The Myth: Israel’s military responses are disproportionate and unnecessarily destructive compared to the threats it faces. The Facts: International humanitarian law defines proportionality not as matching casualty numbers but as balancing military necessity against civilian harm. Israel faces adversaries who deliberately embed military infrastructure within civilian areas. Hamas has built over 500km of tunnels under […]

The Myth: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) is focused solely on changing Israeli government policies and doesn’t target Jewish individuals or institutions. The Facts: BDS regularly targets Jewish individuals, cultural events, and institutions worldwide regardless of their positions on Israeli policies. BDS campaigns have disrupted Jewish cultural festivals in countries like Spain and […]

The Myth: Jews are European colonizers with no authentic historical or indigenous connection to the land of Israel/Palestine. The Facts: Archaeological evidence, genetic studies, historical records, and continuous cultural practices all confirm the Jewish people’s Indigenous status in the land. Archaeological discoveries throughout Israel/Palestine document a 3,000-year continuous Jewish presence, including the 2,600-year-old Siloam Inscription […]

The Myth: Israel is the primary cause of conflict and instability across the Middle East region. The Facts: The Middle East faces numerous conflicts unrelated to Israel, including the Syrian civil war (500,000+ casualties), the Yemen civil war (377,000+ casualties), ISIS atrocities across multiple countries, Iran-Saudi proxy conflicts, the Iraq War and its aftermath, Libya’s […]

The Myth: Israel and Jewish organizations fabricate or exaggerate antisemitism claims to deflect legitimate criticism of Israeli policies. The Facts: Antisemitism is extensively documented through hate crime statistics, social media monitoring, and historical records. Since October 7, 2023, antisemitic incidents worldwide have increased by over 300% according to multiple independent monitoring organizations. This surge includes […]

The Myth: The Hamas attack on Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023, was a legitimate form of resistance against occupation. The Facts: International humanitarian law explicitly prohibits targeting civilians regardless of political circumstances. The deliberate massacre of 1,200 civilians, including the elderly, children, and Holocaust survivors, along with widespread sexual violence, hostage-taking, and mutilation of […]

The Myth: Jews lived in harmony and equality in Arab and Muslim lands before Israel’s creation, and their mass exodus was solely due to Israel’s establishment rather than persecution. The Facts: While there were periods of relative tolerance, Jews in Arab and Muslim lands historically lived as “dhimmis,” protected but second-class citizens subject to special […]

The Myth: Israel intentionally blocks humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza civilians as a form of collective punishment. The Facts: Israel has facilitated the entry of thousands of aid trucks into Gaza even during active conflict, coordinating with international organizations to establish humanitarian corridors. The challenges in aid distribution stem primarily from Hamas diversion of supplies, […]

The term “Apartheid” is an Afrikaans word meaning “apartness” and specifically applies to the system of racial segregation in place in South Africa between 1948 and 1994. This was a clear, institutional, and legal separation between white, black, and mix-raced peoples. There were different benches, beaches, stores, bathrooms, water fountains, schools, etc. It was also […]

For the last 3,000 or so years, there has been a documented presence of Jews in what is now Israel. The Land of Israel was the birthplace of Jewish identity and culture. Certainly, for the last 2,000 or so years, the majority of the Jewish community has lived in the diaspora (i.e. outside of the […]

In its entire history, Israel has never sought to have a country of only Jewish Israelis. In 1948, when six Arab armies went to war against the newly established State of Israel, Israel fought to secure its borders, but never sought to simply expel residents on the basis of their religion, ethnicity, or creed. According […]

This is a chant that refers to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, which comprises Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. This geographic area encompasses the entirety of Israel within its internationally recognized borders, as well as all Palestinian territories, effectively calling for the elimination of Israel as a sovereign Jewish […]

Genocide is the deliberate killing of a group of people from a particular national, religious, or ethnic group with the goal of destroying that group. The legal definition, established in the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, specifies that genocide requires “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as […]

Antisemitism is an irrational hatred of the Jewish people, for any number of reasons. It is a historic hatred, going back millennia and is often correctly, referred to as a conspiracy theory, in that the beliefs that underlie it have no basis in reality. Antisemitism is a form of racism, and an Antisemite holds hostile, […]

Israel is a democracy the same way as Canada, the United States, or any Western European country is a democracy. It was established as such on May 14, 1948, when its Declaration of Independence was signed, extending “complete equality of social and political rights to all of its inhabitants, irrespective of religion, race or sex; […]

When discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there is an important distinction to be made between Arab Israelis and Palestinian-Arabs. Arab-Israelis live in Israel and have Israeli citizenship. With this citizenship, they have all the same rights as Jewish Israeli citizens, including the right to vote, run for office, healthcare, work opportunities, etc. Today, approximately 2.2 million […]

For almost the entire history of political Zionism, Jewish leaders have sought peace with their Arab neighbours. This commitment dates to Theodor Herzl’s vision in his 1902 novel “Altneuland,” which depicted Jews and Arabs living together harmoniously in a future Jewish state. Israel’s Declaration of Independence clearly states that Israel will extend a hand to […]