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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 539

Israel advocacy

Swedish Christian MEP Alice Teodorescu Måwe. (Courtesy of EPP Group)
January 25, 2025, 8:40 am
How Swedish MEP Alice Teodorescu Mawe became Israel’s most outspoken European ally
At home and in the European Parliament, the staunch advocate for Jews and Israel is leading the fight against overt antisemitism, as well as Jew-hatred masquerading as anti-Zionism
By Batya Levinthal
Activists with the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel groups Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow hold a rally demanding a ceasefire in Gaza in the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building on October 18, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
January 20, 2025, 1:08 am
US attorney uses ‘lawfare’ to force $700K settlement from Jewish Voice for Peace
David Abrams makes a living off hunting alleged fraud by groups critical of Israel; in JVP’s case, the group allegedly misrepresented itself when applying for COVID relief funds
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
One Mitzvah A Day founder Mandana Dayani. (Jojo Korsh)
January 16, 2025, 1:34 am
New project urges US Jews and allies to spur change via one ‘good deed’ text per day
Jewish American activist Mandana Dayani says bipartisan One Mitzvah A Day can help mobilize pro-Israel activists, fight antisemitism, and show gratitude to supporters
By Jordana Horn
Stand-up comedian/Israel advocate Yochay Sponder. (Limor Azran Garfinkle)
December 27, 2024, 8:56 am
What Matters Now to comedian Yochay Sponder: Post-Oct. 7 truth — with laughs
Considering it his ‘reserve duty,’ the veteran Israeli comedian uses his heavily Hebrew-inflected English to point out global hypocrisy and remind the world that Israelis want peace
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-Bild newspaper chief editor, Kai Diekmann, right, look at original blueprints of the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland, in Berlin, August 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Rainer Jensen, Pool)
November 30, 2024, 8:27 am
Bild’s ex-editor on that leaked document: It’s a journalist’s job to publish secret info
If someone gives you a document, they’re always pursuing an agenda, says Kai Diekmann; he also discusses the paper’s unique stance on Israel and his most dramatic meeting with Netanyahu
By Katharina Kunert
Nova Peris at Kibbutz Be’eri outside the home of slain peace activist Vivian Silver, March 2024. (Courtesy)
November 23, 2024, 9:38 am
Why one of Australia’s best-known Aboriginal activists is taking a stand on Israel
Nova Peris is an Olympic gold medalist, former parliamentarian, and well-known advocate for her people’s equality – and she’s bucking many on the left to support the Jewish state
By Nomi Kaltmann
Author and Israel advocate Aviva Klompas. (Zev Fisher)
October 11, 2024, 10:02 am
What Matters Now to Aviva Klompas: Fighting for public opinion, the 8th front of the war
The author and Israel advocate has tirelessly posted on her social platforms, sharing essential objective facts and stories of those who have fallen on and since October 7
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Protesters holding placards and Israeli flags join a gathering outside the headquarters of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) in London on October 16, 2023, to appeal to the corporation to call Hamas 'terrorists.' (Daniel Leal/AFP)
October 3, 2024, 3:08 pm
BBC coverage of Hamas conflict ‘profoundly biased,’ says former pro-Iran commentator
Once a vocal supporter of the Islamic Republic, Catherine Perez-Shakdam recently stepped up to head We Believe In Israel – and now has Britain’s top broadcaster in her sights
By Robert Philpot
Participants march during the annual Israel Day Parade on Fifth Avenue on Sunday, June 2, 2024, in New York. (Jordana Horn)
June 3, 2024, 1:53 am
Determination and grit at a somber NYC Israel Day parade, led by families of hostages
45,000-strong show of Jewish unity down Fifth Ave., normally a jubilant affair, reflects eight months of war, 120 hostages still held by Hamas, and skyrocketing global antisemitism
By Jordana Horn
Stand-up comedian Daniel-Ryan Spaulding (Maximilian Koenig)
March 22, 2024, 7:43 am
Comedian-turned-unlikely advocate for Israel is heading back to the Jewish state
Daniel-Ryan Spaulding, a non-Jewish gay stand-up comic, will be performing shows in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem following months of using his platform to speak out against antisemitism
By Amy Spiro
Renana Gome (middle) with her sons, Yagil Yaakov (left) and Or Yaakov, reunited after the boys' release on November 27, 2023 from Hamas captivity since October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
November 28, 2023, 12:45 pm
Daily Briefing Nov 28: Day 53 – Amid joy, chilling details from released hostages
Political correspondent Tal Schneider describes Hamas hostages’ captivity; Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani on Hamas in West Bank and a Lebanese Christian’s Israel advocacy
By ToI Staff
From left, Jeimer Candelario, Nelson Cruz and Cesar Hernandez pose for a photo at a baseball field in Ra'anana, Israel. (Nico Andre' Duran via JTA)
November 28, 2022, 2:50 am
Nelson Cruz, Hispanic MLB players visit Israel to promote Christian-Jewish relations
Devout US group including Cesar Hernandez, Jeimer Candelario tours land where Jesus once walked; visitors say they’ll advocate for Israel in Latin America and in world of baseball
By Hillel Kuttler
Healing Ink, a project of Artists 4 Israel, provides free tattoos to those injured in terrorist and antisemitic attacks. (Dillon Meyer)
August 22, 2021, 2:43 am
Healing Ink offers free tattoos to those affected by Tree of Life shooting
The initiative brings local artists and ‘heavy hitters’ from around the tattoo world together on October 3-4 to help victims of the 2018 synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh
By David Rullo
Kathryn Drysdale of Netflix hit 'Bridgerton,' at Claridge’s for the virtual SAG Awards in March 2021, photographed by Blake Ezra (Courtesy Blake Ezra)
June 15, 2021, 4:02 pm
UK photographer fed up with antisemitic fake news turns lens to social media
During Operation Guardian of the Walls, Blake Ezra widened his aperture to focus on fighting online hate and busting myths with his popular Instagram account
By Karen Chernick
A cohort of young Jews is trying to combat antisemitism and anti-Zionism on social media. Clockwise from top left: Julia Jassey, Blake Flayton, Isaac de Castro, Eve Barlow and Ben Freeman. (Photo illustration by Grace Yagel/ via JTA)
June 12, 2021, 3:00 am
Young US Zionists say they’re fighting antisemitism online, but is it effective?
A group of pro-Israel Jews in their 20s and 30s assertively defend Zionism and Jews on social media, but critics across the political spectrum question the campaign’s efficacy
By Ben Sales
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