A Sept. 27th article in the Independent by Bethan McKernan claims that a 28-year-old Palestinian student named Mohammed Awad was due to begin a masters programme at Goldsmiths, University of London, but may have to forfeit his place because of an “Israeli delay in approving his travel papers”. Awad, from Jabalia, north of Gaza City, is quoted...
Local Jewish college student refuses to be intimidated
As a Jewish student, I feel unsafe on my campus. I feel unsafe on my campus when there is an open forum about race, with a huge portion of the student body and faculty in attendance, and the sole comment made by a Jewish girl, submitted anonymously, is booed by...
An Interview with Bassem Eid
Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid is most well known for “raising awareness according to the realities on the ground” on the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Bassem, born and raised in Jordanian occupied East Jerusalem, began working for B’Tselem in 1988 to advocate for Palestinian human rights. Since then, he has broken...
Imagine There’s No Countries
Recently, it seems that there has been an interesting question reverberating through the walls of the American Jewish Zionist community: Are anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism the same thing? In stereotypical Jewish fashion, in a room of ten people, there are likely to be at least eleven answers to this question. And...
Meet our 23 CAMERA Fellows
Currently underway is the annual CAMERA Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Conference, in which student leaders from throughout the Americas, 23 of them CAMERA Fellows, come together to learn about Israel. The 23 Fellows selected this year hail from places such as Uruguay, Canada, and from across the United States....
The Tripod: CAMERA Links in Three Languages
BBC coverage of building tenders reaches hysterical highs With three reports on the subject in one day, the BBC is doing its level best to persuade audiences that Israeli building plans are sabotaging peace talks. (BBC Watch) BBC finally gets around to (briefly) reporting crimes of Palestinian prisoners A...
BDS Student Leader Nominated as UC Regent
University of California’s Board of Regents, which governs the university and appoints senior officers, was created for the purpose of “sheltering the university from shifting political winds.” Yet a current nominee for student regent threatens to do the very opposite, by politicizing the board with severely partisan, divisive and noxious...