Kentucky becomes 22nd state to enact anti-BDS law

Jewish News Syndicate September 3, 2019 (September 3, 2019 / JNS) Kentucky became last week the 22nd state to enact legislation prohibiting state contractors from boycotting Israel. “Kentucky condemns the #BDS movement and refuses to tolerate boycott-related tactics used to threaten the sovereignty and security of @Israel or other allies of the United States,” tweeted […]

Palestinian Children Stage Mock Attack on Israeli Outpost

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler August 30, 2019 A video released on Aug. 29 reveals a group of Palestinian children at the Dar al-Huda school in the Gaza Strip staging a mock attack on an Israeli military outpost during a March kindergarten graduation ceremony. The NGO Monitor video shows five children wearing Palestinian Islamic Jihad gear […]

ADL, Jewish Groups Criticize Fresno Event for Featuring Speaker with ‘Anti-Semitic’ History

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler August 30, 2019 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Central Pacific and other Jewish groups are criticizing an event taking place at Clovis Community College (CCC) on Sept. 18 featuring Alison Weir, a speaker that ADL Central Pacific says uses “anti-Semitic tropes.” The event, titled “Uncovered: Israel’s Occupation of Palestine,” is hosted by […]

IDF Veteran to Head Local StandWithUs

San Diego Jewish World Donald Harrison August 30, 2019 With some time to spare before its Oct. 27 gala dinner, StandWithUs has announced the hiring of a new San Diego regional director. He is Yosef Condiotti, who describes himself as a “passionate Zionist,” which is an appropriate attitude indeed for the head of an organization […]

StandWithUs To FIFA: Ensure Qatar Will Allow Entry Of Israeli Fans To 2022 World Cup

StandWithUs calls upon FIFA, the international soccer association, to ensure that the Qatari government will issue entry visas to Israeli fans wishing to attend the FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar in 2022. To date, Israel is not included in Qatar’s online list of nearly 250 nationalities and territories eligible for an entry […]

StandWithUs Strongly Condemns Antisemitic Event in Fresno

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 29th, 2019 (Fresno, CA — August 29th, 2019) — StandWithUs strongly condemns an antisemitic event taking place at Clovis Community College (CCC) on September 18th. The event is being hosted by a media outlet called GV Wire. “This event features a speaker notorious for spreading vicious hate and wild conspiracy theories […]

Lobby Day, Beverly Fairfax Event, SWU Conference

Jewish Journal Ryan Torok August 29, 2019 Top Left to Right: Meshi Benezri, Woodbridge HS; Gabrielle Lasry, Shalhevet High School; Kate Chavez, StandWithUs Southwest High School Coordinator; Eli Safaie-Kia and Kian Mirshokri, Palisades Charter High School and Gavriel Gershov, YULA Boys Bottom Left to Right: Maya Silberstein, Newbury Park High School and Priel Nikoo, Milken […]

Egyptian Judoka Refuses to Shake Israeli’s Hand After Loss

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler August 28, 2019 An Egyptian judoka refused to shake his Israeli opponent’s hand after losing in the Aug. 28 World Judo Championship semifinals in Tokyo. The Israeli, Sagi Muki, barely defeated his Egyptian opponent Mohamed Abdelaal. Muki can be seen offering to shake Abdelaal’s hand, but Abdelaal rebuffed Muki’s offer and […]

KISS’ Gene Simmons Makes A Very Controversial Statement About The Middle-East

Metal Head Zone Enes K. August 28, 2019 The famous Israel supporter and well-known social media account, Stand With Us posted a new photo on Twitter and shared the thoughts of Gene Simmons, who is an Israeli – American Rock music legend about the Middle-East. Here are Gene’s words about it: “Israel is an astonishing […]

A Proud Jew

Fresh Ink for Teens Karina Pugman August 28, 2019 How my family’s past influenced my Jewish faith. I am a daughter of immigrants from the Soviet Union. I am a first-generation American. I am a high school student. I am a Ba’al Teshuva, but most importantly, I am a proud Jew. My grandfather lived in […]

10,000+ Hindus unite in a major rally in India to denounce terrorism, show support for Israel

American Thinker Souptik Mukherjee August 19, 2019 Braving extremely inclement weather, with a flood-like situation, Singha Bahini, a grassroots organization in India, held a pro-Israel rally in Kolkata, India on August 16, 2019. Over 10,000 people braved the heavy sudden downpour and flooding, which caused bumper-to-bumper traffic and clogged roads. Many thousands more could not […]

StandWithUs Lecture In A Brazilian University Is Cancelled Due To Pro-Palestinian Groups Threats

Universidade de Pernambuco, a public university in Northeast Brazil, decided to cancel the lecture titled “Dilemmas in the Peace Process between Israelis and Palestinians”, after threats. The national press covered the cancellation due to pro-Palestinian groups pressure and published a quote by a professor from Universidade de Pernambuco: “I had to cancel the event for […]

Univ. in Brazil cancels lecture after alleged threats from pro-Palestinian group

Jewish Telegraph Agency August 22, 2019 Andre Lajst during a lecture in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on Dec. 4, 2017. (Courtesy of the Rio Grande do Sul Jewish Federation) RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A Brazilian public university canceled a lecture about the Middle East peace process after what the moderator said were threats by a […]

Israeli Girl Killed in West Bank Bombing

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler August 23, 2019 Seventeen-year-old Rina Shnerb was killed in a West Bank bombing on Aug. 23; her brother and father were also wounded. The bombing occurred while Shnerb and her father Eitan and brother Dvir, 19, were visiting the Bubin spring nearby the Dolev settlement and Modin city. Israeli authorities believe […]

South Florida college, high school students train to advocate for Israel

South Florida Sun Sentinel Sergio Carmona August 23, 2019 StandWithUs’ 2019-20 Emerson Fellows include college students from South Florida. (StandWithUs/Courtesy) In early August, the Israel education organization StandWithUs hosted trainings in Los Angeles for selected North American college and high school students to prepare them to be pro-Israel advocates on their campuses for this 2019-20 […]

Rep. Tlaib Calls for Boycott of Bill Maher

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler August 21, 2019 Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) called for a boycott of Bill Maher and his HBO show on Aug. 17 after the comedian called the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement “a bull—- purity test.” Maher made his remarks on “Real Time With Bill Maher,” on Aug. 16, saying that […]

OC High School Students Sing Nazi Song and Issue Nazi Salute

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler August 20, 2019 A video obtained by The Daily Beast on Aug. 19 showed a group of Orange County students singing a Nazi marching song and giving the Nazi salute. The video, recorded back in November 2018, consisted of 10 members of the Pacifica High School water polo team engaging in […]

Statement Regarding Divisive, Antisemitic Rhetoric, August 21st, 2019

Jews are human beings, not tools to be used and abused for political gain. No disagreement with Israel justifies sharing hateful imagery, created by an “artist” with a long history of vicious antisemitism. No disagreement between Democrats and Republicans justifies accusing American Jews (or anyone for that matter) of “disloyalty” because of the party they […]