WALTHAM, MA- What does state building entail? Is it permission from a higher authority to declare yourself? Is it a line in the sand drawn by other powers? Or is it leaders ready to build a nation and a nation ready to follow suit? Students for Accuracy about Israeli and...
Review of the Fall Semester 2013: Israel Awareness Week at the University of Houston
CAMERA Fellows and CCAP group leaders wrap up Fall Semester 2013 with a number of successful events. Take a look below to learn about Israel Awareness Week held at the University of Houston this Fall. Cesar De Gracia Morales, a CAMERA Fellow at the University of Houston, reported back on a multi-day event called “Israel Awareness Week” held October 21st through the...
Setting the Pace to Finish a Marathon
If there was anything that I learned from attending the CAMERA conference a few days back, then it was that sprinting towards an unmarked finish line is impossible. Seven years have passed since I started running toward a goal that is simultaneously rewarding and destructive. Rewarding, because every stretch of...
Abir Gitlin Speaks at CAMERA’s Student Leadership and Advocacy Conference
At CAMERA’s Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Conference, which started on Sunday afternoon, students have heard several prominent speakers present about the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions groups, and experiences with media bias. Among the speakers was Abir Gitlin, a former CAMERA Fellow and IDF soldier....
Florida Atlantic University Tolerates Intolerance
Across the country, universities are experiencing a wave of anti-Semitic groups disguised as anti-Zionist groups. While some universities have taken action against these groups, many refuse, claiming that their actions are ones of free speech and not ones of hatred and racism. These politically correct school administrators claim to protect...
Painting the People Pink
Unfortunately, anti-Israel propaganda is ever evolving within the campus environment. The newest charge against Israel is made of pure ridiculousness. This charge is called pinkwashing. “In April, the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) at the City University of New York hosted a conference on “Homonationalism and Pinkwashing.” This is...
Ishmael Khaldi on life as a Bedouin in Israel at the University of Chicago
On April 7th, the University of Chicago’s CCAP- funded organization, Chicago Friends of Israel, hosted Ishmael Khaldi on campus. Khaldi is the first Bedouin vice consul of Israel and the first high ranking Muslim diplomat in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khaldi delivered a lecture entitled Life as a...
BDS event at Brooklyn College in detail
In addition to dealing with hostile anti Israel students, Brooklyn College’s Israel group, a CCAP (CAMERA Supported) group, has had a challenging second semester dealing with their college administration. In February the Brooklyn College political science department co-sponsored an event devoted to BDS. Some pro-Israel students at the event were expelled...