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It is easy to make your voice heard by the politicians and newspaper editors who affect Israel’s survival on a daily basis.

Here are just three of the suggestions from Dan Pollak, Co-Director of Government Relations for the Zionist Organization of America. We hope you will pick at least one and take action.

 

1. Try and meet with your Congressman or our Senators. They are all back in the district from time to time and want to hear from constituents. Just remember:
   1. Do your research, before you go to the meeting. See what bills the member has sponsored or signed on to.
   2. Be Polite and Respectful, and thank him/her for the commitment to pro-Israel legislation if that applies.
   3. Stick to two at the most three topics. You can find the Bills that ZOA is endorsing on the zoa.org website. Current priorities are Iran and limits on aid to the Palestinian Authority. Give specific reasons why it is in the Representative or Senator’s best interest to sign on.
2. Can’t meet in person? Phone calls and letters to your Congressman and Senators are the next best thing. Phone calls, faxes and emails are logged and counted. Every member of Congress has a “contact me” section on their website making it simple to send a message.  You can access this information through the “write Congress” section of the zoa.org website.
3. Write to local papers. Applaud our members of congress for their positive actions and point out areas where they should support Israel and safeguard its borders and people.

 

Tips on writing an effective Letter to the Editor

Media outlets and contact information

Sign up to participate in the ZOA-Michigan Region Letter Writing Campaign

 

What can you do to defend Israel?

Visit informative websites so that you know the facts:

ZOA at www.zoa.org

ZOA-Michigan Region at www.mizoa.org

CAMERA at www.camera.org
For Palestinian media reports: Palestinian Media Watch at www.palwatch.org

For wider Arab media reports: MEMRI   www.memri.org

Read good books including:

Myths and Facts, the best single guide to the Arab-Israeli conflict, visit the associated website at www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org and under "New this month" click on Myths and Facts to order the book or to browse the online version.

Alan Dershowitz's The Case for Israel, and make sure you watch the documentary of the same name that was co-produced by CAMERA. To read background material and buy the DVD visit the website at  www.thecaseforisrael.com

Michael Oren’s Six Days of War.

Then use the knowledge that you’ve gained – get involved by joining ZOA-Michigan Region and joining our letter writing team. Read local papers, and national papers like the New York Times, and respond – don’t even wait for our alerts. Write “letters to the editor”, get on the websites and leave comments – that only takes a few minutes.

 

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