Birthright Unplugged: Hijacking a name, plugging into anti-Israel campaigning

October 21st, 2007 | Category: Boycott / Divestment, Separation Barrier, UN, Government Funding, Badil, ICAHD, Palestinian NGO Network, International Solidarity Movement, EU

 Birthright Unplugged–partnered with a number of radical NGOs, some of which receive EU funding—advances an extreme anti-Israel narrative via its “alternative” tours. It is not affiliated with the Taglit-Birthright Israel group; in fact, Birthright Unplugged has hijacked Taglit-Birthright’s name in order to advance a radically different, anti-Israel agenda.

Letter to the editor in response to Gwyneth Gibby, “Activist speaks out about life in Palestine in Corvallis talk”, Corvallis Gazette-Times

June 3rd, 2007 | Category: NGOs, Government Funding

Jason Pearlman Letter to the Corvallis Gazette-Times, “Lecturer’s claims about Israel weren’t credible”, May 10, 2007 in response to Gwyneth Gibby, “Activist speaks out about life in Palestine in Corvallis talk,” Corvallis Gazette-Times, May 4, 2007.
Gwyneth Gibby’s one-sided May 5 article on a lecture by Jeff Halper, “Activist speaks out about life in Palestine in […]