By Elliot Hamilton of Pamona College, who is part of the CCAP group Claremont Colleges for Israel. The piece We Must Take Ownership of Our Own Humanity was originally published on November 15 in The Student Life. Political discourse runs vigorously through the veins of this consortium. Claremont presents itself as a...
SFSU President Condemns Campus Event With Slogan “My Heroes Have Always Killed Colonizers”
SFSU General Union of Palestinian Students displays posters reading, “My Heroes Have Always Killed Colonizers”; University President condemns the event. This week, San Francisco State University President Les Wong publicly condemned an event held on campus in which students created posters that read, “My heroes have always killed colonizers.” The posters were displayed in...
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...
Faulty Education System to Blame for Unrest in Middle East
It is important to challenge what you believe, so that you know why you believe it. That’s why I decided to backpack around Jordan, the West Bank and Israel this past summer. I have been to refugee camps and through checkpoints. I have experienced the terror that accompanies a rocket...
Jelen’s Big Slip
This letter is in a response to an op-ed published in the Uruguayan newspaper La Diaria: “¨Grilled Palestinians”. Ilan’s piece was originally published in Uruguay monthly Identidady and at Comité Central Israelita del Uruguay (Israelite Central Committee of Uruguay) on November 4, 2013. “Grilled Palestinians” is not a dish to be served...
Declare Your Freedom Pro-Israel Rally Planned for New Orleans
Our student group in the University of New Orleans, Allies for Israel, is planning a Declare Your Freedom 2.0 Rally this March. Watch the video about the rally below. Last year, Allies for Israel’s Declare Your Freedom Rally attracted over one hundred people. Watch the president of Allies for Israel...
University of Pittsburgh Event
Discussing endangered Minorities in the Arab Spring at the University of Pittsburgh on October 29. How has the Arab Spring effected minorities throughout the Middle East? A research fellow at the New America Foundation came to the University of Pittsburgh to discuss how minorities living throughout the Middle East have been...
Students at ORT University in Uruguay Attend Lecture Given by Professor Jack Drassinover
On October 12th, ORT University students attended a special lecture given by Professor Jack Drassinover, who teaches Israeli politics and Zionism at Machon Le Madrichim. The title of the event was “Mapping Israel in the 21st Century.” Ilan Bajarlia, the CAMERA Campus Fellow at ORT University who organized the event, was...