Sessions for We Believe in Israel Conference Sunday 22 March 2015 Please note that these sessions are subject to change. Sessions are arranged in five rounds and last one hour each, enabling delegates to attend up to five different sessions of their choice. The Challenge to Israel in the UK Board of Deputies of British Jews: A Better Way: The Board's response to BDS Alex Brummer (Vice-President of the Board of Deputies), Jonathan Arkush (VicePresident of the Board of Deputies), Joseph Moses. Board of Deputies of British Jews: The Making of Christ the Palestinian: How and Why the Western Churches are Listening and Reacting to Palestinian Narratives Council of Christian & Jews: Why Bother: Christian-Jewish Dialogue on Israel-Palestine. Embassy of Israel: Is the media biased against Israel? Fair Play Campaign Group: The BDS challenge in different sectors of UK civil society Rabbi Natan Levy Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs: Strategies for combating the assault on Israel's legitimacy Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs: An Israeli perspective on BDS NGO Monitor: Yes, YOU are funding Anti-Israel activism And how you can stop it! StandWithUs: What’s right and wrong with Israel’s Public Relations and how you can help them? Asher Fredman (Ministry of Strategic Affairs) Amir Ofek (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Yitzhak Santis (Chief Programs Officer, NGO Monitor) Michael Dickson (Executive Director, StandWithUs Israel) StandWithUs: The subversion of Israel’s narrative in the UK school curriculum Nomi Benari (Project LeaderStandWithUs UK Textbook Project) Claudia Mendoza (Head of Policy and Research, JLC) The Jewish Leadership Council: Understanding red lines – when does legitimate criticism of Israel become delegitimisation We Believe in Israel: Who is behind the boycotting and delegitimisation of Israel, and how can we combat them? Zionist Federation: How the world’s media views Israel Elizabeth Harris-Sawczenko and Steve Innes Yiftah Curiel (Spokesperson, Embassy of Israel) Arieh Kovler (FPCG), Ronnie Fraser (AFI), Amir Ofek (MFA) Luke Akehurst (Director, We Believe in Israel) David Harris (multimedia journalist and Director of Research & Analysis, The Israel Project) The progressive case for Israel - campaigning within the left Neil Nerva (Jewish Labour Movement), Andrew Gilbert, Gideon Smith (Chair of the Yachad Board) Practical Campaign Skills BICOM: How to speak up in public for Israel Professor Alan Johnson (Editor of Fathom) Friends of Israel Education Foundation: Shaping John Levy (Director of FOIEF) the perspectives of pre-university students and Jane Woodford (Wales working in High Schools and West Country Director for FOIEF) North West Friends of Israel: What Grassroots can Anthony Dennison (Co-Chair, do for you North West Friends of Israel) & Bernard Yaffe (Treasurer, North West Friends of Israel) StandWithUs: Powerful persuasion through Philip Gimmack emotional engagement UKLFI: Should we use the law to fight boycotts Jonathan D.C. Turner (Chair, and delegitimisation? UK Lawyers for Israel), Simon Johnson (JLC Chief Executive) Zionist Federation: Writing Skills for Israel David Harris (multimedia advocates journalist and Director of Research & Analysis, The Israel Project) Zionist Federation: Effective Lobbying Lee Scott MP Zionist Federation: Twitter for activists Sam Hailes, (Freelance Journalist) Zionist Federation: Defending Israel to different audiences - what messages work David Harris (multimedia journalist and Director of Research & Analysis,The Israel Project) David Harris (multimedia journalist and Director of Research & Analysis,The Israel Project) Panel of Sussex Friends of Israel (Fiona Sharpe), Yorkshire Friends of Israel (Or Nehushtan), NW Friends of Israel (Antony Dennison), West Midlands Friends of Israel (TBC), Pro Israel, Pro Palestinian, Pro Peace (Judy Weleminsky) Zionist Federation: Dealing with the Press Bottom Up. The impact of regional pro-Israel campaigning Your local Council – why they can be important and what you need to know to impact on their decision-making Cllr Joe Goldberg (Haringey Council) Engagement with Israel BoD: Jewish Values and Israel's Use of Force in Armed Conflict: Your Views UJIA: Unity without Uniformity – can British Jewry agree on anything to do with Israel? UJIA: King David – Exploring Jewish Students’ Experience of Israel on Campus UJIA: Israel Education – models from around the Jewish world UJIA: The Elephant in the Room: what do we not talk about when we talk about Israel? What is Zionism all about? Why is the concept of a “Jewish State” important? Yachad: Understanding the concerns of the next generation of Zionists Vivian Wineman (President of the Board of Deputies) Anthony Ashworth-Steen (UJIA Director of Informal Education and Israel Engagement) and Robin Moss (UJIA Head of Israel Engagement) Micah Smith and Georgina Bye (UJS Leadership and Training Director) Robin Moss (UJIA Head of Israel Engagement) Cassie Matus (UJIA Head of Israel Programmes), Rael Goodman (Head of Jewish Agency UK Delegation), Tami Addlestone (Mazkira, FZY) and David Brown (Executive Director, UJS) Einat Wilf Einat Wilf Emily Hilton, Joe Grabiner, Michael Goldin, Talya Finke Europe & Israel CST: The new antisemitism in Europe European Coalition for Israel: Building coalitions for Israel in the EU and UN StandWithUs: European misconceptions about Hamas and about the two state solution Michael Whine (Government & International Affairs Director, Community Security Trust) Andrew Tucker (ECI) Andrew White How to lobby your MEP and other EU institutions Nuno Wahnon Martins (Director of European Union Affairs B'nai B'rith International) and Alexander Kolks (Political Secretary, VVD delegation to the European Parliament) The two faces of the EU Israel relationship & where does all the money go What can & should we do about the EU? Jeremy Newmark Lessons from the French response to anti-Zionism and antisemitism Daniel Schwammenthal ( AJC Transatlantic Institute), Jeremy Newmark; Nuno Wahnon Martins (Director of European Union Affairs B'nai B'rith International), Alexander Kolks (Political Secretary, VVD delegation to the European Parliament), Andrew Tucker (ECI) Simon Tobelem Knowledge of Israel BICOM: The Middle East Peace Process: all you need to know BICOM: Rebutting the Apartheid Smear BICOM: Israeli Politics Today Harif: Why Jewish refugees from Arab countries are central to Israel advocacy New Israel Fund UK: What do the Israeli election results mean? Palestinian Media Watch: PA hate ideology and incitement - focusing MPs and media on its severity and centrality Shaare Zedek UK: Can we ever put politics aside for peace? How one hospital’s story inspires hope for all StandWithUs: Hamas, my next door neighbour Israeli life on the Gaza border UK Israel Business: The lesser told story – why UK/Israel trade and investment is booming Dr. Toby Greene (Director of Research BICOM; Visiting Fellow, Tel Aviv University) Professor Alan Johnson (Editor of Fathom) Richard Pater (Director, BICOM Israel Office) Michelle Huberman and Lyn Julius Professor Naomi Chazan Itamar Marcus (Chief Executive, Palestinian Media Watch) Simi Ben Hur (Executive Director Shaare Zedek UK) Avner Lustig (StandWithUs UK Consultant) Hugo Bieber (Chief Executive, UK Israel Business) UK Task Force on issues relating to Arab citizens of Israel & British Friends of Merchavim: Is Israel Building a Shared Society? Yachad: Israel Beyond the Sound Bite: Ten common claims debunked Yachad: Understanding Jerusalem Toni Rickenback (Director, UK Task Force), Joey Leskin, (Education Officer, UK Task Force), Errol Rudnick (British Friends of Merchavim) Dan Reisel Rebecca Daniels (Youth and Student outreach worker for Yachad) Zionist Federation: Celebrating Israeli innovation TBC Zionist Federation: No Money for Murder Campaigning against salaries for Palestinian terrorists Israel's positives beyond the conflict: untold stories.... and why they can make a difference Chris Lawes (Campaigns and Press Officer, ZF) Andrew White (founder, the Beyond Images project) Knowledge of the wider Middle East The strategic picture in the wider Middle East and the role of Iran What’s happening in Syria and how does it affect Israel? Alliances and enmities – who likes who and who hates who in the Arab World? Campaigning to expose Qatar Jonathan Spyer (Director, Rubin Centre for Research in International Affairs and fellow at the Middle East Forum) Jonathan Spyer (Director, Rubin Centre for Research in International Affairs and fellow at the Middle East Forum) Alan Mendoza (Henry Jackson Society) Simon Johnson (JLC), Fiona Sharpe (Sussex Friends of Israel) Sectoral Caucuses Christian Friends of Israel: Christian Perspectives on Israel Conservative Friends of Israel : 46 days to the General Election: Are the Conservatives the only viable choice for Pro-Israel voters? Jacob Vince (CFI) Friends of Israel in UKIP Shnuer Odze and David Coburn (former Chair of London UKIP, MEP for Scotland) Mike Freer MP, Matthew Offord MP, Bob Blackman MP, Oliver Dowden PPC Labour Friends of Israel: The Labour Party and Israel: what next Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel: What do Liberal Democrats really think about Israel? StandWithUs: From BDS to George Galloway- the fight against anti-normalisation on campus StandWithUs: Voices for Israel Trade Union Friends of Israel: Do trade unions matter? and do we have any friends in them anyway? UJS session 1: Unified not uniform: students campaigning on Israel in their way(s) UJS session 2: The student movement: An Israel Free Zone? Rt Hon Ivan Lewis MP; Andrew Dismore AM; Dame Anne McGuire MP TBC Jonathan Hunter( StandWithUs Uk Campus Director 20132014) Joseph Stoll (StandWithUS Campus Director) Michael Leahy (Chair, TUFI), Rachel Savage (Workplace representative, Unite Union (personal capacity)), Doreen Gerson, IUGE, Steve Scott Student representatives from SWU, Yachad, movements: chaired by UJS Students representatives from students’ union, J-Soc, NUS VP UJS session 3: The fifty shades of grey between antisemitism and anti-Zionism UJS session 4: Student activism: No room for one- HET to chair, student panel trick ponies (UJS/Yachad/AEPI)
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