BDS has no place on our campus. When a student embarks on their college journey, they can expect to secure many great things. Apart from acquiring a degree, students gain the knowledge and learn the facts that help them to shrewdly understand the world around them. When a student goes...
How the Media Reinforced Hamas’ Recent Attacks on Israel
The ‘March of Return protests’ were anything but peaceful. This past month Israel celebrated its 70th year of independence. Whilst this was a joyous time for Israelis, the Palestinians marked it with protests at the Gaza border starting on March 30th. These accelerated in their violence as ‘Nakba’ day, the...
Keeping An Open Mind Matters
The Arab-Israeli conflict remains a highly divisive issue on campuses across the United States—and GW is no exception. Students can often expect to see speaker events calling for the end of the alleged “occupation” of Palestinian lands, weeks dedicated to commenting on the supposed apartheid in Israel, and groups on...
A Palestinian Flag Gave This Zionist Hope
That’s not a headline I had ever anticipated writing. And at a time when progressives seem increasingly dominated by an anti-Israel air, I expect every run-in with that crowd to produce the same pattern of animosity and mistrust. Initially, during my coverage of the recent Sister March for Racial Justice...
I am a Zionist.
I’m afraid to say it out loud sometimes because it’s become a bad word of late. I believe in Israel’s right to exist and its necessity. I put great faith in the Jewish right to self-determination and have a deep love for the State of Israel. This makes me a...
Op-Ed: We all want justice
Unfortunately, the feel of worldwide oppression is often very present. A Wednesday night event held in the Boston University Law Auditorium, titled “Imprisonment of a People: From the U.S. to Palestine,” hosted by the Students for Justice in Palestine and UMOJA: BU’s Black Student Union, addressed this very fact. The...
From SJP to Pro-Israel: Rezwan’s Story
Rezwan Ovo Haq, a student at the University of Central Florida, advocates strongly for that in which he believes. As a Muslim, Rezwan is devoted to helping fellow Muslims and Palestinians. He “used to believe Israel was an ‘Apartheid’ state, a terrorist state, a regime that routinely oppresses the Palestinians” and was very...
Al Jazeera Uses Classic Canard to Promote Jihad Against Jews
Nearly 80 years ago – decades before Israel was established as a Jewish state – then-Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin Al Husseini (who subsequently allied with Adolf Hitler) embarked on a campaign of incitement to foment a jihad against Jews. His focal point? The area near the Temple Mount,...