An Irish student group that seeks to raise awareness about Israel has come out against two resolutions adopted last week by Ireland’s largest students’ and teachers’ unions, which singled out the Jewish state for boycotts. The motions — adopted by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and Irish National Teachers’ Organisation...
Abbas repeating anti-Semitic mantras is not conducive to peace
While many heard Palestinian Prime Minister Abbas’s March 19th response to US Ambassador David Friedman’s comments regarding Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the significance of these comments appears to have been missed. In calling Ambassador Friedman “a son of a dog settler”, it was not the revelation of Abbas’s disdain toward the...
Social Injustice: Segregation and Exclusion in 2018
On February 27, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) revealed that there were 1,986 antisemitic incidents reported across the United States in 2017 — representing a 57% increase from 2016. This is the most significant single-year increase on record. Furthermore, this statistic should concern any American citizen that values diversity and disdains every...
Jordan Peterson Is Not an Anti-Semitic White Nationalist (Or a Nazi)
“There are two journalistic activities that will always bring you a come-back,” George Orwell wrote in 1944. “One is to attack the Catholics and the other is to defend the Jews.” By “come-back” Orwell meant that you will receive a “wad of anti-Semitic letters” if you stand up for Jews. His observation...
The truth behind Yachad’s misleading anti-demolition campaign
At the beginning of March, students affiliated with the Yachad UK movement started a campaign to highlight demolitions in the Palestinian villages of Area C. Among a handful of other communities, they chose to focus principally on a tiny locale called Umm al-Khair, which was one of the stops on...
Israel Promotes Equal Rights for All Citizens
Scarlet Knights for Israel is disturbed by the recent misleading commentary by the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), titled “Excuses must stop being made for human rights violations.” The demonizing column falsely charges Israel as an “apartheid” and “settler-colonial” state. As a student-led group dedicated to promoting a peaceful...
Penn Students for Justice in Palestine touts myth of apartheid during Passover
It does not go unnoticed that Penn Students for Justice in Palestine’s event titled “Israeli Apartheid Week” was planned over the holiday of Passover, when many Jewish students are off campus or unable to mobilize an effective response due to religious obligations. However, this is not exclusive to Penn SJP....
Pro-Palestinian Students Criticized for Launching Campaign ‘Demonizing Israel’ on Passover, When Jewish Students Are Away From Campus
An anti-Zionist student group at the University of Pennsylvania has come under fire for launching a campaign “falsely demonizing Israel” during the holiday of Passover, when many Jewish students are away from campus. Ariela Stein, a sophomore and fellow with the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America,...
