Photo: Israeli American Council/Wikimedia Commons Marisa Kabas frames her May 21 “Cultural Commentary” for Rolling Stone by telling readers how torn she is about Israel as an American Jew. ( “Young American Jews Have Reached a Tipping Point with Israel”) In her mind, being raised Jewish, with “Tikkun Olam — the Jewish principle...
Noura Erakat’s Fairy Tales About Israel
Photo: Wikimedia Commons On March 2, 2021, the UC Santa Barbara Center for Middle East Studies hosted human rights attorney and professor Noura Erakat as a part of her international book tour. The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA)’s campus department has thoroughly reviewed the book and refuted its falsehoods....
לכל מטבע יש שני צדדים
הצד החיובי של משבר הקורונה: שיתוף הפעולה והסיוע בין ישראלים לפלסטינים, שהתמקד בעיקר בשטחים ביהודה ושומרון. הסיוע ההומניטרי והרפואי הישראלי לרצועת עזה היה עקבי על בסיס שבועי, ותרם למספר המקרים הנמוך של קורונה שעולה מדיווחים מהשטח. מבקרי ישראל השתמשו במגפת הקורונה כדי לטעון דבריי כזב כי ישראל מונעת סיוע רפואי...
A Two-Sided Coin
Throughout the Covid-19 ordeal there has been a silver lining: the cooperation and assistance between Israelis and Palestinians during this ordeal. Mutual cooperation has been primarily focused within the territories in Judea and Samaria; however, Israeli humanitarian and medical aid to the Gaza Strip has been consistent on a weekly...
Where is Justice for the Palestinians of Gaza?
Beginning in April of this past year, there were a series of organized riots near the Gaza-Israeli border, and these assaults are continuing today. Under the guise of a demonstrative protest, thousands of Palestinians have been consistently storming and assaulting the border fence with the intention to infiltrate Israel and...
The Recent Missile Strikes in Israel are Reprehensible
Last Sunday, I woke up afraid. Not fearing for my own life, but rather for the lives of my friends and family living in southern Israel. I feared for my brother, who will be drafted into the Israeli Defense Forces in March. I feared for my grandmother, a refugee from...
Vilification of Israel on Campus Persists Amid Gaza Rocket Attacks
While the latest barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip rained down on southern Israel, tragically killing an innocent civilian and injuring 70 others, hateful anti-Israel rhetoric at my university — Cornell — burgeoned. The threat of rocket fire into Israel is personal for me as my late grandfather Moises Rozanski lived...
Jerusalem Post Editor Talks Israeli Politics, Relations With U.S.
Lahav Harkov speaks at Emory University at CAMERA-sponsored event Lahav Harkov, senior contributing editor of The Jerusalem Post, discussed Israeli politics, the United States-Israel relationship and the Israeli governance structure to the Emory-Israel Public Affairs Committee (EIPAC) on Nov. 7. About 20 students attended the event in Candler Library. When...