Brandeis University is in the spotlight this week as it has severed ties with its sister institution, Al Quds University, after Al Quds held a Nazi-style rally on campus, and failed to condemn it. On November 5th, Palestinian Al Quds University, which has campuses in Jerusalem, Al-Bireh, and Abu-Dis, held a...
University of Massachusetts Amherst Hosts Sgt. Benjamin Anthony’s Lecture
Brett Hausler, CAMERA fellow at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, reports back on Sgt. Benjamin Anthony’s most recent lecture at UMass entitled “The Israeli Arab Conflict.” The event took place on November 7th. Sgt. Benjamin Anthony is the founder of Our Soldiers Speak, an organizations that brings the truth about...
Drexel Event on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Negotiations
The event held at Drexel University was entitled “Israeli-Palestinian Peace Negotiations: What Has Changed in the 20 Years Since the Oslo Accords?” Drexel University hosted an event featuring Asaf Romirowsky on November 11, 2013, in which he discussed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. The name of the event was, “Israeli-Palestinian Peace Negotiations: What Has Changed in the...
Silence in Media in Face of Eden Atias’s Brutal Murder
Eden Atias, a newly recruited Israeli soldier, was stabbed to death by a Palestinian youth yesterday, Wednesday November 13th. He was sleeping on a bus near Afula when he was attacked. You may very well have heard of this already, but what of the rest of the world? If you...
Israel In the MBTA
Those riding the T in Boston will have likely noticed the newest line of anti-Israel posters gleaming from the walls. 80 posters depicting four maps that purport to illustrate “the Palestinian loss of land” to Israel between 1946 and 2010 are displayed in the metro. Next to the maps it says,...
The Tripod: CAMERA Links in 3 Languages—Nov. 6-12
BBC correspondent compares anti-terrorist fence to Berlin wall, fails to mention terrorism The BBC’s ‘From our own Correspondent’ presents a one-sided and inaccurate view of Israel’s anti-terrorist fence (BBC Watch) NYT goes where BBC declines to tread The BBC systematically fails to address the subject of incitement and glorification of...
Conceding Peace
One of the most basic concepts discussed in an introductory economics class is that people respond to incentives. Whether they are used to reward positive and wanted behaviors or to punish unwanted ones, incentives play a major role in the decision making of individuals. Governments oftentimes use incentives to promote...
Exploring Veterans Day and the End of World War I Through a Zionist Lens
Yesterday was Veteran’s Day, which honors those who have served in the American armed forces. It is commemorated on November 11th, the day on which WWI formally ended in 1918. The lead-up to the end of World War I signified a turning point for Zionism. Below, we explore Veterans day through the...