In response to Operation Protective Edge, Israel’s defensive operation against Hamas in Gaza which has fired hundreds of rockets in the past week into Israeli civilian areas, several new social media campaigns and pages have been created. Among them are #KidsAreNotTargets, Israel Under Fire, and Israel Facing Terror. All three...
Judea Pearl Meets with CAMERA
In January, CAMERA’s Campus Coordinators Samantha Mandeles and Gilad Skolnick met with our CCAP group at UCLA, Bruins for Israel, and with Judea Pearl, as seen in the picture below. Professor Pearl expressed his concerns regarding the prevalence of inaccurate information regarding Israel on the university campus and the effort by...
The Mainstream Assault on Journalistic Integrity
This article was written by CAMERA Fellow Elliott Hamilton, from Pitzer College. This piece was originally published in the Times of Israel. Let me refer to a moment when the press displayed journalistic integrity: November 22, 1963. Three shots ring out in Dallas, Texas. The target: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of...
CAMERA Leadership and Advocacy Mission to Israel: Day One
This past week, CAMERA students from around the United States, Canada and Uruguay gathered for CAMERA’s annual Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Mission in Israel. The trip’s goal is to teach students to accurately and affectively spread their messages about Israel. The students on the trip include CCAP activists, CAMERA Fellows, and Israel campus...
University of Delaware’s ROTC Develops Connection to Inspiring Israeli Soldier
On April 29th, 2014, CAMERA Fellow Philip Chinitz held an event sponsored by the University of Delaware’s CCAP group, Israel U, Hillel and Chabad, specifically dedicated to ROTC members. Izzy Ezagui, an American born soldier, developed a passion for Israel after celebrating his Bar Mitzvah at age 13. He became...
#ChildrenAreNOTWeapons
This piece has been republished in The Algemeiner. Just two months ago, Nigerian girls were kidnapped by Muslim extremists in Nigeria. Just last week, three Israeli boys were kidnapped by Muslim extremists in Israel. The world responded with tremendous support for the girls in Nigeria, especially on social media, with...
Benjamin Anthony Visits UC Berkeley
On May 8, 2014, Sgt. Benjamin Anthony was brought to speak at the UC Berkeley by Tikvah and our CAMERA Fellow. Many of the participants were part of Tikvah, but other students from Christians United for Israel also attended. There were many who, at first, thought they did not have enough...
Breaking the Silence Silences IDF Soldier
Breaking the Silence (BtS) is “an organization of veteran combatants who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the Israeli public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories.” Well, it is ‘reality,’ as long...
