Returning home from a celebration in honor of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, the car carrying Eitam and Naama Henkin and their four children came under fire as it slowly made its way through the windy roads of the West Bank. Spotting the vehicle’s Israeli plates, Palestinian terrorists unleashed a volley of bullets...
An Interview with Bassem Eid
Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid is most well known for “raising awareness according to the realities on the ground” on the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Bassem, born and raised in Jordanian occupied East Jerusalem, began working for B’Tselem in 1988 to advocate for Palestinian human rights. Since then, he has broken...
Palestinian Human Rights Leader Condemns Hamas, BDS at Cornell Lecture
CAMERA brought Bassem Eid on tour to over a dozen campuses in the U.S. Please read below a review by a student reporter on the impact Eid made on her campus. Founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG) and outspoken critic of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement Bassem...
Day 1 Of The Israel Trip: CAMERA Office and Knesset
CAMERAonCampus students just finished CAMERA’s annual Student Leadership Training Mission to Israel. This is an annual 10 day trip that takes CAMERA students to Israel to experience all that Israel has to offer, meet with incredibly knowledgeable and talented speakers, and visit places in Israel to discuss the challenges facing...
Israel Trip Recounted: Bassem Eid’s Gripping Narrative
Written by CAMERA intern and Israel trip participant Lilia Gaufberg “The Palestinians are not ripe right now for a state, and they are certainly not in a position to start building a state.” Bassem Eid let the power of these words hang in the air. He cleared his throat, adjusting...
