- Raphael Shore
Raphael Shore is an
Israeli -Canadian film writer, producer, and Rabbi employed full time byAish HaTorah . [ [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/09/14/anti-muslim-film-produced-by-pro-israel-advocate-boosts-mccain/ Anti-Muslim Film Produced by Pro-Israel Partisan Boosts McCain] ] [http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43983] He is the founder ofThe Clarion Fund , a non-profit organization that seeks to advance the idea that the United States faces a threat of radicalIslam . Shore is also a regular critic of the media coverage on theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict , coverage which he alleges is regularly anti-Israel. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/community/chat_03/2003-05-01-shore.htm USA Today - Media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Raphael Shore] ]Shore's documentary about radical Islam, "Obsession", became a controversial part of the 2008 presidential campaign when he distributed copies of it to 28 million voters in U.S. swing states in an apparent attempt to convince them of the dangers of Islamic terror in the run-up to the election. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/873843.html Obsession Stokes Passions, Fears and Controversy] ] Shore has declined to reveal who funded both the production of the film or dissemination of the DVDs. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/873843.html Obsession Stokes Passions, Fears and Controversy] ]
Shore is currently a full-time employee of
Aish HaTorah [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iEsmhiNuC1Aio2bPql9Iw1z6I3ywD93COGEG1] , an Orthodox organization devoted to promoting Jewish learning, and has collaborated with its sub-organization,HonestReporting , a pro-Israel media watchdog site.Shore wrote and produced the documentary films ' and '.
Raphael Shore is the twin brother of Ephraim Shore, the former head of
HonestReporting . [http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43983]References
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Israel lobby
*Media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict External links
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