In 2020, the world witnessed the signing of the Abraham Accords. This agreement normalized relations between Israel and four Arab states: Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and later that year, Morocco and Sudan. In May 2022, I hosted Yoni Michanie, a researcher and lecturer at Northeastern University’s Department of Political Science,...
Being a Mizrahi Jew on Social Media
During COVID-19 self-isolation, like many others, I’ve been spending hours a day on social media. In particular, I’ve thoroughly explored the social media app TikTok — an app that has exploded in popularity in the last year. The app, which continuously streams curated 15 second to one-minute-long videos based on...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Shades of blue and shady articles
In the mountains of Peru, a bright and beautiful blue color covers many windows and doors. The blue in Peru is the same blue that catches the attention of millions of tourists when they visit the mystical Israeli city of Tsfat. This similarity is no coincidence. Peru’s blue comes from...
Rabin’s Assassination: 20 Years On
On October 31st, 100,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv in Rabin square to memorialize Prime Minister’s Yitzkah Rabin on 20 the year anniversary of his assassination. Yitzhak Rabin was born in 1922 in Jerusalem and grew up in a Zionist home. He had a long military career, including serving...
Accuracy Needed Regarding Settlements
This piece was written by Lauren Barney and originally published in the school newsletter, Pitt News, on February 12, 2014. Lauren is a CAMERA Fellow and a proud Israel activist dedicated to speaking the truth. To the Editor, This past Friday the Global Studies Center hosted a lecture titled, ”The...
The Place of Diversity, Israel’s 66th Year of Independence
This piece was originally written by Marta Slobodyanyuk, a proud CAMERA activist at the University of Minnesota and Vice President of the CCAP group Students Supporting Israel. Marta will be participating in the CAMERA Student Leadership and Advocacy Mission to Israel this year. Growing up in a world of diversity is something that we all...
Letter to the Editor: A Response to the Gavel’s Reflection on AIPAC
This piece was originally published in the March 12th 2014 edition of The Gavel. It was written by Michael Woodbury, a member of the CCAP (CAMERA supported) group Eagles for Israel. Author’s note: I too spent the first weekend of spring break in Washington DC for the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee...
Former South African MP: Israel is Not an Apartheid State
Former South African Parliament Member and victim of apartheid, Dr. Kenneth Meshoe, explains in the short video clip below why Israel is not an Apartheid State. Dr. Meshoe discusses why stating that apartheid occurs in Israel is inaccurate, betraying the memory of real apartheid and minimizing the suffering of those who had to...