StandWithUS

Palestine solidarity protesters supporting the BDS movement, 2010. (Photo by Stephanie Law/CC, cropped)
ACLU launches first major challenge of anti-BDS legislation
The lawsuit offers the most stark example yet of how anti-BDS legislation threatens Americans’ First Amendment rights. The American Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday that it had filed suit on behalf of a Kansas public school educator who was asked to disavow a boycott of Israel as a condition for payment. The case comes amid growing concerns that…
By Samer Badawi October 11, 2017
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference, July 3, 2013. (photo: Kobi Gideon / GPO)
StandWithUs to take cash, messaging from Israeli gov’t
The American ‘hasbara’ organization will disseminate government messages in a contract with the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. By Itamar Bazz / ‘The 7th Eye‘ The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, will fund a hasbara organization to disseminate propaganda on behalf of the Israeli government. The allocation of public funds, over NIS 1…
By The Seventh Eye January 13, 2015
Jeremy Ben Ami speaks at a J Street conference. (Jstreet CC BY NC SA 2.0)
First do no harm, J Street
With nothing left to offer except hollow pep talks about the peace process, the liberal lobby is fighting BDS – together with the pro-Netanyahu, pro-occupation American Zionist right. Next stop: the Presbyterian Church USA’s General Assembly. What is J Street doing? Why is it acting in concert with right-wing Zionist organizations like AIPAC and StandWithUs…
By Larry Derfner June 10, 2014
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WATCH: ELAL, Israel’s national airline, now part of state PR efforts
You know a country is in serious trouble when it decides to have its national airline’s pilots and flight attendants doing its Hasbara (PR) work for them. El Al “Ambassadors” will now be “at the forefront of Israeli diplomacy in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Los Angeles and Toronto,” as part of a joint initiative with…
By Mairav Zonszein June 28, 2012
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