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Academics in Oxford foster allies to tackle global surge in Jew-hatred

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Academics from more than 15 countries gathered at Oxford University on Sunday to take part in the ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute for Antisemitism Studies, amid a worldwide explosion of antisemitism and unlawful anti-Israel encampments in...

A Moroccan delegation sees a different Israel in person

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A group of two dozen Moroccan social-media influencers and young professionals are visiting Israel this week to promote peace, as the war against Hamas in Gaza entered its tenth month. The Muslim delegation in the...
Youssef Elazhari, director of the Morocco branch of the nonprofit Sharaka, meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Credit: Courtesy.

Youssef Elazhari, who once relied on Al Jazeera reporting, now gets his facts from...

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Growing up in Marrakesh in the Kingdom of Morocco, Youssef Elazhari had positive views of Jews but not of Israel. There hadn’t been many Jews around in Morocco since the community immigrated after 1948 with...
Sharaka participants in the Old City of Jerusalem, Feb. 26 to March 3, 2023. Photo by Dan Feferman.

Arabs in Sharaka delegation to Israel describe eye-opening education about the Holocaust

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A delegation of people from Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Turkey visited Israel from Feb. 26 to March 3 to learn about the Holocaust as a way to promote tolerance. The visit, during...
Sharaka's delegation visits a home in the Druze town of Daliyat al-Carmel near Haifa, on May 12, 2022. Photo by David Isaac.

Muslim-American delegation visits Israel, UAE in support of Abraham Accords

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A 14-member delegation of mainly Muslim-Americans of Pakistani background were in Israel from May 8-14 to show support for the 2018 Abraham Accords between Israel and several Muslim states. The 10-day trip to both...
A delegation that toured California to promote the Abraham Accords meets with Oracle CEO Safra Catz (fifth from left) on Nov. 8, 2021. Credit: Courtesy of Sharaka.

‘People-to-people’ relationships are centerpiece of Abraham Accords’ progress, advocates say

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The Abraham Accords garnered headlines in 2020 as landmark normalization deals between the governments of Israel and Arab states. But more than a year later, advocates of the agreements are emphasizing their impact on...
The Bahraini delegation at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, October 2021. Photo by Josh Hasten.

In eight-day trip, Bahraini influencers see reality, and warmth, that is Israel

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A group of nine Muslim Bahraini high-level influencers arrived in Israel this week for an eight-day tour throughout the country organized by the Sharaka organization. Sharaka, which means “partnership,” in Arabic is dedicated to utilizing...
Individuals from the group Sharaka held an online event to memorialize victims of the Holocaust and to promote an action plan for Holocaust awareness and combating anti-Semitism prior to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, 2021. Source: Screenshot.

In a first, Arab-initiated event commemorates the Holocaust in wake of Abraham Accords

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In the wake of the Abraham Accords and in honor of International Holocaust Memorial Day on Jan. 27, individuals from the group Sharaka held an event to memorialize victims of the Holocaust and to...