A lot has been written on the Valerie Plame twitter debacle. Just google her name and you’ll find pages of links to analysis, ridicule, irony, and exposé. Probably the best (and longest) analysis of the situation is by Vox Tablet […]
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Urge our senators to co-sponsor the Israel Anti-Boycott Act; Zach Benjamin’s Op-Ed in the New Mexican
Take Action: Ask Senators Heinrich and Udall to Co-sponsor the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S. 720). The Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S. 720) has 48 senate co-sponsors. Unfortunately neither of our two senators has signed on to co-sponsor. Here’s your chance to […]
Read more(1) Meeting Reminder – Monday, Sept. 18; (2) Faust on KVSF 101.5 FM; (3) Dershowitz in WSJ
(1) Meeting Reminder – Monday, Sept. 18, 7:15pm. We need your input on such areas as anti-Israel graffiti posters showing up around Santa Fe (see below for one on the corner of Don Diego and Cordova), enacting an anti-BDS legislative […]
Read moreUpdated resources
We’ve recently updated two of our resource pages. “Indigenous Peoples” There are two relevant questions related to “indigenous peoples” designations for the Land of Israel. The first asks, “are Jews an indigenous people in Israel?” The unequivocal answer to this […]
Read more(1) New Mexican Letter Writer Gets It Wrong; (2) BDS Seems Ineffective on Israeli Tourism
Mark Davis “Off-the-Mark” in New Mexican Letter to the Editor On July 10, 2017 Mark Davis wrote a New Mexican letter-to-the-editor (see full text of letter below) complaining that Suki Halevi’s op-ed (see here for a copy of Suki’s work) excoriating […]
Read more1. Next Meeting – This Thursday; 2. Yasher Koach to Suki Halevi
Happy Birthday, America Santa Fe Middle East Watch membership meeting: Thursday, July 6, 2017 at the home of Halley and Ruth Anne Faust, 1260 Vallecita Drive, Santa Fe at 7:00 pm. Directions can be found here. Please come fragrance […]
Read morePropaganda by Palestinians
Propaganda is different from persuasion. Persuasion uses legitimate facts and arguments to support claims. Propaganda uses illogical techniques to try to bolster false claims, yet the arguments often appear either logical or they call upon your emotions to acquiesce to an […]
Read moreManny Marczak, Rich Lieberman, and Jacob Amir in New Mexican; France Funds NGOs that support BDS
Recent op-eds and letters from our members Yasher Koach to three of our active writers, each of whom has had a letter or op-ed printed in the Santa Fe New Mexican in the past week. 1. Manny Marczak writes in an […]
Read moreAnti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism
Is anti-Zionism a form of anti-Semitism? What is anti-Semitism anyhow? How do we differentiate criticism of Israel’s policies/actions from anti-Semitism? Many have struggled with this question since the beginning of the settlement of the Land of Israel. Those who wish […]
Read moreAction Alert: Gideon Levy, Lannan Foundation, and Moon Truthers
Action Alert: Write an op-ed to the Santa Fe New Mexican or the Albuquerque Journal describing who the next (October 5) anti-Israel Lannan speaker, Gideon Levy, really is. The audience should know before they go. You can find information on how […]
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