Hasbara Fellowships

Hasbara Fellowships is a leadership development seminar for top Jewish university students from across North America. Due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, there is a necessity to develop young Jewish leaders who are educated and knowledgeable about Israeli history and politics, as well as capable of communicating a pro-Israel message to the Diaspora community, specifically on college campuses.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Day 3 - May 20th Trip

Today in the morning we heard Khaled Adu Toameh, an award winning independant Israeli-Arab journalist. He has been covering Palestinian issues in the West Bank and Gaza for over 2 decades. He spoke out against the lack of free speech and press within the PA controlled areas and its effect on the foreign press. He now writes for the Jerusalem Post, as does our next speaker, Gil Hoffman. is the chief political corespondent and analyst for the Jersualem Post. He gave us a behind the scenes look at the intrigue and humor in the Israeli political arena. Now we are heading off to our Shabbat plans and will be back together tomorrow night.

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