2013 Hasby Award winners!

Right around now I should be announcing the 2013 winners of the Hasby Awards in a gala Manhattan ceremony.

And here they are, using a super-secret algorithm that involves very complex interactions of the synapses in my brain:


BEST PRO-ISRAEL TWEETER

Nominees:

•  Avi Mayer
•  David HaIvri
•  Challah Hu Akbar
•  Martin Kramer
•  Arsen Ostrovsky

WINNER:
Avi Mayer


BEST PRO-ISRAEL MEDIA OUTLET NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ISRAEL

Nominees:

•  Douglas Murray
•  Melanie Phillips
•  The Commentator
•  Gatestone Institute
•  Charles Krauthammer
•  Evelyn Gordon

WINNER:
The Commentator


BEST PRO-ISRAEL COMMENTATOR

Nominees:

•  Caroline Glick
•  Martin Kramer
•  Daniel Gordis
•  Barry Rubin

WINNER:
Barry Rubin


BEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRO-ISRAEL MEDIA OUTLET

Nominees:

• Algemeiner
• Times of Israel
• Israel HaYom
• Tablet
• JPost
• Jewish Press (forgot to include in my slides, sorry!)

WINNER:

Times of Israel

BEST MAINSTREAM MEDIA WATCHDOG

Nominees:

• CAMERA
• Honest Reporting
• BBC Watch
• CiF Watch
• David G Daily Mideast Media Sampler
• Huffington Post monitor

WINNER:

Honest Reporting (very tough call)

BEST PRO-ISRAEL BLOG (PRESENT COMPANY EXCLUDED)

Nominees:

• Israellycool
• Israel Matzav
• Missing Peace
• Daphne Anson
• Augean Stables
• Sultan Knish
• Daled Amos
• This Ongoing War  
• Size Doesn't Matter

WINNERS:

Missing Peace
Daphne Anson

BEST PRO-ISRAEL VIDEO

Nominees:

• Pat Condell, Israel and the United Nations
• The Red Line (Shraga Simmons)
• Zionism without Jerusalem (Im Tirtzu)
• The Children are Ready (Temple Institute)
• The Rhythm of Israel (AJC)
• Real Apartheid in the Middle East (Stand With Us)
• IDF aid missions around the world (IDF)
• Israel vs. Palestine (cartoon)

WINNER:

The Red Line

The other suggested categories did not get enough nominations or second,, but all of them are good. Complete list of nominations and seconds is here.