| Dear Friend of Israel, Friend of FLAME:
If you’re like me, you no doubt honored the Passover story—that the Jews were saved—redeemed—by our rescue from Egypt—and surely we would never again see the more recent horror, less than 80 years ago, of the Holocaust.
But the October 7 massacre changed everything. Rather than evoking sympathy for the slaughter of innocent Jews, the Hamas attack unleashed a tsunami of hate all over the world—against Jews of every kind and against Israel.
Pro-Hamas protests have targeted everything from kosher restaurants and synagogues to student Passover services and a cancer hospital—no Jewish connection escapes their wrath.
To the neo-Marxists who support Hamas’s brutality, with demands to “free Palestine” and destroy the Jewish state, all Jews—reform, conservative, orthodox, even “Jews of no religion”—are to blame for the world’s ills.
Here in the United States, every day feels more like Germany in the 1930s.
Outrageously, most major media and the UN are no help—they flood our news coverage with anti-Israel lies and support for terrorism. Scan below to see some appalling recent examples:
HOW FLAME’S NEW EDITORIAL IN MAJOR MEDIA
EXPLODES THE MYTH THAT PALESTINIANS WANT PEACE
While Israel has worked for 77 years to help Palestinians create a state and peace, Hamas’s brutal October 7 massacre changed everything. Finally, Israelis and lovers of Israel realize why Palestinians have turned down every offer for peace and why for seven decades they continue attacking the Jewish state. They will not stop until they conquer Israel . . . or are themselves defeated.
If this bitter disappointment bothers you, too, I think you’ll cheer FLAME’s powerful new ad—which we plan to publish in June in the New York Post, Tampa Bay Times, Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.
⇒ “End of the Palestinian Lie”—this hard-hitting message explodes the myth that Palestinians want peace and a state—and advocates Israel’s complete defeat of Hamas and other Palestinian terrorists. (I’ve attached a copy of this ad for you at the close of this letter.)
I hope you’ll support our placement of this ad, which will reach millions of Americans nationwide, including Senators and Representatives in Washington DC. This ad will cost $139,000. Can you chip in now to help us?
Won’t you please make your tax-deductible membership donation before April 30, to help Israel win this Information War?
HOW FLAME HELPS ISRAEL WIN TODAY’S INFORMATION WAR—HOW WE CAN SPREAD THESE TRUTHS IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
My friends, I think you’ll agree that the mounting antisemitism and drumbeat of anti-Israel reporting in the media these days is unprecedented . . . and scary.
But here’s a beam of hope: For decades FLAME has bravely fought against our enemies—defending Israel against the wide range of falsehoods they aim at her.
Here are just a few of the editorial media ads FLAME has run to spread the truth . . . and defend the Jewish state in mainstream media (see hundreds of them under “PR for Israel” at www.factsandlogic.org.)
“The Israel Genocide Slander”—refutes the lie that Israel attacks people because of race or ethnicity and proves mushrooming Palestinian population growth: This ad reached nearly 5 million people in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, New York Post, Houston Chronicle and Orlando Sentinel.
“Stop Terrorism on Campus”—shows skyrocketing anti-Zionist bullying and demands school administrators be held to account and how we can fight back. It ran in the New York Post, Tampa Bay Times, Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Mercury News and Wall Street Journal.
“What Is Occupied Palestinian Territory?”—proves there’s no such thing as “Palestinian territory” and why Israel’s governance is lawful and just: It was seen by millions in the New York Times and Washington Post.
“The Palestinian Catastrophe”—explains why Palestinians’ real “nakba” was their failure to accept Israel’s offers of land for peace: We reached six million readers at Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Post, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle and Orlando Sentinel.
“Democracy Thrives in Israel”—disproves accusations that Israel commits apartheid and shows why Israel is ranked the world’s 23rd most successful democracy (ahead of the U.S.!): It ran in New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Post, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle and Mercury News.
Please help us support these messages to the American people: Please make your tax-deductible membership donation before April 30.
HOW MEDIA AND THE UNITED NATIONS PROTECT HAMAS AND PROMOTE AN ANTI-ISRAEL NARRATIVE. . . AND HOW FLAME FIGHTS BACK
UN BLOOD LIBEL: NBC, NPR, Reuters and the Guardian repeat the UN lie: “Israel has been intentionally starving the Palestinian people in Gaza,” according to unnamed “UN experts.”
FLAME EXPOSES: I hope you read FLAME’s exposè, which proves how Israel supervises tons of food shipped to Gaza, that “starvation” is overstated, and that yet again the culprit is the terrorists: “Hamas steals food aid from its citizens, yet the media blame shortages on Israel.” This message reached tens of thousands of Americans.
FAKE GAZA DEATH TOLLS: Every day mainstream media outlets have parroted death statistics from Hamas’s notoriously discredited “Gaza Health Authority” without mentioning new revelations that 70% of all deaths have been men of fighting age—NOT a majority of women and children as media have reported for more than a year!
FLAME PUSHES BACK: To see how media hide Hamas’s criminal acts in the Gaza war—from death counts to hiding in hospitals . . . check FLAME’s Hotline article on “Media ignore Hamas criminality—instead promote anti-Israel narrative.” Again, we delivered this truth to tens of thousands of Americans nationwide on Facebook.
“FREE PALESTINE” SCAM: Palestinians in Gaza are some of the most oppressed people on earth—denied by Hamas of all civil rights and victims of a devastating war——but neither the media nor Palestinian supporters in Congress or on campus ever explain how keeping Hamas in power would help Gazans, let alone the missing hostages or Israel. In fact, it would be a disaster.
FLAME REFUTES: Truth is, only Israel’s total defeat of Hamas will help free the Palestinians. To get the facts, I urge you to review our hard-hitting, nationally distributed article, “Free Palestine—from oppression, from poverty, from prison . . . from Hamas.”
Let’s be honest: If we believe in “Never Again”—we must win the Information War . . . we must recommit to defending the Jewish state . . . and the truth.
It means we can’t give up, even for a day—we won’t stop until we defeat the pro-Hamas haters. We must raise our fists and our voices against the rising tide of antisemitic, anti-Israel slander.
Won’t you please make your tax-deductible membership donation before April 30?
HELP FLAME PUBLISH THE TRUTH IN MAINSTREAM, SOCIAL AND COLLEGE MEDIA
Unfortunately, since October 7, the falsehoods against Israel have been piling up quickly. Almost as fast as we can refute them, our enemies invent new lies, each more vicious than the last.
It’s the reason FLAME created another outspoken editorial ad called “Israel’s Enemies Tell Five Big Lies.”
MAINSTREAM MEDIA: We ran this ad in the New York Post, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune.
SOCIAL MEDIA: FLAME’s robust Facebook campaigns calls us to reach millions of Americans. Already we’re delivering this message—“Israel’s Enemies Tell Five Big Lies”—to social media influencers of all ages.
COLLEGE MEDIA: Our latest messages debunking the greatest lies about Israel is scheduled to begin reaching tens of thousands of college students via digital ads in college newspapers nationwide in early Spring, as soon as school is back in session.
Please help support our media campaigns to millions of Americans: Make your tax-deductible membership donation by April 30.
FLAME recently published this hard-hitting message in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Tampa Bay Times, Denver Post and Mercury News.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO SUPPORT ISRAEL TODAY? STEP FORWARD: START OR AND RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP
How do we decide that now is the time to act? What does it take?
A friend recently sent me this quote from Albert Einstein:
“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.”
If ever in our lives we were called on to defend the Jewish people . . . and the State of Israel—the world’s only refuge for Jews—surely now is that time.
Let’s not forget the pledge that good people made after Holocaust: Jews and gentiles alike took an oath, declaring, “Never again.” We won’t let it happen.
So many people say they love and support Israel, but they simply don’t know how to get involved. They don’t have time or they don’t have thousands of dollars to give.
I understand completely, but consider: You don’t have to donate hours of time, and you don’t have to donate $500 or $100. You don’t even have to donate $50 or $25.
You see, FLAME is supported by tens of thousands of members. One by one: We have strength in numbers.
More than 30,000 donors—people just like you, many who make very modest donations, many on fixed incomes—help ensure our good work.
Won’t you please step forward today as someone who cares for Israel from the heart . . . someone who recognizes Israel’s importance to the United States and the Jewish people?
Please join our fight: Make your tax-deductible membership donation
before midnight April 30.
HELP ISRAEL DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST HAMAS AND IRAN—HELP US STAND UP FOR THE TRUTH
I hope you agree that FLAME’s editorial messages, which appear in media reaching more than ten million readers—including college students—must continue educating Americans about these and other issues, including anti-Israel anarchy on campus.
I hope you also agree that FLAME’s editorials spread the truth about Israel—a truth Americans just won’t find in today’s mainstream media.
Finally, I hope you agree that Israel needs this kind of public relations—someone like FLAME to tell the inspiring story about the Jewish state—its virtues, values and accomplishments . . . and its strategic importance for our own country.
Who supports FLAME? Our media efforts are made possible by more than 30,000 passionate individual donors who love Israel and everything it stands for. They are people who strongly believe Israel deserves a fair shake in the media.
Thousands of our supporters are of the Christian faith, and we of course welcome their devotion and generosity.
Please be assured that FLAME is an educational non-profit organization and extraordinarily thrifty with the funds that you and other supporters contribute to us.
We work out of Spartan offices, much of our work is contributed pro bono and our part-time office-staff payroll is tiny.
By keeping expenses low, we’re able to publish our monthly messages in major national magazines and metropolitan and small-town newspapers all across the U.S.
We also send our messages, with convincing cover letters, to all U.S. Senators and Representatives, the President, Vice President, Secretary of State and all Justices of the Supreme Court.
Won’t you step forward—help us tell the truth about Israel? Please activate your membership now, before April 30, 2025.
When you renew as a member of FLAME, you join tens of thousands of ardent Zionists who realize how precious Israel is to the Jewish people—and the world.
Let me leave you with one thought: The American people must know the truth about all these issues—no more lies. No more fake narratives.
Remember: The only thing limiting international persecution of Israel is the United States. We must continue to protect the Jewish state from her enemies.
When you renew your membership in FLAME, you help us continue telling Israel’s righteous and powerful story to influential people all over the U.S.—including college students—and to all members of the U.S. Congress.
Won’t you renew your commitment to FLAME right now . . . while you have this message front and center? (Use membership donation link below.)
Thank you very much, shalom and sincerely yours,
James Sinkinson, President
Facts and Logic About the Middle East
P.S.1: Please consider remembering FLAME’s good work in your will. Your generosity allows us to sustain and expand our voice in more mainstream media, and it secures our ability to support Israel for many decades to come.
P.S.2: Remember: You are part of Israel’s miracle—what you do this every minute matters: Please make your FLAME membership donation right now—before April 30.
P.S.3 I’m sure you’d agree: If your enemy says they want to kill you and take your land, you’d be smart to believe them. If you try to make peace, but they refuse all your offers and continue to make murderous threats, it’s time to eliminate this enemy. Israel has faced exactly this danger with the Palestinians—yet continued to hope for peace . . . until Hamas’s October 7 massacre and kidnappings. Finally, Israel and many lovers of Israel are facing reality. They’ve concluded their futile dreams of peace must end. They must finally defeat their Palestinian enemies—starting with Hamas and other jihadi terrorists. I hope you’ll agree that we supporters of the Israel-U.S. relationship need to speak out. FLAME’s new hasbarah—explanatory message—“End of the Palestinian Lie”—describes how Israel and the West have for 77 years bought the myth that the Palestinians want peace. (See it below.) This editorial ad details the many offers of land for peace Israel, the U.N. and the U.S. have made to give Palestinians their own state—all refused. Finally, it explains why Israel must adopt a bold new strategy—disarming, disabling and defeating Hamas and all other terror groups that attack Israeli civilians. Please review this convincing, fact-based editorial, which FLAME intends to publish to millions—in leading social media, as well as in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Tampa Bay Times, Denver Post and Los Angeles Times. This piece will also be sent to all members of Congress, the President and Vice President. If you agree that this kind of public relations effort on Israel’s behalf is critical, I urge you to support us with a donation.
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