After a virulent and antisemitic riot organised by the YFS (York University Federation of Students) to intimidate and silence Jewish speakers on November 20, most Canadian politicians (and even university administrators) initially condemned the antisemitic riots. This includes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who called the riots violent and racist. Most...
Amid Global Pandemic, Israel and PA Find Ways to Cooperate
At the time of this writing, Israel has suffered more 8,600 confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and counted 56 deaths, with the Palestinian administered areas of the West Bank and Gaza reporting more than 237 confirmed cases with at least one confirmed death. This region of the world is so densely...
Peace and Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Response
On February 7, Noor Almaslamani published an article titled “A Stateless State? Palestine…to Where?” in which she states that “Palestinians have been trying to implement a peace plan with the Israelis for so long now.” This claim does not account for the many decades in which the Palestinian leadership has...
70-Plus Faculty Members Thank Columbia University President for Battling BDS Vote
More than 70 Columbia faculty members have signed a letter thanking university president Lee Bollinger for expressing opposition ahead of an undergraduate student referendum next month calling on the university to divest from companies doing business in Israel. The 74 faculty members, as of Monday, signed the open letter—organized by the Academic Engagement Network (AEN)—to...
More Hatred From Students for Justice in Palestine
There is a deeply disturbing pattern within the anti-Zionist movement of devaluing Jewish and Israeli lives. Wholly convinced of the irredeemably evil nature of the Jewish state, many anti-Israel activists display a callous indifference toward antisemitic violence perpetrated between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. The ensuing devastation to...
Even in a Pandemic, Columbia Students Promote BDS
Why, at an institution of higher learning, do intelligent students feel free to indulge themselves in such outright aggressions against their peers? In part, surely, because of the license, tacit or explicit, given them by their professors. In part, too, because they are unafraid of a backlash from their peers....
Why This Christian Supports the Jews and Israel
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who served as a Christian Pastor in Germany during the 1930s, once said, “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil.” Bonhoeffer’s courageous actions later breathed existence into his words, as he tenaciously fought alongside other opponents of the Nazi regime to save Jewish families during the...
Diversity in the State of Israel
I am waiting for bus 240 to take me to work. I try to hide in the shade as the scorching sun hits my face. It’s 8:00 AM and 98 degrees Fahrenheit. Beside me stands a religious Muslim woman, wearing a hijab. To my right is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi...