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CAMERA held a Training Conference to prepare student activists to fight unfair media coverage about Israel on their campuses

 

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) brought nearly 40 students from across the United States and Canada to participate in its second annual Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Conference. The conference, which took place August 19- 21, 2012 at the Boston University Hillel, was aimed at instilling courage and empowering students to be strong, pro-Israel activists.

“Africans for Israel” coalition established in South Africa to fight hatred against Israel and the Jewish People

Christian Zionist organizations and concerned political parties in South Africa have united into a coalition that they have named “Africans for Israel” whose objective, they say, is to "stop attempts to crush Israel."

The coalition includes the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), a political movement consisting mainly of conservative Christians. The party, which has three members in the 400-member National Assembly, is led by Rev. Dr. Kenneth Meshoe (pronounced "mesh-we"). It also has 3 MPLs in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape, and approximately 42 local government councilors throughout the country.

The Swedish Committee against Anti-Semitism organized a “Kippah Walk” to demonstrate Jewish resilience in the face of Anti-Semitism in Sweden

 

About 400 kippah-wearing Jews and non-Jews gathered on August 17, 2012 outside the synagogue in Malmö and walked to Möllevångs Square, a part of Malmö with many Muslim immigrants from the Middle East. In what was called a 'Kippa Walk,' a cap that Jewish men traditionally wear, they marched to show solidarity with Malmo’s Jews who have faced a high degree of intolerance and anti-Semitic attacks in Sweden's third largest city.

Minister Yuli Edelstein to Launch Jabotinsky Institute’s Lecture Series on Anti-Semitism, Anti-Israel, and Public Diplomacy.

Fighting Anti-Semitism in Jabotinsky’s spirit: the recent murder of Jewish schoolchildren and their teacher in France, and the defamation piece by the German poet and ex-SS member Günter Grass, have lead the Jabotinsky Institute to launch a timely new lecture series on the topics of Anti-Semitism.

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, co-founder and successful President of the Israel Project (TIP), announced that she is leaving the organization

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi is the co-founder of the influential pro-Israel “The Israel Project”(TIP)organization, who on Feb. 14, 2012 said she is leaving after 10 years heading the organization. “But I will always be the founder of the Israel Project,” she added. The Israel Project fights for an honest view of Israel and what is happening in the Middle East.

Richard L. Cravatts elected President of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East

Richard L. Cravatts, Professor of Practice and Director of the Communications Management Program in the School of Management of Simmons College in Boston, has been elected President of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, the third in the organization's history.

StandWithUs is an organization that is a principal opponent of BDS and hatred against Israel and Jews on college campuses

 

StandWithUs is a non-profit pro-Israel education and advocacy organization based in Los Angeles with fifteen offices across the U.S., and in Israel, Paris and the UK. It describes itself as "an advocacy organization that promotes education and understanding that will bring a secure future for Israel and her neighbors." StandWIthUs has an annual budget of about $4 million.

Canada signs Ottawa Protocol on Combating Anti-Semitism

 

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird signed the Ottawa Protocol on Combating Anti-Semitism on September 19, 2011, an action plan developed during the second annual conference of the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Anti-Semitism (ICCA) which took place in Ottawa in November 7-9, 2010.

Christian Students in CUFI fighting hatred on American University campuses

 

Christians United for Israel on Campus develops student leaders and equips them to become effective advocates for Israel on their college campuses. There are more than 75 official chapters of CUFI on campuses in the United States, with more than 300 additional ones on the verge of becoming official.

A pan-European legal task force to fight anti-Semitism

A pan-European legal task force to fight anti-Semitism was announced Dec. 1, 2011 in Brussels at a conference of Jewish lawyers and legal experts from across Europe. The task force will operate on the basis of the model established by the US-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

Montreal Conference on “Combating the Delegitimation of Israel” held on Nov. 6, 2011

A day-long conference on “Combating the Delegitimation of Israel” was held in Montreal on Nov. 6, 2011. It was organized by the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research (CIJR), with support from Federation CJA, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and the U.S.-based Middle East Forum.

The “Countering Modern Anti-Semitism” regional congress will take place on November 13, 2011 in Buenos Aires.

A conference that aims to strengthen Jews facing anti-Semitism will take place in Buenos Aires. The conference is coordinated by the Argentine Zionist Organization, the Jewish Agency for Israel, the Latin American Zionist Confederation and the World Zionist Organization. Discussions will be on such topics as “Anti-Semitism in Argentina and Venezuela, ” and the alliance between leftist Latin American political parties and anti-Semites. Guests at the conference will include World Zionist Organization chairman Avraham Duvdevani and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky.

Annual Israel-EU seminar on the fight against anti-Semitism and xenophobia

The fifth annual seminar on the fight against anti-Semitism and xenophobia convened in Brussels on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, bringing together experts and diplomats from both Israel and the European Union.

Israel Law Center Launches Student Hotline to Combat Anti-Israel Hostilities on American Campuses

Shurat HaDin—Israel Law Center extended its efforts to prevent anti-Semitism on American college campuses by establishing a “Campus Hotline.” This follows up their previous action where they sent hundreds of warning letters to US College and University presidents instructing them of their legal obligations to prevent anti-Semitism on campus.

Orange County jury joins the fight against hatred by finding students guilty of preventing free speech

An Orange County jury on Friday Sept. 23, 2011 dismissed claims that students were exercising their free speech rights and instead found 10 Muslim students guilty of misdemeanors for disrupting a 2010 speech by Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren.

New Zealand is 13th country to decide to not participate in commemoration of Durban Declaration

New Zealand will not participate in the commemorative event (Durban III) in New York scheduled to take place Sep. 22, 2011 to mark ten years since the adoption of the Durban Declaration at the World Conference Against Racism.

Conference on combating anti-Semitism to take place in Kiev, Ukraine

A special conference on anti-Semitism, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Coalition for Combating Anti-Semitism (ICCA), with the support of the Ukrainian Parliament will take place September 18-20, 2011 in Kiev, Ukraine. This event is being specifically arranged to mark the 70th Anniversary of the massacre at Babi Yar ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kiev where 33,771 Jews were killed on September 29–30, 1941 in a single operation.

The Israel Law Center (Shurat HaDin) fights hatred on US campuses

The Israel Law Center will be sending hundreds of warning letters to US college and university presidents on Thursday morning instructing them of their legal obligations to prevent anti-Semitism on campus.

The Swedish government finally acts to protect local Jews from hate

The Swedish government has promised new funds to help boost security for its Jewish community. The government's autumn budget, set to be released on September 20th, includes 4 million kronor ($622,000) in new spending to “increase security and reduce vulnerability for the Jewish community minority”, according to a statement from integration minister Erik Ullenhag. The money, which is a one-time expenditure for 2012, is meant to send an important signal that Sweden takes anti-Semitism seriously. Statistics quoted by The Local from Sweden's National Council on Crime Prevention showed there were 161 reported hate crimes with anti-Semitic motives in 2010.

Argentine Jews Stand Up to Anti-Semitic Rabble Rouser

Luis D'Elia, a 'populist' politician and friend of Iran, claimed a recent corruption scandal is a Mossad conspiracy 'because the suspects have Jewish-sounding names'. Instead of backing off before the infamous agitator and violent protest organizer, the Delegation of Argentine Jewish Associations (DAIA) complained to the police about his incitement and anti-Semitism, and furnished recordings of the radio broadcast in which he made his ludicrous claims.

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