Special Achievement Hasby Award for outstanding grassroots activism

This is a Special Achievement Hasby Award, given outside the normal nominations process, since I didn't have a category for this - and I should have.

The Special Achievement Hasby Award for grassroots activism goes to....

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Hasby Award: Best Individual Example of Hasbara

The nominees for Best Individual Example of Hasbara are:

Ed Klinger's note on the BDS MacBook 

Brighton BDS Counter-protest

David G's NYT Op-Ed Index 2012 

IDF Girls Gone Wild (parts 1, 2, 3) 

UN interpreter hot mic  

And the winner is....

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Hasby Award: Best Article

The nominees for Best Article are:

Will we ever be forgiven the Holocaust? (Howard Jacobson) 

There is nothing remotely progressive in today's left wing loathing of Israel (Brendan O'Neill) 

An Israeli Soldier to American Jews: Wake up! (Hen Mazzig)

And the winner is...

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Hasby Award: Best Blog

Perhaps the category that generates the most interest.

The nominees for Best Pro-Israel Blog are:

Israellycool  

Israel Matzav

This Ongoing War 

Jews Down Under 

Pro-Israel Bay Bloggers 

5 Minutes for Israel 

IsraelSeen 

And the winner is...

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Hasby Award: Best Pro-Israel Tweeter

A much-anticipated category!

The nominees for Best Pro-Israel Tweeters are:

Arsen Ostrovsky 

Margie in Tel Aviv 

CiFWatch 

No Camels

William Daroff 

And the winner is:

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Hasby Award: Best Pro-Israel Video

The nominees for Best Pro-Israel Video are:

Pat Condell - Patronizing the Palestinians 

"I'm an Israeli Soldier" (Latma) 

Naftali Bennett on CNN 

Boycott Israel by Ari Lesser 

And the winner is:

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Hasby Award: Best Watchdog (Arabic media or NGOs)

The nominees for Best Watchdog - Arabic Media or NGOs are:

MEMRI
Palestinian Media Watch 

NGO Monitor 

UN Watch 

And the winner is...

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Hasby Award: Best Pro-Israel Commentator Exclusive to Israel/ME

The nominees for the Hasby Award for Best Pro-Israel Commentator Exclusive to Israel/ME are:

Caroline Glick 

Martin Kramer 

Daniel Gordis 

Evelyn Gordon 

Sarah Honig 

Khaled Abu Toameh 

And the winner is....

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Hasby Award: Best Mainstream Media Watchdog

The week-long online Hasby awards continue, with a popular category:

BEST MAINSTREAM MEDIA WATCHDOG

CAMERA 

BBC Watch 

CiF Watch  

Mideast Media Sampler at Legal Insurrection 

Huffington Post Monitor

And the winner is:

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Hasby Award: Best English-Language Pro-Israel Online Media Outlet

The nominees for

BEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRO-ISRAEL ONLINE MEDIA OUTLET;

are:

Algemeiner  

Israel HaYom

Jewish Press 

Tablet 

JPost 

The Tower 

Israel21c 

Another tough category.

The award goes to:

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Hasby Award: Best Pro-Israel Media Outlet/Writer Not Exclusive to Israel

This is the first Hasby award of 2014. I will be presenting these all week.

The nominees for

BEST PRO-ISRAEL MEDIA OUTLET/WRITER NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ISRAEL 

are:

Douglas Murray

Melanie Phillips

Gatestone Institute

Charles Krauthammer

Walter Russell Mead

Bret Stephens (WSJ)

This is a very tough category, because every nominee is great. But the award goes to:

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Hasby Awards 2014 being announced this week

It is awards season, and they aren't all being held in Hollywood.

This year, to keep the suspense going, I will be announcing the Hasby Award winners throughout the week,  with 2 or 3 awards given out every day. 

Here is the official list of nominees, based on EoZ reader input:

BEST PRO-ISRAEL TWEETER (Last year's winner: Avi Mayer)

Arsen Ostrovsky 
Margie in Tel Aviv 
CiFWatch 
No Camels
William Daroff 

BEST PRO-ISRAEL MEDIA OUTLET/WRITER NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ISRAEL (Last year's winner: The Commentator)

Douglas Murray 
Melanie Phillips 
Gatestone Institute(
Charles Krauthammer
Walter Russell Mead 
Bret Stephens (WSJ) 

BEST PRO-ISRAEL COMMENTATOR EXCLUSIVE TO MIDDLE EAST/ISRAEL (Last year's winner: Barry Rubin)

Caroline Glick 
Martin Kramer 
Daniel Gordis 
Evelyn Gordon 
Sarah Honig 
Khaled Abu Toameh 

BEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRO-ISRAEL ONLINE MEDIA OUTLET (Last year's winner: Times of Israel)

Algemeiner  
Israel HaYom
Jewish Press 
Tablet 
JPost 
The Tower 
Israel21c 

BEST MAINSTREAM MEDIA WATCHDOG (Last year's winner: Honest Reporting)

CAMERA 
BBC Watch 
CiF Watch  
Mideast Media Sampler at Legal Insurrection 
Huffington Post Monitor

BEST WATCHDOG - ARABIC MEDIA AND NGOs

MEMRI  
Palestinian Media Watch 
NGO Monitor 
UN Watch 

BEST PRO-ISRAEL BLOG (PRESENT COMPANY EXCLUDED) (Last year's winners: Daphne Anson and Missing Peace)

Israellycool  
Israel Matzav
This Ongoing War 
Jews Down Under 
Pro-Israel Bay Bloggers 
5 Minutes for Israel 
IsraelSeen 

BEST PRO-ISRAEL VIDEO

Pat Condell - Patronizing the Palestinians 
"I'm an Israeli Soldier" (Latma) 
Naftali Bennett on CNN 
Boycott Israel by Ari Lesser 


BEST PRO-ISRAEL SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE (Facebook, Pinterest, Vine, Scribd, Google+, YouTube...)

IDF (idfnadesk) on YouTube 
StandWithUs (FB, YouTube) 
Sussex Friends of Israel Facebook 
Einat Wilf's Facebook 


BEST SPEECH
Bibi Netanyahu at Bar Ilan 
Bibi Netanyahu at the UN 


BEST "OWN GOAL" (Anti-Zionists acting so stupid they disgust even disinterested parties)
"Shoot the Jew" at Wits University
Iran's Fake Stealth Fighter

ISM Oakland attacking a girl writing a pro-Israel message in chalk 

BEST ARTICLE
Will we ever be forgiven the Holocaust? (Howard Jacobson) 
There is nothing remotely progressive in today's left wing loathing of Israel (Brendan O'Neill) 
An Israeli Soldier to American Jews: Wake up! (Hen Mazzig)





BEST INDIVIDUAL EXAMPLE OF HASBARA

Ed Klinger's note on the BDS MacBook 
Brighton BDS Counter-protest
David G's NYT Op-Ed Index 2012 
IDF Girls Gone Wild (parts 1, 2, 3) 
UN interpreter hot mic  

In addition, I will present a special award or two. And, like last year, I will put out a press release with all the awardees.

Good luck to the nominees! 

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