No one’s been closer than Ambassador Dennis Ross to pulling off what President Trump described as the “ultimate deal” — a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians. During the fateful days of the Camp David Summit in July 2000, it was Ross — then U.S. envoy to the Middle East...
45 Years Later, Munich Massacre Victims Receive Memorial
Today in Munich, a permanent memorial was inaugurated for the 11 Israeli Olympics athletes who were murdered by the Black September Palestinian terror group at the Munich Olympic Games on September 5th, 1972. Memorial for Israeli athletes at 1972 Olympic massacre in Munich opened today, keeping alive the memory of...
SJP UC Irvine Put on Disciplinary Probation for Two Years
Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of California Irvine have been suspended from operating for the next two academic years. This significant decision, made by UC Irvine, comes after SJP interrupted an event held by Reservists on Duty (ROD) in conjunction with Students Supporting Israel, and yelled horrifying chants at...
The Dangers of Divestment
Less than one year after USG voted down OSU Divest’s attempt to divest from Israel, the group has yet again pushed the issue onto the ballot. They claim the sole purpose of this bill is to fight for social justice, and to create financial neutrality by preventing OSU from using...
Palestinians are Hurt by BDS
“All the people who wanted to close SodaStream’s West Bank factory are mistaken… They didn’t take into consideration the families,” Ali Jafar, a Palestinian SodaStream employee stated back in 2015. He had been working at the Israeli company’s West Bank factory which produced home carbonation drink machines for two years before it...
Bottle in the Gaza Sea Screening at UAA
University of Alaska Anchorage’s CAMERA supported group, Students United, screened Bottle in the Gaza Sea. Since its release in 2011, the film has received praise, including winning the Audience Award and the Young Jury Award for Best Actor at the Reunion Island Film Festival. The film takes a very human and honest look at the...
Letter: BDS – A Reality Check
In the guest column “On Divestment and Hypocrisy,” the authors described an idealistic moral calling to divest from companies supporting Israel’s so-called apartheid actions. The truth is not so simple. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is extraordinarily complex, and portraying it as they did is inaccurate. Furthermore, their claim that boycotting companies is...
UNRWA and the Textbook Problem
As our current generation of possible peacemakers continues to fail to make breakthroughs in the peace process, many hope that the next generation will grow up and take over, accomplishing more than their predecessors. Recently, a group of young Palestinians and Israelis got together in an event titled “Dialogue for...
