This week Prime Minister Netanyahu is on an official visit to Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, which is a good opportunity to analyse the very significant relationship Israel has with each of these countries. Whilst we often focus on Israel`s relations with the United States, Turkey, Egypt and other “usual suspects”, it...
A Lebanese Refugee in Israel
On November 3rd, Eagles for Israel hosted Jonathan Elkhoury at Boston College, as part of his CAMERA on Campus Fall 2016 tour. The event was co-sponsored by ZOA. As a gay, Christian-Arab who fled Lebanon with his family to Israel when he was a teen, Jonathan defies the narrative that...
Martyr
On October 9th, 2016, two Israelis, a 29-year-old police officer and a 60-year-old grandmother were murdered and four others were injured when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire from his car in Jerusalem, Israel. Since September last year, 42 Israelis have been murdered in terrorist attacks and 577 people (including 4...
Sudanese Human Rights Activist Shares Experiences with Child Slavery
Human rights activist Simon Deng discussed the devastating effects of child slavery in Sudan at a lecture Tuesday. As a child in southern Sudan, Deng said he was abducted and given away to an Arab family as a “gift.” He added that in Sudan, a human can be sold for...
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...
SJP and Trump at George Washington University
Passing by Kogan Plaza during the anti-Trump rally held November 15th, I was struck for the first time with the feeling that I may not be safe at GW. At a rally supposedly about love for one another, I was shocked to hear anti-Semitic rhetoric, hate, and demonization coming from...
Atmosphere on Campus Influenced Our Attackers
A number of weeks ago, Cambridge University’s Middle East and North Africa Forum, of which I am a founder and co-president, had the pleasure of hosting Mark Regev, Israel’s ambassador to the UK. The event was a fantastic success. Unfortunately, the fact an Israel-related event on a UK campus took...
CAMERA Fellows in Focus: Leora Eisenberg
The CAMERA Fellowship program supports student leaders in developing and strengthening their pro-Israel activism on campus. With the school year underway, InFocus is giving you an inside look into the lives of the 2016-17 CAMERA Fellows who are working hard to promote the facts about Israel on campus. Meet Leora...
