London, England (Thursday, January 25th) – University College London made headlines in 2016 when riot police had to stop members of UCL Palestine Society from attacking Jewish students who were attending a speaking event with Israeli human rights activist Hen Mazzig. Undeterred, the students brought Mazzig back to speak at...
Why is Arab Violence Taken as a Given?
Conversation needs to shift from “don’t provoke” to “no excuse for terrorism” On Dec. 6, 2017, President Trump announced that America officially acknowledges Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and would eventually move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Referring to this as “acknowledging the obvious,” Trump explained that Israel is a sovereign...
October Events Report
While August and September were busy kick-starting events and actions on campus, October proved to be very beneficial by way of programming. CAMERA- supported campuses all over held different events and discussions about different aspects of Israel and Israeli culture. This month, Great Danes for Israel at the University of...
GMU SAIA Shuts Down Discussions on Israel
Last year George Mason University’s chapter of SAIA (Students Against Israeli Apartheid) hosted the National Students for Justice in Palestine Conference. One of their main focuses was to promote their campaign of anti-normalization, meaning that while they would lead their own pro-Palestine events and protest ours, there would be no...
UK CAMERA-Supported Societies Need You — Sign the Petition Today!
Click here to sign the petition. While commendably inviting Israeli lecturer Hen Mazzig back to speak on January 25th after his CAMERA event was violently disrupted in 2016, UCL is not permitting the majority of London area students who attended the original event to attend this one because they are not UCL students. UCL does not have a policy of restricting events only to UCL students. Instead of ensuring that...
November/December Events Report
November and December have been very active in programming on CAMERA- supported campuses. The large variety of events have allowed students to learn about different aspects of history, politics, and culture! Friends of Israel at Rockland Community College held the event, “Israel and The Middle East In The Age of...
August/September Events Report
On CAMERA- supported campuses, August and September have been months to “jump back in”. Different events across different campuses have allowed many students, faculty, and staff to connect and reconnect with other students within their community. Events such as tabling, general body meetings, and speaker held events allowed the different...
The Hero Behind the Scenes
On November 2nd we commemorated 100 years since the Balfour declaration. The Balfour Declaration was published by the British government during World War I declared support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, which was then an Ottoman region with a minority Jewish population....