Editor’s note: This interview was recorded on Tuesday 24 October. The opinions expressed within are those of the participants. Patrick: “Over the past few weeks, we have seen what is possibly the pinnacle of the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Thousands of deaths, even more severely injured, hundreds held hostage,...
An Invidious UK: Academia’s anti-Israel Influence from Grassroots to Bureaucrats
In recent years, UK universities’ student-led groups, such as the Palestine Society at SOAS, have clearly imposed dominating anti-Israel rhetoric, making it a normal standard for many more academic institutions around the country. In 2020, the Universities of Oxford, Manchester, and Leeds were publicly shamed and condemned by various anti-Israel...
Statement on Suspension of SJP Chapter at Rutgers
On December 12th, 2023, Rutgers University in New Brunswick suspended the activities of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for widespread disruptions of classes, student activities, meals, and university programming. We applaud Rutger’s decision to take action against SJP, which over the last two months has parroted pro-Hamas propaganda and...
Anti-Israel Crybullies and the Free Speech Inversion
The term “crybully” rose to prominence over the last decade, and describes a phenomenon that has become increasingly common on campus. As defined at Dictionary.com, a crybully is “a person who self-righteously harasses or intimidates others while playing the victim, especially of a perceived social injustice.” This is a particularly...
The War Against Israel Came to My Campus, But We Won’t Be Silenced
On Wednesday, November 15, the Binghamton University Zionist Organization (BUZO) hosted an educational event in the university’s lecture hall with a pro-Israel speaker from StandWithUs. As members of the BUZO executive board arrived to prepare the space for the event, they were met with a shocking sight: The room was...
My Middle-Eastern heritage is ignored in campus discourse
Witnessing the horrors committed in southern Israel invoked in me the worst memories from the pages of Jewish history. Hamas’ heinous torture and slaughter of men, women and children in unimaginably cruel fashions could only be compared with the pogroms once endemic to Europe, which ultimately culminated in the Holocaust, thus destroying...
CAMERA on Campus UK campaign expands visibility of Middle Eastern and North African Jews
London, United Kingdom In honour of Mizrahi Heritage Month, CAMERA on Campus UK is thrilled to announce the start of the fourth instalment of “Mizrahi Stories,” a human rights campaign dedicated to amplifying the voices of the Jews hailing from North Africa and the Middle East. These communities faced extraordinary...
Perspective: Now is not a time to project hate on campus
Jewish college students are dealing with attacks on Israel and harassment on their campuses. When will it stop? It feels odd — wrong, even — that my family and friends scattered across Israel are asking me if I’m okay and safe. But I’m not, and nor are many of my...
