Lee Kaplan

Lee Kaplan is described as an "undercover investigative journalist and a contributor to Front Page Magazine" who also writes for Israel National News and Canada Free Press, and works as a senior intelligence analyst and comunications director for the Northeast Intelligence Network. He also created and runs the organizations Defending America for Knowledge and Action (DAFKA) and Stop the ISM, his FrontPageMag.com profile states. [1]

Kaplan "formed DAFKA to create a more proactive movement against the Saudis' well-financed campaign against Israel as well as the professional propaganda plans of PASSIA," his August 2005 Freeman Center for Strategic Studies biographical note states. [2]

According to the FrontPageMag.com biographical note, he is a twice-weekly guest on "the Jim Kirkwood Show on Utah's K-Talk Radio 630am. He is currently working on a book about America's colleges in the War on Terror." [3]

Kaplan's Activism

Kaplan is famous in the San Francisco Bay Area for his pro-Israel activism, earning himself a primary spotlight in an issue of San Francisco Weekly (SF Weekly). [4]

Contact Information

Website: http://www.dafka.org
Website: http://www.stoptheism.com/

External Links

Profiles

• Author: Lee Kaplan, FrontPageMag.com, accessed October 2006.

Articles & Commentary About Kaplan

• Steven Plaut, Untitled, ChronWatch, April 25, 2003.
• "Behind the Curtain," Belmont Club Blogspot, July 2, 2004.
• Will Wallace, "Lee Kaplan, Dafka Exposed," Santa Cruz IndyMedia, December 19, 2004.
• Ehud Appel, "Lee Kaplan Responds," Cal Tzedek Blogspot, May 30, 2005.
• Ami Isseroff, "Truth, Demonization and Reconciliation - Parents' Circle and Frontpage Magazine," MideastWeb Blog, June 15, 2005 in connection with Lee Kaplan, "Meet the Parents Circle," FrontPageMagazine.com, June 10, 2005.
• "Attack on Sheehan originates from lying, racist Israeli spy (but only if you use his standards). David Horowitz's DiscovertheNetworks.org is achieving new lows in its attacks on Cindy Sheehan," Mercury Rising Blogspot, August 17, 2005, in connection with Lee Kaplan, "SFSU Hosts a Terrorist," FrontPageMagazine.com, May 2, 2005.
• "UAC Appoints Lee Kaplan as Director of Communications," United American Committee, November 4, 2005. See "Something Scary In Anaheim," Red County/OC Blog, October 3, 2006. Scroll down to post by "Jesse Petrilla October 03, 2006 at 10:02 PM" and response by "Alex Brant-Zawadzki | October 03, 2006 at 10:20 PM": See listed UAC officers and directors.
• "Inviting Iranian American Community To Support For Rally Against Islamofascism Day (R.A.I.D.) Wednesday, February 1, 2006" posted on FREE IRAN Project message board, January 18, 2006. re Kaplan identified as "UAC Director of Communications".
• "The Nauseating Sideshow that is Lee Kaplan," Angry White Kid Blog, February 8, 2006. (Note: SourceWatch is unaware of any violents acts attributable to Dafka.)
• "UAC on O'Reilly Tonight to Discuss PSM, Saudi Donation to Georgetown," Vital Perspective, February 9, 2006. re Kaplan identified as "UAC Director of Communications"
• "On the O'Reilly Factor," BillOReilly.com, February 9, 2006. Scroll down to "Unresolved Problems Segment. Terror ties to Georgetown event?"
• Fadi Kiblawi, "Zionists Gone Wild," KABOBfest Blogspot, February 13, 2006 stemming in part from Lee Kaplan, "Maestro of Georgetown Terror Event," FrontPageMagazine.com, February 7, 2006.
• Gillian Flaccus, "Muhammad Cartoons Riles Calif. College," Associated Press (ABC News), March 1, 2006. Scroll down to end of first page; stemming from "University of California-Irvine Conference Audio" Rayra.net, March 9, 2006 (audio of Lee Kaplan remarks).
• Roy Rivenburg, "Cartoon Display Protested; Muslim students and supporters assail a UCI forum displaying Muhammad cartoons", Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2006.
• "Prophet cartoons cause a rumpus on California campus," Associated Press (Taipei Times), March 2, 2006. re Kaplan identified as "spokesman for the UAC"
• Dan Beam, "Muslims protest at UC-Irvine", Daily Titan (Cal State-Fullerton), March 3, 2006.
• Peggy Goetz, "Loud but peaceful; Students voice disapproval of forum displaying controversial cartoons", Orange County Register (California), March 2, 2006.
• "JAZEERAGATE. Protest against Al-Jazeera's planned English language U.S. station," UAC, March 6, 2006. re Kaplan identified as "UAC member"
• "Detention Diary," Hurriyya Blogspot, June 30, 2006. re Kaplan is mentioned under June 5 in paragraph commencing with "The final phase..." and in paragraph near end of posting that begins with "There is, however, one person....".
• Robert Fisk, "A gripping diary of one week in the life and death of Beirut," The Independent (Information Clearing House), July 23, 2006. Scroll down to July 20th entry.
• Eliza Strickland, "Disturbing the Peace: The local conversation between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian activists is getting less civil every day. And Lee Kaplan's tactics aren't helping," San Francisco Weekly, August 9, 2006. (Strickland's article also ran elsewhere on the Web retitled Freedom Warrior). Kaplan responded in a letter to the editor - titled "Two More Cents" - the full reference for which is listed below).
• "Pest of Zion: Lee Kaplan," Solomonia Blog, August 13, 2006.
• Letter to the Editor: "Cap Off to Kaplan," San Francisco Weekly, August 16, 2006.
• Donna Baranski-Walker, "The Ghastly Mr. Mulberry," The Rebuilding Alliance, September 1, 2006. (Kaplan denies ever posing as a Congressional staffer and denies that an investigation ever occurred by House Counsel.)
• Andrew Ford, "Supposed 'supporter' of Israel running around West Bank looking for guns to get his picture taken with," this much i can say is true Blogspot, September 14, 2006; in connection with "The ISM-Terror Connection" FrontPageMagazine.com, September 13, 2006.
• Andrew Ford, "Right-wing zealot under federal investigaton for impersonating congressional staffer," this much i can say is true Blogspot, September 15, 2006.
• Eliza Strickland, "More Phone Pranks," San Francisco Weekly, October 11, 2006.
• Yaman Salahi, "I will not meet with Lee Kaplan," yaman salahi's livejournal, October 11, 2006. Note: (Separate from this article, on June 13, 2007, the Alameda County Superior Court in case number BS06288332 awarded Lee Kaplan Seven Thousand Five Hundred US Dollars in damages in a defamation, libel and tortious business interference lawsuit brought by Kaplan against Yaman Salahi. [5])
• Josh Hirschland, "Man unaffiliated with Columbia U. responsible for fliering room", Columbia Daily Spectator, October 16, 2006.
• "The Sunday Mirror, Laura Mansfield And The Northeast Intelligence Network. A Planet Quo Investigation," Planet Quo, updated December 22, 2006.

Interviews With Kaplan

• Lee Kaplan, "Interview on the Tovia Singer Show", Israel National News, July 6, 2004.
• Lee Kaplan, "Interview on the Tovia Singer Show", Israel National News, July 7, 2004.
• Lee Kaplan, "Interview with Jeff Katz", KNEW 910 AM San Francisco, May 26, 2006.

Articles By Kaplan

• Articles at American Thinker.
• Articles at Canada Free Press.
• Articles at Israel National News (Arutz Sheva).
• Articles by Kaplan (2004-2006), with links posted by Campus Watch.
• "Palestinian Peace: True Apartheid," The Daily Californian, October 17, 2000.
• Lee Kaplan, Letter to the Editor, Contra Costa Times, August 13, 2005.
• "Two More Cents", Letter to the Editor, San Francisco Weekly, August 23, 2006.

Blog Postings Presenting Kaplan's Views

• Lee Kaplan, , "UC Berkeley Hillel Silences Conservatives," October 13, 2003.
• Lee Kaplan, "CAL State Palestine," December 8, 2003.
• Mere Rhetoric, "UC Irvine Danish Cartoon Panel and Protest," March 1, 2006.
• Kesher Talk, , "Operating Behind Enemy Lines," August 14, 2006.

Articles by Kaplan at www.frontpagemag.com

• "Lee Kaplan: Recent Articles", FrontPageMag.com, accessed February 2006. (This link is to an archive that has the most up date listing of Kaplan's articles).
• Israeli Apartheid Week on U.S. Campuses, February 23, 2007
• Braving Campus Radicals at UC Davis, February 12, 2007
• Rebuilding Terror Tax-Free, January 30, 2007
• Kill Your Teacher, November 13, 2006
• The ISM-Terror Connection, September 13, 2006
• The Al Awda Conference at San Francisco State University, Published: Wednesday, August 09, 2006
• Understanding the International Solidarity Movement, July 14, 2006
• SFSU Hosts a War on the Jews, June 16, 2006
• The Falcon and the Terrorist, May 18, 2006
• Islamism's Legal Manipulations, May 09, 2006
• Funding Anarchism as “Performance Art”, April 18, 2006
• The New Anti-Semitism at Ramapo College, March 28, 2006
• The Divestment Conference at Georgetown, March 17, 2006
• Maestro of Georgetown Terror Event, February 07, 2006
• Terror on the Net, January 18, 2006
• Georgetown U's Terror Conference, January 11, 2006
• Georgetown's Jihad, December 29, 2005
• A Foot Soldier in the Enemy's Trenches, December 28, 2005
• Tikkun's Questionable Tax-Exempt Status, December 06, 2005
• Tax-Exempt Lawbreaking?, October 20, 2005
• Profiles in Radicalism, October 13, 2005
• Does the Pro-Terror Left Violate U.S. Tax Laws?, September 26, 2005
• Academic Propaganda, August 26, 2005
• Crawford House of Hate, August 24, 2005
• Terrorist Propaganda Outlet?, August 03, 2005
• A Classroom Indoctrination, July 21, 2005
• Disrupting the Campus Terror Network, June 20, 2005
• Meet the Parents Circle, June 10, 2005
• Rashid Khalidi: Plagiarist?, June 09, 2005
• SFSU Hosts a Terrorist, May 02, 2005
• Jihad at Manchester Community College, April 18, 2005
• Foreign Exchange Program for Terror, March 25, 2005
• Princeton's Anti-Israel Jihad, January 24, 2005
• Indiana "Peace Studies", December 17, 2004
• Scholars For Terror, December 07, 2004
• Palestinian Terror On Campus, November 23, 2004
• Jihad at San Francisco State, November 08, 2004
• Intifada Against College Republicans, November 02, 2004
• Inside Duke's Hate Fest, October 29, 2004
• Duke University's Weekend Hate Fest, October 15, 2004
• A Hollywood Heavy for Bush, October 12, 2004
• San Francisco Schools For Jihad, October 01, 2004
• Duke's Platform for Terror, September 15, 2004
• Three Bullets and a Dead Child, September 07, 2004
• Disclosed, September 01, 2004
• Librarians for Terror, August 24, 2004
• Islamist Terror Via the American Internet, August 10, 2004
• Solidarity With Terror, July 02, 2004
• Diplomat of Democracy: Natan Sharansky Part II, May 04, 2004
• Diplomat of Democracy: Natan Sharansky, May 03, 2004
• The Saudi Fifth Column On Our Nation's Campuses, April 05, 2004
• Freedom Triumphs at San Francisco State, March 25, 2004
• Textbooks for Jihad, March 19, 2004
• The Foothills of Hatred, March 15, 2004
• Purge at San Francisco State, February 26, 2004
• PLO Propaganda Film "Jenin, Jenin", February 20, 2004
• The Pipes Speech, Published: Monday, February 16, 2004
• Ford Funds the Palestinian Left, February 09, 2004
• Onedance Summit Comes to California, January 30, 2004
• Indoctrination at Indiana U, January 27, 2004
• Jihad Against U.S. High School Students, December 19, 2003
• CAL State Palestine, December 08, 2003
• Campus Rally for Terror, November 26, 2003
• Students for Jihad, October 23, 2003