Day 2 - Our Activism Begins

On the second day of Hasbara Fellowships, we got right into the bread and butter of the program. After breakfast, we headed into the Old City where we had our first class¸ Communicating for Israel led by campus coordinator Elysha Ames. We were introduced to Hasbara Fellowship’s advocacy strategy. Then, historical and political analyst, Yisrael Neeman taught History of the Land. Yisrael gave a brief historical overview of the land of Israel since the time of Abraham. After lunch, Itamar Marcus from Palestinian Media Watch spoke to us about the incitement of hatred towards Israel in the Palestinian media. Itamar brought clips from children television shows, music videos, etc. Afterwards, we did krav maga, an Israeli martial art that the IDF is trained in. After dinner, we ended the day by hearing from Yohanan Plesner, a member of Knesset from the Kadimah party. Yohanan spoke to us about the current situation and answered all of our questions. It was a fantastic first day, giving us a firm foundation in which to launch into our trip up North.