בתור סטודנטית באוניברסיטה העברית אני לא יכולה להישאר אדישה לסרטון השקרי של תא הסטודנטים חד”ש באוניברסיטה העברית. התא הפיץ בתחילת השבוע הקודם סרטון מסית הקורא להיאבק בחיילי צה”ל באוניברסיטה העברית, והנהלה מצידה רק ציינה כי: “הסרטון מציג שקרים”. פרט לעובדה כי הסרטון מציג אירועים ועובדות באופן חד צדדי וממוסגר באופן...
Operation Good Neighbour: Israel’s Humanitarian Mission to Syria
On Monday, November 18th, King’s College London’s (KCL) Israel Society hosted Lt. Col (ret) Eyal Dror of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) to speak, in collaboration with UCL Friends of Israel Society and StandWithUs. Col Dror was invited to speak on a severely underreported topic – Israel’s humanitarian mission in...
What an Arab-Israeli Christian Taught me About Peace
For many years, I have discussed the prospect of peace through the eyes of Israelis and Palestinians, but never (at least, not comprehensively) from the vantage point of Israeli Arabs. They are the largest minority in Israel and loyal citizens. However, they are often marginalized by anti-Zionist voices because they...
Breaking the Silence Gets Failing Grade in Channel 10’s Fact-Check
Once described as the “most hated group” in Israel, few NGOs evoke the same level of raw emotion as “Breaking the Silence” (BtS). The European-funded Israeli organization publishes testimony, in Hebrew and in English, of Israeli soldiers with the stated aim to “expose the Israeli public to the reality of everyday life in...
CAMERA counters mistruth
Sidney Shapiro had finished his Israel Defense Forces service just weeks before he arrived on campus at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont. “I walked into the door of the school and there is a huge poster of a kid, a Palestinian kid, in the shadow of a field box and...
Yom Kippur: Reflecting, Repenting and Mourning
Tonight the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur starts. For the Jews it is a time for introspection, reflection and repentance. However, during the Yom Kippur of 1973 the soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were not afforded the luxury of observing the holiday. They were fighting to prevent the...
Happy Rosh Hashana!
Tonight the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana begins and Jews all over the world will be celebrating the new year and wishing each other a “shana tova u’mituka” (a sweet and good year). There are many customs associated with Rosh Hashana such as prayer, greeting cards, and even dipping apples...
The Israeli Genocide Myth
This piece was contributed by our Emet for Israel Liaison at the University of Windsor, Trevor Sher. It is a follow up to this piece, and was originally published in the Times of Israel. It is reproduced in full below. In the first part of this article I discussed the myth spread...