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Libraries: The New Mideast Battlefront
\”Libraries have become the latest battleground in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,\” said Andrea Rapp, a Judaica librarian at the Isaac M. Wise Temple in Cincinnati, who has compiled examples of alleged anti-Israel bias appearing in children\’s books.
Truth More Powerful Than Advocacy
With a copy of \”Making the Case for Israel\” under one arm and a blue solidarity bracelet on my wrist, I first entered The Media Line\’s (TML) Jerusalem bureau seeking an outlet for my pro-Israel passion.
Brand Israel
\”Our modern brand is in trouble,\” Weinberg told a group of Los Angeles Jewish leaders who gathered last week to discuss branding and advocacy on Israel at the Israeli consulate.
Fast and Loose With Facts at Ha’aretz
The Israeli daily Ha\’aretz, a favorite of the intelligentsia in Israel and the West, and widely cited by the North American press, is frequently referred to as \”Israel\’s New York Times.\” But a New York Times it is not.
Tensions Rise Over U.N. Hamas Support
UNRWA chief Peter Hansen drew Israeli ire on Oct. 3 when he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that there were Hamas members on the agency\’s payroll.
Evangelicals Back Israel at RNC
\”Evangelical Christians support Israel because according to prophecy, Jews have to be in Israel in order for the apocalypse to happen, and the messiah and all that stuff,\” Al Franken said.
\”And when that happens, of course, Jews will all burn in hell,\” he said. \”And so I think at that point the coalition will break up.\”
Fine-Tuning
\”I don\’t get it,\” one of them told me. \”Here this popular governor is going to Israel at a time when Israel really needs all the friends it can get, and people are turning it into an issue. I\’ve had it with the Jews.\”
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