Contrary to dubious online suggestions, Einstein did not say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Nonetheless, there is some truth to this idea in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A certain orthodoxy in thought has brought...
DACA and the Middle East Conflict: An Impossible Comparison
Before June 2015, when President Obama introduced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative to help undocumented young people obtain temporary citizenship, immigrants lived in perpetual fear of deportation. Today, with new representation in the Oval Office, fear is once again brimming. President Trump’s decision to cut the DACA...
Palestinian Textbooks Are ‘Significantly More Radical’ Than Before
The hatred taught in Palestinian schools is only increasing, according to an Algemeiner article by correspondent Shiri Moshe (“Report: New Palestinian Curriculum Praises ‘Martyrdom,’ Significantly ‘More Radical’ Than Before,” Dec. 3, 2017). Moshe highlighted a recent study by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se), which found that Palestinian...
Teen Vogue Promotes Terror Organization, Cites DJs on International Law
As CAMERA has noted before, Teen Vogue, a Conde Nast publication aimed at teenage girls with a circulation of over a million, has shifted away from a focus solely on fashion and shopping to include political issues. Last week, in an article ostensibly about model Bella Hadid, the magazine promoted Hamas, and relied on...
CAMERA Letter in NY Times Sets Record Straight on Jews in Jerusalem
After The New York Times published an editorial citing the absence of Jews in eastern Jerusalem in 1967 as a point arguing against Israeli policy and U.S. recognition of Israel’s capital in Jerusalem, the newspaper printed CAMERA’s letter to the editor addressing the egregious misimpression caused by the editorial. The newspaper’s Dec. 6 editorial,...
Fletcher Israel Trek: Promoting Diplomacy, Diversity and Accuracy
In a Nov. 15 op-ed, Fletcher student Mohamed Nabil Bennaidja calls out the “single narrative” he claims exists on Fletcher’s Israel Trek, yet demonstrates clearly that his lack of understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is exactly why such a trip exists. The recent 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration is an important one,...
India-Israel Growing Relationship: The Need for Political Inclusiveness
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to make an official visit to India in January next year- 2018. There is a high possibility that his visit coincides with India’s Republic Day celebration. Netanyahu will then become the first ever Israeli premier to attend this epic annual event of India as a chief guest. Western...
It’s Time to Raise Our Expectations
A Jewish security guard is in critical condition after a 24 year-old Palestinian man stabbed him in the chest. The footage of the attack is graphic and difficult to watch. Since President Trump’s decision Wednesday to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Palestinian and Arab leaders have responded with threats...