בזמן כתיבת שורות אלה סובלת ישראל מיותר מ -8,600 מקרים מאושרים של נגיף הקורונה (COVID-19) ו- 56 מקרי מוות, כאשר האזורים בשליטת הפלסטינים בגדה המערבית ובעזה דיווחו על יותר מ- 237 מקרים שאושרו ומוות אחד. אזור זה מאוכלס בצפיפות רבה עד כדי כך שהתפשטות הנגיף בלתי נמנע, אלא אם כן...
דוגמא נוספת לקמפיין של סטודנטים למען צדק בפלסטין נגד נורמליזציה עם ישראל
למרבה הצער, אך באופן לא מפתיע, קמפוס ה- UNC Chapel Hill שוב הוטרד בפעילות אנטי-ציונית ואנטישמית. תא ה- SJP (סטודנטים למען הצדק בפלסטין) של UNC Chapel Hill הודיע זה עתה על תוכניתם להחרים פעילות נוספת הקשורה לישראל – הפעם, טיול חינם לישראל באביב בין התאריכים 6-15 במרץ, ויצא בהצהרה מפורטת...
SJP’s Assault on Jewish Life at the University of Illinois
In response to an antisemitic presentation shown at a mandatory staff meeting for resident hall advisers at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (UIUC) entitled “Palestinian Resistance to 70 Years of Israeli Terror,” university Chancellor Robert Jones commendably denounced the “division, distrust, and anger” that the presentation elicited. Predictably, UIUC’s Students for Justice in...
Rejecting Boycott, Extending an Olive Branch
Cornell, an intellectual Garden of Eden, has been my “home away from home” for three miraculous semesters. There is only one other paradisiacal location on earth that is as close to my heart as the Big Red: The State of Israel. I deferred my enrollment to Cornell, resisting the allure...
PFLP Propaganda Makes Appearance Ahead of Cornell BDS Vote
A coalition of student groups at Cornell University has renewed the call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) at the university. Led by Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the effort is expected to culminate in a vote in the Student Assembly in late April. In a recent op-ed...
It’s Time to Condemn Terrorists and Groups that Support Them
It seems that everyone was eager to call out the anti-Semitic killer who attacked Jews in Pittsburgh for what he was: a terrorist. This wasn’t hard for people to do since they know what a white-supremacist bigot looks like. Unfortunately, countless Americans—Jews included—have somehow missed the memo that all Jew-killers...
Antisemitism’s Rise on College Campuses
Indiana University is committed to furthering diversity and inclusion in all that we do. The University has issued sweeping statements in favor of these ideas, and at least tries to appear to do so in its actions as well. But diversity extends beyond our own campus. If IU really wants...
SGA Should Vote No on the Upcoming BDS Vote
On Oct. 29, over 20 student clubs and organizations came together to honor the lives of those who perished in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the deadliest anti-Semitic shooting in American history. Many were deeply touched by the efforts of both student government and the sponsoring clubs to stand alongside one another in...