This year, to keep the suspense going, I will be announcing the Hasby Award winners throughout the week, with 2 or 3 awards given out every day.
Here is the official list of nominees, based on EoZ reader input:
BEST PRO-ISRAEL TWEETER (Last year's winner: Avi Mayer)
Arsen Ostrovsky
Margie in Tel Aviv
CiFWatch
No Camels
William Daroff
BEST PRO-ISRAEL MEDIA OUTLET/WRITER NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ISRAEL (Last year's winner: The Commentator)
Douglas Murray
Melanie Phillips
Gatestone Institute(
Charles Krauthammer
Walter Russell Mead
Bret Stephens (WSJ)
BEST PRO-ISRAEL COMMENTATOR EXCLUSIVE TO MIDDLE EAST/ISRAEL (Last year's winner: Barry Rubin)
Caroline Glick
Martin Kramer
Daniel Gordis
Evelyn Gordon
Sarah Honig
Khaled Abu Toameh
BEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRO-ISRAEL ONLINE MEDIA OUTLET (Last year's winner: Times of Israel)
Algemeiner
Israel HaYom
Jewish Press
Tablet
JPost
The Tower
Israel21c
BEST MAINSTREAM MEDIA WATCHDOG (Last year's winner: Honest Reporting)
CAMERA
BBC Watch
CiF Watch
Mideast Media Sampler at Legal Insurrection
Huffington Post Monitor
BEST WATCHDOG - ARABIC MEDIA AND NGOs
MEMRI
Palestinian Media Watch
NGO Monitor
UN Watch
BEST PRO-ISRAEL BLOG (PRESENT COMPANY EXCLUDED) (Last year's winners: Daphne Anson and Missing Peace)
Israellycool
Israel Matzav
This Ongoing War
Jews Down Under
Pro-Israel Bay Bloggers
5 Minutes for Israel
IsraelSeen
BEST PRO-ISRAEL VIDEO
Pat Condell - Patronizing the Palestinians
"I'm an Israeli Soldier" (Latma)
Naftali Bennett on CNN
Boycott Israel by Ari Lesser
BEST PRO-ISRAEL SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE (Facebook, Pinterest, Vine, Scribd, Google+, YouTube...)
IDF (idfnadesk) on YouTube
StandWithUs (FB, YouTube)
Sussex Friends of Israel Facebook
Einat Wilf's Facebook
BEST SPEECH
Bibi Netanyahu at Bar Ilan
Bibi Netanyahu at the UN
BEST "OWN GOAL" (Anti-Zionists acting so stupid they disgust even disinterested parties)
"Shoot the Jew" at Wits University
Iran's Fake Stealth Fighter
Arsen Ostrovsky
Margie in Tel Aviv
CiFWatch
No Camels
William Daroff
BEST PRO-ISRAEL MEDIA OUTLET/WRITER NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ISRAEL (Last year's winner: The Commentator)
Douglas Murray
Melanie Phillips
Gatestone Institute(
Charles Krauthammer
Walter Russell Mead
Bret Stephens (WSJ)
BEST PRO-ISRAEL COMMENTATOR EXCLUSIVE TO MIDDLE EAST/ISRAEL (Last year's winner: Barry Rubin)
Caroline Glick
Martin Kramer
Daniel Gordis
Evelyn Gordon
Sarah Honig
Khaled Abu Toameh
BEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRO-ISRAEL ONLINE MEDIA OUTLET (Last year's winner: Times of Israel)
Algemeiner
Israel HaYom
Jewish Press
Tablet
JPost
The Tower
Israel21c
BEST MAINSTREAM MEDIA WATCHDOG (Last year's winner: Honest Reporting)
CAMERA
BBC Watch
CiF Watch
Mideast Media Sampler at Legal Insurrection
Huffington Post Monitor
BEST WATCHDOG - ARABIC MEDIA AND NGOs
MEMRI
Palestinian Media Watch
NGO Monitor
UN Watch
BEST PRO-ISRAEL BLOG (PRESENT COMPANY EXCLUDED) (Last year's winners: Daphne Anson and Missing Peace)
Israellycool
Israel Matzav
This Ongoing War
Jews Down Under
Pro-Israel Bay Bloggers
5 Minutes for Israel
IsraelSeen
BEST PRO-ISRAEL VIDEO
Pat Condell - Patronizing the Palestinians
"I'm an Israeli Soldier" (Latma)
Naftali Bennett on CNN
Boycott Israel by Ari Lesser
BEST PRO-ISRAEL SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE (Facebook, Pinterest, Vine, Scribd, Google+, YouTube...)
IDF (idfnadesk) on YouTube
StandWithUs (FB, YouTube)
Sussex Friends of Israel Facebook
Einat Wilf's Facebook
BEST SPEECH
Bibi Netanyahu at Bar Ilan
Bibi Netanyahu at the UN
BEST "OWN GOAL" (Anti-Zionists acting so stupid they disgust even disinterested parties)
"Shoot the Jew" at Wits University
Iran's Fake Stealth Fighter
ISM Oakland attacking a girl writing a pro-Israel message in chalk
BEST ARTICLE
Will we ever be forgiven the Holocaust? (Howard Jacobson)
There is nothing remotely progressive in today's left wing loathing of Israel (Brendan O'Neill)
BEST INDIVIDUAL EXAMPLE OF HASBARA
Ed Klinger's note on the BDS MacBook
Brighton BDS Counter-protest
David G's NYT Op-Ed Index 2012
IDF Girls Gone Wild (parts 1, 2, 3)
UN interpreter hot mic
BEST ARTICLE
Will we ever be forgiven the Holocaust? (Howard Jacobson)
There is nothing remotely progressive in today's left wing loathing of Israel (Brendan O'Neill)
BEST INDIVIDUAL EXAMPLE OF HASBARA
Ed Klinger's note on the BDS MacBook
Brighton BDS Counter-protest
David G's NYT Op-Ed Index 2012
IDF Girls Gone Wild (parts 1, 2, 3)
UN interpreter hot mic
In addition, I will present a special award or two. And, like last year, I will put out a press release with all the awardees.
Good luck to the nominees!