When it comes to issues around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on UK university campuses, what is reported and discussed in the media is almost entirely negative. Unfortunately, Jewish students around the UK have had to put up with an annual ‘Israel Apartheid Week’, where divisive and demonising materials are spread around...
UK CAMERA-Supported Societies Need You — Sign the Petition Today!
Click here to sign the petition. While commendably inviting Israeli lecturer Hen Mazzig back to speak on January 25th after his CAMERA event was violently disrupted in 2016, UCL is not permitting the majority of London area students who attended the original event to attend this one because they are not UCL students. UCL does not have a policy of restricting events only to UCL students. Instead of ensuring that...
UK Students Vow to Fight Campus Anti-Semitism
Students Spoke at Official CAMERA on Campus UK Launch Reception More than 50 students and professionals from around the United Kingdom gathered at the Centre for Jewish Life in London on Tuesday, meeting for the official launch of CAMERA on Campus UK, an international student organisation that counters misinformation about...
Indy Story on Gaza Student “Denied” Visa to Study in UK Riddled with Distortions
A Sept. 27th article in the Independent by Bethan McKernan claims that a 28-year-old Palestinian student named Mohammed Awad was due to begin a masters programme at Goldsmiths, University of London, but may have to forfeit his place because of an “Israeli delay in approving his travel papers”. Awad, from Jabalia, north of Gaza City, is quoted...
The Ugly Face of Anti-Israel Activity in the UK
Over the past few days, there have been a number of new reports about the levels of radical anti-Israel activity on British university campuses. This week, the Evening Standard reported on the fears of Jewish students at SOAS, the School of African and Oriental Studies. The student body is committed to fighting...
The “Shuk” Factor
An essential part of any experience in Israel is to head to the “Shuk”, the vibrant outdoor marketplace typical of the Middle East. But if you can’t go to the Shuk, at last the Shuk can come to you! Friends of Israel, a CAMERA-supported organisation at Rockland County College held...
Israeli Ambassador to the UK comes to Cambridge
In April 2016, Mark Regev became the Israeli Ambassador to the UK. Mr Regev has been in Israel`s Foreign Ministry for twenty five years, has served as the Spokesperson for the Prime Minister, and is one of the most recognised advocates for Israel on international TV. During November, the Cambridge...
The Challenges Faced by UK University Students
Today, the National Union of Students (NUS), the body representing seven million students in the UK, has its national conference. One Jewish delegate, Izzy Lenga, has written an article “Why I won`t be at tomorrow`s NUS NEC meeting”, in which she describes the hostile environment that Jewish students are facing...
