Photo: Nettadi/Wikimedia Commons תא הסטודנטים למען צדק בפלסטין (SJP) באוניברסיטת פיטסבורג קיים באוקטובר פגישה בנושא “פינקוושינג”- ההאשמה כי ישראל מנצלת את קהילת הלהט”ב כדי להפיץ דימוי מתקדם של מדינת ישראל, ולהעלים את המציאות שישראל לכאורה מדינת אפרטהייד. “פינקוושינג” היא אחד מנרטיבים כוזבים רבים שארגונים אנטי-ישראליים עושים בהם שימוש. כמו כל...
Letter to the Editor: ‘Pinkwashing’ Misrepresents LGBTQ Rights in Israel
Dear Editor, Following Shai DeLuca-Tamasi’s visit to Tulane this past month, three students wrote an article in the Hullabaloo discussing LGBTQ+ rights in Israel. In their article, the authors grossly misrepresented the message delivered by DeLuca- Tamasi and presented misleading arguments about LGBTQ+ rights in the Jewish state. The authors overlooked important...
Deconstructing ‘Pinkwashing’ in the Middle East
Bigotry never dies. Just as Hercules cut off Hydra’s head only to see it replaced by two more, the anti-Israel movement continues to morph into new forms of ignorance every time that it’s debunked by its greatest adversary: the factual truth. In discussions about Israel and the Middle East that...
The Story of a Minority: Jonathan Elkhoury Tours US Campuses
Being in a situation where you are the minority can be challenging. It is something unique that can be shared with others to allow them to better understand a situation they might never be in. Jonathan Nizar Elkhoury has been a minority his whole life, no matter where he’s been in...
Confessions of a College Zionist
A few weeks ago while tabling for an event with my pro-Israel group Mustangs United for Israel on campus, we were approached by a student who stopped and asked, “So, if you are pro-Israel then that means you’re anti-Palestinian?” It was an easy question to answer. In fact, it only...
The IDF: No One Asks But Everyone Can Tell
The Story of a Gay Combat Soldier Sgt. Batel, 20, always knew that one day, like all Israelis, she would draft into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). A Zionist at heart, she looked forward to wearing an IDF uniform, and was excited to serve the state of Israel. At the...
CAMERA Takes Assi Azar on Tour
Assi Azar, an Israeli television personality and the host of Israel’s number one most watched TV show, is going on a nine campus tour thanks to CAMERA. Our goal is to teach students about the progressive nature of Israel and the LGBTQ community there. His tour started on March 30th...
