The U.S. Treasury Department’s June 10 designation of Addameer as a terrorist organization with ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) should prompt soul-searching—and a reckoning—at Harvard University. The U.S. government has now confirmed what CAMERA and others warned about years ago: Addameer is not a...
Israel Slandered When Described as an Apartheid State
Penn has more than 600 student organizations – a laudable source of pride for our school. I love seeing Instagram stories and Facebook events that highlight new student initiatives in pursuit of academic honesty and exploration. However, recently, I’ve begun to see some that are very disheartening. In 2019, student...
B’Tselem’s Anti-Israel Report Gets the Facts Wrong
On January 11, 2021, The San Diego Union-Tribune covered a report from an alleged “leading human rights group”, B’Tselem. This report asserts that the state of Israel is guilty of “apartheid.” For those who might not be aware, apartheid is defined by the International Criminal Court as an “institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and...