Archive for the ‘Israel Advocacy’ Category

Former PM of Spain: Support Israel – If It Goes Down, We All Go Down

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

This article by the former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar was originally published in the The Times (UK): If Israel 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 By José María Aznar For far too ...

Mountain Equipment Co-op Adopts Resolutions That Will End Calls to Boycott Israel

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Supporters of the Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) ethical sourcing policy and friends of Israel were pleased with the results of the recent MEC elections, released Thursday night. Here is a first person account of the AGM. A report on the MEC AGM by Dan Schloss, Canada-Israel Committee Pacific Region Manager, Advocacy I made ...

Download the Top Ten Anti-Israel Lies Brochure

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

New from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the 2010 Top Ten Anti-Israel Lies brochure debunks rumors about Israel and its people. Here are some of the Lies and responses are as follows: LIE: Israel was created by European guilt over the Nazi Holocaust. Why should Palestinians pay the price? RESPONSE: Three thousand years before ...

Speech by Spanish Activist Pilar Rahola: The Struggle of Israel is the Struggle of the World

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Pilar Rahola is a Spanish politician, journalist and activist. Her articles are published in Spain and throughout some of the most important newspapers in Latin America. Here she addresses pro-Palestinian demonstrations: Why don't we see demonstrations against Islamic dictatorships in London, Paris , Barcelona ? Or demonstrations against the Burmese dictatorship? ...

Video: Israel – Defying the Odds

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Here is a new video from Aish.com in honour of Yom Haatzmaut:

New Advocacy Video: Size Doesn’t Matter

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

The video below, produced by young Canadian advocates for Israel, has been making the viral rounds. Some find it too sexy - what do you think?

An Unholy Alliance With the Chávez Regime?

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

An Unholy Alliance With the Chávez Regime? by Sara Saber-FreedmanExecutive Vice President, CIC Even those who are critical of Israeli policies may find it hard to understand why any organization with the word “Jewish” in its name would be encouraging its members to participate in a rally supporting the Chavez ...

The Myth of Jewish Colonialism

Monday, December 14th, 2009

This excellent blog post from the Jewcy website takes on the Zionists-as-colonialists mythology: The Myth of Jewish Colonialism by Bataween, December 14, 2009 In much discourse about the Middle East, there is a widespread myth that Jews are interlopers from Europe and the US - white westerners who came to ‘colonise' and 'steal ...

BUYcott Israel Update: Huge Success for MEC Initiative

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

The Nov. 29 BUYcott Israel Action in support of Mountain Equipment Co-op's Ethical Sourcing Policy was an outstanding success right across Canada. Every city reported that many friends of Israel visited their local MEC outlets to enthusiastically purchase memberships in the co-op and Israeli produced goods. Our team in Vancouver partnered ...

What Does “Pro-Palestinian” Really Mean? by Khaled Abu Toameh

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

In a piece for Hudson New York (affiliated with the Hudson Institute think tank), Jerusalem Post writer (and Israeli-Arab) Khaled Abu Toameh looks at how many "pro-Palestinian"  activists do nothing to actually help their cause: In recent years there has been a significant rise in the number of non-Palestinians who describe ...