Last month, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Chicago (SJP UChicago) took to social media to launch an aggressive anti-Israel campaign that targeted academic freedom at the university. The SJP’s divisive statement read, “DON’T TAKE SH*TTY ZIONIST CLASSES” and urged students to boycott courses about Israel, arguing...
Response to SJP’s Recent Statement (Vassar College)
Recently, Miscellany News published a joint statement by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the Vassar Student Association regarding SJP’s use of antisemitic artwork to advertise an event with Eli Valley, a notorious cartoonist known for his libelous renderings of Jewish people and the State of Israel. Students for...
Academia and the Dehumanization of Jews
November 19 saw a virtual gathering of notable Jew-haters and terrorist apologists to discuss “resistance across borders.” The webinar was purportedly a response to Israel’s terrorist designation of six “nonprofits” linked to the U.S.-designated Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a leftist Palestinian terror group known for hijacking...
The Blue and White Elephant in the Room
Sunrise Movement is a group of young activists dedicated to stopping man-made climate change. The organization has over 400 branches, most of which are located in the US. One of the political branches of the organization located in Washington DC (DC chapter) announced on October 20th on Twitter that it refused to attend the voting rights rally in Washington DC...
The Iron Dome and its Enemies
On September 23rd, a small group of U.S. lawmakers temporarily blocked funding to replenish the Iron Dome, Israel’s primary defensive missile system in a publicity stunt designed to demonize the Jewish state. The next day, the House of Representatives resoundingly passed bipartisan legislation to approve the $1 billion funding. But...
An olive branch or an empty promise?
Photo: Brent Smith/Wikimedia Commons In a world full of instability, where everything feels uncertain, we should work together to build up one another. In difficult times like these, we should rally behind principles we know to be universal truths: equality, peace and love for our fellow man. Instead, we see...
Ohio State University’s ‘Day of Action’ Leads to Anger, Lies, and Misinformation
Photo: Robert Chriss/Wikimedia Commons During an October 27 Ohio State University (OSU) Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) event, facts became irrelevant. And the dozen-or-so students in attendance became a dozen-or-so more casualties of rage politics, a psycholinguistic maneuver seen throughout history to rally crowds of people into a state of anger...
ישראל מכבדת זכויות להט”ב; הפלסטינים לא
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...