Even a broken clock is right twice a day. In early April, BDS leader Omar Barghouti expressed support for allowing the use of potential Israeli-developed vaccines for COVID-19. “If you use medical equipment from Israel — it’s not a problem. Cooperating with Israel against the virus — to begin with, we do...
If You Want to Criticize Israel, First Support Its Right to Exist
Imagine yourself sitting in a college classroom excited to learn more about the world around you. Your professor has invited an Italian speaker from Italy to share his love for his country. Your high hopes for this conversation are instantly disregarded when several students in the class interrupt the discussion....
Corona Solidarity Means Little Without Erasing Our Double Standards
Photo: Glyn Baker/Wikimedia Commons Considering our campus sits less than 10 miles from Wimbledon, it is perhaps unsurprising that the summer tennis season has traditionally been popular with UCL students. Media coverage could at times be controversial. Perception of historic front-runner Andy Murray in the press often amounted to “When...
Unpacking the Hebrew U Hadash Student Group’s Falsehood-Ridden Video
Quite the commotion has been stirring at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem after the student group representing the Hadash political party released a propagandistic, anti-Israel video. The four-minute long clip portrays a series of noteworthy events since Israel’s inception from a Palestinian perspective. Condemning the administration for allowing IDF soldiers...
Anti-Israel Bias Continues at UC Davis Cultural Center
The UC Davis Cross Cultural Center (CCC) is committed to the idealistic goal of building a just and liberated world. The building provides a space for many unique communities to pursue advocacy, identity exploration, and — most importantly — cultural competency. Despite its genuinely good goal, the Cross Cultural Center has...
This is What a Zionist Looks Like
In recent years, Zionism has unjustly been given a reputation that contradicts the reality of the movement. Those who oppose Zionism have tried to paint the movement as a band of right-wing colonialists. In reality, Zionists are simply those who believe that the Jewish people have a right to self-determination...
In the Midst of Coronavirus, Hatred of Israel Persists at Cornell
“Zionist Occupation is the Virus.” No, that hashtag wasn’t shared by the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip or by an Iranian state mouthpiece. White supremacist and antisemite David Duke didn’t share it. Nor was it shared by Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, who has...
Palestinian Prisoners Day Misleads Students Worldwide
This year’s Palestinian Prisoners Day (PPD) took place on April 17. Every year, activists use this occasion in an attempt to draw international attention to the hundreds of Palestinians arrested and detained annually by Israel in the West Bank. Yet much of this campaign is dominated by blatant inaccuracies and...
