Earlier this week, I revealed that StandWithUs, a right-wing Israel advocacy group with ties to the Israeli government, had compiled dossiers on over 100 people who speak out for Palestinian human rights. The website with the dossiers, Stand4Facts.org, also had suggested questions for campus Israel advocates to pose to the speakers.
It was a revealing window into how StandWithUs works. I received many inquiries from activists and analysts asking to see the dossiers on them. The story was picked up by the Ramallah-based Arabic news outlet Al Quds. And the day after I exposed Stand4Facts.org, the group took the site down.
But the entire site was downloaded by pro-Palestine activists and republished. Check it out here.
There are some kinks with the site. So if you get an error message, just return to the home page, where you can navigate the whole site.
Here’s a snippet from what I reported earlier this week:
Stand4Facts.org is meant to help “Israel advocates respond to and counter anti-Israel speakers who come to your campus.” The site announces it was “made possible by generous funding from the Newton D. and Rochelle Becker Foundation in partnership with the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles.” The repository of information on speakers and groups is one part of StandWithUs’ efforts to boost Israel’s image on college campuses, where the group spends more than half of its money. (I previously revealed StandWithUs’ internal strategy for combating Israel Apartheid Week, which began yesterday in the U.S.)
Read the whole thing here.
Very interesting shit lists
• Khaled AbouElFadl • Dick Platkin • Jim Lafferty • Eitan Bronstein • Marcy Winograd • Neve Gordon • Ahmad Tibi • Donald Wagner • Robert Massoud • Nabila Espanioly • Mohammad Jaradat • Hussam Ayloush • Maria LaHood • Laila AlMarayati • Garth Hewitt • Naim Ateek • Wejdan Jaber • Abir Kopty • Mohammad Muslih • Kevin MacDonald • Philip Wilcox • Ghassan Khatib • Mark Weber • Jonathan Tasini • George Galloway • Phyllis Bennis • Nadia AbuEl-Haj • Richard Falk • Craig&Cindy Corrie • Diana Butto • Uri Davis • Alice Rothchild • Dalit Baum • Gabriel Piterberg • Paul Larudee • As’ad AbuKhalil • Lennox Hinds • Magid Shihade • Amiri Baraka • Joel Beinin • Walt/ Mearsheimer • Marc Ellis • Beshara Doumani • Rashid Khalidi • Susan Nathan • Alexander Cockburn • Michael Tarazi • Jean Zaru • Ali Abunimah • Leonard Rubenstein • Hatem Bazian • Matt Horton • Muhammad Al-Asi • Noura Erakat • Anna Baltzer • Joseph Massad • Karen Armstrong • Saree Makdisi • Hussein Ibish • Mazin Qumsiyeh • Joe Carr • Ward Churchill • Josh Ruebner • Eugene Bird • Mubarak Awad • Juan Cole • George Rishmawi • Rima Mutreja • Rania Awwad • Jerry Marogil • Mohammed Abed • RabbiDavid Weiss • Nadia Hijab • Aitemad Muhanna • Diana Kattan • Nina Mayorek • Mitri Raheb • (Teddy) KatzTheodore • Ramsey Clark • Jeff Halper • Norman Finkelstein • Musa AbdelAlim • Michael Lerner • MalikZulu Shabazz • Amir-Abdel Malik-Ali • Noam Chomsky • Emma Rosenthal • Brian Avery • Noam Bahat • Hedy Epstein • Adam Keller • George Bisharat • Hanan Ashrawi • Alison Weir • Adam Shapiro • Shady Hakim • Edward Said • Marty Rosebluth • Tanya Reinhart • Ilan Pappe • Huwaida Arraf • Salam Al-Marayati
Sponsoring Organization(s): • God’s Holy Warriors (CNN Special) • Occupied Minds • Adalah • Jewish Voice For Peace • Sabeel • Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) • Occupation 101 • Anarchists Against the Wall (AATW) • US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (EOC) • Combatants for Peace (C4P) • Breaking The Silence • Muslim Student Association • Wheels of Justice • Human Rights Watch • Council for the National Interest • American Friends Service Committee • American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee • National Lawyers Guild • Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) • Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) • Palestine Media Watch • Partners for Peace • Neturei Karta • MECA • Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) • University of California (UC) Divestment Campaign • Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) • International Solidarity Movement (ISM) • If Americans Knew • A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) • Al-Awda
Tanya Reinhart RIP
Even in death they are afraid of her writing.
Edward Said RIP
They can try to manage a list like that but not once opposition to Zionism reaches critical mass
“For all the ones
Who bum me out
Shitlist
For all the ones
Who fill my head with doubt
Shitlist
For all the squares who get me pissed
Shitlist
You’ve made my shitlist ”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lErIKELSex0
Holy smokes! Now, this is a “get”!
Their true colors on display for everyone to see. Such a ‘democracy’– so afraid of the truth.
Joey McCarthy is smiling from his crypt at his protegees.
I don’t see how this is so different in principle than anti-Zionist/pro-Palestinian organizations providing the background on pro-Israel speakers (including their past statements, organizational connections, names of spouses, etc.), unless private information is being given out about these speakers, in which case it would be good to point out those cases.
Maybe more organized?
Is the information on SourceWatch also McCarthyism?
It’s worth seeing what the pro-Israel/anti-Palestine crowd’s talking points might be with regard to particular speakers. I feel outrage over Zionism, but I don’t feel any outrage over Zionists preparing “dossiers” like these. It seems kind of expected. One’s opponents are going to act as opposition! Shocker!
darn, i wish my name was on there!! no one knows me – but i stand with all the listed!!
how can young people be so brainwashed and so perverse! wow, sad state of minds.
hats off to Mondoweiss and the pro-Palestine activists for bringing this to light.
this is an amazing find
the dossiers is a brilliant insight into the hasbara brigade but for me the Point/Counterpoint section is a goldmine.
all activists should have this in their favorites.
the hasbara book is now officially expose for all to read.
hasbara central will be reeling from this for years to come.
i’m surprise Max Blumenthal was not on the list.