Advocate For Israel

Grassroots Activism (online)

• Community Ambassador Training Course
  Organized by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Jewish Agency, this online course will train community spokesmen for Israel. Send email to contactcenter@jazo.org.il for more information. Limited enrollment.
   
• www.Takeactionnow.org
  A MUST USE: Take Action Now provides a unique online experience in grassroots activism. The site is predominantly driven by its registered users (registration is free). One can receive and post information related to activism for Israel and specific events on campus both within and outside of the university -- in order to allow for a widespread and thoughtful exchange on the troubling issues in Israel and the Middle East.
   
• Israel Hasbara Committee
  Sign up and they will contact you with how you can help advocate on behalf of Israeli PR
   
• Israel Info. Center
  EXCELLENT. Lists dozens of online Israel advocacy sites: petitions, donation sites, media response, as well as articles and links to Israel activism organizations.
   
• Action Israel
  Clearing house of political actions you can take to support Israel including How to organize Israeli vendor days, media monitoring and political action.
   
• Stand With Us: Grassroots Activism Group
  Focus on Media Watch, Educational Activism, and Action Alerts. Lists of contact information and Easy Action Items.
   
• Olam 4 Israel
  Top 10 Actions, Top 10 Editorials, and give one minute of your time daily to help Israel.
   
• Israel Action Center
  This site provides the reader with accurate information about the Middle East, comprising 22 Arab countries, Iran and Israel. The information presented is, predominantly, from recognized Arab, Iranian and international sources.

Political Action

• Institute for Public Affairs
  Keep your synagogue updated with issues facing the Jewish community. Join the Action Network. Receive IPA action alerts. The IPA works to protect Jewish interests and freedoms by providing government officials with informative policy briefings, advocating legislative and regulatory initiatives, and informing our constituency's grass-roots political activities.
   
• How to call a meeting with Elected Officials
  IPA Guidebook
   
• Simon Wiesenthal Center Petition Archive
  A list of Wiesenthal Center initiated petitions
   
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee
  Find your local Congressman, Senator, and other elected officials to advocate for Israel. Check the current issues and find contact information for your local AIPAC group.
   
• Voter Registration Forms
  Print voter registration forms for your community and run a drive! Contact the IPA for a “how to” at ipa@ou.org or 212-613-8123.
   
• Locate your Senator
   
• Locate your Congressman

PR/Media Monitoring

• Excellent PR Website
   
• CAMERA Guide: Equip Yourself to Respond to Media Bias
   
• How to Respond to Media Bias: Effective Local Media Monitor & Response Plan
   
• The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America
  CAMERA systematically monitors, documents, reviews and archives Middle East coverage. Staffers directly contact journalists and publishers concerning distorted or inaccurate coverage. We offer proof, facts and information in an effort to educate journalists who may have unwittingly fallen victim to anti-Israel propaganda. CAMERA encourages the public to assist in the media bias battle by becoming a CAMERA member and reporting biases in the media.
   
• Honest Reporting
  One of the world’s largest media watch groups. With websites in four languages Honest Reporting has become one of the leaders in reporting anti-Israel bias in the media. Members are urged to send e-mails to news organizations who have shown an anti-Israel bias.
   
• Middle East Media Research Institute
  Bridging the language gap between the Middle East and the west. MEMRI translates documents from the Arab media and books and enlightens the public on Arab views.
   
• Minnesota Against Terrorism
  See what one grassroots group accomplished in the area of media monitoring.

Guides, Cartoons, Facts

• Collection of Middle East-related Political Cartoons & Online Videos
  Looking for pithy cartoons to add punch to reports or presentations? Also, great collection of articles, quotations, videos, etc.
   
• Palestinian Terror Flash Presentations
  Topics include “Innocent Palestinian Children” and footage from Jenin.
   
• Facts About Israel
  From history, to population, to geography to climate. These are the basics with links from the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Want more? Contact your local Israeli embassy or consulate.
   
• Israel Insider
  Israel Insider offers: Maps of security incidents (updated daily); Disputed territories zoom maps; Israel's changing borders; Comparative charts for population & area data in the Middle East; Original articles, links to recommended features
   
• Order Victims of Terror Posters, Banners, Bracelets
  You can also download posters of individual faces of the victims. For use in rallies, events to raise awareness.
   
• Statistical Analysis of Casualties in the Palestinian - Israeli Conflict, September 2000 - June 2002
   
• Recent Terror Attacks in Israel since October 2001
  Note, the second Intifada began in September 2000.
   
• Israel Science: The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Basic Facts
   
• How to Organize a Hasbara Campaign
   
• The Arab Israel Conflict in Maps
  From the Ottoman Rule to the British Mandate to Arab and Jewish Refugees in 1948 to Gilo in 2000.
   
• Myths and Facts about the Mid-East Conflict
  An informative and educational guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Mitchell G. Bard. Sponsored by the American Israeli Cooperative Enterprise.
   
• Government and Media Outlets
   
• History in a Nutshell
  An animated presentation on the History of Israel, geographic comparison of Israel to the Arab world, includes references to the Refugee issue.
   
• History of Israel “Palestine”
  The History of Israel and Palestine in very Easy to understand maps.
   
• 20 Facts about the Middle East
  EXCELLENT. Written by Jack Kemp, William Bennett, and Jeane Kirkpatrick. These 20 facts will help serve as a solid grounding in the facts of the matter-facts that too often are forgotten about the Middle East crisis, if ever they were learned. Roots of the Conflict and Facts about the State of Israel. Excellent collection of articles available on this site.
   
• Major Arab Terrorist Attacks against Israelis Prior to the 1967 Six Day War
  The claim that “occupation” causes terrorism is historically flawed. Arab and Palestinian terrorism against Israel existed before Israeli control over the West Bank. Here are the dates and incidents.
   
• Bibliography of Jewish Websites
  EXCELLENT. Categorized listing of Jewish websites of interest.
   
• View a 1-minute video clip of Yeshiva University at the Washington Rally for Israel - 56k  | 128k
   
• A Video Presentation of Avshalom Katz singing Avinu Shebashamayim with a selection of photos from Israel.
   
• 30 second vido about the role of Palestinian children in the current conflict
  A presentation by One Jerusalem.

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