While we never hear it honestly from our daily news sources, and we hear about the Academic boycotts and the BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions) campaign against Israel, the divestment strategy in particular has been failing in this past decade. Across college campuses, SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) attempts to...
A Win Against The BDS Movement at Cornell
Last Thursday, April 10th, the Student Assembly of Cornell University, with a 15-8-1 majority, voted to table Resolution 72 indefinitely thanks in part to members of the pro-Israel and CAMERA supported CCAP group on campus, CIPAC, who made a strong case. R. 72 is a resolution that was drawn up...
Providing Dreams in an Age of Electronic Journalism
This piece is by Beata Samel. Beata is the CCAP Liaison for the Israel Club (The New York State Israel Public Affairs Committee) at Brooklyn College. This piece was originally published in The Excelsior. Ali Abunimah views his creation—the Electronic Intifada, a non-mainstream news website established in 2001, aimed at providing a...
SJP Suspended at Northeastern University
On March 7, Northeastern University’s Center for Student Involvement (CSI) announced that the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter is suspended at least until 2015. According to Max Blumenthal in Mondoweiss, Jason Campbell-Foster (the director of the CSI) wrote in a letter to SJP that they “have not shown...
BDS Fails at UCLA Thanks to Help from CAMERA Supported Bruins for Israel
On Tuesday February 25th, in the UCLA Ackerman Grand Ballroom, CAMERA supported CCAP group Bruins for Israel fought against a Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) resolution against Israel brought by Students for Justice in Palestine. From 7 PM until 6 AM the next day, students for and against the bill gave...
Speakers Discredit SJP
This piece was contributed by CAMERA Fellow Ben Kravis, and was originally published in The Tulane Hullabaloo on January 30th. You can read the published piece here or the original piece below. Students for Justice in Palestine hosted Eran Efrati and Maya Wind, a former Israeli soldier and a critic of the...
Letter to the Editor: ‘Battle of the Bulls’ event spreads falsehoods about Israel
This piece was written by CAMERA Fellow Danielle Haberer, originally published in The Oracle of the University of South Florida and republished in the Algemeiner under the title College Group Uses ‘Game Show’ to Dehumanize Israel. I attended “Battle of the Bulls” hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). In this game-show...
Threat to the Balance of Peace at the University of Houston
The University of Houston is characterized for its diversity; Houston itself has become the most diverse city in United States and it is a celebration to tolerance and understanding among all the groups that integrate and conform the area. The University attracts students from all over the world. Many reasons contribute...
