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WUJS Congress 2009World Union of Jewish Students

Thursday, December 31, 2009



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JIDF Mission

• Lead the Fight Against Antisemitismand Terrorism on the Web

• Coordinate Concerned CitizensAround the Globe

• Promote Jewish Pride, Knowledge,

and Unity

• Advocate for Israel






About the Jewish Internet Defense Force• Pro-Israel advocacy

• Provide news and information through:

• Seek out, expose, and report online content which is against theTerms of Service of internet companies

• Focus on material that promotes Islamic terrorism and antisemitism

• Direct action to eradicate promotion of hatred and violence online,

and creating publicity that will cause internet companies to take theneeded action themselves by enforcing their own Terms of Service

• Focus on websites like:






History of JIDFThe JIDF has been in the making for about 8 years, but came into officialfruition in May, 2008. There were five main turning points:

Start of 2nd

Intifada

9/11 The disengagement fromGush Katif (Gaza)

War withHezbollah

Massacre atMercaz HaRav and

Facebook groups whichwent up to honor it

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010






JIDF Campaigns

• Exposing Antisemitism & Terrorism 2.0

• Solidarity with Israel

• Tweet4Shalit Twitter Campaign for Gilad Shalit

• Against Nasrallah on Facebook

• Against "Hate Israel" groups on Facebook

• Against Online Holocaust Denial

The JIDF has the flexibility to launch a campaign at a moment’s notice, and thereach to make it effective. Below are some samples of campaigns and themes,which have caught the attention of the media:






On the Forefront of Exposing Antisemtism & Terrorism 2.0

• Australian Jewish News

• BBC

• CNN• Canadian Jewish News

• Chesler Chronicles

• Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism

• CS Monitor • FAZ - Germany

• 5 Towns Jewish Times

• Ha'aretz

• HonestReporting• Israel National News

• Jerusalem Center for • Public Affairs

• Jewish News Agency(Argentina)

• Jewish Telegraph Agency

• Jewish Tribune

• Jewish Week - New York• JTA• Russian Israel News• The National (UAE)

Some Organizations Covering JIDF Activism






JIDF Solidarity with Israel and the IDFDuring Operation Cast Lead, the JIDF stood in full solidarity.Here’s one of many letters we received from IDF soldiers:

Shalom....I was just surfing the net and i fell across your

website. I just want to say that although I had always

dreamed something like this existed, I never thought it did.

I am a soldier with the 101st paratroopers corps Messayat

company of the IDF who just came out of operation Cast Lead,

and the most heart wrenching thing coming out of there was

the amount of hate and lies spread throughout the internet,

specifically Facebook and YouTube.

So I just wanted to personally thank you guys for having the

balls to do something about it. Because as important as it is

to face the enemy in combat, it is equally as important to

face him on the internet, where his lies and hatred spread

like wildfire. So THANK YOU, from myself, the IDF, and the

Jewish people.....






• 24-hour Twitter campaign to make#GiladShalit trending topic to raiseawareness prior to his 23rd birthday

• Formed a coalition of organizations to help

• Succeeded in getting #GiladShalit to trendin #2 position for nearly 24 hours

JIDF “Tweet4Shalit” Twitter Campaign for Gilad Shalit






• Exposed many Hezbollah andNasrallah Pages on Facebook

• Official Nasrallah page had over

9,000 fans

• Created ACTION ALERTS. Gotword out to thousands of JIDFactivists to report material

• Joined forces with MK Avi Dichter

• Official Nasrallah Fan Pagedisappeared

• More work must be done

JIDF Against "Hate Israel" groups on Facebook






JIDF Against "Hate Israel" groups on Facebook

• In Honor of Israel Independence Day, JIDF launched an“ACTION ALERT Against "HATE ISRAEL" Facebook Content

• While content can “hate” a political entity or government,

Facebook seems to avoid that these groups are havens for antisemitic and jihadist content

• While we were successful in getting some groups removed,others remain

• This issue is still outstanding. The largest “Hate Israel” grouphas nearly 90,000 members. It actively promotes Jew hatredand Islamic terrorism Specifically, Hezbollah







JIDF Against Online Holocaust Denial

• Holocaust denial is Jew hatred

• Discovered and exposed dozens of groups, and thousands of people promotingand spreading Holocaust denial on Facebook and YouTube

• Pointed out the Holocaust denial is illegal in 13 countries

• Got Facebook to change policies and make that content unavailable to thosecountries

• Inspired international mainstream media coverage of the issue

• Facebook took a very unpopular stand, in support of Holocaust denial on their

platform

• Created “United Against Holocaust Denial” group with over 85,000 members

• Petitioned advertisers, making them aware that their ads were appearing besidesuch material. Many stopped advertising on Facebook







JIDF Success; The new generation of Jewish activists

• Exposing the issues of antisemitism and terrorism 2.0

• YouTube: thousands of antisemitic and terrorist channels and videosremoved

• Facebook: hundreds of antisemitic and terrorist groups, filled with hundredsof thousands of members, removed

• Wikipedia & the Media: Fighting anti-Israel bias

• Creating the largest petition group against Holocaust denial on the internet

• Getting advertisers to remove ads from Facebook in protest of Facebook’sstance on Holocaust denial

• Creating the largest action network of its kind

• And much, much more

but much, much, more must be done...






Ways to Get Involved with the JIDFFollow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/JIDF

Join JIDF Facebook Fan Page

http://facebook.com/thejidf

Subscribe to JIDF Daily Email Alerts

Share our information and action alerts with others

Have your union join forces with us or suggest campaigns

Donate or help raise much needed funds for the JIDF

Promote or use JIDF Media Consultation and AdvertisingServices


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