StandWithUs

preparing for the new academic year.

Recognizing that education needs to start even earlier, SWU now has a middle school curriculum, IsraelLINK, that is used across the U.S. in over 200 schools, to inspire and connect young teens to Israel through the lens of their own interests and core values.

Moreover, the organization's community directors host educational programs for different audiences and also deal with antisemitism on the local level.

SWU also challenges anti-Israel campaigns whether on social media, on campuses, in high schools, or in communities. For example, the organization was very involved in the Ben & Jerry's boycott of Israel campaign. Unilever, the parent company that owns Ben & Jerry's, recently sold the franchise to its long-time Israel distributor Avi Zinger, which put a quick end to the boycott. The move ensures that the thousands of Israeli and Palestinian employees keep their jobs, and be able to continue enjoying the ice cream.

This victory was nearly a year in the making with SWU and other organizations working from a variety of angles including letterwriting that gathered over 19,000, social media campaigns, and legal angles. The organization also deployed trucks to Unilever’s headquarters with signs protesting Ben and Jerry's stance. The StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department worked to hold Ben & Jerry's and Unilever legally accountable for their discriminatory decision. Avi Zinger personally thanked SWU and other organizations who stood by him and challenged the destructive campaign by Ben and Jerry's.

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is another example of a recent antisemitic campaign against Israel which has required a strong response by SWU and other organizations who are paying attention to the double standards constantly promoted by UN agencies. The UNHRC has recently continued its endless vilification of Israel through an unprecedented, open-ended "Commission of Inquiry" (COI) led by a proponent of the Boycott campaign against Israel. As usual, its latest report blames Israel for the suffering of the Palestinians without taking into account the Palestinian Authority and Hamas' intransigence and terrorism.

SWU launched a letterwriting campaign to the UNHRC and held a mock funeral at UN headquarters in New York. The funeral procession included grim reaper figures in black robes and hoods and skeleton masks, carrying coffins with imprinted signs signaling the death of human rights.

In response, SWU launched a letter-writing campaign to the UNHRC and held a mock funeral at UN headquarters in New York. The funeral procession included grim reaper figures in black robes and hoods and skeleton masks, carrying coffins with imprinted signs signaling the death of human rights. The message points a finger at the UNHRC for ignoring human rights abuses throughout the world in favor of its obsession with Israel, harming endless numbers of people who need help, like the Uyghurs in China who are reportedly being tortured in concentration camps.

People can join the StandWithUs campaign and add their names to the petition to end the "Commission of Inquiry" at https://www. standwithus.com/unhrc-campaign.

SWU believes it must do what it can to ensure Israel remains a secure, thriving Jewish and democratic state that can make peace with its neighbors from a position of strength, and that it must stop antisemitism from threatening Jewish communities and their students around the world.

Roz Rothstein states, "At StandWithUs, we empower people around the world to fight