Hasbara Fellowships

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Hasbara Fellowships is an organization that brings students to Israel and trains them to be effective pro-Israel activists on college campuses.

[4] In 2002, Hasbara Fellowships organized a rally at the National Student Palestinian Conference at the University of Michigan.

[5] In 2007, Hasbara Fellowships members at Brandeis University protested against former US President Jimmy Carter's book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.

[6] In May 2007, Hasbara Fellowships (co-sponsored by the Israeli Foreign Ministry) called for volunteers to counter a "dangerous trend" of Wikipedia entries portraying Israel in a "negative light".

Interested readers were encouraged to consider "joining a team of Wikipedians to make sure Israel is presented fairly and accurately".