Big Tent for Israel

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The Big Tent for Israel was a two day conference held in Manchester, UK, in November 2011, organized in response to a report by the Reut Institute which identified the UK, especially London, as a hub for activities which 'delegitimize' Israel.

The event explicitly sought to counter the perceived delegitimization phenomenon. Organizer Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag wrote in the programme

“We need to fight a war to defend Israel against delegitimisation. We have to raise an army and we have to join that army.”[1]:

Speakers included Eran Shayson one of the authors of the Reut Institute's report 'The Assault on Israel's Legitimacy: London as a Case Study'[2] and, amongst others, the following:

A sister event called the Mini Big Tent For Israel was held in London on November 9 2011.[4]

In a blogpost Eran Shayshon described the event as part of "the emergence of the pro-Israel network" and also mentions a May 2011 conference We Believe In Israel organised by BICOM in this context.[5]

Notes

  1. BTFI Programme, Scribd, accessed Jun 2 2012
  2. The Assault on Israel's Legitimacy: London as a Case Study, Reut Institute, accessed 29 May 2012.
  3. BTFI Programme, Scribd, accessed Jun 2 2012
  4. A Tentful of Hasbara, London BDS, accessed June 2 2012
  5. Towards the Big Tent for Israel, Reut Blog, accessed June 2 2012