Lauren Isaacs, the Coordinator for World Herut in Israel and the National Director of Herut Canada, sat down with Im Tirtzu’s Eytan Meir to discuss unapologetic Zionism, the controversy of waving Israeli flags in Jerusalem, building in Judea & Samaria, and more.
Im Tirtzu’s Arab Desk revealed a number of Israeli-Arabs who posted on social media during Operation Guardians of the Walls that they will refuse to continue serving in order to “remain faithful to Al-Aqsa.” In light of this, Im Tirtzu sent a letter to Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Public Security Minister Amir Ohana, and IDF…
During the height of the riots in Lod, we organized a demonstration in solidarity with the citizens of Lod and distributed hundreds of Israeli flags. We organized a rally outside the home of PM Netanyahu urging him to continue the military operation against Hamas until the terror group is crushed and to quell the rioting that erupted throughout mixed Jewish-Arab cities…
We spoke in an emergency discussion in the Knesset on the subject of demilitarizing Gaza and brought our friends from the Bedouin Forum for the Security of Israel to speak as well. Pictured: Im Tirtzu CEO Matan Peleg (above), and head of the Bedouin Forum for the Security of Israel, Staff Sgt. Naif Rahal (below).
After we uncovered evidence that radical Weizmann Institute professor Oded Goldreich signed a petition in March calling to boycott Israeli academic institutions in Judea & Samaria, the High Court ruled that the Education Minister can block Goldreich from receiving the prestigious Israel Prize. The story made such big headlines that the anti-Zionist newspaper Haaretz dedicated an editorial toward attacking…
Our efforts to prevent a pro-BDS Israeli professor from receiving the prestigious Israel Prize even made it to the New York Times. This again proves what we always say: Israeli professors who sign anti-Israel petitions and write anti-Israel articles in the international media heavily influence, bolster, and often spearhead the international BDS and anti-Israel delegitimization movements….