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Nitsana Darshan-Leitner
Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center
Ramat Gan, Israel
Director of Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center and one of the 50 Most Influential Jews of 2019 according to The Jerusalem Post for her relentless efforts to achieve justice for the victims of terrorism and anti-Semitism worldwide.
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June 4, 2019
The Right Honorable Joan Ryan
Honorable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Enfield North, United Kingdom
Longtime Member of Parliament and former Chair of the Labour Friends of Israel before leaving the Labour Party to join Change UK - The Independent Group in 2019 due to rampant anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. A non-Jewish ally of the Jewish people worldwide, her unwavering support of Israel and the Jewish people has come at great personal and professional cost, as she has been accused of "fabricating" the serious allegations of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party under the leadership of known "friend of Hamas" Jeremy Corbyn, as well as being a Mossad operative. Nevertheless, she has endured, and her speech at the 2019 AIPAC Policy Conference was among the most moving of the entire program.
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Arlene Kushner
Author and Activist
Jerusalem, Israel
New Jersey-born former investigative journalist for, among others, the Center for Near East Policy Research. Although she is officially retired, she remains a passionate supporter of Zionism and ensuring the present and future safety and prosperity of the State of Israel, and a respected authority on anti-Semitism, the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the hypocritical application of international legal norms and theories with respect to Israel. She was the co-chair of the Legal Grounds Campaign with Jeff Daube of the Zionist Organization of America, and continues to write and advocate tirelessly, as "Arlene from Israel," on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people worldwide.