Photo: Nettadi/Wikimedia Commons The Pursuit of Human Rights and the Myth of Israeli Pinkwashing By: Austin Pellizzer On March 8, 2021, the so-called ‘human rights group’ Palestine Solidarity Collective (PSC) at York University in Toronto, Canada, launched an “Israeli Pinkwashing” campaign on its Facebook page targeting the Jewish State with...
“Pinkwashing”: A Very Colourful Conspiracy?
You’d be mistaken if you were under the impression that “Pinkwashing” describes the sort of accident that might happen when mixing the wrong items in the laundry. This term, in fact, describes Israel’s alleged, contrived strategy to conceal ongoing violations of Palestinians’ human rights behind a false image of progress...
United Nations International Day of Democracy
Today is the UN’s International Day of Democracy. Israel was established as a parliamentary democracy, a state with fundamental democratic values. While much of the Middle East is hostile to democratic governments from forming, Israel strives to constantly develop as a democracy. Between rights for Palestinians, women, and members of the LGBTQ...
LGBTQ Freedom Found in One Middle Eastern Country
In 2016, you would expect the overwhelming majority of the world to grant equal rights to all including the LGBTQ community. However, the Middle East region truly fails in this area. Israel is the only country in the Middle East that recognizes LGBTQ rights and where any person of any...
Tel Aviv Pride: Blackmail or Celebration?
By CAMERA intern Shoshana Kranish Back in June, Tel Aviv celebrated its 18th Pride Parade, the end to a week-long celebration filled with parties and beautiful people—Israeli and foreign, gay and straight. While the numbers are not exact, it is estimated that upwards of 200,000 people attended this year’s event,...