SFSU General Union of Palestinian Students displays posters reading, “My Heroes Have Always Killed Colonizers”; University President condemns the event. This week, San Francisco State University President Les Wong publicly condemned an event held on campus in which students created posters that read, “My heroes have always killed colonizers.” The posters were displayed in...
University of Massachusetts Amherst Hosts Sgt. Benjamin Anthony’s Lecture
Brett Hausler, CAMERA fellow at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, reports back on Sgt. Benjamin Anthony’s most recent lecture at UMass entitled “The Israeli Arab Conflict.” The event took place on November 7th. Sgt. Benjamin Anthony is the founder of Our Soldiers Speak, an organizations that brings the truth about...
Conceding Peace
One of the most basic concepts discussed in an introductory economics class is that people respond to incentives. Whether they are used to reward positive and wanted behaviors or to punish unwanted ones, incentives play a major role in the decision making of individuals. Governments oftentimes use incentives to promote...
Faulty Education System to Blame for Unrest in Middle East
It is important to challenge what you believe, so that you know why you believe it. That’s why I decided to backpack around Jordan, the West Bank and Israel this past summer. I have been to refugee camps and through checkpoints. I have experienced the terror that accompanies a rocket...
Jelen’s Big Slip
This letter is in a response to an op-ed published in the Uruguayan newspaper La Diaria: “¨Grilled Palestinians”. Ilan’s piece was originally published in Uruguay monthly Identidady and at Comité Central Israelita del Uruguay (Israelite Central Committee of Uruguay) on November 4, 2013. “Grilled Palestinians” is not a dish to be served...
Declare Your Freedom Pro-Israel Rally Planned for New Orleans
Our student group in the University of New Orleans, Allies for Israel, is planning a Declare Your Freedom 2.0 Rally this March. Watch the video about the rally below. Last year, Allies for Israel’s Declare Your Freedom Rally attracted over one hundred people. Watch the president of Allies for Israel...
Students at ORT University in Uruguay Attend Lecture Given by Professor Jack Drassinover
On October 12th, ORT University students attended a special lecture given by Professor Jack Drassinover, who teaches Israeli politics and Zionism at Machon Le Madrichim. The title of the event was “Mapping Israel in the 21st Century.” Ilan Bajarlia, the CAMERA Campus Fellow at ORT University who organized the event, was...
CSUN Stands Back as Professor Klein Uses University Resources to Promote Israel Boycott
California State University Northridge fails to remove Professor Klein’s webpage, posted on the university server, that promotes the boycott of Israel. California State University Northridge (CSUN) Professor David Klein has found a convenient outlet for expressing his sentiments with regard to Israel: the University’s web server. Professor of Mathematics, Klein...