CAMERA on Campus

A few weeks ago while tabling for an event with my pro-Israel group Mustangs United for Israel on campus, we were approached by a student who stopped and asked, “So, if you are pro-Israel then that means you’re anti-Palestinian?” It was an easy question to answer. In fact, it only...

CAMERA-supported group University of Chicago Alliance with Israel (UCAI) held its first event after being established this past winter. The group’s founding means CAMERA on Campus now supports 61 groups across campuses in North America, the UK and Israel. UCAI’s first event featured Ishmael Khaldi, the first Bedouin diplomat to...

Israel has suffered from various threats from the first few hours of its existence, and those threats still continue today. At first the Jewish State was under threat from invading Arab armies seeking to militarily destroy it, and now it is faced with Palestinian terrorism from within. In response to...

Israel’s Independence Day is widely celebrated in Israel through state ceremonies, parties, barbecues and military fly-overs. Whilst Israelis celebrated, CAMERA-supported groups also hosted numerous events on campus to mark Israel’s 69th birthday. Students from Bulldogs for Israel at Brooklyn College, MIT Friends of Israel, EMET Israel at the University of Miami and RCC...

Falafel, Shwarma, Jaffa oranges – there are many foods that we associate with Israel, but maybe none more than Hummus. The dish is thousands of years old, and no Israeli meal is complete without it. At Queens College, CAMERA-supported group Israel Student Association ran a cultural event entirely surrounding the theme...

Think of Black Friday, but just for books. That’s what happens in Israel this week, for Israel’s National Book Week, one of the major events in Israel’s cultural calendar. These ten days in June are also a good opportunity to examine an aspect of Israel that is often overlooked –...

One of the great ironies of the hateful BDS campaign is that it greatly harms the Palestinian people. This was demonstrated once again this week, but with a piece of good news. BDS was defeated, and Palestinians were able to return to their jobs. SodaStream had always prided itself on...

Everyone has seen videos from AJ+ popping up on their Facebook feed – but this week gave us a reminder of just who AJ+, who are a subsidiary of the Qatari government news channel Al Jazeera, really are. Firstly, on Saturday, Al Jazeera English, tweeted one of the most disgraceful pieces...