Pro Israel Advocacy

The Numbers Prove It, Now Let's Use It: Young Rabbis Love Israel

Scott Perlo | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Pro-Peace, Israel, Israeli Settlements, Rabbis, Rabbinical Students, J Street, Benjamin Netanyahu, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Middle East, Religion and Politics, Religion News
Scott Perlo

All of the pro-Israel, pro-peace activists and thinkers I know are under constant barrage of attempts to prove that they are faking their authentic and deep connection to Israel, that they are somehow the enemy itself.

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The Organization That Cries Wolf

Josh Ruebner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Israel, Anti-Defamation League, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Adl, Israel, World News
Josh Ruebner

Sadly, the ADL has strayed from its original core mission "to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all."

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So Much Heat, So Little Light

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Thomas Friedman, James Woolsey, Jeffrey Goldberg, John Bolton, Caroline Glick, Judaism, Haley Barbour, Aspen Institute, Isreali-Palestinian Crisis, Bob Mcdonnell, Settlements, Right Wing, Talmud, Barack Obama, Rick Perry, Aspen, Aipac, J Street, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Obama AIPAC, New York Times, Benjamin Netanyahu, Tim Pawlenty, Glenn Beck, Zionism, Israel, Republican Party, Republicans, World News
Larry Gellman

What I continue to find shocking is that the message, tactics, and unrelenting anger of the Republican Party are becoming echoed and displayed by so many Americans who call themselves "pro-Israel."

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UC Students Shouting Down the Israeli Ambassador: Boneheaded? Perhaps... Illegal? Not So Fast

Mark Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zionism, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Occupied Territories, Campus Protest, Chemerinsky, Israel, Palestine, UC Irvine, College News
Mark Levine

My hope is that the members of the UCI community can use this event as a teachable moment, coming together as a campus more clearly to define the limits of acceptable protest.

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J Street Again

James Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pro-Peace, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, J Street, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Arab, Jewish, Middle East Peace Process, Israel, Peace, Arab-Israeli Conflict, World News
James Zogby

In the 1990s, when we came together, we only did it at the behest of the White House, and Israeli and Palestinian leaders on the White House lawn validated the effort. This time is different.

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My Pro-Israel Friends Need Pro-Zac

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, War on Terror, Jeffrey Goldberg, Obama Muslim, Haaretz, Terrorism, Middle East Politics, President Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Aipac, Middle East, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Jewish, Obama AIPAC, The Atlantic, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel-Bonds, Muslim, Israel, United-Jewish-Appeal, Israel Gaza Operation, Max Blumenthal, World News
Larry Gellman

What was once a proud, smart, intelligent, nuanced, and diverse movement has devolved into a combination cult-booster club.

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Let Truth Trump Fear in the Jewish Community

Jeremy Ben-Ami | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Republican Jewish Coalition, Abner Mikva, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Tony McPeak, Jeremy Ben-Ami, Ehud Olmert, Jerimiah Wright, Alan Dershowitz, Robert Malley, J Street, Robert Wexler, Gallup, RJC Obama, Barack Obama, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Israel Iran, Politics News
Jeremy Ben-Ami

Let's hope the real victor in 2008 is the Jewish community -- as it finally excises the politics of fears and smears and forces candidates to debate the issues on the merits.

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Rashid Khalidi: The Republicans' Latest Smear of Obama

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Obama Israel, Smear Tactics, Palestine, Israel, Rashid Khalidi, 2008 Election, Election, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Palestine, 2008 Presidential Election, Obama Pro-Israel, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Obama Smear Ads, Politics News
Stephen Zunes

What may indeed be behind these right-wing campaigns is not derailing Obama's almost inevitable election as president, but limiting his policy options after he becomes president.

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How Stupid Do They Think Jews Are?

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama, Pro-Palestine, Smear Ads, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Jewish Voters Obama, Obama Muslim Smear, Israel, Rashid Khalidi, Jewish Voters, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
MJ Rosenberg

Nonetheless, it is time for Jews to demand that it stop. This constant (and nauseating) pandering on Israel coupled with invoking the Holocaust and bashing Arabs is insulting to us.

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