Photo: Cantavestrella/Wikimedia Commons ביום רביעי 17 במרץ, השתתפתי באירוע זום ציבורי של ארגון SOAS Palestine כחלק מאירועי שבוע האפרטהייד הישראלי 2021 שלהם, בהנחיית נוער צעירים נגד התנחלויות (YAS), קבוצת פעילים פלסטינית הממוקמת בעיר חברון באזור הדרומי של הגדה המערבית ושוכנת בתוך הרי יהודה. YAS מתאר את עצמו כארגון המחויב למאבק...
Straight From the Horse’s Mouth: Antisemitism Is Inherent to SJP Activism
Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel/Wikimedia Commons On February 26th, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Brown University hosted an event featuring speakers who discussed Palestinian activism. Unsurprisingly, it was an exercise in antisemitic rhetoric and argumentation, including hateful tropes such as, “These attacks on capital, on money are what scares them [Israelis,...
The IHRA Definition of Antisemitism and the Meaning of Zionism
Photo: John Marino/Wikimedia Commons Syracuse University’s Student Association (SA) claims that it is “false” and “dangerous” to associate anti-Zionism with antisemitism. This is simply untrue, because support for Zionism is support for the Jewish people’s right to self-determine in their ancestral homeland. Nevertheless, in a recent legislative session, the Syracuse SA...
The False Comparison of Zionism and Colonialism
Anti-Zionists, especially BDS activists, have been quite successful in creating and spreading many false claims, exaggerations and misperceptions about Israel. I have been working with the campus CAMERA team on the launch of a social-media campaign called #ApartheidWeekExposed. Its goal is to shed light on how the actions of those involved...
ההשוואה השקרית של ציונות וקולוניאליזם
Photo: Government Press Office/Wikimedia Commons אנטי-ציונים, במיוחד פעילי BDS, הצליחו באופן מסחרר ליצור ולהפיץ טענות כוזבות רבות, הגזמות ותפיסות מוטעות לגבי ישראל. עבדתי עם צוות CAMERA בקמפוס בהשקת קמפיין במדיה החברתית בשם #ApartheidWeekExposed. מטרתו הוא לשפוך אור על האופן שבו פעולות המעורבים בתנועת ה- BDS מוגדרות כאנטישמיות בקמפוסים. בבית הספר...
The Holocaust Happened Outside of Europe Too
Photo: Wikipedia user Valley2city/Wikimedia Commons Once a year in Israel, a piercing siren is sounded for two minutes. On every road, street and corner of the country, life is temporarily suspended. People stop in the middle of walking, driving or working, to stand in silence, and commemorate the suffering of...
To Avoid Future Scandals Like Karega, Oberlin Should Adopt the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
Photo: Wikimedia Commons At the end of January it was reported that Oberlin College Vice President and Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo would be stepping down from that role at the end of the semester, and last Friday it was announced that she had left her post six weeks ahead...
Zooming Into Israel Apartheid Week
Photo: Cantavestrella/Wikimedia Commons On Wednesday 17th March, I attended a public Zoom event hosted by SOAS Palestine Society as part of their Israel Apartheid Week 2021 series. The discussion was chaired by Youth Against Settlements (YAS), a Palestinian activist group based in the city of Hebron, situated in the southern section of the...