New booklet on Arab-Israeli conflict
STANDWITHUS RELEASES “ISRAEL 101″ A COMPREHENSIVE BOOKLET ON ISRAEL
AND THE ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT AIMED AT CAMPUSES, LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITIES
(Los Angeles) — StandWithUs [SWU], the international non-profit Israel education and advocacy organization, today released its highly-anticipated “Israel 101″, a comprehensive booklet on Israel and the Arab-Israel conflict. SWU National Director, Roz Rothstein is “proud to distribute this educational tool around the world so people concerned about Israel, Palestinians, and the Arab-Israeli conflict have essential information readily available.”
ISRAEL 101, is unique because it is not text-heavy, yet provides a complete overview of Israel’s history using creative lay-outs and photographs that bring the state’s past and present to life in only 44 pages. Simple, easy-to-read charts and graphics summarize basic facts and chronology ranging from the Arab-Israeli wars to terrorism, America and Israel’s relationship, the recent Hezbollah war, Israel’s governmental system to the stats of Jewish and Palestinian refugees of 1948, and today’s hot button issues including the security fence, checkpoints and Intifada. Carefully footnoted, the booklet allows readers to do further research on any to
“StandWithUs campus’ mission is to empower students with the necessary tools to counter misinformation about Israel,” explains Rebecca Olch, SWU Campus Coordinator. Adds Dani Klein, SWU East Coast Campus Coordinator, “The students we work with across North and South America, Israel, Europe and Australia repeatedly ask for an easy-to-use primer and reference guide. ISRAEL 101 is SWU’s response to that pressing need.”
Offers historian Roberta P. Seid, PhD, Education/Research Consultant for SWU, “Our goal was to present a strictly factual account that would be useful to people across the political spectrum. Then, whatever interpretations or policy positions they take will at least be based on documented facts.”
SWU will distribute the booklet worldwide to libraries, schools, churches, synagogues, rabbis, journalists, bookstores and organizations. It is also available to individuals who would like to order a single copy.
ISRAEL101 supplements and expands on SWU’s original 16-page brochure, “Sometimes Things Aren’t What They Seem…” produced in 2002. More than 600,000 copies have been distributed world-wide and orders continue to flood the office for the brochure which was translated into French, Spanish and Hebrew.
“We believe our new booklet will be distributed even more widely than our original brochure,” states Esther Renzer, SWU National President. “Hopefully, it will promote greater understanding and will foster an informed and fair debate about Israel. That is our mission.”
For a limited time, ISRAEL 101 is available for $1.00 on an order of 25 or more (regular price is $2.00). Students can receive 10 free copies as an initial promotion.
Contact StandWithUs by phone: 1-310-836-6140 or visit the StandWithUs website.
