DAVID OLESKER
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ADVOCATING • FOR • ISRAEL
Resources
Successful advocacy for Israel requires three things:
- Information
- Skills
- A forum to advocate in.
Information Sources on Israel and the Middle East
Here are some links to websites that will keep you up to date on the information you need.
- Arutz Sheva Israel Broadcasting Network
- Israel Radio (Audio news three times a day in English. Other languages also available.)
- Globes (Israel’s answer to the Financial Times or the Wall Street Journal)
- Jerusalem Post
- Ha’Aretz English
- Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- News From Israel (Clearing house for Israel news from the Israel Information Office in Scotland)
- IDF (News & analysis of all IDF operations and activities, special events, dealing with terrorism, IDF training, military cooperation, myth busting and more.)
- Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (detailed information on Israel’s foreign relations, International law and much more.)
- World Zionist Organization Hasbara page has news and resources on countering anti-Jewish bias.
- Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Bland title masks unexcelled site for in-depth briefing papers. The pro-Israel policy wonk’s dream! (JCPA)
- The Middle East Media and Research Institute (monitors Palestinian and other Arab Media) (MEMRI):
- Palestine Media Watch Translations and access to video and text material from the Palestinian Authority
- Independent Media Review and Analysis (interviews and surveys take you behind the headlines) (IMRA)
- Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA)
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee
- Anti-Defamation League (One of the oldest human rights organization in the world also supports the rights of the Jewish people to national self-determination
- CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy on Mid-East Reporting in America holds the media to account in their coverage of Israel and the region)
- Honest Reporting media monitoring group with an international perspective
- AICE (American-Israel Cooperative Enterprise) Home of the online Jewish Virtual Library, a wide-ranging resource on Israel, the Middle East and antisemitism
- The David Project grassroots pro-Israel advocacy with an accent on the broader issues of the conflict.
- Mid-east Truth Cartoons collection of editorial cartoons about Israel and the middle-east (not all are subtle!) with links to even more.
Organizations Working with Students on Israel Advocacy
- Hasbara Fellowships Offers high-level training missions to Israel, activism conferences in North America, speaker and trainers for your campus, films, advice and other resources.
- Stand with Us (in addition to the “adult” site listed above, the campus department offers specialized guidance, ideas and materials for the student advocate.
- Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) Source for grants and support from an organization that seeks to mobilize students and faculty in support of Israel.
