Day 7 - May 20th Trip

Today we began our day with a class taught by Natalie Menaged called Answering the Most Difficult Questions. She taught us the ways to address the most common anti Israel topics many students may face back on campus. After her class we heard from Jessica Montell, executive director of B'Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Ms. Montell spoke with us about human rights issues in Gaza and the West Bank. After lunch we returned and heard from Dovid Goldstein. The class was full of laughs and very meaningful for many of the students.

Following a short break Itamar Marcus the director of Palestinian Media Watch joined us and spoke to us about PMW and their monitoring of Anti Semetic and anti-Israel propaganda. Before dinner we heard from one of the campus coordinators on how to build up the leadership and organizational skills of our Israel groups on campus. After a free dinner in the Old City three of our staffers role-played as anti-Israel speakers and we were able to try out some of the tools we have been taught.