Editor’s Note: If you are interested in bringing Shai to your campus during his Spring 2019 semester tour, please contact CAMERA on Campus. We must speak out against the new Antisemitism Being a television and media personality in North America has offered many an opportunity to speak on various topics both...
BDS at Cambridge: Activism Blinded by Self-Righteousness?
Student activism at the University of Cambridge surrounding the most recent events in Gaza has, of late, been severely problematic. Beginning with a rally on Kings Parade, which included calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and drew comparisons between Israeli soldiers and Nazis, the campaign has gradually...
KCL Students Threaten Legal Action Against Student Union
London, England (Sunday, February 26th) — The King’s College London (KCL) Israel Society is considering legal action after the KCL Student Union (KCLSU) promoted ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ (IAW) in a newsletter emailed to all KCL students on February 23rd. There is no precedent for the KCLSU to promote student society...
The Misnomer that is Freedom of Speech at Cambridge University
Concern over the protection of freedom of speech on campus manifested itself once again, this time at a spectacle at the University of Cambridge. It was there, where a panel discussion took place on the role of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign in the context of the “globalised...
UK Students Vow to Fight Campus Anti-Semitism
Students Spoke at Official CAMERA on Campus UK Launch Reception More than 50 students and professionals from around the United Kingdom gathered at the Centre for Jewish Life in London on Tuesday, meeting for the official launch of CAMERA on Campus UK, an international student organisation that counters misinformation about...
Opportunities for Change at NUS
The National Union of Students (NUS) has received protracted criticism for its approach towards antisemitism. This issue reared its head once again last month, when tweets from Ali Milani, the NUS’s newly elected vice president, surfaced. From 2012 and 2013, these tweets are overtly antisemitic in nature. In one post,...
Statement on Election of New NUS President Shakira Martin
Statement by Aviva Slomich, International Campus Director at CAMERA, on the election of Shakira Martin “CAMERA welcomes the election of Shakira Martin as the new President of the National Union of Students (NUS). The defeated incumbent, Malia Bouattia, has peddled antisemitic conspiracy theories, talked about the “Zionist led media” and called Birmingham...
Academics Cannot Excuse Away Inability to Tackle Anti-Semitism
Last month, many members of the pro-Israel community celebrated what was perceived as a victory on UK college campuses, due to the cancellation of a number of Israel Apartheid Week events. While this was indeed a victory, in the sense that the planned events were not held, the message sent...