The anti-Israel bias in the mainstream media, at the UN and other international organizations, and in academia is nothing new. What is, however, shocking, is the portrayal of Israel and demonization of a country trying to survive after a barbaric invasion of its homeland that resulted in the greatest number of murdered Jews since the Holocaust, that involved acts of aggression unimaginable in any civilized culture, and in which 250 hostages were taken many of whom remain in captivity in horrific conditions. The massacre on October 7th isn’t a fantasy – the terrorists filmed their atrocities, the civilian population in Gaza celebrated the terrorists’ accomplishments, their leaders promised to repeat October 7th over and over again and yet, Israel is portrayed as the aggressor by the world including by the Biden/Harris administration. The media – from al Jazeera and the BBC to Reuters and The New York Times are aiding and abetting the terrorists with lies and blood libels published as fact, faculty and students across college campuses are cheering on the destruction of the Jewish homeland and attacking Jewish students, and the UN, ICC, ICJ and EU are all accusing Israel of atrocities that are sheer fantasy. Here to help us break this down and understand what Israel is confronting in its cognitive war is the always insightful Alex Traiman, CEO and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of the Jewish National Syndicate.
About our speaker: Alex Traiman is CEO and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of the Jewish News Syndicate. A veteran Israeli journalist, radio-show host, documentary filmmaker and startup consultant, he writes on Israeli politics and U.S.-Israel relations. He has conducted one-on-one interviews with Israeli officials, among them Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose recent speech to a joint session Congress he attended and covered. Other key figures include members of the Knesset, government and War Cabinet. He has also interviewed U.S. senators, congressmen, ambassadors, former CIA heads and national security advisers. He interviewed then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on an official visit to Jerusalem. He has appeared on the BBC, Bloomberg, CBS, NBC, FOX, News Nation and Newsmax, and is a frequent guest on WABC and CBS radio. An NCAA champion fencer in the Yeshiva University sports hall of fame, he moved to Israel in 2004, and lives in Jerusalem with his wife and five children.
