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,...
An Academic Attempt to Frame Israel as a Devious Colonial Enterprise
Photo: Israel Defense Forces/Wikimedia Commons “Educator” Nimrod Evron and groups including King’s College London Action Palestine hosted a virtual discussion on Ethiopian Jews in Israel on July 5 to frame their experience as part of a “global struggle against racial injustice” recently publicized by the Black Lives Matter movement. The key speaker...
Inspired by Violence? KCL Action Palestine & Ghassan Kanafani
The literary work of Ghassan Kanafani is lauded by various anti-Israel activists and was recently praised by the King’s College London Action Palestine (KCLAP) society, who published a celebrated commentary on Kanafani by Lebanese public intellectual Elias Khoury, close to the anniversary of the former’s birth. Khoury himself has been accused of “Holocaust inversion”...
At King’s College, Anti-Zionism is Rampant
Photo: Rob Farrow/geograph.org.uk King’s College London (KCL) has unfortunately become one of the largest hubs of hostile anti-Zionism in the United Kingdom. It’s hugely popular Palestinian Society has seemingly become the most active student organization of its kind in the capital. Although I do not believe it is problematic for...
Ultra-Orthodox Jews: Gil Cohen Magen Snaps the Story
Israel is a country full of minorities. Bedouins, Muslims, Christians, Jews, and more live in this much-coveted land, creating a diverse society with many kinds of people. Among Jews in Israel, there is variety as well—including the ultra-Orthodox community. Gil Cohen Magen, an Israeli photojournalist and CAMERA speaker, explores the ultra-Orthodox...