Have you ever felt that what you hear on many programs from Palestinian speakers is just plain propaganda? Well, your intuition is likely correct. Often it is insidious, using techniques that are subtle but effective. We’d strongly recommend that you take […]
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SFMEW Meeting – March 6, 2017, 7:15pm, Chabad; Yasher Koach to Robby Geller
Don’t miss our next meeting on Monday, March 6 at 7:15 pm at the Santa Fe Jewish Center – Chabad. Tentative agenda: *anti-BDS strategy *Results of the Dennis Ross event *Working with Council on International Relations *Working […]
Read moreNew Mexican Distorts Pro-Israel Letter; Halevi in the NY Times
New Mexican Distorts Goldstein Pro-Israel Letter After SFMEW member Susan Goldstein submitted a carefully crafted letter calling on the New Mexican to consider removing Bill Stewart’s weekly commentaries, the New Mexican editorial page editor substantially changed the intent of Susan’s […]
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 moreBill Stewart and Gerald Rosen – Birds of a Feather in the New Mexican?
Interesting how the Santa Fe New Mexican is happy to publish articles that highlight negative and struggling aspects of Israel or its politics or leaders (see, for example, the past two weeks including here, here, here, and here), but doesn’t seem to cover positive […]
Read moreThe Confusion over Jerusalem in the Media; the role of the Ambassador-Designate, David Friedman
1. The US Embassy in Jerusalem Should we move the US Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv? Every presidential candidate since Bill Clinton (except for Hillary Clinton this year) has claimed (s)he would do it unilaterally, unrelated to any particular peace […]
Read moreThank Gov. Martinez for Signing anti-BDS AJC Statement
Back in August we asked you to urge Governor Susana Martinez to join the Governors United Against BDS campaign. Between your efforts and telephone contacts with the governor’s office by many in our community, including special efforts by the Jewish […]
Read moreListen to the “How To Write A Letter to the Editor” from the Israel Advocacy Workshop in September
Now available for listening and review, “How To Write A Letter To The Editor” by Halley Faust, SFMEW’s Chairman. This was the second half of the Israel Advocacy Workshop held on September 25, 2016. Click here to access the audio […]
Read moreAction Alert: Write to New Mexican about Gideon Levy’s half-truths. Yasher Koach to Steven Goldstein…
What are the most effective propaganda techniques? The American Historical Association states: The propagandist tries to stimulate others to accept without challenge his own assertions, or to act as he wants them to do. The idea of using suggestion or stimulation […]
Read moreShana tovah u’metukah
Santa Fe Middle East Watch wishes you and your family a sweet, happy, insightful, and healthy New Year. And if you are into resolutions, a suggestion: I resolve to write to the local media or other timely-relevant institution at least […]
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