TELL ME: WHAT DID YOU FEEL WHEN ISRAEL’S HOSTAGES CAME HOME?

As hostages were released from Gaza recently, I was ecstatic! But a few minutes later, my blood ran cold when I saw protesters nationwide celebrating the “heroic” Hamas “martyrs”.

Imagine! Militants here in the U.S. praising the monsters who raped, slaughtered, incinerated, tortured and kidnapped 1,500 innocent kids, moms, dads, grandparents and young adults in Israel on October 7, 2023.

How does that make you feel?

Isn’t it time we say it out loud? These enemies of Israel don’t give a damn about ceasefires, “genocide,” or “starvation” of Palestinians—they care only about killing Jews, destroying Israel . . . and ultimately, tearing down America.

The painful irony is this: At the same time Israel is winning the Gaza War—beating the terrorists—we are losing the Information War to our enemies here on American streets, in the media, the UN and the classroom.

Please DONATE NOW to help FLAME defeat today’s explosion of lies . . . and help Israel win the Information War.

Dear Friend of Israel, Friend of FLAME:

Have you noticed? Even after the Gaza ceasefire—which Hamas violates every day—media, the UN and ultra-left activists continue their slanders that Israel is starving hungry Gazans, bombing hospitals, ethnic cleansing and worst of all, committing genocide!

I think you’ll agree: Of all the vicious lies used to attack and delegitimize the Jewish state, none is more damaging—or absolutely false—than the Gaza genocide slander.

Despite the fact that Israel has been proven 100% innocent of any intent to kill or eliminate Palestinians many times over, prominent politicians, NGOs and U.S. media continue to hammer this lie into Americans’ consciousness.

  • Senator Bernie Sanders just weeks ago lied openly, alleging: “Israel is committing genocide—the intent is clear.” Wait, Bernie! No one’s ever proven Israel targets innocent Palestinians—in fact Israel only targets terrorists, not civilians. Yet the media printed Bernie’s lie with no refutation.
  • Some 4,000 Hollywood film workers, including Susan Sarandon, recently pledged to boycott the Israeli film industry as being “complicit in genocide” Again false . . . yet again mainstream media printed it.
  • New York Times publishes an op-ed by Navi Pillay, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, falsely asserting “Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.” Pillay also fails to show that Israel ever targets innocents, yet the Times fails to correct her falsehoods.

HELP FLAME TELL THE TRUTH: ISRAEL DOES NOT—NOR HAS EVER—COMMITTED GENOCIDE

Here’s the first truth: Yes, war is brutal—and many civilians die tragically in every war. But war is not genocide.

My friends, Israel is guilty of nothing more than waging a war—a war against Islamist terrorists who started the fight by savagely massacring 1,250 children, women and men, and kidnapping and torturing another 250 innocents.

Good news: We at FLAME have been destroying the Gaza genocide libel against Israel for two years now in our exposés reaching millions of Americans.

But here’s the bad news: Legacy media continue to pump out more anti-Israel falsehoods and twisted facts daily, without shame. We’re running to keep up!

As a fellow lover of Israel, I have a favor to ask of you:

Can you please step forward today with a small donation to help FLAME spread the truth—in daily newspapers, in social media, in college outlets—to more Americans?

I urge you to help us now—to tell the truth about Israel, even with a donation of $5 or $10 if that’s what you can afford today.

Won’t you please make your tax-deductible membership donation to help Israel win this Information War?

ANNOUNCING A NEW NATIONAL MEDIA AD TO SLAP DOWN GAZA GENOCIDE LIBELS—CAN YOU HELP US?

Let’s be honest: Many who spread the lie that Israel commits genocide are ignorant—but most are anti-Israel haters. They care nothing for the truth.

The tragedy is, too few knowledgeable people—and virtually no media—stand up to refute the genocide slander.

When you share the simple facts, the genocide lie crumbles.

Once fair-minded people discover that Israel conducts its war against Hamas terrorists with the highest ethical standards—and that nothing Israel does in Gaza fits the definition of genocide—they quickly see through the lie.

I hope you’ll agree that we supporters of the Israel-U.S. relationship need to speak out. FLAME’s new hasbarah—explanatory message—“Facts Shatter Gaza Genocide Lies”—describes what genocide is and is not and proves factually that Israel’s tactics in the war are ethical and righteous.

Please review this new hard-hitting message “Facts Shatter Gaza Genocide Lies”.

FLAME just published this ad to millions of Americans in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Tampa Bay Times, Mercury News, Denver Post, and LA Times. Our cost: $150,000.

To help FLAME continue publishing these powerful messages, please DONATE NOW to renew or start your membership now.

HOW YOU HELP FLAME FIGHT EVERYDAY LIES IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA

Just last month, I was again outraged at a New York Times report claiming Israel “attacked” Nasser Hospital in Gaza. It said five journalists and innocent patients were killed. Truth is, Nasser Hospital has been a rats’ nest of Hamas operations and a hostage prison for the last two years.

Of course, U.S. university administrators continue to make excuses for campus antisemitism and failing to protect Jewish students—but thankfully U.S. House leaders and the Administration continue to fine and pressure them into reforming their corrupt campuses.

FLAME’s work pays off: As you know, in 2025 we’ve won major victories in the U.S. and on the world stage. FLAME has been fighting for these actions for years—often for decades! Take a moment to celebrate these wins (at least for this moment):

✓ In January, the U.S. Department of Education began cancelling billions of dollars in grants to universities, like Harvard and UCLA, that failed to protect Jewish students from hateful antisemitic and anti-Israel violence

✓ The U.S. State Department began deporting foreign radicals who support Hamas terrorists and oppose the United States and the state of Israel

✓ The U.S. has resumed robust support and arms sales for Israel’s defense against the Islamist armies from Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis

✓ The U.S. is combating Iran’s aggression against the West and against Israel more than ever—from bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities to imposing new, more stringent sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

My friends, these are huge, momentous successes for you and me, especially after recent years of uphill struggle with few rewards.

Let’s also not forget Israel’s almost single-handed military victories earlier this year against the global jihad—Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and recently the Houthis.

OUR 2026 PLAN TO FIGHT ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS IN THE MEDIA

Through a combination of ignorance and mean-spirited malice, many media continue to slander Israel—one of the world’s most inspiring successes and the most enlightened nation in the Middle East.

Worst, of course, is the New York Times, which needs no excuse to bash the Jewish state—from house editorials and op-eds to factual errors and omissions. To hear the Times tell it, Israel is the evil colonial power, and the Palestinians have zero responsibility for peace.

Just one example: Just weeks ago, the Times published a huge photo depicting a supposedly starving Gaza child—falsely implying that Israel created a famine. But the Times failed to note that the child was not starving, but rather suffered severe neurological defects from birth.

But CNN, Associated Press, Financial Times, NPR, USA Today, Reuters, Fox News, New York magazine, BBC, CBS News, New Yorker, Sky News, MSNBC, Washington Post—all these media also recently committed egregious reporting “errors,” attacked Israel editorially or cast her in a bad light.

How FLAME fights back against unfair media: As you know, FLAME is the world’s only organization that publishes hard-hitting editorial-style ads—hasbarah—in media nationwide, telling the truth about Israel . . . and correcting media distortions and lies.

As you’ll see below, thanks to members like you, FLAME ads have begun appearing in the belly of the beast—the New York Times itself.

One editorial——“Is the Two-State Solution Still Possible?”—explains the perils of the U.S. forcing Israel to make peace while the Palestinians stand unalterably against a Jewish state in the Middle East.

This message—which appeared in the Sunday New York Times (circulation 1.6 million readers)—takes them head on. We offer irrefutable proof that those who attack Israel’s existence are antisemitic, pure and simple.

Our hasbarah message—“How Aid to Israel Makes Us Safer”—slams the idea that U.S. aid to Israel is a gift—but rather shows how our investment in Israel provides a greater return than any other U.S. foreign aid. It ran in the New York Times and Washington Post.

“The Ugly Truth About Hamas”—After more than a decade of attacks and more than 10,000 missles, FLAME created created an ad exposing Hamas’ mission to kill Jews and destroy Israel—a foretelling of the October 7 massacre. The New York Times REFUSED to run it, but we ran it in the Washington Post anyway.

OUR PLAN TO OPPOSE THE ANTISEMITIC UNITED NATIONS

For decades, Israel has suffered humiliation, back-stabbing and outright Jew-hatred in the U.N.—just this past year, the U.N. voted to condemn Israel in 17 resolutions, compared with just 6 resolutions against brutal nations like Iran, Syria, North Korea and Myanmar.

How do you feel? We can keep quiet in the face of such despicable anti-Israel and antisemitic hate. . . or we can fight back.

I think you know how we at FLAME feel—we stand for Israel!

How FLAME fights back against the U.N. The United Nations is dependent on U.S. funding for its existence. Our support should be contingent upon Israel—one of America’s strongest allies and the only democracy in the Middle East—at least receiving a fair deal from the U.N.

Americans must know how disgracefully the U.N. treats Israel, and we must demand justice:

  • FLAME’s editorial position paper—“Exit the U.N. Human Rights Council”—which appeared in dozens of mainstream media nationwide, exposes the UNHRC for attacking Israel at virtually every meeting.

Our efforts were rewarded when the U.S. withdrew from this corrupt, antisemitic organization and is no longer a member.

  • FLAME’s hard-hitting position paper—”U.N. School for Terrorism”—reveals the hateful jihadi lessons Palestinian children are taught in schools run by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).

Good news: The U.S. has finally ceased all funding to UNRWA. Both Biden and Trump Administrations have stopped financial support for this corrupt, anti-Israel organization.

HOW FLAME FIGHTS BDS AND “GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA” ON U.S. COLLEGE CAMPUSES

For more than 15 years FLAME has fought the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and anti-Israel slanders using dozens of editorial messages published in mainstream media and on American college campuses.

  • Our editorial ad—“Stop Terrorism on Campus”—demands strong punishment for universities that fail to protect Jewish students from antisemitic violence. It ran in the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Tampa Bay Times and Washington Post.

“Ben & Jerry’s Bad Taste!”—After FLAME’s ad condemning the ice cream maker’s BDS boycott appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Houston Chronicle and New York Post, B&J parent Unilever’s stock plummeted by more than 20%. We believe FLAME helped win this fight.

With your help, we will continue to challenge the lies about Israel told by antisemitic academics, who attempt to influence millions of U.S. college students:

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO SUPPORT ISRAEL TODAY? START OR RENEW YOUR FLAME MEMBERSHIP

How do we decide that now is the time to act? What does it take?

If ever in our lives we were called on to act 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: We took an oath—Jews and gentiles alike—declaring, “Never again.”

We will not permit genocide against the Jewish people ever again.

So many people say they love and support Israel, but simply don’t know how to get involved. They don’t have time or can’t give thousands of dollars.

I understand. But consider this: 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 $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 DONATE NOW to renew or start your tax-deductible membership .

PLEASE HELP ISRAEL DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST THE HATERS—PLEASE HELP US STAND UP FOR THE TRUTH

I hope you also agree that FLAME’s editorials spread the truth about Israel—a truth we can’t depend on mainstream media to tell.

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 supported by more than 30,000 passionate lovers of the Jewish state who are committed to helping Israel get a fair shake in the media.

Please be assured that FLAME is an educational non-profit organization and extraordinarily thrifty with the funds you and other supporters contribute to us.

Won’t you help us tell the truth about Israel? Please DONATE NOW to renew or start your tax-deductible membership .

Remember: The only thing limiting international persecution of Israel is the United States. When you renew your membership in FLAME, you help us continue telling Israel’s powerful, righteous story to influential Americans—including college students—and to all members of the U.S. Congress.

I hope you agree that FLAME’s mission is deserving of your generous support. Please let me hear from you before December 31. Thank you very much, shalom and sincerely yours,

James Sinkinson, President, Facts and Logic About the Middle East

P.S.1: Please consider leaving a bequest to FLAME 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: If you want to stay abreast of FLAME’s outspoken positions on vital issues related to Israel—so you can become a smarter advocate for Israel—I encourage you to subscribe to our free weekly FLAME Hotline e-newsletter.

James Sinkinson, President