deplore the blatant anti-Jewish discrimination that occurred at the anti-Zionist event ‘Never Again for Anyone’ on the Rutgers University campus on Saturday night, January 30,” said StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein. ...

2/4/2011

Muslim Brotherhood Fact Sheet

The Brotherhood’s goal is to turn the world into an Islamist empire. The Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, is a revolutionary fundamentalist movement to restore the caliphate and strict shariah (Islamist) law in Muslim lands and, ultimate ......

2/3/2011

New! Material for the Never Again for Anyone Tour

StandWithUs has produced a flyer for the Never Again for Anyone tour....

2/3/2011

Excerpt of PM Netanyahu's Speech About Egypt

Yesterday was a dramatic day in our region. Millions of people poured into the streets of Egypt. President Mubarak, who has ruled Egypt for 30 years, announced that he will not run in the next Presidential elections, and will work to introduce govern ......

2/2/2011

Marwan Barghouti on Israel: The Worst and Most Abominable Enemy Known to Humanity

Marwan Barghouti is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison for orchestrating suicide terror attacks against Israeli civilians. After he was convicted and imprisoned, he was re-elected member of the Palestinian Authority parliament. When he ......

2/2/2011

How the Hard Left, By Focusing Only on Israel, Encouraged Arab Despotism

Now the hard left is finally talking about torture and other undemocratic abuses in Egypt and Jordan, as well as the despotism of virtually all Arab regimes. Do you recall any campus protests against Egypt or Mubarak?...

2/2/2011

IDF Soldiers Visit Campuses

What can you learn by hearing Israeli soldiers talk about their military service? ...

2/2/2011

Live in the Hood: Israel Never Looked So Good

They all warned us. The geniuses at Peace Now. The brilliant diplomats. The think tanks. Even the Arab dictators warned us. For decades now, they have been warning us that if you want “peace in the Middle East,” just fix the Palestinian problem. A re ......

2/2/2011

Marwan Barghouti on Israel: The Worst and Most Abominable Enemy Known to Humanity

Marwan Barghouti is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison for orchestrating suicide terror attacks against Israeli civilians. After he was convicted and imprisoned, he was re-elected member of the Palestinian Authority parliament. When he ......

2/1/2011

A Petition To Endorse The Statement of 41 Nobel Laureates

A Petition To Endorse The Statement of 41 Nobel Laureates on the Issue of Academic Boycotts Divestments and Sanctions ...

2/1/2011

ADL, StandWithUs Seek Prompt U.S. Veto Declaration

The Anti-Defamation League has called on the U.S. government to “unambiguously declare” that it would veto a United Nations Security Council Resolution on the issue of settlements if it is presented to the council for a vote. ...

1/31/2011

StandWithUs' First Shaliach: Traveling the Northwest to Teach About Israel

One thing has followed Assaf Nisenboym his entire life: The sound of sirens. These sirens come not from fire engines or police cars, but from air raids. According to Nisenboym, when you hear those sirens, “you know that missiles are heading your way.” ...

1/30/2011

StandWithUs Deplores Anti-Jewish Discrimination at Rutgers “Never Again for Anyone”

“We deplore the blatant anti-Jewish discrimination that occurred at Rutgers University’s anti-Zionist event ‘Never Again for Anyone’ on Saturday night, January 30,” said StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein. “Apparently the organizers are afraid of anyone ......

1/28/2011

Pro-Israel Jews and Christians Came Together in Seattle

At the end of December, many pro-Israel Jews and Christians felt their successful joint campaign to keep anti-Israel ads off buses in Seattle was an example of cooperation that allowed the good guys to win. ...

1/27/2011

Jewish Lawmaker Slams J Street for Position on Anti-Israel U.N. Resolution

A liberal Jewish congressman tore into the liberal Jewish lobbying firm J Street this week, saying the organization's "brains have fallen out" after it urged the Obama administration not to veto a proposed U.N. resolution condemning Israel ......

1/26/2011

Action: Urge the U.S. to Veto U.N. Resolution

URGE U.S. TO VETO UN RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS PA’S EFFORT TO BYPASS NEGOTIATIONS A CRUSHING BLOW TO HOPES FOR PEACE TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA, SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON, UN AMBASSADOR RICE, AND CONGRESS TO VETO THE ......

1/26/2011

The U.N. Gangs Up on Israel—Again

Only a U.S. veto can prevent the adoption of a resolution that will make peace harder to achieve.....

1/21/2011

Say NO to the BDS Movement

Anti-Israel activists are now putting all their energy into their Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign (BDS). Their goal is to portray Israel and Israelis as pariahs that should be excluded from all international spheres—diplomatic, political, ......

1/19/2011

Politicians Buy Shoes Made in Israel to Support Owner of Boycotted Store

A Montreal-based human-rights group has held regular pickets outside Le Marcheur since last fall because it sells BeautiFeel brand shoes, which are made in Israel. Politicians converged on the Montreal store on Saturday to show support for its owner ......

1/19/2011

A Response from the Office of Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu

I wanted to bring to your attention a recent article in Time entitled "Israel's Rightward Lurch Scares Some Conservatives." I hope that you will agree that the article's obvious bias and numerous distortions are not worthy of the standard ......

1/19/2011

StandWithUs Creates Zionist Superhero

It’s still unclear if he is faster than a speeding TA cab driver, more powerful than a Merkava tank, or able to leap the Azrieli towers in a single bound....

1/18/2011

Israeli Test on Worm Called Crucial in Iran Nuclear Delay

The Dimona complex in the Negev desert is famous as the heavily guarded heart of Israel's never-acknowledged nuclear arms program, where neat rows of factories make atomic fuel for the arsenal. ...

1/18/2011

Urgent Action Alert—Sign Petition From South Africans

REMOVE ANTI-ISRAEL/ANTI-JEWISH BISHOP TUTU, RICHARD GOLDSTONE, AND KADER ASMAL FROM BOARDS OF SOUTH AFRICA HOLOCAUST CENTERS ...

1/14/2011

False Rumor About Ahava Boycott

Some of you may have heard rumors that Canadian department story The Bay agreed to boycott Ahava products. This story is false. Based on sales, The Bay decided to stop carrying Ahava. The decision was not political. To read about this in JTA cli ......

1/13/2011

Hezbollah and Its Allies Topple Lebanon Government

Lebanon's government collapsed Wednesday after Hezbollah and its allies resigned from the Cabinet in a dispute with Western-backed factions over upcoming indictments in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. ...

1/13/2011

Unilateral Palestinian Demand for Recognition of Statehood Violates Past Agreements

In the fall of 2010, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas refused to resume direct peace negotiations with Israel. Instead, he is actively trying to abandon negotiations altogether. He has asked the international community to immediately recognize an ......

1/12/2011

IDF Kills Senior Islamic Jihad Operative in Gaza

Palestinians report at least three people killed in Israel Air Force strike on vehicle carrying al-Quds Brigades members; among those killed was Omar el-Khatib, who was behind attack on Kissufim crossing and capture of Palestinian collaborator...

1/12/2011

'StandWithUs' Stands Up To Anti-Israel Protests in NYC

New York State Assemblyman David Weprin addressed the pro-Israel StandWithUs, contingent facing off anti-Israel demonstrators in New York City on Sunday by asking some simple questions. "What if rockets were fired at New York? What would the rea ......

1/12/2011

Mazal Tov to the San Diego Israel Coalition

Mazal Tov to the San Diego Israel Coalition for organizing an amazing counter rally against the anti-Israel "Gaza Massacre" gathering this past Sunday January 9, 2011 at Balboa park, commemorating the second anniversary of Operation Cast Le ......

1/12/2011

StandWithUs Launches Billboard Campaign on Bay Area Rapid Transit

In keeping with its commitment to educate the public and to counter anti-Israel messages, StandWithUs has launched an ad campaign in Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) stations January 17 and running for a month. The ad’s theme is “Say Yes to Peace,” and ......

1/11/2011

URGENT BUYcott Israel Alert: Shop AHAVA at the Bay

The Bay department stores across Canada have been targeted by boycotters for carrying AHAVA Beauty Products from Israel. The store is under enormous pressure to drop the line. ...

1/7/2011

Rally This Sunday in NY and San Diego!

Counter Demonstrations In New York and San Diego This Sunday January 9 ...

1/6/2011

StandWithUs Launches Say Yes to Peace Ad Campaign in Bart Stations

In keeping with its commitment to educate the public and to counter anti-Israel messages, StandWithUs is launching an ad campaign in Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) stations January 17 and running for a month. The ad’s theme is “Say Yes to Peace,” and ......

1/6/2011

Why Are You Protesting Against Israel?

Watch this great new video! Does protesting against Israel make sense? ...

1/6/2011

Seattle Bus Ad Decrying ‘Israeli War Crimes’ Rejected

Jewish community relations organizations in New Jersey took part in a successful national campaign protesting a series of pro-Palestinian ads set to run on public buses in Seattle. ...

1/6/2011

The Hard Conversations Not Taking Place About Israel

Noah Milstein enrolled at The Evergreen State College to learn about Paleolithic culture and technology. He sought out Evergreen because its flexible academic structure would allow him to create his own program of study. What he got instead was an ed ......

1/6/2011

Evergreen and Israel: Seeking solutions

At The Evergreen State College, up is down and Israel is Palestine. Supporters of Israel, a small minority on campus, are tasked with challenging the nature of a discourse they find one-sided and discomforting. To do so, they must engage a student bo ......

1/6/2011

StandWithUs BART Ads to Take Aim at ‘Palestinian Terrorism’

The pro-Israel national organization StandWithUs announced Jan. 6 that it is launching a new ad campaign, placing posters in six BART stations. ...

1/6/2011

ISM Training Sessions at Bard College. StandWithUs Sends Open Letter of Concern.

Dear President Botstein, We know that you have received many letters of concern about Bard hosting International Solidarity Movement (ISM) training sessions with ISM co-founder and leader Huwaida Arraf and about Bard even allowing an ISM cha ......

1/6/2011

StandWithUs Commends the Pro-Israel Students at UC Riverside

StandWithUs congratulates the students at UC Riverside who stood up for Israel this week (January 3, 4, 5) when the SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) brought lies and misinformation to that campus. As of January 3 there is now a brand new pro-I ......

1/5/2011

Why Isn't Obama Pressuring the Palestinians?

Mahmoud Abbas says he won't negotiate with Israel. Why is Obama letting him get away with it?...

1/4/2011

Is Anti-Israel Bigotry Coming to Claremont McKenna?

STANDWITHUS GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT SCHOOL’S NEW MIDDLE EAST STUDIES PROGRAM ...

12/29/2010

Iran Slashes Subsidies for Bread and Fuel

Homophobe Ahmadinejad's economic woes are the result of sanctions placed upon Iran as a result of his refusal to give up on his nuclear bomb program....

12/28/2010

Israel IQ at UCLA

Click here or on the link below to see what the Israel IQ is at UCLA! ...

12/28/2010

A Jaded Yule Wish

In this Christmas season, you would think a North American group supporting Palestinian Christians would work towrd good will and cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis....

12/27/2010

Seattle Anti-Israel Ad Campaign Rejected!!

The anti-Israel "Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign" group's bus billboard ad campaign shown below on Seattle buses, that was supposed to begin next Monday, December 27, was rejected on Thursday. ...

12/26/2010

PA teachers were "the main agitators for the Intifada"

PA teachers were "the main agitators for the Intifada" - They must be honored, says PA TV...

12/23/2010

Israel Wants Peace

Three talking points that highlight Israel's commitment to peace and shared Western values....

12/23/2010

Hamas in Their Own Words

Palestine is Islamic, and not an Islamic emirate, from the river to the sea, that unites the Palestinians....

12/23/2010

Hamas Fact Sheet

Since its founding in 1987 in Gaza by Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, Hamas - an Arabic acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement meaning "zeal" - has been committed to destroying the Jewish state and replacing it with an Islamic state in all of Palestine....

12/23/2010

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Founded by George Habash in 1967, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine combines Marxist-Leninism and Palestinian nationalism....

12/23/2010

Hezbollah

Hezbollah (Arabic for “the Party of God”) is a Lebanese-based terrorist organization that seeks to establish an Islamic state encompassing both Lebanon and Israel....

12/23/2010

Palestinian Hate-Education Continues

"The Palestinian education and propaganda are more dangerous to Israel than Palestinian weapons". Ariel Sharon, November 18, 2004...

12/23/2010

The Palestinian Authority's Double Game: Preach Peace and Incite War

Itamar Marcus, founder and director of Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), spoke at Philadelphia's Union League last Tuesday, as a guest of the Middle East Forum/Bob Guzzardi Lecture Series....

12/23/2010

A suggestion to promote Middle East peace

Israel and the US should continually and relentlessly insist on the cessation of anti-Israel/anti-Jewish bigotry pouring out of [Palestinian National Authority] media, mosques, public discourse....

12/23/2010

Background Information on Terrorist Groups

Background Information on Terrorist Groups...

12/22/2010

PA depicts a world without Israel

The Palestinian Authority makes no attempt to educate its people towards peace and coexistence with Israel. On the contrary, from every possible platform it repeatedly rejects Israel's right to exist, presents the conflict as a religious battle for ......

12/21/2010

StandWithUs Has Been Working For 9 Years, See the Year in Review!

Speakers: We sent hundreds of speakers to campuses and communities around the world. Our speaker tours included our Israeli Soldiers Speak Out tour, which visited over 30 campuses in the spring and 40 campuses in the fall. ...

12/21/2010

Does Burston really think it’s legitimate to view BDS as Tikkun Olam?

(My apologies for taking so long to post this. I wanted feedback from friends on my treatment of Tikkun Olam which is not an area of any expertise for me. I wrote this during the Thanksgiving break, but only post it now. I do think, however, that the ......

12/16/2010

Ex-President For Sale

Carter is making more money selling integrity than peanuts. I have known Jimmy Carter for more than 30 years. I first met him in the spring of 1976 when, as a relatively unknown candidate for president, he sent me a handwritten letter asking for my ......

12/15/2010

Palestinian Leaders Set to Torpedo Peace Moves

As President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton use carrots and sticks to push Middle East peace talks into high gear, a recent pronouncement by an official of the Palestinian Authority, left unchallenged, will be a deal-killer....

12/15/2010

Coverup of Arab Arson Offensive Exposed

Israel's police, fire brigades and press intentionally hushed up an Arab arson offensive that took place while fires raged on the Carmel last week, a reporter for Ma'ariv Hebrew daily claimes. ...

12/15/2010

Memo to Sabeel: All We Want for Christmas Is an End to Your Lies

An open letter to Sabeel, the Palestinian Liberation Theology Center....

12/10/2010

The Palestinians: What Is Really Destroying the Chance for Peace

It is sad and abhorrent to see how many Arabs have rejoiced over the big forest fire in Northern Israel, calling it a "divine punishment" for Israelis and wishing that the blaze would spread to destroy all Jews. ...

12/9/2010

SWU Applauds Wayne State University for Upholding Tolerance, Diversity Principles

Wayne State University is upholding bedrock American values in ending its "Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Award in Journalism," according to StandWithUs, an international Israel education organization. ...

12/7/2010

The Contemporary Fight Against Anti-Semitism

Is an academic boycott ever justified, and is this particular boycott anti-Semitic? Two distinguished academic lawyers explain why they say "Yes" to both Anthony Julius and Alan Dershowitz...

12/3/2010

Princeton Undergraduates Vote Down Hummus Alternatives

With a vote count of 1014 to 699, the Princeton undergraduate student body voted down a referendum asking for the University to provide alternatives to Sabra hummus on campus shelves, Undergraduate Student Government President Mike Yaroshefsky ‘12 sa ......

12/3/2010

Israel Denver Stands With You

The Friday morning after Thanksgiving, I received an email notifying me that Sabeel would be boycotting the next day at the Ulta Cosmetics store in Denver. They were boycotting Ahava products. I immediately started making phone calls and sending ema ......

12/3/2010

Israel Fire Update: Uncontrolled, 42 Dead, 17,000 Evacuated

The fire raging in northern Israel was still out of control as the sun set on Friday, with 42 people reported dead. At least 17,000 Israelis were evacuated from the area of the blaze, which spread closer to Haifa on Friday. The University of Haifa ......

12/3/2010

Israel Needs Our Help Now - Fires Still Raging

The fires that broke out suddenly in the Galilee on Thursday morning, Dec. 2, spread rapidly and have taken an estimated 41 lives and destroyed 20% of the trees in the national forest....

12/2/2010

40 Dead as Northern Israel Blaze Spreads

At least 40 people have been killed in a massive fire in northern Israel. The fire, which broke out Thursday morning in the Carmel Mountains near Haifa, has destroyed thousands of acres of forest land. Winds and dry conditions have helped send the ......

12/2/2010

Let's Not Talk

It may be safe to say that we love the concept of “dialogue” here at Columbia. Catchphrases like “creating dialogue” and “opening up the conversation” are thrown around casually in class discussions. Once we leave classes, we pick up the Spectator an ......

12/1/2010

Challenging Checkpoints: A Success Story At Columbia

A recent Opinion piece, “Exclude Me At Your Own Peril” (Oct. 26) by a fellow Columbia University student, depicted the ostensible fragmentation and dissolution of the pro-Israel movement, especially a Columbia. It described the necessity to acknowle ......

12/1/2010

LETTER: Peace is a two-way street

In the past couple of weeks, the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks have come to a screeching halt. It is not the first time that peace talks have failed and it certainly won't be the last. But in recent weeks, we have been hearing more about the unfor ......

12/1/2010

Human Rights Days=Gilad Shalit Day

Please Join StandWithUs and the other co-sponsors to rally outside the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross to insist that Red Cross intensify its efforts to free Gilad Shalit!...

11/29/2010

The Olive Tree Initiative (OTI): George Rishmawi and the Siraj Center Raise Concerns

George Rishmawi may no longer be formally with ISM, but his perspective and approach are not likely to improve the understanding of Olive Tree Initiative (OTI) students, help them develop conflict resolution skills, or help pave the way to conciliati ......

11/29/2010

StandWithUs Israel Meet Sharpens Student’s Focus

I attended the StandWithUs “Israel in Focus” Conference in Santa Monica, Calif., Nov. 14-16. The stimulating conversations about Israel and activity surrounding Israel on college campuses were truly thought-provoking and eye-opening. ...

11/29/2010

Hopkins StandWithUs Fellow Puts Israel Education on Campus Map

It’s going to be a busy year for David Barnett. The newest Johns Hopkins University StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, Barnett says his goal is to educate his “apathetic campus,” about Israel and why one should support it. ...

11/27/2010

180,000 Palestinians Treated in Israeli Hospitals This Year

Tens of thousands of Palestinians patients benefit from treatments in Israeli hospitals each year ...

11/24/2010

UNESCO Decision about Rachel's Tomb --Please Sign Petition

The United Nations has once again reared its anti-semitic head. The Executive Board of UNESCO has declared 2 of Judaism's holiest sites (Tomb of the Patriarchs and Tome of Rachel) to be mosques and demand that Israel remove the sites from its Nat ......

11/24/2010

Middle East With a Side of Hummus

You are being deceived. A thin veil (of hummus) is being pulled over your eyes. You are being told that by purchasing Sabra hummus, you are propagating the violation of human rights — that by purchasing Sabra hummus, you are enabling abuses by the Is ......

11/23/2010

Prager University: The MIddle East Problem

Watch this great video!...

11/23/2010

Israel Shares Desalinization Expertise with Jordan and PA

Thirty participants from Jordan and the Palestinian Authority completed a week-long seminar on the topic of desalination earlier this month, according to a report posted on the International Desalination & Water Reuse Quarterly industry website on Sa ......

11/23/2010

Nov. 30 Declared Buy Israel Day

Pro-Israel groups are asking supporters to buy Israeli goods on Nov. 30 to counter a boycott on the same day. ...

11/22/2010

Urgent Action Alert - The BIG Day-November 30th-- is Approaching Fast!

On Tuesday, November 30, anti-Israel activists in New York City plan to demonstrate and call for boycotts of stores that sell Israeli products. Their target is Ricky's because it carries Ahava goods. But this action in New York is just one of many ......

11/19/2010

Website Helps Students Fight Divestment

When her university became the epicenter of the Israel divestment movement, U.C. Berkeley sophomore Arielle Gabai remembers how she felt: scared and shocked. ...

11/19/2010

Pro-Israel Activists Disrupt Jewish Voice for Peace Meeting

Pro-Israel activists disrupted a meeting of the left-leaning organization Jewish Voice for Peace on Nov. 14, heckling speakers and preventing the meeting from proceeding as planned. One pro-Israel activist admitted to using pepper spray during the co ......

11/19/2010

New York Chanukah United Party

December 2, 2010, District 36, 29 W. 36th Street @ Herald Square....

11/18/2010

"The Jews" Killed Arafat - Kids' Hate Speech Rebroadcast on PA TV

For this year's annual commemoration of Yasser Arafat's death, PA TV chose to rebroadcast video clips of Palestinian children's messages in honor of Arafat, which included hate speech against Jews. ...

11/18/2010

The War Against the Jews

We live in a world where there is an ongoing war against the Jews. For the first decades after Israel's founding, this war was conventional in nature. The goal was straightforward: to use military force to overrun Israel. Well before the Berlin Wal ......

11/17/2010

Remarks Before 2010 Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism

Ladies and gentlemen, parliamentarians and honored guests, we have incredible work to do together. This conference is the largest meeting of its kind to take place, and it follows the successful 2009 inaugural conference, where the landmark London De ......

11/16/2010

StandWithUs Statement Regarding November 14 JVP Event

The Bay Area Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) recently issued a press release describing an incident that occurred at an event it held on November 14, 2010. The release stated that “…a StandWithUs member assaulted two JVP members with pepper spray…” ......

11/15/2010

J Street Supported ‘Gaza 54’ Re-election Campaigns; Lobby Group’s Connections to...

J Street backed more than half of the U.S. Congress members, known as the “Gaza 54,” in their Nov. 2 re-election bids. A JH-V investigation into J Street’s campaign support also turned up additional connections between the group and controversi ......

11/11/2010

First StandWithUs UK “Israel in Focus” Conference Empowers Israel Advocates

A first-of-its-kind conference took place this week for pro-Israel student leaders and young professionals. Titled “Israel in Focus”, the event was hosted by StandWithUs UK in partnership with the Israeli Embassy. ...

11/10/2010

Canadian PM: I Will Defend Israel "Whatever The Cost" You Tube

Ottawa, Canada - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he is prepared to suffer any political backlash that comes his way for speaking out against anti-Israel rhetoric. ...

11/9/2010

Wounded Warriors Visit Israel

The sun beat down like an oven on the “clean” setting but it didn’t matter. Most of the riders were missing a limb and that didn’t matter either…there was not one complaint among the 10 wounded American Hero’s visiting Israel for an 11 day bike tour ......

11/9/2010

Why Britain Needs StandWithUs

Last weekend I had the honour of speaking at the Israeli Embassy in London, as part of a one-day conference organised by StandWithUsUK. As you can imagine, I was very excited to be there. The only times I had been to the Embassy before was to take pa ......

11/4/2010

Statement of Nobel Laureates on Academic Boycotts

STATEMENT OF NOBEL LAUREATES ON ACADEMIC BOYCOTTS, DIVESTMENTS AND SANCTIONS (BDS) ACTIONS AGAINST ISRAELI ACADEMICS, ISRAELI ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND ACADEMIC CENTERS AND INSTITUTES OF RESEARCH AND TRAINING WITH AFFILIATIONS IN ISRAEL ...

11/1/2010

Netanyahu to Attend Upcoming General Assembly

Next Sunday, I will leave for the annual Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly. I will meet there with US Vice President Joe Biden......

10/29/2010

Help Launch the StandWithUs Divest From Terror Campaign

In response to an increasingly aggressive boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement against Israel (BDS), Roz Rothstein of the Israel advocacy organization StandWithUs, has announced a Divest from Terror campaign to cast a spotlight on those who wi ......

10/29/2010

Israel Soldiers Discuss On-the-Ground Realities

StandWithUs, an Israel advocacy organization, held a presentation by two former IDF soldiers on the Binghamton University campus on October 13. Sponsored by Hillel at Binghamton’s Bearcats for Israel and the Binghamton University Zionist Organization ......

10/28/2010

Boycotting Israel Damages Palestinian Cause

Montrealers seeking peace in the Middle East should condemn the "All-Canada BDS Conference" convening here this weekend. "BDS" stands for "boycott, divestment, and sanctions," a toxic cocktail designed to ostracize I ......

10/27/2010

Terrorists Who Threw Grenades Near Western Wall Praised as Heroic Prisoners by PA

PA TV continues to honor terrorists who murdered Israelis as heroes. A PA TV talk show host referred to five Palestinian terrorists who threw grenades at soldiers and their families after a swearing-in ceremony at the Western Wall as...

10/27/2010

Pro-Israel Website Resource for Students is Launching

A pro-Israel group is launching a website to help students counter anti-Israel activism on campus. StandWithUs is starting the password-protected site this week at www.standwithus.com/divestment. It will provide tools for students looking to counter ......

10/26/2010

Divest from Terror -- Writing Contest -- Win a Round-Trip Flight to Israel!

Divest From Terror - But HOW? Writing Contest Help launch the StandWithUs DIVEST FROM TERROR campaign. ...

10/21/2010

StandWithUs Brings Two Israeli Soldiers to Speak

StandWithUs, a non-profit Israel education organization, and BU-MIT Students for Israel recently brought Israeli soldiers Inon and Lior (their last names are withheld for security reasons) to the region to speak about their personal experiences of se ......

10/21/2010

Former Soldiers Extol IDF’s Virtues in Berkeley Talk

Two Israeli soldiers who have been on the front lines in the Middle East conflict came to the Bay Area last week to give a firsthand account of their experiences and champion the integrity of Israel Defense Forces operations. ...

10/20/2010

StandWithUs Condemns the Nomination of Anti-IDF Group “Breaking the Silence” for Pres

StandWithUs condemns the nomination of the "Breaking the Silence" organization for the Sakharov Prize, which is awarded by the European Parliament. The Sakharov Prize is named after acclaimed dissident Andrei Sakharov. The winner receives 5 ......

10/20/2010

Its Time to Divest From Terror

Anti-Israel activists are spearheading a global boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign (BDS). Posing as champions of human rights, they try to portray Israel and Israelis as pariahs who should be “punished” with exclusion from all international ......

10/20/2010

Israeli Soldiers Speak Out in Maryland

Two Israeli soldiers, First Lt. Lior Prosor of Jerusalem and First Lt. Inon Tagner from Tel Aviv, just completed a two-week tour of America’s east coast. Their goal was not to enjoy the States, but rather to stop at all the major universities, includ ......

10/20/2010

The Palestinian Refugees: Why Is Everyone Lying To Them?

Palestinian Authority leaders are now saying that they will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state because that would mean that they would have to give up the "right of return" for millions of Palestinians to their original homes inside I ......

10/19/2010

Former Israeli Defense Soldiers Meet With TPHS Club

Former Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers visited Torrey Pines High School on Oct. 6 to share their experiences with members of the Falcons for Israel club. The soldiers stopped by the high school in the middle of a two-week tour of West Coast col ......

10/18/2010

Divest From Terror

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10/18/2010

Israeli Soldiers Speak Out In Grassroots Campaign

In the wake of international censure following Israel’s three-week offensive in Gaza, which ended in January 2009, a pilot campaign called “Soldiers Speak Out” was launched. The grassroots campaign provides testimony from Israel Defense Forces soldie ......

10/18/2010

500 Arabs Begin Studies in Ariel: 'There's No Racism Here'

Hundreds of Israel Arabs, Druze decide to push politics aside and enroll in West Bank university center. Ariel is a large city that has existed for many years; we just came here to get an education,' they explain...

10/18/2010

A Hypocritical Prize Nomination

The Sakharov Prize is intended to honor the memory of the late Andrei Sakharov, the Soviet dissident and Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights activist....

10/14/2010

Upcoming Workshop: Evaluating the Climate towards Israel on Campus

Evaluating the Climate towards Israel on Campus, October 21, 2010. ...

10/14/2010

Israeli Army Members Share Personal Experiences

Despite the heated debates behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, two members of the Israeli Army chose to steer clear of politics in order to discuss the human aspect of their personal involvement in the war on Tuesday night....

10/13/2010

CAMERA Presents: Confronting Israel De-legitimization

StandWithUs is a proud sponsor of this event...

10/13/2010

PA TV Awards $100 Prizes for Denial of Israel's Existence

During the month of Ramadan, PA TV broadcast a special daily quiz program from refugee camps in Lebanon and in Syria, in which residents were asked to name five cities "in Palestine" or "the countries sharing borders with Palestine&quo ......

10/13/2010

US Recognizes Israel as a Jewish State:

State Department Spokesman Philip J. Crowley said Tuesday: "We have recognized the special nature of the Israeli state. It is a state for the Jewish people....

10/13/2010

Iraqi Child Saved in Israel

Following life-saving surgery, child's mother says: We love Israel, not afraid to return to Iraq...

10/12/2010

Darfur Children Start Over at Israeli Schools

Watch this amazing quick video!...

10/7/2010

IDF Soldiers to Battle for Public Opinion on US Campuses

Soldier will speak about challenges faced on everyday basis experiences during wars in hope to reach US audiences....

10/7/2010

Israeli Soldiers Speak About War Ordeals

Dozens of UCSB students filled Santa Barbara Hillel last night to hear the firsthand accounts of two soldiers serving in the Israel Defense Forces.Soldiers Orit and Jonathan, who chose not to disclose their last names, discussed the controversy surro ......

10/4/2010

Legislation Would Protect Students from Religious Bias

Two Jewish U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to protect students from religious discrimination. ...

10/4/2010

Ask the Arabs of East Jerusalem: Should Jerusalem Be Redivided?

The future status of Jerusalem is back on the negotiating table between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and Israel. It is being described as one of the "core issues" in the US-sponsored direct talks that were launched in early September. ...

10/4/2010

Friends of Barzilai

Are you coming to our wonderful event? Tomorrow evening, Tuesday, October 5th promptly at 7:00pm, is the premier unveiling of an exciting artistic debut: Israeli artist Niso Maman will present his sculptures featuring rockets launched by Hamas into ......

9/29/2010

Denounce U of Johannesberg’s Destructive Resolution to Boycott Ben-Gurion University

The Faculty Senate at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa, is voting tomorrow on a resolution to sever research agreements with and boycott Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). (For full story, click here.) ...

9/29/2010

BoyCott Attempt at U of Johannesburg Rejected

JOHANNESBURG — University of Johannesburg professors rejected calls to sever ties with an Israeli university...

9/27/2010

PM Netanyahu’s Speech at the UN General Assembly

Nearly 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews, an ancient people 3,500 years-old, to a state of their own in their ancestral homeland....

9/27/2010

SWU Statement Regarding Settlements and the Real Obstacles to Peace

Israeli construction within current settlement boundaries (like Ariel) is not an obstacle to peace—unless the sight of Jews flourishing is itself a provocation....

9/22/2010

Co-op Board Rejects "Boycott Israel" Resolution

After listening to nearly two hours of public comment and an hour of debate last night in Port Townsend, StandWithUs Northwest Director Rob Jacobs and StandWithUs Northwest Co-Chair Carolyn Hathaway were thrilled when the six-member Port Townsend Foo ......

9/22/2010

Thousands Join StandWithUs Urging Hilton Hotel NOT to Host Iran's Ahmadinejad

5,000 SIGNATURES ON PETITION HANDED TO HILTON’S MANHATTAN EAST HOTEL ON SEPT. 22...

9/20/2010

Yom Kippur Speech by Ambassador Michael Oren

On Yom Kippur we read the Book of Jonah, one of the Bible’s most enigmatic texts. It is also one of the Bible's shortest texts, weighing in at a page and a half, which is quite an accomplishment for this holiday. And it features one of our scripture ......

9/20/2010

StandWithUs Protests Iranian President's Visit to NYC

As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly dozens of protesters demonstrated Sunday against his regime....

9/20/2010

AP Interview: Ahmadinejad Says Future is Iran's

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "the future belongs to Iran," and challenged the United States to accept that his country has a major role in the world....

9/20/2010

New York! Demonstrate in Front of Hilton Manhattan & Sign Petition!

There will be THREE demonstrations this week in front of the Hilton Manhattan East Hotel at 42nd Street and 2nd Ave. Please tell your New York friends to join us when possible....

9/17/2010

Ninth Annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days to be Held October 1-31, 2010

We write to call your attention to a unique and powerful opportunity to make our voice resonate with many communities around the world. ...

9/16/2010

K’s Choice Shuns Boycott Calls, Rocks Tel Aviv Again

Belgian band back in Israel for two shows despite boycott calls, says local crowd ‘best in world’...

9/16/2010

StandWithUs Launches Second U.S. Speaking Tour For Israeli Soldiers In October

StandWithUs is launching its second U.S. speaking tour for six Israeli soldiers in October who will recount their personal experiences of serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) including checkpoints, Operation Cast Lead and the 2006 war against H ......

9/16/2010

About StandWithUs...

StandWithUs now has offices and chapters in twelve regions, including Los Angeles, Denver, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, New York, Pacific North West, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Orange County California, Manchester UK, and Israel. ...

9/15/2010

What the White House Has to Do to Keep the Peace Talks Going

As of now, the Netanyahu government does not have the votes in the Knesset to continue the building freeze in the West Bank and in East Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority has threatened to walk away from the peace talks unless the freeze continues. ......

9/15/2010

First, Deal With the Enemies of Peace

As Israel and the Palestinian Authority prepare to launch direct talks, the enemies of peace are stepping up their efforts to thwart any attempt to reach peace in the Middle East....

9/13/2010

New York: Show Your Opposition to Ahmadinejad

Join us in Central Park Sunday, September 19 at 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm at the Columbus Circle Entrance to Central Park - 59th and Central Park West. ...

9/7/2010

Tech Savvy: MIDC Offers New Type of Israel Advocacy

To find out good news about Israel, the headlines are rarely the place to look. Politics, the peace process and security issues invade the latest news. What people don’t know is that the good news in Israel is its technology. Hardware, software and d ......

9/7/2010

PA: Ahmadinejad Has No Right to Criticize Abbas

Palestinian Authority launched unprecedented attack against Iranian president after he questions Abbas mandate to negotiate with Israel...

9/7/2010

Decision at UC Irvine Regarding the Muslim Student Union UPDATE AND VIDEO

The Muslim Student Union (MSU) at UC Irvine received notice this week of the outcome of the appeals process following disciplinary measures imposed last spring resulting from the group's disruption of a campus speaker and other violations of the cam ......

9/7/2010

Hebrew U. Researchers Develop Treatment to Kill HIV Cells

New therapy is superior to current treatments, which only delay the development of the disease and make AIDS more manageable....

9/7/2010

Statement From StandWithUs About MSU Suspension at UC Irvine

On Friday, September 3, UC Irvine announced that the Muslim Student Union (MSU) would be suspended for the fall semester, would be on probation for the next two years, and the MSUâ€™s students will have to do 100 hours of community service. ...

9/7/2010

'Rhymes With Fagin'

Time magazine adds its voice to the chorus of those attempting to delegitimize the Jewish state....

9/3/2010

UCI's Muslim Student Union suspended for a quarter

IRVINE – UCI officials have rejected the Muslim Student Union's appeal to lift a suspension following the disruptions made during an Israeli ambassador's speech earlier this year. "To our tremendous disappointment, UCI has maintained the susp ......

8/31/2010

Photos of Gaza

All the photos below were taken in Gaza. Below each photo is a caption. ...

8/31/2010

Big week for Michelle

Last week Michelle Rojas-Tal spoke to more than 1,500 people across the Melbourne community and thousands more via mainstream and Jewish media at 20 different forums....

8/31/2010

NEW VIDEO! Israeli Children at the Western Wall

Israeli Children at the Western Wall...

8/31/2010

Campaign to Buy Israeli Goods is Launched

A pro-Israel group has launched an online campaign to buy Israeli goods. StandWithUs announced the Buy Israeli Goods (BIG) campaign to counter the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which calls for boycotting and divesting from ......

8/30/2010

A Palestinian Victory

The Arab world's dirty secret....

8/27/2010

Upcoming Camera Conference in October

StandWithUs is a proud sponsor of the upcoming Camera Conference on October 10 & 11, 2010....

8/26/2010

Boycott the Boycotters

Anti-Israel activists are now putting all their energy into their Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign (BDS). Their goal is to portray Israel and Israelis as pariahs that should be excluded from all international spheres—diplomatic, political, ......

8/26/2010

Tony Blair Welcomes Re-start of Direct Peace Talks During Herzliya Speech

There are two forms of de-legitimisation. One is traditional, obvious and from the quarters it emanates, expected. It is easier to deal with. This is attack from those who openly question Israel’s right to exist. It is easier to deal with, because it ......

8/26/2010

Contest Winner Sees ‘Building Blocks of Peace’ on Israel Trip

Visiting Israel wasn’t a new experience for Ryan Mauro. He toured the Holy Land for a month as part of a Christian Ministry program just last year....

8/26/2010

Israel Under Pressure

Melbourne Talk Radio's Martin King interviews Michelle Rojas-Tal, StandWithUs Diaspora Education Director, about Israel's place in the world and the pressure Israel is coming under from its neighbours....

8/26/2010

David and Goliath-Israel and the Media

Three of Israel's foremost advocacy experts packed the Beth Weizmann auditorium to capacity recently for a panel discussion on Israel and the Media....

8/24/2010

Before We Talk To Hamas

No missiles means no blockade. When Israelis feel secure, concessions will follow. It's that simple....

8/20/2010

Stand With Israel

“We believe education is the road to peace,” said Avi Posnick, regional coordinator of the organization StandWithUs. “We feel it is very important that people learn about the reality of Israel and become effective educators for Israel and the Jewish ......

8/20/2010

The Full-Blown Palestinian Civil War

Before trying to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians, the US Administration might do well to recall that last month marked the third anniversary of the war that erupted between Fatah and Hamas....

8/19/2010

A Once in a Lifetime Journey

The project is an initiative of 24 students from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, who are members of StandWithUs, a fellowship that selects and trains 150 student leaders from six Israeli universities to become life-long ambassadors for Israel....

8/19/2010

Hillel Students and Professionals Gear Up to Face Anti-Israel Campus Activism

Amanda Boris is nervous about what she’ll face when classes resume at the University of Wisconsin later this month. “There’s an uncomfortable amount of anti-Semitism on my campus,” said the incoming senior. ...

8/13/2010

Middle East's Western Media

Hypocrisy, Double Standards Out of Control...

8/11/2010

Foreign Bloggers Get Crash Course on All Things Israel

StandWithUs hosts Web communicators to provide them with dose of local reality....

8/9/2010

Boat Trip is Exercise in Israel Bashing

Charity is supposed to be fuelled by a selfless desire to help others, but it's hard to see any such motivation in the plans advanced by members of Gaza Freedom March (GFM) to charter a boat and sail to the Gaza Strip. On the contrary, the idea reek ......

8/3/2010

6 Reasons Why You Should Oppose Boycotts Against Israel

Learn the 6 reasons why you should oppose boycotts against Israel......

8/3/2010

We owe the Jews

What follows is an edited version of a speech delivered by historian Andrew Roberts to the Friends of Israel Initiative in the British House of Commons on July 19. From Morocco to Afghanistan, from the Caspian Sea to Aden, the 5.25 million square m ......

8/3/2010

Who Needs Hasbara? 4 Bloggers Touring Israel

The phrase “once in a lifetime” might remind you of many TV series, but it’s also the name of a student project aimed to expose beautiful Israel to international bloggers. Four of them are touring in Israel. “The fact that I am not Jewish contribu ......

8/2/2010

Video: StandWithUs Israeli Fellows' Humanitarian Medical Conference

StandWithUs Israeli Fellows from Tel Aviv University organized a unique conference on how to develop medical and humanitarian missions for victims of international conflicts and natural disasters....

8/2/2010

The Palestinians, Alone

IT has long been conventional wisdom that the resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a prerequisite to peace and stability in the Middle East. Since Arabs and Muslims are so passionate about the Palestine problem, this argument runs, the I ......

8/2/2010

NEW VIDEO! Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions

Everything you need to know about the BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) movement....

7/29/2010

Egyptian Journalist: In Actual Terms, Gaza Is Not Under Siege

In an article in the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram on the economic situation in the Gaza Strip, journalist Ashraf Abu Al-Houl wrote about the burgeoning recreation industry and of the low merchandise prices. Also as part of the interest in the economic ......

7/29/2010

Four Bloggers Will Tour Israel In Unique “Once in a Lifetime-2010”

Four Bloggers Will Tour Israel In Unique “Once in a Lifetime-2010” Program August 2-12 and Write About Their Experience of Israel’s Everyday Life...

7/29/2010

The Flotilla Farce

Whether they are from Turkey, Ireland or Cyprus, those that participate reek of hypocrisy.....

7/28/2010

Arabs and Muslims Run to Israel

Many Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have a dream: to work or live in Israel. Some even say they are prepared to pay large sums of money to obtain Israeli citizenship. ...

7/28/2010

IDF Trains Med Students from Nigeria to Nepal in Rescues

Sixty medical students from around the world visited IDF base Bahad 10 at Tzrifin Tuesday and learned about humanitarian medicine, at the first Humanitarian Medicine Conference (HMC). The event was organized by pro-Israel advocacy group Stand With Us. ...

7/26/2010

TAU Conferene to Teach Int’l Medical Students About Israel

StandWithUs-organized program to explore Israeli medical aid. Sixty-five foreign medical students will come to Tel Aviv University on Sunday to learn about Israeli humanitarian aid efforts across the globe....

7/26/2010

‘Crossing The Line’

Some are disturbed by anti-Israel attitudes on campuses...

7/23/2010

Navy braces for Lebanese flotilla

The Israel Navy went on high alert Thursday amid forecasts that a flotilla of two vessels from Lebanon was preparing to depart for the Gaza Strip in an effort to break the blockade by the end of the week. ...

7/22/2010

Gaza, Attack on Modernity

Beaches forbidden to women, artists under fire. But also beatings on a daily basis and cellars turned into torture chambers...

7/22/2010

StandWithUs Israeli Fellows Sponsor Unique Humanitarian Medicine Conference in Israel

70 medical students and activists from around the world to learn how to develop emergency humanitarian missions and programs......

7/22/2010

Israeli Medical Delegation in Congo Takes Heat While Trying to Soothe Burns

Approximately 50 victims were burned when an oil tanker caught fire two weeks ago, killing more than 230 people in the village of Sange near the Democratic Republic of Congo's border with Burundi....

7/22/2010

StandWithUs Grads Begin Israel Advocacy

StandWithUs, a campus Israel-advocacy group that operates in Israel and around the world, graduated its fourth class of studentfellows on Wednesday evening with a ceremony at the Israel Museum’s Ticho House in Jerusalem....

7/21/2010

Palestinians in the Arab World: Why the Silence?

When was the last time the United Nations Security Council met to condemn an Arab government for its mistreatment of Palestinians? ...

7/20/2010

Action of the Week!

The Olympia Food Co-op Markets in Olympia, Washington, voted on Friday July 16th to boycott Israeli products. You can help by doing three things:...

7/19/2010

Special Los Angeles Event: Meet Major (Res.) Yair Schindel, Israeli Naval Forces

Israeli Consul General Jacob Dayan will introduce representatives of the 'Atalef' - Israeli Naval Special Forces (equivalent to U.S. Navy SEALS) vets. who will discuss their personal real-life experiences from the field, including the recent flotil ......

7/15/2010

StandWithUs Launches International Petition in 23 Different Languages

StandWithUs has launched a new campaign calling upon international authorities to pressure the Iranian-backed Hamas regime into abiding by the Third Geneva Convention for Gilad Shalit, the young Israeli soldier kidnapped by Hamas terrorists four year ......

7/9/2010

Gaddafi's Son to Launch Flotilla to Gaza

Organization headed by Gaddafi's son to send blockade busting vessel....

7/8/2010

Hamas and Life in Israel

Four Hamas political figures facing expulsion from Jerusalem have expressed their readiness to do almost anything to remain in the city under Israeli sovereignty, including renouncing their ties to the radical Islamist movement....

7/7/2010

Join SWU & Hundreds of New Yorkers to Demonstrate Support for Israeli Prime Minister

JOIN STANDWITHUS AND HUNDREDS OF NEW YORKERS TO DEMONSTRATE SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL AS PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS ...

7/5/2010

Powerful New Song Called "Only Israel"

If you would like to be one of the first to hear it and see the music video, here is the link... ...

7/2/2010

Thursday, July 8: Tell Prime Minister Netanyahu: We Stand With Israel

Join us outside the Israeli Consulate to show the world our support for Israel as Prime Minister Netanyahu arrives in New York following his meetings with President Obama in Washington, D.C....

7/2/2010

US Social Forum 2010: The Stench of Hypocrisy

You would think the U.S. Social Forum’s [USSF] June conference, held in Detroit and dedicated to helping oppressed people around the globe, would have wanted to hear about and support one of the most persecuted groups in the Middle East: the gay com ......

6/30/2010

StandWithUs Joins 11 Jewish Groups in Letter to UC Regents President Mark Yudof

(Los Angeles - June 29) -- Disturbed by the rise of the "new anti-Semitism" directed at Israel and its supporters and Jewish students on UC campuses, StandWithUs joined eleven other organizations to deliver a letter on June 28 to UC Regents ......

6/30/2010

Zionist Support Targeted

Gay rights workshop axed; pro-Israel organizers charged with promoting Israeli apartheid....

6/28/2010

StandWithUs Will Continue to Educate People and Empower Israel's Supporters

The misinformation campaign against Israel rose to new heights with the Mavi Marmara incident on May 31st when Turkish “human rights activists” who were later found to be connected to the IHH brutally attacked Israeli soldiers....

6/25/2010

Hundreds Take Part in NY Shalit Flotilla

Israelis are preparing for a march for Gilad Shalit, starting next week, but New Yorkers have already set sail in a call for his release. The "True Freedom Flotilla" for the captive soldier set sail on Thursday from Pier 40 on the Hudson Ri ......

6/25/2010

Bret Stephens on Shalom TV: Will Israel Survive?

"The Liberal Case for Israel"...

6/25/2010

"True Freedom Flotilla" Raises Awareness About Gilad Shalit

Hundreds of Gilad Shalit supporters, including Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev, Israel’s Consul General in New York Asaf Shariv and Rev. Michael Faulkner of New Horizon Church, joined the Conference of Presidents of Major Ame ......

6/24/2010

"US Social Forum" Bans Advocate for Middle East Gay Community

Intolerance for Israel Trumps Human Rights Commitments, Causes Harassment of Scheduled Speaker and Sudden Cancellation of Educational LGBT Workshop...

6/24/2010

NEW SWU Booklet! West Bank Settlements, Communities and Facts on the Ground

Learn about West Bank Settlements, Communities and Facts on the Ground...

6/24/2010

Little Palestinian Children Sing: When We Die As Martyrs

Watch the film and notice how they have some children dressed as Jews (shown wearing kippas) who kill the little Palestinian children and make them into “martyrs,” at which point the grown man congratulates them and tells them that they did their job ......

6/24/2010

StandWithUs Applauds Overwhelming Congressional Vote for Stiff Sanctions Against Iran

Policy Will Help Deter the Greatest Threat to the Region and the World...

6/23/2010

Israel and the Surrender of the West

One of the world's oldest stories is playing out before our eyes: The Jews are being scapegoated again....

6/23/2010

Cheadle Resident to Mark 4th Anniversary of Kidnap of Gilad Shalit

Cheadle resident Joy Wolfe, who represents StandWithUs UK, a nine year-old, international Israel education organisation, is taking action to mark the 4th anniversary of the capture and inhumane captivity of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. ...

6/22/2010

Elton's Human Jukebox

Singer plays his biggest hits in Ramat Gan. ...

6/22/2010

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6/22/2010

President Obama Rewards The Hamas Lobby

Why is the terrorist group more interested in attacking Israel than improving the lives of its people?...

6/21/2010

Student Ambassadors

MORE than 250 Australian students were trained in the art of Israel advocacy during a three-day conference held in Jerusalem this week. The seminar, run by StandWithUs International (SWU) - a not-for-profit education organization aiming to ensure ......

6/21/2010

SWU Calls for an International Day of Unity and Prayer for Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit

Friday, June 25, marks four long years since Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit was abducted by seven Hamas terrorists who entered Israel from a tunnel under the Israel-Gaza border and ambushed an Israeli tank from behind. They launched a rocket-propelled g ......

6/21/2010

ACTION OF THE WEEK: Make the case for Gilad Shalit.

ACTION OF THE WEEK: Make the case for Gilad Shalit. Here are some things you can do......

6/20/2010

Iranian Flotilla Leaving for Gaza

Half will be sent through Istanbul; Iranian MPs will fly to Gaza....

6/17/2010

Pierre Rehov Footage of GAZA

Watch Pierre Rehov's Footage of Gaza by clicking here......

6/17/2010

EU Hits Iran With Tougher Sanctions Over Nuclear Row

BRUSSELS— European leaders decided Thursday to impose new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, going further than the UN's latest punitive measures to pile pressure on Tehran, diplomatic sources said. ...

6/17/2010

Support Israel: If It Goes Down, We All Go Down

Anger over Gaza is a distraction. We cannot forget that Israel is the West’s best ally in a turbulent region....

6/17/2010

Foreign Ministers Fail to Condemn Israeli Attack on Freedom Flotilla Ships

EU fails to condemn Israel’s attack on Freedom Flotilla convoy. ...

6/16/2010

Did We Not All Say, "Never Again?"

Readers of my commentaries know that I usually send one a week. Last week, however, I sent two because the Helen Thomas incident occurred after I had finished my regular weekly article, and I thought the Thomas affair required a response from me. I c ......

6/15/2010

Anti-Semitism Is Salonfähig Again

The Gaza flotilla was a perfect piece of Islamist theater, revealing an old European hatred....

6/15/2010

Demonstration Against Members of the Mavi Marmara Speaking in NY Thursday June 17, 20

Thursday, June 17, 2010 7:00pm ...

6/14/2010

NEW! Song for Israel - Check it out!

"A Simple Song for Israel"...

6/14/2010

Aussie Students Learn to be ‘Diplomats’

StandWithUs training program uses lectures and site visits to equip participants to explain Israel’s case....

6/14/2010

StandWithUs Welcomes UC Irvine Effort to Restore Free Speech and Campus Civility

COMMENDS DECISION TO DISCIPLINE MUSLIM STUDENT UNION CAMPUS GROUP. STANDWITHUS VIDEOS/INTERVIEWS EXPOSED GROUP’S EXTREMISM. ...

6/12/2010

The IDF; growing evidence that mercenaries were recruited for the Mavi Marmara from

Army says some 50 well-trained passengers were recruited in Turkey....

6/12/2010

Erdogan and the Decline of the Turks

Israeli special forces and their commanders were apparently shocked to find their boarding attempt on the Mavi ("Blue") Marmara met with violence. They should not have been. I have no doubt that the Turkish "peace activists" aboar ......

6/12/2010

‘Flotilla’s aim was to open sea corridor for Hamas’

Top security analyst says Turkish group was ‘real force’ behind ships....

6/12/2010

Gaza Flotilla Group Part of U.N. NGO Branch

The Turkish group at the center of this week's deadly high-seas clash with Israel has been a member of a hard-to-access U.N. organization since 2004, which has given the group special access to the U.N. system....

6/12/2010

Turkey’s Fury

Turkey is understandably furious about Israel’s disastrous attack on the Turkish-flagged aid ship that tried to run the Gaza blockade. Eight Turks and a Turkish-American died....

6/11/2010

If Israel Is Not Evil, the World Is in Big Trouble

With the exception of the United States, nearly all the world's nations; newspapers, radio and TV news stations; the United Nations; and the world's Leftist academics and organizations have condemned Israel over the Gaza flotilla incident. The char ......

6/11/2010

Action: Yahoo and Apple go Political and Unilaterally Divide Jerusalem

Search Jerusalem’s weather on Yahoo or your IPhone, and you now get a choice between “Jerusalem, Yerushalayim” and “Jerusalem, West Bank.” Notice that Jerusalem isn’t even listed as being in Israel. ...

6/11/2010

It’s Time to Stop Demonizing Israel

The flood of hypocrisy and bad faith that seems to have just been waiting across the media worldwide for the Mavi Marmara is by no means acceptable....

6/10/2010

Beinart's Failure

I love Peter Beinart. The last time we had breakfast, in Washington, D.C., about a year and a half ago, our conversation got so lively that I think someone asked us to quiet down. We don't see eye to eye on everything, but I've been moved by his co ......

6/10/2010

Erdogan and the Israel Card

Last year the Turkish prime minister called Shimon Peres a killer at Davos. He returned home to a hero's welcome. The deaths of nine Turkish citizens in the Gaza flotilla incident would have brought a severe reaction under any circumstances. What is ......

6/9/2010

IHH's Deep, Longstanding Terror Ties

The Turkish-based charity that helped drive last week's deadly confrontation with Israeli commandos has deep ties to Hamas and other terrorist groups. The Hamas ties are not in question. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and IHH officials ......

6/9/2010

1,000 Turn Out For Pro-Israel Rally in New York

NEW YORK RALLIES FOR ISRAEL StandWithUs once again brings jumbo TV screen to the demonstration, to show footage of the deadly attack on Israeli soldiers by the passengers of the Turkish flotilla. ...

6/8/2010

Turkey's Clash of Civilizations

Ever since the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) assumed power in 2002, Turkish foreign policy has made a 180-degree turn...

6/8/2010

Israeli grass-roots effort fights flotilla fallout

TEL AVIV (JTA) -- Two days after last week’s flotilla incident, with Israel weathering a hailstorm of international condemnation, a group of young Israelis hunkered down in a Tel Aviv recording studio to produce a satirical music video they hoped wou ......

6/8/2010

Spanish Politician castigates US and Israel bashers

Pilar Rahola is a Spanish politician, journalist and activist and member of the far left. Her articles are published in Spain and throughout some of the most important newspapers in Latin America....

6/8/2010

Israel and Its Liberal 'Friends'

Why don't they apply the same tough love to the Palestinians?...

6/8/2010

Is The (Real) News Dead?

StandWithUs will be a sponsor of this upcoming event. Anyone who has donated to StandWithUs will receive a discount on the cost of attendance. Roz Rothstein, CEO and Co-Founder of StandWithUs will be one of the speakers at this event....

6/8/2010

Sign Important Petition! Flotilla Passengers to speak in NYC on Sunday June 13

Please help us stop the spread of their lies about Israel by signing our online petition urging the State Department to investigate these passengers before granting them visas to enter the United States....

6/8/2010

Krauthammer: Those troublesome Jews

The world is outraged at Israel's blockade of Gaza. Turkey denounces its illegality, inhumanity, barbarity, etc. The usual U.N. suspects, Third World and European, join in. The Obama administration dithers....

6/8/2010

A National Effort - Yediot Achronot

The internet battle between supporters and critics of Israel continues to flood our screens. One of the leading sites in the past few days is Flotillafacts.com, a StandWithUs initiative, which was built in less than 48 hours....

6/7/2010

Helen Thomas Retires, Watch the Video that Caused the Controversy

Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas has just announced she is retiring, effective immediately, in the wake of recent controversial comments she made about Israel....

6/7/2010

Condemn Israel – Then Investigate

The world has put on its usual show this past week, roundly condemning Israel for intercepting the Gaza-bound flotilla, and then calling for an investigation of Israel’s actions. Normal legal processes, such as investigating prior to condemnation, do ......

6/7/2010

Cairo refuses to let aid into Gaza

The Egyptian authorities over the weekend turned down a request by Arab physicians to bring aid into the Gaza Strip. Hamas, meanwhile, announced that it won’t allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Sch ......

6/7/2010

Upcoming Pro-Israel Demonstrations Near You

Check here for information regarding upcoming Pro-Israel demonstrations near you....

6/6/2010

IDF troops shown bleeding in Turkish press

Hurriyet newspaper publishes photos of Israeli Commando soldiers bruised, bleeding after being beaten by activists aboard Gaza-bound Marmara aid vessel. Report says army erased photos, but they were reproduced. IDF: Images prove ship was carrying mer ......

6/5/2010

Navy boards, takes control of 'Rachel Corrie' off Gaza coast

IDF forces dock ship in Ashdod, none harmed. IDF forces piloted the Rachel Corrie to the port of Ashdod early Saturday evening after boarding the ship earlier in the day....

6/5/2010

Reclusive Turkish Imam Criticizes Gaza Flotilla

Imam Fethullah Gülen, a controversial and reclusive U.S. resident who is considered Turkey's most influential religious leader, criticized a Turkish-led flotilla for trying to deliver aid without Israel's consent....

6/5/2010

CNN: Israel Apologizes for Sending Out the "Mock Flotilla" (Song) Video

CNN reports that Israel apologized for sending out this video. But Israel's supporters feel that it lends balance to all the reporting....

6/5/2010

Turkey's Erdogan bears responsibility in flotilla fiasco

Western Governments have been right to be concerned about Israel's poor judgment and botched execution in the raid against the Free Gaza flotilla....

6/4/2010

The situation in Gaza: The problem is more a Shortage of Work than a Shortage of Food

Judging from the media, the situation in Gaza is desperate, everything is about to collapse, and the community is on the brink or at the level of a third world country....

6/4/2010

Erdogan: Hamas not a terrorist group

Turkish PM slams Israel for "slaughtering" 19-year-old on ship. Hamas is not a terrorist organization, it is a resistance movement, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on Friday at a rally in the Turkish province of Konya, ......

6/4/2010

Arab Media Reports on Flotilla Participants

Arab Media Reports on Flotilla Participants: Writing Wills, Preparing for Martyrdom, Determined to Reach Gaza or Die...

6/4/2010

Israel's actions are in self-defence

Enforcing blockade is necessary to keep missiles out of Gaza. As an Israeli it pains me to see the substantial public condemnation of measures that my country has taken to ensure the safety of its citizens. The mass outcry that followed the recent f ......

6/4/2010

In The Great Flotilla Debate, The Facts Are On Israel's Side

Look, I wish the Israeli raid on the so-called “Freedom Flotilla” had ended differently. Why, I ask, didn’t Israel’s navy disable the engine of the Mavi Marmara and drag the ship into port? Who knows? The engines of the other boats were apparently di ......

6/4/2010

Turkey's Central Role in Israeli Flotilla Crisis

One country is emerging as a key player in the regional and international reactions to the Israeli flotilla raid: Turkey....

6/4/2010

Flotilla passengers: Go back to Auschwitz

Audio: IDF soldiers warn flotilla vessels they are nearing area under naval blockade, latter respond with anti-Semitic slurs.In it, the soldiers can be heard warning the flotilla that its vessels are nearing an area under naval blockade. They are ans ......

6/4/2010

Hamas, Israel, and the Gaza flotilla: seven facts you need to know

Amid a barrage of criticism of Israel, fair-minded observers should consider these seven facts before judging the flotilla raid....

6/4/2010

I Am Israel YouTube Video

I am Israel Youtube Video...

6/3/2010

StandWithUs Creates Flotillafacts.com

[June 2—Los Angeles and Jerusalem] – StandWithUs, the international, Israel education organization has mobilized a team of multi-lingual, web-savvy student volunteers around the globe to take Israel’s case to the world, just as they organized a succe ......

6/3/2010

Beating Up on Israel

The world's powers find it easier to denounce small nations like Israel than take on large and difficult problems like Iran or North Korea....

6/3/2010

Israel labels aid group terrorists

The Israeli government and its supporters are trying to turn negative attention onto the groups behind the pro-Palestinian aid convoy that was caught in a deadly raid earlier this week....

6/3/2010

Statement by PM Netanyahu

Once again, Israel faces hypocrisy and a biased rush to judgment. I’m afraid this isn’t the first time. Last year, Israel acted to stop Hamas from firing thousands of rockets into Israel’s towns and cities. Hamas was firing on our civilians while h ......

6/3/2010

A Botched Raid, a Vital Embargo

IN the last few days, Jerusalem has been blanketed by an unusual combination of humiliation and steely determination. How is it, people here wondered aloud, that the same country that tripled its size in three lightning days in June 1967 and then pul ......

6/3/2010

Navy: Activists tried to kidnap 3 commandos during Gaza aid flotilla raid

According to preliminary navy investigation, some passengers on the Mavi Marmara boat dragged three unconscious commandos into one of the passenger halls below deck. During Israel's takeover of a Turkish ship in the Gaza-bound aid flotilla t ......

6/2/2010

Attention Los Angeles: Follow Up Rally on Sunday

Israel supporters demonstrated in large numbers on June 1st to protest Turkey's support of the flotilla provocation against Israel. Please tell your Los Angeles friends: A follow up demonstration will be held this coming Sunday, June 6th, at 2 P ......

6/2/2010

Biden: Israel right to stop Gaza flotilla from breaking blockade

VP Biden tells Charlie Rose that the Israel Navy might not have needed to drop commandos onto the Gaza-bound ship, but insists that Israel is entitled to defend its security....

6/1/2010

Attention Los Angeles and New York: Emergency Demonstration TODAY, JUNE 1

Emergency Rally TODAY, TUESDAY, June 1, at 5:00 p.m. in LOS ANGELES...

6/1/2010

Israel and the flotilla

Israeli commandos rappelled from helicopters onto a ship carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza early Monday, expecting minimal resistance from about 600 pro-Palestinian activists on board. The Israelis badly miscalculated. A melee ended with nine pr ......

5/31/2010

StandWithUs Denounces Anti-Israel Flotilla Goals and Lynching Attempt

StandWithUs Denounces Anti-Israel Flotilla Goals and Lynching Attempt, Supports Need for Israel to Defend Itself. We regret the violence, unnecessary casualties, and loss of life instigated by the anti-Israel flotilla when it defied national and int ......

5/31/2010

Turkey Emerges in a Sinister New Role As ‘Aid Flotilla’ Seeks To Run Blockade

Turkey is erupting as the hottest anti-Israeli belligerent state of the Middle East....

5/28/2010

StandWithUs "Heroes in Haiti" Exhibit-June 17 at the Skirball Center

StandWithUs, the international, non-profit Israel education organization sent photojournalist Joe Shalmoni to Port-au-Prince to record the work of Israel’s medical and rescue corps in the aftermath of Haiti's devastating earthquake. Israel dispatch ......

5/28/2010

Nine Years and Growing: SWU Building Network to Stand Up for Israel and Democracy

A top producer of Israel educational materials is celebrating its ninth anniversary. StandWithUs, since its founding in 2001, has led a charge against anti-Israel delegitimization efforts on college campuses in the United States and around the world. ...

5/28/2010

Counter-flotilla to Surprise the Europeans

The European “Freedom Flotilla” will have a surprise waiting when it reaches Israel’s southern waters this weekend. Israel advocacy non-profit StandWithUs plans to greet the European convoy with its own demonstration at sea. ...

5/28/2010

Six StandWithUs Boats Mounted Counter-Demonstration at Sea

Six StandWithUsInternaitonal boats departed today from the port of Ashdod on Friday, May 28 at 1pm each including journalists from major international outlets. The boats had a massive banner draped on the side "FREE GAZA FROM HAMAS." Tho ......

5/27/2010

StandWithUs Mounts Counter-Demonstration at Sea

[May 27] Self-styled European human rights activists will be in for a big surprise this weekend when their eight boats try to illegally land on the coast of Gaza to break what they call Israel’s "illegal Israeli blockade" of the Gaza Stri ......

5/25/2010

Senior MEP Quits Israel Trip in 'Propaganda' Row

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The EU parliament's most senior foreign relations personality has quit an official trip to Israel next week because he said his fellow deputies are plotting "anti-Israeli propaganda."...

5/25/2010

The Adventures of Itamar Marcus and the Hamas Bunny: Palestine at Play

It was unusually blustery as I hurried to dinner. I pulled my silk coat closer to my throat, unaware I would soon be as unsettled as the weather. Itamar Marcus was in town, and instructions were that we had to eat "Kosher Kosher." ...

5/25/2010

Abbas Warns of Israeli ‘Provocations'

J'lem hopes PA isn’t looking for excuses to scuttle the peace process. US envoy George Mitchell is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday morning, after having met a day earlier with Palestinian Authority President Mah ......

5/25/2010

StandWithUs Invites Elvis Costello on Free, VIP Trip to Israel

StandWithUs, the international Israel education organization is extending an invitation for a five-star VIP tour of Israel to Elvis Costello to coincide with his wife Diana Krall’s performance on August 4 at Israel’s Ra’anana Amphitheater. StandWith ......

5/21/2010

StandWithUs Urges UC Regents to Act Against Hate Campaigns on Campuses

[May 20-San Francisco] "Pay attention to the growing anti-Semitism on UC campuses...Condemn anti-Semitism as clearly and vigorously as you would condemn other forms of racism," Dr. Mike Harris of the Bay area chapter of StandWithUs, S.F. Vo ......

5/21/2010

Elvis, You're Singing for the Rejectionists

I’m so disappointed in you, Elvis Costello, for confusing cause and effect. I’m so disappointed in you for assuming that, if the Palestinians are suffering, which they are in Gaza, it is the fault of the Israelis, which it overwhelmingly is not. I’m ......

5/17/2010

Journalist Says Only Truth Will Set Palestine Free

THE Palestinian diaspora in Australia is facing an unexpected catastrophe. Normally, May 15, Israel's Independence Day, is the most important day of their year for celebrating their victimhood: the catastrophe, as they see it, of the founding of Isr ......

5/17/2010

"You Lied to Me, Jew Producer": Comedy Central Shocker

An offensive online game plays on an association of Israel as a child killer. Recently, the Comedy Central TV network censored an episode of the popular South Park cartoon following threats from Islamic extremists offended at the show's portrayal o ......

5/17/2010

Jewish Life on Campus Panel Discussion-June 2nd

Jewish life on campus: Where to find it and how to be a part of it! Panel discussion moderated by Sinai Temple's Rabbi Nicole Guzik. Wednesday, June 2nd at 6:30pm....

5/14/2010

Malik Ali Admits He Supports Terrorism

Write a letter to the administration at UC Irvine. Tell them that on Thursday, May 13th, the Muslim Student Union (MSU) has once again hosted a speaker, Malik Ali, who clearly stated that he supports terrorist groups and Jihad on campus. The MSU ......

5/13/2010

Facing Hatred on Campus: You Can't Fight Fire With Flowers

An increasing number of students report that efforts to demonize Israel have intensified on college campuses. Most recently, the student senates at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), held marat ......

5/13/2010

UC Irvine Faculty Statement

We, faculty at the University of California--Irvine, are deeply disturbed about activities on campus that foment hatred against Jews and Israelis. The troubling events over the past few years include the painting of swastikas in university buildin ......

5/12/2010

Annual Israel INFO 2010 Technology Conference and Exhibition

Jerusalem ---- May 9, 2010 …. The annual Israel INFO 2010 Technology Conference and Exhibition which took place May 3 - 5 at the Tel Aviv Hilton broke 25 years of attendance records. Israel INFO 2010, which was attended by nearly 2,000 participa ......

5/11/2010

If this is our future

Imagine this, if you can. A prestigious university in the United States, with deep roots in the American Jewish community, invites Israel’s ambassador to deliver its annual commencement address. But instead of expressing pride in the choice of speak ......

5/11/2010

University of California Statement on Divestment

Recently, there have been two bills put forward for a vote before student organizations within the University of California that call on the University to divest from companies doing business with Israel. Understandably, these bills have received con ......

5/7/2010

Letter of Support for Brandeis University President and Ambassador Michael Oren

There is an effort at Brandeis University to cancel Ambassador Michael Oren from speaking at this years graduation....

5/7/2010

Israel Attacked at Annenberg-National Geographic Water Exhibit in Century City, CA.

On March 27, 2010 the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City, CA opened an exhibit entitled Water: Our Thirsty World. The exhibit, which is scheduled to be on display until June 13, features photographs from National Geographic and coincides ......

5/6/2010

UCSD Student Senate rejects Israel divestment second time

SAN DIEGO–“How dare you silence us? Free, free Palestine! From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” shouted the UC San Diego [UCSD] divestment crowd as they stormed out of the student senate tonight, May 5, after their divestment bill was ......

5/6/2010

Illinois Coalition for Lasting Peace

Dear Friends of Peace, We are a coalition of Illinoisans, many of whom supported President Obama as senator and also as president. We are extremely concerned that recent events place both Israel and America at great risk, and we therefore feel tha ......

5/5/2010

PMW US TV ad shows PA glorification of terror as obstacle to peace

PMW has launched a TV ad campaign in Washington, D.C., to highlight the need for peace education as prerequisite for peace. The 30-second TV spot is running on CNN, FOX News, MSNBC and Headline News in the Washington area this month to point out the ......

5/5/2010

SWU Celebrates 9th Birthday With a Screening of "U.N. ME"-May 26th

StandWithUs is marking its ninth birthday by taking a hard look at the United Nations with a special screening of the documentary, "U.N. Me" on May 26 at the Writers Guild Theater. It takes a humorous yet serious look at the incompetence a ......

5/5/2010

Facilitating Middle East Peace Talks

As the Obama Administration prepares to revive Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, the renewed peace talks come amid reports that Syria has been shipping Scud missiles to Hizbullah in Lebanon. Israel and the US say they have clear proof that the Syrian ......

5/5/2010

Muslim students crash UWM’s ‘Israelpalooza’

Protesters climb rock wall, raise Palestinian flag before punching event participant over scuffle with banner, internal investigation to ensue...

5/4/2010

Mess Report / Hamas fears economic crisis could spark uprising

It turns out that not only Greece and Spain are suffering economic hardship. The Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip is facing a severe economic crisis due to the dwindling foreign assistance the organization normally relies on....

4/30/2010

Israel deputy ambassador 'shocked' by Manchester attack

Israel’s deputy ambassador to Britain was forced to seek refuge in a security office after protesters attempted to attack her following a university lecture. Talya Lador-Fresher said she feared she would be physically assaulted when demonstrators ......

4/28/2010

U.S., Israel say Syria arming Hezbollah with missiles

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Israeli defense ministers accused Syria on Tuesday of arming Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas with increasingly powerful missiles, but Israel said it did not intend to provoke a conflict over the buildup. ...

4/27/2010

The Crisis

Was Obama's confrontation with Israel premeditated? JERUSALEM—Suddenly, my city feels again like a war zone. Since the suicide bombings ended in 2005, life in Jerusalem has been for the most part relatively calm. The worst disruptions have been t ......

4/27/2010

Urgent: We need your help UC San Diego Divestment Action

Dear Friends of Israel, We are once again facing the threat of divestment. This time at UCSD. The pro-Israel student group at UCSD, Tritons for Israel, has mobilized. Among other things, they have already created a Facebook page to rally pro-Is ......

4/26/2010

Eight Palestinian factions refuse two-state solutions

DAMASCUS, April 25 (KUNA) -- Eight Palestinian factions said here Sunday that they would reject the two-state solution for the Mideast, calling on the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) to halt any kind of talks with Israel. ...

4/26/2010

Hamas Releases Cartoon About Captured Israeli

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (April 25) -- Hamas released an animated film Sunday bearing a grisly message for Israel: If it doesn't meet the Islamic militant group's demands, an Israeli soldier it has held for nearly four years could return home in a cof ......

4/26/2010

The Anti-Israel Lobby

J Street has gone over to the dark side. It claims to be “a pro-Israel, pro peace lobby.” It has now become neither. Its Executive Director, Jeremy Ben-Ami, has joined the off key chorus of those who falsely claim that Israel, by refusing to make pea ......

4/23/2010

Schumer: Obama's 'counter-productive' Israel policy 'has to stop'

New York Senator Chuck Schumer harshly criticized the Obama Administration's attempts to exert pressure on Israel today, making him the highest-ranking Democrat to object to Obama's policies in such blunt terms. Schumer, along with a majority o ......

4/23/2010

The Palestinians: Why Salam Fayyad Cannot Deliver

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad may be a good man with good intentions, but those who think that he will be able to persuade the Palestinians to make peace with Israel are deluding themselves. In Palestinian culture, it is more ......

4/17/2010

When Armageddon lives next door

I take it personally: Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wants to murder me, my family and my people. Day in, day out, he announces the imminent demise of the "Zionist regime," by which he means Israel. And day in, day out, his scienti ......

4/16/2010

DIVESTMENT STOPPED AT BERKELEY--FOR NOW

UC Berkeley’s student senate voted to uphold President Will Smelko’s veto of the controversial Divest from Israel bill, but pro-divestment senators countered by moving to reconsider the vote and discuss it again next week....

4/14/2010

A message from Judea Pearl

As a president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation, an organization dedicated to peace, reconciliation and dialogue, I have had a long experience trying to communicate with the leaders of the pro-divestment campaign....

4/14/2010

A Dangerous Silence

I weep as I witness outrageous verbal attacks on Israel. What makes these verbal assaults and distortions all the more painful is that they are being orchestrated by President Obama....

4/14/2010

StandWithUs Presents: A first-time photo exhibit taken at the IDF hospital in Haiti

(Los Angeles, CA) -- On Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Haiti experienced a devastating 7.0 earthquake. Israel immediately dispatched a team of 250 Israeli doctors, nurses, and rescue workers to Haiti. Overnight, they established a fully-equipped mobile h ......

4/9/2010

DIVESTMENT DEBATE TO CONTINUE

The fate of a divest-from-Israel resolution passed by the U.C. Berkeley student senate and vetoed by ASUC’s president a week later will likely be decided at a student senate meeting Wednesday, April 14. ...

4/9/2010

ADAM DAIFALLAH: ADDING A MACHETE TO THE CAMPUS DIVIDE

Early Sunday morning, two Carleton University students -- Nick Bergamini and his Israeli roommate, Mark Klibanov--were leaving an Ottawa-area bar when a group of men began verbally accosting them. The men yelled at them, in Arabic, for being Zionists ......

4/9/2010

ATTENTION TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY EDUCATORS - Great Workshop

Innovative Israel workshop for community members and teachers; Attend one day or both days: You are invited to attend our 7th Learn Israel Workshop: A Multicultural Nation Sunday, April 18th and Sunday, May 2nd. Learn how to present Israel i ......

4/8/2010

MACHETE USED IN ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK IN GATINEAU, CARLETON STUDENT SAY

OTTAWA — A well-known student supporter of Israel at Carleton University and an Israeli engineering student at the university say they are counting themselves lucky to have survived an attack with what they say was a machete near a Gatineau bar early ......

4/8/2010

OP-ED: U.S. SHOULD NOT GIVE PALESTINIANS A FREE PASS

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- How much can you berate a friend and still call them a friend? As Israel continues to dust off from the latest dust-up with her closest ally, it might be wondering about the future of a once-storied friendship. Over the Passover ......

4/8/2010

PA NAMES RAMALLAH STREET AFTER HAMAS TERROR MASTERMIND

The future Palestinian Authority presidential compound will be built along a street named for an infamous Hamas arch-terrorist, Channel 10 reported on Wednesday....

4/7/2010

ISRAEL AID PAYS U.S. DIVIDENDS THAT EXCEED COST: STEVE ROTHMAN

April 7 (Bloomberg) -- The argument that American military aid to Israel is damaging to the U.S. is not only erroneous, it hurts the national security interests of this country and threatens the survival of Israel. U.S. support for Israel is essen ......

4/7/2010

ANTI-ISRAEL TV SHOW ANGERS PALESTINIANS

Even the Palestinians are opposed to an anti-Israel Turkish television series that is being aired these days on two popular Arab satellite networks. The 13-episode Separation: Palestinian in Love and in War (Cry of Stones) is about a Palestinian f ......

4/7/2010

PALESTINIAN TEEN REPORTEDLY KILLED BY IDF RETURNS HOME

A Palestinian 15-year-old boy who was said to have been killed in the Gaza Strip this week returned to his home safe and sound, it was reported Saturday. Palestinian medical elements initially reported that Mohammed al-Farmawi was killed by I ......

4/7/2010

TAGNER AND PROSOR: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF THE MID-EAST CONFLICT

We are not diplomats or politicians. We are not always right and Israel’s critics are not always wrong. A solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict will probably lie somewhere in the middle. We are former Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) officers and curr ......

4/7/2010

E-MAILS ALLEGE MUSLIM STUDENTS ORCHESTRATED IRVINE DISRUPTION

NEW YORK (JTA) -- The Muslim Student Union at the University of California, Irvine, orchestrated the disruption of a Feb. 8 speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren, leaked e-mails indicate. ...

3/26/2010

UPDATE- MADISON MARKET FOLLOW-UP

We've received many emails this morning asking us what happened at the Madison Market (Central Coop) Product Issue Committee meeting yesterday evening. We've also been asked by a few people why does it matter what Madison Market does. After all, it ......

3/26/2010

UC IRVINE STUDENTS STAND UP TO THE UC STUDENT GOVERNMENT –VIDEO

As you know, 11 Muslim students were arrested on February 8, 2010 after attempting to shout down a speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren. Eight of the Muslim students, including the Muslim Student Union (MSU) President, were students fro ......

3/26/2010

URGENT: YOUR HELP NEEDED NOW FOR UC BERKELEY UPCOMING VOTE ON DIVESTMENT

Dear Friends of Israel, THANK YOU! A large percentage of you wrote impressive letters to UC Berkeley opposing the Student Senate divestment resolution. We have hundreds of copies of your letters. If you forgot to send us a copy, please send o ......

3/24/2010

OBAMA'S LEGACY AND THE IRANIAN BOMB

The gravest threat faced by the world today is a nuclear-armed Iran. Of all the nations capable of producing nuclear weapons, Iran is the only one that might use them to attack an enemy. There are several ways in which Iran could use nuclear weap ......

3/23/2010

JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION: MYTHS AND MISPERCEPTIONS

Much has been written in recent weeks about the announcement of new construction permits in Jerusalem. The timing of the announcement was unfortunate and embarrassing, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apologized for it. But lost in ......

3/19/2010

BOYCOTT RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY DEFEATED AT CALIF FOOD CO-OP

Boycott resolution unanimously defeated at Calif. food co-op The board of directors of the Davis Food Co-op, one of the nation’s largest cooperative food stores serving the Davis, Calif., community, on March 8 unanimously rejected a proposal by a lo ......

3/19/2010

CAMPUS EXPERTS EVALUATE LOCAL IAW-RESPONSES

Jewish and pro-Israel student groups are weighing the pros and cons of responding to a recent anti-Israel propaganda campaign targeting college campuses. “Israel Apartheid Week” activities were carried out in more than 40 cities around the globe d ......

3/18/2010

THE CRISIS

JERUSALEM—Suddenly, my city feels again like a war zone. Since the suicide bombings ended in 2005, life in Jerusalem has been for the most part relatively calm. The worst disruptions have been the traffic jams resulting from construction of a light r ......

3/17/2010

WHY GLORIFY THE MURDERERS?

Vice President Joe Biden took umbrage last week when Israel announced during his visit that it had approved new housing construction in East Jerusalem. But an...

3/17/2010

SPEAKER IN NEW ROCHELLE DISCUSSES ANTI-ISRAEL ELEMENTS IN COLLEGE

NEW ROCHELLE — American college campuses often have come onto the frontline of the Israeli-Palestinian debate. Looking to shed light on "extremist speakers" with anti-Israel messages and give local Jewish students more tools in the publi ......

3/17/2010

TORMENTING ISRAEL

I've never understood why the world goes absolutely bonkers when Jews try to build homes in Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem. Take the latest brouhaha about the announcement by Israel's Interior Ministry that it had approved a planning stage - the ......

3/15/2010

UCI STUDENTS CONTINUE ISRAEL PROTESTS

Tensions flared again on March 2 on the University of California, Irvine (UCI) campus as pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel students staged simultaneous demonstrations outside the administration building. Shouting slogans like “Anti-genocide, anti-Israe ......

3/15/2010

'HAMAS USED KIDS AS HUMAN SHIELDS'

Hamas gunmen used Palestinian children as human shields, and established command centers and Kassam launch pads in and near more than 100 mosques and hospitals during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip last year, according to a new Israeli report ......

3/15/2010

AIPAC ACTION ALERT

Members of the Obama Administration have recently made statements regarding the U.S. relationship with Israel that have heightened tensions with America's only democratic ally in the region. We strongly urge the Administration to work closely and pr ......

3/15/2010

UANI CALLS ON KPMG TO END ITS BUSINESS IN IRAN

NEW YORK - (BUSINESS WIRE) - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) on Friday called on KPMG to end its business in Iran and to refuse to provide services to companies that operate in Iran. KPMG is listed on UANI's Iran Business Registry (IBR)....

3/15/2010

US RESPONSE TO SETTLEMENTS

We urge the U.S. administration to stop overreacting to Israel’s approval of new housing in a northern Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood. The administration’s goals would be better served by defusing the situation so Israel and the Palestinians can retur ......

3/12/2010

BACK ISRAELIS, NOT IDEOLOGY

On Monday, I listened to the testimony of two veterans of the Israeli Defense Force, Lior and Inon, concerning their conduct during combat operations in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, refuting many assumptions made about the defense force since the re ......

3/12/2010

CALPERS HAS FAILED TO SELL ITS IRAN-RELATED INVESTMENTS

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has failed to sell its Iran-related investments, despite the law passed in 2007 that requires divestment from Iran, which the U.S. government has identified as a state sponsor of terrorism ......

3/10/2010

FOR ISRAEL'S ARABS IT IS NOT APARTHEID

An Arab member of the Knesset who goes all the way to the US and Canada to tell university students and professors that Israel is an apartheid state is not only a hypocrite and a liar, but is also causing huge damage to the interests of his own Arab ......

3/10/2010

JIHAD JANE, AN AMERICAN WOMAN, FACES TERRORISM CHARGES

A petite, blond-haired, blue-eyed high school dropout who allegedly used the nickname JihadJane was identified Tuesday as an alleged terrorist intent on recruiting others to her cause, as federal prosecutors unsealed criminal charges that could send ......

3/9/2010

OREN OFFERS TO RETURN TO UC IRVINE

IRVINE, California — Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren has offered to return to the University of California, Irvine to exchange views with students who heckled him raucously on campus last month. Oren made the offer in an open letter to the UC Ir ......

3/9/2010

AMBASSADOR OREN'S LETTER

Several weeks ago, I was invited to your university to provide my perspective on the Middle East peace process, the question of Iranian nuclearization and U.S.-Israel relations. Prior to assuming the role of ambassador I taught at several American un ......

3/8/2010

THE HIDDEN AGENDA BEHIND 'ISRAEL APARTHEID WEEK'

As ‘Israel Apartheid Week’ heats up, the question must be asked, what – if anything – makes the Israeli case similar to South Africa? The organizers of “Israel Apartheid Week” (March 1-March 13, 2010) are hoping to replicate what they claim was an u ......

3/8/2010

ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVIST ATTACKS JEWISH GIRL ON CAMPUS

(IsraelNN.com) University of California at Berkeley was again the site of a clash involving pro-Israel and anti-Israel activists last Friday when Husam Zakharia, leader of the Students for Justice in Palestine, assaulted Jessica Felber of the pro-Isr ......

3/4/2010

UK MUSLIM LEADER TO ISSUE FATWA AGAINST JIHAD

Ruling is most comprehensive theological refutation of Islamist terrorism. Talkbacks (11) LONDON – A revered mainstream Muslim scholar is set to announce in London on Tuesday a fatwa (Muslim ruling) against terrorism and suicide bombing in the ......

3/4/2010

ISRAEL HAS ITS FAULTS, BUT APARTHEID ISN'T ONE OF THEM

Toward the end of last year, Jimmy Carter apologized for some of his very harsh statements about Israel. In an "open letter to the Jewish community" -- and with a vagueness that ill becomes him -- he airily mentioned criticisms that "s ......

3/4/2010

HOW ABOUT A REAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST ABUSES?

Every year at about this time, radical Islamic students -- aided by radical anti-Israel professors -- hold an event they call "Israel Apartheid Week." During this week, they try to persuade students on campuses around the world to demoniz ......

3/4/2010

SABEEL BRINGS INTOLERANCE TO SEATTLE. NEXT STEP SAN FRANCISCO

Seattle, known for its inclusive liberalism, exposed a darker side on February 19 and 20 when the prestigious St. Mark’s Cathedral hosted an anti-Israel, anti-Jewish conference organized by Sabeel, the Jerusalem-based Ecumenical Liberation Theology C ......

3/2/2010

LET THE SOLDIERS SPEAK

Those who have recently served see that the picture the media presents is skewed from the reality they know. Conspicuously missing in the narrative of Israel’s recent battles against terrorists is the story of those who actually fought in them; t ......

3/2/2010

'FAYYAD IS INCITING VIOLENCE'

Clashes spread from Hebron to J'lem; PA, Jordan: Israel provoked escalation. Palestinian Authority officials headed by Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad, are inciting anti-Israel violence in the West Bank, defense officials charged on Sunday as violent ......

3/2/2010

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: DIRECT THE HEAT TOWARD ISRAEL

The Palestinian Authority is once again trying to divert attention from its problems at home, and the best way to do this is being escalating tensions with Israel - the Palestinian Authority’s policy since its inception after signing the Oslo Peace A ......

2/26/2010

FIGHTING BACK

As anti-Israel protestors step up their tactics to disrupt and, in some cases, shut down speakers that support Israel on college campuses across the country, 45 Jewish high school and college students from the Pacific Northwest came to Seattle on Feb ......

2/24/2010

ANGEL AMONG US

A few days ago, I came to see that the City of Angeles lived up to its name. A few days ago, I attended the funeral service of Avi Schaefer, of blessed memory, a young man of 21, freshman at Brown University, who served as a lone soldier in Isra ......

2/22/2010

DISCIPLINARY LETTERS SENT TO UCI PROTESTERS

The UC Irvine students who were arrested after protesting a Feb.8 speech by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren have received disciplinary letters from the university office of judicial affairs. UCI sent the letter to the eight Irvine stud ......

2/22/2010

DOUBLE STANDARD WATCH: RIGHTS OF THE SPEAKER VERSUS 'RIGHTS' OF DISRUPTORS

Recently Michael Oren, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, who is an academic historian and a political moderate, was invited to speak at the University of California at Irvine. I know Michael well and have heard him speak many times. He is on ......

2/22/2010

ARE YOU AN ADVOCATE?

Join us for the 1st annual Sinai Temple Israel Center Advocacy Day. Sunday, March 7, 2010 2:30pm- 6:30pm...

2/22/2010

NEW!VIDEO OF MUSLIM STUDENT GROUP OUTSIDE RIGHT AFTER MICHAEL OREN EVENT AT UC IRVINE

Hello Friends of Israel, We need your help now, with the viral distribution of this new video. PLEASE DO THREE THINGS: 1. Watch the new video below. 2. Forward it to your lists. 3. Write and tell your friends to write, addresses below. Send a ......

2/19/2010

STANDWITHUS LAUNCHES U.S. SPEAKING TOUR FOR ISRAELI SOLDIERS IN FEBRUARY-MARCH

(February 18, 2010) – StandWithUs, the international Israel education organization is launching a U.S. speaking tour for Israeli soldiers who will recount their personal experiences of serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) including the 2009 att ......

2/19/2010

"THREATS OF MISSIELS ARE BECOMING MORE SEVERE"

"Threats of missiles are becoming more severe"...

2/19/2010

"FATAHGATE"

This is the kind of stuff that drives a young Palestinian man or woman to take a gun or a knife and kill the first Jew he or she meets on the street: ...

2/19/2010

CANCER RESEARCH FUND (ICRF)

As community members, you are invited to an extraordinary performance of the Long Bright Cantata – a Concert of Hope that will take place on March 11, 2010 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. This incredibly touching tribute will be performed by the Los Angeles Je ......

2/18/2010

STAND WITH ISRAEL, CHINA URGED BY STANDWITHUS

JERUSALEM – The Israeli branch of StandWithUs, an international organization formed in 2001 to advocate for Israel on campuses, libraries, houses of prayer and through the media, recently organized a unique and successful public relations trip to Chi ......

2/18/2010

URGENT ACTION: Stand Up For Free Speech, Starting With UC Irvine

In a carefully orchestrated action, over 75 Muslim students and their sympathizers repeatedly jeered and screamed raucously to silence Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren during his speech at UC Irvine (UCI) on Monday, Feb. 8. Eleven of the most disrupti ......

2/16/2010

STANDWITHUS IS CONCERNED ABOUT J STREET

StandWithUs's position on J Street...

2/12/2010

COMPETING 'STREETS' MEET, BUT MANAGE NOT TO INTERSECT

Hundreds of people converged at the University of Pennsylvania's Hillel building last week for competing events that offered alternative visions of Israel and U.S. policy in the Middle East. Though there were few fireworks, neither camp succeeded ......

2/9/2010

11 ARRESTED FOR DISRUPTING ISRAELI AMBASSADOR'S TALK AT UC IRVINE

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Eleven students have been arrested during a raucous lecture at University of California, Irvine, where Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren spoke about U.S.-Israel relations. ...

2/9/2010

ISRAEL AMBASSADOR OREN DEFENDS FREE SPEECH AT UC IRVINE- BY ROZ ROTHSTEIN, CEO, SWU

Muslim students tried to silence Israel’s U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren when he spoke at UC Irvine’s Pacific Ballroom on Monday afternoon, February 8. Ambassador Oren had come to share his historical and personal perspective on the U.S.-Israel rela ......

2/8/2010

AN EVENING WITH AMBASSADOR OF ISRAEL TO THE UNITED STATES MICHAEL B. OREN

Dear Friends of Israel, We would like to ask you to please join us today at UC Irvine when Ambassador Michael Oren speaks to the student body. Please invite your friends. We look forward to seeing you,...

2/8/2010

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

StandWithUs is proud to announce the opening of registration for GaP (Government and Politics) in Israel....

2/8/2010

GEORGE GALLOWAY RETURNS TO THE U.S. AMID ALLEGATIONS OF TERRORISM SUPPORT

British MP George Galloway made a surprising visit to the United States last week to raise money for a planned fourth Viva Palestina (VP) convoy. Galloway's group claims to "break the crippling siege of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid" t ......

2/5/2010

ARABS TO BLOCK CANBERRA'S UN PUSH

KEVIN Rudd's bid for a UN Security Council seat has been dealt a severe blow after a warning from the Arab League that it is less likely to succeed because of Australia's support for Israel. Hashem Yousseff, chief of cabinet for Arab League sec ......

2/2/2010

PA TV SERMON: "JEWS ARE THE ENEMIES OF ALLAH AND HUMANITY"

"The Prophet says: 'Kill the Jews'" "Even if donkeys would cease to bray, dogs cease to bark, wolves cease to howl and snakes to bite, the Jews would not cease to harbor hatred towards Muslims." By Itamar Marcus a ......

2/2/2010

WHITE PHOSPHORUS: Israel is a nation both keen and able to hold itself to account

“Israel is becoming a Middle Eastern country,” predicted the writer Amos Oz in 1979. “I hope that it will not behave worse than other Middle Eastern countries, but I doubt it will behave any better.” Oz was wrong. Today, Israel does behave considerab ......

2/1/2010

2 BOMBS FOUND ON BEACHES IN SOUTH

Two barrels of explosives were discovered on Israeli beaches on Monday, which were dispatched into the sea as part of a large-scale Palestinian terror attack against Israeli navy ships. The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) was investigating the d ......

1/29/2010

Sean Penn volunteers with Israeli soldiers in Haiti

Joe Shalmoni, a Los Angeles resident responded to the crisis in Haiti by signing up to volunteer at the IDF field hospital in Port Au Prince....

1/29/2010

STUDENT LEADERS FROM SMITH AND MIT CHOSEN FOR STANDWITHUS

Sophomores Daniele Natali Goldberg at Smith College and Jason Strauss from MIT have been designated StandWithUs ‘Emerson Fellows,’ a unique campus initiative entering its third year from StandWithUs, the non-profit, international Israel education org ......

1/29/2010

ISRAEL ADVOCACY TARGET CHINA

In an altogether new twist in Israeli public diplomacy, a pro-Israel advocacy organization has taken its message to China for the first time. ...

1/28/2010

THE CASE AGAINST THE GOLDSTONE REPORT

The Goldstone Report is much more scurrilous than most of its detractors (and supporters) believe. According to the report, Israel used the more than 8,000 rocket attacks on its civilians merely as a pretext, an excuse, a cover for the real purpose o ......

1/28/2010

SEAN PENN VOLUNTEERS WITH ISRAELI SOLDIERS IN HAITI

Joe Shalmoni, a Los Angeles resident responded to the crisis in Haiti by signing up to volunteer at the IDF field hospital in Port Au Prince. Shalmoni, who comes from a devout pro-Israel family (his sister is StandWithUs director Roz Rothstein) volun ......

1/27/2010

STANDWITHUS REPORTING FROM HAITI, INSIDE ISRAELI FEILD HOSPITAL

1/27/2010

ISRAEL FLYING AID REMAINS IN HAITI CARING FOR CHILDREN, REQUESTS URGENT DONATIONS

"We urgently need funds to continue this operation and other humanitarian missions for which we carry out throughout the year around the world. To help those children who were injured and or abandoned. We have supplies for the children in Haiti ......

1/26/2010

After two weeks, Israel team winds down Haiti mission

The Israel Defense Forces team in Haiti is finishing up its mission and will return home on Thursday. The decision was based on the recommendation of the Home Front Command, whose senior officers feel hey have fulfilled their role in helping the eart ......

1/26/2010

STANDWITHUS REPORTING FROM HAITI, INSIDE ISRAELI FEILD HOSPITAL

1/26/2010

AMORE SENSITIVE CANCER BREATHALYZER

Lung cancer is a brutal disease, often not caught until it's too late for treatment to do much good. Now researchers are building an electronic nose that could help physicians detect the disease during its initial stages. Using gold nanoparticles, s ......

1/26/2010

AFTER TWO WEEKS, ISRAEL TEAM WINDS DOWN HAITI MISSION

The Israel Defense Forces team in Haiti is finishing up its mission and will return home on Thursday. The decision was based on the recommendation of the Home Front Command, whose senior officers feel hey have fulfilled their role in helping the e ......

1/25/2010

StandWithUs reporter / photographer in Haiti

We are proud to inform you that StandWithUs has sent someone to Haiti....

1/25/2010

ABC >> DIANE SAWYER IMPRESSED WITH ISRAEL'S FIELD HOSPITAL IN HAITI

Diane Sawyer reports on the impressive IDF field hospital in Port au Prince...

1/25/2010

10 DAYS AFTER THE QUAKE: ISRAELI TEAM RESCUSES MAN FROM RUBBLE

An Israeli search and rescue team saved a 22-year-old Haitian man from the rubble of a collapsed building in Port-au-Prince on Friday, according to a statement from the IDF Spokesperson, 10 days after a massive earthquake devastated the Caribbean ......

1/22/2010

How much does Israel's aid mission to Haiti cost the state?

Israel's rescue mission to earthquake-ravaged Haiti is costing the state some NIS 40 million, a sum which is likely to rise the longer the delegation remains in the country....

1/22/2010

ISRAEL'S 'GREEN MACHINE' GEARS UP FOR 2010

By the end of this year, Israel will become the first nation on the planet to host a national electric car network. Better Place, the firm that came up with the technology for the vehicles, was founded by Israeli businessman Shai Agassi; the cars are ......

1/22/2010

A NATION OF CAREGIVERS

JERUSALEM -- For once, the main topic of discussion in Israel has no connection to war, politics or even the Middle East. From huge newspaper headlines to private conversations in small towns, Israelis can't get enough information about the tragedy ......

1/22/2010

STANDWITHUS REPORTING FROM HAITI, INSIDE ISRAELI FEILD HOSPITAL (JAN 20, 2010)

1/22/2010

10 DAYS AFTER THE QUAKE: ISRAELI TEAM RESCUSES MAN FROM RUBBLE

An Israeli search and rescue team saved a 22-year-old Haitian man from the rubble of a collapsed building in Port-au-Prince on Friday, according to a statement from the IDF Spokesperson, 10 days after a massive earthquake devastated the Caribbean ......

1/21/2010

STANDWITHUS REPORTING FROM HAITI, INSIDE ISRAELI FEILD HOSPITAL

Photos by Joe Shalmoni - reporting from Haiti...

1/21/2010

RALLYING FOR ISRAEL IN THE RAIN [VIDEO]

Even the rain couldn’t derail protest groups from hitting the Wilshire Boulevard sidewalks to speak out about Israel. Outside the Federal Building in Westwood on Sunday, about 40 people rallied on the first anniversary of Israel’s incursion into the ......

1/21/2010

IDF sets up communcations system in Haiti

An Israel Defense Forces team in Haiti has set up a satellite-based communications system....

1/21/2010

L.A.'S IRANIAN JEWS JOIN WESTWOOD DEMONSTRATIONS SUPPORTING ISRAEL

With shofars blasting and flags in hand, yesterday nearly 120 Los Angeles area supporters of Israel— including local Iranian Jews and even non-Jews alike weathered the pouring rain by aligning Wilshire Boulevard near the corner of Veteran Street in ......

1/21/2010

ABC >> Diane Sawyer impressed with Israel's Field Hospital in Haiti

Diane Sawyer reports on the impressive IDF field hospital in Port au Prince...

1/21/2010

UN, US ask Israel to send cops to Haiti

Following a request from the United States and the United Nations, the Israel Police will send dozens of armed officers to join peacekeeping efforts in Haiti, the Public Security Ministry announced on Wednesday....

1/21/2010

Bashing Israel for saving Haitians

I'd like to say a word of honor and thanks and, yes, pride for the Israelis, paramedics, physicians, nurses, midwives, and medical imaging technicians, who went to Haiti to save lives....

1/20/2010

Pictures: IDF Field Hospital in Haiti 1/20/10

Pictures: Maj. Gen. Yair Golan Visits the IDF Field Hospital in Haiti, 20 January 2010...

1/20/2010

AN INSPIRING PRO-ISRAEL DEMONSTRATION

StandWith Us has coordinated many rallies over the last eight years, but there was something especially inspiring about our rally on Sunday, January 17....

1/20/2010

By the Numbers: IDF in Haiti (as of 1/20/10)

So far, 383 people have been treated in the hospital, among them dozens of children. 140 life saving operations were executed and seven babies were delivered. As of now, approximately 60 patients are being treated in different departments of the hospital....

1/20/2010

LA JEWS FOR PEACE STAGE PRO-GAZA, ANTI-ISRAEL DEMONSTRATION

On January 17 a couple of dozen people from LA Jews for Peace stood in the wet in West Los Angeles, demonstrating their condemnation of Israel, one year after Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. Across the street, a somewhat larger crowd organized by StandW ......

1/20/2010

ISRAELI CULTURE ON DISPLAY IN CHINA

A MELBOURNE-BORN Israeli student has led a delegation to China for the launch of a photo exhibition highlighting aspects of Israeli society, culture and landscapes. The exhibition, titled Inside Israel, featured photos by 50 of Israel’s leading phot ......

1/20/2010

VIDEOS of Israeli Humanitarian Aid in Haiti

Check out these clips of Israel's vital work to save lives in Haiti...

1/20/2010

Israel prepares for the long-haul in quake-stricken Haiti

With anarchy growing, and the devastation vast, Israel vows to continue offering vital aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti....

1/20/2010

VIDEO COVERAGE: CBS & MSNBC cover Israel's "Rolls Royce" of Field Hospitals

The IDF hospitals receive some amazing media coverage...

1/20/2010

100 Israeli Police Heading for Haiti

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon asked the Israeli Foreign Ministry to send a police contingent to Haiti, to fight growing anarchy there. The plea comes as the streets of earthquake-ravaged Port Au-Prince have reportedly become battle zon ......

1/20/2010

President of Haiti thanks Israel for helping in most difficult hour

Haitian President Rene Preval said Wednesday that his country appreciates the aid that Israel has provided to those hurt in the quake....

1/20/2010

ISRAEL: SENDING SOLDIERS OF PEACE TO HAITI

Last week, the Israeli army hosted the first international emergency response conference in Israel. Two hundred participants from 35 countries attended the conference to discuss new initiatives in response and preparedness for emergency situations of ......

1/20/2010

BBC & SKY NEWS Cover the Israeli Rescue Efforts after the Hatian Earthquake

British news outlets cover the Israeli rescue efforts in Haiti...

1/20/2010

STANDWITHUS REPORTING FROM HAITI, INSIDE ISRAELI FEILD HOSPITAL

Photos by Joe Shalmoni...

1/20/2010

VIDEO: Capt. Barak Raz Describes IDF Aid Delegation’s Progress in Haiti, 1/20/10

Capt. Barak Raz, head of the North American Desk of the Foreign Press Branch, describes the IDF’s lifesaving efforts in Haiti....

1/19/2010

StandWithUs covering Israel's Humanitarian Aid efforts in Haiti & Globally

StandWithUs is compiling articles, images, videos, and stories from Israeli Humanitarian efforts worldwide, especially covering the recent Haiti earthquake....

1/18/2010

PRAISE FOR ISRAELI MISSION IN HAITI: 'ONLY ONES OPERATING'

Israeli field hospital earns accolades as only aid mission able to do complex surgery in devastated country. CNN reports other missions transfer patients to Israeli base. ABC reports on young woman giving birth there...

1/16/2010

RESCURES DESCRIBE 'SHABBAT FROM HELL'

The large field hospital established by the IDF Medical Corps at 10 a.m. Shabbat local time was already treating dozens of patients four hours later, when its commander, Lt.-Col. Dr. Itzik Reiss, was able to take a breather and speak to Israeli healt ......

1/15/2010

IsraAID Launches Relief Efforts for Victims of Haiti Earthquake

IsraAID: The Israel Forum for International Aid has launched an emergency relief effort in response to the devastating earthquake that shook Haiti, just outside the capital of Port au-Prince on 12 January....

1/14/2010

ISRAEL SENDS 220-STRONG RESCUE TEAM TO HAITI; TENS OF THOUSANDS FEARED DEAD

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has prepared a 220-member rescue team for departure to the disaster-stricken country, including elite army corps engineers and a field hospital....

1/13/2010

YORK U STUDENT GIVEN FELLOWSHIP TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT ISRAEL

Fourth-year York University student and pro-Israel activist Danny Rende has been designated a StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, a unique campus initiative entering its third year from StandWith- Us, a non-profit, international Israel education organization ......

1/12/2010

STANDWITHUS DELEGATION IN CHINA: REPORTING LIVE

Thousands of Chinese art lovers will experience a first encounter with Israeli public diplomacy next week, when StandWithUs, one of the world's prominent Israel-advocacy groups, takes a photo exhibition of Israel to Harbin in the Asian giant's nort ......

1/11/2010

WHY CHINA MATTERS

Stepping out of the airport in Harbin in northeast China, you are greeted by a giant castle made completely of ice. Thankfully, relations between the State of Israel and the People's Republic of China are anything but cold, and during the past wee ......

1/11/2010

ISRAEL'S RIGHT IN THE 'DISPUTED' TERRITORIES

The recent statements by the European Union's new foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton criticizing Israel have once again brought international attention to Jerusalem and the settlements. However, little appears to be truly understood about Isra ......

1/11/2010

GIL STEIN: HAMAS 'DEAD BABY STRATEGY' REPREHENSIBLE

Last year the Israeli town of Sderot was in a war zone, having been on the receiving end of thousands of rockets fired from Hamas-ruled Gaza -- more than 6,500 since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005. ...

1/7/2010

CAN HAMAS BE STOPPED FROM SEIZING WEST BANK?

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his prime minister, Salam Fayyad, are hoping that Israel will withdraw to the pre-1967 lines within the next two years to enable the Palestinians to establish an independent state with half of Jerusal ......

1/5/2010

GOV'T OPPOSES 'BORDERS FIRST' APPROACH

Israel's top decision-makers are against discussing the border issue first in future negotiations with the Palestinians, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Separating final borders from other core issues would allow negotiators to avoid the thorny se ......

1/5/2010

IDF TO BLANKET ISRAEL WITH GAS MASKS

The Home Front Command is planning to begin distribution of individual protection kits, i.e. gas masks, to every citizen starting in late February, according to a cabinet decision taken last week. ...

1/4/2010

STANDWITHUS TAKES PRO-ISRAEL SHOW TO CHINA

Thousands of Chinese art lovers will experience a first encounter with Israeli public diplomacy next week, when StandWithUs, one of the world's prominent Israel-advocacy groups, takes a photo exhibition of Israel to Harbin in the Asian giant's nort ......

1/4/2010

HATE ON PARADE: SMARTER PROPAGANDA, OR FAILING INTEREST?

Anti-Israel propaganda in Houston has either become a bit smarter, or is failing to attract interest, both from its promoters and its targeted audience, based on its most recent public performance....

1/4/2010

CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION COERCES MEMBERS' BELIEFS

At a time when the present California budget crisis causes the California State University system (CSU) to institute steep tuition hikes, drastic restrictions in the number of students admitted, a hiring freeze, and forced non-paid furlough days for ......

1/4/2010

STANDWITHUS-ISRAEL BREAKS NEW GROUND, REACHES OUT TO CHINA

(Jerusalem, Israel)—For the first time, Israel will be represented in Harbin, China when a StandWithUs student delegation showcases Israel in a special photography exhibit entitled “Inside Israel.”...

1/4/2010

ISRAEL WARY OF U.S.-ARMS DEALS

The United States has recently signed major arms deals with several Arab states. Israeli officials have expressed concern at the scope and content of the agreements. Among the recipients of the advanced arms included in the agreements are Egypt, Saud ......

12/31/2009

TWO JERUSALEM PALESTINIANS JAILED FOR PLOTTING TO KIDNAP IDF SOLDIERS

Two Palestinian residents of Jerusalem were jailed for two years Wednesday, after admitting to conspiring to kidnap Israeli soldiers. The two, Ayad Avid and Abdullah Avid, from the neighborhood of Issawiyah, planned to use a tractor to ram a mili ......

12/31/2009

'DOZENS OF TERROR INFILTRATIONS FOILED'

Dozens of attempts by terror groups to infiltrate Israel and carry out attacks via the porous Egyptian border were thwarted throughout 2009, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) revealed on Wednesday in its annual report....

12/31/2009

WHAT ISRAEL CAN TEACH US ABOUT SECURITY

At Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, screening is done in 30 minutes. The key? Look passengers in the eye While North America's airports groan under the weight of another sea-change in security protocols, one word keeps popping out of the mouths of ......

12/30/2009

TWO PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATION, BUT ONE PRO-ISRAEL DEMONSTRATION

On December 28, there were two demonstrations across the street from each other, outside of the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles on Wilshire Boulevard. Both were pro-Palestinian. But only one was also pro-Israel, while the other was anti-Israel. ...

12/29/2009

SHIN BET CHIEF WARNS 3RD INTIFADA LIKELY UNDER BARGHOUTI

Yuval Diskin tells Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee while chances of new Palestinian uprising in 2010 are low, prospects may increase should any dramatic event take place...

12/29/2009

THEIR OWN WORST ENEMIES: HAMAS-RULED GAZA SUFFERS WHILE WEST BANK THRIVES

One year ago Sunday, Israel finally responded to a multiyear barrage of rocket attacks on schools, homes and synagogues, peaking with more than 3,200 in 2008, with a targeted military campaign in Gaza....

12/24/2009

ISRAELIS SEEK ARREST OF HAMAS LEADERS ABROAD

JERUSALEM — A group of Israelis wounded in Palestinian rocket attacks during this year's Gaza war have asked a Belgian court to issue war crimes arrest warrants against Hamas leaders, they said on Thursday....

12/22/2009

‘DON’T RELEASE TERRORIST TO W. BANK’

As the inner cabinet held marathon talks on Monday night on a proposed Gilad Schalit prisoner swap, senior defense officials and IDF officers admitted that a mass release of security prisoners to the West Bank would give Hamas a substantial boost and ......

12/21/2009

ISRAEL NOT WORRIED BY SYRIA-LEBANON ALLIANCE

JERUSALEM, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The headline from two days of talks between top Syrian and Lebanese officials, as far as Israel is concerned, is that Beirut seemingly wants to realign itself with Damascus in order to reduce the Israeli threat. ...

12/17/2009

INTERNATIONAL PROTEST AGAINST SPANISH BOYCOTT OF ISRAELI UNIVERSITY

Dec. 16—Los Angeles—People around the world are protesting against Spain for politicizing an academic competition. StandWithUs, the international Israel education organization, launched a petitionand has held “Shame on Spain” demonstrations in front ......

12/16/2009

WHERE WERE HAMAS AND FATAH?

While Fatah and Hamas have been complaining and crying over the past week about the torching of a mosque in the West Bank village of Yasuf -- an act allegedly carried out by extremist Jewish settlers – where were Hamas and Fatah when Palestinians set ......

12/16/2009

THE ISRAEL TEST

A lecture and book-signing with George Gilder, author of he ground breaking new Book The Israel Test ...

12/15/2009

ISRAEL CONFIRMS U.K. ARREST WARRANT AGAINST LIVNI

The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called for an end to the "absurd situation" in which arrest warrants were being issued to Israeli officials over alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip. "Only actions can put an end to this absurd situ ......

12/15/2009

ADVOCACY MEETING INSPIRES

I was fortunate to attend the third annual Stand With Us (SWU) Israel in Focus conference in Los Angeles last month. Having attended the past two as well, I can honestly attest that they just keep getting better each year. ...

12/14/2009

OREN BLASTS J STREET

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The Israeli ambassador to the United States blasted J Street, saying the organization was "fooling around with the lives of 7 million people."...

12/11/2009

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM AIPAC: HR 2194 Needs Your Input NOW

We urge you in the strongest possible way to please read this. Everyone should take this seriously and take just a few minutes for immediate action....

12/11/2009

BRITAIN USES FOOD LABELS TO PUT PRESSURE ON ISRAEL OVER SETTLEMENTS

Britain has advised UK supermarkets on how to distinguish between foods from the settlements and Palestinian-manufactured goods in a move that will put pressure on Israel over its illegal West Bank settlements....

12/10/2009

WANTED: PALESTINIAN "PEACE NOW" MOVEMENT

Many Palestinians who work with international or Israeli organizations whose job is to promote peace and coexistence in the Middle East are often afraid or reluctant to discuss the nature of their work, even though it is much more important to teach ......

12/9/2009

IDF THWARTS JERUSALEM TERROR ATTACK

IDF and Border Police forces thwarted a potential terror attack in Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon, when they discovered six pipe bombs in a 20-year-old Palestinian man's bag. ...

12/9/2009

PM: PALESTINIANS 'REJECT NEGOTIATIONS'

Prime Minster Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday criticized the Palestinian leadership for deliberately refraining from engaging in serious peace talks with Israel....

12/9/2009

ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT PERES ON YOUTUBE

Today, President Shimon Peres of Israel joins the Pope, US President Barak Obama and other world leaders, as he launches his own YouTube channel....

12/8/2009

ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT FREEZE

Distracted by the crucial debate over Afghanistan, many Americans may have missed a pivotal event in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. On Nov. 25, Israel's government announced a 10-month construction freeze in Judea and Samaria—the areas gener ......

12/4/2009

"BUILDING PALESTINE WITHOUT OBAMA'S INTERFERENCE'

It is difficult to turn on a TV or radio or pick up a newspaper these days, without finding some pundit or other deploring the dismal prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace or the dreadful living conditions of the Palestinians. Even supposedly neutr ......

12/2/2009

SHALEV SLAMS UN 'PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY DAY'

Israeli ambassador tells UN its tradition of marking November 29, which Israel sees as date legitimizing its independent existence, as day of mourning for Palestinian people is harmful to peace process...

12/1/2009

'DON'T CALL J'LEM PALESTINIAN CAPITAL'

Sweden's attempts to insert language into an EU resolution on the Middle East that would recognize east Jerusalem as the capital of a future independent Palestinian state harms European efforts to play a significant part in mediating between Israel ......

11/30/2009

ROS-LEHTINEN: ISRAEL’S EXPULSION FROM EVENT IS ‘DEMONIZATION’ TACTIC

A member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee has stepped into a dispute over a competition co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Spain is hosting the Solar Decathlon Europe in June 2010, an international competition in which teams from ......

11/30/2009

ISRAEL'S RESPONSE TO THE IAEA RESOLUTION REGARDING IRAN

The international community has realized that Iran’s nuclear program is becoming a significant and urgent threat to world peace. ...

11/30/2009

AMERICA VS. THE NARRATIVE

What should we make of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who apparently killed 13 innocent people at Fort Hood? Here’s my take: Major Hasan may have been mentally unbalanced — I assume anyone who shoots up innocent people is. But the more you read about hi ......

11/30/2009

BEJAMIN DORSON CHOSEN FOR 2009-10 STANDWITHUS EMERSON FELLOWSHIP AT IU

Indiana University sophomore Ben Dorson has been designated a StandWithUs “Emerson Fellow,” a unique campus initiative entering its third year from StandWithUs, the nonprofit, international Israel education organization. The annual Fellowship se ......

11/25/2009

TO UNDERSTAND THE MIDEAST, READ THE TRANSLATIONS, SAYS MEDIA WATCH DIRECTOR

“The Jews poisoned [Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat] and I hate them very much. Allah will repay them what they deserve.” So said a Palestinian girl during a children’s segment of a televised memorial for Arafat on PA official televisi ......

11/25/2009

'LET US MAKE PEACE,' SAYS PM IN ANNOUNCING SETTLEMENT FREEZE

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced a ten-month settlement freeze at a Jerusalem press conference on Wednesday evening after the security cabinet approved the plan, and called on the Palestinians to make peace with Israel. ...

11/25/2009

BARAK: ISRAEL TO TARGET LEBANON IF HEZBOLLAH ESCALATES TENSION

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday warned Lebanon that it, not Hezbollah, would be the target of retaliatory attacks should the militant group escalate tension along Israel's northern border. ...

11/23/2009

COLUMBIA, RUTGERS ON 'SPY' GROUP GIFT LIST

Anti-Israel, pro-Iran university professors are being funded by a shadowy multimillion-dollar Islamic charity based in Manhattan that the feds charge is an illegal front for the repressive Iranian regime. The deep-pocketed Alavi Foundation has aggr ......

11/18/2009

PEACE IN ARABIC

It’s not that I get tired of listening to Jewish speakers. More often than not, they motivate and inspire me. Whether I agree with them or not, there’s a familiarity, a connection. I learn from my people and I embrace their diversity....

11/17/2009

WHAT DOES "PRO-PALESTINIAN" REALLY MEAN?

In recent years there has been a significant rise in the number of non-Palestinians who describe themselves as “pro-Palestinian” activists. These people can be found mostly on university campuses in North America and Europe. ...

11/17/2009

US LIKELY TO THWART PALESTINIAN AMBITIONS FOR INDEPENDENT STATE

The Palestinians are trying to play an ace they have already played. When the Palestinian National Council proclaimed an independent state in 1988, the move was endorsed by the UN General Assembly of all UN members in Resolution 43/177. ...

11/13/2009

WHAT HAPPENED AT MOSQUE?

On November 5, 2009 there was a confrontation at Brandeis University in Massachusetts between the president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Dr. Dore Gold, and Judge Richard Goldstone. It dealt, among other things, with the affair of the M ......

11/12/2009

AVI SCHAEFER '13: TO THOSE INTERESTED IN CREATING PEACE IN THE THE MIDDLE EAST

An open letter to the group Common Ground, from a former Israeli Soldier: My name is Avi Schaefer. I am a freshman at Brown. I’m the one who doesn’t quite look like a freshman, who doesn’t quite act like a freshman and who generally shies away fro ......

11/12/2009

HOPKINS, U OF M STUDENTS FIGHT ANTI-ISRAEL SENTIMENT ON CAMPUS

“It is very important to have people on campuses all across America that are willing to defend Israel rationally and when necessary,” said Brooke Katz, junior, the newly selected StandWithUs Emerson Fellow at Johns Hopkins. ...

11/9/2009

PRO-ISRAELI CANADIAN LAWYER EJECTED FROM UN

Guards ejected an accredited Canadian commentator from the United Nations after she denounced a controversial report that focuses heavily on alleged Israeli war crimes. ...

11/9/2009

DENIAL ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT

In recent weeks, Palestinian religious and political leaders have brought tensions over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount to a boil. During Sukkot, Jerusalem’s muezzins called on Palestinians to rally around the Al-Aqsa Mosque, reportedly warning that “Jews w ......

11/9/2009

WE NEED 'A STREET', NOT J STREET

Some Jews are convinced that this new organization poses a threat to Israel's interests, while others are equally passionate about the need for an organization that will counter AIPAC and critique Israeli policy for the sake of peace....

11/6/2009

ISRAEL: LEADER OF BUSINESS INNOVATION

Dan Senor, co-author of 'Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle,' discusses with CNBC how Israel has managed to become a leader in business innovation....

11/5/2009

THE PALESTINIANS' SPOILER

Advocates for engaging Hamas often argue that if the group is given a stake in the creation of an independent Palestine by being included in peace negotiations, it will moderate its positions....

11/4/2009

PA TV: JEWS HAVE NO HISTORY IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL

In an interview on official PA television on Oct. 22, historian Nabil Alqam first denied thousands of years of documented Jewish history in Israel, then replaced it with "4,000 to 5,000 years" of fictitious Palestinian history. ...

11/4/2009

MASSIVE ARMS SHIPMENT INTENDED FOR HEZBOLLAH INTERCEPTED BY ISRAELI NAVY

An exceptionally large quantity of weapons, rockets, and missiles was uncovered on board a cargo vessel intercepted by the Israel Navy Special Forces and brought to the Ashdod port....

11/3/2009

J STREET'S IDENTITY CRISIS: A REPORT ON THE J STREET CONFERENCE

The ideological confusion of the conference was obvious from the moment I registered in the downstairs hall of the Grand Hyatt Hotel. Registrants received a canvas bag full of brochures from organizations that spanned just left of center to the radic ......

11/3/2009

SIGN THE PETITION TO REFUTE AND CONDEMN THE ACADEMIC BOYCOTT AT NORWAY'S TRONDHEIM UN

SPME Petition (From Scholars for Peace in the Middle East)...

11/3/2009

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO OMAR BARGHOUTI

Report on Omar Barghouti’s Talk at Loyola Law School, Nov. 1, 2009...

11/2/2009

GAZA: THOUSANDS RALLY FOR ISLAMIC JIHAD

Tens of thousands of Islamic Jihad loyalists held a rally in Gaza on Friday to commemorate the group's slain founder....

11/2/2009

OPEN LETTER TO JUDGE GOLDSTONE

A letter sent by one of Hadassah's most prominent physicians to Judge Goldstone. Please read it through....

10/27/2009

ROSNER'S DOMAIN: ROBERTA SEID ON WHY J STREET IS BAD FOR ISRAEL

A couple of days ago I linked hereto a long interview with J Street's founder Jeremy Ben-Ami. Now it's time for the opposition to speak up. And opposition means Roberta P. Seid. Seid earned her doctorate at UC Berkeley in European Social History, ......

10/27/2009

IAEA INSPECTORS VISIT SECOND IRAN NUCLEAR SITE

A team from the United Nations nuclear watchdog inspected Iran's newly disclosed uranium enrichment site on Sunday, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. "The inspectors who arrived in Iran on Sunday visited the facility in central I ......

10/27/2009

NEWS FLASH! ELLIOT CHODOFF, MILITARY EXPERT, WILL BE JOING BOTH CONFERENCES IN LA

Elliot Chodoff is a political and military analyst specializing in the Middle East conflict and the global war on terrorists. His articles have appeared in the Washington Times, National Post of Canada, In the National Interest, The Israel Journal of ......

10/23/2009

EUROPEAN OFFICAL: ECONOMIC BOYOTT OF ISRAEL IS 'NOT JUSTIFIED'

European Commission Vice-President Gunter Verheugen said Sunday that said boycotts of Israeli products were "not justified," adding that they were an "easy solution" that would do nothing to improve the Middle East Conflict....

10/23/2009

ISRAEL, THE U.S. AND THE GOLDSTONE REPORT

The U.N.'s Human Rights Council (HRC) voted overwhelmingly on Friday to endorse the recommendations of the lopsidedly anti-Israel Goldstone Report. The report, named for former South African judge Richard Goldstone, who chaired the underlying invest ......

10/23/2009

HAARETZ ARTICLE: CONCERNING J-STREET

Breaking with the cautious attitude of major Jewish institutions, a prominent pro-Israel group in the U.S. has launched a scathing verbal attack on J Street, the left-leaning U.S. lobby for Israel, ahead of its inaugural conference which begins Su ......

10/22/2009

A LETTER FORM NANCY GOODMAN BRINKER

I would like to thank you for contacting us about breast cancer awareness events that advocates from across the United States and Middle East are attending in Egypt October 21-27. There have been reports that some of the invited participants would no ......

10/20/2009

RIGHTS WATCHDOG, LOST IN THE MIDEAST

AS the founder of Human Rights Watch, its active chairman for 20 years and now founding chairman emeritus, I must do something that I never anticipated: I must publicly join the group’s critics. Human Rights Watch had as its original mission to pry o ......

10/20/2009

EGYPT SLAMS DOOR ON ISRAELI CANCER RESEARCHERS

Please act on this travesty (read background below) by calling your local Susan Komen office and demanding that this be corrected... or, if Egypt is at fault, to cancel the entire conference, or Komen's association with it, if Israel is excluded....

10/20/2009

AMB. MICHAEL OREN REJECTS STREET CONFERENCE INVITE

Instead a lower-level member of the embassy staff will be sent to watch and report on the event. "In response to the question about J Street's invitation to participate in its conference, the Embassy of Israel has been privately communicating ......

10/19/2009

TESTIMONY AT THE UN: UK Commander Challenges Goldstone Report

Today's emergency UN Human Rights Council debate on the Goldstone Report predictably saw a line-up of the world's worst abusers condemn democratic Israel for human rights violations. In a heated lynch mob atmosphere, Kuwait slammed Israel for “inte ......

10/16/2009

MORE J STREET EVACUATIONS: GILLIBRAND, SCHUMER DROP OUT

We reported this morning that Delaware Rep. Mike Castle, the front-runner for that state's open Senate seat in 2010, had withdrawn his name from the host committee for J Street's inaugural conference later this month -- his staff insists that Castl ......

10/16/2009

DESTROYING DIALOUGUE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Thursday afternoon saw a contained riot at the University of Chicago’s Mandel hall during a speech from former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Upon arrival we were greeted by vociferous protesters screaming “No Justice No Peace” and epithets of Is ......

10/16/2009

ISRAEL ADVOCACY GROUP FAXING LAWMAKERS ABOUT J STREET CONFERENCE CONCERNS

An Israel advocacy group has been faxing out letters since Friday morning to the 160 lawmakers reportedly committed to attending the honorary dinner for the J Street "Driving Change, Securing Peace" conference in Washington Oct. 25-28. ...

10/12/2009

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER 'HAPPY, SHOCKED'

Prof. Ada Yonath of the Weizmann Institute of Science - whose highly abstruse field and targets were regarded with skepticism by colleagues and who was treated like "the village fool" for years - has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Che ......

10/12/2009

'J STREET COULD HURT ISRAEL'S INTERESTS'

The Israeli Embassy informed J Street of its concern that the new lobbying group advocates policies that could "impair Israel's interests," an embassy spokesman has told The Jerusalem Post. The 18-month-old self-described "pro-Isr ......

10/9/2009

WITNESSING THE DEMONISATION OF ISRAEL IN UK

"We are all Hezbollah." "We are all Gazan." The yellow of the Lebanese terrorist organisation's flag is unmistakable. For a moment, I am confused: Where am I? The Lebanese border? Near Gaza? No - there's the familiar bright ......

10/8/2009

JSTREET- COUNTERING THE ESTABLISHMENT OR EMBRACING IT? - UPDATE

J Street, the "pro-peace, pro-Israel" lobby, has come a long way since its inception just about 18 months ago, and not just because its conference later this month is drawing the endorsement of 160 Congress members (about half the number th ......

10/5/2009

STANDWITHUS CONCERNED ABOUT J STREET

StandWithUs has concerns about "J Street," a new organization and lobby whose goal is to change U.S. policies on Israel. Though J Street claims to be "pro- Israel" and "pro-peace" and to represent mainstream Jewish opini ......

10/2/2009

'HELLO, THIS IS GILAD'

(Video) Following Shalit family's authorization, video of Gilad Shalit received from Hamas in exchange for prisoner release distributed to news agencies as sign of life, more than three years since Israeli soldier captured...

9/30/2009

TWO 18-YEAR-OLD ISRAELIS ON TOUR

When I first heard that two 18-year-old Israeli girls, Maya Wind and Netta Mishley, were on a month-long tour sponsored by Code Pink and Jewish Voice for Peace, I wondered what the girls would say. Maya and Netta are here to tell everyone why they re ......

9/29/2009

BIBI NETANYAHU'S SPEECH AT THE U.N.

Click on the links bellow to watch Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu speech at the U.N....

9/29/2009

MIDRESHET LINDENBAUM'S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM &SWU NOW PARTNERING FOR ISRAEL-ARAB STUDIES

The Midreshet Lindenbaum Leadership Program in Israel-Arab Studies and StandWithUs (SWU) are now working together to enhance Lindenbaum students' knowledge and skills for presenting Israel's case on campuses and beyond. ...

9/25/2009

Rally outside the United Nations Plaza

More than ten thousand people rallied outside the United Nations Plaza on Thursday, Sept. 24, to demand freedom for all Iranians....

9/23/2009

EX-PRESIDENT FOR SALE

Jimmy Carter is making more money selling integrity than peanuts. I have known Jimmy Carter for more than 30 years. I first met him in the spring of 1976 when, as a relatively unknown candidate for president,he sent me a hand written letter asking fo ......

9/23/2009

JEWS AND MUSLIMS ALIKE TO PROTEST AHMADINEJAD IN WESTWOOD

With the pending arrival of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the United Nations in New York City this coming Thursday Sept. 24th, Los Angeles area Jews and Iranians of various faiths will be gathering tomorrow, Sept. 23rd at the Federal Buildi ......

9/23/2009

SPAIN BANS ARIEL U. FROM INT'L CONTEST

The Spanish Housing Ministry has disqualified Ariel University Center from the international Solar Decathlon contest, on the grounds that the university is "located in occupied territories."...

9/23/2009

U.S. PLEDGES TO QUASH GOLDSTONE RECOMMENDATIONS

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The Obama administration will not allow the Goldstone report recommendations on Israel's conduct in the Gaza war to reach the International Criminal Court. A top White House official told Jewish organizational leaders in an off ......

9/22/2009

JOIN THE DEMONSTRATIONS: AGAINST AHMADINEJAD

Join a Demonstration in your area and Stand Up For Freedom and Peace LOS ANGELES: Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Time: 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Location: The Federal Building on Wilshire and Veteran Sponsoring organization: StandWithU ......

9/22/2009

STANDWITHUS APPALLED AHMADINEJAD TO ADDRESS U.N. AGAIN

(Los Angeles—Sept. 22) “It is a travesty that Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will once again address the United Nations. His hate-filled speeches, policies, and aggressive ambitions are a perversion of the UN’s mission and ideals, and of every s ......

9/21/2009

EU CONDEMNS AHMADINEJAD'S DENIAL OF THE HOLOCAUST

The European Union on Sunday condemned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's denial of the Holocaust, saying it encourages anti-Semitism and hatred. The Swedish EU presidency urged Iranian leaders to "contribute constructively to pea ......

9/18/2009

NASRALLAH: WE'LL NEVER RECOGNIZE ISRAEL

The leader of Lebanon's Hizbullah vowed on Friday that his Shiite terror group will never recognize Israel and that no Arab state has the right to do so either. Hassan Nasrallah spoke in a televised address to ceremonies marking Quds Day, an annua ......

9/18/2009

WHITE HOUSE SLAMS AHMADINEJAD'S SPEECH

Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said Friday that comments made by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a rally in Teheran were "hateful." White House spokesman Robert Gibbs echoed her, telling reporters: "Obv ......

9/18/2009

'NUCLEAR-FREE ZONE IMPOSSIBLE IN ANTI-ISRAEL MIDEAST'

The chairman of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission on Tuesday told the international community that a nuclear-free Middle East requires a change in regional attitude toward Israel. In an address to the International Atomic Energy Association in V ......

9/18/2009

THE U.N. STRIKES AGAIN: HAMAS NOT TERRORIST, BUT ISRAEL IS?

Looking at the latest high-profile “report” from the United Nations on the recent war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, it's not difficult to understand why the vast majority of Americans harbor deep distrust of the international body....

9/16/2009

WHO IS OBSTRUCTING MIDDLE EAST PEACE?

The US Administration is in the final stages of preparing a new initiative that would, according to recent reports in the media, require Arabs and Muslims to embark on a process of normalization with Israel once the government of Prime Minister Binya ......

9/15/2009

RIGHTS GROUP ASSAILED FOR ANALYST'S NAZI COLLECTION

Marc Garlasco A leading human rights group has suspended its senior military analyst following revelations that he is an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia. The group, Human Rights Watch, had initially thrown its full support behind the analyst, M ......

9/15/2009

'JEWS HARVESTING ALGERIAN KIDS' ORGANS'

The anti-Semitic blogosphere and many Arab and Muslim media outlets are aflutter in recent days over accusations of an international Jewish conspiracy to kidnap Algerian children and harvest their organs....

9/14/2009

PERES: EVERY HEART BREAKS, TODAY WE ARE ALL THE RAMON FAMILY

Thousands of friends, family members, public figures and private citizens attended the funeral of Assaf Ramon on Monday afternoon at the military cemetery in Nahalal. Ramon died Sunday afternoon when his Israel Air Force F-16 jet crashed in the South ......

9/10/2009

NETANYAHU: WE WANT TO MAKE PEACE, BUT WE WON'T BE 'SUCKERS'

Israel is willing to make concessions for peace, but not to be "suckers," Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday night. "We have shown time and time again that we're willing to make compromises for peace, but we won't le ......

9/10/2009

BOTH HAMAS AND FATAH REFUSE TO TEACH HOLOCAUSE TO PALESTINIAN KIDS

Hamas's demand that the UN not include Holocaust education in schools in Gaza drew widespread international criticism last week. But the refusal to educate children about the Holocaust is not unique to Hamas. It follows the Holocaust-denying prece ......

9/8/2009

"WHAT CARTER MISSED IN THE MIDDLE EAST"

In an op-ed on Sunday ["The Elders' View of the Middle East"], former president Jimmy Carter, speaking on behalf of a self-appointed group of "Elders," described a rapacious Israel facing long-suffering, blameless Palestinians, w ......

9/8/2009

ACTION ALERT: OPPOSE ANTI-ISRAEL CAMPAIGN TO HIJACK TIFF

The Issue: This year’s annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) inaugurated a new “City to City” program that will showcase “young, dynamic,” multicultural Tel Aviv on its 100th birthday. In protest, a group of film artists condemned the ......

9/8/2009

EGYPTIAN (AND ARAB) HYPOCRISY

The Egyptian media in particular and the Arab media in general are full of stories about the “siege” that Israel has been imposing on the Gaza Strip since Hamas came to power. Hardly a day passes without an Egyptian or Arab government officia ......

9/4/2009

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S APPROACH TO ISRAEL AND ITS NEIGHBORS IS ILL-CONCEIVED

President Obama is disappointing many American Jews who voted for him, writes guest columnist Nevet Basker. "President Obama is especially misguided in pushing for a ban on Israeli construction in Jerusalem."...

9/4/2009

SWEDISH "REPORT"HARMS PALESTINIANS, JOURNALISTS

If the tabloid’s goal was to help the Palestinians, then it is clear that the article has had a boomerang effect. As one Palestinian journalist put it, “This is a nice story, but it’s harmful to the Palestinians because it’s not based on any evi ......

9/2/2009

HATE SPEECH ON CAMPUS

It is that time of the year once again. The new school term will begin in a matter of weeks. As the excitement and anticipation escalates for some, entering college or university for the first time can be a daunting and intimidating experience for th ......

9/2/2009

CALIFORNIA POLS BREAK FAST WITH HAMAS FRONT

Dozens of California lawmakers are expected to gather in the state Capitol this evening for an Iftar dinner – the meal breaking the daily fast for Muslims during the month of Ramadan. In doing so, the politicians are partnering with a group that fed ......

9/2/2009

PALESTINIAN TV CHILDREN'S QUIZZES TEACH THERE IS NO ISRAEL

Palestinian children are taught through formal and informal education to see a world in which "Palestine" replaces all of Israel. Two children's quizzes broadcast last week on Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority television show how the ......

9/1/2009

MIDEAST PEACE BILLBOARD INSTALLED AT 59 AND NEWCASTLE

A new billboard at U.S. Highway 59 and Newcastle promotes peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and identifies a radical Islamist organization as the perpetrator of conflict in Gaza....

8/28/2009

REMEMBERING THE HEBRON MASSACRE

No theme is more deeply embedded in Jewish history than exile and return. The biblical exodus from Egypt to the promised land, the return from Babylonian exile, and, most recently, the establishment of the state of Israel all affirmed the enduring de ......

8/28/2009

HIDING THE TRUTH ABOUT HUSSEINI

The publicly funded Multicultural Center's (Werkstatt der Kulturen) decision to remove educational panels of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Muhammad Amin al-Husseini, who was an ally of Adolf Hitler, from a planned exhibit, sparked outrage on Th ......

8/26/2009

URGENT ALERT REGARDING U.S. CONSULATE LOCATED IN JERUSALEM

Dear Friends of Israel, We need your help. Please forward this critically important alert to your friends. THE U.S. CONSULATE IN JERUSALEM SHOULD EITHER REFLECT THAT IT IS LOCATED IN ISRAEL'S CAPITAL AND SERVE ISRAELIS AS WELL AS PALESTINIANS, ......

8/24/2009

BGU STUDENTS PREPARE PEERS TO MAKE CASE FOR ISRAEL OVERSEAS

Doron Dvir took a class last semester with Prof. Neve Gordon, the head of Ben-Gurion University's department of politics and government, who last week called Israel an "apartheid state" in the Los Angeles Times and expressed support for an ......

8/21/2009

ANALYSIS: PRESIDENT WANTS PALESTINIAN CONCESSIONS

WASHINGTON — Now it's the Palestinians' turn. With Israel having issued no new housing settlement contracts for months, President Barack Obama is beginning to make headway in his Mideast peace strategy....

8/20/2009

EIGHTH ANNUAL DANIEL PEARL WORLD MUSIC DAYS TO BE HELD OCTOBER 1-31, 2009

Dear Friends of StandWithUs, We write to call your attention to a unique and powerful opportunity to make our voice resonate with many communities around the world....

8/19/2009

SWEDISH WRITER 'NOT SURE' STORY'S TRUE

A report in Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet earlier this week alleging that Israel was harvesting Palestinians' organs for transplant continued to cause ripples on Wednesday with statements by Israeli officials, the Swedish Embassy in Tel Aviv and the ......

8/19/2009

THE FATAH CONFERENCE: A STEP IN BACKWARDS FROM THE HOPES FOR PEACE

Fatah reconvened its General Assembly for the first time in 20 years between Aug. 4 and Aug. 13, 2009 in Bethlehem. The results of this 6th General Assembly were extremely disappointing for those who hoped Fatah would moderate and be a serious peace ......

8/18/2009

OP-ED: ISRAEL ADVOCACY IS NEEDED ON NON-HILLEL CAMPUSES

CHICAGO (JTA) -- The support of the world's only superpower for the world's only Jewish state is a priceless asset for Israel. Sustaining that support, especially among the 98 percent of Americans who aren't Jewish, is a sacred trust for American Jews....

8/16/2009

WEST BANK SUCCESS STORY

Imagine an annual economic growth rate of 7%, declining unemployment, a thriving tourism industry, and a 24% hike in the average daily wage. Where in today's gloomy global market could one find such gleaming forecasts? Singapore? Brazil? Guess again ......

8/15/2009

ACTION ALERT

Members of the Senate have sent a letter to President Obama emphasizing the need for Arab states to take dramatic steps that demonstrate their commitment to peace with Israel. The letter, signed by 71 senators and spearheaded by Sens. Evan Bayh (D-IN ......

8/15/2009

HIJACKING INTERRUPTED UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA SAYS NO TO ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT

Despite a plea by an activist from the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, the General Council of United Church of Canada has voted down two proposals to boycott Israel, and denied approval to a third that was originally accompanied by back ......

8/15/2009

REALITY CONTRADICTS NEW HAMAS SPIN

In recent interviews, Hamas leader Khaled Mashal has offered to cooperate with U.S. efforts to promote a peaceful resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, indicated a willingness to implement an immediate and reciprocal ceasefire with Israel, and sta ......

8/10/2009

ANALYSIS: HOW FATAH HAS EVOLVED INTO THE PALESTINIAN BA'ATH PARTY

Fatah's sixth General Assembly has shown that the 44-year-old faction is still not ready to transform itself from a revolutionary movement into a governing body - one that cares about establishing institutions and infrastructure for the future Pales ......

8/6/2009

'NEW HIZBULLAH ARMS MAY ALTER BALANCE'

Increasing tensions between Israel and Hizbullah are the result of growing concern that Syria will transfer "balance-altering" weaponry to the Iranian-backed guerrilla group in the event of a new conflict with Israel, a top defense official ......

8/6/2009

HAMAS ROCKETS A WAR CRIME: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

JERUSALEM — Rocket attacks carried out against Israel by the Hamas rulers of Gaza and other Palestinian militants amount to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Thursday....

7/30/2009

BEDUIN SHEIKH URGES SCHALIT RELEASE

As the masses passed by him outside Beersheba's Central Bus Station on Wednesday afternoon, Sheikh Salam al-Hoziel encountered an array of responses to his simple, yet surprising plea....

7/30/2009

SECURITY NET

It was the days of Operation Cast Lead. Qassams keep falling in the South, while foreign TV channels continue to broadcast the destruction in Gaza. Frustrated and highly motivated, the StandWithUs fellows of the Hebrew University decided to volunteer ......

7/29/2009

COHEN: FEAR OF IRAN TOPS MIDDLE EAST'S WRATH AGAINST ISRAEL

Former Defense Secretary William S. Cohen said Tuesday that fears about Iran have replaced animosity toward Israel as the top concern of governments in the Persian Gulf and the broader Middle East....

7/29/2009

OBAMA BEGINS PRESSURING ARAB LEADERS ON DEAL WITH ISRAEL

WASHINGTON - Freezing the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank was once seen as a unilateral Israeli obligation. But the Obama administration is now treating this as part of a package that will require concessions from Arab states as well ......

7/29/2009

PM TO JONES: GAZA CROSSINGS TO REMAIN SHUT UNTIL SCHALIT FREE

Although Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday authorized the transfer of hundreds of tons of cement to Gaza, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stressed in a meeting with US National Security Adviser James Jones later that night that the terminals ......

7/28/2009

NETANYAHU: GAZANS WILL HAVE THE POWER TO TOPPLE HAMAS REGIME

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the vast majority of Muslim societies would choose advancement and progress over radicalism and terror, and predicted that the Hamas regime in Gaza would fall in the future....

7/27/2009

A SPEECH BY DR. MIKE HARRIS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

My name is Michael Harris and I am one of the founders of the San Francisco Voice for Israel, a branch of StandWithUs. The Jewish Film Festival is an important cultural institution in our community. Yet, as Peter noted, this year there has be ......

7/27/2009

SOLDIERS DEFEND IDF'S CONDUCT

IDF soldiers have responded to criticism of the army’s conduct in Operation Cast Lead by producing a website describing how the army did everything in its power to minimise civilian casualties. ...

7/27/2009

NEW APP BRINGS PRO-ISRAEL TIDBITS TO FACEBOOK STATUS LINE

The realization that young people are increasingly living life through their Facebook accounts recently gave birth to a new and potentially powerful tool in the fight for Israel's image. Observing this phenomenon, a group of 23 students from Jerusal ......

7/27/2009

'RACHEL' DRAWS PASSIONATE CROWD TO S.F. JEWISH FILM FEST

After weeks of community discord, the controversial ‘Rachel’ documentary screened today to a fiery audience often inhospitable to divergent viewpoints. “What happened to two Jews, three opinions?” asked Laynie Tzena, standing in the Castro Theater a ......

7/23/2009

SECURITY PRISONERS TO BE HONORED WITH PA STREET NAMES

The Palestinian Authority plans to name dozens of West Bank streets after Palestinian security prisoners who were involved in murdering Israelis or carrying out terrorist attacks, a PA minister said on Wednesday....

7/23/2009

'FATAH HAS NEVER RECOGNIZED ISRAEL'

Fatah has never recognized Israel's right to exist and it has no intention of ever doing so, a veteran senior leader of the Western-backed faction said on Wednesday....

7/22/2009

NEW DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING THE SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival has invited Dr. Michael Harris, one of the leaders of the local StandWithUs chapter (San Francisco Voice for Israel), to speak prior to the showing of the Rachel Corrie film. Dr. Harris has accepted the invitat ......

7/22/2009

LETTERS TO THE ORGANIZERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

As staunch champions and allies of Israel, the Koret and Taube Foundations do not support any organization that promotes or provokes anti-Israel sentiment; nor do we provide funding to any organization whose mission runs counter to our position. In t ......

7/21/2009

ACTION OF THE WEEK:A Disturbing Addition to the Jewish Film Festival in San Francisco

The StandWithUs staff is extremely concerned that the Jewish Film Festival, which is about to open in San Francisco, will include the new film about Rachel Corrie and that the organizers have invited Rachel Corrie's mother to speak. We recall that ......

7/20/2009

BREAKING THE RULES

It is clear from its latest report that the goal of Breaking the Silence is not to bring offending soldiers to justice or even to encourage reforms in IDF policy. If these were its goals, it would include names, ranks, facts, place names and dates; i ......

7/20/2009

UN OFFICIAL URGES RESTRAINT AS NASRALLAH SAYS IDF PLANNIN WAR

Two days after Lebanese villagers attacked UNIFIL troops attempting to investigate an explosion in southern Lebanon, a top UN official issued a call for restraint on Monday, saying that both Lebanon and Israel must renew their commitment to UN Resolu ......

7/17/2009

OLMERT SLAMS US FOCUS ON WEST BANK SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert denounced the focus of the US administration on Israel's West Bank settlement construction, saying that Americans must return their attention to negotiations in order to work towards peace....

7/17/2009

ISRAEL: LEBANON BLAST SHOWS 'FLAGRANT' VIOLATIONS

JERUSALEM -- Israel accused Iran and Syria on Thursday of sending weapons to Lebanon's Hezbollah in violation of U.N. resolutions, after one of the militant group's weapons depots blew up near the Israeli border....

7/17/2009

AFTER MONTH-LONG LULL, QASSAM STRIKES NEGEV

After a month-long lull in Israel's southern towns, militants in the Gaza Strip fired a Qassam rocket into the western Negev Thursday evening. The rocket struck an open area near Sdot Negev at around 8 P.M. No one was hurt. ...

7/16/2009

SOLDIERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST NEW IDF ALLEGATIONS

JERUSALEM (July 15, 2009) – A wave of IDF soldiers have come forward to video their positive, eye-witness testimony to www.soldiersspeakout.com, outraged by a report recently released by ‘Breaking the Silence’, which alleges misconduct by IDF soldi ......

7/16/2009

IDF SOLDIERS GIVE TESTIMONIES TO COUNTER GAZA WAR CRIMES CLAIMES

A newly released collection of anonymous accusations of alleged human rights abuses by Israeli soldiers in Gaza has prompted reservists who served there to deliver signed, on-camera counter-testimonies about Palestinian terrorists' use of Gazans as ......

7/15/2009

BARAK SLAMS CRITICISM OF IDF CONDUCT

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday responded to a new report which accused the IDF of committing war crimes during Operation Cast Lead against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. "Any criticism of IDF operations should be directed to me, ......

7/15/2009

JTA EXCLUSIVE: GREEK TELETHON FOR GAZA HOSPITAL A SCAM

ATHENS (JTA) -- A campaign in Greece to raise money to rebuild a Chrisian Palestinian hospital in Gaza allegedly destroyed by Israel appears to be a scam, JTA has learned. ...

7/14/2009

ISRAEL ACCUSES LEBANON OF VIOLATING UN RESOLUTION 1701

Israel accused Lebanon of violating United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 on Tuesday after a Hizbullah arms cache hidden inside a southern Lebanese town accidentally exploded....

7/14/2009

BLAIR: ISRAEL NOT GETTING ENOUGH CREDIT

Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair said Monday that Israel was not getting enough credit for its many recent measures to improve conditions for the Palestinian population in the West Bank, such as the removal of roadblocks and checkpoints....

7/13/2009

GAZA CONFLICT SPARKS BILLBOARD BATTLE IN TEXAS

Texans have had occasion this week to witness the eruption of a billboard war waged between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel grassroots organizations vying to tell Houston commuters their side of the story....

7/13/2009

THE HUMAN SPIRIT: A JEST FOR HEALTH

The 50 young adults in the audience are puzzled. On their fourth day here on the free birthright israel trip, they have toured the Knesset and are now visiting Hadassah-University Medical Center, a place they've seen on TV and an icon of Israeli med ......

7/13/2009

FACEBOOK GIVES HATRED A HAND

Facebook has decided not to remove groups that deny the Holocaust. This policy contradicts its own "statement of rights and responsibilities", which clearly states "you will not post content that is hateful". Facebook seems to be ......

7/10/2009

STANDWITHUS RAPID RESPONSE TEAM IN ACTION:

When ten anti-Israel billboards suddenly appeared in the greater Houston area, a local group, BridgeHouston, contacted StandWithUs to brainstorm with our Rapid Response Team about the most effective reply. The billboards, sponsored by the Houston Co ......

7/9/2009

'IRAN COULD, BUT PROBABLY WON'T BUILD A BOMB WITHIN A YEAR'

French President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the G8 summit, in L'Aquila, Italy. Photo: AP Both the US and Israel believe Iran has the technical capacity to build one nuclear bomb within a year if it decides ......

7/8/2009

UCSB GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO PROFESSORIAL PROPAGANDA

If you are concerned about our college campuses, here is an important bulletin: UCSB professors are free to peddle propaganda designed to indoctrinate students with their personal prejudices. Neither professional conduct codes nor intellectual stand ......

7/8/2009

BRIDGE HOUSTON-STANDWITHUS PARTNERSHIP PUTS UP BILLBOARDS

Houston has seen the emergence of a new brand of Israel advocacy over the past year and a half. Its focus has been on public outreach and education, from a grass-roots approach....

7/7/2009

AS HAMAS TIGHTENS ITS GRIP

As the row between the Obama Administration and the Israeli government over the settlements continues, Hamas is gradually turning the Gaza Strip into a Taliban-style Islamic entity that poses a threat not only to Israel, but also to the Americans, Eu ......

7/6/2009

INVESTIGATABLE

According to the experts in academic freedom, the dividing line between "the relevant and irrelevant" invocation by a professor of his personal political opinion turns "on pedagogical purpose and effect, on the manner and spirit of a p ......

7/6/2009

'THEY ACCUSED ME OF LAUGHING IN PUBLIC'

A Palestinian female journalist complained over the weekend that Hamas policemen attempted to arrest her under the pretext that she came to a Gaza beach dressed immodestly and was seen laughing in public....

7/2/2009

ANTI-ISRAEL GROUP BOYCOTTS TRADER JOE'S

Although “World Refugee Day,” the boycott of Trader Joe’s planned by the anti-Israel group “Don’t Buy into Apartheid,” came and went on Saturday, June 20, with no apparent incidents in Los Angeles, other cities in California did witness protestors in ......

7/2/2009

GAZAN OFFICER, FEARING FOR HIS LIFE, ASKS TO STAY IN ISRAELI DETENTION

Gazan officer, fearing for his life, asks to stay in Israeli detention PA loyalist who escaped Hamas by infiltrating Israel, turning himself in asks court not to send him back...

7/2/2009

CHANGE IN IRAN COULD BRING PEACFUL TIES: ISRAEL

BERLIN (Reuters) - Peaceful relations between Israel and Iran would be possible if new leadership took power in Tehran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with German newspaper Bild....

7/2/2009

NEW APPOINTED AT RAMBAM- DR. SUHEIR ASSADY

Dr. Suheir Assady was recently appointed as the new Head of the Nephrology Department at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel. To date, Dr. Assady is the first Israeli Muslim woman directing a large medical department in an Israeli hospita ......

7/2/2009

ISRAEL REMOVES DOZENS OF WEST BANK ROADBLOCKS

Recent weeks have seen a dramatic change in Israel's roadblock policy in the West Bank. Right under the nose of the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israel Defense Forces has lifted some of the main, permanent roadblocks in the We ......

7/2/2009

IDF TO RADICALLY REDUCE ARMY PRESENCE IN 5 WEST BANK CITIES

Israel has decided to radically reduce its military presence in the West Bank cities of Kalkilya, Ramallah, Jericho, Jenin, and Bethlehem as part of an effort to bolster the Palestinian Authority, defense officials said on Thursday....

7/2/2009

ITALY BACKS NETANYAHU'S PEACE PLANS

ROME (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got a warm and supportive welcome Tuesday from Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, while postponing a potentially less comfortable meeting with President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy....

7/2/2009

SCHALIT CAPTIVITY REACHES THREE YEARS

Three years ago, Cpl. Gilad Schalit was abducted when a number of Palestinian gunmen launched a bloody cross-border raid from the Gaza Strip. Two IDF soldiers were killed in the incident, which ended after Schalit was dragged by his captors through a ......

7/2/2009

HILLARY IS WRONG ABOUT THE SETTLEMENTS

The U.S. and Israel reached a clear understanding about natural growth Despite fervent denials by Obama administration officials, there were indeed agreements between Israel and the United States regarding the growth of Israeli settlements on the Wes ......

7/2/2009

MKS ADMONISH HAIFA U. OVER SALAH SPEECH

The University of Haifa again came under fire Wednesday for last week's on-campus speech by the leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, this time from Knesset Education Committee members....

7/2/2009

INTERESTING TIMES: THE GREAT ARAB REFUSAL

There is something bizarre about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Everyone assumes, naturally, that it is about Israel giving something that Palestinians want - a state. But what it really is about is the Arab world giving the Jewish people what it wants ......

7/2/2009

NO CHARGES AND NO END IN E-MAIL DISPUTE

In a limited sense, the case of William I. Robinson is over. On Wednesday, he was notified that a faculty committee had found no "probable cause" to undertake a full investigation of complaints filed against him related to e-mail messag ......

7/2/2009

ALL JEWGETHER NOW

As of this month, budget travelers have a new reason to smile - that is, if they're Jewish. That's because a group of Israeli students this month launched the world's first web-based hospitality project for Jews, allowing members of the tribe from ......

7/2/2009

SILENCE HAS CONSEQUESNCES FOR IRAN- The less we protest, the more people will die.

If there hadn't been dissidents in the Soviet Union, the Communist regime never would have crumbled. And if the West hadn't been concerned about their fate, Soviet leaders would have ruthlessly done away with them. They didn't because the Kremlin ......

7/2/2009

REMARKS OF SEN. MENENDAZ-FLOOR OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE

Mr. President, Last Wednesday, just a few blocks down the street, a neo-Nazi opened fire at the Holocaust Museum. He murdered a security guard and terrorized the museum's visitors, including school children, who had come to learn, to express sympa ......

6/19/2009

MENENDEZ'S CITES HISTORY IN DEFENSE OF ISRAEL

Menendez floor speech on Acknowledging Israel's History ...

6/18/2009

HAMAS REJECTS CARTER PLEA TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- A senior Hamas official praised former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday, a day after he met with the group, but said he failed to persuade the Islamic rulers of Gaza to accept international demands, including recognizing I ......

6/18/2009

ISRAELI ARMY EASES GRIP ON ANCIENT JERICHO

JERICHO, West Bank (Reuters) - The Israeli army has removed a major checkpoint on the road into the West Bank town of Jericho, easing its grip on one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Jordan River valley. ...

6/18/2009

RED CROSS TO HAMAS: LET US VISIT SCHALIT

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) criticized Hamas on Thursday for its continued refusal to allow the organization's representatives to visit captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit, as well as its refusal to allow him contact with his ......

6/16/2009

ANALYSIS: WHY WAS PA REACTION TO NETANYAHU'S SPEECH SO HARSH?

The Palestinian Authority leadership's hysterical, hasty and clearly miscalculated response to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's speech at Bar-Ilan University on Sunday night is likely to boomerang because it makes the Palestinians appear as &quo ......

6/16/2009

STRUGGLING FOR BALANCE

The Evergreen College in Olympia has a long-standing track record of sympathy for the plight of the Palestinian people. But in recent months, student Israel enthusiasts have been partnering with advocacy organization StandWithUs Northwest in an attem ......

6/15/2009

JUNE IS A TIME TO BUY ISRAELI PRODUCTS at your local markets!!

Please be aware that anti-Israel groups are planning boycotts of U.S. markets carrying Israeli products. They are planning a major blitz on June 20th. They have targeted Trader Joes, as well as other markets. ...

6/15/2009

INTERNATIONAL PRIDE COMES TO TEL AVIV

Gay participants from all over the world congregate in Tel Aviv to celebrate gay pride in the Holy Land, learn about local community's dilemmas ...

6/15/2009

NETANYAHU HOPES FOR 'COMMON GROUND' WITH OBAMA ON W. BANK

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel cannot live side by side with a new Palestinian state if it must continually be in fear of attack....

6/15/2009

LIVNI:SPEECH A STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION

Opposition leader Tzipi Livni said at a Kadima faction meeting on Monday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has taken "a step in the right direction," referring to the prime minister's speech Sunday in which he called the establishment ......

6/15/2009

CARTER BOMBSHELL: ‘WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS WILL STAY’

Jimmy Carter has surprised Israelis and shocked Palestinians by declaring that one of the largest blocs of Israeli West Bank settlements should remain under Israeli control. ...

6/12/2009

ISRAEL ADVOCATES PLAY GAY CARD

Tel Aviv's burgeoning gay scene may be the single most effective Israel-advocacy instrument in the Zionist toolbox, according to participants of a new program which uses Israel's vibrant gay culture to improve the country's image abroad. The five- ......

6/12/2009

PM BINYAMIN NETANYAHU ANALYSIS AND LANDMARK POLICY SPEECH

BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY AND STANDWITHUS CORDIALLY INVITE THE PUBLIC TO A LIVE SCREENING AND ANALYSIS OF THE LANDMARK POLICY SPEECH BY PM BINYAMIN NETANYAHU...

6/11/2009

REPORT: HIZBULLH TERRORISTS CAUGHT IN BAKU WITH IRANIAN PASSPORTS

Two Hizbullah operatives arrested recently in Azerbaijan for allegedly plotting to attack the Israeli embassy were caught with Iranian passports and were working on behalf of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as well as al Qaida, Azeri news report ......

6/11/2009

WHY ISRAELIS COULD NOT CHEER OBAMA'S SPEECH

A friend asked me to explain why people in Israel, including seasoned peace activists, felt less than buoyant about Barack Obama's speech in Cairo last week. ...

6/9/2009

THERE'S NO PALESTINIAN PARTNER, ARAB REPORTER SAYS

WINNIPEG — When prominent Israeli Arab journalist Khaled Abu Toameh recently briefed U.S. President Barack Obama for two hours in Chicago, he told Obama that when the West gives money to the Palestinians, it shouldn’t be without strings....

6/8/2009

GAY PRIDE BEING USED TO PROMOTE ISRAEL ABROAD

A group of prominent gay opinion-shapers from around the world are to visit Israel to grapple with the country's sexuality issues on a five-day seminar centering around Tel Aviv's gay pride parade, scheduled for Friday....

6/8/2009

‘IDF TROOPS MORE POLITE THAN PA POLICE’

IDF soldiers who raid the homes of Palestinians are more polite than the Palestinian Authority security forces in the West Bank, the mother of a top Hamas terrorist who was killed by Israel said over the weekend....

6/8/2009

IS ONE JEWISH STATE ONE TOO MANY?

This month a consortium of Canadian universities and institutions will be sponsoring a conference at York University in Toronto that will effectively conclude that one Jewish state in the world is one too many....

6/8/2009

IDF FORCE KILLS 4 GUNMEN ON GAZA BORDER

Armed Palestinians open fire at IDF force near Nahal Oz and then attempt to escape while other gunmen launch mortar shells from Gaza. Soldiers, assisted by tanks and attack helicopters strike back, killing at least four gunmen...

6/8/2009

GAZA GUNMEN USE BOOBY-TRAPPED HORSES AGAINST IDF

Army continues to investigate foiled terror attack south of Karni crossing. Initial probe reveals cell believed to be affiliated with al-Qaeda arrived with trucks, horses loaded with explosive devices, may have planned to kidnap soldier...

6/8/2009

NASRALLAH ACCEPTS DEFEAT IN LEBANESE ELECTIONS

Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah on Monday accepted the results the Lebanese parliamentary elections in which the guerrilla group and its allies were defeated by the Western-backed coalition....

6/8/2009

NETANYAHU 'DETERMINED TO SHOW WORLD HE IS NOT AGAINST PEACE'

Prime minister not expected to use phrase 'two states for two peoples' at planned response speech following Obama address in Egypt, but he will work hard to narrow the schism over the settlements. 'Israel is adopting the principles of Obama's vis ......

6/7/2009

AN OPEN LETTER TO TRADER JOES

We have just read a copy of the letter that you are about to receive from the South Bay Mobilization group, which encourages you to isolate Israel and punish it for the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. ...

6/5/2009

EPHRAIM KATZIR, FORMER ISRAELI PRESIDENT, DIES AT 93

Ephraim Katzir, Israel's fourth president and one of his nation’s pre-eminent scientists, died Saturday at his home on the campus of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. He was 93....

6/4/2009

STANDWITHUS WAS AT THE NEW YORK ISRAEL DAY PARADE- MAY 31, 2009

iISRAEL DAY PARADE- MAY 31, 2009...

6/4/2009

INVESTIGATION OF PROFESSOR FORGES AHEAD

By now, sociology and global studies professor William Robinson - who circulated online material to his students that compared Israeli soldiers and Nazis - has become the focus of a smoldering national debate on academic freedom....

6/3/2009

BARAK CITES DISAGREEMENTS WITH US

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in Washington Wednesday night that he had asked the White House to "water down its remarks, briefings and leaks, so that we can talk about fundamental issues."...

6/3/2009

FM: ISRAEL NOT INTENDING TO BOMB IRAN

Israel does not intend to bomb Iran, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Wednesday, stepping back from suggestions it might attack the Islamic republic to thwart its nuclear program. ...

6/2/2009

HAMAS MUST RENOUNCE VIOLENCE TO ENTER PEACE TALKS, BLAIR SAYS

Middle East Quartet group will not deal with Islamist movement, but 'back-channel' contacts are open, according to envoy. Hamascannot be part of any Middle East peace talks until it renounces violence, Tony Blair said today. But he suggested t ......

6/2/2009

ISRAEL BEGINS ITS BIGGEST CIVIL DEFENSE DRILL

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel began the biggest civil defense drill in its history on Sunday, putting soldiers, emergency crews and civilians through rehearsals for the possibility of war at a time of rising tensions with Iran. The five-day drill, code- ......

6/2/2009

NEW!! Spanish Version of Israel 101 Available

Tell your friends! Spanish Version of Israel 101 Available......

6/1/2009

THE CRUCIBLE OF UC IRVINE

This painful truth came to mind upon reading Neelie Genya Milstein’s op-ed article in these pages, “Protecting Hate at UC Irvine” (May 22, 2009), in which she describes the atmosphere at the University of California at Irvine (UCI), where the Muslim ......

6/1/2009

U.S. FOOTS THE BILL FOR TERRORISTS- Poor oversight of U.S. aid programs at fault

If President Obama is serious about tackling the ever-elusive goal of Middle East peace, he should start his efforts not by focusing on Israel or the Palestinians, but rather a little closer to home -- Foggy Bottom....

6/1/2009

YORK UNIVERSITY 'S ANTI-PEACE CONFERENCE: IMMORAL, NAÏVE , OR BOTH

Imagine an "academic conference" on the future of Canada featuring supporters of the terrorists who killed officials in 1970 in the name of separatism. Or a university workshop to promote dialogue between Islam and the West in which the mai ......

6/1/2009

NEW PRESIDENT HAS PLANS FOR CANADIAN STUDENT GROUP

MONTREAL – Whether it’s rallying at big universities or taking midnight phone calls from fellow students across the country to discuss Israel, Samantha Banks is certainly looking forward to serving the rest of the Canadian Jewish student body. Banks ......

5/28/2009

PRO-ROBINSON PANEL AT UCSB 21 ST

May 25—Los Angeles) StandWithUs condemns the UC Santa Barbara May 21st pro-Robinson panel as yet another instance of highly partisan professors trying to make the university a sanctuary for indoctrinating students with their personal political agenda ......

5/27/2009

ABBAS'S CREDIBILITY PROBLEM

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas heads a fractured government and a fractured political party. His term expired four months ago. His handpicked prime minister, trusted to manage billions of dollars in foreign aid, ......

5/26/2009

YORK U. REPRIMANDS STUDENTS FOR HARASSING JEWS

York University has reprimanded two students who took part in a mob that barricaded Jewish students in a Hillel lounge while yelling anti-Jewish and anti-Israel slurs. In findings not made public, the university named Krisna Saravanamuttu, the inco ......

5/26/2009

THE LATEST SHOE SECURITY FOR AIRPORT TRAVELERS: MAGSHOE

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5/26/2009

WILL THE US FOLLOW ITS LAWS AND SUSPEND FUNDING TO ABBAS?

As US President Barack Obama prepares to welcome Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to Washington this week, and US lawmakers debate the proposed $900 million aid package to the PA, it is once again using its money to proclaim that killing ......

5/26/2009

ISRAEL'S FORGOTTEN RIGHTS IN JERUSALEM

Israel has not yet declared its detailed positions in future talks with the Palestinians, and for understandable reasons. At this point, the government is justly focusing on the Iranian issue, which constitutes an existential threat. This is the cont ......

5/22/2009

PROTECTING HATE AT UC IRVINE

Imagine walking on a campus past buildings where you have taken numerous classes with many peers, past the Student Center where you have eaten lunch many times, past all the familiar places where you have felt safe and accepted. Now imagine walking b ......

5/22/2009

Advocacy training

Conversations about Israel are never simple. For those who consider the nation near and dear to their hearts, or for those who vehemently believe it never should have been granted statehood in the first place, even the most basic of questions or obse ......

5/21/2009

NYPD: TERROR SUSPECTS WERE BENT ON 'JIHAD'

Four men arrested after planting what they thought were explosives near two synagogues and plotting to shoot down a military plane were bent on carrying out a holy war against America, authorities said Thursday. The suspects were arrested Wednesday ......

5/21/2009

IRAN TEST-FIRES MISSIELS WITH 1,200-MILE RANGE

WASHINGTON — Iran test-fired a sophisticated missile on Wednesday that was capable of striking Israel and parts of Western Europe, adding to concerns that Iran’s weapons-development program is fast outpacing the American-led diplomacy that President ......

5/19/2009

SOVIET JEWRY ACTIVIST SI FRUMKIN DIES

LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- Leading Soviet Jewry and human rights activist Si Frumkin has died. Frumkin, who founded the Southern California Council for Soviet Jews in 1968 and helped make it a mainstream American cause, died Friday after battling cancer. ......

5/19/2009

SI: MY OLDEST FRIEND AND COMRADE

The world has lost a towering fighter for human rights. Los Angeles and its Jewish community have lost one of its most important leaders of the last half century. And, I have lost my closest and oldest friend and comrade. For the last 40 years, my ......

5/18/2009

TERRORISTS RECRUIT ISRAELIS ON FACEBOOK

Terror groups are turning to Israeli citizens on Facebook and other social networking sites and offering bribes in exchange for information, the Shin Bet [Israel Security Agency] said on Monday afternoon in a warning issued to the public. The S ......

5/18/2009

PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU MEETS PRESIENT OBAMA AT WHITE HOUSE

The much-anticipated meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama at the White House began on Monday evening. While Iranand the Palestinian track are expected to dominate the talks, diplomatic officials said t ......

5/18/2009

OBAMA, NETANYAHU STRESS IRAN URGENCY

Meeting in the Oval Office with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Obama said Monday that he wants to see progress on the issue of Iran's nuclear program after the country's June elections but by the end of the year....

5/13/2009

DON'T BLAME ISRAEL:WHY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS THE IRAN PROBLEM BACKWARDS

"The task of forming an international coalition to thwart Iran's nuclear program will be made easier if progress is made in peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has said, according to s ......

5/13/2009

CREATING HATE AT UC IRVINE

This massive "Apartheid Wall" display shows egregious photos that accuse Israel of imprisoning Palestinians and deliberately killing children. In the Spring of each year, the Muslim Student groups at UC Irvine organize extremist programs ......

5/12/2009

ISRAEL SEEKS EGYPT'S SUPPORT AGAINST 'EXTREMISTS'

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought Egypt's help Monday in building a coalition of Arab nations against Iran, framing the broader Middle East conflict as one in which moderates must band together to confront ext ......

5/12/2009

Attention Los Angeles: DONT MISS THE FREE SHOWING OF THE THIRD JIHAD

But you must rsvp: Go to: http://www.americanfreedomalliance.org/microsite/thethirdjihad/index.htm ...

5/11/2009

ADMINISRATION URGED TO KEEP PRESSURE OFF ISRAEL

A pro-Israel group is rallying supporters to urge Congress to insist that President Obama not pressure Israel into a hasty solution to the Mideast crisis. StandWithUs, a nonpartisan organization that concentrates on presenting the Israeli point of ......

5/8/2009

URGENT CALL TO ACTION

DO NOT LET THE U.S. PRESSURE ISRAEL INTO PREMATURE, DANGEROUS CONCESSIONS WRITE YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE NETANYAHU'S MAY 17 VISIT URGE CONGRESS TO SUPPORT NETANYAHU'S PLAN FOR A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT Protect Israel's ......

5/8/2009

THE ADMINISRTRATION SHOULD DEFER TO ISRAEL'S EXPERTISE

I just returned from the AIPAC policy conference. It was a well-organized, professional event, spanning over three days. It was wonderful to see how AIPAC continues to grow and to feel the sense of global support for Israel which fills the air with ......

5/7/2009

MARCH WITH US ~ MAY 31st ~ NYC

StandWithUs marches in the Salute to Israel Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City....

5/7/2009

10 ATTERNEYS GENERAL DEFEND ISRAEL

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Attorneys general from 10 states defended Israel's military action in the Gaza Strip, in a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The letter, sent last month, also condemned Hamas for what it called &quo ......

5/6/2009

PERES: ISRAEL SUPPORTS TWO-STATE SOLUTION, IRAN ENGAGEMENT

Israel is on board with key elements of President Obama's agenda in the Middle East, Israeli President Shimon Peres told reporters Tuesday after meeting with Obama at the White House. He said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would su ......

5/6/2009

UNDERMINING THE "MODERATE ARABS"

The Obama Administration is reportedly looking into ways of funding a Palestinian government that also includes representatives of Hamas. This, despite the fact that the Islamist movement continues to stick to its radical ideology and reiterates i ......

5/4/2009

STANDWITHUS LISTED AS #6 MOST INFLUENTIAL JEWISH ORG ON TWITTER BY JTA

StandWithUs was listed as the #6 Most Influential Jewish Organization on Twitter - @standwithus - According to the JTA...

5/1/2009

AMERICAN JEWISH PROFESSOR PROBED AFTER COMPARING ISRAEL TO NAZIS

A Jewish professor from California who is under review for disseminating material that equates Israelis to Nazis has petitioned other scholars to protest a probe of his actions, an Israel advocacy group has told Haaretz....

5/1/2009

A LETTER TO THE LOS ANGELES TIMES: By Michael A. Waterman, Esq.

To the Los Angeles Times: While I may not be happy about a UCSB professor criticizing Israel for its relationship with its Arab neighbors, he certainly has the Constitutional right to do so. However, for him to compare the Israelis' treatment of P ......

5/1/2009

STANDWITHUS GETS SIGNATURES FOR UCSB PROF INVESTIGATION

Within five minutes of publishing the previous post about the UC Santa Barbara professor under fire for his strong criticism of Israel, I received this e-mail from the pro-Israel campus organization StandWithUs:...

5/1/2009

STANDWITHUS PETITION OVERWHELMED WITH ENDORSERS

[May 1, 2009—Los Angeles] The StandWithUs petition supporting the University of California- Santa Barbara (UCSB) investigation of a professor’s possible violations of faculty conduct codes has been overwhelmed with endorsers. Released on April 30 at ......

4/29/2009

ABBAS REJECTS CALLING ISRAEL A JEWISH STATE

JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Monday dismissed a demand by Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, underscoring the considerable gaps between the sides. “I do not acc ......

4/29/2009

OBAMA: BOND WITH ISRAEL 'UNBREAKABLE'

The US bond with Israel is "as unshakable as ever" as both nations pursue peace, US President Barack Obama said on Israel's 61st birthday. "On behalf of the people of the United States, President Obama congratulates the people and g ......

4/29/2009

PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU ON ISRAEL'S 61ST BIRTHDAY

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4/29/2009

HONORING ISRAEL: YESHIVAS PREPARE TO CELEBRATE YOM HA' ATZMAUT

Wednesday, April 29, marked Israel’s 61st birthday, and local yeshiva high schools were busy planning meaningful programs in anticipation of the occasion, and its more somber lead-in, Yom HaZikaron, commemorated a day earlier on Tuesday....

4/27/2009

READY FOR DURBAN III

I had been warned, prior to the Durban Review Conference in Geneva, that Jews should not walk around the surroundings of the UN alone, but rather in pairs for their own safety. This was advice which I ignored and thankfully, I emerged from Durban II ......

4/27/2009

SILENT PROTEST IN NEW YORK AGAINST UNITED NATIONS

Watch the silent protest against the United Nations Durban II Conference against Racism Silent Protest against United Nations "Durban 2" Conference Supported by StandWithUs...

4/27/2009

PRESIDENT PERES: WE DO NOT WANT WAR, BUT IF FORCED, WE WILL WIN

Israel paused Monday night to mourn its fallen soldiers, as the nation marked Remembrance Day and honored the memory of those who lost their lives in defense of the state....

4/27/2009

SUPPORTERS OF ISRAEL BALK AT OBAMA IDEA TO ALLOW AID TO HAMAS

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration, already on treacherous domestic political ground with its outreach to Iran, Cuba and others, has opened the door, if only slightly, to engagement with the militant group Hamas....

4/24/2009

DAY THREE AT DURBAN II

Wednesday: in many ways, today could be called victory day for pro-Israel, pro-human rights forces at Durban II. Students, StandWithUs fellows, a host of pro-Israel organizations, human rights victims, and human rights groups from around the world co ......

4/24/2009

STANDWITHUS REPORT FROM GEVEVA

What a difference a day makes! When the StandWithUs delegation arrived on Sunday night, we were not sure how this first day would unfold. Thankfully, to quote the BBC: Today's events were a "public relations nightmare for the United Nations,&qu ......

4/23/2009

DETERMINED TO THWART A REPEAT OF 2001, PRO-ISRAEL GROUPS FIGHT HARD AT DURBAN II

GENEVA (JTA) -- Eight years ago, the European Union of Jewish Students sent a 10-person delegation to Durban, South Africa, for the first U.N. World Conference Against Racism. They, like other pro-Israel activists there, were blown away by the ant ......

4/23/2009

Day 2 @ Durban II

Our day began with disturbing news from the Jewish student group. They called to let us know that as a result of their protests at the UN yesterday, the Jewish students from the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) were barred from the United N ......

4/21/2009

EDUCATING UNRWA

StandWithUs, the international education organization has launched its campaign to change UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the way it has been functioning to date. The campaign began with two briefings in New York City at Fifth Avenue Synago ......

4/21/2009

FROM STANDWITHUS RALLY: REP. SCOTT GARRETT (R-NJ) STATEMENT

(Washington, DC)– Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) issued the following statement on the Durban II Conference, an excerpt from his speech at the StandWithUs rally outside the United Nations yesterday:...

4/21/2009

GERMANS, JEWS IN MARCH OF THE LIVING

For the first time ever, German soldiers were among the thousands of young people who were participating in the March of the Living on Tuesday at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau....

4/21/2009

OPENING DAY AT DURBAN II

What a difference a day makes! When the StandWithUs delegation arrived on Sunday night, we were not sure how this first day would unfold. Thankfully, to quote the BBC: Today's events were a "public relations nightmare for the United Nations,&qu ......

4/20/2009

US WILL SHUN UN RACISM CONFERENCE

The United States announced Saturday it will not attend a United Nations conference on racism set to start Monday in Geneva. State Department Spokesman Robert Wood says the U.S. will boycott the conference "with regret" because of object ......

4/20/2009

BRITAIN ISOLATED AMID UN RACISM SUMMIT BOYCOTT

The US, Israel, Italy, Germany, Canada, Australia, and Holland are boycotting the UN anti-racism event, which will be opened on Monday with a speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's President. The address by Ahmadinejad, who has previously described ......

4/17/2009

THE DURBAN II SNOW JOB: ONE GIANT LEAP BACKWARDS FOR HUMANKIND

The UN’s idea of an anti-racism conference entered the final stretch today with the planning committee deciding Iran ought to preside as a Vice-Chair, Libya will serve as the Chair of the “Main Committee” running the conference and Cuba will be the R ......

4/17/2009

STANDWITHUS WILL BE "TWEETING" LIVE FROM DURBAN 2 IN GENEVA APRIL 20-24

StandWithUs will be sending multiple staffers from North America, Europe, and Israel to the "Durban 2" U.N. conference in Geneva, Switzerland. The SWU staff will be "Tweeting" - i.e. sending short updates via Twitter.com - about t ......

4/17/2009

JUDGE DISMISSES ISRAEL-EQUALS-HITLER CASE

A judge dismissed a lawsuit against DePaul University brought by a professor who contends he was branded by school administrators as racist and bigoted for challenging a student's allegation that Israel treats Palestinians the way Hitler treated Jews....

4/17/2009

MICHAEL SCHEUER MUST APOLOGIZE, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SHOULD APOLOGIZE

(The following SWU comments are related to an article by Jeff Helmrich, (below) exposing issues that we should all be concerned about) COMMENTS FROM STANDWITHUS : A new, dangerous viewpoint is gaining ground on campuses and the ma ......

4/17/2009

NYC DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE UNITED NATIONS

(April 17--New York.) -- Concerned citizens, organizations and community leaders will rally at noon on Monday April 20 at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to challenge the UN's failure to address gross human rights abuses around the world. Congressman Scott ......

4/17/2009

DEMONSTRATIONS IN GENEVA AND NEW YORK ON MONDAY AGAINST UNITED NATIONS

(April 17--New York.) -- Citizens, student organizations and leaders from around the world will demonstrate at 10 AM Monday, April 20, in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva to protest the UN Human Rights Council’s [HRC] failure to address gro ......

4/14/2009

PA POLICE FIND EXPOLOSIVES LAB IN MOSQUE

Palestinian Authority security forces have uncovered an explosives lab under a mosque in Kalkilya, it was announced Tuesday. PA police said eight people were arrested during the operation, which took place several days ago. ...

4/14/2009

ISRAEL, US TO HOLD MISSILE DEFENSE DRILL

In the face of Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear capability, Israel and the United States will hold an unprecedented and massive exercise later this year to jointly test three different ballistic missile defense systems, The Jerusalem Post has learned....

4/13/2009

DURBAN II- THE PLATFORM FOR GENOCIDE

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Announces He Will Attend Durban II EYEontheUN has learned that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced his intention to attend the Durban II “anti-racism” conference. Durban II is billed by the UN a ......

4/13/2009

COLUMBIA PROFESSORS GET IMAGES OF SWASTIKAS, NOOSE IN MAIL

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Three professors and a former professor at Columbia University's Teachers College received hate mail this week, the New York Police Department said. It's the campus that was shaken by several bias crimes directed at black and Jewi ......

4/13/2009

ISRAEL'S NETANYAHU VOWS TO TALK PEACE WITH ABBAS

JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel's hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to hold talks with the Palestinians, in his first remarks on the troubled Middle East peace process since taking office....

4/13/2009

GAZA BOAT EXPLODES NEAR ISRAEL NAVY VESSEL

A booby-trapped fishing boat exploded on Monday near an Israel Navy vessel off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip. No one was wounded in the blast, which occurred about 300 meters from the Gaza coast, near the border with Israel....

4/13/2009

ISRAELI FIND COULD MEAN CURE TO DEAFNESS

An Israeli discovery on the function of tiny molecules called microRNAs (miRNAs) in the inner ears of mice could lead to the cure of human deafness in adults caused by aging, disease, drugs and noise, or genetic disease in children....

4/8/2009

DURBAN II NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: FROM BAD TO WORSE

The festivities at the U.N. Durban II “anti-racism” planning meeting continued this afternoon in Geneva. The conference starts in two weeks, but the negotiations are already heated. Not surprisingly, the most active participants by a huge margin are ......

4/7/2009

IDF SOLDIERS SPEAK OUT IN NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED BY STANDWITHUS

JERUSALEM (April 6, 2009) – A new wesbsite created by Israeli soldiers to share their personal experiences of serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has had 20,000 views in just its first week. www.soldiersspeakout.com contains testimonials fro ......

4/1/2009

ISRAEL’S 32ND GOVERNMENT SWORN IN

Israel seeks peace with the entire Arab and Muslim world but continues to be threatened by the forces of Islamic extremists, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said several hours before he was sworn in Tuesday evening....

4/1/2009

IRAN UPS SUPPORT FOR GAZA AND LEBANON HARDLINERS

Iran is reportedly increasing its military aid to both Hezbollah and Hamas, according to Israeli intelligence sources. Meanwhile, Tehran is suspected of interfering in the reconciliation talks between the rival Palestinian factions....

4/1/2009

IDF PANEL: NO EVIDENCE OF SOLDIERS' MISCONDUCT

Tel Aviv — Amir Golan, a 25-year-old reservist infantry medic, spent most of Israel’s recent war in the Gaza Strip ferrying the wounded from the battlefield and delivering supplies on return trips....

3/30/2009

TV INTERVIEW ON SOLDIERS SPEAK OUT

Here is a TV interview from today (March 30, 2009) on ‘Soldiers Speak Out’. It’s currently the Jerusalem Post’s top video story on their home page:...

3/30/2009

SOLDIERS TELL OF ASSISTING PALESTINIANS

Descriptions of soldier's units' experiences during Operation Cast Lead are being used to illustrate humane measures which were taken by the army to assist Palestinian civilians during the conflict. The soldiers recorded their testimonies and p ......

3/30/2009

MILITARY: CASE ON SOLDIERS' TESTIMONIES

Military Police rule soldiers who testified that innocent people were targeted during Operation Cast Lead relied on hearsay, exaggerated descriptions of events. 'It seems that it will be difficult to measure damage these statements incurred on IDF' ......

3/30/2009

NATANYAHU: WE'LL DO ALL WE CAN TO MAKE PEACE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS

Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon commended his soon-to-be predecessor Ehud Olmert for his peace efforts and said the Likud-led government would do all it could to strike durable agreements with all of Israel's neighbor ......

3/30/2009

ECHOES OF THE '30S IN CARACAS

It is one thing to read reports about state-sponsored anti-Semitism from the comfort and security of the United States, but it is entirely different to step into the world of those who are persecuted and experience their fear as your own....

3/27/2009

Soldiers Tell of Assisting Palestinians

Descriptions of soldiers' units experiences during Operation Cast Lead are being used to illustrate humane measures which were taken by the army to assist Palestinian civilians during the conflict....

3/27/2009

STAND WITH US AGAINST ANTI-SEMITIC OR ANTI-ISRAEL RHETORIC

"Israel is an apartheid state and we need to urge our government to stop sending her money and we need to boycott her and isolate her just like with South Africa", The speaker's hope was that with such isolation Israel would be dest ......

3/27/2009

LOSING HEART AND MINDS

On March 16th Owls for Israel had the good fortune to learn about a subject long gone from the curriculum in most American Universities today – Jewish refugees. Asked to speak to a group of students during lunch, Hebrew Professor Baron Tiqva, describ ......

3/27/2009

NEW!!! IDF SOLDIERS SHARE THEIR STORIES ON A WEBSITE LAUNCHED BY STANDWITHUS

IDF SOLDIERS SHARE THEIR STORIES ON A WEBSITE LAUNCHED BY STANDWITHUS ON SUNDAY, MARCH 29EAK OUT IN NEW ISRAELI SOLDIERS SHARE THEIR PERSONAL COMBAT EXPERIENCES WITH THE WORLD JERUSALEM (March 29, 2009) – Israeli soldiers la ......

3/26/2009

ACTION ALERT: WRITE TO THE CFA

The California Faculty Association's [CFA] 14-member Board of Directors adopted an anti-Israel resolution on Feb. 7th entitled, “CFA Call for a Halt to Violence Against All Civilians in Palestine and Israel.” The CFA is a union of all 24,000 Calif ......

3/25/2009

NATANYAHU: WILL PUSH FOR ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN PEACE

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's incoming prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Wednesday promised to resume peace talks with the Palestinians after he takes office, saying his government will be a "partner for peace." The comments were the l ......

3/25/2009

POLICE UNCOVER MAKESHIFT PALESTINIAN ARMORED VEHICLE

Police discovered a makeshift armored vehicle and a weapons cache in the Hebron area Monday night during a search for stolen vehicles. Officers from the Etgar police unit, which combats car theft, and the Lahav unit, which fights organized crime, ......

3/24/2009

ON CAMPUS: THE PRO-PALESTINIAN'S REAL AGENDA

During a recent visit to several university campuses in the U.S., I discovered that there is more sympathy for Hamas there than there is in Ramallah. Listening to some students and professors on these campuses, for a moment I thought I was sitting ......

3/20/2009

STANDWITHUS LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST US TAXES FUNDING UN HATE EDUCATION

(New York, NY)— StandWithUs, the international Israel education organization, is launching a campaign to demand that UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, stop using U.S. taxpayer dollars to promote extremism and terrorist propaganda in ......

3/20/2009

YAAKOV KATZ AT CARROLL COLLEGE

Tuesday night StandWithUs brought Yaakov Katz, military correspondant to the Jerusalem Post, to Carroll College in Waukesha, WI. The St. Patrick's day event brought a surprising turnout of over 150 attendees. Yaakov Katz talked about the threat of r ......

3/20/2009

ACTION ALERT—REFORM UNRWA NOW

You can help pave the way to Palestinian-Israeli peace by demanding that UNRWA be reformed now. UNRWA [United Nations Relief and Works Agency] the UN agency in charge of Palestinian refugees, has been a major obstacle to peace....

3/19/2009

ADVOCACY OPERATIONS SPARED AMID CRASH

The plunging stock market and the Bernard Madoff scandal have ensured that ‘Help Wanted’ signs are a rarity in the Jewish communal world these days. In the past few weeks, some of the largest charities have slashed their staffs – most recently, it wa ......

3/19/2009

AN ARAB-MADE MISERY

International donors pledged almost $4.5 billion in aid for Gaza earlier this month. It has been very painful for me to witness over the past few years the deteriorating humanitarian situation in that narrow strip where I lived as a child in the 1950s....

3/19/2009

SHALOM TEXAS!

Last week was the annual Texas Hillel Israel Block Party. This event is one of the major Israel events put on by the Hillel students at University of Texas in Austin. StandWithUs was a sponsor of the Israel Block Party. The UT Austin Hillel gracio ......

3/18/2009

DIPLOMATS AMEND U.N. RACISM TEXT TO DRAW IN WEST

GENEVA, March 17 (Reuters) - States preparing for a highly sensitive U.N. racism conference have removed references to Israel and religious defamation from its draft declaration, potentially clearing the way for Western states to attend. The amend ......

3/18/2009

NGOS CONDEMNED FOR IGNORING SCHALIT

International human rights groups have been largely inactive and have maintained an "almost total" silence on the fate of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Schalit, a Jerusalem-based research organization said Tuesday....

3/18/2009

WHY PALESTINIANS PREFER HAMAS

The Americans and Europeans have poured billions of dollars on the Palestinian Authority in the past three years with the hope of "empowering the moderates and undermining the radicals" among the Palestinians....

3/18/2009

DAHLAN TO HAMAS: NEVER RECOGNIZE ISRAEL

Former Fatah security commander Muhammad Dahlan on Tuesday called on Hamas not to recognize Israel's right to exist, pointing out that Fatah had never recognized it....

3/18/2009

GABRIELA SHALEV SPOKE IN NEW JERSEY (CO-SPONSORED BY STANDWITHUS)

On Monday evening, Mar 16, 2009, Gabriela Shalev, Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations spoke to a crowd of over 200 people at a StandWithUs/ Federation sponsored community wide event in Paramus, New Jersey. The event, titled, &quo ......

3/17/2009

STANDWITHUS STAFF PRESENT SHALIT FAMILY 3000 CARDS

The StandWithUs Israel Staff, Office Director Michael Dickson and Education Coordinator Michelle Rojas visited the Shalit family at their vigil tent in Jerusalem and presented them with 3000 cards collected for Gilad Shalit by British activists an ......

3/17/2009

FREE SPEECH DIES AT DEPAUL

On March 16th, I attended a DePaul University event that I helped to organize, which was meant to bring greater understanding about the recent Hamas-Israel...

3/13/2009

TOY GUNS AT UC BERKELEY

On March 4, several anti-Israel protesters (again) brandished realistic toy guns on the Berkeley campus during an anti-Israel demonstration. This may be a violation of both Federal and State law, as well as university regulations....

3/13/2009

AMHERST: RALLY & ANTI-ISRAEL ISSUES

The Amherst, MA region is home to the "5 Colleges" (Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, University of Massachusetts Amherst) where there has been a resurgence of anti-Israel activity....

3/13/2009

CUNY CITY TECH HOSTS BIASED DISPLAY ON GAZA

This past week, Palestinian supporters at CUNY City Tech in Brooklyn, NY hosted a one-sided display on Gaza. The display, void of real depth on the situation, showed images of destruction in Gaza without giving any context for why Israel went to war ......

3/13/2009

AMNESTY SLAMS ARAB TREATMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES

Amnesty International published a report on Wednesday that highlights the plight of human rights activists in the Middle East and North Africa and commends the work done by Israeli and Palestinian rights groups....

3/12/2009

U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN SHELLEY BERKLEY, PETITION AND LETTER TO SEC'Y CLINTON

U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-Nev), a member of the Middle East Subcommittee of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a strongly worded petition to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanding that the U.S. delay its $900 million pledg ......

3/11/2009

STANDWITHUS ANNOUNCES NEW GRANTS FOR 40 COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN ‘09

(Los Angeles) -- StandWithUs [SWU], the international, non-profit Israel education organization, has just launched its newest campus initiative, “Israel at 60 and Beyond,” that highlights Israel’s achievements and contributions to the global communit ......

3/10/2009

AN UNBALANCED CAMPUS: UC SANTA CRUZ

The University of California at Santa Cruz considers itself an open, progressive and dynamic campus but when it comes to the Middle-East the administration seems to be anything but open or progressive....

3/10/2009

IRAN USING NUCLEAR TALKS TO BUY TIME FOR BOMB: ISRAEL

JERUSALEM (AFP) – Iran is trying to use the talks with Western powers on its nuclear ambitions to buy time to produce an atomic bomb, Israel's military intelligence chief said on Sunday....

3/4/2009

EU COUNTRIES OPPOSE MUSLIM VIEWS ON RACISM MEETING

GENEVA (AP) — European Union countries Tuesday stepped up their opposition to Muslim attempts to shield Islam from criticism and attack Israel through a U.N. conference on racism. EU members were unusually outspoken in appearances before the U.N. Hu ......

3/4/2009

SAUDI MINISTER SAYS ARABS SHOULD STAND UP TO IRAN

CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia's top diplomat urged Arabs on Tuesday to stand up to Iran's ambitions in the region, including its nuclear program....

3/4/2009

ARAB JOURNALIST GREETED WITH SWASTIKAS AT DEPAUL

Israeli Arab journalist Khaled Abu Toameh was greeted with swastikas as he arrived Israeli Arab journalist to speak at DePaul University in Chicago on February 4. Abu Toameh was invited to speak on campus by a number of Jewish organizations, ......

3/4/2009

LOST IN THE BLUR OF SLOGANS

For those who haven't heard, the first week in March has been designated as Israel Apartheid Week by activists who are either ill intentioned or misinformed. On American campuses, organizing committees are planning happenings to once again castigate ......

3/3/2009

ISRAEL TELLS UN IT WILL RESPOND TO ROCKETS

WASHINGTON – Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gabriela Shalev, filed an official complaint with the UN Security Council Monday regarding the rocket fire from Gaza on Israeli towns. The recipient of Shalev's official letter was Ibrahim Dabbash ......

3/3/2009

RALLY TODAY @ NYU- PICTURES

In well below freezing temperatures, 100 students filled the southeast section of Washington Square Park at NYU. The students rallied to support Israel, amidst a few events on campus labeled as "Israel Apartheid Week". Waving Israeli & Amer ......

3/3/2009

RUSSIAN WELCOMES LETTER FROM OBAMA

MOSCOW — The Russian president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, said Tuesday that Russia was open to United States overtures on its proposed missile defense plan, but dismissed the notion of a deal in which the United States would shelve the plan in exchange for ......

3/2/2009

STANDWITHUS MOBILIZES TO HELP STUDENTS COUNTER MARCH 1ST ANTI-ISRAEL CAMPAIGN

(Los Angeles) -- StandWithUs, the international Israel education organization, has just distributed tens of thousands of fact-based, well-designed materials to students who requested help countering the latest anti-Israel campaign on campus: Israeli ......

3/2/2009

LARGEST U.S. JEWISH BODY URGES EU TO TAKE OBAMA'S LEAD, SKIP DURBAN

The biggest Jewish body in the United States on Sunday lauded the decision of the Obama administration not to participate in a United Nations anti-racism summit which it fears will be used as a forum to criticize Israel....

3/2/2009

CLINTON DOUBTFUL IRAN WILL RESPOND TO AMERICAN DIPLOMACY

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed doubt Monday that Iran would respond to the Obama administration's expressions of interest in engaging Teheran on nuclear and other issues, a senior State Department official said....

2/27/2009

KASSAM STRIKES SDOT NEGEV REGION

A day after two Sderot homes were damaged by a rocket fired from Gaza, Palestinian terrorists in the Strip resumed their attacks on Israeli civilian areas early Friday morning, firing a Kassam that hit an open area in the Sdot Negev region....

2/27/2009

BARAK AND MITCHELL TALK SECURITY IN TA

Defense Minister Ehud Barak met US Mideast envoy George Mitchell in Tel Aviv on Friday for security talks, as well as for discussions on other regional and political topics....

2/27/2009

ISRAEL URGES GAZA AID EFFORTS NOT BREAK HAMAS BOYCOTT

TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) - Israel urged world leaders on Thursday to provide aid to the Gaza Strip without breaking a diplomatic boycott of Hamas Islamists who control the coastal territory....

2/27/2009

NEW YORK AFFAIRS: INVOKING APARTHEID WITH A VENGEANCE

Last year's YouTube trailer advertising the fourth annual Israeli Apartheid Week featured footage of students from the University of Toronto speaking earnestly from a podium about the injustices visited on the Palestinian people, dubbed over with an ......

2/27/2009

U.S. PULLING OUT OF 'DURBAN II' CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The Obama administration has decided to boycott the so-called Durban II conference out of concerns for anti-Semitism....

2/26/2009

DUST OVER CAMPUS LIFE: UCLA AT A CROSSROAD

Remember Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros”? Written in the late 1950s, the play describes the transformation of a quiet, peaceful town into anarchy when one after another of its residents is transformed into a lumbering, thick-skinned brute. Only Berenger, a st ......

2/25/2009

PERES: EU SYMPATHY FOR HAMAS DIMINISHES CHANCES OF PEACE

President Shimon Peres on Tuesday told Hans-Gert Pottering, the president of the European parliament, that European sympathy for Hamas is diminishing the chances of achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace. ...

2/25/2009

STANDWITHUS WELCOMES HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE’S STANCE AGAINST DIVESTMENT FROM ISRAEL

(Los Angeles, CA) StandWithUs welcomes Hampshire's unequivocal statement that it has "refused to divest" from companies doing business with Israel, and that "No other college or university should use Hampshire as a prece ......

2/24/2009

Increased humanitarian aid to Gaza after IDF operation

Since the end of the IDF operation in Gaza (18 Jan 2009), 112,991 tons of aid and 10,062,900 liters of fuel have been delivered to the Gaza Strip....

2/24/2009

2 QASSAMS HIT SHA'AR HANEGEV REGIONAL COUNCIL

As truce with Hamas delayed, rockets fired from Gaza continue landing in western Negev: One Qassam hits open area Monday morning, another lands near kibbutz several hours later; no injuries reported in both incidents, but community fence damaged...

2/24/2009

HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE IS NOT DIVESTING FROM ISRAEL

They have now made it perfectly clear that they are not divesting from companies that do business with Israel. ...

2/24/2009

U.S. TO GIVE $900 MILLION IN GAZA AID, OFFICIALS SAY

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration intends to provide some $900 million to help rebuild Gaza after the Israeli incursion that ended last month, administration officials said Monday....

2/24/2009

HAMPSHIRE STATES THAT THEY ARE NOT DIVESTING FROM ISRAEL

That Students for Justice In Palestine Misrepresented the School An open letter to Alan Dershowitz from Hampshire College President Ralph Hexter and Chair of the Board of Trustees Sigmund Roos ...

2/23/2009

JIHAD TV IN EUROPE

Their propaganda notwithstanding, Hamas and, two years ago, Hezbollah suffered devastating military defeats that may diminish their ability to attack Israel with rocket fire. But these Iranian-backed terrorist organizations are deploying another dang ......

2/23/2009

JEWISH GROUPS PROTEST CUPE ONTARIO PRESIDENT

A coalition of pro-Jewish groups began what they promise will be a weekend of demonstrations against CUPE Ontario president Sid Ryan and a resolution to prohibit Israeli academics from lecturing, teaching or researching here....

2/23/2009

WE COULD HAVE DEALT WITH CAMPUS HATE LONG AGO

We are reaping the whirlwind of our past inability to counter anti-Jewish propaganda in universities Around three decades ago, I was deputy editor at a small, now defunct, UK publication called the Jewish Observer and Middle East Review. In common w ......

2/23/2009

UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA BANS ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK POSTER

"Apartheid Week" reports that on February 21, 2009 On February 20, 2009, the University of Ottawa became the second Ottawa administration to ban the posters of Israeli Apartheid Week 2009, following the lead of Carleton University....

2/23/2009

NATANYAHU SAYS HE CAN WORK FOR PEACE WITH OBAMA

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's hard-line prime minister designate, Benjamin Netanyahu, promised Sunday to work with the United States to promote peace in the region as he sought to forge a moderate government with his chief rival....

2/23/2009

BRITAIN AND ITALY THREATEN TO DROP OUT OF DURBAN II

Britain and Italy could join Canada and Israel in refusing to attend the Durban II Review Conference in April unless they receive cast-iron guarantees that it will not turn into an antisemitic, anti-Israel arena of hate....

2/23/2009

CUPE INTOLERANT OF ISRAEL, TORIES CHARGE

OTTAWA – The Harper government is accusing one of Ontario's biggest unions of taking an "intolerant" stance against Israel. Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney says a CUPE Ontario resolution urging a boycott of Israeli universities ......

2/20/2009

FREE SPEECH ENDANGERED ON CAMPUSES, INCLUDING SAN JOSE STATE

Few rights are dearer to the American people than freedom of speech. But there are rational and legal limits. Incitement to violence, to unlawful activity, or to the violent overthrow of the American government are not protected as free speech; neith ......

2/18/2009

STANDWITHUS'S TAGLIT-BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL SUMMER TRIP REGISTRATION OPENS FEB 19

StandWithUs hosts a unique Taglit-Birthright Israel trip twice a year. Our program introduces students to the real Israel. Participants get to meet Israeli citizens, politicians, journalists, and soldiers. They get to visit amazing historical and arc ......

2/17/2009

TENNIS TOURNAMENT AT RISK AFTER UAE BARS ISRAELI PLAYER

Israel's leading female tennis player, Shahar Peer, was refused a visa for entry into the United Arab Emirates yesterday, as politics threatened the future of one of the world's richest tennis tournaments....

2/17/2009

STANDWITHUS DENOUNCES HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE DIVESTMENT FROM ISRAEL DECISION

(Los Angeles, CA -- ) StandWithUs, the seven year-old, non-profit international Israel education unequivocally denounces the Amherst, MA-based Hampshire College Board of Trustees' Feb. 7th decision to divest from companies that do business with Isr ......

2/16/2009

UCLA SYMPOSIUM ON GAZA IGNITES STRONG CRITICISM

Academic seminars are so numerous at UCLA that they rarely have much of an afterlife, but this has not been the case with the symposium on "Human Rights and Gaza" held Jan. 21 on campus....

2/16/2009

LETTER FROM A JEWISH STUDENT AT YORK U

I am writing you this message today to say that I am so proud to see each and every one of you standing up for what's right and supporting Israel on campus. Never have I been more proud to be an Israel activist on campus....

2/16/2009

GROUPS QUESTION ON HAMAS ON ‘EXTRA-JUDICIAL’ KILLINGS

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The day after Israeli tanks entered Gaza last month, masked Palestinians opened fire on the al-Najar family outside their home, killing the father and wounding 10 others, including two teenage girls and a 78-year-old grandmother....

2/16/2009

`WORLD DUPED BY HAMAS DEATH COUNT`

Four weeks after the cessation of Operation Cast Lead, the IDF finally opened its dossier on Palestinian fatalities on Sunday for the first time, and presented to The Jerusalem Postan overview utterly at odds with the Palestinian figures that have hi ......

2/16/2009

OFFICALS: ISRAEL MAY AUTHORIZE TERMS FOR SHALIT DEAL ON WEDNESDAY

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's security cabinet could approve as early as Wednesday a deal for the release of Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, senior Israeli officials said on Monday. Olmert told a visiting U.S. congressional delegation ......

2/16/2009

HAMPSHIRE DIVESTS FROM ISRAEL, SO CONTRIBUTORS SHOULD DIVEST FROM HAMPSHIRE

Several months ago, a rabidly anti Israel group on the Hampshire College campus began a campaign to try to get the college to divest from six companies that they claim helped “the Israeli occupation of Palestine.” Those who came up with this form ......

2/13/2009

CONFRONTING BIAS ON CAMPUS

Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) 2009 will arrive in communities worldwide beginning March 1 and continue through March 8. Now in its fifth year, the annual anti-Israel campaign has experienced steady growth since its debut in Toronto in 2005, expandi ......

2/12/2009

WHERE ARE FACULTY FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ON CAMPUSES?

Professors hostile to Israel continue to organize events on campuses, especially in the wake of the Hamas war. Their polemics are presented as respectable academic discourse. Their distortions of history and international law are presented as fa ......

2/11/2009

ANALYSIS: WILL THE US AND ISRAEL NOW BE ABLE TO TANGO?

In a bit of a role reversal for Washington, its denizens find themselves looking overseas to see how an election result will affect life here rather than vice versa, as Israel's political parties battle it out on Tuesday....

2/11/2009

HALEVY: ISRAEL 'MORE THEN CAPABLE' OF OVERCOMING THREAT FROM IRAN

Former Mossad head Ephraim Halevy paid homage to Israel's success during Operation Cast lead earlier this week, saying it was incumbent on the Palestinians to draw the right conclusions from the defeat of Hamas and create a semblance of order....

2/11/2009

HAMAS TORTURED, KILLED PALESTINIANS, RIGHTS GROUP CHARGES

(CNN) -- Amnesty International has accused Hamas militants in Gaza of kidnapping, killing and torturing fellow Palestinians they accuse of spying for Israel, the organization announced Tuesday. Hamas supporters stand on the rubble of a building hi ......

2/10/2009

REVIVING 1920’S MUNICH BEER HALLS AT UCLA, COURTESY OF CALIFORNIA TAXPAYERS

I have attended many anti-Israel, anti-Zionist lectures and events, but the Jan. 21st symposium on “Gaza and Human Rights” sponsored by UCLA’s Center for Near East Studies was certainly one of the most disturbing. ...

2/10/2009

ADVOCACY TRAINING

BEAVERCREEK — Suppose you are an Israeli teen, the only one at your school. Suddenly, war breaks out in your home country, and your classmates are looking to you for information and perspective. What do you do? Luckily, I was scheduled to attend a ......

2/10/2009

FOR OUR SECURITY

During Israel’s recent military operation against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, local anti-Israel advocates staged near-daily protests and demonstrations outside the most heavily trafficked parts of Houston: The Galleria, Greenway Plaza and U.S ......

2/10/2009

BOTH PARTIES CLAIM VICTORY AND RACE TO FORM RIVAL COALITIONS

Both Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's Kadima party and Binyamin Netanyahu's opposition Likud styled themselves the winners of Tuesday's elections, after exit polls broadcast on the three television networks showed Kadima would be the largest party i ......

2/9/2009

Essential Facts about Operation Cast Lead

Important facts to know about Israel's Operation Cast Lead...

2/5/2009

NEW! HAMAS VIDEO FOR YOUTUBE BY STANDWITHUS

Click here to view this great video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLpu2DNOKlc&eurl=http://standwithus.com/...

2/5/2009

I AM A ZIONIST

I am a Zionist. I believe that the Jewish people established itself in the Land of Israel, albeit somewhat late. Had it listened to the alarm clock, there would have been no Holocaust, and my dead grandfather – the one I was named after – would have ......

2/5/2009

TENURED BUT WRONG

You’d have to be an undergraduate to believe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “complicated” and “controversial,” or to think there is right on both sides. So says Professor Duncan Kennedy, who sneers that these are “fairly common, understandable u ......

2/5/2009

TELL THE GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA TO STOP PROMOTING ANTI-SEMITISM!

There is a well-orchestrated campaign on TV, radio, print and Internet media owned by the government, openly questioning Israel’s right to exist, even including publication of such anti-Semitic materials as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. A grou ......

2/4/2009

UNWRA CONDEMNS HAMAS FOR STEALING SUPPLIES MEANT FOR PALESTINIANS

Statement by UNRWA Condemning the Confiscation of Gaza Aid and Demanding Its Immediate Return At 1:30pm on February 3, over 3,500 blankets and 406 food parcels were confiscated from a distribution store at Beach Camp in Gaza by police personnel. ......

2/4/2009

FELLOWS FOR ISRAEL

Each year 20 students from every Israeli university are picked to be a part of the “Stand With Us” Fellowship program, which takes place nation-wide. The Fellowship, which has existed at the IDC for only a few short years, picked their candi ......

2/4/2009

UN BACKTRACKS ON CLAIM THAT DEADLY IDF STRIKE HIT GAZA SCHOOL

The United Nations has reversed its stance on one of the most contentious and bloody incidents of the recent Israel Defense Forces operation in Gaza, saying that an IDF mortar strike that killed 43 people on January 6 did not hit one of the United Na ......

2/3/2009

FATAH PUBLISHES NAMES OF 181 CLAIMED KILLED, SHOT OR MAIMED BY HAMAS

Ramallah – Ma’an – A senior leader within Fatah slammed what he called “Hamas crimes against patriotic people” in the Gaza Strip Monday. The comments come after a string of reports of human rights violations committed by Palestinians against Pale ......

2/3/2009

ROCKET LANDS IN CENTRAL ASHKELON

Air Raid siren sounds in southern city shortly after 7 am, followed by explosion. Grad rocket lands between buildings in residential neighborhood; three people suffer shock, several cars damaged...

2/3/2009

TOP DIPLOMAT: LEGITIMIZING HAMAS WILL HARM PEACE TALKS

Israel's chief foreign policy goal in 2009 will be to sustain the isolation of Hamas in the international arena in order to make room for a peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, Israel's most senior diplomat said on Monday at a panel o ......

2/3/2009

PENTAGON: IRAN, SATELLITE LAUNCH 'CAUSE FOR GLOBAL CONCERN

Iran's successful launch of its first domestically-produced satellite into orbit is "cause for concern not just here in the United States but in Europe, throughout the Middle East and I believe throughout the greater world," Pentagon press ......

2/3/2009

DANIEL PEARL AND THE NORMALIZATION OF EVIL

This week marks the seventh anniversary of the murder of our son, former Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. My wife Ruth and I wonder: Would Danny have believed that today's world emerged after his tragedy? The answer does not come easil ......

2/3/2009

WHY I AM A BAD JEW

For centuries, we lived in Berdichev. In the brutal Ukrainian winter of 1941, SS soldiers arrived there and rounded up eighty-seven members of my family, babies, young adults, octogenarians, stripped them naked, marched them to a nearby ditch, and e ......

2/2/2009

'SHAME ON YOU'

Large anti-hate rally counters smaller anti-Israel protest outside of local Holocaust memorial Three hundred Houstonians, both Christians and Jews, congregated outside Holocaust Museum Houston last Friday, Jan. 16, to take a stand against hatred a ......

1/28/2009

HELPUSWIN SEEKS TO RALLY PRO-ISRAEL INTERNET USERS

StandWithUs, an Israel advocacy organization that aims to spread positive messages about Israel through education, saw a need to educate Internet users with little to no knowledge of the Israel-Gaza conflict as the news of Operation Cast lead broke D ......

1/28/2009

KASSAM ROCKET FIRED FROM GAZA STRIKES ESHKOL REGION

A day after Gaza operatives breached the cease-fire with a deadly bomb attack along the border, terrorists in the Strip fired a Kassam rocket at southern Israel on Wednesday night. The rocket hit an open area in the Eshkol region, causing no casu ......

1/27/2009

ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED, GAZA TRUCE BREACHED

GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli soldier was killed by a bomb on the border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and troops then killed a Palestinian, in violence that strained a ceasefire and left people in Gaza fearing further Israeli attacks....

1/26/2009

A FALSE ICON

The iconic picture from the current conflict in Gaza has been that of a courageous Norwegian doctor saving Palestinian lives. Here he is, the only westerner in Gaza, who is able to not only save lives but also run his own news agency out of a hospita ......

1/26/2009

SENTINEL STAFF WRITER RECOUNTS TRIP TO HOLY LAND

JERUSALEM — We were in blindfolds, led off our bus one by one, watched over by a group that included two people carrying rifles. We knew we were in Israel, in Jerusalem, but had little idea of where, at present, we were going. We came to a stop. They ......

1/26/2009

HAMAS SAYS ABBAS MUST END ITS PEACE TALKS WITH ISRAEL

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Palestinian Authority must end its peace talks and security coordination with Israel if it ever expects to reconcile with Hamas, one of the militant group's senior officials said Sunday. Osama Hamdan also vowed that H ......

1/26/2009

ISRAEL CONDEMNS HAMAS'S MORAL ACROBATICS

1. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made the following remarks regarding Operation Cast Lead: "A week has passed since we ceased firing in the Gaza Strip. Last Thursday (22 January 2009), I toured Sderot and I discovered a new place and a differen ......

1/23/2009

THE PHONEY WAR CRIMES ACCUSATION AGAINST ISRAEL

Every time Israel seeks to defend its civilians against terrorist attacks, it is accused of war crimes by various United Nations agencies, hard left academics and some in the media. It is a totally phony charge concocted as part of Hamas' strategy - ......

1/22/2009

BBC NEWS: MILIITARY ANALYSIS

Former British Army Colonel Richard Kemp discusses the military challenges facing the IDF as they carry out Operation Cast Lead within Gaza. ...

1/22/2009

HAMAS CONFIRMS EXECUTING FATAH COLLABERATORS

The Palestinian Authority's Minister of Social Welfare Affairs, Mahmoud Habbash, accused Hamas on Wednesday of confiscating 63 trucks loaded with humanitarian aidwhile they were on their way to the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza. He also co ......

1/22/2009

GAZAN DOCTOR SAYS DEATH TOLL INFLATED

Physician at Gaza's Shifa Hospital tells Italian newspaper number of dead in Israeli offensive 'stands at no more than 500 or 600, most of them youths recruited to Hamas' ranks'. Senior Palestinian Health Ministry official denies claims, IDF esti ......

1/20/2009

ON FIRST FULL DAY, OBAMA WILL DIVE INTO FOREIGN POLICY

President-elect Barack Obama will plunge into foreign policy on his first full day in office tomorrow, finally freed from the constraints of tradition that has forced him and his staff to remain muzzled about world affairs during the 78-day transitio ......

1/19/2009

PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT'S STATEMENT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON JANUARY 17, 2009

Citizens of Israel, Exactly three weeks ago as the Sabbath ended, we sat here before you – my friend Ehud Barak, the Vice Prime Minister Tzipi Livni and myself – and detailed the considerations and goals which guided us in launching a military ope ......

1/19/2009

ANALYSIS: REMOVING THE MALIGNANCY OF TERROR

Israel's war in Gaza has been met with cries of protest around the world. They come from two sources. First, there are those who oppose any Israeli effort to defend itself, mainly because they don't believe a Jewish state should exist at all. T ......

1/19/2009

VIDEO: HAMAS BRAINWASHING CHILDREN TO HATE

Please click here to view this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTGbP55HGi8...

1/19/2009

ISRAEL HOLDS ITS FIRE -IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT THE WAR WITH HAMAS

· Under Iranian sponsorship, Hamas terrorized the people of Israel – situation had to stop · IDF operation aimed to offer enhanced, durable security and halt weapons smuggling ...

1/19/2009

ANALYSIS: TRUMPETS OF VICTORY STRIKE FALSE NOTE

Hamas's claim that it has emerged victorious from Operation Cast Lead is reminiscent of the fiery statements of Ahmed Said, the famous Egyptian radio announcer who, during the Six Day War, continued to report the fictional downing of dozens of Israe ......

1/19/2009

'HAMAS TORTURING FATAH MEMBERS IN GAZA'

Hamas militiamen have rounded up hundreds of Fatah activists on suspicion of "collaboration" with Israel during Operation Cast Lead, Fatah members in the Gaza Strip told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. They said the Hamas crackdown on Fat ......

1/16/2009

THE WAR AGAINST CIVILIANS: A VIEW FROM ISRAELI HOME FRONT

The Gaza strip is one of two home fronts in this nasty and unwanted war. There is ample and disturbing evidence, shown daily in fearful living color on televised news and internet videos, of the terrible suffering of civilians in Gaza. The Israeli a ......

1/16/2009

ANALYSIS: SECURITY KINGPIN HELD GAZA IN IRON GRIP

The death of Said Siam is not only a blow to Hamas morale, but also a personal setback for Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and Mahmoud Zahar, the group's "foreign minister." The two lost not only a longtime friend, but also the man wh ......

1/16/2009

WHAT PROTESTS? ISRAELIS OVERWHELMINGLY BACK GAZA WAR

Israelis hear the outcry. They aren't blind to civilian deaths, to the destruction of homes and livelihoods or to mass suffering in the Gaza Strip. However, Israelis support the war against Hamas by more than four to one. If you lived here, many sa ......

1/15/2009

THE UNITED STATES MUST NOT ATTEND THE UN DURBAN II "ANTI-RACISM" CONFERENCE

Secretary-elect Hillary Clinton is poised to announce whether or not the United States will participate in the UN Durban Review Conference - Durban II. Your voice matters. PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION URGING THE UNITED STATES TO STAND WITH ISRAE ......

1/15/2009

U.N. AGENCY THAT RUNS SCHOOL HIT IN GAZA EMPLOYED HAMAS AND ISLAMIC JIHAD MEMBERS

The United Nations agency that administers a school in Gaza where dozens of civilians were killed by Israeli mortar fire last week has admitted to employing terrorists to work at its Palestinian schools in the past, has no system in place to keep mem ......

1/14/2009

ICRC: ISRAEL'S USE OF WHITE PHOSPHORUS NOT ILLEGAL

The international Red Cross said Tuesday that Israel has fired white phosphorus shells in its offensive in the Gaza Strip, but has no evidence to suggest the incendiary agent is being used improperly or illegally....

1/14/2009

HAMAS RAIDS AID TRUCKS, SELLS SUPPLIES

Hamas on Monday raided some 100 aid trucks that Israel had allowed into Gaza, stole their contents and sold them to the highest bidders. The IDF said that since terminal activity is coordinated with UNRWA and the red cross, Israel could do nothing ......

1/14/2009

ISRAEL ACTIVISTS BLENDING NEW, TRADITIONAL TACTICS IN PR BATTLE

NEW YORK (JTA) -- As Israel takes to the Internet in search of innovative ways to make its case about Gaza to the world, Jews around the globe also are utilizing innovative methods -- and particularly new technological tools -- to explain what the Je ......

1/14/2009

BIN LADEN URGES JIHAD AGAINST ISRAEL IN NEW TAPE

Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden called for a jihad against Israel in a new audiotape posted Wednesday, a recording the White House called an effort to raise money as part of the terror organization's ongoing propaganda campaign....

1/14/2009

GAZA WAR PROTESTS CONTINUE IN WESTWOOD

Supporters of both sides in the conflict in Gaza held another round of boisterous but peaceful demonstrations in front of the Federal Building in Westwood on Sunday, separated by dozens of police officers. At a pro-Palestinian rally that began abo ......

1/13/2009

DAMNED IF THEY DO BUT ISRAEL'S DEAD IF THEY DON'T

DEAD Jews aren't news, but killing terrorists outrages global activists. On Saturday, Israel struck back powerfully against its tormentors. Now Israel's the villain. Again....

1/12/2009

RALLIES THIS WEEK ALL OVER THE WORLD!

Pro-Israel rallies in support of Israel taking place this week all over the world. Please send any rallies to: dani@stanwithus.com SUBJECT: NEW RALLY ...

1/12/2009

HOW GAZA IS ALIENATING BRITAIN'S JEWS AND MUSLIMS

I am a secular, liberal, identifying British Jew. My parents would have taken great pleasure if my acting talents had landed me a starring role in the primary school nativity play; on Christmas Day, we gather at home eating smoked salmon bagels and m ......

1/12/2009

THOUSANDS SUPPORT ISRAEL AT UK RALLIES

Protected by a massive police cordon, pro-Israeli groups rallied in London and Manchester on Sunday, a day after violent clashes erupted at an anti-Israel demonstration opposite the Israeli Embassy....

1/9/2009

ISRAEL'S POLICY IS PERFECTLY 'PROPOTIONATE'

Israel's actions in Gaza are justified under international law, and Israel should be commended for its self-defense against terrorism. Article 51 of the United Nations Charter reserves to every nation the right to engage in self-defense against arme ......

1/9/2009

THE MIDEAST'S GROUND ZERO

The fighting, death and destruction in Gaza is painful to watch. But it's all too familiar. It's the latest version of the longest-running play in the modern Middle East, which, if I were to give it a title, would be called: "Who owns this hot ......

1/9/2009

ISRAEL ACTS BECAUSE THE WORLD WON'T DEFEND IT

It was strictly forbidden to have a notebook in Belsen, but my Aunt Ruth had one anyway. Just a little pocket diary - an appointment book with one of those tiny pencils. And in it, in the autumn of 1944, she noted that Anne Frank and Anne's sister, ......

1/9/2009

RALLIES AND VILLAGAIROSA APPEARANCE HIGHLIGHT LOCAL SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL

L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other city officials joined with leaders of the Jewish community and pro-Israel demonstrators this week in a show of solidarity with Israel during its Gaza operation. "[Israel] must act against the Hamas lead ......

1/9/2009

NEW WAVE OF PRO-ISRAEL ACTION HITS THE STREETS

Los Angeles — Within days of Israel’s initial air strikes on Gaza, the grass-roots pro-Israel group StandWithUs had set up a “Web Situation Room” to counter online criticism of the Jewish state. In Israel, The Israel Project, which works to bolster ......

1/8/2009

At least two Lebanon rockets hit north Israel; Hezbollah denies involvment

At least two Katyusha rockets fired from south Lebanon exploded in northern Israel on Thursday morning, leaving two people lightly wounded and a number of others suffering from shock....

1/8/2009

The CNN strategy

As Israel persists in its military efforts -- by ground, air and sea -- to protect its citizens from deadly Hamas rockets, and as protests against Israel increase around the world, the success of the abominable Hamas double war crime strategy becomes ......

1/8/2009

TO MY ARAB BROTHERS: THE WAR WITH ISRAEL IS OVER-AND THEY WON. NOW LET'S MOVE FORWARD

With Israel entering its fourth week of an incursion into the same Gaza Strip it voluntarily evacuated a few months ago, a sense of reality among Arabs is spreading through commentary by Arab pundits, letters to the editor, and political talk shows o ......

1/8/2009

IDF UNVEILS HAMAS MAP SEIZED IN GAZA

Soldiers from the Paratrooper's Brigade operating in the northern Gaza Strip uncovered a map prepared by Hamas that shows how the terror group prepared for the IDF's incursion by deploying different types of bombs as well as snipers throughout the ......

1/8/2009

'LEBANON LIABLE FOR NAHARIYA ATTACK'

One of the rockets went through the roof of a Nahariya retirement home and exploded in the kitchen as about 25 elderly residents were eating breakfast in the adjacent dining hall. One resident suffered a broken leg and another sustained bruises, both ......

1/7/2009

Venezuela expels Israeli ambassador over Gaza

Venezuela ordered Israel's ambassador expelled from the country on Tuesday in protest over the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip....

1/7/2009

Covering the Conflict - and the Message Control

I spent the morning with Israeli police, looking at a collection of Hamas rockets that have landed in Ashkelon over the past month. They have shelves full of handmade Qassam rockets, and the larger more effective factory made Grad rockets. Both are l ......

1/7/2009

Kids of Southern Israel get a day of fun

StandWithUs has been active in getting Israel’s message across in the war against Hamas, but SWU has also been giving some relief to residents of the rocket-battered South of Israel. As the war raged, five busloads of Sderot’s kids were brought to ......

1/6/2009

How the U.N. Perpetuates the 'Refugee' Problem

Israel's assault on Hamas is just the latest in a long chain of military clashes, the scripts of which are always the same. On one side, there is the Israeli army. Technologically and militarily superior, its soldiers are motivated by a powerful com ......

1/5/2009

IDC students work to win media war

Many supporters of Israel have grown frustrated with hostile feedback posted to Web articles and on blogs since the start of Operation Cast Lead nine days ago. A group of Israeli students has decided to fight back....

1/5/2009

Israel's Tragic Gaza Dilemma

There is little doubt that Israel is morally justified in its offensive against Hamas. No nation can sit by and allow its territory to be rocketed with impunity. Not if it wants to remain a nation for long. But to say that Israel has the right, indee ......

1/4/2009

Leading the Internet Battle for Israel

In response to Israel's defensive action against deadly rocket attacks from Gaza, a team of multi-lingual and web-savvy students from around the world is taking Israel's case to the world....

1/4/2009

RALLIES THIS WEEK ALL OVER THE WORLD!

Pro-Israel rallies in support of Israel taking place this week all over the world. Please send any rallies to: dani@stanwithus.com SUBJECT: NEW RALLY...

1/3/2009

Second Stage of Operation Cast Lead Begins

Those who use civilians, the elderly, women and children as "human shields" are responsible for any and all injury to the civilian population. Anyone who hides a terrorist or weapons in his house is considered a terrorist....

1/2/2009

Moral Clarity in Gaza

Late Saturday, thousands of Gazans received Arabic-language cell-phone messages from the Israeli military, urging them to leave homes where militants might have stashed weapons....

1/2/2009

Israel's Policy Is Perfectly 'Proportionate'

Israel's actions in Gaza are justified under international law, and Israel should be commended for its self-defense against terrorism. Article 51 of the United Nations Charter reserves to every nation the right to engage in self-defense against arme ......

1/1/2009

RALLIES in LA & CHICAGO FRIDAY 1/2/2009

Rally Against Hamas Terrorism and for Israel's right to defend its citizens. ...

12/31/2008

Rallies Against Hamas Across Israel Today

StandWithUs today organized nationwide student demonstrations at 14 Israeli universities in support of the IDF action and rallying against Hamas terrorism....

12/31/2008

Cartoon: Sign of the Times

Hamas, Fatah, and Islamic Jihad are working together?...

12/30/2008

Israel's Gaza Defense

The more damage to Hamas, the better the chances for peace....

12/30/2008

Hamas Knows One Big Thing

If only it were a parable, the endless confrontation between Israel and its enemies would be the case of the hedgehog and the fox. The fox, said the Greek poet Archilochus, knows many things, while the hedgehog knows one big thing....

12/29/2008

Palestinians Need Israel to Win

If Hamas gets away with terror once again, the peace process will be over....

12/29/2008

Hamas Admits to Using Civilians as Human Shields

The UN announcement that 51 civilians have died in the conflict in Gaza must be understood in the context of Hamas's declared ideology to use civilians as human shields for Hamas fighters. Indeed, Hamas continues to emphasize and promote the rel ......

12/29/2008

Hamas Is Largely to Blame for Israel's Gaza Offensive

Wading into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is dangerous work. It is an exceptionally charged issue, with both sides capable of as much passion as you'll experience in discussing a foreign policy dispute. Personally, I have been shocked and unnerve ......

12/28/2008

StandWithUs Statement of Support for Israel -- December 28, 2008

Please forward to your friends. There are very important facts to share with elected officials and journalists. There is far too much ignorance out there regarding what led up to this operation. You can help.... We call on international leader ......

12/28/2008

Rockets rain down on southern Israel over Christmas and Hanukkah

During the past few days over Christmas and Hanukkah the barrage of missiles from Gaza continued. ...

12/28/2008

A Hard Look at Hamas' Capabilities - Analysis

Approximately 15,000 armed Palestinians. That's the size of the military force the Israel Defense Forces will face if a major operation in the Gaza Strip goes forward. These militants, from various Hamas factions, will presumably be aided by a fe ......

12/28/2008

OPERATION "CAST LEAD" GETS UNDERWAY – DECEMBER 27, 2008

Hamas unilaterally suspended the Egyptian-brokered truce with Israel, launching hundreds of rockets at civilian targets in southern Israel over the past week. Israel has exercised maximum restraint, but – after eight years of missile barrages from G ......

12/28/2008

Mahmoud Abbas: "Hamas Responsible for Violence"

In a news conference today from Cairo, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas placed the blame for the violence in the Gaza Strip squarely on the shoulders of Hamas....

12/24/2008

Bush Forgives Man Convicted for 1948 Aid to Israel

In 1948, Charlie Winters took an unusual step for a Boston-born Protestant businessman: He waded into the bloody struggle for a Jewish state in the Middle East, selling decommissioned B-17 bombers to the Haganah resistance group and even helping to f ......

12/22/2008

StandWithUs founder to get Cohon award

The 2008 Rabbi Samuel S. and A. Irma Cohon Memorial Foundation Award for contributions to the Jewish people will be presented Friday, Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Emanu-Elâ€™s Shabbat service to Roz Rothstein, founder and international director of ......

12/18/2008

Don't Do Durban II

Last Thursday, in a full-page ad in the Washington Times, a group of influential observers â€” including Alan Dershowitz, Victor Davis Hanson, Bernard Lewis, Martin Peretz, and Elie Wiesel â€” urged Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to announce that t ......

12/17/2008

Indian-Americans March to Protest Mumbai Carnage

Representatives of a number of local Indian-American organizations marched through the main drag of the Little India market on Pioneer Blvd, here on Dec. 6, shouting slogans to protest the recent carnage in Mumbai....

12/17/2008

PA Tortures Journalists

Over the past two years Palestinian journalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have been subjected to a systematic campaign of intimidation that has resulted in the death of some and the detention of others....

12/17/2008

Why Israel is Not an Apartheid State

The Israeli regime is not apartheid. It is a unique case of democracy....

12/11/2008

US INVESTORS SEEK OUT ISRAELI HIGH-TECH OPPORTUNITIES

Times may be tough and credit may be short - but according to David Gitlin of Philadelphia's WolfBlock LLP, a partner at veteran law firm in the city, many American venture capital funds and angel investors still believe Israeli high-tech firms are ......

12/11/2008

WEAVING A NEW LIFE FOR THE BEDOUIN WOMEN OF LAKIA

In the heart of the Negev desert, an NGO founded by Bedouin women for Bedouin women, is giving new purpose to an old way of life. As the Israeli Bedouin culture, which was once partially nomadic, adapts to the fast-paced ways of modern living, its wo ......

12/11/2008

FIRE AND ICE: CHANUKAH PARTY 21+

WHAT: Join the LA Jew-Crew on Rodeo Drive as we party it up with MOSHAV and DJ Eric Rosen on the night before Chanukah begins! WHEN: December 20th. Doors open at 8:30pm WHERE: A Cow Jumped Over The Moon - 421 N Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 9021 ......

12/10/2008

EGYPTIAN MPS: STOP ISRAELI PILGRIMAGES

Egyptian members of parliament and activists are campaigning to prevent thousands of Israeli Jews from flocking to Egypt every year to visit the grave of a famous rabbi. Thousands of Israelis make annual trips to neighboring Egypt to celebrate the ......

12/10/2008

ISRAELI WHO HELPED BRING H&M TO COUNTRY

Over a year ago Sandy, a great fan of the chain's clothes, founded a group on Facebook dedicated to bringing the chain to Israel. The group, titled "Open an H&M store in Israel!" started out with only a few members, most of them Sandy's ......

12/10/2008

ATTEMPT TO STOP ISRAELI AMBASSADOR FROM ADDRESSING UN FAILS

Gabriella Shalev to speak before General Assembly in special session marking human rights day as representative of 30 nations, despite Assembly president's attempt to prevent speech...

12/10/2008

WHILE DETROIT SLEPT

As I think about our bailing out Detroit, I can’t help but reflect on what, in my view, is the most important rule of business in today’s integrated and digitized global market, where knowledge and innovation tools are so widely distributed. It’s thi ......

12/9/2008

IRAN REJECTS OBAMA'S 'CARROT-AND-STICK' PROPOSAL

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran on Monday rejected a proposal by President-elect Barack Obama that a combination of economic incentives and tighter sanctions might persuade the Iranian government to change its behavior. Obama said in an interview with NBC's ......

12/8/2008

ISRAEL SENDS POST TRAUMA SPECIALISTS TO MUMBAI

Two Israeli post-trauma recovery specialists left for Mumbai on Sunday to initiate training sessions in the city. Dr. Rony Berger and Dr. Marc Gelkopf will work in hospitals and schools around Mumbai for at least a week, training doctors in post-trau ......

12/8/2008

BUSH VOWS TO DENY IRAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush reiterated Friday his pledge that the United States would not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. "We have made our bottom-line clear. For the safety of our people and the peace of ......

12/8/2008

ASHDOD RESIDENTS UNDER MISSILE THREAT

Home Front Command hands out leaflets to inhabitants of port city, additional southern communities, explaining how to prepare for rocket attacks from Gaza. Move launched for fear terror organizations have managed to significantly increase rocket laun ......

12/8/2008

ISRAELI DOCTORS SAVE LIFE OF IRAQI CHILD

Iraqi girl wasn't supposed to overcome heart defects, but Israeli hospital doctors intervened. 'At times I feel that perhaps we are building a bridge to peace here,' surgeon says...

12/8/2008

PALESTINIAN HOT WINTER

The Palestinians are expecting a “hot winter” as Abbas and Hamas appear to be headed toward a major standoff in January. This confrontation will only deepen divisions among the Palestinians and solidify the split between the West Bank and Gaza Strip. ......

12/8/2008

NANNY MOVES TO ISRAEL WITH BOY ORPHANED IN MUMBAI

MIGDAL HA-EMEK, Israel – After hiding for hours in the besieged Jewish center in Mumbai, Sandra Samuel suddenly heard a cry that made her forget all fear for her own safety: 2-year-old Moshe was calling his nanny's name....

12/5/2008

ISRAELI COMPANY LEADING NEXT GENERATION OF SOLAR TECHNOLOGY

There is a major problem that plagues photovoltaic solar panel production - its high cost. While at least a year or two away from being put on the market, Israeli company 3GSolar is arguably one of the closest companies in the world to unlocking the ......

12/4/2008

THE UN'S OBSESSION WITH DEMONIZING ISRAEL

THE PRESIDENT of the UN General Assembly, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua, last week denounced the policies of a certain Middle Eastern nation. They are "so similar to the apartheid of an earlier era," he said, "that the world ......

12/3/2008

IDF OPPOSES PLAN FOR NATO IN W. BANK

A day after President-elect Barack Obama chose retired general James Jones as his national security adviser, Israeli defense officials said Tuesday that they were opposed to the deployment of a NATO force in the West Bank following an Israeli withdra ......

12/3/2008

AMERICAN CARROTS FOR SYRIAN STICKS?

As the president-elect begins to weigh the carrots and sticks he can employ when dealing with the Middle East, he will run into the question of how to handle Syria. Bashar Assad was the first to reach out with a telegram to Barack Obama on November 7 ......

12/2/2008

ISRAELS RIGHT TO EXIST BASIC TENET OF NEW ITALIAN PARTY

Magdi Allam, an Egyptian-born Italian journalist and writer of Muslim origin who was baptized by Pope Benedict XVI last Easter, said Sunday that he has founded a political party that will run in next summer's European Parliament elections. "Isr ......

12/2/2008

THREE FAITHS FIND COMMON CAUSE IN ISRAEL

Pious Christians and Jews make regular pilgrimages to Israel, despite the safety concerns, which often fade away soon after arrival. They visit the churches and synagogues, the Western Wall and famous sites like Masada at the Dead Sea and Copernicus ......

12/2/2008

QUESTIONS LINGER ABOUT DEATH OF ISRAELI ACTIVIST

Daniel J. Kliman, 38, was the co-founder of San Francisco Voice for Israel, an affiliate of the national Israel advocacy group StandWithUs, and a well-known pro-Israel activist in the San Francisco Bay area. ...

12/1/2008

IAF JET FLIES BODIES HOME FOR BURIAL

An Israeli Air Force jet left India for Israel Monday, carrying 2-year-old Moshe Holtzberg, orphaned son of Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg, 29, and Rivka, who were among the slain in the Mumbai Chabad House attack, along with his parents' remains and ......

12/1/2008

ISRAELIS STRESS WHILE STRANDED IN BANGKOK

BANGKOK (JTA) -- Shmulik Masa frowns and rolls his salad with a fork in a Jewish-run restaurant in this city's backpacker district. “It’s been a double whammy for me in Thailand,” the young Israeli traveler says, clearly frustrated. ...

12/1/2008

RAMATTAN NEWS AGENCY SHUTS DOWN IN REPONSE TO RAIDS

Ramattan, one of the largest Palestinian news agencies, accused the Palestinian Authority on Sunday of waging a campaign of harassment and intimidation against its staff in the West Bank. The independent agency, which has several offices in the West ......

12/1/2008

ISRAEL ALARMED BY EU BID TO REOPEN ORIENT HOUSE AS PART OF PEACE PLAN

Israeli officials are deeply concerned over an internal European Union document outlining the EU's plans for advancing an Israeli-Palestinian deal in 2009. Inter alia, it calls for increased pressure on Israel to reopen Palestinian institutions in J ......

12/1/2008

HEALTH SCAN: ISRAELI CANCER RESEARCH 'SPECTACULAR'

Some of the world's leading cancer researchers say cancer research here is "spectacular," and that efforts to speed the translation of basic research to the bedside will bring successful treatment of the 200 types of tumors closer....

12/1/2008

8 IDF TROOPS HURT IN W. NEGEV MORTAR STRIKE, SOLDIER LOSES LEG

Eight Israel Defense Forces soldiers were wounded Friday evening, two seriously, after mortars fired by Gaza Strip militants hit a military base near Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the western Negev. The soldiers were evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Be'er ......

11/28/2008

MUMBAI FIGHTING NARROWS TO ONE HOTEL

MUMBAI, India — The conflict in the stricken Indian city of Mumbai narrowed to a final running battle between commandos and at least one attacker who was still roaming the charred corridors of a luxury hotel, the Taj, but the murderous assault on the ......

11/25/2008

TWO TEXAS STUDENTS SELECTED FOR STANDWITHUS EMERSON FELLOWSHIP

Two student leaders from Texas universities have been designated 2008-2009 StandWithUs Emerson Fellows, a unique campus initiative entering its second year from StandWithUs, the nonprofit, international Israel education organization. The two Texas st ......

11/24/2008

MAHMOUD ABBAS: CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY?

If Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas were ever to stand trial before one of his “military” courts in the West Bank, it’s almost certain that he would be sentenced to death for “collaboration” with Israel, too. ...

11/24/2008

ISRAELI CLEANTECH COMPANIES PROVE NATURAL FIT IN CALIFORNIA

The American economy has been flipped on its head, yet companies, authorities and investors in California know that the current financial woes can't stop the advancement of clean technology. The future of the world depends on it. And Israel, they re ......

11/24/2008

GERMANY BANS HEZBOLLAH TELEVISION STATION AL-MANAR

BERLIN – Germany has banned Hezbollah's television station on grounds that it violates the country's constitution, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Friday. The U.S. banned Al-Manar in 2004, saying it incited terrorist activity. Hezbollah is n ......

11/24/2008

KUNTAR: SYRIAN FLAG IN GOLAN SOON

Samir Kuntar, the Lebanese terrorist released by Israel earlier this year, spoke across the Syrian border on Monday and promised hundreds of Israeli Druse that President Bashar Assad would "soon wave the Syrian flag over the Golan."...

11/23/2008

ABBAS CALLS FOR UNITY TALKS OR EARLY ELECTIONS

Threatening to call early presidential and parliamentary elections in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday sought the backing of a key decision-making body for his plan to extend his term in office ......

11/22/2008

YOSSI AND THE BEANSTALK

Shlomi Jonas and Doron Levi are serious about a plant with a funny name. That's because jatropha, an otherwise puzzling and forgettable plant, may be the key to one of the most important alternatives to fossil fuels in the coming years - and bec ......

11/22/2008

ISRAELI SAVES CHIMP FROM CONGOLESE TROOPS

Aid worker staying in war-torn African country rescues starved, tortured chimpanzee held by government soldiers, transfers chimp to local nature institute for treatment...

11/21/2008

STANDWITHUS CEO RECEIVES AWARD

The Rabbi Samuel S. and A. Irma Cohon Memorial Foundation named Dr. Jose Nessim of Encino and Roz Rothstein of Los Angeles the recipients of the 2008 Cohon Award. Each winner receives $10,000. Roz Rothstein wins in the field of Unity, bringing Jew ......

11/18/2008

MULTINATIONALS DISCOVER ISRAELS WEALTH OF HI-TECH TALENT

With a rich pool of talent to draw from, large multinational companies have discovered that setting up shop in Israel - taking advantage of engineers, programmers, and even marketing and sales experts - is a wise move. With the need to maximize profi ......

11/18/2008

PERES TO GA: FOCUS ON SCIENCE/EDUCATION IS THE LONG TERM ANSWER TO ECONOMIC CRISIS

Many of the people now giving advice on what should be done about the global financial crisis were the same ones who had failed to see it coming, President Shimon Peres told the plenum of the General Assembly of the United Jewish Communities that con ......

11/18/2008

IAEA CHIEF: TRACES OF URANIUM FOUND AT SYRIA SITE

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said Monday the agency needs more transparency from Syria and others to determine whether traces of uranium found at a site bombed by Israeli planes indicate Damascus was buildin ......

11/18/2008

IDF HOME FRONT LINKS ASHDOD UP TO ROCKET-WARNING SYSTEM

The Home Front Command connected the city of Ashdod to the Color Red rocket warning system in recent days, following an Israel Defense Forces estimate that Hamas now possesses long-range rockets capable of reaching the coastal city....

11/18/2008

ISRAEL WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE GERMAN SUB SALE TO EGYPT

Israel is increasingly concerned that Germany might sell Dolphin-class submarines to Egypt, top defense and political officials told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Cairo, officials said, has opened talks with Berlin aimed at having the Egyptian na ......

11/18/2008

UK PROTESTORS CALL PERES 'WAR CRIMINAL'

President's address in front of 1,000 Oxford University students interrupted by small group of demonstrators claiming Israel ethnically cleansed Palestinians, calling for end to Gaza siege. Peres: We don't need your permission to stay alive...

11/17/2008

THE EMPATHY DIET... ISRAEL ON CAMPUS...

Two student leaders from Illinois universities have been designated StandWithUs "Emerson Fellows," a campus initiative entering its second year from StandWithUs, the non-profit, international Israel education organization. They are: graduat ......

11/17/2008

MOSQUES AND SYNAGOGUES REACH ACROSS DIVIDE

Starting next week, 50 synagogues and 50 mosques throughout the United States and Canada will get together for three days of "twinning" and intensive discussions. USC, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) and an Isl ......

11/17/2008

STANDWITHUS CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON ISRAEL

The unofficial standard bearer of a StandWithUs Israel in Focus conference on Nov. 9 was Hillel Kook, a Zionist activist who faced enormous obstacles in sounding the alarm in the United States during the early stages of the Holocaust. Cited first in ......

11/16/2008

ISRAEL JOINS WORLD EFFORT TO HALT COUNTERFEIT DRUG SALES

Purchasing prescription medication via the Internet, newspaper advertisements or from any source other than licensed pharmacies is dangerous, according to the Health Ministry, which together with the Israel Police has seized thousands of pills suspec ......

11/13/2008

PA HATE AT ALL-TIME HIGH

MEDIA EXPERT ASSESSES PA HATE PROMOTION, ISRAEL DENIAL DIFFERENT WORDS IN ENGLISH, ARABIC DEVELOPMENT COMES AFTER HOPE OF 2007 ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE ...

11/12/2008

OLMERT WARNS OF LOOMING CONFRONTATION WITH HAMAS

JERUSALEM (AFP) – Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned on Tuesday of a looming confrontation with the Islamist Hamas movement which controls the Gaza Strip. "I have no doubt that the situation between us and Hamas is an unavoidabl ......

11/12/2008

PERES AT UN FORUM: DREAM OF PEACE DIDN'T DIE WITH RABIN

President Shimon Peres on Wednesday commemorated the anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin during a UN General Assembly Meeting on Interfaith Dialogue. Rabin's death, Peres said, felt like it had been a catalyst to ......

11/11/2008

JORDAN, ISRAEL WORK TO OVERCOME WATER DEFICIT

The grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence. While Israel's water crisis is severe and much publicized, Jordan's is much worse. Jordan is one of the 10 poorest countries in the world in terms of water per capita. Water runs ther ......

11/11/2008

INTRODUCING AMERICAS BEST DOCTOR: ISRAELI URI ELKAYAM

Although he comes back to Israel about four times a year to visit colleagues and family, Elkayam is firmly planted in the United States, where his patients and colleagues in the medical community appreciate him dearly. So much so in fact, that Elkaya ......

11/11/2008

ARE YOU GOING TO ISRAEL FOR THE GA?

If you are, please visit StandWithUs and see what’s new! Check out our materials and programs, meet our Israel office staff, and help educate your friends and community!...

11/11/2008

JERSUALEM ARABS ELECTION BOYCOTT CONTINUES

As in previous municipal elections, the overwhelming majority of Jerusalem's Arab voters boycotted Tuesday's vote. Only a few thousand Arabs - mostly municipality workers and their families - cast their ballots amid tight security measures and t ......

11/10/2008

YOUNG ISRAELIS TO HELP OUT IN CAMBODIA

The "Backpacking and Donating" project is designed to improve the international perception of Israel and its youth. At the beginning of December, a contingent of Israeli volunteers will be sent to the Cambodian village of Chi Phat in the Ca ......

11/10/2008

TEEN REFUGEES WIN TEL AVIV RACE

Two young Eritreans who fled their country only six months ago win first and second place on national 10,000 meter road race this weekend. Now they dream of representing Israel in the Olympic Games...

11/5/2008

ATTACKS CONTINUE AS ROCKET HITS NEGEV

Kassam attacks from Gaza continued on Wednesday afternoon with a rocket landing between Sderot and the Sha'ar Hanegev region. No one was wounded and no damage was reported. In total, some 40 Kassam rockets and mortar shells were fired since the ......

11/5/2008

RICE MAY SUBMIT PAPER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will likely present the next US administration with her own parameters for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, diplomatic officials in Jerusalem said on Tuesday, two days before she arrives for yet anoth ......

11/5/2008

ISRAEL EXPECTING LITTLE CHANGE DURING TRANSITION

Change in US Middle East policy as a result of Tuesday's elections is expected to be "evolutionary, not revolutionary," according to diplomatic assessments in Jerusalem. According to these assessments, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ......

11/4/2008

SYRIA TALKS MEANT TO PRESSURE IRAN

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's intention to push forward indirect talks with Syria three months before the country goes to the polls is motivated by a desire to keep the heat on Iran, Western diplomatic sources said Sunday. ...

11/4/2008

ISRAEL BLASTS UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Israel denounced the Human Rights Council on Tuesday for targeting it "in an obsessive and discriminatory fashion," but Egypt said it was imperative that the UN body investigate violations of Palestinian rights....

11/4/2008

BAHRAIN MAY REOPEN ISRAEL BOYCOTT OFFICE

Bahrain's parliament is pressing the Gulf Arab emirate's government to reopen the country's Israel Boycott Office, which was closed two years ago under pressure from Washington. Prior to its closure, the boycott office had overseen government effo ......

11/4/2008

ISRAELI FASHION DESIGNER SEWING ABBAS' SUITS

Tel Aviv-based Barbaros company sells hundreds of suits to Palestinian Authority. 'I have been working with Palestinians for 30 years,' says owner, 'and maybe these suits will bring us peace'...

11/4/2008

EWA SQUEEZES DRINKING WATER FROM THIN AIR

For Dr. Etan Bar, CEO of EWA, it was a question of priorities. His company, which focuses both on solar energy and clean water extraction from the air, had already developed a new solar energy air conditioner that was sparking interest in the industr ......

11/3/2008

THE PALESTINIANS: STEP BY STEP

Mahmoud Abbas will not be able to make any real concessions to bring about peace with Israel. Like Arafatt, Abbas has already made it clear that as far as he's concerned, it's either 100% or nothing. ...

11/3/2008

BRESLOW AWARDED EMERSON FELLOWSHIP

Frederick Breslow, a sophomore, pre-med, classics major and a member of the Campus Organization for Israel, has received an Emerson Fellowship for the 2008-09 year. The fellowship was awarded by StandWithUs, a self-described "non-profit, interna ......

10/30/2008

STAND WITH SDEROT

You are walking to your car, an alarm goes! You now know you have 15 seconds to find shelter. This has become everyday life for those living in Sderot in Israel! Hagshama with the Western Province Youth Council, Bnei Akiva, Habonim and SAUJS hosted M ......

10/28/2008

A CALL TO ACTION

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is planning its second international conference against racism, called Durban II. But hostile member nations are organizing the conference. They are subverting its worthy goals to incite racism against ......

10/28/2008

STANDWITHUS NAMES USC SENIOR AS EMERSON FELLOW

StandWithUs, a non-profit, international Israel education organization, has announced that University of Southern California senior Jonathan Arkin has been designated as this year’s “Emerson Fellow”, a unique campusinitiative entering its second year....

10/28/2008

ABBAS: PLAN TO END HAMAS-FATAH RIFT REACHED

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced Monday that he has reached an agreement with Egypt on ways of ending the Hamas-Fatah power struggle and achieving reconciliation among all Palestinian factions....

10/27/2008

THE STORY OF YARON AMITAI -AN ISRAELI SOLDIER

Please watch this very sad but important video: ...

10/27/2008

IRAN: WE ARM MIDDLE EASTERN 'LIBERATION ARMIES'

A top Revolutionary Guards commander has said Iran is supplying weapons to "liberation armies" in the Middle East, a state-run news agency reported - the first official confirmation the country provides weapons to armed groups in the region ......

10/27/2008

ISRAELI CLEANTECH START-UPS HEAD TO THE US TO SEEK INVESTMENT

An Israeli delegation of start-up companies is in the US this week to meet on furthering clean technology innovation and investment. Expanding on past successes in telecommunications and life sciences, Israel hopes to draw attention to its renewable- ......

10/27/2008

BARAK TO UNIFIL: HEZBOLLAH ARMS SMUGGLING VIOLATES UN RESOLUTION 1701

Defense Minister Ehud Barak met Sunday with the commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon to protest Hezbollah's continued arms smuggling from Syria, in violation of Security Council Resolution 1701....

10/27/2008

REVEALED: IDF FOILED KIDNAP BID, ARRESTED INFILTRATOR FROM GAZA

Israeli authorities arrested five weeks ago a Hamas operative who infiltrated Israel from Gaza in a bid to kidnap Israel Defense Forces soldiers, it emerged Sunday. The IDF and Shin Bet security service arrested Jemal abu Duabah, a resident of th ......

10/27/2008

SYRIA HOSTS ANTI ISRAEL BOYCOTT PARLEY

Representatives of 14 Arab states held a three-day conference at the Meridian Hotel in Damascus last week aimed at reinvigorating the decades-old economic and trade boycott of Israel....

10/27/2008

2008 SET TO BE RECORD YEAR FOR INCOMING TOURISM

Some 2.3 million tourists arrive in Israel between January and September; Tourism Ministry official believe target of 2.8 million tourists will be reached by end of year...

10/24/2008

PERES IN SHARM EL-SHEIKH: SAUDI PLAN CAN BRING PEACE TO MIDEAST

President Shimon Peres endorsed on Thursday the spirit of a broad Arab initiative as an opportunity that can bring peace to the Middle East, speaking at a meeting with Egypt's President in Sharm el-Sheikh....

10/24/2008

HAMAS'S VICIOUS AQSATUBE BOUNCES BACK, THEN FALLS AGAIN

An Israeli intelligence think-tank and a Hamas video Web site seem to be playing a game of cat-and-mouse with each other. Last week the Intelligence Terrorism Information Center, a Ramat Hasharon-based research center closely associated with Israel ......

10/23/2008

HONESTLY CONCERNED: CHANGING FAULTY ATTITUDES TOWARD ISRAEL IN CENTRAL EUROPE

The post 9/11 media coverage in the German language media has seen a relentless rise in anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic press articles. Germany, Austria and Switzerland lacked a media watchdog organization to systematically monitor the frequently one-s ......

10/23/2008

HAMAS: JERUSALEM STABBING IN NATURAL RESPONSE TO ISRAELI AGGRESSION

Following the stabbing of an elderly Israeli and a policeman by a Palestinian in Jerusalem on Thursday, Hamas said such attacks were a "natural response" to Israel's continued aggression....

10/23/2008

WHEN ISRAEL ADVOCACY IS JUST ONE CLICK AWAY

About a month ago, I received an e-mail from Stand With Us (an Israel Education Organization) recruiting writers for CampusPost, a college campus newspaper and joint collaboration with the Jerusalem Post. Caught off guard, I was a bit confused; why w ......

10/20/2008

ISRAEL TO GIVE PA CONTROL OF MORE CITIES

In an effort to maintain momentum on the ground in the absence of a peace deal with the Palestinians, Defense Minister Ehud Barak has drawn up a plan under which Palestinian security forces would take control of several key West Bank cities during th ......

10/20/2008

SHIRI MAIMON TO PERFORM AT MTV AWARDS

Shiri Maimon will make history as the first Israeli to perform at the MTV Europe Music Awards on November 6 in Liverpool, England. The awards will be hosted by singer and songwriter Katy Perry....

10/20/2008

IRAN SANCTION TALKS PRODUCE NO RESULT

Senior diplomats from six world powers discussed on Monday the possibility of imposing new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, but they failed again to reach consensus on how or whether to continue, US officials said....

10/19/2008

ISRAEL PRAISES UN CALL AGAINST HIZBULLAH

Israel welcomed a call from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for Hizbullah to be disbanded...

10/19/2008

FATAH SLAMS PA LEGISLATOR WHO CALLED POLICE COWARDS

A Palestinian legislator from Bethlehem who described the Palestinian Authority police forces as cowards has drawn strong condemnations from his Fatah faction and security commanders in the West Bank....

10/19/2008

ISRAELI WINS BEST ACTOR AWARD IN SEOUL FESTIVAL

Dvir Benedek receives prize worth $3,000 in South Korea's prestigious Drama Awards Festival for his role as schizophrenic in students' film 'The Tutor'...

10/17/2008

AJC CALLS ON PUBLISHER TO RETRACT ZIONISM CHAPTER IN ENCYCLOPEDIA

October 10, 2008 – New York – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is calling on a leading publishing house to withdraw a chapter on Zionism in its Encyclopedia of Race and Racism....

10/16/2008

UN OFFICIAL TELLS 'POST' HE LOVES ISRAEL

The head of the UN General Assembly claims he was slandered by "irresponsible" suggestions that he hates Israel....

10/16/2008

EMERSON FELLOWS DEFEND ISRAEL ON CAMPUS

TORONTO — StandWithUs has big plans this year to revitalize Israel’s image at Concordia University, York University, the University of Victoria and 37 other campuses across North America....

10/16/2008

TWO 20-KG BOMBS FOUND IN WEST BANK

Four members of an Islamic Jihad terror cell were arrested Thursday in a joint IDF-Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) operation in Kabatiya, south of Jenin. During the operation, troops found two 20 kilogram bombs. Sappers safely detonated the exp ......

10/16/2008

JUST MARRIED AND DETERMINED TO DIE

There is a ceasefire in Gaza, but the BBC has found evidence of militant groups preparing for a return to violence. One group, Islamic Jihad, is training female suicide bombers. Middle East correspondent Paul Wood went to meet a Palestinian woman w ......

10/16/2008

35,000 TAKE PART IN JERUSALEM MARCH

More than 35,000 people took part in the annual Jerusalem March on Wednesday, thronging the streets of the capital in celebration of Succot. Despite forecasts of rainy conditions, more than 15,000 Israeli hikers from around the country made their w ......

10/14/2008

RICE TO PURSUE MIDEAST PEACE TILL LEAVES OFFICE

US secretary of state says will leave 'no stone unturned' to reach Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before January 2009, but concedes time is running out...

10/14/2008

GERMAN OFFICIAL ATTENDED THERAN'S 'DESTROY ISRAEL' RALLY

German Ambassador to Iran Herbert Honsowitz violated EU guidelines by allowing a military attaché to attend an anti-Israel military parade in Teheran late last month, according to a spokeswoman for the German Foreign Ministry's Iran section....

10/13/2008

US AND EU PLAN IRAN SANCTIONS

The US and its allies are discussing a "coalition of the willing" that would impose sanctions on Iran's energy and financial sectors without United Nations backing as concerns increase about Tehran's accelerating nuclear programme and a p ......

10/13/2008

FEMALE SOLDIER PREVENTS ATTACK; 3 PALESTINIANS NABBED

Female soldier prevents attack: The IDF nabbed three Palestinians carrying nine pipe bombs at a roadblock west of Nablus Sunday evening, apparently averting a planned terror attack in Israel....

10/13/2008

HUNT FOR 'MOSQUE INCITER' INTENSIFIES

A quiet Sunday in Acre gave way to a fifth straight tense night between the Jewish and Arab communities, as police dealt with another attempt to torch an Arab apartment and rock-throwing between Jewish and Arab youths in the city's eastern neighborhoods....

10/12/2008

TA DOCTORS STILL TRY TO HELP IRANIAN BOY

The 12-year-old Teheran boy who has been undergoing treatment since Friday for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) in his brain and spinal cord at Sheba Medical Center's Edmund and Lily Safra Children's Hospital in Tel Hashomer will not benefit from surg ......

10/12/2008

EUROPEAN TOLERANCE COUNCIL URGERS CITIZENS TO FIGHT ANTI SEMITISM

'Whoever says Europe has learnt all the lessons of its darkest hours is ignoring what regularly happens on our streets today,' European Jewish Congress president says at NGO's inaugural meeting...

10/10/2008

FIFTY THREE STATES LAUNCH ATTACK ON ISRAEL AT DURBAN II PREPARATIONS

As preparations for the Durban Review Conference - aka Durban II - enter their final phase, the "demonize Israel" agenda has become undeniable. The Asian regional group - representing 53 states of the United Nations - has now released its l ......

10/10/2008

IRANIAN BOY TO UNDERGO SURGERY IN ISRAEL

Interior Ministry, Shin Bet grant unusual plea by Tehran family to have son suffering form brain cancer treated in Jewish state. 'When a child's life is at stake religion and origin play no part,' says Minister Sheetrit...

10/10/2008

DEFENDING ISRAEL ON CAMPUS 101:PRO-ISRAEL GROUP STARTS AT OSU AND OTHER SCHOOLS

Groups like Buckeyes for Israel will actively question anti-Israel speakers, write news articles, post documentaries on blogs and Facebook websites, and communicate on the social networking site Twitter n all in an effort to counter well-organized Pa ......

10/8/2008

WELCOMING TERROR ON CAMPUS

As the fountainhead of global Islamic terrorism, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has long had a public-relations problem. For years the Brotherhood has struggled to veil its reputation as a violent and reactionary religious movement without moderating the ......

10/7/2008

NATO DOUBTS THE WORLD WILL STOP IRAN GETTING BOMB

EVIAN, France (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Monday he was not certain the world can stop Iran from building a nuclear bomb. Scheffer told a conference in southeast France that NATO did not have a ...

10/7/2008

EXCAVATIONS NORTH OF JERUSALLEM REVEAL SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT:

The fragment, made of hard limestone, is engraved with an inscription in square Hebrew script, characteristic of the Second Temple period that reads: "Ben HaCohen HaGadol" - "Son of the High Priest."...

10/7/2008

POLICE BRACE AHEAD OF YOM KIPPUR

Forces to deploy in cities ahead of holiday, report 11 specific alerts currently being investigated, police to block all entry of vehicles from east Jerusalem. Security also beefed up around Israeli and Jewish targets abroad...

10/6/2008

IDF THWARTS SMUGGLING OF PIPE BOMBS

Troop's alertness prevents terror attack: Two pipe bombs were found Sunday morning in a parcel carried by a Palestinian man upon his arrival at the Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus....

10/5/2008

LIVNI: WE DREAM OF PEACE BUT OUR FEET ARE ROOTED IN REALITY

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, in her first foreign policy address since winning the Kadima primary last month, took veiled issue on Sunday with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Rosh Hashana interview calling on Israel to cede nearly all of the territori ......

10/2/2008

AMNESTY'S OBSESSION WITH ISRAEL

Amnesty persistently condemns Israel while ignoring suffering elsewhere. Even in a month when war raged in Georgia, Amnesty International continued to focus on the Gaza Strip, persistently blaming Israel for ongoing Palestinian hardship....

10/2/2008

ISLAMIC STATES LAUNCH FRONTAL ASSAULT ON ISRAEL...

Geneva -- On the eve of the Jewish New Year, Islamic states launched a frontal assault on Israel, freedom of expression and human rights. Their platform is the UN's "anti-racism" forum - the Durban Review Conference which will take place i ......

9/29/2008

ISRAELI FLAG RAISED OUTSIDE LA CONSULATE FOR 1ST TIME

Los Angeles rings in new Jewish year with ceremony including raising of an Israeli flag brought from Sderot, a paratrooper display, national anthem sang by Noa Tishby, and 60 people blowing shofar...

9/29/2008

SHANA TOVA, GILAD

It's been 826 days (as of Sunday) since Cpl. Gilad Schalit was kidnapped and three years since he last spent Rosh Hashana with his family. Please take the time to wish Gilad and his family a shana tova, a year in which Gilad will - hopefully - celeb ......

9/28/2008

US TEXTBOOKS MISREPRESENT JEWS, ISRAEL

American elementary and high school text books contain many "gross misrepresentations" of Judaism, Christianity and Israel, according to a book-length study released this week by the San Francisco-based Institute for Jewish and Community Re ......

9/28/2008

IDF CONCERNED ABOUT HIZBULLAH INFILTRATION OVER HOLIDAY SEASON

The infiltration of a border community or an attack on an IDF outpost are some of the scenarios the Northern Command is preparing for as intelligence assessments point to the possibility that Hizbullah may take advantage of the holiday season to aven ......

9/25/2008

THERE NEVER HAS BEEN A JEWISH TEMPLE- NEVER WILL BE!

A music video currently broadcast on Palestinian Television denies any historical connection between the Jewish people and Jerusalem: "Oh [Sons of] Zion, no matter how much you dig and no matter how much you destroy, your imaginary Temple will n ......

9/25/2008

STANDWITHUS URGES THE PUBLIC TO STAND UP AGAINST AHMADINEJAD

StandWithUs is deeply disturbed that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was given a platform by the UN, CNN’s Larry King, and some Christian groups who sponsored an interfaith dinner for him in New York City. Ahmadinejad’s views and actions are a ......

9/24/2008

AHMADINEJAD RAILS AGAINST ZIONISTS, U.S. BULLYING

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad railed against "Zionist murderers" in a speech to the United Nations on Tuesday and vowed to resist American bullying and defend Iran's right to nuclear power....

9/23/2008

SEVENTH ANNUAL DANIEL PEARL WORLD MUSIC DAYS TO BE HELD OCTOBER 1-31

We write to call your attention to a unique and powerful opportunity to make our voice resonate with many communities around the world. Throughout the month of October, hundreds of concerts and musical offerings will be dedicated to 7th annual ......

9/23/2008

EVERYONE NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT IRAN

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the United Nations in New York this week. Don't expect an honest update from him on his country's nuclear program. Iran is now edging closer to being armed with nuclear weapons, and it continues to devel ......

9/22/2008

ISRAELI PM OLMERT HANDS IN RESIGNATION

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert handed in his resignation to President Shimon Peres on Sunday, Peres announced. "It's not an easy or simple decision," Peres said, moments after Olmert formally resigned. "I wish ......

9/22/2008

SYRIA FEEDS RUSSIAN SPY TIPS TO HEZBOLLAH- ISRAEL

JERUSALEM, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Israel believes Russia passes intelligence it gathers about the Jewish state to Syria and indirectly to Hezbollah guerrillas in neighbouring Lebanon, a senior military officer said on Friday....

9/22/2008

GAL LUFT GIVES AMERICA THE REAL STORY ON OIL

Gal Luft advises American senators and presidents on how America can end its dangerous dance with foreign oil. Growing up in Haifa, Israel where he was born, and later South Africa, Luft became all too aware of how oil is used as a weapon for war....

9/22/2008

AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI SAYS IRAN, ISRAEL ON 'COLLISION COURSE'

Iran's supreme leader brushes aside recent overtures by top Iranian officials to Israeli citizens with statements that could inflame tensions. TEHRAN -- Iran's highest authority lashed out against Israel on Friday with some of his harshest comme ......

9/22/2008

15 WOUNDED IN TERROR ATTACK AT BUSY JERUSALEM INTERSECTION

An Arab resident of east Jerusalem rammed his vehicle into a group of soldiers at a central Jerusalem thoroughfare late Monday night, wounding fifteen people, before being shot dead by an off-duty IDF officer, police and rescue officials said....

9/19/2008

STANDWITHUS STATEMENT RE. UPCOMING RALLY IN NY OPPOSING AHMADENJAD'S VISIT TO THE UN:

StandWithUs' participation in the demonstration on Monday, September 22 in New York is based on our opposition to Iran's irresponsible President Ahmadenijad, not about which American political candidate is speaking (or not speaking) at this demonst ......

9/18/2008

'ISRAEL CAUSING PALESTINIAN HOLOCAUST'

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Israel was perpetrating a holocaust on the Palestinian people. Speaking to reporters at a press conference ahead of his visit to New York, Ahmadinejad also repeated previous anti-Israel ......

9/17/2008

12 KILLED IN HAMAS RAID ON GAZA CLAN

Three of the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped BBC correspondent Alan Johnston and dozens of foreign nationals in the Gaza Strip over the past three years were killed by Hamas's security forces in a bloody battle in Gaza overnight, Hamas officials ......

9/16/2008

IDF INTERLLIGENCE: SYRIA STRENGTHENING TIES WITH RADICAL AXIS

"Syria is moving forward along the path of peace and openness toward the West while simultaneously strengthening its ties to the radical axis," the head of the research division of Military Intelligence, Brigadier General Yossi Baidatz told ......

9/16/2008

MUSLIM LEADER: KILL PAUL MCCARTNEY FOR ISRAEL GIG

An Islamic militant leader warned that former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney could be the target of a suicide bombing unless he canceled his first concert in Israel, Britain's Sunday Express reported yesterday....

9/15/2008

LOCAL VOICES: NO ORDINARY FELLOW

Daniel Kuhn is the new fellow on campus when it comes to advocating for Israel at Michigan State University. And he's a great choice....

9/15/2008

COURT QUASHES SEATTLE BALLOT INITIATIVE ON ISRAEL DIVESTMENT

Los Angeles — Activists pushing for investors to pull their money out of Israel were dealt a significant blow in recent days when a Washington state judge struck down a proposed ballot initiative that could have made Seattle the first major American ......

9/15/2008

IRAQI MP VISITS IDC CONFERENCE

Chairman of Iraq's Democratic Party, Mithal al-Alusi, surprisingly arrived at a conference on terror in Herzliya on Wednesday, calling for the establishment of a joint intelligence network with Israel and the United States....

9/15/2008

AHMADIMEJAD: IRAN WILL SUPPORT HAMAS UNTIL COLLAPSE OF ISRAEL

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Friday to keep supporting the Palestinian militant group Hamas until the "collapse of Israel."...

9/15/2008

ABBAS AIMS TO STAY IN OFFICE TO 2010 DESPITE HAMAS

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview published on Sunday he will remain in office until 2010, a decision likely to stoke tensions with Islamist Hamas rivals who oppose his peace talks with Israel....

9/12/2008

HAMAS WON'T BUDGE ON PRISONERS TO BE TRADED FOR SCHALIT

Hamas won't tradekidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit for a list o Hamas prisoners determined by Israel, Hamas strongman Mahmoud Zahar said Friday. Zahar, speaking at a mosque in the northern Gaza Strip, said that Hamas sought to free Palestinian prisone ......

9/12/2008

ISRAEL'S FIRST FEMALE AMBASSADOR SUBMITS CREDENTIALS TO UN

Gabriela Shalev, Israel's first female ambassador to the United Nations, submitted her credentials Monday to the organization's secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon. The UN begins its 63rd session at the end of this month. Issues demanding her imme ......

9/12/2008

'MANY STILL HAVE DOUBTS' OVER 9/11

More than 50 per cent of people reject the official belief that the attacks on the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, were carried out by al-Qaeda, a new survey has revealed. The findings, released late on Wednesday, suggest that the official ......

9/11/2008

THE UN'S WAR ON THE WAR ON TERRORISM - SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Seven years after 9/11 the UN still cannot identify what counts as terrorism. On September 9, 2008 the President of the UN General Assembly Srgjan Kerim had this to say about the ongoing impasse. He congratulated states for their ability to "ris ......

9/11/2008

THE CHINESE ARE COMING

According to new agreement, Israel to be approved by Chinese government as tourist destination. Despite expected rise in number of tourists, tourism minister says there still need to improve infrastructure...

9/9/2008

MICKEY MOUSE AGAIN

Palestinian Authority (Fatah) TV is using the universally beloved characters of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Winnie the Pooh and Piglet in an attempt to create a Disney-like studio -- while teaching children to glorify a mass murderer whose victims incl ......

9/8/2008

DURBAN II PREPARATIONS CONTINUE TO SEND ALARMING SIGNALS

New York - EYEontheUN reports that Iran, a country whose president repeatedly denies the Holocaust and threatens to wipe Israel off the map, will be busy over the next few weeks engaged in UN "anti-racism" activities associated with the Dur ......

9/8/2008

HOLLYWOOD SALUTES ISRAEL

Jewish state's 60th anniversary celebrations continue; this time in Los Angeles. Famous faces, including Kevin Spacey, Jason Alexander and Heidi Klum, join in on prestigious festivities...

9/5/2008

SUMMER 2008 SEES ALL TIMES RECORD IN BEN-GURION AIRPORT

More than 2.5 million travelers passed through Ben-Gurion Airport during the months of July and August on 15,274 flights, constituting an all time record. August was the busiest month ever, with 1.34 million passengers. In total, 2,534,803 tr ......

9/5/2008

THINGS WE'RE NOT TOLD

In the olden days, when night watchmen patrolled the streets of towns, they had a standard chant: "Ten o'clock and all is well!" Sleep soundly; nothing's wrong. Each week, when I start to write this column I hope to be able to do the e ......

9/5/2008

'COMMANDOS NEARLY EXPOSED SEPT. 6 SYRIA STRIKE'

Aware that some members of both the American and the Israel intelligence community were not entirely convinced that President Bashar Assad was building a nuclear facility in the summer of 2007, Israel in mid-August sent 12 members of the Sayeret Matk ......

9/5/2008

CALL FOR ARTICLES FOR THE NEW CAMPUS POST

With a generous grant from Evelyn and Dr. Shmuel Katz, StandWithUs and the Jerusalem Post have officially rolled out Campus Post, a newspaper about Israel written for students and others who want to feel more connected to Israel on campuses. Distri ......

9/4/2008

SAMIR KUNTAR: I MET WITH ABBAS IN BEIRUT AT HIS REQUEST

Notorious Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar on Tuesday said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas requested a recent meeting between the two that has angered Israel....

9/3/2008

PA TV CHILDREN QUIZ: TEACHING ABOUT A WORLD WITHOUT ISRAEL

Palestinian children are taught through formal and informal education to see a world in which the state of "Palestine" exists and replaces all of Israel. A children's quiz broadcast this week on Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority telev ......

9/2/2008

PALESTINIANS TO MCCARTNEY: STAY HOME

Not everyone is ready to let it be over Paul McCartney's upcoming show in Tel Aviv. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) has called on the former Beatle to cancel the show, saying that "Palestinia ......

8/29/2008

ISRAEL: ASSAD NOT SERIOUS ABOUT PEACE

Syria's rush to take advantage of the conflict in Georgia and the Russia-US rift to cozy up to Moscow seems to indicate that it is not interested in serious negotiations with Israel even with US participation, diplomatic officials in Jerusalem said ......

8/29/2008

YORK COUNTY NATIVE GETS 3 1/2 YEARS FOR HELPING HAMAS

A 33-year-old York County native was sentenced Thursday morning to prison for aiding a group the United States designated as a terrorist organization. Richard David Hupper, originally from York Township, was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal pr ......

8/28/2008

JORDAN REACHES OUT TO MILITANT HAMAS

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — In an about-face, Jordan is reaching out to the Hamas militant group amid fears that a collapse of Mideast peacemaking would bring an influx of refugees. But the U.S. ally must walk a delicate line to avoid angering its American ......

8/27/2008

UN DURBAN II REGIONAL MEETING CONFIRMS WORST FEARS OFANTI-SEMITIC AGENDA

New York -- Preparations for the UN Durban II racism conference are confirming the worst fears about the conference's anti-Israel and anti-democratic agenda, EYEontheUN reports. At the African regional meeting on Durban II in Abuja, Nigeria, which e ......

8/27/2008

PEACE IN THEIR OWN TIME

August 21 was a landmark day in Middle East politics: Israel and Syria agreed to high-level peace talks; Hamas and Fatah formed a unity government, which immediately exchanged captive soldier Gilad Schalit for the imprisoned Fatah leader and convicte ......

8/27/2008

ISRAEL 'ON VERGE OF BECOMING WORLD LEADER IN CLEANTECH'

There are two stages in the life of any technology - development and implementation. According to analysts, Israel is becoming a world leader in developing clean technologies and, little by little, more of those technologies are being used to solve t ......

8/26/2008

RICE SEES DIFFICULTIES IN MIDEAST TALKS

JERUSALEM (AP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged Monday that a broad peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians is a long shot before President Bush leaves office, but she rejected the idea of a half-measure now....

8/25/2008

LOCAL VOICES: NO PEACE SEEKER

It purports to be a Palestinian Christian peace group that seeks tolerance between Israelis and Palestinians. It expresses spirituality through "love, justice, peace, nonviolence, liberation and reconciliation for the different national and fait ......

8/22/2008

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HOST MOCK PEACE TALKS

A small group of students from Tel Aviv University Sunday hosted a mock regional peace summit based on the Arab Peace Initiative. ...

8/22/2008

Tel Aviv Peace Simulation Catches Lebanese Guest Off Guard

StandWithUs International brought together in Israel 50 students from 16 countries, including Arab states, to simulate a regional peace summit based on the Arab Initiative. The students ultimately opted for a 5-year memorandum bypassing the issue of ......

8/21/2008

THE REGION: ISRAEL'S GRAND STRATEGY

I'll bet you didn't know that Israel has a strategy. After all, given politicians' maneuvering, the difference between what is said in public and private, the partisan sniping and so on, it's easy to miss the underlying coherence of policy. This ......

8/21/2008

GEORGIAN OLIM: WE'RE HOME

Israel absorbs 75 new immigrants from Georgia during past week in wake of war; Immigrant Absorption Ministry approves assistance plan for newcomers; one immigrant says he'll do everything 'to defend the homeland'...

8/21/2008

PRISONERS WITH 'BLOOD ON HANDS' TO BE RELEASED

A Palestinian responsible for at least one terror attack and a second who killed a yeshiva student are among the 199 prisoners that a small ministerial committee agreed to release when it met on Monday....

8/21/2008

SEAWEED GEL 'COULD SAVE 20,000 HEART ATTACK PATIENTS' LIVES A YEAR'

Researchers at Israel's Ben Gurion University developed the gel, codenamed BL-1040, which helps to repair heart tissue after it is damaged in a heart attack. After an attack scar tissue forms which tends to be thinner and weaker than the original. ......

8/21/2008

BEIJING GAMES HONORS ISRAELI ATHELETES SLAIN IN MUNICH IN 1972

BEIJING - A memorial ceremony was held Monday in Beijing to honor the 11 Israeli athletes who were murdered in a Palestinian terror attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics. The ceremony was organized by the Israeli embassy in the city and the Israel O ......

8/21/2008

BANK OF CHINA SUED IN LOS ANGELES COURT FOR AIDING TERROR ATTACKS IN ISRAEL

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Suit by victims of rocket attacks and suicide bombings in the Jewish state details how Bank of China transferred millions of dollars to Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist groups, and rebuffed demand by Israeli coun ......

8/21/2008

QUIET WAR ON CAMPUS

The Anteaters for Israel began setup at 7 a.m., long before most students at University of California Irvine (UCI -- home of the Anteaters) had even crawled out of bed. Midterms be damned; the 60th anniversary of the modern Jewish state was a day awa ......

8/16/2008

WHY AL-JAZEERA OWES AN APOLOGY

I have often wondered why some of the best thinkers of our time refuse to believe in human progress. After all, there was a time when tens of thousands of ordinary citizens flocked to the gates of the Roman Coliseum to enjoy the sight of wild beas ......

8/14/2008

ISRAELIS IN MECCA

Watch this very interesting video....

8/14/2008

ISRAELIS AS FRIENDS? IRAN LEGISLATORS SAY NO

TEHRAN — There are some things, Iran’s Parliament has decided, that a public official should simply not be allowed to say — especially in reference to Israel. Threats of a “crushing response” to Israeli aggression seem to be fine, as a representa ......

8/14/2008

STANDING WITH ISRAEL ON CAMPUS

An Emerson Fellow is pro-Israel. An Emerson Fellow is energetic, driven and inspired. An Emerson Fellow is a leader. The StandWithUs Emerson Fellowship is comprised of college students who are devoted to bringing pro-Israel programs to their campu ......

8/12/2008

RUSSIA APPRECIATES ISRAELI 'BALANCE'

Russia very much appreciates the "balanced" approach Israel has demonstrated during the current Russian-Georgian conflagration, its charge d'affaires told The Jerusalem Post on Monday....

8/12/2008

IN ONE TOWN, GAZANS YEARN FOR PREVIOUS ISRAELI PRESENCE

MAWASSI, Gaza - Three years have passed since Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip, and in that time the economy of this coastal territory of 1.4 million people has gone from bad to worse....

8/11/2008

Taking Initiative

As the fall election nears, pro-Israel advocates in Seattle are stepping up their fight against a ballot initiative that, if passed, would require that city pension funds be divested from a number of companies that do business with Israel....

8/11/2008

Views from an Undiscovered Country

StandWithUs brought Khalid Abu Toameh to the Northwest. Toameh, an Arab-Israeli, worked for seven years for Yasser Arafat's PLO newspapers. He is now a lead correspondent for the Jerusalem Post and U.S. News and World Report, and has been the ......

8/11/2008

'HONOR' KILLING COMES TO THE US

NO ONE knows just how many Muslim girls and women are murdered each year in the name of family "honor," since their deaths frequently go unreported and unpunished. The cases that do come to light are ghastly. "Women and young girls are ......

8/11/2008

HOW TO GET THE WORLD TO HATE ISRAEL

As part of evaluating the competitive landscape of the popularity of nations, in a process referred to in marketing circles as ´place branding,´ Israel, to no one´s great surprise, comes up short in brand likeability, ranking last out of 35 nations i ......

8/8/2008

TRIPLE CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARIES

The Irvine Civic Center was awash in brightly colored saris, ornate Korean hanboks and blue Stars of David in a birthday bash simultaneously honoring the 60th anniversaries of Israeli, Indian and South Korean independence. More than 1,000 celebran ......

8/8/2008

WHO REVIVED THE ELECTRIC CAR?

The New York Times' Thomas Friedman recently described Israeli entrepreneur and electric car visionary Shai Agassi as the "Jewish Henry Ford." Ford, a notorious anti-Semite, must be rolling over in his grave....

8/8/2008

GILLERMAN: WE ARE BETTER THAN MOST OF THE WORLD

WASHINGTON – He was a diplomatic rookie who had served as president of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce, when then-Foreign Minister Shimon Peres decided to bet on him and send him to represent Israel at the United Nations in January 2003. uu...

8/7/2008

KASSAM ROCKET HITS WESTERN NEGEV

In the latest violation of the fragile Gaza truce, a Kassam rocket landed near a greenhouse belonging to a western Negev kibbutz on Wednesday evening. No damage or casualties were reported. Defense officials have warned that Israel will respond ......

8/7/2008

RAISING OF THE FLAG OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN LOS ANGELES

A celebration of the Historic Raising of the Flag of the State of Israel on Wilshire Blvd....

8/6/2008

SEVENTH ANNUAL DANIEL PEARL WORLD MUSIC DAYS TO BE HELD OCTOBER 1-31

Dear Friends of StandWithUs, We write to call your attention to a unique and powerful opportunity to make our voice resonate with many communities around the world....

8/5/2008

THE TERRORISM "EXODUS SHIP"

You probably have heard that a group of Israel haters, including several members of the Jews for a Second Holocaust, are planning to outfit a boat to crash through the blockade of the Gaza Strip, to show their solidarity with the Hamas and thei ......

8/5/2008

ISRAELI PHYSICIANS PERFORM SURGERIES IN GAZA

Prior to the recent Hamas-Fatah infighting and amid the uncertainty looming over Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, two Israeli doctors and volunteers at the Physicians for Human Rights organization in Israel, obtained special entry permits allowing t ......

8/5/2008

GADDAFI: IRAN MAY SUFFER FATE OF IRAQ

Iran could go the same way as Iraq if it persists in its confrontation with the West, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said Tuesday....

8/4/2008

EDUCATION LAW ANSWERS JEWISH CONCERNS

Congress passed a higher education law with provisions for reporting campus hate crimes and encouraging diverse views. The provisions, sought by a number of Jewish groups, were included in the 400-plus page Higher Education Opportunity Act passed ......

8/4/2008

ANALYSIS: WHY ABBAS DOESN'T WANT FATAH 'REFUGEES' IN WEST BANK

The Palestinian Authority's refusal to receive members of the Hilles clan who fled the Gaza Strip Saturday did not come as a surprise to many Palestinians. Although the Hilles clan has long been known for its loyalty to Fatah, the PA leadership in ......

8/4/2008

OFFICALS: VISIT SHOWS SYRIA-IRAN TIES STRONG

Israeli diplomatic officials dismissed as "Syrian spin" intended for Western ears reports that Syrian President Bashar Assad was in Teheran over the weekend trying to persuade Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to provide proof his count ......

8/4/2008

9 DEAD IN HAMAS RAID ON PRO-FATAH CLAN IN GAZA

JERUSALEM — The worst intra-Palestinian violence in more than a year left nine people dead and scores injured in Gaza on Saturday as the ruling Hamas party cracked down on a clan loyal to its rival, Fatah. Israel stepped in to help Fatah by allowing ......

8/4/2008

ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS 'RISE 9%'

There were 266 incidents up to June, compared with 244 last year, according to the Community Security Trust (CST). Some 166 were incidents of abusive behaviour, including verbal abuse, hate mail and anti-Semitic graffiti. ...

8/4/2008

DR. MORDECHAI KEDAR DEFENDS ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM ON AL-JAZEERA

Dr. Mordechai Kedar of Bar-Ilan University defends the Jewishness of Jerusalem, the Jewish capital for over 3000 years....

8/1/2008

WHEN MISTAKES ARE WORTH MAKING

For some strange reason, I remember the scene with clarity. I was in the kitchen, early on a Friday afternoon about a month ago, cooking Shabbat dinner. Micha, our youngest, now 15, was hanging out in the living room. The radio was on in the backgrou ......

8/1/2008

IRAN BECOMES A MEMBER OF THE INNER CIRCLE OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE

New York -- EYEontheUN reports that Iran has become a member of the "Group of Friends of the Chair", an informal group of states charged with taking the first steps towards producing a Durban II manifesto. Anne Bayefsky, Editor of EYEontheU ......

7/31/2008

GAZA SUMMER CAMPS TEACH KIDS TO FIRE ROCKETS

In the Gaza Strip, as in Israel, children are currently in the midst of summer vacation, and the Hamas and Islamic Jihad’s “summer camps” are in full gear. In the past few weeks, the Palestinian groups have been holding camps throughout the strip, so ......

7/30/2008

ABBAS VOWS TO DISMANTLE PA IF ISRAEL FREES HAMAS PRISONERS FOR SHALIT

If Israel releases Hamas members of the Palestinian parliament as part of a deal for the return of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit, PA President Mahmoud Abbas will dismantle the Palestinian Authority, Abbas warned Israel last week....

7/30/2008

KUWAITI DAILY REVEALS: IRAN BUILDING SECRET NUCLEAR REACTOR

On July 29, 2008, the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa reported that, according to "highly reliable sources," Iranian authorities had begun construction of a secret nuclear reactor in the Al-Zarqan region close to the city of Ahwaz in southwest Ira ......

7/30/2008

PMW SPARKS DEBATE IN NORWAY OVER FUNDING OF PA HATE INDOCRINATION

PMW director Itamar Marcus's recent trip to Norway has sparked a debate at the highest political levels about whether Norway should continue funding the Palestinian Authority, which uses its budget to glorify terror and terrorists, and to promote ha ......

7/30/2008

PM, BITTER BUT DIGNIFIED, SAYS HE'LL QUIT AFTER KADIMA PRIMARY

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert intends to hand his resignation letter to President Shimon Peres the day after the September 17 Kadima primary and ask him to entrust the new party leader with forming a new government, Olmert's associates said Wednesday night....

7/29/2008

REPORT: TORTURE WIDESPREAD IN PALESTINIAN JAILS

RAMALLAH, West Bank - One detainee told of being beaten with pipes and having a screwdriver rammed into his back. Another said interrogators tied his hands behind his back then lifted him into the air by his bound wrists....

7/29/2008

ISRAEL TO LAUNCH WEBSITE IN HINDI AND URDU

Israel, which has often been the whipping boy in Indian political discourse, has decided to be the first foreign mission here to launch a website in Hindi and Urdu to ensure that the people in the Indian hinterland get to know their side of the story. ...

7/28/2008

DISKIN: HAMAS SUCCESSFULLY REARMING

During weekly government meeting Shin Bet head delivers grave survey of recent events in Gaza; says 4 tons of explosives, Qassam-making materials, and 50 anti-tank missiles have entered Strip lately. In east Jerusalem, Hamas is moving in ...

7/28/2008

OLMERT SAYS PEACE ACCORD WITH PALESTINIAN UNLIKELY IN 2008

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday he did not believe Israel and the Palestinian Authority would be able to achieve their stated goal of forging a peace deal by the end of the year. Speaking to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Olmert ......

7/28/2008

PA WEIGHS DECLARING GAZA 'REBEL REGION'

The Palestinian Authority in considering declaring the Gaza Strip a 'rebel region' controlled by a militant gang, London-based newspaper A-Sharq Alawsat reported Monday. Head of the Fatah faction in the Palestinian Parliament, Azzam Al-Ahmed, t ......

7/24/2008

INTELLIGENCE BODIES WARN THREAT FROM GLOBAL JIHAD 'SUBSTANTIAL'

Substantial threats to Israel, its citizens, and Jewish people all over the world exist from worldwide Jihad organizations, specifically al-Qaeda, intelligence reports discussed by the government's Security Cabinet on Wednesday stated....

7/24/2008

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY LIBEL: ISRAEL'S SUPERNATURAL RATS CHASE AWAY JERUSALEM'S ARABS

The Palestinian Authority has come up with yet another wild accusation about Israel. Two PA newspapers - one directly controlled by the office of PA President Mahmoud Abbas - are accusing Israel of releasing rats with supernatural qualities to chase ......

7/24/2008

'ALL THE TERRORIST WANTED TO DO WAS TO KILL JEWS'

Within minutes of the bulldozer attack in central Jerusalem, many locals and tourists on the city's King David Street were debating whether the terrorist's actions were inspired by the expected arrival of U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama, or ......

7/23/2008

PERES GIVES ABBAS RED CARPET WELCOME FOR PEACE TALKS

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli President Shimon Peres gave Mahmud Abbas a red carpet welcome on Tuesday when he welcomed the Palestinian leader to his official Jerusalem residence for talks on the peace process. "We hope to reach a true peace bas ......

7/23/2008

REALISM MUST RULE IN ENGAGING SYRIA

THE DEBATE over whether or not to engage Syria is once again center stage this week as a Syrian delegation visits Washington for talks with American officials and academics. Syria's enthusiasm for engaging the next American administration offers the ......

7/21/2008

USING BOMBS TO STAVE OFF WAR

leaders in Washington and even Tehran should hope that the attack will be successful enough to cause at least a significant delay in the Iranian production schedule, if not complete destruction, of that country's nuclear program. Because if the atta ......

7/21/2008

US GIVES IRAN TWO WEEKS TO THINK AGAIN ON ENRICHMENT

Iranian and American officials were deadlocked yesterday after their most highly publicised meeting for nearly 30 years failed to produce a breakthrough on Iran’s nuclear enrichment programme. After six unproductive hours the Iranians were given tw ......

7/18/2008

ISRAEL SAYS NEAR TO GETTING RUSSIA GAS FOR PIPELINE

ANKARA, July 17 (Reuters) - Israel is close to an agreement with Russia that would secure natural gas for a planned pipeline project between Turkey and Israel, Israeli Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said on Thursday....

7/18/2008

A MOMENT OF MORAL CLARITY

How do you welcome a child murderer as a hero? Depending on the tone, this question becomes an attempt to clarify, or an expression of outrage. Stated calmly, "How do you welcome a child murderer as a hero?" can be a factual question - s ......

7/17/2008

THE WAR IS NOW OVER

This was a sad and difficult day for the Regev and Goldwasser families, for the IDF, and for the entire nation of Israel. At the same time, it is a day of moral strength and of solidarity with fighters who died in battle and are now returning to thei ......

7/17/2008

PA LAUDS MASS MURDERERS AS HEROES

Samir Kuntar - crushed the head of four-year-old Eynat Haran Dalal Mughrabi - led a bus hijacking killing 37 By Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook According to the Palestinian Authority and Fatah, Samir Kuntar and Dalal Mughrabi epitomize the idea ......

7/16/2008

OLMERT: MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILIES OF GOLDWASSER, REGEV

Hours after the bodies of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were transferred to Israel in a dramatic prisoner swap with Hizbullah which saw the release of convicted killer Samir Kuntar, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert praised the deal, and offered his condo ......

7/16/2008

FOR LEBANESE, KILLER IS A HERO

Samir Kuntar, perhaps Israel's most reviled prisoner, will return to a hero's welcome when he crosses into Lebanon this week, 29 years after he left its shores in a rubber dinghy to kidnap Israelis from the coastal town of Nahariya....

7/16/2008

HANIYEH: RELEASE THOUSANDS FOR SCHALIT

Israel must release Palestinians serving life terms in return for kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Schalit, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said in Gaza City on Wednesday, adding that the prisoner swap between Israel and Hizbullah was a "vic ......

7/15/2008

CABINET COMMUNIQUE: GOVERNMENT RATIFIES DECISION ON RELEASE OF THE ABDUCTED SOLIDERS

At its meeting today (Tuesday), 15 July 2008, the Cabinet discussed the return of the soldiers who were abducted by Hizbullah in July 2006, with the main subject being Hizbullah's report on Ron Arad. Today's meeting followed that of 29 June 2008, a ......

7/15/2008

HIZBULLAH'S TRIUMPH: THE LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS OF PRISONER EXCHANGES

On June 29, 2008, the Israeli Cabinet approved a prisoner exchange with the Lebanese Shi’a terrorist organization Hizbullah. The deal includes the return of the bodies of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, two Israeli soldiers unlawfully kidnapped on t ......

7/15/2008

ANALYSIS: A BAD DEAL, BUT CAN SOME GOOD COME OUT OF IT?

While on a recent trip abroad, a senior Israeli defense official was asked by a foreign diplomat why Israelis were making such a fuss about the Schalit, Goldwasser and Regev kidnappings. "I mean, aren't you the ones who invented kidnappings ......

7/15/2008

PERES PARDONS LEBANESE KILLER KUNTAR

In separate meetings on Tuesday afternoon, President Shimon Peres spoke with the family members of murder victims who died at the hands of Samir Kuntar and three other terrorists. Kuntar, who had been sentenced to multiple life terms in prison, is se ......

7/15/2008

A CELEBRATION OF EVIL

Preparations are in full swing in Lebanon to celebrate the return of Samir Kuntar. Kuntar, who is serving multiple life sentences for one of the most brutal terrorist attacks in Israel's history, is due to be released tomorrow as part of a prisoner ......

7/15/2008

THE RIGHT MOVE FOR ISRAEL

The details of the massacre are revolting. The testimonies are horrific. The photos of the expected celebrations planned in honor of the murderer – hoisted up, flashing a victory sign, thanking Nasrallah – will infuriate us. Yet the gut is n ......

7/14/2008

AIRMAN RON ARAD’S FAMILY GIVEN NEW PHOTOS

After 22 years, two photographs of missing IAF airman Ron Arad, as well as three letters written by him and fragments of a diary, were given to his wife Tami on Sunday. The personal material was part of an 80-page report by Hizbullah detailing th ......

7/11/2008

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY LIBEL: PRISONERS ARE USED FOR NAZI-LIKE MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS

The Palestinian Authority is intensifying its longstanding blood libel campaign against Israel, falsely accusing Israel of conducting horrific Nazi-like medical experiments on Palestinian prisoners. These fabrications have been featured repeatedly in ......

7/10/2008

RICE WARNS IRAN: US WILL DEFEND ISRAEL

TBILISI (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Thursday that Washington had beefed up its security presence in the Gulf and would not hesitate to defend Israel and other allies in the region....

7/9/2008

NORPAC ACTION ALERT

Today (July 9, 2008) the Senate Appropriations SubCommittee on Energy and Water will be marking up the US-Israel Energy Cooperation Act....

7/9/2008

IRAN TESTS MISSILES, VOWS TO HIT BACK IF ATTACKED

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran test-fired nine missiles on Wednesday and warned the United States and Israel it was ready to retaliate if they attacked the Islamic Republic over its disputed nuclear projects....

7/9/2008

HAMAS CHEMICAL BOMB MAKERS ARRESTED

A Hamas cell that was plotting suicide attacks inside Israel with chemical explosives was arrested in May by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the IDF, security officials announced Tuesday....

7/8/2008

NYC LAWSUIT CLAIMS LEBANESE BANKS HELPED ENABLE HEZBOLLAH TO KILL CIVILIANS

NEW YORK: Dozens of Israeli victims of terrorist attacks in Israel have filed a lawsuit blaming some Lebanese banks for aiding Hezbollah and abetting its ability to kill civilians. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Thursday, ......

7/8/2008

TEACHING ARABIC AND PROPAGANDA

At Harvard, the star of Arabic A is a girl named Maha. Maha Muhammed Abulaal, to be precise. She's the pouty protagonist in the melodrama that runs throughout "Al-Kitaab," the standard beginning text in Arabic classes at Harvard and other ......

7/8/2008

ABBAS MEETS ISLAMIC JIHAD HEAD IN SYRIA

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met in Damascus Monday with the head of the Islamic Jihad organization, Ramadan Abdullah Shalah, and discussed efforts to achieve "national unity" in the Palestinian territories....

7/7/2008

BOYS PUNISHED WITH DETENTION FOR REFUSING TO PRAY TO ALLAH

Two seventh-grade boys were given detention and their classmates forced to miss their scheduled refreshment break when the pair refused to kneel and pray to Allah during a religious studies class. ...

7/7/2008

IRAN AND BRAZIL CAN DO IT. SO CAN WE.

When the founding fathers declared our independence, they could not have imagined that, 232 years later, the United States would be so spectacularly dependent on foreign countries. It would be roughly eight more decades before oil gushed from a well ......

7/7/2008

BERLIN CONFERENCE CALLS FOR ISRAEL'S DESTRUCTION

Germany is getting itself more and more involved in attempts to devise solutions for the Middle East. That is why the German government sponsored the Third Transatlantic Conference in Berlin last week...

7/3/2008

PALESTINIAN TERRORISM AS A NATURAL ACT

JERUSALEM - What, exactly, is a decent person supposed to think? On a quiet and clear morning in Jerusalem, a woman is driving toward the heart of the city, her infant with her in the car. There is nothing to fear....

7/3/2008

PRESBYTERIAN DISSONANCE

I just returned from the 218th Presbyterian General Assembly [GA]in San Jose which went from June 21-28th. As it drew to a close, there was good and bad news for opponents of the anti-Israel campaigns that have roiled mainline churches and disrupted ......

7/2/2008

HAMAS LAUNCHES SUMMER CAMPS IN GAZA

Hamas's Central Committee for Summer Camps (CCSC) announced on July 1 the launching of approximately 800 summer camps in the Gaza Strip, where more than 150,000 children will spend their summer vacation....

7/2/2008

‘HE CRIED ALLAH AKHBAR AND HIT THE GAS’

Moshe Plesser, the off-duty soldier who shot and killed the terrorist on Wednesday, was riding his bike down Jaffa Road when he spotted the overturned bus and a massive bulldozer tearing through the streets of Jerusalem....

7/2/2008

AT LEAST 3 DIE AS MAN USES EARTHMOVER IN JERUSALEM ATTACK

JERUSALEM: The Palestinian driver of a huge yellow tractor went on a deadly rampage along a central Jerusalem thoroughfare on Wednesday, crushing several cars and ramming into buses and pedestrians before an off-duty soldier and a police officer clam ......

7/2/2008

ISRAELI MEDIC ON DESERT TOUR IN MOROCCO SAVES LIFE OF ARAB GIRL

Against the advice of the security guard, Israeli tour guide and United Hatzalah medic Rachamim Amos left the bus traveling through Morocco's Sahara Desert to aid a turban-wrapped figure who emerged from the desert begging in Arabic for help....

7/2/2008

GOOGLE EARTH HIGHLIGHTS THE 'NAKBA'

Anti-Israel activity on the Google Earth application has been stepped up this week, with the message "Nakba - The Palestinian Catastrophe" now appearing when users scroll over the orange dots that speckle locations across the entire map of ......

7/2/2008

NEW U.C. PRESIDENT KEEPS KOSHER, LOVES ISRAEL

LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- The new president of the University of California’s 10 campuses and 220,000 students keeps a kosher home, lectures on Maimonides for intellectual stimulation and is an unabashed Israel supporter....

7/1/2008

CHANGING THE RULES

All the ministers knew that Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser were no longer alive. All the ministers knew that Israel had agreed to free the murderer of the Haran family, Samir Kuntar. They all knew he would return home, sated and satisfied, with his ......

7/1/2008

ROBOT HOSPITAL: WHERE IDF TREATS DROIDS WOUNDED IN THE LINE OF FIRE

In Warrant Officer Ilanit Finkelstein's workshop, a black robot that gave up the ghost during an operation in the West Bank has been lying on the table for several weeks. The electrical short circuit from which it suffers was particularly deadly, an ......

7/1/2008

BARAK MEETS IRAQI PRESIDENT IN GREECE

Defense Minister Ehud Barak set a historic precedent on Tuesday when he met and shook hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at a worldwide socialist party conference near Athens....

6/30/2008

GERMAN PROF: ISRAELI ATHLETES WILLFULLY SACRIFICED THEM SELVES IN MUNICH MASSACRE

Berlin - A German academic has claimed that there is a possibility that the 11 Israeli athletes who were massacred by Palestinian militants during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich knew of the attack in advance but willfully sacrificed themselves, the ......

6/30/2008

PM: NO ONE FIGHTS OVER LIFE LIKE ISRAEL

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that he was proud of the government's decision to approve a prisoner swap deal with Hizbullah, adding that no country knew how to fight over life like Israel....

6/27/2008

ISRAEL @ 60: CONFRONTING DENIAL

Each year, in preparation for Israel’s birthday, newspaper editors feel an uncontrolled urge, a divine calling in fact, to invite Arab writers to tell us why Israel should not exist. This must give them some sort of satisfaction, such as we might ......

6/27/2008

IF I WERE NEGOTIATING THE PEACE PROCESS...

Students from the StandWithUs Israeli Fellowship at Tel-Aviv University plan this summer to explore the reality of Middle East diplomacy by conducting a 5-day educational conference simulating an international peace summit. The event will be open to ......

6/26/2008

BEHIND THE HEADLINES: TWO YEARS IN TERRORIST CAPTIVITY

Two years have passed since the unprovoked abduction of Gilad Shalit on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, and Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser on the Israeli side of the Lebanese border. On June 25, 2006 IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, was abducted ......

6/24/2008

TOURISM TO ISRAEL BREAKS ALL-TIME RECORD IN MAY

Tourism to Israel breaks all-time record in May By Haaretz Service Tags: Kissufim, Israel, Tourism Nearly 300,000 tourists visited Israel in May, an all-time record, the Ministry of Tourism said. The number of tourists was five ......

6/24/2008

THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF ARABIC JEWS

Israel is perhaps the least efficient "ethnic cleanser" in the history of mankind, calumnies to the contrary notwithstanding. In 1947 some 740,000 Palestinians lived in the British Mandate for Palestine. Today, the Arab residents of the W ......

6/23/2008

GRAVE ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK IN PARIS: TEENAGER IN COMA

PARIS (EJP)---French Jewish organisations on Sunday condemned an anti-Semitic attack in Paris in which a Jewish teenager was severely beaten by a gang of five black African youths with metal bars. Sammy Ghozlan, head of the Bureau for Viligance on A ......

6/23/2008

SOUNDS OF SILENCE

Welcome to a world where criticism of militant Islam could land you in court or worse. In Vancouver, Canada's venerable Maclean's magazine awaits a hate-speech verdict from a human-rights tribunal for publishing a chapter from syndicated columnist ......

6/23/2008

EXPLOITING ANNE FRANK

In January, a stenciled image of a smiling Anne Frank wearing a red and white kaffiyeh appeared on the walls of buildings in Amsterdam. Soon after, an enterprising Dutch business firm called Boomerang transferred this image to designer T-shirts and p ......

6/23/2008

2ND INTIFADA FORGOTTEN

The second Intifada, which started in October 2000 and ended in October 2004, is barely being discussed or written about. It has been marginalized and pushed out of public discourse. Books about it are hidden away at bookstores. Political journals ba ......

6/20/2008

STANDWITHUS WELCOMES U OF MICHIGAN DECISION TO REJECT ANTI-SEMITIC BOOKS

Los Angeles — StandWithUs [SWU] welcomes the positive outcome of its efforts to have the University of Michigan Press [UM Press] reassess its contract with the London-based Pluto Press. The 2004 agreement had established UM Press as the exclusive Am ......

6/19/2008

ARABS COLLUDED TO EXPEL JEWS

The group Justice for Jews from Arab Countries has released a document charging Arab countries with systematic persecution of Jews amid the creation of the State of Israel. They hope to seek redress if Israeli-Arab peace talks resume. Published: 0 ......

6/19/2008

HAMAS TV GLORIFIES SOLDIER KIDNAPPING

As Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah negotiate the release of Israeli soldiers captured in terror attacks, Hamas is sowing the seeds of the next kidnapping....

6/19/2008

ISRAEL URGES LEBANON TO OPEN PEACE TALKS

JERUSALEM - Israel on Wednesday urged Lebanon to open peace talks, the latest move in a flurry of developments aimed at easing the multiple conflicts in the region. Government spokesman Mark Regev said Israel was interested in "direct, bilat ......

6/18/2008

ISRAEL AGREES TO TRUCE WITH HAMAS

By ISABEL KERSHNER Published: June 19, 2008 JERUSALEM — Israel has agreed to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire with Hamas for the Gaza area starting Thursday, officials here said Wednesday. “Israel has accepted the Egyptian proposal,” said D ......

6/17/2008

ISRAELI SOURCES: DEAL WITH HEZBOLLAH MAYBE NEXT WEEK

By: Amos Harel, Haaretz Staff and Agencies An exchange of prisoners with Hezbollah is expected to take place in the near future, Israeli security sources confirmed yesterday. The deal will not take place this week, but sources said it is likely to ......

6/17/2008

RAMON: TRUCE 'TRIUMPH FOR RADICAL ISLAM'

Vice Premier Haim Ramon on Tuesday reacted harshly to reports of an imminent Gaza cease-fire, calling it a victory for radical Islam. "I am against a truce, because it is another triumph for radical Islam. It won in Lebanon and now it is abo ......

6/17/2008

ISRAEL WINS SIGNIFICANT EU UPGRADE

Despite intense lobbying by Egypt and the Palestinian Authority, the European Union on Monday - in a sign of vastly improved European-Israeli relations over the last few years - agreed to a significant upgrade of relations....

6/17/2008

‘MILITARY OCCUPATION’ MARS HEZBOLLAH REPUTATION

The mufti of Lebanon, the highest religious authority representing Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community has called Hezbollah's brief but potent military takeover of West Beirut several weeks ago "a military occupation." His comments mark a ......

6/17/2008

DID YOU KNOW?

StandWithUs has offices and chapters in 13 different locations around the globe. Locations include New York; Chicago; Orange County; California; Denver, Israel; the UK; Australia; Michigan; and Los Angeles ...

6/16/2008

PEOPLE VS. DINOSAURS

Question: What do America's premier investor, Warren Buffett, and Iran's toxic president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have in common? Answer: They've both made a bet about Israel's future....

6/16/2008

ANALYSIS: ONE YEAR AFTER 'COUP,' HAMAS STILL FAVORED

Although Hamas's violent seizure of the entire Gaza Strip in June 2007 has had catastrophic repercussions for the 1.5 million Palestinians living there, there is no reason to believe that the Islamist movement's rule is on its way to vanishing....

6/13/2008

THE (SELF-) DECEIT OF RACHEL CORRIE

The publication of Let Me Stand Alone: The Journals of Rachel Corrie adds yet another item to the growing body of Corrie memorabilia. The twenty-three-year-old American from Olympia, Washington, died in Gaza in March 2003 when, as a member of th ......

6/13/2008

MORTAR SHELLS, QASSAM ROCKETS RAIN ON ISRAEL’S SOUTH

One woman wounded as Palestinians bombard Gaza-vicinity communities with dozens of mortars, rockets in response to explosion in Beit Lahiya, though IDF continues to maintain Israel wasn't involved...

6/12/2008

REPORT: TROUBLING TEXTS AT VA. ISLAMIC SCHOOL

McLEAN, Va. - Textbooks at a private Islamic school in northern Virginia teach students that it is permissible for Muslims to kill adulterers and converts from Islam, according to a federal investigation released Wednesday....

6/12/2008

ISRAELI COMPANY DEVELOPS RADAR SYSTEM THAT SEES THROUGH WALLS

It's not easy to locate Camero's offices in the Kfar Neter industrial zone, but it may have just gotten easier. The startup has developed a system that allows users to see through walls. It sounds just like a comic book fantasy come true - afte ......

6/12/2008

ANALYSIS: FROM ‘CLOSER-THAN-EVER’ OPERATION TO TRUCE

Last Thursday, a few hours after 51-year-old Amnon Rozenberg was killed in a mortar attack on kibbutz Nir Oz, Defense Minister Ehud Barak headed down south for a meeting with local council chiefs in the wake of the escalation on the Gaza front....

6/12/2008

US ‘ISRAEL LOBBY’ AUTHORS FACE CRITICS

Two prominent American professors who caused an uproar with their best-selling book critical of the pro-Israel lobby in Washington faced a raucous reception Thursday at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. About 200 students and faculty members crammed ......

6/12/2008

STANDWITHUS STANDS UP TO WALT & MEARSHEIMER IN ISRAEL

Controversial authors of "The Israel Lobby", Professor Stephen Walt and Professor John Mearsheimer were hosted today at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and in Tel Aviv today. They were brought to Israel by Gus ......

6/11/2008

ISAAC BERZIN TO ENLIST ISRAELIS INTO THE BUSINESS OF GREEN

While Israel has some of the world's most promising clean technology companies for producing renewable energy -- consider Ormat and its geothermal power station in Nevada or Solel's solar energy plant in the Mohave Desert - proving viability on Isr ......

6/11/2008

PRESIDENT OF CRIF PRASQUIER: WE NEED THE TRUTH ABOUT THE AL-DURRA AFFAIR

It was in Gaza, at the Netzarim crossroads, on 30 September 2000, in the first days of the Intifada… I remember the terrible pictures [shown by French state-run TV channel France 2] of a child and his father trying to protect themselves from the bu ......

6/5/2008

MISTRIAL FOR MAN WHO SHOT 6 AT JEWISH CENTER

SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of a man who stormed into a Jewish center two years ago and shot six women, killing one, as he ranted against Israel and the Iraq war. ...

6/5/2008

AL-QAIDA'S NO.2 URGES HOLY WAR OVER GAZA STRIP

CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader called on Muslims to launch a holy war to break Israel's economic blockade of the Gaza Strip, in an audio recording posted Wednesday on an Islamic militant Internet site....

6/5/2008

LANKA BENEFITTED BY ISRAELI ASSISTANCE- MINISTER WARNAPALA

Israeli assistance has helped Sri Lanka immensely in its efforts to safeguard sovereignty and territorial integrity, said Higher Education Minister Wiswa Warnapala. The Minister expressed these sentiments when he met Israel Ambassador Mark Sofer at ......

6/5/2008

ISLAMIC MOVEMENT WINS TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY ARAB STUDENT UNION ELECTIONS

Slowly but surely, Sheikh Raed Salah’s movement conquers Israel’s academic institutions. After winning elections in Jerusalem, Haifa, movement’s representatives take Tel Aviv by storm...

6/4/2008

QASSAM WOUNDS 5 IN WESTERN NEGEV

With truce talks on hold – rocket terror continues. Five people sustained shrapnel wounds after a rocket crashed into a community in the Eshkol Regional Council on Tuesday afternoon. Emergency medical teams evacuated those wounded to the Soroka Hospi ......

6/4/2008

ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS IN CANADA HIT RECORD HIGH IN 2007

WINNIPEG - Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada hit a record high in 2007, according to a recently released report by the League of Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada. The group recorded 1,042 anti-Semitic incidents in Canada in 2007, up 11.4% since ......

6/4/2008

REPORT: PALESTINIAN TEXTBOOKS TOWARD POSITIVE PORTRAYAL OF JEWS ERASED BY HAMAS

JERUSALEM: Authors of Palestinian school textbooks took small steps toward softening their harsh portrayals of Jews and Israel under the rule of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas — but progress was quickly reversed after the Islamic Hamas ......

6/3/2008

UN-SPEAKABLE HYPOCRISY

Fascism is alive and well right here in New York City. Home base is Conference Room 1 of United Nations headquarters, where the UN Committee on Non-governmental Organizations is now in session. ...

6/3/2008

JOY AT 60: ISRAEL FEST FILLS FIFTH AVENUE

Fifth Ave. was transformed into one giant birthday party Sunday as tens of thousands of people turned out to celebrate Israel's 60th year. Paradegoers waved blue-and-white Israeli flags and held signs saying, "We've come a long way!" as ......

5/30/2008

ISRAEL-ADVOCACY GROUPS TAKE AIM AT DIVESTMENT INITIATIVE

Israel-advocacy organization StandWithUs Northwest is fighting the legality of a ballot initiative (I-97), which, if it passes, would bar the City of Seattle from investing employee pension funds in certain corporations that do business with Israel....

5/30/2008

'NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW IN ISRAEL'

The corruption case against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has earned Israel tremendous respect throughout the Arab world, where many have called on their leaders to benefit from Israel's democratic system and independent judicial system. ...

5/30/2008

L.A. MAYOR TO LEAD DELEGATION TO ISRAEL

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will travel to Israel next month for a weeklong mission devoted to security, counter-terrorism and green technologies, aides announced Tuesday....

5/29/2008

POLL: VAST MAJORITY OF SOUTHERN RESIDENTS HAVE NO DESIRE TO FLEE

Despite thousands of rocket attacks, dozens of fatalities and a state of terror that only seems to be worsening, the vast majority of Israelis living in Gaza-periphery communities say they have no plan to leave their homes...

5/28/2008

US CONGRESSMEN DEMAND UNRWA REFORM

A group of bipartisan US congressmen is urging reform in UNRWA, the UN body that deals exclusively with Palestinian refugees and their descendants, and calling for alternative solutions to the containment of refugees in squalid camps....

5/28/2008

GROUP CITES RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN GAZA, WEST BANK

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are increasingly violating human rights in their territories in a quest for control, a human rights group said Tuesday....

5/28/2008

WHO GETS THE GOLAN?

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli mainstream, so the truism here goes, is so desperate for peace that, in the end, it will overcome misgivings over relinquishing territory and mistrust of Arab intentions and endorse any diplomatic initiative aimed at solving ......

5/27/2008

NORMAN FINKELSTEIN DEPORTED FROM ISRAEL

Israel deported Jewish-American Professor Norman Finkelstein to the United States on Friday after questioning him at Ben Gurion airport. Finkelstein was denied entry due to "security concerns," authorities said....

5/27/2008

A CALIFORNIA CAMPUS EVENT INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE VIOLENCE AND SPREAD HATE

In mid-May, I wrote a letter to Chancellor Michael Drake expressing my concern with the University of California at Irvine's (UCI) Muslim Student Union's campus event entitled "Never Again? The Palestinian Holocaust," which was held on th ......

5/27/2008

IN THE EYE OF A RACIAL STORM

On April 4, 2008, we, the Rev. Eric Lee and Daphna Ziman, came face to face in the eye of a national racial storm that has surfaced during the primary election campaign....

5/23/2008

ANTI-SEMITISM AMONG PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY ACADEMICS

Anti-Semitism among Palestinian Authority Academics* Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook** One of the primary objectives of the Palestinian Authority (PA) after its establishment in 1994 was to delegitimize Israel. These efforts were evident througho ......

5/22/2008

36 UNDER 36: THE NEXT WAVE OF JEWISH INNOVATORS

Dani Klein is the face of Israel advocacy on college campuses on the East Coast and beyond. In his role as Campus Director of North America for StandWithUs, an Israel-focused education and advocacy organization, Klein oversees campus-related projects ......

5/21/2008

COURT OVERTURNS AL-DURA LIBEL JUDGMENT

The French Court of Appeals on Wednesday found in favor of Jewish activist Philippe Karsenty, overturning a lower court decision that he had libeled France 2 and its Jerusalem correspondent Charles Enderlin when he accused them of knowingly misleadin ......

5/21/2008

STANDWITHUS ENCOURAGES YOU TO TAKE THE TIME AND SEE THIS FILM...

Tickets available online now for Laemmle's Music Hall 3 Special Screening with Filmmakers Friday, May 23 at 8:00 at the Music Hall 3 -- Director Laura Bialis and Editor Allan Holzman A.C.E. will be in person for Q&A REFUSENIK -- the amazing story ......

5/20/2008

THE APARTHEID ANALOGY IS FALSE AND BREEDS CONFLICT. ISRAEL IS NOT AN APARTHEID STATE!

In pursuing peace, security and prosperity for Palestinians and Israelis we must focus on initiatives that bring the sides closer together....

5/20/2008

THE REGION: SELF-MADE NAKBA

It's become fashionable to match the celebration of Israel's founding (part of the media can't even admit that Israelis are celebrating) with Palestinians' marking of their 1948 "nakba," or catastrophe....

5/20/2008

'TRUCE DOESN'T MEAN END OF RESISTANCE'

Israel is mistaken if it thinks that a truce with Hamas would mean that the "resistance operations" would end, a senior Hamas official said Monday....

5/20/2008

URBAN OUTFITTERS HAS TAKEN A POLITICAL POSITION AGAINST ISRAEL

StandWithUs is extremely concerned that Urban Outfitters has taken a political position against Israel. This message will remain on our website until the item in question has been removed from the shelves of Urban Outfitters. ...

5/19/2008

WE'RE NOT ALONE

You've got the Atlantic Monthly running a cover story entitled "Is Israel Finished?" You've got British intellectual Christopher Hitchens pondering whether Israel will be around in another 60 years. You've got Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threate ......

5/19/2008

BARAK: CEASEFIRE MUST INCLUDE SCHALIT

Continued rocket attacks against Israel will only act to speed up an escalation in military conflict in the Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak late Monday afternoon....

5/6/2008

EXCLUSIVE—GAZA HEADMASTER WAS ISLAMIC JIHAD "ROCKET-MAKER"

RAFAH, Gaza Strip, May 5 (Reuters) - By day, Awad al-Qiq was a respected science teacher and headmaster at a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip. By night, Palestinian militants say, he built rockets for Islamic Jihad....

5/6/2008

ISRAEL GREETS 400 IMMIGRANTS AHEAD OF 60th BIRTHDAY

TEL AVIV (AFP) - Four hundred new Jewish immigrants from 23 countries landed on Monday on Israeli soil, as part of special events this week to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish state. ...

5/6/2008

METHODISTS ABANDON ISRAEL DIVESTMENT

Jewish activists are hailing the overwhelming decision by the United Methodist Church to abandon efforts to divest from companies that allegedly contribute to Israel's occupation of the West Bank....

5/6/2008

ISRAEL'S TACTICS THWART ATTACKS, WITH TRADE-OFF

NETANYA, Israel— Suicide bombings in Israel have dropped off so significantly that the nation’s security officials now dare to speak openly of success. But the very steps they are taking to thwart bombers appear to collide head-on with the government ......

5/5/2008

ACTIVISTS SETTLE BLACK-JEWISH SPAT IN L.A.

LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- A highly charged controversy between two self-described "passionate" advocates -- one African-American, one Jewish -- ended with pledges of mutual friendship and future cooperation. ...

5/2/2008

TO SEE JIMMY CARTER'S TRUE ALLEGIANCES, JUST FOLLOW THE MONEY

In embracing Hamas last week in direct defiance of the wishes of Congress and the President, ex-President Jimmy Carter raised the question of why he was granting precious prestige and credibility to an organization the U.S. government has designated ......

5/2/2008

LUNCH MEETING SOOTHES TENSIONS BETWEEN JEWISH AND BLACK COMMUNITIES

At the end of it all, Daphna Ziman and the Rev. Eric Lee were joking about the good cry they had together, pledging to work together to help children, and hugging each other goodbye Thursday. ...

5/2/2008

HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY, ISRAEL: WELL DONE FOR SURVIVING

What would Israel’s first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion have said if, on the day that he declared the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, he had known that six decades thence Israel would be encircled by its enemies, hopelessly outnumbere ......

5/1/2008

UCSC PROBES ANTI-SEMITIC GRAFFITI

UC-Santa Cruz police are investigating anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled on a wall outside a classroom at Oakes College, a school whose stated mission is to support social justice through celebrating ethnic diversity....

4/30/2008

QUASSAMS, MORTARS RAIN ON WESTERN NEGEV

Projectile attacks on Israel renewed after brief lull over afternoon, in all over 15 rockets, 20 mortar shells fired from Gaza on Tuesday ...

4/30/2008

ISRAELI LEADER WARNS AGAINST GOLAN GIVEAWAY

WASHINGTON — Israel's deputy prime minister is warning against the idea of returning the Golan Heights to Syria ahead of high-level meetings here with top Bush administration officials, the semi-annual strategic American-Israeli dialogue. ...

4/30/2008

THE DIPLOMATIC DANCE WITH HAMAS

Hamas established an "Islamic republic" in Gaza in early 2006, and is probably in a position to replicate this success in the West Bank - the only inhibiting factors being considerations of political expediency and Israel's effective count ......

4/30/2008

ISRAEL ADVOCACY AT DRS REPRESENTATIVE FROM HOSPITAL IN ASHKELON ADDRESS STUDENTS

On Thursday, March 27,DRS High School hosted Ms.Lea Mallul, Public Affairs Director and Spokesperson for Barzilai Medical Center in Israel. Under the leadership of student President Rephael Jacobs, The HALB Political Action Committee (HPAC) ran the p ......

4/29/2008

‘HAMAS PLANNING HUGE HOLIDAY ATTACK’

Hamas will do everything it can to spoil Israel's 60th birthday bash next week with a high-profile terror attack, OC Military Intelligence Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin told the cabinet on Tuesday. ...

4/28/2008

Israel's UN ambassador calls Jimmy Carter 'a bigot'

Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, "went to the region with soiled hands and came back with bloody hands after shaking the hand of Khaled Mashaal, the leader of Hamas," Ambassador Dan Gillerman told a luncheon briefing for reporters....

4/17/2008

UM PRESS STILL DISTRIBUTING AND PROMOTING PLUTO PRESS

Since 2004, the University of Michigan has been the sole distributor for London-based Pluto Press, which publishes some of the most anti-Israel, anti-Semitic and anti-American tracts available in the United States. More than a dozen of these books ad ......

4/16/2008

IT'S LONELY BEING PRO-ISRAEL ON CAMPUS -by Ilana Diamond

Many people put much faith into average college students, assuming that they are curious enough to explore every facet of information given them. But people who think this of college students are severely misguided....

4/16/2008

THREE ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED IN AMBUSH NEAR GAZA BORDER

By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel, IDF, Hamas Three Israel Defense Forces soldiers from the elite Givati Brigade were killed on Wednesday in an exchange of heavy gunfire with Palestinian militants next to the Gaza Strip sec ......

4/15/2008

HEBRON UNIVERSITY SHUT DOWN AFTER FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES -by Khaled Abu Toameh

The administration of the Islamic University in Hebron decided Saturday to suspend studies until further notice following fierce clashes on campus between students affiliated with Fatah and Hamas....

4/15/2008

'EXTREMISM' FEAR OVER ISLAM STUDIES DONATIONS -by Ben Leach

Extremist ideas are being spread by Islamic study centres linked to British universities and backed by multi-million-pound donations from Saudi Arabia and Muslim organisations, a new report claims....

4/14/2008

PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY APPOINTS FIRST CAMPUS WATCHDOG -by Brendan O'Keefe

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) recently announced the appointment of Joel Burnie as the inaugural student program coordinator of the education organisation StandWithUs (SWU)....

4/12/2008

Searching For A New Bond With Israel - The Jewish Week -by Gary Rosenblatt

Even before Israel has the chance next month to celebrate the remarkable achievement of creating a state and surviving for 60 years in a hostile environment, and of having forged a proud, democratic, modern society in the Mideast, there is growing di ......

4/10/2008

MURDER AT THE BORDER

Our enemies in Gaza expect Israelis to feel compassion, and the international community to feel outrage, over the deprivations suffered by Gazans - lack of fuel, for instance - even as they try to kill us at every opportunity. That's the bitter real ......

4/10/2008

APOLOGY FROM REVERAND ERIC P. LEE TO DAPHNA ZIMAN

It is with deep regret and my sincerest apologies that any comments I have made have caused you pain and distress. It was never my intent to insult you or the Jewish community, with whom I have a respected and long standing relationship....

4/10/2008

HAMAS IN LARGEST ARMS BUILDUP YET, ISRAELI STUDY SAYS

JERUSALEM — An Israeli study says Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza, is engaged in the broadest and most significant military buildup in its history with help from Syria and Iran. It adds that Hamas is restructuring more hierarchically and ......

4/9/2008

THE APARTHEID ANALOGY IS FALSE AND BREEDS CONFLICT: ISRAEL IS NOT AN APARTHEID STATE

In pursuing peace, security and prosperity for Palestinians and Israelis we must focus on initiatives that bring the sides closer together. We are saddened and concerned by the malicious propaganda campaign being waged on various campuses, including ......

4/9/2008

ISRAEL TO BAR UN OFFICIAL FOR COMPARING ISRAELIS TO NAZIS

JERUSALEM: The Israeli Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it will not allow the U.N. official appointed to investigate Israeli-Palestinian human rights to enter the country, after he stood by comments comparing Israelis to Nazis. ...

4/9/2008

HILLEL STAFFER MOVING ON AFTER ATTACK

A month after unidentified attackers threw two Molotov cocktails at his off-campus apartment, Yossi Knafo said he feels safe but finds it "weird" to be the "center of the mess that happened." Knafo, a Brown/RISD Hillel employee ......

4/9/2008

CLARIFICATION OF OUR LAST NEWSLETTER

This is a follow up to the letter that Daphna Ziman wrote which was published in our last newsletter, just an hour ago....

4/8/2008

JEWISH PHILANTHROPIST ENCOUNTERS ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK - Letter by Daphna Ziman

Hi, I have to tell you of an experience I had last night that was so anti semitic and frightening: Last night I was honored by Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, for my work with Children Uniting nations with African American children who are living o ......

4/7/2008

EDITOR'S NOTES: A VITAL AFFIRMATION OF OUR AWE-INSPIRING HISTORY

Judaism is twice as old as Christianity, three times as old as Islam. Yet there are 82 Christian nations, 56 Muslim ones, but only one Jewish state. A country smaller than the Kruger National Park, less than one quarter of one percent of the land mas ......

4/7/2008

ISRAEL'S ROSETTA GENOMICS DECIPHERS CANCER'S ORIGINS

Before doctors can treat cancer, they need to know its origin. With more than 200 kinds of cancer, treatment and the best possible chances of recovery depend greatly on a doctor's ability to make a speedy and accurate diagnosis....

4/6/2008

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4/4/2008

MIAMI STUDENTS FOR ISRAEL HOST RENOWNED JOURNALIST, DISCUSS ARAB-ISRAELI CONTROVERSY

Award-winning "Israeli-Arab-Muslim-Palestinian" journalist Khaled Abu Toameh shared his perspective of the current state of the Israeli Conflict with students in Bishop and Laws halls Thursday....

4/4/2008

ISRAEL IS STILL FIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE

On May 14, Israel will celebrate 60 years of independence. It's never been an easy independence. Israel is surrounded by regional instability and Israelis have needed to regularly fight their neighbors to maintain their independence -- if not their ......

4/4/2008

THE WAR AGAINST THE JEWS

The New York Times has published a piece by its former Jerusalem bureau chief, Steve Erlanger, detailing the incitement against the Jews routinely promoted by Hamas. Most disgusting — and most ominous — is the way in which Palestinian children are ta ......

4/4/2008

'UK IS EUROPEAN CENTER OF ANTI-SEMITISM'

Britain has become the epicenter for anti-Semitic trends in Europe as traditional, age-old anti-Semitism in a country whose literature and cultural tradition were "drenched" in anti-Semitism has developed into a contemporary mix of anti-Sem ......

4/4/2008

Unique Perspective on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict from an Arab-Israeli

Khaled Abu Toameh came to Seattle earlier this week as part of a speaking tour sponsored by StandWithUs Northwest. According to Khaled, the Palestinian people are the victims of corrupt leadership in the West Bank and now fanatical radical Islam ......

4/4/2008

The End of the ‘Guilty Israeli’

Yossi Klein Halevi spoke to a small group of community leaders in Seattle. He told them that even liberal Israelis, including Halevi himself, have rethought their dovish views ollowing the negative reaction to Israel's unilateral withdrawal from Gaz ......

4/3/2008

ARABS BATTLE WEST OVER FREE SPEECH AT UN

On Tuesday Arab and Muslim countries defended a resolution they pushed through at the United Nations, to have the body's expert on free speech police individuals and news media for negative comments on Islam....

4/3/2008

REPORTER: JEWS, ARABS ARE COEXISTING

Jews and Arabs continue to coexist in Israel despite their unresolvable political differences, says a Palestinian journalist scheduled to speak in Santa Fe on Sunday. Khaled Abu Toameh said most Americans he has met on his speaking tour of the Un ......

4/2/2008

THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEE ISSUE: RHETORIC VS. REALITY

The sixty-year-old Palestinian refugee issue has little connection with reality. It has become solely a bargaining chip used by Arabs and Palestinians in peace talks with Israel and, as such, is a distraction from the real issues of terrorism and bou ......

4/1/2008

IN GAZA, HAMAS'S INSULTS TO JEWS COMPLICATE PEACE

GAZA — In the Katib Wilayat mosque one recent Friday, the imam was discussing the wiliness of the Jew....

4/1/2008

POLL: U.S. VOTERS SUPPORT ISRAEL

Americans likely to vote in November strongly believe the United States should take Israel's side in its conflict with the Palestinians, a poll found. ...

4/1/2008

RACHEL'S LAW UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BY NY LEGISLATORS

Albany, NY (March 31, 2008) – The New York State Legislature today unanimously passed the “Libel Terrorism Protection Act” (S.6687/A.9652), sponsored by Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Queens) and Senate Deputy Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos (R-Rockville ......

4/1/2008

HAMAS TV: CHILD PUPPET KILLS GEORGE BUSH PUPPET

A Hamas children's TV program this week featured a child puppet stabbing to death a George Bush puppet. The child puppet, son of an Iraqi father and a Lebanese mother, with brothers from Gaza, confronts Bush on behalf of Muslim children from around ......

3/28/2008

ACTION ALERT FROM STANDWITHUS - International Library Association

The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) will be holding a meeting at the Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies (RCHRS), March 31 to April 2, 2008: "Libraries from a Human Rights Perspective."...

3/26/2008

WHERE THE MODERATES ARE

This is a book I purchased because I was tempted by its cover photograph of a Jew visiting an Arab village in 1940, even as I was repelled by the word "collaboration" in its subtitle....

3/25/2008

CHENEY SAYS HAMAS TORPEDOING PEACE TALKS

JERUSALEM (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that Hamas, with support from Syria and Iran, is trying to "torpedo" peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel....

3/25/2008

AN UNLIKELY REFUGE

"Even though we're Muslim, the Islamic world has done nothing to protect us", said Yassin, a refugee whose tortured flight from Darfur finally brought him to Israel three years ago. He was one of the first Darfurians to make it into Israel ......

3/25/2008

OUT OF ENERGY

A tactic taken by some of the most populous states in the country has made its way to Washington State. The Washington State Investment Board, which oversees investments for such public employees as teachers, police officers and judges, as well as pu ......

3/24/2008

J'LEM: SYRIA-HIZBULLAH TENSION RISING

Syria's reticence in blaming Israel for killing arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, despite Hizbullah's claims of having "100 percent proof" that Israel was involved, indicates that the issue is causing some friction between Syria and the Leba ......

3/24/2008

HISTORIC APPEARANCE BY JEWISH REFUGEE FROM LIBYA, BEFORE THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

For decades, the United Nations has ignored the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab countries. Now they are no longer be able to do so. For the first time ever, appearing in Geneva at the United Nations Human Rights Council, was a Jewish refugee from ......

3/24/2008

Hate That Dares Not Speak Its Name

The Mideast: When a poll reveals all but a fraction of Palestinians support the murder of eight innocent Jewish seminarians, it shows a people wedded to evil. It's a short trip from this hate to the kind Hitler espoused. ...

3/24/2008

Schools shouldn't accept anti-Semitic hate speech

The trend for universities in the U.S., including UNM, to approve, either directly or tacitly, increasingly direct anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric is very disturbing. ...

3/20/2008

Roz Rothstein's Testimony Before the Human Rights Council of the U.N. Interrupted

Roz Rothstein, international director and CEO is in Geneva where the Human Rights Council of the United Nations is meeting this week to discuss Durban II and Racism. Roz is representing Geneva-based UN WATCH. ...

3/20/2008

Qassam rocket lands in western Negev kibbutz

Not such a placid Purim after all. Despite of the overall feeling of calm in southern Israel, a Qassam rocket fired from northern Gaza landed in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council's limits Thursday, causing no injuries, but damaging several buildings....

3/20/2008

Merkel visits Holocaust memorial on Israel visit

JERUSALEM (AFP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel laid a wreath at Israel's Holocaust memorial on Monday on a highly symbolic visit marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of Jewish state after the Nazi genocide....

3/20/2008

Top IDF officers oppose ceasefire deal

Top members of the IDF General Staff have expressed their opposition to the deal Egypt is trying to broker between Israel and Hamas in an effort to obtain a cessation of violence in the Gaza Strip, defense officials told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday....

3/20/2008

A dangerous separation

The Shin Bet's field coordinators in the Jerusalem region are well acquainted with the alleyways of the village Jabal Mukkaber, which is located only a few dozen to a few hundred meters from the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood. Ala Abu Dhaim, who murder ......

3/18/2008

The Gaza Prison Camp

"Gaza conditions at '40-year low'" the BBC headlined last week. Rarely a week goes by without a politician or organization deploring the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. But I do not hear anyone describe its root cause: 60 yea ......

3/18/2008

Rabbi stabbed in Jerusalem

VIDEO - An Israeli man has been stabbed in the Old City of Jerusalem, Magen David Adom emergency services paramedics reported Tuesday....

3/14/2008

Facebook transfers Ma'aleh Adumim residents to 'Palestine'

Ma'aleh Adumim resident Julian Czarny woke up recently to discover that he lived in "Palestine" - at least according to the popular Internet social networking site Facebook....

3/14/2008

Double Standard Watch: Hamas has declared war on Israel - how should Israel respond?

Article 51 of the United Nations Charter guarantees its members "the inherent right to...individual self defense" against "an armed attack." In January 2006, Hamas was elected to govern the Palestinian Authority. After Israel ende ......

3/12/2008

Gaza Celebration of Terrorist Attack On Mercaz Harav Yeshiva

See the video on youtube....

3/12/2008

Palestinian Twins Under Rocket Fire from Gaza

When a Palestinian woman gave birth to twins in an Israeli hospital she experienced what it is like to be the target of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip....

3/9/2008

Bios of the Eight murdered in the Mercaz HaRav Massacre

Friends of Doron Meherete, the oldest of the eight students murdered Thursday at Mercaz Harav yeshiva, say that his face would glow with joy as he studied with them. Meherete, who came from Ethiopia in 1991 in Operation Solomon,...

3/7/2008

Palestinian Funding - Washington Times - Joel Mowbray

In an interview with Jordanian newspaper Al-Dastur last week, Mr. Abbas spoke with pride of violence he had waged in his past, suggested that terrorism could start anew in the future, and essentially backed away from repeated statements that he “reco ......

3/6/2008

New Student Coordinator in Australia - AIJAC-StandWithUs partnership

Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) in conjunction with the US-based international education organization StandWithUs (SWU) this week announced the appointment of Joel Burnie as the inaugural AIJAC/SWU Student Program Coordinator. ...

3/6/2008

Mercaz Harav hit by worst terror attack since April 2006

A Palestinian terrorist opened fire at a central Jerusalem yeshiva late Thursday night, killing eight students and wounding 10 others, police and rescue officials said. ...

3/6/2008

Gaza: Thousands celebrate Jerusalem attack

Palestinians distribute sweets in celebration of Jerusalem terror attack as Hamas promises 'this is only the beginning'...

3/6/2008

Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor Reacts to Terror Attack in Jerusalem

WASHINGTON – Today's terrorist attack on a religious seminary in Jerusalem, in which eight young students were murdered in cold blood by a Palestinian terrorist, is a terrible reminder of the indiscriminate and brutal terrorism Israel faces every day....

3/4/2008

The end of the 'guilty Israeli'

JERUSALEM -- Within the coming weeks, the Israeli army may re-invade the Gaza Strip in an attempt to stop the rocket attacks on Israeli towns and, perhaps, topple its Islamist Hamas government. If it happens, it will have come after long hesitation a ......

3/4/2008

UN rights body holds moment of silence for Gaza 'martyrs'

At the request of Iran's foreign minister, UN Human Rights Council holds moments of silence for Palestinians killed by Israeli military...

3/4/2008

Israel Says Hezbollah Has 30,000 Rockets

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israel has said Hezbollah is rearming and has an arsenal that includes 10,000 long-range rockets and 20,000 short-range rockets in southern Lebanon, according to a report from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. ...

3/4/2008

PM: Iran not just Israel's problem

Israel has the "strength and might" to defend itself against Iran, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday, a day after the UN Security Council voted for a third round of sanctions on Iran, and Iran vowed to disregard them. ...

3/3/2008

Worshippers of Death - by Alan Dershowitz - Wall Street Journal

"We are going to win, because they love life and we love death," said Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah. He has also said: "[E]ach of us lives his days and nights hoping more than anything to be killed for the sake of Allah.&qu ......

2/29/2008

American Professor, Ousted From DePaul University, Declares Support for Hezbollah

CHICAGO — An ousted American political science professor who believes some Jews have exploited the legacy of the Holocaust recently expressed his support for the terrorist organization Hezbollah. ...

2/29/2008

Sderot’s war children

Monday’s rocket attack put an end to childhood of wounded boy and his sister. ...

2/29/2008

Bedouin Muslim dedicated to prosperous future for Israel

Ishmael Khaldi hasn't done what was expected, but one day he will. The expectation -- of his family and culture -- was that once he got an education, he'd return to his village in northern Israel, get married and raise a family. ...

2/29/2008

New York passes law against 'libel tourists' - Times Online

It would allow New York’s courts to declare that a foreign judgment was unenforceable if the courts decided that the libel laws in foreign jurisdictions did not protect freedom of speech and the press to the same extent as the laws in New York and the US....

2/28/2008

The Sderot Calculus - Bret Stephens - Wall Street Journal

The Israeli town of Sderot lies less than a mile from the Gaza Strip. Since the beginning of the intifada seven years ago, it has borne the brunt of some 2,500 Kassam rockets fired from Gaza by Palestinian terrorists. Only about a dozen of these Kass ......

2/28/2008

Abbas rejects Jewishness of Israel - PMW - Itamar Marcus, Barbara Crook

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that he doesn't rule out armed conflict against Israel. He also said that he was "honored" to have fired the first bullet of the Fatah terror organization in 1965, and to have ta ......

2/27/2008

College Student Murdered Wednesday in Sderot-- by Kassam from Gaza

Shortly after a student at Sapir College in Sderot was killed and one other person was wounded by shrapnel in a Kassam rocket attack, a barrage of four rockets struck the Ashkelon area. Channel 1 reported one person wounded by shrapnel....

2/22/2008

Israel says EU pressure grows to end Gaza blockade

JERUSALEM (AFP) — The European Union is increasing pressure on Israel to end its nine-month old blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in a bid to prevent a humanitarian crisis, an Israeli official said on Thursday....

2/22/2008

Who is pressuring Gaza?

Two news reports, that complemented one another, on the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip were published yesterday. Haaretz reported there is growing international criticism - in Europe, Russia, the United Nations and even in the American a ......

2/22/2008

Israel Keeps Palestinian Offices Shut

JERUSALEM -- Israel is keeping Palestinian institutions in east Jerusalem shut tight, despite its pledge to reopen them under a recently revived peace plan, Palestinian officials said Thursday....

2/22/2008

10,000 shoppers descend on Sderot

Some 10,000 people from northern and central Israel traveled to Sderot on Friday to do their Shabbat shopping and show their solidarity for the residents of the beleaguered town....

2/22/2008

Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society

On the heels of the Gaza disengagement, which was intended to empower the Palestinian Authority to improve the lives of its people, few journalists have reported on the acutely trying times facing the Christians residing in areas "governed" ......

2/22/2008

Doctors Forced To Amputate 8 Year Old's Leg, Wounded With His Brother

Doctors were forced to amputate the leg of 8 year old Osher Twito who was seriously wounded along with his 19 year old brother Rami, after a Kassam rocket exploded near the two in Sderot on Saturday night. Doctors at the Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon ......

2/15/2008

Jews worldwide urged to be alert

More than 50 Hizbullah terror cells believed to be spread across the globe could be activated and used to strike at Israeli or Jewish targets in retaliation for Tuesday's assassination of Hizbullah arch-terrorist and operations officer Imad Mughniye ......

2/15/2008

StandWithUs has purchased a bomb shelter for Sderot

Our bomb shelter will be located at BEIT SAFER TORANI HA CHADASH, which has 400 students attending there. The plaque we placed on the shelter reads: “StandWithUs stands with the people of Sderot and hopes for peace.” ...

2/14/2008

Representative Tom Lantos Dies at 80

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Tom Lantos, who escaped the Nazis and grew up to become a forceful voice for human rights all over the world, has died. He was 80....

2/12/2008

Hamas rabbit to children: "I'll finish off the Jews and eat them!"

Farfur (Mickey Mouse) was beaten to death by an Israeli policeman. Nahul the Bee died when the Israeli "siege" of Gaza prevented him from reaching a hospital. Now there's a new character for Tomorrow's Pioneers, Assud the Rabbit....

2/8/2008

Williams: UK should adopt sharia law for muslims - Jerusalem Post

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Church of England, sparked controversy on Thursday when he said the introduction of Sharia law for British Muslims was "unavoidable." Speaking on BBC radio, Dr Rowan Williams said that Muslims ......

2/8/2008

Who's making these Nazi-like statements? - Alan Dershowitz

Who described the establishment of the state of Israel as a "historical, moral, political calamity," blames the existence of Israel for putting the entire world in "peril" and condemns "American Jews" for the "shame ......

2/7/2008

Truck Carrying Over 800 kg of Potassium Nitrate Caught in January

Now released for publication: In a joint IDF, Civil Administration and Police operation on January 16th, 2008, an Israeli truck containing over 800 kg of Potassium Nitrate was caught at the Eliyahu Crossing, south of Qalqiliya. Potassium Nitrate i ......

2/7/2008

TWO WOMEN SENTENCED TO BE STONED: Feminists Mum

Zohreh and Azar have already received 99 lashes for "illegal relations." Yet they were tried again for the same crime, and convicted of adultery on the evidence of videotape that showed them in the presence of other men while their husbands ......

2/5/2008

Qassams Damage Sderot Factories

One rocket struck the warehouse of a kitchen manufacturing factory in the western Negev town, while the other landed in the parking lot of a nearby plant. A number of workers suffered from shock as a result of the explosions, and a female employee of ......

2/4/2008

Standing With Israel

Roz Rothstein is a no-nonsense, dynamic woman. In her mid-50's, she has the energy and purpose of a 25-year-old. She devotes this power to her husband and three children and to helping the Jewish people. Roz is the founder of the Israel advocacy org ......

2/3/2008

Sapir college lecturer to apologize to reservist - YnetNews.com

Nizar Hassan, a lecturer at Sapir College who refused to teach a reservist who showed up to his class in an IDF uniform, was asked by the college's administration to apologize to the student in order to avoid the termination of employment at the ins ......

2/2/2008

The Daniel Pearl Standard - by Judea Pearl - Wall Street Journal

The shocking element in Danny's murder was that he was killed, not for what he wrote or planned to write, but for what he represented -- America, modernity, openness, pluralism, curiosity, dialogue, fairness, objectivity, freedom of inquiry, truth a ......

2/1/2008

September 11 victim laid to rest

On Thursday, six year after the September 11 attacks, the remains of Ashdod resident Alona Avraham were laid to rest. Avraham was among the passengers onboard United Airlines flight 175, which crushed into the southern tower of the World Trade Center....

2/1/2008

Israel's new TESCAR satellite transmits first top quality images

Footage from Israel's TESCAR satellite, launched into space two weeks ago, was transmitted for the first time Wednesday....

1/31/2008

A Barrage Against Israel - Robin Shepard - Timesonline

“Apologists for extremism had long argued that occupation rather than ideology was the “root cause” of terrorism. Terrorism would therefore cease once occupation ended. That argument has now been conclusively defeated. Since Israel withdrew, Palestin ......

1/29/2008

'UNHRC endorsed anti-Semitic charter'

In a letter issued Monday, UN Watch urged UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour to clarify a recent endorsement of the Arab Charter of Human Rights, which it said "contains several provisions that promote classically anti-Semitic t ......

1/28/2008

Standing Up: NIU student teaches others about Israel

Jane Kaykov is taking a stand. The senior marketing student at Northern Illinois University is promoting local events that teach about Israel through StandWithUs, a nonprofit international Israel education organization funded by philanthropists Ri ......

1/27/2008

Hamas Planned Wall Breach for Months - AIPAC BRIEFING

Hamas operatives had been sawing away the foundations of the wall along the Gaza-Egypt border for months to make it easier to destroy when the time came, Israel’s Haaretz reported on Wednesday....

1/26/2008

HELP PASS THE "Libel Terrorism Protection Act" - you can help

The Libel Terrorism Protection Act is a bill that was introduced to protect New York authors who expose terrorism and terror funding from libel lawsuits filed in foreign courts....

1/26/2008

The Enemy Within - Chicago Tribune - Editorial

Until most Gazans fix the blame for their miserable living conditions where it belongs -- on their elected leaders of Hamas -- Gaza will remain poised on the brink of crisis, sending rockets into Israel and then complaining bitterly when its foe ......

1/25/2008

Jordanians rally in support of Hamas in Gaza

Muslim Brotherhood activists march in Amman to protest Israel's closure on Gaza, and call on Hamas to resume suicide bombings...

1/25/2008

Truth so stark even deniers would see it

Iran's President Ahmadinejad could benefit from a visit to Holocaust Museum ...

1/25/2008

More Jerusalem Arabs seek Israeli citizenship

JERUSALEM — Like hundreds of thousands of other Jerusalem residents, Salim Shabane considers himself a Palestinian. But his life and work are intertwined with Israel, where he runs an auto shop. ...

1/25/2008

Israel Says It Wants No Ties With Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) — A top Israeli defense official said Thursday that Israel wants to relinquish all responsibility for the Gaza Strip, including the supply of electricity and water, now that the territory's southern border with Egypt has been opened....

1/25/2008

Deep inside the plucky country

IN a land of stark, powerful and sometimes bizarre images, as Israel is, perhaps the most ghostly for an Australian are the countless gum trees that populate Israel, the north especially....

1/25/2008

Alert level raised near Israeli-Egyptian border

JERUSALEM, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter on Thursday ordered to increase the state of alert near the border between Israel and Egypt, one day after the chaos occurred among thousands of Gazans following the Israel ......

1/25/2008

Democrats Bow to Pressure, Change Passover Plans

When Washington State’s Democratic Party scheduled its county conventions for April 19, no one stopped to consult the Hebrew calendar. If they had, someone likely would have noticed that the day they had chosen is erev Pesach — the day of the first n ......

1/24/2008

Hamas Staged Some Of The Blackouts

On at least two occasions this week, Hamas staged scenes of darkness as part of its campaign to end the political and economic sanctions against the Gaza Strip, Palestinian journalists said Wednesday....

1/24/2008

The Situation in Gaza - Report From the Israeli Embassy

More than 4,000 rockets and mortar shells have been fired at Israel from Gaza by Hamas and other terrorist organizations since Israel left the Gaza Strip in 2005....

1/24/2008

Why Los Angeles Times Can't Keep an Editor - Wall Street Journal

"We need to change course and try something different because we've been cutting and cutting little by little over the last five years, and it hasn't done a damn bit of good," Mr. O'Shea said. "This paper at one time had 1,190 full- ......

1/22/2008

RALLIES AGAINST ISRAEL PLANNED --- YOU CAN HELP COUNTER THEM

This coming week there will be rallies against Israel, planned in a variety of cities. Times and locations for the upcoming rallies listed on this page. You can help by printing the signs below at your lo ......

1/18/2008

Tarzana wakes to find anti-Semitic graffiti

Anti-Semitic scrawlings on residential walls were discovered over a two-mile area of Tarzana on Thursday morning, raising anxiety in the predominantly Jewish neighborhood and triggering a hate-crime investigation by police....

1/18/2008

Olmert makes visit to south after Kassam salvo

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived at Gaza periphery towns on Thursday evening for a visit kept quiet for security reasons....

1/18/2008

Abbas threatens to quit if 'escalation' continues

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is considering resigning from his post if Israel continues its military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, a top PA official said Thursday....

1/18/2008

Nazi hunters run against time

BERLIN — Jerusalem-based Nazi hunters, engaged in a race against time to find and prosecute World War II criminals before they die of old age, say they are frustrated that some European governments have not shown the same sense of urgency. ...

1/17/2008

IU senior named Emerson fellow

Inna Kolesnikova, an IU senior, has been named one of 38 “StandWithUs” Emerson fellows....

1/17/2008

The Jewish World News (Albany)

NEW PALTZ; Matthew Averbach, a senior at the University at New Paltz, has been named one of 38 Emerson Fellows by StandWithUs (SWU), an international Israel advocacy organization....

1/17/2008

IU senior named Emerson fellow

Inna Kolesnikova, an IU senior, has been named one of 38 “StandWithUs” Emerson fellows....

1/15/2008

Standing With Israel

“Israel is my passion. I love Israel, and to educate other people about Israel is what I want to do with my life,” said Meira Kreuter. The 21-year-old Judaic studies major and senior at Florida Atlantic University is one of 38 Emerson Fellows aro ......

1/13/2008

Magazine's rejection of ad on Israeli women causes furor - J Post

Feminist Jewish activists are preparing a campaign targeted at the quarterly Ms. magazine after it refused to run an ad featuring Israeli women because it was "too controversial."...

1/11/2008

9 rockets land in western Negev

Terror groups send departing US president an aggressive message, fire four mortars, three Qassams at western Negev. No injuries, damage reported in the incidents...

1/11/2008

Holocaust scholar: 'Jew' has become curse word among German youth

German schools are failing in educating students about the Holocaust, a new study by a political education center has found, as German youth, who one historian said use the word "Jew" as a common curse in daily discourse, are increasingly d ......

1/11/2008

Rice talks tough on Iran, slams Egypt

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered a stern warning to Iran and chastised Egypt on the eve of her visit to Israel, setting the stage for difficult diplomacy as Rice and US President George W. Bush try to further their agenda in the region....

1/11/2008

US president pledges to return to Middle East in May

As US President George W. Bush concluded his three day visit to Israel Friday, he said that he would return to the Middle East in May to continue pushing the Israelis and Palestinians toward a peace treaty and to celebrate Israel's 60th anniversary....

1/11/2008

Renault Nissan to invest in Israeli electric car project

Carlos Ghosn, the president of the French-Japanese car manufacturer Renault Nissan, is expected to visit Israel on 21 January and take part in the inauguration event of the Israeli electric car enterprise....

1/11/2008

To the editor of the Los Angeles Times, re. peace with the Palestinian Authority

I have just returned from the West Bank, having visited Bethlehem and the refugee camp/city there, which is governed by the Palestinian Authority that Israel is trying to make peace with. I was shocked to see that as of January 2008 there are still ......

1/11/2008

German Jews Protest Star of David Pro-Smoking T-Shirt

FRANKFURT, Germany — A T-shirt using a yellow Star of David to liken the treatment of smokers in Germany to that of Jews during Nazi rule has angered German Jews....

1/4/2008

Houstonian selected as "StandWithUs" Emerson Fellow at Rice University

Rice University junior and Houston native Katherine Gomer has been chosen as an Emerson Fellow, a new initiative from StandWithUs, the nonprofit, international Israel education organization....

12/28/2007

Israel advocacy as an afterschool job

As of this school year, there is a new source of information about Israel for students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. David Stiebel, a 20-year-old junior, was recently chosen to be the campus' Emerson Fellow, a project of the non-profi ......

12/28/2007

Hikers killed in West Bank shooting were soldiers on leave

Off-duty soldiers on hiking trip come under fire from Islamic Jihad gunmen in area south of Hebron. Soldiers were able to kill one attacker, wound another before succumbing to their injuries. Kiryat Arba council says Israeli leadership to blame for a ......

12/28/2007

Evangelicals fund Jews departing Iran

TEL AVIV - About 40 Jews who left Iran in secret arrived in Israel yesterday - one of the largest such defections - and got a Christmas present of $10,000 per person from U.S. evangelicals....

12/28/2007

'Bhutto could've been bridge to Muslims'

Israeli leaders paid tribute to slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Thursday, even though Israel and Pakistan do not have diplomatic ties....

12/14/2007

'Special situation' declared for Sderot

Hours after a Kassam rocket slammed through the roof of a house in Sderot Thursday, wounding one woman, the Defense Ministry decided Friday to declare a "special situation" for communities on the Gaza periphery....

12/14/2007

Canadian Jewish Student Groups Face More Anti-Israel Sentiment

TORONTO — Controversy about the Middle East continued to flare late last month on Toronto-area campuses as Jewish groups faced strong anti-Israel sentiment at both York University and the University of Toronto....

12/12/2007

Expelled Jews hold deeds on Arab lands - Jpost.com

The government needs to bring up the issue of hundreds of thousands of Jews who left their homes in Arab countries following the establishment of the State of Israel as part of any future peace agreement with the Palestinians, the president of the Wo ......

12/12/2007

Israel, unlike Iran, poses no threat to its neighbours - The Guardian

Israel cannot be expected to push for arms control and disarmament while other states and non-state actors in the region remain hostile and threaten our security. Just as in other nuclear-free zones in the world, the process of peace and good relatio ......

12/10/2007

StandWithUs Puts Emissaries on Campuses - New York Sun

In hiring its Emerson Fellows, StandWithUs gave special weight to finding student advocates at "problem campuses," where discourse on the Middle East is skewed by anti-Israel rhetoric, officials said....

12/7/2007

An Interview with Itamar Marcus

Itamar Marcus, director of Palestinian Media Watch, has spent the last 11 years scrutinizing Palestinian TV, radio, newspapers and textbooks to assess the messages the Palestinian people receive regarding Israel. The news, he says, is not good....

11/30/2007

After Annapolis: Palestinian TV shows map without Israel - PMW

Just a day after Israeli and Palestinian leaders at the Annapolis peace conference pledged to negotiate a peace treaty by the end of 2008, Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority continues to paint a picture for its people of a world without Israel,...

11/21/2007

Annapolis Conference

StandWithUs hopes for an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and for a future in which Palestinian and Israeli children can grow up to have productive, satisfying lives....

11/21/2007

URGENT ACTION ALERT

StandWithUs strongly opposes putting any pressure on Israel at the upcoming Annapolis conference. Let Israeli and American officials know how you feel....

11/16/2007

'Iran trying to buy time while working on nuclear weapons'

The IAEA's report on Iran's nuclear activities released Thursday makes it clear that the international community must take firm action against Iran, because that nation continues to buck UN demands and develop its nuclear program, Israel said Friday....

11/15/2007

The Recognition (of Israel) Sham - Jerusalem Post Editorial

"We will not agree to recognize Israel as a Jewish state," Erekat said. "There is no country in the world where religious and national identities are intertwined."...

11/3/2007

Video: Terrorists firing mortars from schoolyard WATCH FOOTAGE

Footage shows terror cell preparing to launch mortar shells near elementary school in Gaza, fleeing site after launches. IDF says terror organizations 'aware of our sensitivity to these areas and they take advantage of that, this is as cynical as th ......

11/2/2007

Qassam rockets hit Sderot

TEL AVIV -- Five Qassam rockets were fired at the southern Israeli town of Sderot on Tuesday evening....

10/31/2007

Israel steps up threats to invade Gaza Strip

JERUSALEM, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Israel escalated its threats on Tuesday to invade the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in response to Palestinian rocket fire after a plan to withhold key utilities drew objections from legal experts and foreign powers....

10/30/2007

Evangelical Christian Support for Israel: A Rabbi/Pastor Dialogue

This Sunday, November 4, 2007, at Nessah Synagogue. The doors will open at 6:30 PM. Admission is $12, including valet parking....

10/29/2007

Annapolis Conference: Prospects for Success

As Sadat and, later, Jordan’s King Hussein discovered, Israel is forthcoming when it has American support and is confident of the intentions of its interlocutors. Israel cannot be pressured to accept conditions that undermine its security....

10/27/2007

CONFERENCE: Hijacking Human Rights: The Demonization of Israel by the UN

INVITATION TO AN HISTORIC CONFERENCE Hijacking Human Rights: The Demonization of Israel by the United Nations Sunday, November 18, 2007, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. The Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, New York City ...

10/27/2007

World Solidarity Day for Israel's Kidnapped and MIA Soldiers - UCLA 10-30

UCLA: Live teleconference from Israel with Karnit Goldwasser, wife of Kidnapped soldier Ehud Goldwasser...

10/25/2007

2 faiths join in display of love for Israel

WEST HAVEN — Hundreds of Christians and dozens of Jews gathered Sunday night at the Gateway Christian Fellowship church in a show of unity over their common roots and common love of Israel....

10/25/2007

U.N. Report Suggests Syrian Role in Arming of Hezbollah, Other Groups

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a report Wednesday strongly suggesting that Syria has helped smuggle weapons to the Shiite movement Hezbollah and other armed groups, and that it sponsored Islamic militants involved in a ......

10/25/2007

Erekat calls for int'l intervention against Gaza electricity cuts

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat appealed for international intervention and called the Israeli decision to cut off electricity to Gaza after each Kassam rocket "particularly provocative given that Palestinians and Israelis are meeting to nego ......

10/25/2007

Former Israeli Soldier NOT ALLOWED to participate in a panel discussion

Yesterday, the University of Delaware asked Asaf Romirowsky to step down from an academic panel at the University of Delaware because another panelist, University of Delaware political scientist Muqtedar Khan, didn't want to share the podium with an ......

10/19/2007

StandWithUs/Michigan Responds to The University of Michigan Pluto Press Controversy

Regrettably, the University of Michigan Press (UMP) has decided to put John Kovel’s “Overcoming Zionism,” back on its distribution list. The book was published by UK ’s Pluto Press in 2007, and UMP apparently has a 4-year old exclusive agreement with ......

10/19/2007

Israeli doctors perform heart surgery on Iraqi children

Israeli doctors made international headlines last week when two Iraqi children were brought to Israel for emergency heart surgery....

10/19/2007

Turkish man shot on Egypt's border dies - Jerusalem Post

The Turkish national tried to enter the country on Thursday along with six members of his family when guards called on him to stop, according to security officials....

10/18/2007

Painter Presses His Cause on Canvas - New York Sun

The artist, Alan Kaufman, said several of his Jewish-themed paintings were rotated on-and-off the walls at the Himmelberger Gallery near Union Square beginning in July. Some of Mr. Kaufman's works bear the names of figures from the Hebrew Bible, whi ......

10/17/2007

PA TV visualizes a world without Israel - shows map of Israel covered with PA FLAG

FROM PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH (PMW)...The message they have conveyed to their people for years, and continue to convey on the eve of the conference, is that "Palestine" exists and it replaces all of Israel....

10/10/2007

STANDWITHUS CALLS ON PLAYBOY TO CORRECT TASINI’S ANTI-ISRAEL DISTORTIONS

As an international organization dedicated to informed discussion of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, we were extremely disturbed by the Forum article, “Israel Shouldn’t Get a Free Pass,” by Jonathan Tasini (Playboy, October 2007). It is certainly n ......

10/9/2007

Community Expresses Outrage at Attacks on Jewish Symbols on Area Campuses

StandWithUs, along with the Anti Defamation League Jewish Community Relations Council and Jewish Federation are together offering a reward of $2,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who desecrated and destroyed the sukkah ......

10/7/2007

UCSC forum on Middle East will promote a political agenda - Santa Cruz Sentinel

As an organization dedicated to balanced, informed debate on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, StandWithUs was disappointed by Provost Castillo and Professor Dodson's op-ed [Sept. 23] and Rabbi Bochner's letter [Sept. 26] justifying the one-sided d ......

10/7/2007

UC Davis - Sukkah Vandalized - Richard Procter - The California Aggie

Student Programs and Activities Center representatives reported a hate crime yesterday, as graffiti was found defacing a small hut on the Quad being used for a Jewish holiday....

10/7/2007

STANDWITHUS STATEMENT ON WALT AND MEARSHEIMER’S THE ISRAEL LOBBY

Readers cannot trust Walt and Mearsheimer’s facts or analysis. Scholars, former government officials and other experts have exposed their distortions, bias and shoddy scholarship. They simply recycle the anti-Israel, anti-Jewish charges of fringe gro ......

10/7/2007

Unanswered Questions for Walt and Mearsheimer - FROM STANDWITHUS

Sample Question: Can you explain why Benny Morris, whom you cited frequently on the history of Israel, wrote that your work “is a travesty of the history that I have studied and written” and that you have a “fundamental ignorance of the history wit ......

10/7/2007

Sukkah Burnt at San Jose State - Spartan Daily

Michelle Salinsky, Jewish Student Union President and a junior political science major, was parking her car near the Hillel House for her 7:30 a.m. class when she discovered part of the tent had been burned....

9/26/2007

Gaza: Christian-Muslim tensions heat up - Khaled Abu Toameh - JPost

An attack on an 80-year-old Christian woman in Gaza City has triggered renewed fears among the Gaza Strip's 2,500-strong Christian community. Claire Farah Tarazi was the latest victim of anti-Christian attacks that have increased in the Gaza Strip ......

9/26/2007

Last participant in Ramallah lynching caught

Soldiers from the paratroopers' reconnaissance battalion arrested in Nablus overnight Tuesday the last Palestinian involved in the lynching of two reservists in Ramallah seven years ago....

9/26/2007

Goldwasser takes Iranian leader to task - Jerusalem Post

The wife of one of the IDF soldiers kidnapped by Hizbullah last summer infiltrated a UN press conference with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday to demand information on her husband....

9/24/2007

Congratulations NEW YORK for standing up to EVIL on September 24

Irans president thumbed his nose at Americans today but his visit did not fall on deaf ears. People cared, and they stood together to challenge the man who calls for death to America, and for the elimination of the State of Israel. Jews and non-Jew ......

9/23/2007

Gillerman: Ahmadinejad visiting Ground Zero like Hitler visiting Auschwitz - Haaretz

NEW YORK - Israel's United Nations envoy Dan Gillerman told the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organization that a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Ground Zero would be similar to a visit by a resurrected Hitler to Auschwitz....

9/23/2007

RALLY in NEW YORK 9-24: Bus pick up points and times

Rutgers - 93 College Ave (Rutgers Hillel) at 11 (leaving at 11:30 because classes get out at 11:10) Brooklyn - 2901 Campus Road (In front of Brooklyn Hillel) at 11:30 Queens - Corner of Kissena and Melbourne at 11:45 READ THE BACKGROUND FOR MOR ......

9/23/2007

"A Modern Hitler Honored" - Ynet News - Yaakov Lappin

Jewish organizations in the United States are planning large-scale demonstrations - involving thousands of protesters - this week to express their mounting anger at Columbia University's invitation to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, due to de ......

9/21/2007

RALLY RALLY RALLY -- Ahmadenejad is speaking at the UN and COLUMBIA

Multiple organizations are mobilizing two different rallies to challenge this insanity. One at Columbia University: W 116th street and Broadway (across from Lerner Hall) Monday, September 24th 1 - 3 p.m. Busses will be coming from Brooklyn College, Q ......

9/20/2007

Al-Dura footage to air

A French judge has ordered the France 2 television network to screen in court previously withheld footage of the shooting of Muhammad al-Dura, the Palestinian boy shot dead in his father's arms in Netzarim in 2000 during a battle between Palestinian ......

9/18/2007

An Open Letter to Harvard’s Stephen Walt - Councilman Jack Weiss

Dear Steve: I've been meaning to write you since I read your and John Mearsheimer's paper, "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy." Coincidentally (or, perhaps in your view, not coincidentally), I read your paper on the plane on th ......

9/17/2007

IDF demands uncut al-Dura tape - Jerusalem Post - Caroline Glick

The IDF has abandoned its official silence in a seven-year-old case that has been characterized as a "blood libel" against the IDF and the State of Israel....

9/17/2007

EVIL (AHMADINEJAD) COMES TO TOWN - JOIN THE RALLY IN NY

On Monday, September 24th, the face of evil in the modern world will be coming to America. On that day, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to arrive in New York to address the United Nations General Assembly....

9/16/2007

UCSC's academic integrity on sabbatical - Gil Stein - Santa Cruz Sentinel

UC Santa Cruz just does not get it. Last March, several university departments sponsored a "conference" on what was billed as "Alternative Histories of Zionism," but was essentially a political pep rally against Israel and could e ......

9/15/2007

LOOKING FOR SCAPEGOAT, WORLD AGAIN TURNS TO JEWS

Who recently said: "These Jews started 19 Crusades. The 19th was World War (1). Why? Only to build Israel." Some holdover Nazi? Hardly. It was former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan of Turkey, a NATO ally. He went on to claim that the ......

9/13/2007

Israel's lobby as scapegoat - Los Angeles Times - Tim Rutten

About a year ago, two distinguished scholars of American foreign policy ignited a rhetorical firestorm with a long article published in, of all places, the London Review of Books. ...

9/11/2007

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM STANDWITHUS

We wish all our friends blessings for a sweet and meaningful year ahead. May our dreams of peace come true....

9/10/2007

Fatah forces beat students, reporters - Khaled Abu Toameh - Jpost

At least 22 students and journalists were injured, some moderately, when Fatah-controlled security forces raided Hebron University in the West Bank on Sunday to break up a press conference by the Hamas-affiliated student council....

9/10/2007

Fifty wounded in Kassam attack near IDF military base

Fifty soldiers were wounded after Palestinians fired a Kassam rocket into Israel on Monday night. The rocket struck inside an IDF basic training camp in Zikim, located one kilometer north of the Gaza Strip. The Kassam landed next to a tent in whi ......

9/7/2007

A Prosecutorial Brief Against Israel and Its Supporters - New York Times

“The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” arrives carrying heavy baggage. John J. Mearsheimer, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, and Stephen M. Walt, a professor of international affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government ......

9/7/2007

Anti-Semitism and the Anti-Israel Lobby - Jeff Robbins - Wall Street Journal

A crop of Israel's critics -- most prominently Jimmy Carter and now Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, the authors of "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy" -- have managed something of a feat: They express no concerns about the mas ......

9/7/2007

SIXTH ANNUAL DANIEL PEARL WORLD MUSIC DAYS TO BE HELD OCTOBER 1-15

Our office in Los Angeles has a close relationship with Ruth and Judea Pearl, who are the parents of Daniel Pearl, and who have formed the Daniel Pearl Foundation to promote his ideals of freedom and human dignity and to confront the hatred that ......

9/7/2007

Israeli Court Rules to move Fence --Some 1,000 people attend Bil'in rally -

Some 1,000 Palestinian and left-wing activists gathered at the site of the security barrier in Bil'in on Friday afternoon to express their satisfaction over this week's High Court decision to order the IDF to move sections of the fence which Palest ......

9/3/2007

Sderot kids to stay away from schools following morning's rocket salvo

The Sderot Parents Association decided they would not take their children to schools and day care centers beginning Tuesday, until the government changed its policy regarding ongoing Kassam rocket attacks on the western Negev town, The Jerusalem Post ......

9/2/2007

Israeli researcher claims to have found antioxidant 'fountain of youth'

From Israel21c: A pioneering way to prevent wrinkles has been cooked up by a Hebrew University researcher. Dr. Orit Bossi of HU's agriculture faculty in Rehovot has developed a plant-based antioxidant that does not oxidate quickly , is impervious ......

9/1/2007

In wonderful company by Andrew Sullivan

Leon Wieseltier put it best when he referred to Norman Finkelstein--the hysterical, Hezbollah-loving, soon-to-be-late-of DePaul University political science professor--as "poison, he's a disgusting self-hating Jew, he's something you find unde ......

8/31/2007

2 Professors Fail To Clean Up Their Act

Professors John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government burst onto the national scene in March of 2006 with a Harvard "working paper" in which they wrote of the "unmatched po ......

8/31/2007

More letters needed to Nicolas Sarkozy regarding upcoming Mohammed al-Dura case

GOOD NEWS! Your letter writing and calling has been helpful. (See the background on this issue below) The French court has "invited" France 2 to release the rushes of al-Dura by October. But we MUST keep the pressure on. We must ensure ......

8/30/2007

Amanpour’s Poor Judgment-by Roz Rothstein and Roberta Seid, PhD

It would not be out of line to express concern that Christiane Amanpour’s purpose in making her CNN special, “God’s Holy Warriors,” was to float a theory about a Jewish conspiracy in the U.S. and to float innuendoes with anti-Semitic undertones....

8/24/2007

Action of the week: WRITE TO CNN about: God's Warriors

Click below and follow the CAMERA instructions and background. Thank you for your help! In Brief On August 21, CNN aired Part 1, "God's Jewish Warriors," of its three-part feature entitled "God's Warriors." "God's J ......

8/23/2007

Israel Offers Humanitarian Relief to Peru

Israel this week sent a team of six medical personnel and airlifted almost two tons of medicine and medical equipment Monday to Pisco, Peru, to aid the victims of the earthquake that struck the country on Aug. 15. [1] [2] In addition, the Israeli For ......

8/23/2007

Another Battle in Gaza - Khaled Abu Toameh - Commentary Magazine

Hamas and Fatah recently accused Israel of preventing fuel supplies from reaching the Gaza Strip ”a move that has deprived nearly 600,000 Palestinians of electricity for the past five days. Israel, the two parties claimed, is responsible for the powe ......

8/20/2007

You Have The Right To Feel Offended

A conference organized by the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute in Jerusalem, last month, dealt with anti-Israel attacks in the U.S. which constitute, according to organizers, a "long-term threat" to Israel's standing....

8/17/2007

Hezbollah video game: War with Israel

Raid Israel to capture soldiers, battle tanks in the valleys of southern Lebanon and launch Katyusha rockets at Israeli towns -- a new Hezbollah computer game puts players on the frontline of war with the Jewish state....

8/10/2007

Barak: No Difference Between Fatah and Hamas - Hillel Fendel- Arutz Sheva

Labor Party Chairman and Prime Ministerial candidate Defense Minister Ehud Barak says peace with the PA is 3-5 years away, the peace process is just "air," and that Fatah and Hamas are the same. He later denied the Fatah-Hamas comparison....

8/10/2007

2 Kassam rockets strike near Sderot; none wounded --Jerusalem Post

Two Kassam rockets landed near Sderot Thursday evening. Nobody was wounded in the attack, and no damage was reported....

8/10/2007

Senior Hamas members return to Gaza despite ban - Ali Waked - Ynet

A number of senior members of Hamas’ armed-wing who were stuck at the Rafah crossing and at El Arish Airport in Sinai for the past few weeks recently managed to return to Gaza, Ynet has learned....

8/10/2007

NEW!!! Free Trips to Israel for young adults 18 - 26

Through the incredible generosity of Taglit Birthright, StandWithUs now hosts amazing free trips to Israel...

8/10/2007

ACTION OF THE WEEK: Write to MIT about their contest to internationalize Jerusalem

Write to MIT and ask them to discontinue their politically charged contest to internationalize Jerusalem....

8/9/2007

SAUDIS SUE FOR SECRECY - Rachel Ehrenfeld - New York Post

August 8, 2007 -- THE Saudis' efforts to keep a veil of secrecy over their sup port for al Qaeda and Hamas got a shot in the arm last week, as a British publisher opted to suppress a controversial book on the financing of terror....

8/9/2007

NEW! Emerson Fellowship for College Students

StandWithUs is pleased to announce that we will be starting the new EMERSON FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM in the Fall....

8/8/2007

Reason, for the time being, prevails out of Africa

What country in the world boasts the highest rate of support for Israel?...

8/5/2007

'Hamas forced professor to convert' by Khaled Abu Toameh, JP

Fatah officials in Ramallah claimed over the weekend that Professor Sana al-Sayegh, who teaches at Palestine University in Gaza City, was kidnapped by Hamas militiamen who forced her to convert to Islam against her will....

8/3/2007

Israel Discovers Oil - Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times - June 07

Lucien Bronicki is one of Israel's foremost experts in geothermal power, but when I ran into him last week at Ben Gurion University, in Israel's Negev Desert, all he wanted to talk about was oil wells. Israel, he told me, had discovered oil. Pointi ......

8/3/2007

U.S. to pour millions into Palestinian aid projects

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The U.S. is beginning work on tens of millions of dollars worth of aid projects aimed at boosting the Palestinian economy and President Mahmoud Abbas at the expense of Hamas....

8/3/2007

Egyptians kill 4 Sudanese refugees at Israeli border--AP, Ynetnews.com

Egyptian soldiers killed four Sudanese refugees, beating two to death in front of horrified Israeli soldiers, an Israeli TV station reported Thursday, screening what it said was army surveillance video and interviews with the soldiers....

8/2/2007

Why Someone From the Reform Party of Syria Admires Israel- Farid Ghadry

As a Syrian and a Muslim, I have always had this affinity for the State of Israel. As a businessman and an advocate of the free economic system of governance, Israel to me represents an astounding economic success in the midst of so many Arab failure ......

8/2/2007

A window into the culture of Shahada - From PMW

Sheikh Salah Shehadeh, the commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades suicide terror branch of Hamas, was killed by an Israeli air strike five years ago. He is credited with creating the current military infrastructure of the Al-Qassam Brigades, which has k ......

8/1/2007

Gaza: IAF air strike wounds 3 gunmen - Jerusalem Post

An IAF aircraft attacked a car carrying Palestinian gunmen on Monday, wounding two members of Islamic Jihad and the Gaza commander of the Al Aksa Martyrs' Brigades, Islamic Jihad said....

8/1/2007

Do you know what StandWithUs is doing?

Be happy about the work that StandWithUs is doing! Here are some great examples...

7/31/2007

Fighting Israel's Corner - Ynetnews.com - Yaakov Lappin

When the Palestinian intifada broke out seven years ago, and sections of the American media began portraying Israel in a negative light, the American Jewish community didn't know what to do, Roz Rothstein, the founder and National Director of the ra ......

7/31/2007

SWU MISSION TO ISRAEL - July 2007

As the StandWithUs adult mission drew to an end last week, our participants discussed how fortunate they felt to have been a part of this extraordinary experience. Our farewell dinner was filled with tears and appreciation on the parts of StandWith ......

7/14/2007

Radicalism Among Muslim Professionals Worries Many - Hassan M. Fattah

For weeks, commentators and analysts in the Muslim world have been grappling with the implications that a Muslim doctor and engineer, at the pinnacle of their society, may have been behind the failed car bombings in London and Glasgow last month....

7/12/2007

StandWithUs Congratulates Michelle Rojas, the Taylors and the Seids

Special congratulations to Michelle Rojas, Zachary Taylor and Michael Seid, for making ALIYAH......

7/11/2007

Send children from SDEROT to SUPERLAND for the day

We have an opportunity to make a difference and show our love to the children of Sderot. We will take as many children as we can from Sderot to SUPERLAND in Tel Aviv for a day of fun and great food...you can help...

7/11/2007

Waqf Temple Mount excavation raises archaeologists' protests - Haaretz

The Waqf Muslim religious trust is digging a ditch from the northern side of the Temple Mount compound to the Dome of the Rock as a prelude to infrastructure work in the area, generating protests from archaeologists....

7/9/2007

North American immigration to Israel UP - Amiram Barkat & Daphna Berman

A 33-year high in immigration from North America is expected in 2007, with some 3,500 Americans and Canadians expected to move to Israel this year, according to a report released by Nefesh B'Nefesh on Thursday....

7/8/2007

MICKEY MOUSE BLOOD LIBEL LIVES ON---by--PMW - Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook

The squeaky-voiced mouse was gone, (Palestinian children were told that the mouse was beaten to death by Israelis) but Friday’s program continued to preach hatred and praise Shahada – death as a martyr for Allah. ...

7/6/2007

Jihad's Target: Women

The Islamist "Doctor's Plot" in the UK was fiendish, but one particularly horrific aspect of it has received insufficient attention: it was specifically aimed at women....

7/6/2007

Hamas threats keep crossing closed -- By Yaakov Katz - Jerusalem Post

Hamas's threat to open fire at throngs of Palestinians stranded in Egypt has thwarted Israeli plans to open the Kerem Shalom crossing to southern Gaza on Wednesday to let the travelers return to their homes, defense officials told The Jerusalem Post....

7/6/2007

JOIN THE GATHERINGS--- FREE THE HOSTAGES

Tell your friends-- Join us !!! Show the world that we have not forgotten and will not forget the abducted Israeli soldiers...

7/4/2007

IDF Summary of Coordination of Humanitarian Activity to the GAZA STRIP

Despite the volatile security situation in the Gaza Strip, the IDF is continuing its efforts to provide a response to humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip....

7/4/2007

Attention New York!! Contact your state assemblyman re. divestment from IRAN

Please contact your NY State Assemblyman and urge him/her to vote for this legislation below. It may be up for consideration as early as the middle of July so time is of the essence...

7/3/2007

Moral relativism and A Mighty Heart

I used to believe that the world essentially divided into two types of people: those who were broadly tolerant; and those who felt threatened by differences....

7/3/2007

Gazans pull kids out of Hamas weapons-training camp - Khaled Abu Toameh

"The Hamas supervisors are also giving lectures to the children accusing Fatah of collaboration with Israel and betraying the Palestinians. They are also quoting phrases from the Quran that encourage the children to kill the 'traitors.'"...

7/1/2007

Top Palestinian Journalist Seeks Asylum in Norway-Khaled Abu Toameh, JP

Seif al-Din Shahin, the correspondent for the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel network, left the Gaza Strip together with his family, they said, noting that he had received many death threats over the past few months....

7/1/2007

Methodist Report ‘Borders on Anti-Semitism' Seth Gitell - New York Sun

A leading Jewish group said the United Methodist Church's call to divest from 20 companies that do business with Israel "borders on anti-Semitism," upping the pressure on President Bush and Senator Clinton — both Methodists — to distance t ......

6/30/2007

HAMAS TV SHOWS "MICKEY MOUSE" KILLED BY ISRAELIS

In the final skit, Farfour was beaten to death by an actor posing as an Israeli official trying to buy Farfour's land. At one point, Farfour called the Israeli a "terrorist."...

6/30/2007

WRITE TO THE NEW YORK TIMES: Sample Letter and e-mail address

Your review fails to mention that the woman with the smiling face is responsible for the brutal murder of 16 Israelis, mostly children and mothers, and for the maiming of over 100 innocent Israeli citizens during the massacre. ...

6/29/2007

'That female is our child's murderer'--By Arnold Roth, Parent of Karen Malki

Today's New York Times carries a review of a film called "Hot House" that goes inside Israeli prisons and examines the lives of Palestinian prisoners. We're not recommending the film or the review. But we do want to share our feelings wi ......

6/28/2007

Who Killed Palestine? - Bret Stephens -- Wall Street Journal

Bill Clinton did it. Yasser Arafat did it. So did George W. Bush, Yitzhak Rabin, Hosni Mubarak, Ariel Sharon, Al-Jazeera and the BBC. The list of culprits in the whodunit called "Who Killed Palestine?" is neither short nor mutually exclusiv ......

6/28/2007

Bolton: I'm 'very worried' for Israel--David Horovitz, THE JERUSALEM POST

Sanctions and diplomacy have failed and it may be too late for internal opposition to oust the Islamist regime, leaving only military intervention to stop Iran's drive to nuclear weapons, the US's former ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, told The ......

6/28/2007

An Academic Hijacking

Many of the British academics who have been pushing the boycott of Israel are not advocates of the two-state solution, but of a one-state dissolution of Israel, with the resulting state being controlled by Hamas....

6/23/2007

URGENT: Help with California Assembly Bill 221

ATTENTION CALIFORNIANS: We must get out while the getting is good. If we are late on this issue, all profits will be lost because the stock will have weakened as a result of the successful divestment of the other states....

6/23/2007

Beware the Bloggers' Bile - Joe Klein - Time, in partnership with CNN

A reasonable reader might ask, Why are the left-wing bloggers attacking you? Aren't you pretty tough on the Bush Administration? Didn't you write a few months ago that George W. Bush would be remembered as one of the worst Presidents in history? An ......

6/22/2007

Palestinian Affairs: Guns and grassroots - Khaled Abu Toameh, Jerusalem Post

As Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah faction contemplate what to do with the hundreds of millions of dollars that the international community is about to pour on them following their defeat in the Gaza Strip, Hamas is busy planning how to export its " ......

6/21/2007

Behind the Masks - Thomas Friedman - New York Times

Every war has THE picture that captures its essence, and the Palestinian civil war in Gaza is no exception. My nominee would be the photograph of a Hamas fighter in Gaza, lounging in a senior Fatah official’s office over which he has just taken contr ......

6/20/2007

Write and Call the White House: Giving money to Fatah is DANGEROUS - from SWU

Americans do not want their tax dollars to continue funding the alternative terrorist group, Fatah, and the reckless policies of the past. Fatah has wreaked havoc on Palestinian society and on Israelis. It chose war lords instead of decent civic le ......

6/19/2007

Brothers to the Bitter End - By FOUAD AJAMI, The New York Times

SO the masked men of Fatah have the run of the West Bank while the masked men of Hamas have their dominion in Gaza. Some see this as a tolerable situation, maybe even an improvement, envisioning a secularist Fatah-run state living peacefully alongsid ......

6/19/2007

Gaza's Christians fear for their lives - Khaled Abu Toameh - Jerusalem Post

Christians living in Gaza City on Monday appealed to the international community to protect them against increased attacks by Muslim extremists. Many Christians said they were prepared to leave the Gaza Strip as soon as the border crossings are reopened....

6/19/2007

ALERT- California: A.B. 221 DIVEST FROM IRAN ACT

Call your State Senators in their Sacramento offices and ask them to co-author A.B. 221, the California Public Divest from Iran Act....

6/19/2007

Bring the Israeli Hostages Home NOW - From StandWithUs

Help focus everyone's attention on the hostages who are still not home with their families. Sign the petition at StandWithUs.com...

6/18/2007

Fatah: We've lost the battle for Jerusalem - Khaled Abu Toameh - JP

For the Arab residents of Jerusalem, the construction of the security fence around the city has been both a blessing and a curse....

6/17/2007

A Boycott Built on Bias - Opinion

Two weeks ago I took part in commencement for this year’s doctoral candidates at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The ceremony was held in the amphitheater on Mount Scopus, which faces out onto the Dead Sea and the Mountains of Moab. The setting s ......

6/15/2007

Siege (by Hamas) was months in the making - Mark Mackinnon - Globe and Mail

JERUSALEM — Hamas spent months planning and preparing to take over the Gaza Strip, importing weapons from abroad and training for a confrontation that the militant group's leadership believed had become inevitable, officials in the Islamist movement ......

6/15/2007

Benjamin Netanyahu on the academic boycott

video link...

6/14/2007

Why 'Peace Camps' Do Not Make Peace by Judea Pearl - Jewish Journal of LA

Last week marked the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Six-Day War, and Israeli society took a hard look at this pivotal turning point in its history. Silver-haired generals, retired politicians, journalists and analysts were the week's favorites on ......

6/13/2007

We Stand With Israel Rally -- DC - June 10, 2007

Speech by Roz Rothstein, National Director of StandWithUs...

6/13/2007

DePaul denies tenure to Finkelstein

DePaul University denied tenure to Norman Finkelstein, a professor who raised hackles for saying that Jewish groups have exploited the Holocaust....

6/11/2007

Joel Mowbray reports: Anatomy of a "resignation"

Joel Mowbray (jdmowbra@erols.com) follows up his series of reports on the government funded Al Hurra television network with analysis of the resignation of Larry Register: ...

6/8/2007

Breaking News! Dr. Norman Finkelstein Denied Tenure at Chicago’s DePaul University

Norman Finkelstein, the son of Holocaust survivors who has traded on that fact to become one of the most ardent critics of worldwide Jewry and Israel, has been denied tenure at DePaul University in Chicago according to the blog of Prof. Peter N. Kirstein....

6/7/2007

Be Careful What You Sue For

Pursuing a libel or slander suit has long been a dangerous enterprise. Oscar Wilde sued the father of his young lover Alfred Douglas for having referred to him as a "posing Somdomite" and wound up not only dropping his case but being tried, ......

6/6/2007

AL-HURRA: A Troublesome Government Funded Biased Network

Joel Mowbray reports: Congress hits Al-Hurra where it hurts...

6/4/2007

Pro-Israel group launches Washington poster campaign

A Washington, D.C. anti-Israel subway poster campaign launched earlier this month will not go unchallenged....

6/4/2007

Harvard legal expert vows to sue lecturers boycotting Israel

A top American lawyer has threatened to wage a legal war against British academics who seek to cut links with Israeli universities....

6/4/2007

What if Israelis had abducted BBC man?

Watching the horrible video of Alan Johnston of the BBC broadcasting Palestinian propaganda under orders from his kidnappers, I found myself asking what it would have been like had he been kidnapped by Israelis, and made to do the same thing the othe ......

6/4/2007

The eerie quiet of war

When I arrived in Sderot, the town of 24,000 residents in southwestern Israel that has sustained close to 250 kassam rocket attacks over the past two weeks causing death and destruction, the first thing I sensed was an eerie and unsettling sense of quiet....

6/4/2007

Gaza: Female TV staff get death threat

A radical Islamic group in the Gaza Strip issued a death threat over the weekend against women working for the official Palestinian Authority television station, accusing them of dressing immodestly and behaving in a way that violates the teachings o ......

6/4/2007

StandWithUs Condemns The Poisonous Rhetoric of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

StandWithUs condemns in the strongest possible terms, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his poisonous, inflammatory rhetoric against Israel....

6/4/2007

Watch: FLOWERS FOR TERRORISTS:

A Peter Himmelman Original Funny Impromptu Song-- Sung at the StandWithUs Festival of Lights......

6/4/2007

Dissecting the British Academic Boycott

The British University and College Union describes itself as the largest national association of lecturers and academic related staff....

6/4/2007

SPECIAL SIX DAY WAR SITE - set up by CAMERA

Find all the information in one place...

6/1/2007

STANDWITHUS DELIVERS PETITION WITH 8,000 SIGNATURES TO

PETITION URGES SCHOOL TO DENY TENURE TO NORMAN FINKLESTEIN ...

5/31/2007

A Call for Action against Occupation from the Israel Professor for Justice

We, Israeli professors for justice and peace, do hereby appeal to researchers, academics, scholars, and teachers in Israel and throughout the world to take a firm and clear stand against continuing occupation and denial of rights. We are of co ......

5/31/2007

How to End 'Islamophobia'

The latest survey of American Muslims won't reassure their fellow citizens. ...

5/30/2007

URGENT: British University BOYCOTT Send your letter NOW

Today the British University and College Union voted to adopt a policy broadly supporting a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, as well as calling for a moratorium on EU funding for Israeli research....

5/30/2007

Prelude to the Six Days

There has hardly been a Middle East peace plan in the past 40 years -- including the current Saudi version -- that does not demand a return to the status quo of June 4, 1967. Why is that date so sacred? Because it was the day before the outbreak of t ......

5/30/2007

DERSHOWITZ V. FINKELSTEIN: Why the famous lawyer is working so hard to deny tenure...

In this corner: Norman G. Finkelstein, an assistant professor of political science at Chicago's DePaul University. Finkelstein, who is Jewish, is a strident critic of Israel and claims that Jewish leaders have exploited the Holocaust for profit and ......

5/30/2007

Anti-Israel Rally in DC

On Sunday June 10th in Washinton DC at 2:00 p.m. on the West Lawn of the Capitol, there will be an anti-Israel rally....

5/30/2007

U.S. women can help Arab feminists

As a teenager in Cairo in the mid-1960s, I watched with admiration those Americans who stood up for progress, minority rights, civil rights and women's rights, and who fought against extreme and archaic values. You became role models for me. I passi ......

5/30/2007

Important: Regarding the work and support of Tashbih Sayyed

Our dear friend and special hero Tashbih Sayyed was burried last Sunday, May 27th. Many of the StandWithUs Board and Staff were in attendance with family and friends of Tashbih....

5/29/2007

NEW!! Hamas TV Video directing children to murder

Watch and send to friends....

5/27/2007

Stop Ahmadinejad Before It's Too Late

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not only wants to wipe the state of Israel off the world map but also sincerely believes that it can be done. And the first stage in his long term strategy is the project of creating doubt about the single most ......

5/26/2007

Israel’s Arab Citizens And The Jewish State

As another sign of the growing power of Global Jihad, Israel's Arab minority has rejected the idea of Israel as a Jewish state. In a manifesto, "The Future Vision of the Palestinian Arabs in Israel", drafted by 40 academics and activists u ......

5/25/2007

Pro-Israel group launches Washington poster campaign

A Washington, D.C. anti-Israel subway poster campaign launched earlier this month will not go unchallenged. As reported in The CJN on April 26, a group called the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (ETO) received permission from the Washi ......

5/25/2007

Arson suspected in synagogue fire

More than 40 firefighters were needed to extinguish the blaze, which broke out at 5 a.m. (0300GMT) in the Hekhal Haness Synagogue in the city's Malagnou neighborhood. The fire was under control in an hour, but the blaze and smoke appeared to have de ......

5/25/2007

The Hamas Ideology of Hatred and Genocide:

In light of the escalating conflict between Hamas and Israel, it’s important to review the Hamas ideology and understand how Hamas views the conflict. ...

5/25/2007

We have lost a dear friend, Tashbih Sayyed.

We are deeply saddened over the passing of our treasured friend and true hero Tashbih Sayyed. Tashbih was a moderate Muslim. Tashbih’s insights, firm moral principles and courage to speak out, unaffected by hostility and threats, inspired all of ......

5/22/2007

DEPAUL'S DISGRACE:

Oh, for sure. At my campus and at your campus, there was usually a nutcase professor who had very odd views, really very odd, about this and that. A professor of engineering would believe that blacks were stupid or that woman should stay home and do ......

5/22/2007

Israel: Hits on Hamas leaders an option to stop violence

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- As it ponders how to stop Hamas militants from launching rockets into Israel, the Jewish state is keeping all of its options open -- including assassination attempts on Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, a top Israeli defen ......

5/22/2007

History tells why Israel's mistrust of Arabs is deep

There has hardly been an Arab peace plan in the past 40 years — including the current Saudi version — that does not demand a return to the status quo of June 4, 1967. Why is that date so sacred? Because it was the day before the outbreak of the Six D ......

5/21/2007

US to invest $205m in missile defense with Israel

The US House of Representatives authorized a sum of 205 million dollars for financing joint US-Israel missile defense system projects, Israel Radio reported early Saturday morning ...

5/21/2007

Israeli, U.K. academics meet to discuss proposed academic boycott

BRIGHTON, England - Two very different groups of academics met at the University of Brighton on Wednesday. On one side of the table were five local representatives of Britain's University and College Union, the sponsors of a resolution proposing a ......

5/21/2007

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

A 35-year-old woman was killed and another man moderately injured Monday evening (May 21) when a Kassam rocket hit a car at a commercial center in Sderot. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Resistance Committees all claimed responsibility for the ......

5/18/2007

Palestinian Affairs: A Mickey Mouse unity

'I wonder what Farfur has to say about the latest fighting between Fatah and Hamas," a respected Palestinian journalist in the Gaza Strip said this week when asked to comment on the internecine violence....

5/17/2007

Bishara betrayed his own - Israeli Arabs

Azmi Bishara not only betrayed the state, but also the 70,000 people who voted for him in the last parliamentary election. And the damage he has done to the cause of Israel's entire Arab minority is almost irreparable. ...

5/16/2007

How the Media Partnered With Hezbollah: Harvard's Cautionary Report

While the war between Israel and Hezbollah raged in Lebanon and Israel last summer, it became clear that media coverage had itself started to play an important role in determining the ultimate outcome of that war. It seemed clear that news covera ......

5/16/2007

Hezbollah fighters are preparing for the next war

Muhammad looks like someone who has stepped out of a Calvin Klein underwear ad. He has spiky hair styled with gel, and long eyelashes shadow his eyes. He is wearing tight jeans and trendy trainers. A silver medallion of the two-headed sword of Imam A ......

5/16/2007

Factional Fighting Terrorizes Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Hamas gunmen riddled a Fatah police jeep with gunfire at close range Tuesday, killing eight policemen in the most ruthless round yet of factional fighting, pushing the Palestinian unity government closer to collapse....

5/15/2007

StandWithUs counters anti-Israel poster campaign on Washington DC subway with its own

The subway system in America's capital city is set to be the scene of a poster campaign war between a pro-Palestinian organization seeking to harm Israel's image and a pro-Israel group which has decided to fight back....

5/10/2007

Five Iraqi children to get lifesaving heart surgery here

Interior Ministry director-general Ram Belnikov, in response to a Jerusalem Post query on Thursday, immediately approved entry to Israel for a three-week-old Iraqi boy in need of lifesaving heart surgery to be treated at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa....

5/10/2007

Hamas hijacks Mickey

Farfur, bearing a striking resemblance to the trademark Disney character, encourages children to 'liberate' Muslim countries. ...

5/10/2007

STANDWITHUS LAUNCHES ‘TEACH PEACE’ AD CAMPAIGN TO COUNTER ANTI-ISRAEL ADS IN DC METR

(Los Angeles, CA) -- StandWithUs (SWU), a Los Angeles-based international education organization, will launch a month-long ad campaign in mid-May through June 11, urging Palestinians to teach their children peace instead of hate, and urging Palestini ......

5/7/2007

Nicolas Sarkozy, new President of France: past and future

In an interview Nicolas Sarkozy gave in 2004, he expressed an extraordinary understanding of the plight of the Jewish people for a home: “Should I remind you the visceral attachment of every Jew to Israel, as a second mother homeland? There is nothin ......

5/7/2007

Hizbullah offers Bishara asylum in Beirut

Shiite group says Azmi Bishara is 'fighter in Arab resistance movement,' offering him asylum in Lebanon ...

5/3/2007

Swastikas Posted on City Councilmans Office Doors

Posted: 5/3/2007 2:58:00 PM Author: LA Times Source: http://www.standwithus.com City councilman's office vandalized Three swastikas and an anti-Semitic manifesto were taped on the outside of the Sherman Oaks district office of Los Angeles ......

5/1/2007

Letters to the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the UCSC Conference

Regarding the anti-Israel conference at UC Santa Cruz: From the Santa Cruz Sentinel Letters Section What diversity of views? In the recent report about the anti-Zionist conference at UCSC, "Alternative Histories Within and Beyond Zioni ......

4/30/2007

PA Leader Calls for Killing All Jews and Americans - PMW

Posted: 4/30/2007 1:35:00 PM Author: Palestinian Media Watch Source: http://www.standwithus.com PA Leader calls for killing all Jews and Americans by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook Last week PMW released the text of this call for the ki ......

4/26/2007

NO TENURE FOR NORMAN FINKELSTEIN-- Please sign the petition

He has met with Hezbollah, and he is a Holocaust minimizer, who calls Holocaust Survivor Eli Wiesel the "clown of the Holocaust circus." He is brought to campuses by anti-Israel to offer his one-sided cynical anti-Israel perspective. Nor ......

4/26/2007

ACTION: Write to UC Santa Cruz because their conference crossed the line

There is actually something you can do. Take a moment and express your concern to the following people at the University. Their names appear below followed by their positions and individual e-mail addresses, but for your convenience you can copy and ......

4/23/2007

StandWithUs Concerned About Recent UCSC Conference on Zionism

STANDWITHUS URGES UC SANTA CRUZ TO TAKE POSITIVE STEPS TOWARDS BRINGING BALANCE AND SENSITIVITY TO CAMPUS EVENTS...

4/20/2007

Penn State sued for censoring anti-terrorism Art

Joshua H. Stulman, the former Penn State art student whose anti-terrorism artwork was censored by Penn State, and who was labeled a racist propagandist for Israel by two professors, has filed a Complaint in federal court claiming violations of his Fi ......

4/19/2007

(Some) Palestinians Disavow "right of return"

A large and growing number of young Palestinians born abroad have no interest in coming to the Palestinian Authority or Israel, Palestinians in London have told Ynetnews....

4/19/2007

Bethlehem Muslim Gang Accused of Grabbing Christians' Land

Dozens of Christian families from the Bethlehem area are about to discover that their homes and lands have been "sold" to Muslims without their knowledge, Palestinian Authority security officials said Thursday....

4/19/2007

The Power of Green

One day Iraq, our post-9/11 trauma and the divisiveness of the Bush years will all be behind us — and America will need, and want, to get its groove back. We will need to find a way to reknit America at home, reconnect America abroad and restore Amer ......

4/18/2007

ACT NOW: Save California's Pension Funds

Support Assembly Bill 221 AB 221, introduced by Assemblyman Joel Anderson, will Save Californiaâ€™s Public Pension Funds from Bad Investments in Iran which has Bad Credit, Poor Accounting and Political and Economic Instability. Think that Calif ......

4/18/2007

Hamas views Gilad Shalit as insurance policy against Gaza invasion

In Hamas' view, Gilad Shalit has turned into an "insurance policy" against an Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. The group estimates that the invasion would have already taken place had Shalit not been held in a Gaza hideout....

4/17/2007

(Holocaust Survivor) Israeli Professor killed in US shooting

As Jews worldwide honored on Monday the memory of those who were murdered in the Holocaust, a 75-year-old (Holocaust) survivor sacrificed his life to save his students in Monday's shooting at Virginia Tech college that left 32 dead and over two doze ......

4/17/2007

UCLA Lecture Focuses on Islam, Women

Phyllis Chesler, who is a professor of psychology and womenâ€™s studies at the College of Staten island, spoke on campus Monday about her experiences in Afghanistan. Phyllis Chesler said she believes her experiences as a woman living under Islamic ......

4/14/2007

STANFORD: Officials Bar Public from Walid Shoebat Event

Stanford University, renowned as a global hub of intellectual freedom, says it will bar the public from attending a panel discussion Monday night because one of the speakers is "controversial." The speaker, who goes by the name Walid Sho ......

4/14/2007

UK Reporters Union to Boycott Israel

Britain's National Union of Journalists has voted at its annual meeting for a boycott of Israeli goods as part of a protest against the Second Lebanon War, the British daily Guardian reported on its Web site Friday evening. The vote was carried 6 ......

4/13/2007

The Israel Brain Vitamin

Americans looking for a natural way to improve memory and mood now have a powerful tool at their disposal. The FDA has authorized an Israeli-made product called Lipogen to be used as a food additive. A natural functional food ingredient that impro ......

4/12/2007

Dangerous Times for Israel - (Placating Arab World at Israels Expense)

For the first time in years the US and Israel are not seeing eye to eye regarding key issues. American policies in the Bush Administration's final stretch have two main parallel objectives: To enlist the support of "moderate" Arab states, ......

4/12/2007

Possible Hamas Split Worries Israel

As negotiations over the release of Cpl. Gilad Schalit appeared to enter their final lap this week, grave concern was expressed within the Israeli defense establishment on Wednesday over the growing rift within Hamas, which officials warned could jeo ......

4/12/2007

EU Says No to Aiding Palestinian Unity Government

From the article: "(Ferrero-Waldner) repeated the international demands that the Palestinian government renounce violence, formally recognize Israel's right to exist and abide by former agreements. Ferrero-Waldner said until that happened the E ......

4/12/2007

The Trouble With Islam

Not many years ago the brilliant Orientalist, Bernard Lewis, published a short history of the Islamic world's decline, entitled "What Went Wrong?" Astonishingly, there was, among many Western "progressives," a vocal dislike for t ......

4/12/2007

Synagogue in Chicago Vandelized

Vandals spray-painted "Free Palestine" and "Death to Israel" on the Ner Tamid Ezra Ha-Bonim Synagogue on the North Side of Chicago during Pessah....

4/3/2007

Well-traveled journalist shares views of Middle East Conflict at Sonoma

Sonoma State students and visitors had a rare opportunity last Thursday to listen to an internationally acclaimed journalist share a unique perspective on the ongoing Palestinian and Israeli conflict....

4/2/2007

Teachers Drop the Holocaust to Avoid Offending Muslims

Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Government backed study has revealed....

4/1/2007

Watch Nonie Darwish on Arab Television: Al-Arabiya

Read a transcript of the interview....

4/1/2007

UN Rights Council Adopts Religious Defamation Act, (only about Islam)

Islamic countries pushed through a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council on Friday urging a global prohibition on the public defamation of religion, a response largely to the furor last year over caricatures published in a Danish newspaper of the ......

3/30/2007

NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM: Suicide Killers on DVD May 1

Since the Palestinian uprising of the second intifada in 2001, internationally-acclaimed filmmaker Pierre Rehov has directed six major documentaries: The War of Images, The Trojan Horse, Holy Land: Christians In Peril, The Road To Jenin, Silent Exodu ......

3/30/2007

Hypocrisy at the United Nations: New Video you must see and share

Hypocrisy at the United Nations - UNBELIEVABLE EVIDENCE of collective prejudice against Israel....

3/29/2007

HAMAS TV: Video of 4 year old singing to her mother who exploded

Hamas TV broadcast today a video dramatization of the four-year-old daughter of female suicide bomber Reem Riyashi singing to her dead mother and vowing to follow in her footsteps. The video clip ends as the little girl picks up sticks of explosives ......

3/29/2007

Silencing Passover

You'll have to forgive me this week if I get all wistful and spiritual on you, but there's something about Passover I need to get off my chest. I have a question for my readers. How many of you have been so moved by a Passover experience that so ......

3/29/2007

US Aid Will be used to "hit the Zionists" - Quote from Abu Ahmed - HAMAS

The declared "military wing" of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party took credit for two of seven rockets fired into Israel on Tuesday, vowed to break a Gaza ceasefire and told WND that US financial aid pledged for Fa ......

3/28/2007

Hunted Women of Gaza

Change had begun in Gaza long before its women began to fall. Late last year, several internet cafes and music stores were bombed. In February, six pharmacies in the southern town of Rafah were also attacked because they persisted in selling Viagra t ......

3/28/2007

Judea Pearl: Why do Homo Sapiens Recognize Israel's Existence

Saree Makdisi's recent "Outside the Tent" column "In the war of words, The Times is Israel's ally" raises interesting questions regarding the international community's insistence that Palestinians recognize Israel's right to e ......

3/28/2007

Phyllis Chesler coming to UCLA: April 16th

Dr. Phyllis Chesler, one of the pioneering voices of the modern feminist movement, Emerita Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at the City University of New York and author of 13 books, including the ground breaking international best sell ......

3/26/2007

Bolton Defends Israel's War on Hezbollah

Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton on Thursday defended Israel's war with Hezbollah militia in Lebanon last summer as legitimate and one that had the support of several Arab countries as well as the United States. ...

3/26/2007

Anti-Semitism a problem in the UK on universities

MEASURES to tackle antisemitism in British universities will be unveiled this week amid concern about rising discrimination. The government will warn vice-chancellors they must not ignore antiJewish activity on campuses and must prevent prejudiced ......

3/26/2007

Khaled Abu Toameh at Pomona College

Khaled Abu Toameh, an Arab-Israeli-Muslim journalist and television news producer who has reported from the West Bank and Gaza Strip for more than 20 years and currently writes for Jerusalem Post, spoke at Rose Hills Theatre last Tuesday evening abou ......

3/26/2007

Ahmadinejad Charms U.S. Church Leaders

Americans worried about the threat to world peace and security posed by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can sleep easy. He is not the anti-Semitic madman the media makes him out to be. He is actually an affable gentleman willing to make peace w ......

3/24/2007

Dr. Phyllis Chesler to speak at UCLA on April 16th

Dr. Phyllis Chesler to speak at UCLA on Monday April 16th TOPIC: "FEMINISM, ISLAM, ISRAEL, AND THE JEWS" 4pm, Monday, April 16 Kerckhoff Hall, UCLA, 1st floor Kerckhoff, room 131 The presentation is sponsored by UCLA-SPME and by S ......

3/24/2007

HAMAS TV teaching hatred and murder of Jews - see video

The Middle East Media Research Institute has video and a transcript of a Hamas TV interview with two adorable tykes whose mother, Rim Al-Riyashi, was a suicide bomber....

3/21/2007

Straight Talk on Palestine's (NEW UNITY GOVERNMENT)

Even before the Palestinian "unity" government was sworn in Saturday at least five European countries announced that they would resume their business with the Hamas-led coalition. The U.S. has endorsed Israel's position on the Palestini ......

3/21/2007

Meet Civil Rights Director in Michigan - TOPIC: Campus Anti-Semitism

To cap off what has been a banner inaugural year, StandWithUs/Michigan, which has proudly supported local students on the ground and out front in challenging anti-Israel bias and hostility in the classroom and on campus, is honored to bring the direc ......

3/16/2007

Self Criticism by a Palestinian Academic regarding INCITEMENT

In an open challenge to Palestinian leadership, Dr. Nadir Sa'id of Bir Zeit University condemned the violence in Palestinian society and placed the blame on the political and religious leaders. He blamed both Fatah and Hamas, including the Prime Min ......

3/16/2007

17 year old Arab Israeli Yousur Faisal---- "Rapping on Life"

Yousur Faisal is really something else. For a start, the 17-year-old resident of Tamra, an Arab town about 20 minutes drive east of Haifa, claims to be the only female Arab rapper in the region, possibly in the entire world. That is all the more rema ......

3/16/2007

Israel, PA, Jordan agree to build joint agro-industrial park in West Bank

Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan agreed on a plan Wednesday to build an agroindustrial park in the West Bank, part of efforts backed by Japan to promote economic cooperation and development in the Middle East....

3/16/2007

Khaled Abu Toameh - Upcoming California StandWithUs Tour

ARAB/ISRAELI KHALED ABU TOAMEH CALIFORNIA CAMPUS TOUR...

3/8/2007

The trouble with the apartheid analogy

IS ISRAEL an apartheid state? Apparently Nelson Mandela thinks so. In a recent letter to New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, Mandela lays out the case against Israel with unusual candour. Mandela’s words are now being quoted all over the world. ......

3/8/2007

German Bishops Cross the Line

When German Bishop Gregor Maria Franz Hanke made a direct comparison between the West Bank City of Ramallah and the Warsaw Ghetto during his recent trip to Israel, he did more than exhibit a tremendous ignorance of history and of the current situatio ......

3/5/2007

You Have the Right to Shut Up

Did you hear about the local court in Israel that sentenced a newspaper editor and a reporter to a year in jail for criticizing the prime minister? Or how about the 100 men who were arrested at a private party in Tel Aviv because they were "danc ......

2/28/2007

Help Keep Israeli College Students in School

ATTENTION!!! Many Israeli college students are in need of our help and have asked StandWithUs for assistance....

2/28/2007

We Desperately Need Friends

Extraordinary times bring extraordinary challenges. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s many of us believed that the greatest threat to Israel had vanished. It seemed inevitable that without their principal sponsor Israel's Arab ......

2/26/2007

Smoke Bomb Thrown into Jewish Kindergarten in Berlin

A tragedy was avoided on Sunday after a smoke bomb, thrown through a window of a Jewish kindergarten in Berlin, failed to ignite....

2/25/2007

StandWithUs offers Israel 101 - a guide to challenge misinformation

More than a year in the making, "Israel 101" offers a short but comprehensive primer on Israel, addressing such subjects as the recent war in Lebanon, terrorism and the modern Zionist movement, said StandWithUs education research director R ......

2/25/2007

Jerusalem Post Op-Ed regarding new Palestinian Text Books

Anyone who hopes for peace should be horrified by the content of the latest set of Palestinian schoolbooks. In many respects, these new books for Grade 12, written by Fatah-appointed Palestinian educators, are the worst of the textbooks produced by t ......

2/24/2007

Zionism, Not Racism

On our campuses, students hear speeches vilifying the word Zionists. They are shocked to hear Zionist said with such venom and that Zionism is racism. They are most shocked when they discover that such accusations are often made by Jews themselves. M ......

2/24/2007

How did a Muslim Moroccan come to live in Tel Aviv?

At first glance, Fayce (not his real name), looks like a normal, young Tel Aviv resident. His native sounding unaccented Hebrew - complete with all of the Israeli slang - and his mannerisms bear all the hallmarks of someone who has lived in Israel fo ......

2/23/2007

Arab MK Appointed to Ministry of Science, Culture & Sport

As part of Ehud Olmertâ€™s long-awaited â€œCabinet Reshuffle,â€ an Israeli Arab, Labor MK Raleb Majadle, has been appointed as Israelâ€™s Minister of Science, Culture and Sport. Majadele is the first Arab ever to be named to the governmentâ€™s inner ......

2/17/2007

Q and A on the Temple Mount with Dr. Eilat Mazar

Renowned archeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar of the Hebrew University and the Shalem Center answers readers' questions about the Mughrabi Gate dispute and the status of the Temple Mount in recent years. Of the hundreds of questions received, here are 20 wh ......

2/17/2007

Stanford: Finkelstein Lives in Elaborate Fantasy

A graduate student's response to a visit from Norman Finkelstein to the campus of Stanford University....

2/16/2007

TWO Exciting Opportunities for L.A. TEACHERS

UPCOMING WORKSHOP 1. LearnIsrael: A multicultural nation 2. Facing History & Ourselves' Professional Development & Evaluation Project opportunity...

2/13/2007

European Officials Agree to Widen Sanctions Against Iran

European negotiators, yielding to pressure from the United States, have agreed to widen a ban on financial transactions with Iran and the export of materials and technology that Iran could use to develop nuclear weapons....

2/10/2007

Nonie Darwish Denounces Hate Mongering at Brown

Nonie Darwish gives a talk at Brown University addressing the problem of hate-mongering as a means by Arab leaders to distract attention from the real issues, such as poverty, affecting Palestinians....

2/9/2007

Senator Clinton Concerned About Palestinian Textbooks

Washington, DC - On Thursday, February 8, 2007, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will join with Palestinian Media Watch Director Itamar Marcus and Associate Director Barbara Crook, to release a new report detailing the continuing anti-Israel bias in sc ......

2/9/2007

This Holocaust Will Be Different

The second holocaust will not be like the first. The Nazis, of course, industrialized mass murder. But still, the perpetrators had one-on-one contact with the victims. They may have dehumanized them over months and years of appalling debasement and i ......

2/9/2007

Holocaust Denial Comes to Stanford

The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East (CJME) and its splinter group, Students Confronting Apartheid in Israel (SCAI), are at it again; pulling no punches in their relentless campaign to demonize the Jewish People and delegitimize Israel. Tonig ......