Fathi Hamad - is probably a caring father

VideosSo as not to disappoint those of you looking for a video, here’s one of Fathi Hamad.

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April 26th, 2010 | Category: Videos | Comments are closed

You can do it too

VideosHonest Reporting has created the video Video: Is the Western Wall in Israel? – HR Interviews ‘Confused’ Tourists and uploaded it to YouTube

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Apart from its content, we think this is an excellent example of an advocacy video that anyone with a camcorder could attempt. The more videos of this sort online the better.

April 23rd, 2010 | Category: Videos | Comments are closed

BBC World Have Your Say

BBCIs Israel a special (nuclear) case? And should Tiger Woods just play golf? (podcast)

Fri, 9 Apr 10 Duration: 23 mins (unless Tiger Woods’  multiple affairs really interests you. Then the duration is 50 mins).

The BBC asked, Does Israel deserve special consideration on the issue of nuclear weapons? Or must it play by the same rules as every other country? These questions come after Binyamin Netanyahu pulled out of a disarmament conference where Israel’s alleged arsenal was to be queried. … and they asked me to take part from Israel.

You’ll know it’s me speaking by the high-pitched voice (I guess I don’t really suit radio which is probably why I write and photograph. I don’t look anything like Brad Pitt, either but I digress). When the BBC asked me to contribute I was a little bit dubious. It’s difficult not to note the hostility to Israel that comes out of the BBC. On the other hand I felt that advocating for Israel is what I do and what better place than worldwide radio.

My feeling is that Israel came over the winner in this case. The Destroy Israel Lobby was a player down as the Egyptian representative couldn’t contribute, for technical reasons. Together with Hazhir Teimourian from the Limehouse Group and some other contributors I think we did as well as we could have in this type of forum.

I hope the points, I tried to make, came over clearly.

  1. Israel can’t sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty because the treaty only allows the countries that tested nukes before 1967 to have them. Signing means abandoning nuclear weapons.
  2. Israel may have more deterrence by not admitting to nuclear weapons. I spoke about the tough-looking guy in a pub. He may not be able to fight but no one wants to fight him to find out.
  3. India and Pakistan also haven’t signed the NPT, have nuclear weapons and a history of conflict with each other.
  4. Iran has an agenda which ties in with a radical Shiite worldview and Ahmadinijad’s personal ideology that makes it a danger to the rest of the world (America – the big Satan) and its neighbours. If Israel had no nuclear weapons Iran would be still be a threat and would want to develop them.

Why me?

Much as I would like to believe the BBC had read my contribution to Five Minutes for Israel and decided on that basis that I was the ideal representative, I know that isn’t true. They contacted me on the basis of a letter I had written months ago, on the BBC website in response to a particular article.

The moral is Keep writing and responding to Action Items. Who knows where it might lead?

April 10th, 2010 | Category: Videos | Comments are closed

I'm an Advocate for Israel lyrics

Nigerian girl-flagNow who is working on a video to go with the rap? ADVOCATE FOR ISRAEL 2

Dayuru Mmmanuel Emme - Israel advocate from NigeriaADVOCATE FOR ISRAEL

Intro,

Yeah Am a Zionist for Life
No doubt P.Dicey
I do this for Israel
Let’s Stand with Israel.

Chorus

Am an advocate for Israel
Zionist defender
I do this thru my Flows
My people lets clap
So come join hands lets make it clap.
All around the world were goanna make it clap.2xmes

Verse 1

Israel is the nation blessed by God
Israel is the nation called by God
The city of peace and the city of love
Every tribe every tribe every tongue, we hail Jerusalem
Amen and Amen, am goanna raise your flag high
Let the world see and know, that Light comes from Zion
The lion n the King, your star is shining bright
Giving us the light that will save mankind
From the darkness and the chaos that I see around us
Am no more a slave, welcome to the promise land
The unity of mankind from the holy Nation
From the north to the south to the east and to the west.

Chorus

Am an advocate for Israel
Zionist defender
I do this thru my Flows
My people lets clap
So come join hands lets make it clap.
All around the world were goanna make it clap.2xmes

Verse 2

First it was the Nazis, now it’s the terrorist
Holocaust and bombings waged on the innocent
Tell me what’s the difference, between good and evil?
Your pain and your sufferings got me advocating.
Am fighting with ma pen, saying thumbs up for Israel
A pilgrim from Nigeria, the west coast of Africa
Connected to Israel, that’s my spiritual home
Am joining the struggle, I got to make it hustle
Lets blow the bugle, let the world see and know
Preaching non violence got me playing violins
For ma Jewish people and the oppressed
You got to fight for your right the freedom for the kingdom
That stands for liberation; I will raise your flag high
Let the world see and know that Light comes from Zion
Am a liberal lyricist and I do this for Israel
Come join Israel lets do this come on. Yeah

Chorus

Am an advocate for Israel
Zionist defender
I do this thru my Flows
My people lets clap
So come join hands lets make it clap.
All around the world were goanna make it clap.2xme
Yeah I guess we got to do this, let the world see and know
The oppression, the socially depressed
What is happening in our neighborhood
In our society ,  you got to stand with this people
So I rep. Israel like Oscar Schindler  I do this for Israel
This is how we standing , Lets make it clap for Israel
One love
P,dicey, mr noel, yeah sahara on the beats solid o4 hill stream
We got laureen in the building , everybody is laughing ,
Yeah raise the flag high, Yeahh the Star of David
Liberation come on , this how we go am out.

Composed by Emmanuel D aka P.Dicey

March 15th, 2010 | Category: Videos | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Hip Hop from Nigeria

Nigerian girl-flagCrying out for a video

Listen to this ADVOCATE FOR ISRAEL 2 song (mp3 format)

Dayuru Emmanuel Emme, a Five Minutes for Israel supporter from Nigeria who is a hip-hop artist and an advocate for Israel wrote and recorded this song. If you have been following the news recently you would have heard of the latest atrocity against Nigerian Christians near Jos.  Emmanuel directed me to this Anglican Diocese of Jos website.

Be warned – contains extremely graphic images that you won’t see on MSM.

  1. Video/animation. People let’s put together a visual to this audio.
  2. Would some Israel advocate please extract the lyrics from this song and we will post the transcript.
March 10th, 2010 | Category: Videos | Comments are closed

How to do it …

Canadian Federation of Jewish Students5mfi is pleased to welcome Rebecca Cherniak from the Canadian Federation of Jewish Students and Rebecca Silverhart from Israel On Campus, University of Western Ontario. The CFJS site is here. Some early efforts at Israel Advocacy via video are here. Way to go, Ladies!

If you can believe the Israel Apartheid Week guys† the Canadian scene will be disgusting as they slime their way into Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, Mississauga, Montréal, Ottawa, Sudbury, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg. Of course, IAW may just be blowing smoke but if you’re an Israel Activist from any of those places need to start planning NOW. Prepare your videos and video what happens. If you are from any of these places and need information the Canadian Federation of Jewish Students/ Federation Canadienne Des Etudiants Juifs is a good place to start.

The first video is a how-to-do-it called Tabling for Israel. YouTube Preview Image

Let us know what you think.

On a related matter, we think this would be a good place for our subtitlers/translators to French (and other languages) to get started. If this is you contact us on david@5mfi.com.

†No link. I see no reason to give them extra hits.

February 20th, 2010 | Category: Videos | Comments are closed
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