The CAMERA on Campus ninth annual international leadership conference was held from the evening of August 11-16 in Boston, USA. Close to a dozen UK students and a number of Israeli students were in attendance this year. The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA), was founded...
It’s Time to Condemn Terrorists and Groups that Support Them
It seems that everyone was eager to call out the anti-Semitic killer who attacked Jews in Pittsburgh for what he was: a terrorist. This wasn’t hard for people to do since they know what a white-supremacist bigot looks like. Unfortunately, countless Americans—Jews included—have somehow missed the memo that all Jew-killers...
Where is Justice for the Palestinians of Gaza?
Beginning in April of this past year, there were a series of organized riots near the Gaza-Israeli border, and these assaults are continuing today. Under the guise of a demonstrative protest, thousands of Palestinians have been consistently storming and assaulting the border fence with the intention to infiltrate Israel and...
Why Is BDS Bad Anyway? Lessons from Ohio State
Ohio State’s Undergraduate Student Government should be a place to better our campus for students and faculty as we work together to resolve issues that we face on campus. Ohio State is supposed to be a place for all to feel welcomed and to learn, not the place to be...
An Unnecessary Divide: Confronting the J Street Challenge
While the Jewish community around the world, as displayed by the comments of the Anti-Defamation League, finds common ground over Airbnb’s recent decision to boycott Jewish homes in the West Bank, J Street is busy trying to undermine that consensus. J Street, self-described as “pro-Israel, pro-peace,” condoned Airbnb’s action by...
The Recent Missile Strikes in Israel are Reprehensible
Last Sunday, I woke up afraid. Not fearing for my own life, but rather for the lives of my friends and family living in southern Israel. I feared for my brother, who will be drafted into the Israeli Defense Forces in March. I feared for my grandmother, a refugee from...
Fear, Love, and the Jewish Refugee
Today, November 30th, is a day meant to commemorate the story of the approximately 850,000 Jews who were forced to flee anti-Jewish persecution across the Arab world in the 20th century. Every year on this day, I have an opportunity to reflect on my own family’s story of exodus and...
SJP’s Campaign of Lies Will Only Damage Swarthmore
Earlier this year, amid a flurry of slanderous statements, Swarthmore’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter announced their Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. But the narrative that SJP uses to justify its campaign is false, and will create a toxic atmosphere antithetical to the mission of the college....
