It is that time of year again where I ask you for nominations for the annual Hasby Awards, the best examples of pro-Israel advocacy for the year.
Below you will find the categories of awards for this year. You can add your own nominees or you can second the ones that are listed in the comments. This is not the vote! I have pre-populated nominees from those who had been seconded last year and some others, but you are encouraged to nominate additional ones. There is no need to second nominees that have already been seconded.
No nominations or seconds from Twitter or email, they must be placed in the comments. Please include links!
Please don't second more than one in one category.
Self-nominations are allowed.
Additional category suggestions are welcome, but unlikely. It is already a crowded field.
As in previous years, no one gets awarded twice for the same category so I list the previous winners.
Some winners are decided by me and others will be based on surveys.. The awards will be given out sometime in 2017, maybe even in a real-life ceremony like last year's. (But it might have to be in the New York area this time. If you have a good venue and want to host, please let me know!)
BEST PRO-ISRAEL TWEETER (Previous winners: Avi Mayer, No
Camels, Margie in Tel Aviv, Arsen Ostrovsky)
Eugene Kontorovich (seconded)
Dumisani Washington
Yishai Fleisher
Israel Shield
Shim Rational
Petra Marquardt-B
Hillel Fuld
Father Gabriel Naddaf
Jonathan Greenberg
Frackingzionist
YMikarov
Michael Dickson
Yishai Fleisher
Israel Shield
Shim Rational
Petra Marquardt-B
Hillel Fuld
Father Gabriel Naddaf
Jonathan Greenberg
Frackingzionist
YMikarov
Michael Dickson
BEST YOUNG DEFENDER OF ISRAEL (under 25) (Previous winners:
Muhammad Zoabi, Leora
Noor Eisenberg, Alexandra Markus (Lex))
Chloe Valdary (seconded)
Hananya Naftali (seconded)
Elliott Hamilton
Rudy Rochman
Aedan O'Connor (seconded)
Chloe Valdary (seconded)
Hananya Naftali (seconded)
Elliott Hamilton
Rudy Rochman
Aedan O'Connor (seconded)
BEST PRO-ISRAEL COMMENTATOR EXCLUSIVE TO MIDDLE
EAST/ISRAEL (Previous winners: Barry Rubin, Sarah Honig, Caroline Glick,
Evelyn Gordon)
Varda Meyers-Epstein (seconded)
BEST
SATIRE/HUMOR (Previous winners: PreOccupied
Territory, This Is Palestine)
Mideast Beast (seconded)
Daily Freier (seconded)
Dry Bones Blog (seconded)
Mideast Beast (seconded)
Daily Freier (seconded)
Dry Bones Blog (seconded)
BEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRO-ISRAEL ONLINE MEDIA
OUTLET (Previous winners: Times of Israel, The Tower, Mosaic)
BEST
WATCHDOG: MEDIA AND NGOs (Previous winners: Honest Reporting, CAMERA, BBC Watch,
Palestinian Media Watch, MEMRI)
BEST PRO-ISRAEL BLOG (PRESENT COMPANY EXCLUDED) (Previous
winners: Daphne Anson, Missing Peace, Israellycool, This Ongoing War, Abu Yehuda)
BEST
ARTICLE
"Instead of
Apologizing” (Mosaic translation of 1911 Jabotinsky article) (seconded)
Israel
Conducted No Ethnic Cleansing in 1948 (Benny Morris) (seconded)
Palestinians:
Western Media's Ignorance and Bias (Khaled Abu Toameh)
Yes, Many Journalists Choose Sides in a Conflict—and Often
for the Worst Reasons (Zenobia
Ravji)
Where Does All That Aid for Palestinians Go? (Tzipi Hotovely) (seconded)
"Prophecy in Israel: Expression of the Collective Hebrew Soul and Unity of Creation" by: Yehuda HaKohen (seconded)
Major Alaa Waheeb: There’s only one country in the Middle East that could produce a soldier like me (seconded)
Jonathan Sacks: ANTI-ZIONISM IS THE NEW ANTI-SEMITISM, SAYS BRITAIN'S EX-CHIEF RABBI
Strategic self-respect (Vic Rosenthal)
Strategic self-respect (Vic Rosenthal)
Fred Maroun, The macabre commemoration of the Nakba
Alan Sdersjowiyz: Visit to the Old and New Hells of Europe Provides a Reminder of Israel's Importance
Alan Sdersjowiyz: Visit to the Old and New Hells of Europe Provides a Reminder of Israel's Importance
CHLOE VALDARY: 21st Century Zionism: The Importance of Place & Homeland i n Popular Culture
Evelyn Gordon: The Truth About Settlement Growth
Evelyn Gordon: The Truth About Settlement Growth
Why do I love Israel? (Forest Rain)
At the U.N., Only Israel Is an ‘Occupying Power’(EUGENE KONTOROVICH and PENNY GRUNSEID) (seconded)
BEST VIDEO
Zionism: an Indigenous Movement (Einat Wilf) (seconded)
Why Are There Still Palestinian Refugees? by Dumisani Washington (seconded)
Born to Hate Jews by Kasim Hafeez
Zionism: an Indigenous Movement (Einat Wilf) (seconded)
Why Are There Still Palestinian Refugees? by Dumisani Washington (seconded)
Born to Hate Jews by Kasim Hafeez
Where Has All The Money Gone? (seconded)
Egyptian-German Scholar Hamed Abdel-Samad: Our Hatred of Jews Has Poisoned Us
Egyptian-German Scholar Hamed Abdel-Samad: Our Hatred of Jews Has Poisoned Us
68 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Israel
NO2BDS: Almost a million people lost everything when Israel declared independence
NO2BDS: Almost a million people lost everything when Israel declared independence
UNRWA: A Palestinian "Refugee" Speaks out
Israeli Druze diplomat answer to the Syrian representative in the UN (seconded)
Israeli Druze diplomat answer to the Syrian representative in the UN (seconded)
BEST BOOK
150 Palestinian Tales (seconded)
BEST PRO-ISRAEL ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION (Previous winner: My Truth)
Regavim (seconded)
BEST SPEECH
Jeremy Gimpel, Yom Haatzmaut, Canada (seconded)
International Law Issues in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict, Eugene Kontorovich (seconded)
Jeremy Gimpel, Yom Haatzmaut, Canada (seconded)
International Law Issues in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict, Eugene Kontorovich (seconded)
BEST PRO-ISRAEL CELEBRITY (The David Draiman Award) (Previous winner: Mayim Bialik)
Ashton Kutcher
Jon Voight (seconded)
Jenna Jameson
BEST
"OWN GOAL" (Anti-Zionists acting so stupid they disgust even
disinterested parties or backfire spectacularly) (Previous winners: Max
Blumenthal/David Sheen, Rototom Sunsplash Music Festival)
Israeli flag burned outside DNC
Senator Dianne Feinstein supporting abstention of UNSCR 2334 (seconded)
Barack Obama crafting UNSCR 2334 (seconded)
US collusion with PA revealed by Egypt
Bernie Sanders (seconded)