“All students, particularly those from marginalized and vulnerable communities, have a right to feel safe and welcome on the Northeastern University campus.” Northeastern’s Student Government Association (SGA) couldn’t have said it better: all Northeastern students, no matter their racial, ethnic, religious or socioeconomic backgrounds, deserve a warm, open, and comfortable...
Overgeneralizations and Mischaracterizations: How Campus Activists Slander the Zionist Movement
Northeastern’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter routinely spreads deeply flawed and distorted characterizations of Zionism and Israel. One post alleges that Zionism has a “fundamental reliance on the subjugation and regular massacring of the Palestinian people.” Another claims that “while Israel may have elected government for its Jewish...
Response to SJP’s Recent Statement (Vassar College)
Recently, Miscellany News published a joint statement by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the Vassar Student Association regarding SJP’s use of antisemitic artwork to advertise an event with Eli Valley, a notorious cartoonist known for his libelous renderings of Jewish people and the State of Israel. Students for...
A Response to J Street at UMiami’s Screening of an ahistorical documentary about Hebron
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...
Academia and the Dehumanization of Jews
November 19 saw a virtual gathering of notable Jew-haters and terrorist apologists to discuss “resistance across borders.” The webinar was purportedly a response to Israel’s terrorist designation of six “nonprofits” linked to the U.S.-designated Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a leftist Palestinian terror group known for hijacking...
McGill student social justice has become blind anti-Israel prejudice
In an Oct. 25 email, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) argued that its new Divestment policy demonstrates “leadership” in “human rights, social justice, and environmental protection.” Mostly, yes. It is important to protect Indigenous peoples and divest from fossil fuels. But the Divest Coalition weaponizes this moral license...
STATEMENT: CAMERA on Campus on November ’21 Actions of Vassar Students for Justice in Palestine
“On November 3rd, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Vassar College distributed posters utilizing age-old antisemitic tropes to promote Eli Valley’s event, “Drawing the Dystopia: On Non-Zionist Jewish Art and Politics.” We are appalled by SJP’s recent attempt at an apology in The Miscellany News, an underhanded response alleging...
The Blue and White Elephant in the Room
Sunrise Movement is a group of young activists dedicated to stopping man-made climate change. The organization has over 400 branches, most of which are located in the US. One of the political branches of the organization located in Washington DC (DC chapter) announced on October 20th on Twitter that it refused to attend the voting rights rally in Washington DC...
