This is the third draft of “Israeli Reality Check” that I have written and I’m sure that it will still not be current enough when it is posted due to the ever-changing situation in Israel. When I embarked on my journey to Israel in mid-June, I never imagined that I...
New Social Media Sites
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...
“One Day” Plea for Peace as Rockets Strike Ashdod
Israeli advocate Sara Merson, who participated in the 2012 annual CAMERA Leadership and Advocacy Training Mission in Israel, is now living in Israel, and a current contestant in Israel’s reality singing competition, The Voice. Sara as a contestant on Israel’s The Voice. The show is now in its third season, with a Canadian born...
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...
“I Am Kidnapped”
For eighteen days an entire nation waited with bated breath, eyes and ears transfixed onto televisions and radios hoping to hear of any new developments. Security forces had been working non-stop for weeks in one of the most comprehensive searches the country had ever witnessed, in order to locate Gilad,...
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...
Borders, Danger, and Human Rights: Israel’s Dynamic Role in Tumultuous Times
This piece was written originally by Meytal Chernoff, a sophomore studying at the College of Arts and Sciences and published in the Washington University Political Review. Meytal is a proud CAMERA Fellow and an Israel activist on her campus, Washington University at St. Louis. The past few years have seen large-scale...
#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...