CAMERA just completed its 7th Annual Student Leadership and Advocacy Mission in Israel. Our CAMERA Fellows, who were chosen to represent CAMERA on campus for the 2012-2013 academic year, participated in the all-expense-paid trip, along with student activists who are members of our CCAP-supported pro-Israel organizations. Twenty-three Jewish and non-Jewish...
Glorifying Hate
Does a true partner for peace honor those who committed acts of terror? In history, there have been only a few Jewish terrorists who murdered Palestinians. Israel has given all of these people lengthy prison sentences, and has refused to release them early. On the other hand, the ruling Palestinian...
BDS Momentum quashed at UC Santa Barbara
Contributed by CAMERA Intern Josh Arons: The anti-Israel, boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement has infiltrated numerous state universities in California and has spread untruthful propaganda about the State of Israel. Unfortunately, the anti-Israel movement’s scare tactics worked by persuading student government associations at UC Davis, UC Berkeley, and UC Irvine...
Check Out Our Student Writers!
While interning for CAMERA, high-school senior Rebecca Pritzker wrote the powerful blog piece Israel: The Modern Canary, which was republished recently in the Jewish Ledger. Former CAMERA Israel trip participant Romeu Monteiro recently wrote a piece for his school’s paper, which was also picked up by The Algemeiner: Israeli Inspiration, Portuguese Citizenship. ...
Falsely Reported Boycotts
Today, Agence France-Presse falsely reported that rock star Lenny Kravitz had canceled a planned visit to Israel in support of the anti-Israel boycott movement. As CAMERA’s Tamar Sternthal writes: “In a second questionable claim, AFP also reports ‘Other [boycott] ‘successes’ include Adidas dropping its sponsorship of the Jerusalem marathon in March after pressure from the...
Divestment Resolution Defeated at UC Santa Cruz
BDS at UC Santa Cruz was defeated in a majority vote, with 19 against, 17 in favor and 3 abstentions. It is yet another failed BDS campaign to add to the list in the UC system. Emily Hochberg writes in the Israel Actions Network blog “This is the latest in a...
Dealing with a Pro-Palestinian activist? Are you sure?
How do you know if you are dealing with a true Pro-Palestinian activist on your campus? Have they spoken up loudly against the dictatorship in the Gaza Strip under Hamas or in the West Bank under Fatah? Abu Mazen canceled elections four years ago and has since served as an...
Sign this petition to condemn this anti-semitic mini series
Sign this petition to condemn the anti-semitic mini series that will soon be shown in much of the Arab World. “Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have publicly stated that antisemitism is a human rights issue. yet they have not once condemned the endemic and virulent Arab antisemitism that is seen daily by millions...