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Young Jewish Diplomatic Leadership Seminar, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This talks at the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem was to a group of Jewish leaders in 20s and 30s who had been hand picked by the Ministry for training in diplomacy, the middle east and matters relating to Israels security. My presentation included discuss of Electronic Intifada’s campaign and manipulation of Wikipedia to attack […]
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Andre Oboler’s article “Wiki-Warfare: Battle for the on-line encyclopedia” from the Jerusalem Post
Andre Oboler, Wiki-Warfare: Battle for the on-line encyclopedia, Jerusalem Post, May. 13, 2008 The Web site Electronic Intifada is running an exclusive report entitled “A pro-Israel group’s plan to rewrite history on Wikipedia.” It “exposes,” with much hype, a Google Group in which CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, has […]
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Andre Oboler’s article “A false prospectus on campus” in The Guardian’s Comment Is Free
Andre Oboler, A false prospectus on campus, The Guardian: Comment Is Free, Feb 15 2008 In the UK this week, anti-racists were hard at work. It was “anti-apartheid week”, billed as “the biggest Anti-Apartheid campus protest since the fall of apartheid South Africa”. Those anti-racists campaigners with their eyes open were out to stop it. […]
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Andre Oboler’s letter in The Times (UK) on NGOs and the Arab Israeli Conflict
Andre Oboler, Blunt words hurt the Holy Land, The Times (UK), December 24, 2007 (letters) Sir, Your report, (“Israeli sanctions ‘will ruin plans to rebuild Palestinian economy’ ”, Dec 17) refers to reports from Oxfam, the World Bank and the Red Cross to support the claim that Israeli restrictions on Gaza are the primary impediment […]
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Andre Oboler, Gaza: NGO’s, the Times, the World Bank, and the facts, Israpundit
A December 17 article Israeli sanctions ‘will ruin plans to rebuild Palestinian economy’ in the Times (UK) caused concern for many who care about fair reporting, human rights and effective assistance to the Palestinians. The article stated that Oxfam, the World Bank and the Red Cross reported that Israeli restrictions on movement have “strangled the […]
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E-Activism, Young Jewish Diplomatic Seminar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel
A presentation to my fellow participants on the Young Jewish Diplomatic Seminar run by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This occurred during the Second Lebanon War. I later presented to future groups of participants on the program.
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The Academic Boycotts of Israel
One of the earliest online campaigns I undertook was in response the Academic Boycott of Israel that started in the UK in 2005. The response included the creation of what became the Academic Boycott Resource Centre at ZionismOnTheWeb.org. It also included management and promotion of two online petition, followed by printing, binding and hand delivery […]