In 1964, United States President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke of the importance of water in the geopolitical sphere: “Water means life, and water means opportunity, and water means prosperity for those who never knew the meaning of those words. Water can banish hunger and can reclaim the desert and change...
‘Harvard Crimson’ provides platform for lying about Israel
To equate Israel, a country that grants full rights to all citizens, both Jewish and Arab, to apartheid-era South Africa, is the epitome of fake news. It’s sensationalistic, sparks outrage, and is unequivocally false. At The Harvard Crimson, contributing opinion writer Lucas Koerner succumbs to and indeed promotes this cheap...
At a time of great political divide, it’s time to highlight one of Zionism’s most beautiful components: its diversity.
On campuses around the world, the word ‘Zionism’ has sadly become a trigger word. At a time when campus communities are putting a great emphasis on listening to minorities, letting them define terms related to their community, and making sure they are the only ones allowed to define hate against...
University of Houston passes anti-Israel resolution backed by SJP
In mid-July, the University of Houston Student Government Association voted yes to a resolution backed by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), which called for “protection & support for pro-Palestine students and activism.” While the resolution appears agreeable at first glance, it is yet another blow against Jewish students on campus. The...
It’s Not Anti-Israel, It’s Antisemitic
In May 2021, the world witnessed a sharp escalation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that was partly triggered by a property dispute in Sheikh Jarrah. While Hamas launched over 4,000 rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip, activists from all over the world began a wave of protests against Israel and...
J Street and the Myth of “Creeping Annexation”
Photo: Almon Roth/Wikimedia Commons When organizations or activists report on the Arab-Israeli conflict, instead of relying on the facts, many choose to construct a false narrative that casts Israel in a poor light. J Street, a self-proclaimed pro-Israel and pro-peace organization, resorts to this tactic as well. On April 18th-19th,...
The Push to ‘Other’ the Identities of Israeli Jews
Photo: Israel Defense Forces/Wikimedia Commons When discussing the history of the establishment of Israel, a commonly parroted trope within anti-Israel and antisemitic circles is that the nation was founded by Jewish people who “colonized” the land and displaced more than 1 million Palestinians in 1948. This is an absurd and...
הסצנות המצמררות מחוץ לשגרירות ישראל ממחישות את הצורך הדחוף בהתמודדות עם האנטישמיות
18 במאי 2021 – ביום שבת השתתפתי במחאה מחוץ לשגרירות ישראל בקנסינגטון, מוסוות במסכה. הייתי מאוכזבת, אך רחוקה מלהיות מופתעת, מתמונות רבות, כרזות וקריאות אנטישמיות אכזריות ביותר. ביניהם היו אינספור קריאות אגרסיביות של “מהנהר לים”, משפט שלקוח היישר מתוך שירי חמאס, ו”המחאה האנטי-ציונית” דרשה להשמיד את המדינה היהודית היחידה בעולם....
