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		<title>Advice for an Israel Hater</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sam Sokolove
When you swaggered into the UNM Law lecture hall, in all your tattooed, black-shirted glory, you might as well have had a word balloon hovering over your shaved head announcing HERE COMES TROUBLE. To emphasize the point you gave a smug grin and nod to a dour police officer &#8212; an adolescent punk [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/advice-for-an-israel-hater</link>
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		<title>Boycott the boycotters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[August 25, 2010 By Roz Rothstein and Roberta Seid
Anti-Israel activists are now putting all their energy into their Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign (BDS). Their goal is to portray Israel and Israelis as pariahs that should be excluded from all international spheres—diplomatic, political, economic, social, and cultural.
Jews have been victims of such policies before. In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/boycott-the-boycotters</link>
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		<title>The Ugly Truth About BDS (Great new video!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Truth about BDS 
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		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/the-ugly-truth-about-bds</link>
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		<title>The anti-Israel boycott campaign: a study in failure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Fulford, National Post 
Shahid Alam, writing this week in a Cairo magazine, Al-Ahram, declared that &#8220;slowly but steadily, the Western people are throwing their support behind the campaign to divest from, boycott and impose sanctions on Israel.&#8221; It certainly seems that way. I&#8217;ve read often, over many years, about students demanding that their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/the-anti-israel-boycott-campaign-a-study-in-failure</link>
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		<title>Progressive? Then Don&#8217;t Boycott Israel!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ben Cohen 
It was an expose in the best traditions of investigative journalism: Commerce Department documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act that detailed how, between 1965 and 1977, more than one thousand American corporations colluded in the economic boycott of a small, embattled country, in a bid to please a group of powerful, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/progressive-then-dont-boycott-israel</link>
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		<title>Flotilla Sought Provocation, Not to Provide Assistance</title>
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		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/flotilla-sought-provocation-not-to-provide-assistance</link>
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		<title>Gaza Flotilla Incident: Background from Jewish Federations of North America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Early on the morning of May 31, Israel Defense Forces naval forces intercepted six ships attempting to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The intercept took place after numerous warnings from Israel and the Israel Navy that were issued prior to the action. The Israel Navy requested the ships to redirect toward Ashdod, where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/news/gaza-flotilla-incident-resources</link>
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		<title>Statement from Prime Minister Netanyahu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a clear case of self-defense. Israel cannot allow the free flow of weapons, rockets and missiles to the terrorist base of Hamas in Gaza. It's a terrorist base supported by Iran; it's already fired thousands of rockets at Israeli cities; it seeks to smuggle in thousands more, and this is why Israel must inspect the goods that come into Gaza. ]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/statement-from-prime-minister-netanyahu</link>
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		<title>State to State: New Mexico and Israel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From: AIPAC  
http://www.aipac.org/NearEastReport/20100510/New_Mexico.html
 
The people of New Mexico face the same challenge confronting all desert communities—too many people and too little water. With an average annual rainfall of only 8.9 inches and limited natural resources, New Mexico struggles to meet the water demand required by its two million residents.
The state has found a natural ally in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/state-to-state-new-mexico-and-israel</link>
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		<title>Some of the Reasons to Invest in Israel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Israel runs a current account surplus. In 2009, the current account soared 243% to $7.2 billion.]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/general-commentary/some-of-the-reasons-to-invest-in-israel</link>
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		<title>Top Ten Lies About Israel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center
It’s no secret to anyone that relations between the United States and Israel reflect a new reality and are not what they once were. The last few months have seen a worldwide frenzy of intimidation and threats directed against Israel that has backed its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/israel/243</link>
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		<title>On Bad Causes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“We yield to evil, we are zealots for bad causes,” goes our chest-thumping confession. Yet the zealots remain as eternal as this centerpiece of the Yom Kippur liturgy.
An opponent of the Jewish State waves a handwritten sign on Central Avenue imploring his government to “Stop sending money to Israel.” Others hold court at a grocery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/opinion/on-bad-causes</link>
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		<title>The Ugly Truth about Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (DBS)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Every war against the Jews has begun with first demonizing us.&#8221;
Michael Oren, Israel&#8217;s ambassador to the U.S.
In recent years, the campaign to delegitimize and demonize Israel, which began in earnest at the 2001 UN Conference against Racism in Durban, has intensified. This campaign distorts the history and national aspirations of the Jewish people to live [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/israel/237</link>
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		<title>Boycott Fails: Thank you for Standing with Israel!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From: Jewish Federation of New Mexico and Anti-Defamation League, New Mexico
Thanks to the efforts of a mobilized community, we are delighted to report that the efforts of an anti-Israel group calling itself the New Mexico Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Committee failed dismally in their efforts last Sunday to encourage shoppers at Trader Joe’s Uptown Albuquerque [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/boycott-fails-thank-you-for-standing-with-israel</link>
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		<title>Action needed to combat campaign delegitimizing Israel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The organized American Jewish community and our non-Jewish allies, with broad representation from across political and religious lines, are poised to launch a major initiative to counter the campaign to delegitimize Israel.]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/media/action-needed-to-combat-campaign-delegitimizing-israel</link>
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		<title>HELP COUNTER ANTI-ISRAEL EFFORTS IN NEW MEXICO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An anti-Israel group calling itself the New Mexico Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Committee will be leading an effort on Sunday, February 28th, between 12:00pm and 2:00pm at Trader Joe’s in Albuquerque (Uptown) in their on-going “de-shelving campaign of Israeli consumer products.” This is part of the same group responsible for the anti-Israel billboards seen around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/advocacy/help-counter-anti-israel-efforts-in-new-mexico</link>
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		<title>ISRAEL&#8217; DISPROPORTIONATE RESPONSE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Israel, a nation of 7.5 million people has sent a team of 220
people that include Medical personnel and will establish the
largest field hospital in Haiti, treating up to 5000 people a day,
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		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/israel-disproportionate-response</link>
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		<title>David Harris: It&#8217;s Not About Israel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by David Harris
Executive Director, American Jewish Committee
There are those in the international community who claim that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the root cause of the Middle East&#8217;s problems. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been among the most prominent of these voices.
In his article &#8220;A Battle For Global Values&#8221; (Foreign Affairs, January/February 2007), Tony [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/israel/david-harris-its-not-about-israel</link>
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		<title>Iran: The Truth Hurts (By David Harris)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by David Harris
It&#8217;s as predictable as day follows night.
Raise the issue of Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, as I have more than once, and all Tehran&#8217;s flacks and flunkies, including Israel-bashers galore, come out of the woodwork.
They rush to Iran&#8217;s defense, portraying it as a peace-loving, law-abiding, misunderstood nation.
There is no evidence whatsoever, they allege, that Iran [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/iran/iran-the-truth-hurts-by-david-harris</link>
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		<title>U.S. House Approves Resolution Condemning Goldstone Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. House Approves Resolution Condemning Goldstone Report]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/news/us-house-approves-resolution-condemning-goldstone-report</link>
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		<title>Goldstone Report Threatens the Right to Self-Defense</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Amos N. Guiora 
American decision-makers are on the eve of a decision of monumental importance. 
President Barack Obama is considering deploying tens of thousands of additional American soldiers to Afghanistan in a war he called &#8220;fundamental to the defense of our people&#8221; in his August speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Similarly, Pakistan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/goldstone-report-threatens-the-right-to-self-defense</link>
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		<title>Jihad: &#8220;A Wake up Call&#8221; By Yoram Ettinger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Israel is the West's First Yard Line of defense.
A strong Israel deters Jihad; a weakened Israel fuels Jihad. 
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		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/jihad-a-wake-up-call</link>
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		<title>Goldstone Report Flawed; Demonstrates U.N. Bias against Israel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Friday’s United Nation Human Rights Council’s endorsement of the deeply flawed Goldstone Report is a set-back for peace efforts in the region as it calls into question Israel&#8217;s right of self-defense, says a leading Jewish advocacy organization.
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) and its Israel Advocacy Initiative (IAI), a joint project [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/news/goldstone-report-flawed-demonstrates-un-bias-against-israel</link>
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		<title>The Goldstone Report: What You Need To Know</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Jewish Council for Public Affairs:  
The Goldstone Report, the result of the United Nations Human Rights Council Fact-Finding Mission on Israel&#8217;s Operation Cast Lead &#8212; which alleges that Israel &#8220;committed actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity&#8221; &#8212; was published on September 15, 2009. This Report evoked outrage throughout Israel, including [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/israel/the-goldstone-report-what-you-need-to-know</link>
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		<title>LUNCH AND TWO SCREENINGS OF &#8220;THE SILENT EXODUS&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twice on Thursday, Sept 24, at 11 am and 12:30 pm in the Luminaria Room, Top Floor of the SUB at the University of New Mexico.
MENU: Bagels, Cream Cheese and Coffee
The 2004, 59 minute film &#8220;The Silent Exodus&#8221; is about the Jewish refugees from Arab countries after 1948. Directed by Pierre Rehov, it is largely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/israel/lunch-and-two-screenings-of-the-silent-exodus</link>
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		<title>Call to Action on Iran Ahead of the New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On September 18, 2009, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared, &#8220;The pretext (Holocaust) for the creation of the Zionist regime (Israel) is false &#8230; It is a lie based on an unprovable and mythical claim.&#8221; He later said that, &#8220;confronting the Zionist regime is a national and religious duty,&#8221; and that Israel &#8220;has no future.&#8221; Ahmadinejad was speaking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/call-to-action-on-iran-ahead-of-the-new-year</link>
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		<title>Abomination: The U.N. Human Rights Council Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Howard Kohr, AIPAC Executive Director:
It’s an abomination! After years of silence while Israeli towns were bombarded with more than 6,300 Hamas rockets and mortars, the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) last week issued a report accusing Israel of committing war crimes during its defensive operation against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip this winter. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/uncategorized/abomination-the-un-human-rights-council-report</link>
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		<title>Bring Gilad Shalit Home!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friend,
We, Noam and Aviva Shalit, residents of Mizpeh Hila in Israel, parents of Gilad Shalit, are appealing to you, Jews of the United States, with an emotional request from the depths of our heart.
With the coming new Jewish year, with the month of Elul to begin, we want to ask each and every Jew [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/news/bring-gilad-shalit-home</link>
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		<title>NATIONAL JEWISH LEADERSHIP ADVOCACY DAY ON IRAN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS AND KEY CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO ADDRESS NATIONAL JEWISH LEADERSHIP ADVOCACY DAY ON IRAN
WHEN: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Sixth &#38; I Historic Synagogue
600 I Street, NW
Washington, DC
Senior Administration officials and Congressional leaders will address hundreds of leaders of national Jewish organizations and Jewish communities from across the nation at the National [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/news/national-jewish-leadership-advocacy-day-on-iran</link>
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		<title>Robert Efroymson&#8217;s Introduction to &#8220;How Will It End?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, August 20, Robert Efroymson, President of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico and Mark Rudd, the legendary 60&#8217;s activist and member of Another Jewish Voice, debated the Palestinian-Israeli conflict at an Albuquerque event titled &#8220;How will it End.&#8221; The following is Mr. Efroymson&#8217;s  introduction to this landmark conversation: 
The title of the event is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nmisrael.org/general-commentary/robert-efroymsons-introduction-to-how-will-it-end</link>
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