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JIDF Mission

Lead the FightAgainst Antisemitismand Terrorism on the Web

Coordinate Concerned CitizensAround the Globe

Promote Jewish Pride, Knowledge,and Unity

Advocatefor Israel

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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:

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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 of2nd

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

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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 moments notice, and thereach to make it effective. Below are some samples of campaigns and themes,which have caught the attention of the media:

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On the Forefront of Exposing Antisemtism & Terrorism 2.0

Australian Jewish News

BBC

CNN

Canadian Jewish News

Chesler Chronicles

Coordination Forum forCountering 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

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JIDF Solidarity with Israel and the IDFDuring Operation Cast Lead, the JIDF stood in full solidarity.Heres 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.....

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24-hour Twitter campaign to make#GiladShalit trending topic to raise

awareness 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

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Exposed many Hezbollah andNasrallah Pages on Facebook

Official Nasrallah page had over

9,000 fans

CreatedACTION 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

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JIDF Against "Hate Israel" groups on Facebook

In Honor of Israel Independence Day, JIDF launched anACTION ALERT Against "HATE ISRAEL" Facebook Content

While content can hate a political entity or government,Facebook seems to avoid that these groups are havens forantisemitic 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

More work must be done

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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 theirplatform

Created United Against Holocaust Denial group with over85,000 members

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

More work must be done

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JIDF Success; The new generation of Jewish activists

Exposing the issues ofantisemitism 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 Facebooksstance on Holocaust denial

Creating the largest action network of its kind

And much, much more

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

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Ways to Get Involved with the JIDF

Follow us on Twitterhttp://twitter.com/JIDF

Join JIDF Facebook Fan Pagehttp://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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