Inland Empire For Israel

More than four dozen people joined Inland Empire for Israel on Sunday Oct. 4 to remember the Hamas terror attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. IEI partnered with the Israeli group ESEK (Hebrew for business) to learn how survivors of the Nova music festival are using art to help them heal from the trauma of that day. Attendees saw short video clips of Israeli artists speaking about their experiences during the terror attacks. Their art was for sale at the event along with products from a variety of...

Thank you to everyone who joined us and StandWithUs Northwest for their presentation and discussion on what is happening in our schools related to antisemitism and Israel. StandWithUs talked about the variety of ways antisemitism has shown-up in K-12 schools in Washington and how StandWithUs responded to each incident or issue. Sometimes it was necessary to use the legal system and lawyers involved and sometimes just meeting with administrators face to face and working together on...

By Mike Barenti Dave Nielsen, one of Inland Empire for Israel’s founding members, passed away from a heart attack near his home in Newman Lake in early February. In 2012, a local left-wing anti-Israel hate group was demonstrating against Israeli efforts to defend against Hamas terror attacks from Gaza and for whatever reason I decided somebody needed to counter their lies. Dave was one of the three or four people who turned out to help. We really had no idea what we were getting into that...