Pro-Israel students at 75 universities across the US and Canada will launch “Israel peace Week” from next Sunday until March 9 in an effort to counter widespread campus anti-Zionism and “Israel Apartheid Week,” which pictures Israel as an enemy to peace.

The grassroots initiative has “a simple, positive message: Israel wants peace and has demonstrated its willingness to make painful sacrifices for peace,” according to organizers.

The number of universities participating in this year’s advocacy effort is 50 percent higher than last year, when the student-run Israel Peace Week was organized at 50 universities.

Events will include screening the “Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference” film about the country’s achievements, and a “Faces of Israel” panel of Israelis will discuss their stories about life in Israel.

The documentary avoids politics and focuses on stories of how Israelis resilience has propelled Israel to the forefront of world innovation and progress in the fields of science, environment, medicine and technology.

Other activities on campuses will include Israel’s options for peace in view of existential threats to the Jewish state, and participants will explore the values and accomplishments of a thriving Israeli democracy in the volatile Middle East that is dominated by autocrats.

Participating campuses include the University of California at Berkeley, a hotbed of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement, the universities of Chicago, Texas, and Virginia, UCLA, DePaul University, Brooklyn College, Florida International University, Carleton University in Ottawa and Rutgers University.