The Harvard Crimson has published an anonymous statement by its Editorial Board in favor of the notorious Boycott, Divest and Sanctions campaign (BDS) against Israel: In Support of Boycott, Divest, Sanctions and a Free Palestine. Despite the editorial’s portentous style, as a Harvard alumnus (GSAS 1987) I do feel it’s important to respond in an...
HOOP Stands Against Palestinians
For Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine (HOOP), degrading Israel is more important than supporting Palestinians. They don’t care that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) abandon airstrikes, drop warning leaflets, call and text residents and roof-knock to avoid civilian casualties or that Israel uses the most precise rocketry technology available to...
UMass Student Newspaper Spreads Lies About Israel and Defends Terrorism
Anti-Israel activists often draw unreasonable and overly simplistic comparisons between the Arab-Israeli conflict and social causes from police brutality to climate justice. Such conflations are often misleading and intellectually dishonest. A recent column in The Daily Collegian titled Palestinian Perspectives: The double standards of war by Ruya Hazeyen proved no...
Don’t Believe the Lies: Zionism is a Movement of Peace
One of the biggest lies ever told about Zionism is that the subjugation or oppression of the Palestinians is somehow a central tenet of the movement. Jewish Voice for Peace, an anti-Zionist organization with chapters at several universities, posits that “the Zionism that took hold and stands today is a...
SFSU Scholar’s Broken Promise to Professionalism
It’s ironic that Rabab Abdulhadi, the infamous San Francisco State University professor known for her anti-Israel-infused curriculum has recently accused her administration of being paid off by Zionist organizations to discriminate against her. This from the professor who has enjoyed little pushback in recent years from her colleagues or administration...
Why the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism Is Important on Campus
Progressive societies on UK university campuses often pride themselves on championing inclusivity and justice for all ethnic minorities. However, there is undoubtedly a different agenda when it comes to Jews and defining antisemitism. What arguably embodies this issue is the ‘debate’ over the IHRA definition of antisemitism, namely the opposition...
Press Release: CAMERA on Campus Leads Campaign in Support of Zionism
BOSTON, April 13th, 2022 – On May 15th, 1948, the world witnessed the establishment of a Jewish state in the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people. Seventy-four years later, the State of Israel stands as the embodiment of Zionism, the global movement supporting Jewish self-determination. This year, CAMERA on Campus...
J Street at UMiami Screens Propaganda Film
Mission: Hebron, a short film, purports to be an investigative documentary into IDF misconduct. In practice, the film only undermines the Jewish history of Hebron and vilifies the actions of Jewish residents and soldiers there. It is a heavily biased and misleading film and raises concerns about why J Street...