User:Huldra/PalestineFacts

Version at last edit by Huldra (Sep 3, 2008)
PalestineFacts.org is an internet site which purports to give "comprehensive source of historically accurate information about the geographic, military and political background to the on-going struggle between the State of Israel and the Arab Palestinians". There has never been a mention on the website of who funds or edits the website.

Though undisclosed on its website, Palestinefacts was in fact started as a project of the Jewish Internet Association (JIA) in 2002. The domain is registered in the name of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA). JIA described itself as a non-profit 501(c)(3) California Public Benefit Corporation "dedicated to the educational purpose of providing truthful, positive information to combat anti-Semitism and anti-Israel activity on the Internet". Among the project JIA has supported is the website called Hasbara.com

The President of JIA was Chuck Chriss. He is a frequent contributor to New York Jewish Times, with articles strongly supporting Israel, and defending Israeli settlements, ,

Version at the time of deletion (Sep 4, 2008)
PalestineFacts.org is an internet site which purports to give "comprehensive source of historically accurate information about the geographic, military and political background to the on-going struggle between the State of Israel and the Arab Palestinians".

The domain is registered in the name of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA).