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This evening Yom HaZikaron begins, Israel’s national day of remembrance. The country comes to a halt to remember those who have been killed in Israel’s wars, and in terrorist attacks. Unfortunately over the past year, Israel saw more Israelis killed in terrorist attacks. Last June, Hallel Yaffe Ariel z”l, a thirteen...

A few weeks ago, an anti-Israel conference took place in the Irish city of Cork. Zionist activist David Collier went along, and wrote three articles on his blog, detailing the hideous event. A subsequent event was planned for Trinity College Dublin, which attempted to legitimize an academic boycott, or as CAMERA tipper...

Statement by Aviva Slomich, International Campus Director at CAMERA, on the election of Shakira Martin “CAMERA welcomes the election of Shakira Martin as the new President of the National Union of Students (NUS). The defeated incumbent, Malia Bouattia, has peddled antisemitic conspiracy theories, talked about the “Zionist led media” and called Birmingham...

One of the great forgotten stories of the 20th century is that of the Jewish refugees from Arab countries. Close to a million Jewish residents of Arab countries were forced to leave their homes in the years around the creation of the State of Israel, but their story is rarely...

On Monday, Israel marked Yom HaShoah, national Holocaust Memorial Day. It is a unique event in the national calendar, as the country pauses to remember and mourn for the six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. On Sunday evening, shops and restaurants close early, and the streets are...

The Israeli Students Association (ISA), a CAMERA-supported group, recently hosted Igal Hecht, an esteemed Canadian-Israeli filmmaker, at York University. Hecht screened his latest documentary titled “My Home”, which explores the views and experiences of Israel’s various minorities groups, which collectively comprise 20% of the population. The film features interviews with...

Last month, many members of the pro-Israel community celebrated what was perceived as a victory on UK college campuses, due to the cancellation of a number of Israel Apartheid Week events. While this was indeed a victory, in the sense that the planned events were not held, the message sent...

At 12 years old, Hen Mazzig was almost blown up by a suicide bomber while on his way to an ice-cream shop. Amid the smoke and fire, the 27-year-old Israeli said he only remembers people crying. “I was seconds from not being here today,” Mazzig told a small crowd gathered...