"On Al-Aqsa TV, Yousuf Al-Sharrafi, Palestinian Legislative Council Member from Hamas, Calls for Suicide Operations in Israeli Buses and Restaurants"

Publication: Middle East Media Research Institute


Why It Is Important: Demonstrates that a Hamas member of the Palestinian government is calling for attacks on civilians and using anti-Semitic claims to smear the Jewish people on Palestinian television.



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"Jewish group questions Carter's apology"

Publication: Yediot Aharonot



Why It Is Important: Shows that Jimmy Carter's apology to the Jewish people was questionable.



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"Israeli advance in stem cell tech"

Publication: Jerusalem Post (Israel)


Why It Is Important: Stem cells research and treatment represent the cutting edge of medical technology. This new Israeli advance will make using the technology much easier for scientists, doctors and researchers.


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"Sell Your Chametz Online"

Publication: Chabad.org


Why It Is Important: As Jews are not allowed to own Chametz during Passover, bread and similar products that have risen, Jews must either get rid of all of these products or sell them. Chabad.org has a program that allows you to sell your Chametz online.


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"Fast of the Firstborn"

Publication: Chabad.org


Why It Is Important: Explains the Fast of the Firstborn, which begins tomorrow morning.


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"OU Kosher for Passover"

Publication: Orthodox Union


Why It Is Important: One of the best guides for keeping Kosher on Passover


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"The Warped Mirror: EU justice for refugees"

Publication: Jerusalem Post (Israel)


Why It Is Important: The Arab world has been demanding a "right of return" for Palestinians that they consider refugees. This article reviews how Europeans have decided refugee status in several recent cases.


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"Israel finds Australian support"

Publication: Jerusalem Post (Israel)


Why It Is Important: Shows support by Australian politicians for Israel's fight against terrorists.



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"Hoyer-Cantor Letter"

Publication: American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)


Why It Is Important: Following President Obama's reaction to Israel, over 3/4 of the House of Representatives signed on the Hoyer-Cantor letter which outlines recommended principals for approaching Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

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"Passover"

Publication: Chabad.org


Why It Is Important: Great set of articles and multimedia to educate on the history, laws and customs of Passover. The children's section is also very strong.


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"Petraeus Says Reports About His Stance on Israel Were "Flat Wrong""

Publication: American Spectator


Why It Is Important: Demonstrates manipulation of the media to make it appear that a US General is anti-Israel.


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"NGO Urges UN to Stop Circulating ‘Israeli Organ Blood Libel’"

Publication: UN Watch


Why It Is Important: The UN has a resolution that includes false allegations that Israel is stealing body parts from dead Palestinians for medical use. This is both ridiculous and has no basis in real medicine.


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"UN Human Rights Council passes 3 resolutions condemning Israel"

Publication: Haaretz (Israel)



Why It Is Important: The UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) has a history of targeting Israel while ignoring the rest of the world. In this case, they passed three resolutions condemning Israel and had another resolution that was directed at Israel. Only three other countries had resolutions targetting them: Myanmar, Congo and North Korea. So, the UNHCR had more resolutions regarding Israel than it did for every other country in the world-combined!


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"Former SS soldier sentenced to life"

Publication: JTA


Why It Is Important: Most Nazis escaped punishment for their crimes. Later better than never, this Nazi was caught.



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"A revolution in heart disease diagnosis"

Publication: Israel21c


Why It Is Important: New heart imaging device designed in Israel may save many lives but detecting heart disease earlier than is currently possible.



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"Hamas Official Ismail Radhwan: Whoever Refrains from Supporting Jerusalem Will End Up in the Hellfire with the Apes and Pigs – the Jews"

Publication: The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)


Why It Is Important: Hamas is in charge of the Palestinian Authority, the government of the Palestinian people and regularly fills it's airwaves with pure hate speech.




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"Iranians Boost Efforts to Arouse the Palestinian Masses"

Publication: The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)

Why It Is Important: Many individuals claim that Iran has never called for Israel's destruction. However, this article documents Iran calling for Israel's destruction.



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"Pesach Is Here"

Publication: Torah Tots


Why It Is Important: This is one of my favorite websites for Jewish children's holiday activities such as for Passover


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"Roundup of Information on PC(USA) Israel Debate"

Publication: the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA)


Why It Is Important: The Presbyterian Church (USA) may again be passing declarations demonizing Israel and misrepresenting the history of Israel at it's annual meeting.


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"ADL blasts recent Farrakhan speeches"

Publication: Jerusalem Post


Why It It Important: Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, drives African-Americans to Anti-Semitism


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"At Brandeis, Israel's guilt and innocence on display"

Publication: Boston Globe


Why It Is Important: Documents debate between Goldstone and Israeli Ambassador Dore Gold on the Goldstone Report. This section particularly questions the accuracy of Goldstone's findings: "It was a powerful presentation - so powerful, in fact, that Goldstone regretted not having seen it earlier. “The sort of information shown to us by Ambassador Gold,’’ he said, “should have been shown to us during the [UN] investigation.’’"


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Topic: Israel and Helping the World

Title: "Burns are deadly in the heart of darkness"
Publication: Israel21C


Why It Is Important: Israel is training Congo's first-ever burn specialist, hoping to save many victims who die in the Congo due to lack of medical knowledge on how to treat burn victims.


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Topic: Holocaust

Title: "Holocaust by Bullets: Father Patrick Desbois in conversation with Paul LeClerc"
Publication: New York Public Library


Why It Is Important: Father Patrick Desbois has done an incredible job documenting the Holocaust as it occurred in the Former Soviet Union and works tirelessly to find the unmarked graves (often mass graves) of the victims. This is a link to a video interview showing his work.


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Topic: Israel and Peace

Title: "Militants in Gaza fire Qassam rockets into Israel, killing Thai civilian"
Publication: World Jewish Congress


Why It Is Important: Shows increase in Gaza terrorist attacks against Israel


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Topic: Anti-Semitism and Palestinian TV

Title: "Hamas children's TV program again calls for the 'slaughter of Jews'"
Publication: Jerusalem Post via Palestinian Media Watch


Why It Is Important: Documents calls for slaughtering of Jews on Palestinian children's television


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Topic: Passover

Title: Passover
Publication: Aish HaTorah


Why It Is Important: Gives information and resources to celebrate Passover, including activities for children.


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Topic: Israel and Arab Jews

Title: "Question of Jewish refugees from Arab countries discussed in Knesset"
Publication: World Jewish Congress


Why It Is Important: The Palestinians and Pro-Palestinian supporters often talk about the return of "Palestinian refugees" but almost all countries and organizations have ignored the plight of 850,000 Jewish refugees that were displaced and forced out of the Arab world after Israel was created.


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Topic: Israel and the White House

Title: "Obama's Mideast double standard"
Publication: Politico


Why It Is Important: Demonstrates how the White House reacts strongly against Israel but ignores much of Palestinian misbehavior


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Topic: Jewish Life in Europe

Title: "London Jewish Museum Reopens After Major Facelift"
Publication: Associated Press via CBS


Why It Is Important: Impressive Jewish museum reopens in London


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Topic: U.S. and Hamas

Title: "Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV Placed Under Sanctions By U.S. Treasury Department"
Publication: The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)

Why It Is Important: U.S. Treasury Department froze U.S.-held assets to two Hamas-linked groups


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Topic: Israel and the White House

Title: "Abbas slams Obama for saying Jerusalem to stay Israel's undivided capital"
Publication: Haaretz


Why It Is Important: President Barack Obama is putting pressure on Israel to ultimately give some section of East Jerusalem to the Palestinians as a capital. However, as a candidate, he stated that he was for Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Jerusalem.


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Topic: Israel and Anti-Semitism in Venezuela

Title: "OAS Report Denounces Human Rights Violations in Venezuela"
Publication: Simon Wiesenthal Center


Why It Is Important: The Organization of American States call out Venezuela and it's president, Hugo Chavez, for the rise of Venezuelan anti-Semitism.


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Topic: Israel and the White House

Title: "Obama's Rage and the Palestinians' 'Days of Rage'"
Publication: The New Republic


Why It Is Important: Identifies errors in Obama's handling and thought proces regarding the Israeli-Palestinian peace process



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Topic: Israel and Peace

Title: "Hurva Synagogue rededicated"
Publication: JTA


Why It Is Important: Shows that Palestinian leaders, including Abbas' Fatah party, deliberately spread lies about Israel trying to destroy the Al Aqsa mosque. These lies led to violent Arab riots. Also demonstrates that the Hurva synagogue was destroyed multiple times by Arabs, the last time being when Jordan gained the West Bank in 1948.


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Topic: Goldstone Report

Title: "New Revelations About the UN Goldstone Report that Seriously Undermine its Credibility"
Publicaton: Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs


Why It Is Important: Identifies major errors and false accusations made by Desmond Travers, the only member of the Goldstone Commission with military background.


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Topic: Israel and the Media

Title: Johann Hari: Back With a Vengeance
Publication: HonestReporting


Why It Is Important: Hari is a writer for one of the most popular English newspapers, The Independent. This article demonstrates how he makes absurd and false accusations against Israel in his writing for The Independent, which mislead the British public.





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Topic: Goldstone Report

Title: Hamas and the Terrorist Threat From the Gaza Strip (Malam Report)
Publication: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center


Why It Is Important: This is the English language version of the Malam Report. The Malam report is a separate investigation of Operation Cast Lead, bringing in many facts that the Goldstone Report ignored and identifies mistakes of the Goldstone Report. The Israeli government and military did not participate in the Goldstone Report since they were aware that the mandate was horribly flawed and designed as a political weapon. The Israeli government released much previously unreleased information through the Malam Report.


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Topic: Jewish Life in Europe

Title: "Op-Ed: Lithuanian Jewry needs help to fuel renaissance further"
Publication: JTA


Why It Is Important: Contrary to many Jews' beliefs, there is still a large and active Jewish community in the former Soviet Union which can use help from the rest of the Jewish world


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Topic: Israel, The Media and Peace

Title: "Meshaal urges Arab action on Aqsa"
Publication: Al Jazeera


Why It Is Important: Documents false claims by the leader of Hamas that Israel is trying to destroy the Al Aqsa Mosque. In the 6th paragraph it quotes the leader of Hamas as against a peaceful negotiation to settle land issues over Jerusalem: "Jerusalem belongs to its Arab inhabitants, Muslims and Christians. The future (of the city) will not be settled at the negotiating table but on the ground of confrontation and resistance"


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Topic: Israel and the White House

Title: AIPAC Alert
Publication: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)


Why It Is Important: Congressional statements arguing against Israel's treatment by the White House since the recent Biden-Jerusalem construction issue


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Topic: Israel and the White House

Title: "Wall Street Journal: Why is Obama against Israel?"
Publication: Yediot Aharonot

Why It Is Important: Points out that discrepancy between how the US treats allies like Israel and enemies like Iran


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Topic: Israel and BDS

Title: "Running the Numbers"
Publicaton: Divest This!

Why It Is Important: Demonstrates that the Boycott, Divest, Sanction campaign designed to hurt Israel has been a failure to hurt the Israeli economy


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Topic: Israel and Peace

Title: "IDF Arrests Hillel Cafe Terrorist"
Publication: Israel National News/Arutz Sheva (Israel)

Why It Is Important: Emphasizes the continued danger of active terrorists against Israel and demonstrates how the Palestinian Authority freed a dangerous terrorist who they had captured.


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Topic: Japan-Israel Cooperation and Technology

Title: "Israel, Japan Unite For First Time to Study Brain, Stem Cells"
Publication: Israel National News/Arutz Sheva (Israel)

Why It Is Important: Recognition of the incredible technological advances of Israel


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Topic: Anti-Semitism

Title: Bill punishing Holocaust denial becomes law in Hungary
Publication: World Jewish Congress

Why It Is Important: With Holocaust denial as a form of Anti-Semitism on the rise, it is valuable when denial becomes illegal.


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Topic: Anti-Semitism In The Arab Media

Title: Egyptian Cleric Ahmad 'Eid Mihna: The Jews Are Behind Misery, Hardship, Usury, and Whorehouses
Publication: The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)


Why It Is Important: Demonstrates how blatant anti-Semitism is common in many sections of the Arabic media

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Topic: Hamas and Anti-Christianity

Title: Hamas Sermon in Gaza: Rome Will Be Conquered by Islam
Publication: The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)

Why It Is Important: Video of a Hamas religious leader declaring that central to Muslim beliefs is the idea that Rome (a metaphor for Christianity) will be destroyed.

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Topic: Holocaust

Title: Germany approves 91m. euro for Holocaust survivors
Publication: Jerusalem Post (Israel)

Why It Is Important: Agreement for money to support elderly and poor Holocaust survivors


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Topic: Israel and Peace

Publication: Reuters via Yediot Aharonot (Israel)
Title: EU top diplomat: Press Israel to resume talks

Why It Is Important: Highlights European Union (EU) to force Israel to come to a quick solution with the Palestinians over a land for peace deal. Also, while it shows how the EU wants to push Israel for a deal the EU will make no mention of Palestinian concessions for peace.

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Topic: Israel and Anti-Semitism

Publication: Simon Wiesenthal Center
Title: Presbyterian Church USA Ready to Declare War Against Israel: Take Action Now

Why It Is Important: The Presbyterian Church USA is one of the "mainline" Christian churches who are actively trying to hurt Israel (and possibly destroy Israel) while spreading lies about Israel and the Jewish people.

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Topic: Israel and Anti-Semitism

Publication: Jerusalem Post (Israel)
Title: BBC blasted for ‘bigoted fear-mongering’

Why It Is Important: Demonstrates the willingess of the BBC to broadcast false comments about Israel and the Jewish people

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Topic: Anti-Semitism

Publication: World Jewish Congress
Title: Spanish neo-Nazi given 33-month prison sentence for incitement against Jews

Why It Is Important: An example of the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe over the last few years

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Topic: Jewish History

Publication: Aish HaTorah
Title: Crash Course in Jewish History

Why It Is Important: An amazing multi-article series which takes you step-by-step through Jewish history

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Topic: Israel and The Media

Publication: The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA)
Title: UPDATED: C-SPAN's Washington Journal Caller Problem

Why It Is Important: Demonstrates how a few anti-Israel callers are manipulating C-SPAN by using multiple false identities

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Topic: Israel and Peace

Publication: Associated Press via Yediot Aharonot
Title: Palestinians approve indirect talks with Israel

Why It Is Important: These talks will dictate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in the near future

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Topic: US-Israel Cooperation and Green Technology

Publication: Israel21c
Title: BrightSource gets a billion

Why It Is Important: Israeli company is about to build the world's largest solar-thermal plant in California

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Topic: Israel and Anti-Semitism

Publication: Yedioth Aharonot (Israel)
Title: Erdogan: Heritage sites will never be Jewish

Why It is Important: Prime Minister of Turkey denies Jewish connection of Jewish holy sites

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Category: Israel and Peace

Publication: Haaretz (Israel)
Title: Abbas: Olmert offered PA land equaling 100% of West Bank

Why It Is Important: Demonstrates the seriousness of peace offers made by Israel to the Palestinians

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Category: Israel and Anti-Semitism

Publication: National Post (Canada)
Title: Something's seriously wrong at York University

Why It is Important: Highlights differential treatment of pro-Israel and anti-Israel students at York University

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