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Andre Oboler named as one of Israel’s best ‘cyber warriors’ in the Jewish Chronicle
Lucy Tobin, Israel’s cyber warriors, The Jewish Chronicle, Feb 12, 2009 When Joel Leyden speaks about Israel, 89,000 people listen. His name may not be familiar, but if you have ever used Google to look up anything on the Middle East, then you have probably had your search results influenced by him. And if you […]
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Online Engagement, Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland
This presentation was delivered to the mission to Israel of the Zionist Federation of the UK. The presentation was preceded by an address from the British Ambassador to Israel who stayed for part of this presentation.
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The UK’s Jewish Chronicle reports on Facebook wars with analysis from Dr Andre Oboler
Dana Gloger, Facebook groups at war over Israel, The Jewish Chronicle, March 13 2008 A group whose shared interest is a belief that “Israel is not a country” has attracted almost 38,000 members on social-networking website Facebook. The group claims that “criticism of illegitimate apartheid ‘Israel’, which has no right to exist, cannot be regarded […]
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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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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 […]
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Andre Oboler’s article on New Antisemitism for the newspaper of the Lancaster District Diversity Festival
Andre Oboler, The New Antisemitism, Diverse: The newspaper of the Lancaster District Diversity Festival. Issue 2, Page 23, November 2004. Today, we confront the ugly reality that Anti-Semitism is not just a fact of history, but a current event” – Colin Powell, 2004. “This is a good time to discuss the issue because Anti-Semitism is […]