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MEMRI'S SUMMER 2013 CAMPAIGN: PLEASE SUPPORT US TODAY!





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Special Announcement|237|May 24, 2013


MEMRI'S SUMMER 2013 CAMPAIGN: PLEASE SUPPORT US TODAY!

 

MEMRI | MEMRI TV | JIHAD AND TERRORISM THREAT MONITOR | SOUTH ASIA STUDIES PROJECT


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2013 marks the 15th anniversary of MEMRI’s founding. We rely solely on the generosity of our donors to continue our daily operations and expand our research. During this crucial time, we are working around the clock monitoring, translating, and analyzing primary source material from the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran, "Bridging the Language Gap" between these regions and the West. Our global staff translates from hundreds of Arabic, Farsi, Dari, Hindi, and Urdu/Pashtu newspapers, magazines, television shows and websites. Producing and distributing our research and maintaining our numerous websites are costly undertakings.
MEMRI has a direct impact in the Middle East and beyond. For instance, MEMRI's January 3, 2013 release of Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi's antisemitic statements from 2010, in which he called the Jews "descendants of apes and pigs" and rejected the possibility of peace with them, was reported worldwide, including on the front page of the New York Times and other leading media in the U.S. and around the world. The antisemitic statements prompted condemnation and a demand for a retraction by high-ranking government officials in the U.S., Canada, Germany, and elsewhere.

WHY YOU SHOULD SUPPORT MEMRI

Now is the time to support MEMRI – as the crisis continues in Syria and the U.S. weighs options for intervention; as protests and arrests again roil Egypt; as next month's Iranian presidential election approaches; and as U.S. troops prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan. Events are unfolding and circumstances are changing very rapidly in the Middle East, Iran, and South Asia – making MEMRI research more critical and vital than ever.
You already know that your generous support to MEMRI enables us to continue to assist the U.S. government and military in the day-to-day fight against extremism – including monitoring terrorists, supporting reformists, and documenting antisemitic and other forms of hatred in the media of these regions. Our work benefits our soldiers abroad and our policymakers at home, and is all the more essential in light of the ongoing grave shortage of translators that is impacting the U.S. government and military. And, as a MEMRI reader, you are familiar with our continuing efforts to monitor more media sources in more countries, research more subjects, and translate into more languages.
During the past year, MEMRI continued to release tremendous amounts of research, translations, and analyses. Thousands of new items were added to our websites. MEMRI TV clips were viewed over 10 million times on memritv.org and YouTube, and we welcomed millions of visitors to our other websites. We recently released our new MEMRI app for smartphones, tablets, and other devices. MEMRI continues to utilize the most modern technology to make its research more readily available.
It is right now that we need your help more than ever, to meet our budgetary commitments for this year. Your renewed donation is of critical importance to MEMRI at this time. We are extremely grateful and thankful for any past contribution to MEMRI you may have given, and at this time need to ask whether you could possibly renew your support, or even consider increasing it. Since MEMRI is a 501c(3) your donation will be tax-deductible.
  • MEMRI TV Project MEMRI TV monitors and translates nearly 100 Arab and Iranian channels around the clock. This project is a major resource for researchers from government, academia, legislatures, and the media, providing them with a much deeper understanding of complex situations than they can obtain from other sources.
  • The Tom Lantos Archives on Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial – The Archives focus on the continuous and ubiquitous expressions of antisemitism and Holocaust denial across the Arab and Muslim world. The Archives host an annual event on Capitol Hill to release a report on the past year's antisemitic activity. Marking this event, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Speaker of the House John Boehner said about the Archives:
  • South Asia Studies Project – U.S. soldiers continue to fight and U.S. strategic interests are constantly being challenged by terrorism and by political events in the region.
  • Iran Studies Project – Focusing on Iran's ongoing nuclear and aerospace efforts. As Iran's capabilities grow, so does the need for this project.
  • The Global Struggle Against Al-Qaeda – The fight continues, especially in light of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.
  • The Civil War in Syria A war that is into its third year touches on all facets of MEMRI’s research.
  • The Reform ProjectTracking the competition for power taking place between reformists and various other interests throughout the region, including the "Arab Spring" uprisings, with Syria in particular.
  • Palestinian Media Studies Project – Focusing on developments on the domestic Palestinian scene and in Palestinian Authority-Israel relations. 
Your support for MEMRI allows us to directly support the following groups on a day-to-day basis:
  • The U.S. Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force.
  • The U.S. Congress: MEMRI briefs both sides of the political aisle in Congress. This includes Majority and Minority staff of numerous influential committees, including Armed Services, Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Intelligence, and Foreign Relations in the Senate and Armed Services, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence in the House of Representatives.
  • Federal agencies such as the DOD; DHS; FBI; Department of State; DOJ; TSA; and others.
  • State and local authorities in all 50 states, on matters related to homeland security and counterterrorism.
  • Universities and colleges – over 500 universities and colleges worldwide.
  • Leading media outlets, both print and television, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, CNN, and others – all requesting MEMRI research every day.
Please consider making your donation online, as it keeps our administrative costs down. You can also mail a check to MEMRI at P.O. Box 27837; Washington, D.C. 20038-7837.

Sincerely yours, 
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Yigal Carmon                            Steven Stalinsky
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