Israel advocacy

Faith in action on Capitol Hill

For organizers, the objective is clear: to ensure that interfaith alignment translates into sustained engagement and tangible outcomes

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Bishop Robert Stearns, president of Eagles Wings and Susan Michael, president of ICEJ USA at last year’s Israel Advocacy Day event
DELEGATES, OBSERVERS, staff, and others associated with Kol Israel gather at the World Zionist Congress last week. The Zionist institutions should be forums for visionary debate, says the writer.

Has Zionism grown too bureaucratic for its moment of crisis? - opinion

Are growing administrative structures strengthening its mission – or quietly weakening it at a moment of historic vulnerability?

|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
Yoseph Haddad demonstrates against a rally marking the "Nakba" at Tel Aviv University, May 15, 2024; illustrative.

Pro-Israel Arab-Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad weighs Knesset run, poll tests strength

Pro-Israel activist and IDF veteran Yoseph Haddad is contemplating a political party for Israel's next Knesset elections, with recent polls showing strong support, especially from Jewish voters.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
DEMONSTRATORS HOLD a banner which reads: ‘Stop genocide! From the river to the sea, Palestine will win!’ in Madrid, earlier this year. The ultimate and explicit goal is the destruction of the State of Israel through a combination of military pressure, including terrorism, and international pressure,

Winning the eighth front: Israel's fight for legitimacy, narrative - opinion

Winning it will require something we have not yet fully mustered: unity, coordination, and unapologetic resolve from the Diaspora itself.

|ByBRIAN EGLASH

The beginner's guide to talking to Western anti-Zionists - comment

To those willing to show understanding, to speak on the human level, you are showing the anti-Zionists around the world that Israel is true, Israel is legitimate, and Israelis are human.

FEBRUARY 9, 2024ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Pro-Israel protest outside the Hague ahead of Israel's genocide hearing brought by South Africa, January 11, 2024

Where is our Abba Eban? - opinion

Amid rising antisemitism, Israel needs strong diplomacy, reminiscent of Abba Eban's era, to defend its image and legitimacy on the world stage.

FEBRUARY 8, 2024ByROMY LEIBLER/THE MEDIA LINE
Then-Israel Ambassador to the UN Abba Eban speaks at the General Assembly in New York in the early 1970s.

How Philly’s pro-Israel Jewish community has grieved, rallied, and raised millions since Oct. 7

This pro-Israel advocacy comes amid amplified concerns over antisemitic attacks in a region that is home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the country.

JANUARY 9, 2024ByMAX MARIN
VISITORS STAND during prayers, speakers and songs at an installation of 240 empty seats at Shabbat tables in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, demanding the release of the hostages taken by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel.

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum: Israel's soldier of public diplomacy

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum is one of the clearest voices in English – and arguably the only one in Spanish – advocating for Israel.

JANUARY 6, 2024ByPEGGY CIDOR
DEPUTY MAYOR Fleur Hassan-Nahoum in Dubai, Oct. 2020.

Israel will defend itself at the ICJ - editorial

Israel’s decision to participate in the upcoming ICJ hearing to counter allegations of crimes against humanity in Gaza marks a significant and potentially beneficial shift in its legal strategy.

JANUARY 4, 2024ByJPOST EDITORIAL
SCALES OF JUSTICE decorate the International Criminal Court building in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2019.

News about antisemitism on campus is scary, but doesn't draw the full picture - opinion

Antisemitism on campus is everything the media portrays and more.

JANUARY 4, 2024ByTAMAR WEISS
Pro-Palestinian students take part in a protest in support of the Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at Columbia University in New York City, U.S., October 12, 2023.

Wartime rabbi: Leading American Jewish clergyman takes on a new role

Park Avenue Synagogue Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove has stepped up since October 7 like few others, raising millions for Israel's war and rebuilding efforts and leading the fight against antisemitism.

NOVEMBER 13, 2023ByALLAN RIPP
Rabbi Cosgrove

Now is the time for unashamed Israel advocacy - opinion

There is no time for ambiguity. There is Israel. There is Jewishness. And there is the fight to protect both.

OCTOBER 12, 2023ByBEN M. FREEMAN
PRO-ISRAEL demonstrators embrace at a protest near Downing Street in London this week, following the Hamas attack on Israel. Israel is at war with Hamas, and so are the Jewish people, says the writer.

Vibe Tours pauses Israel trips over ‘political situation'

The organization claims that the current government has challenged the way Israelis feel toward Israel.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
CEO of Vibe Israel Joanna Landau [L] and to President Reuven Rivlin [R] at the presentation of the new study conducted by Bloom Consulting for Vibe Israel

Iran tried to assassinate a pro-Israel Georgian Jew. Here's how he survived

Itzik Moshe said the assassination attempts occurred outside Beit Israel’s office on the main street of Tbilisi.

AUGUST 15, 2023ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
Itzik Moshe