“All the people who wanted to close SodaStream’s West Bank factory are mistaken… They didn’t take into consideration the families,” Ali Jafar, a Palestinian SodaStream employee stated back in 2015. He had been working at the Israeli company’s West Bank factory which produced home carbonation drink machines for two years before it...
Overcoming Disability to Serve in the IDF
Many Americans have served in the IDF, making an important contribution to Israel’s security. Even though every soldier has a story, the story of Izzy Ezagui is especially inspiring, and CAMERA-supported group Realize Israel hosted Izzy at New York University last month and heard his story first hand. Izzy was...
Will the Anti-Israel Bias at the UN End?
The United Nations is often guilty of a clear anti-Israel bias. There are countless examples of this: This past December, at one General Assembly Session, 20 resolutions condemning Israel were passed, with six resolutions condemning all the countries in the rest of the world combined. Some of those 20 resolutions had...
Netanyahu Makes History in Australia and Singapore
Last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made history, not once, but twice. Last Monday, he became the first Israeli Prime Minister to visit Singapore, and the next day, he made the first visit to Australia by an Israeli Prime Minister. Israel and Singapore enjoy excellent relations, that in fact go...
On Valentine’s Day, Saving Children’s Hearts
On Valentine’s Day, a number of CAMERA-supported groups ran events raising awareness about Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), SACH is an incredible Israeli charity that offers free heart surgeries to children from the Middle East and around the world, providing operations to children from poor regions of the world who otherwise would have...
Seth Siegel and the Global Water Crisis
The world may be close to experiencing a global water crisis. More than seven billion gallons of water are wasted a day in the United States alone. This month, Cornell hosted a lecture featuring Seth Siegel, entitled “A Global Water Crisis Is Coming: What Can We Do To Avoid It?” Seth...
When Apartheid Week Goes Low, We Go High
This week, Kings College London Israel Society, a CAMERA-supported group, is hosting an event entitled “Forbidden Lines, New Friendships – The Case for Humanitarian Diplomacy in Syria”. The event may also make a small piece of history, as it is believed to be the first time that an Israeli and a Syrian have...
Jerusalem’s Student Ambassadors for Israel
It is important to speak up for Israel around the world. We want the true story of our land to be known worldwide and to ensure that there is a response when falsehoods about Israel are spread. International opinion can influence government policy, sometimes even in wartime decisions, and therefore it...
