On Sunday, a ceremony will take place in Paris to mark the 75th anniversary of the Vel’ d’Hiv, the mass roundup of 13,000 Parisian Jewry during the Holocaust who were arrested and sent to their deaths. Naturally, new French President Emmanuel Macron invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the...
In Honor of Ramadan, some Statistics on Muslims in Israel
This month is the holiest month of the Muslim Calendar, Ramadan. In honor of this month, here are some statistics on the Muslim population of Israel. These statistics largely come from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics. 1. In the year 2015, there were 1.48 million Muslims living in Israel, 18% of...
French President Wants His Country To Be More Like Israel
France’s new President Emmanuel Macron tweeted last week that he wanted France to be a ‘start-up nation’. Israel is known as the start-up nation, holding the record for the highest concentration of start-ups in the world and more companies listed on NASDAQ than the entire European continent combined! Israel has...
Confessions of a College Zionist
A few weeks ago while tabling for an event with my pro-Israel group Mustangs United for Israel on campus, we were approached by a student who stopped and asked, “So, if you are pro-Israel then that means you’re anti-Palestinian?” It was an easy question to answer. In fact, it only...
Israel’s Culture of Knowledge
Think of Black Friday, but just for books. That’s what happens in Israel this week, for Israel’s National Book Week, one of the major events in Israel’s cultural calendar. These ten days in June are also a good opportunity to examine an aspect of Israel that is often overlooked –...
Statement on Resignation of Dean Duthu
Controversy emerged upon the discovery that Professor Bruce Duthu, nominated to be Dartmouth College’s Dean of Faculty, and currently serves as Associate Dean, had publicly supported an academic boycott of Israel. We worked with our students at Dartmouth, who met with Duthu, upon which he clarified his stance on BDS...
Cheap Flights to Israel Added as Tourism grows
This week, WOW Airlines announced that they are offering flights from New York to Israel beginning at $150 for a single flight. There are additional costs for paying for luggage, and there will also be a short stopover in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, but this still is a very major development,...
Dartmouth Dean – Apologize for Support of Academic Boycott or Resign!
Following our coverage on Tuesday of Professor Bruce Duthu, Dean of the Faculty at Dartmouth College, and his support for the BDS campaign, new details have emerged. CAMERA’s students on the ground at Dartmouth met with Duthu himself, to confront him about his public support for the BDS campaign and his...