Recently, Israel has undergone a slew of terrorist attacks that have affected hundreds of people. These attacks have mostly been lone-wolf stabbings carried out by young Palestinian teenagers and have been almost daily occurrences on Israeli streets and at Israeli holy sites. There have been dozens of attacks that have...
Demanding Condemnation
Isaac Newton said that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. But when it comes to terrorism in Israel, that is not the case. When a motorist rams his car into innocent bystanders, there is currently no proportionate outrage. When a teenager stabs the first Jewish person in...
World’s Utter Silence About Terrorist Attacks Against Israel
On May 14, 1948, a nation rejoiced. This nation had returned to its rightful home — the land where their ancestors had been expelled from hundreds of years ago. This land was a barren desert turned into a beautiful beacon of hope and freedom. Thousands poured into the land from...
The Liberal Arts College and its Discontents
As those who have attended schools with a liberal arts background know all too well, it can be difficult to keep one’s wits about them. The campus climate and its inhabitants are all too eager to applaud what they perceive as fact and laudable, and even more likely to denigrate...
Trouble with Chomsky
On November 8, 2015 linguist Noam Chomsky and Norwegian physician Mads Gilbert spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The event drew harsh criticism from MIT students because Dr. Gilbert has explicitly supported the 9/11 terror attacks. In an opinion article published in the MIT Tech newspaper, one student asks “Why is...
The Life of a Teenage Advocate
I wake up and look at my phone. Two Israeli men were stabbed and killed in Jerusalem. I turn on my computer, trying to make sense of this attack, but the first news article from the BBC that pops up, headlines that a ‘Palestinian [is] shot dead after Jerusalem attack...
Diversity in the Middle East: Featuring Zion Uness
Did you know that there are over 125,000 Ethiopian Jews living, serving, and working in Israel? Do you want to learn more about the diverse population of Israel and how cultures intersect? If so, please join CAMERA’s Emet for Israel supported organization at Clark University, Clarkies for Israel (CFI) in an...
Angela Davis and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
On Thursday February 11, Angela Davis, considered a preeminent force in the world of political activism, spoke to the Denison student body. I am writing to comment on her lecture because I feel obligated to point out the misleading and false statements she made regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During her...