[Opinion] Exploiting children for propaganda: beyond the Ahed Tamimi campaign
Professor Gerald Steinberg responds to an article published by Brookings Institution regarding exploiting Palestinian children for propaganda.
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Avaaz
Avaaz is an online political campaign framework that serves as a platform and a “megaphone to call attention” to the petitions of various NGOs including Rabbis for Human Rights, the Negev Coexistence Forum, Addameer, and the International Solidarity Movement.
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Church World Service
Lobbies churches, policymakers and the general public and in the U.S. “to give voice to the issues that affect hunger people and promote sustainable solutions.”
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Adalah’s US-based “Justice Project:” A Foray into BDS
In 2014, Adalah created the “Adalah Justice Project” (AJP), based in Boston, with the goal of transforming “American perception, policy and practice in Palestine/Israel into a human rights approach that guarantees historical justice and equality for all.”
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American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)
AMP provides “advocacy training” including instruction on how to lobby politicians, and produces media and activism guidebooks, such as campus activism resources including fact-sheets, anti-normalization material, and Power Point presentations that parrot the Hamas narrative of the 2014 Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza, claiming that “Palestinian resistance was born out of the occupation and the siege, plain and simple.”
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[Opinion] J Street and Congress Misled by Terrorist-linked NGO
Yona Schiffmiller discusses a DCI-P inspired congressional letter on child detention, promoted by J Street.
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Human Rights Watch (HRW)
The condemnation by Joe Stork of Human Rights Watch (HRW) of Israels response to rocket bombardment from Gaza exploits and distorts international law. His claim that Gaza remains occupied is a politically based fiction designed to negate Israels legal and moral right to self-defense. Further, there is no legal or moral precedent for a country to be forced to provide a hostile neighbor with the means to continue attacks on its territory and against its civilians. HRWs statement is a moral muddle that further undermines the universality of human rights.
See our full analysis of the Human Rights Watch statement, or for a profile of Human Rights Watch, click
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American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
AFSC actively promotes boycotts, divestments and sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel and supports efforts to encourage Israeli youth to dodge the draft.
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Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center
Sabeel applies “liberation theology,” claims that Palestinians represent a modern-day version of Jesus’ suffering. This includes deicide imagery, and supercessionist rhetoric used to demonize Israel and Judaism.
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[Opinion] Palestinian Children Are The Child Soldiers No One Is Talking About
Professor Gerald Steinberg describes how international organizations are using Palestinian children such as Ahed Tamimi to wage a propaganda battle against Israel.