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| '''Birthright Unplugged''' was designed as a response to the popular ] trips. While Birthright Israel's stated goal is to expose Jews with little or no knowledge of Israel to Israeli society, history, and Zionist philosophy, Birthright Unplugged's goal is to expose people to Palestinian society and its political realities by travelling to Palestinian cities, villages, and refugee camps. While the trip is designed for North American Jewish people, it is open to people of all backgrounds. | |||
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| |leader_name = Dunya Alwan | |||
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| |budget = $27,286<ref>{{cite web |url=http://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/202351631 |title=Birthright Unplugged |website=propublica.org |date=9 May 2013 |publisher=] |access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> | |||
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| '''Birthright Unplugged''' is an educational organization, designed as a response to the ] trips. The name "Birthright Unplugged" is a spin on the "Birthright Israel" program.<ref name="Come, See Palestine">{{cite news |author=Rachel Shabi |date=5 June 2006 |work=Salon |url=http://www.salon.com/2006/06/05/birthright/ |title=Come, See Palestine |access-date=13 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/987977.html |title=Does Birthright deliver? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601025358/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/987977.html |archive-date=2008-06-01}}</ref> | |||
| The name "Birthright Unplugged" is a spin on the Birthright Israel program, who's name implies that the Jewish people have a right to national self determination, or Birthright, in the land of Israel. The name "unplugged" implies that participants will experience a version of reality, unlike the carefully controlled experience of the Taglit trip. The organization's runs a second program, Birthright Re-Plugged, which brings Palestinian Children on a field trip into Israel proper to see the towns which their families left in 1948. | |||
| ==History and organization== | |||
| According to Birthright Unplugged, it was founded in 2003 by Dunya Alwan and Hannah Mermelstein.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birthrightunplugged.org/staff |title=Birthright Unplugged's History |publisher=Birthright Unplugged |access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> Alwan, an Iraqi-American of Muslim and Jewish descent, serves as the organization's current director.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 January 2010 |title=Should Israel Birthright Include Implication For Occupied Territories? |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122416343 |newspaper=] |access-date=14 October 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| In 2005, Birthright Israel filed a "cease and desist" complaint against Birthright Unplugged for trademark infringement, alleging "]".<ref>{{cite news |last=Bradley |first=Matt |date=12 January 2006 |title=Flap over young Jews' visits to Holy Land |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0112/p03s03-lire.html |newspaper=] |access-date=14 October 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| == Controversy with Birthright Israel == | |||
| - In the summer of 2006 an American college student was dropped from a ] trip when birthright officials learned that after participating in their program, she planned to join Birthright Unplugged. ] learned about the woman’s plans from her mother, who — apparently out of concern for her daughter’s safety in the Mideast — forwarded them an e-mail in which her daughter detailed her itinerary and explains that if Birthright Israel learned of her plans, she would be dropped from its upcoming trip. ] also claims that Birthright Unplugged makes inappropriate and illegal use of their name and considered legal action against Birthright Unplugged for this very reason . | |||
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| The Unplugged trip sought to expose mostly North American people to the Palestinian side of the ] through travel and conversations with a range of Palestinian activists. In six days, they visited Palestinian cities, villages, and refugee camps in the ] and spend time with ]{{vague|date=January 2017}} living inside ]. | |||
| Birthright Unplugged has been heavily criticized for being unabashedly one-sided in their presentation of the ]. Participants are given little to no context at all of the situation in Israel and the events leading up to the ] and Israel's subsequent occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. | |||
| The organization ran a second program, Birthright Re-Plugged, which took ] children living in ] on field trips in Israel to see the ] by their families in the ]. In two days, they visit ], the ], and the children's ancestral villages. | |||
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| Formation | 2003; 21 years ago (2003) |
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| Headquarters | Oakland, California |
| Director | Dunya Alwan |
| Budget | $27,286 |
| Website | birthrightunplugged |
Birthright Unplugged is an educational organization, designed as a response to the Birthright Israel trips. The name "Birthright Unplugged" is a spin on the "Birthright Israel" program.
History and organization
According to Birthright Unplugged, it was founded in 2003 by Dunya Alwan and Hannah Mermelstein. Alwan, an Iraqi-American of Muslim and Jewish descent, serves as the organization's current director.
In 2005, Birthright Israel filed a "cease and desist" complaint against Birthright Unplugged for trademark infringement, alleging "unfair competition".
Activities
The Unplugged trip sought to expose mostly North American people to the Palestinian side of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict through travel and conversations with a range of Palestinian activists. In six days, they visited Palestinian cities, villages, and refugee camps in the West Bank and spend time with Palestinian refugees living inside Israel.
The organization ran a second program, Birthright Re-Plugged, which took Palestinian children living in Palestinian refugee camps on field trips in Israel to see the villages left by their families in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. In two days, they visit Jerusalem, the Mediterranean Sea, and the children's ancestral villages.
References
- "Birthright Unplugged". propublica.org. ProPublica. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- Rachel Shabi (5 June 2006). "Come, See Palestine". Salon. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- "Does Birthright deliver?". Archived from the original on 2008-06-01.
- "Birthright Unplugged's History". Birthright Unplugged. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- "Should Israel Birthright Include Implication For Occupied Territories?". NPR. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- Bradley, Matt (12 January 2006). "Flap over young Jews' visits to Holy Land". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 14 October 2014.