On November 7, 2024, the Duke Divestment Committee (DDC), a close ally of Duke Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), petitioned the Duke Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility (ACIR) to call for Duke to “Divest direct and indirect holdings in all companies and entities that support or profit from Israeli...
Column: Antisemitic pro-Hamas propaganda at Indiana University must stop
Ever since the massacre of Israelis on October 7th, 2023, there has been a significant increase in antisemitism on my college campus. Since last spring, when the police cleared a nearly 100-day anti-Israel encampment at Indiana University’s Dunn Meadow, there has been nonstop anti-Israel graffiti and activism on campus. Two...
How Misinterpretations of International Law Fuel False Political Narratives — A Response to King’s College London
A February 2024 article in the King’s College London student newspaper attempted to utilize South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (IJC) as a basis for criticism against Israel. However, in doing so, the article consistently misrepresents the character and meaning of international law to further political narratives....
Maya Wind’s House of Cards
On March 13, an event was held at the City University of New York to celebrate the release of Dr. Maya Wind’s new book, Towers of Ivory and Steel. The event featured Dr. Wind, Professor Nikhil Pal Singh, and Professor Andrew Ross. The invitation described the book as exposing Israeli...
The Vital Role of Dialogue on Campus: A Reflection on Recent Events
Nearly 13 months after October 7, 2023, and amid the ongoing Gaza war, I find myself increasingly concerned about the lack of open discourse, particularly among those who identify as anti-Zionist on our campuses. Many of the people who oppose Israel’s existence simply don’t know or understand the history, and...
I Was Targeted and Abused on My Campus; I Fought Back and Took Action on the Ground
As a Jewish student who supports Israel, I expected that my time on campus would include civilized debates, but never the level of hostility that I encountered. Today’s university climate is rife with antisemitism, and UK campuses specifically saw double the number of incidents in 2024. These real-life instances of...
How Anti-Israel Student Groups’ Flawed Demands Threaten Jewish Students on UK Campuses
There has been an undeniable rise of antisemitism on UK college campuses since the October 7 massacre. The Community Security Trust (CST) recorded a 465% increase in university-related antisemitic incidents during the first half of 2024. This has been driven by anti-Israel student groups and networks that have coordinated campaigns...
My Zionist experience in Azerbaijan and the UK
It has become common knowledge that the atrocities committed by Palestinians in Gaza on October 7 2023 emboldened the already widespread antisemitism in the West. From the mainstream media refusing to call Hamas a terrorist organisation to university campuses that have become no-go-to zones for Jewish and Zionist students in the UK and US...
