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.
Shalom Friends, As you might have seen in the news, Israel’s Security Cabinet decided last night to reschedule the annual Jerusalem Flag March to this upcoming Tuesday in order to give the police more time to prepare. They did so after the police initially cancelled the march, which was set to take place today, due…
The Education Ministry filed an official police complaint against a school in eastern Jerusalem for inciting violence. “Matan Peleg, CEO of the Zionist group Im Tirtzu that has been a leading advocate against anti-Zionism in schools, welcomed the move and called on the police to press forward with the investigation.” – Israel National News Read more: Israel…
On Purim, our activists distributed hundreds of mishloach manot to IDF soldiers stationed in Hebron, the Gaza border, the Lebanese border, Samaria, and Jerusalem. We also paid a special visit to the Lone Soldier Center and dropped off mishloach manot for lone soldiers. In addition, our activists distributed mishloach manot in Tel-Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital, Ashdod’s…
Last week, European Union officials had the chutzpah to hold a tour of the “East” Jerusalem neighborhood Givat HaMatos in order to criticize Israel for its plans to build an additional 1,257 homes in the neighborhood. But instead of allowing the EU officials to shamelessly tell us where we can or cannot build in our…
This past week, our activists in Kiryat Gat noticed that the city posted dozens of PR signs depicting a map of Israel excluding Jerusalem and Judea & Samaria. We immediately launched an email petition urging our 230,000 Hebrew Facebook followers to demand that the city fix the signs. In a matter of hours, the mayor…