This piece was contributed by Elliott Hamilton, a Liaison for our CCAP group Claremont Students for Israel. It was originally published on April 11th in The Student Life. Last semester, following the publication of my Nov. 15, 2013 article, “We Must Take Ownership of Our Own Humanity,” addressing dialogue on the Israel-Palestinian...
Queer Concordia Bows to Anti-Israel Pressure
This piece was originally published in The Concordian on April 8th 2014. Our CAMERA Fellow at Concordia, Michelle Soicher, organized the event described below. It was meant to be a non-political snapshot of Israel’s sexual minorities for the purpose of fostering dialogue and widening viewpoints. Yet the documentary ‘Out in Israel’,...
Extremist Ali Abunimah Speaks at Haverford and Bryn Mawr
The following is a letter by our CCAP group at Haverford and Bryn Mawr which was distributed prior to the event in an effort to raise awareness of the extremist and anti-Semitic speaker who was coming to campus. The event with the radical anti-Israel writer Ali Abunimah attracted about 50 people. ...
76% of Palestinians View America as an Enemy
In a recent study by the Pew Research Center, it was found that 76% of Palestinians view America as more of an enemy than a partner. The high percentage topped those of Pakistan (64%), Turkey (49%), and Lebanon (46%). In a study from 2010, it was found that Palestinians don’t...
Letter to the Editor: A Response to the Gavel’s Reflection on AIPAC
This piece was originally published in the March 12th 2014 edition of The Gavel. It was written by Michael Woodbury, a member of the CCAP (CAMERA supported) group Eagles for Israel. Author’s note: I too spent the first weekend of spring break in Washington DC for the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee...
A Manipulative Campaign
This piece was originally published on March, 11th 2014 in The Link by CAMERA Fellow Michelle Soicher. This week, Israeli Apartheid Week events will be mounted all across the city with participation from McGill University, the Université de Montreal, and Concordia. Concordia has a long and troublesome history with Israeli affairs. In...
An Oasis of Diversity in the Middle East
The following piece was written by Ariella Charny, an alumna of Tufts, former CAMERA Fellow, and current consultant for CAMERA. This piece was originally published in The Tufts Daily on Wednesday, March 12th: My pharmacist is an Arab. My taxi driver is Uzbeki. I live with a Russian woman. The girl in...
SJP Suspended at Northeastern University
On March 7, Northeastern University’s Center for Student Involvement (CSI) announced that the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter is suspended at least until 2015. According to Max Blumenthal in Mondoweiss, Jason Campbell-Foster (the director of the CSI) wrote in a letter to SJP that they “have not shown...