As the recent armed clash between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas comes to an end, the pro-Israel world has been at the forefront of battling misinformation, baseless claims, and ‘fake news’ surrounding the violence. While there seems to be relative peace, for now, it is essential to point...
Misconceptions about Water Rights in Israel and the Palestinian Territories
In 1964, United States President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke of the importance of water in the geopolitical sphere: “Water means life, and water means opportunity, and water means prosperity for those who never knew the meaning of those words. Water can banish hunger and can reclaim the desert and change...
‘Harvard Crimson’ provides platform for lying about Israel
To equate Israel, a country that grants full rights to all citizens, both Jewish and Arab, to apartheid-era South Africa, is the epitome of fake news. It’s sensationalistic, sparks outrage, and is unequivocally false. At The Harvard Crimson, contributing opinion writer Lucas Koerner succumbs to and indeed promotes this cheap...
Northwestern University’s ‘Not Cops’ Trigger Controversy on Campus
Photo: Amerique/Wikimedia Commons Was Northwestern University’s campus group “NU Community Not Cops” being antisemitic when it called Northwestern’s Jewish president a pig? Some say no, but there is a lot more to the story. NU Community Not Cops protesters rebuffed claims that it was antisemitic to call President Morton Schapiro,...
UJS presidential candidate harassed online by anti-Zionist activists
Photo: Mingkai Zhang/Wikimedia Commons In early November, CAMERA on Campus Fellow and University of Birmingham student Anthony Bolchover launched his campaign for the UK Union of Jewish Students Presidency. Among other things, Anthony’s manifesto pledged to defend Zionism and unequivocally condemn anti-Semitism on British campuses. Unfortunately, Anthony’s campaign became the...
UCU motion submitted to revoke IHRA antisemitism definition at King’s
Photo: Rob Farrow/Geograph.org.uk On the 27th November, a motion was submitted to the King’s College London branch of the University and College Union (UCU) to call for the university to revoke its adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism. Following the IHRA’s publication of the working definition of antisemitism in 2016,...
Being a Mizrahi Jew on Social Media
During COVID-19 self-isolation, like many others, I’ve been spending hours a day on social media. In particular, I’ve thoroughly explored the social media app TikTok — an app that has exploded in popularity in the last year. The app, which continuously streams curated 15 second to one-minute-long videos based on...
למה כדאי לכם ללמוד על יהדות המזרח התיכון ואפריקה
Photo: Zoltan Kluger/WikimediaCommons העם היהודי שרד מעשי זוועה רבים, מעבדות במצרים, לאינקוויזיציה הספרדית, לפרהוד בעיראק ולשואה. היסטוריה זו של מאבק מראה כי יש צורך לעמוד נגד שנאה ורוע. יהודים ילידי המזרח התיכון וצפון אפריקה (JIMENA) הוא ארגון עם משימה חשובה. ג’ימנה מעלה את המודעות למצוקתם של פליטים יהודים ומיעוטים אחרים...