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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">Hasbara Fellowships</b> is an organization that brings students to Israel and trains them to be effective pro-Israel activists on college campuses.</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><sup class="">[1]</sup></span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">
Based in New York, it was started in 2001 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aish_HaTorah" class="">
<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);" class="">Aish HaTorah</span></a> in conjunction with the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The organization claims to have trained nearly 2,000 students
on over 220 North American campuses.</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><sup class="">[2]</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">Activists trained by Hasbara Fellowships have been involved in several campus rallies. In 2002, Hasbara Fellowships organized a rally at the National Student Palestinian Conference at the
University of Michigan.</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><sup class="">[3]</sup></span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">
In 2007, Hasbara Fellowships members at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandeis_University" class="">
<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" class="">Brandeis University</span></a> protested against former US President
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" class="">Jimmy Carter</span></a>'s book,
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine:_Peace_Not_Apartheid" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" class=""><i class="">Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid</i></span></a>.</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><sup class="">[4]</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">In May 2007, Hasbara Fellowships (co-sponsored by the Israeli Foreign Ministry) called for volunteers to counter a "dangerous trend" of
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" class="">Wikipedia</span></a> 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".</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><sup class="">[5][6]</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">In 2008, Hasbara Fellowships helped to organize "Islamic State Apartheid Week" at York University to counter the rival "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Apartheid_Week" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" class="">Israeli
Apartheid Week</span></a>".</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><sup class="">[7]</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">In 2010, Hasbara Fellows created
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Peace_Week" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" class="">Israel Peace Week</span></a> as a response to Israel Apartheid Week. In
its first year, the program reached 28 campuses in the US and three in Australia.</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><sup class="">[8][9][10]</sup></span></div>
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