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23/03/2023

#63

Straight Facts

In this edition of Straight Facts, we hear from a former BDS supporter turned Israel advocate, join the IDF on Operation Olive Branch, expose antisemitism at France 24 and more!

Many of us are doing the big “kitchen swap over” in anticipation of Pesach and finalizing our menus. As we gear up for the festival of freedom, I want to take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones a Chag Pesach Kosher v’Sameach!

March is always a very busy month as the annual hate festival known as Israel Apartheid Week winds its way across communities and campuses around the world. In this edition of Straight Facts, we hear from a former BDS supporter turned Israel advocate, join the IDF on Operation Olive Branch, expose antisemitism at France 24 and more!

Rolene Marks,

World WIZO: Head of Public Diplomacy & Hasbara

rolenemarks@yahoo.com

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WATCH: ELNET-UK Podcast Dispelling the Myth Israel is an Apartheid State:

World WIZO’s Head of Public Diplomacy and Hasabara, Rolene Marks was a guest on the ELNET-UK Podcast, dispelling the libelous accusation that Israel is an Apartheid state:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcN-PbXRU4E

Report on Digital Hate from the Simon Wiesenthal Centre

Many of us spend a lot of time on social media platforms but they are cesspits of antisemitism. The Simon Wisenthal Centre have released their report – please read it and be aware of how dangerous platforms like Twitter, Instagram and especially Tik Tok are.

https://www.digitalhate.net/inicio.php?year=_2023

The Antisemitic Social Media Divas of France 24

CAMERA UK, an organization that monitors bias in the media and antisemitism, recently published an expose that exposes some of the appalling antisemitic social media activity that staff members of France 25 Arabic services have engaged in. Read more here:

https://www.camera.org/article/the-antisemitic-social-media-divas-of-france24-arabic/

The Tower of London and England’s Jews

The Tower of London holds a place in Jewish history in medieval England that is fascinating and a paradox. Take a trip back in time and read more about it here:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-the-tower-of-london-holds-a-paradoxical-place-in-medieval-englands-jewish-story/?utm_source=The+Weekend+Edition&utm_campaign=weekend-edition-2023-03-12&utm_medium=email

The Apartheid Libel to Destroy Israel

Award winning journalist, Khaled Abu-Toameh investigates how international institutions like the United Nations are allowing the libel accusing Israel of being an Apartheid state be used in an attempt to destroy the country:

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/19218/israel-apartheid

An Olive Branch Extended

Earlier this year, horrific earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, killing nearly 55 000 people. Always the first to respond, Israel sent the second largest search and rescue delegation and embarked on Operation Olive Branch. Read more about it here:

https://layoftheland.online/2023/02/15/an-olive-branch-extended/

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