In 2021, social media is a weapon; it has the power to politicize and the power to spread disinformation. And tens of thousands of students across the US — maybe more — have successfully used social media to find their anti-Israel voices over the past week. The situation between Israel...
Students for Justice in Palestine Rewrites and Distorts Jewish and Israeli History
Over the summer, Duke University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter published erroneous claims about the nature of Zionism in one of its Instagram posts. According to the ADL, Zionism is “the Jewish national movement of self-determination in the land of Israel — the historical birthplace and biblical homeland of the...
עקוב אחר הכסף או עקוב אחר השקרים: ‘סטודנטים לצדק בפלסטין’ באוניברסיטת דיוק
רבים מתומכי תנועת ה- BDS (חרם, מניעת השקעות ועיצומים) מפעילים את המאבק למען צדק גזעי בארצות הברית והמלחמה נגד קיומה של ישראל כמדינה יהודית. תא הסטודנטים לצדק בפלסטין (SJP) באוניברסיטת דיוק, באופן לא מפתיע, אינו יוצא מן הכלל; הם מקדמים שקרים במסווה של חשבונות המדיה החברתית שלהם, ומנסים לצייר אקטיביזם...
Follow the Money or Follow the Lies: Students for Justice in Palestine at Duke
Many proponents of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement conflate the struggle for racial justice in the United States and the war against Israel’s existence as a Jewish state.
Another Example of SJP’s Anti-Normalization Campaign
Sadly, but unsurprisingly, UNC Chapel Hill’s campus has once again been plagued with anti-Zionist and antisemitic rhetoric. UNC Chapel Hill’s SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) chapter just announced their plan to boycott yet another Israeli-related activity—this time, a free spring-break trip to Israel from March 6-15, and has released a detailed...
Upholding the Values of Duke University in the Face of Antisemitism
In the past few weeks, there has been a lot of news about the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies (CMES) and how the department allocates its funds from the Department of Education. The CMES department received Title VI funding for all its activities, some of which were clearly anti-Israel and antisemitic....
