On Wednesday, September 14th, York University dismissed faculty member Nikolaos Balaskas after he was found to propagate anti-Semitism on his public Facebook page. Students from the Israeli Student Association (ISA), a CAMERA-supported group, tipped off B’nai Brith about the nature of Balaskas’ social-media use in June. ISA and B’nai Brith...
Israel, the Indigenous Land of the Jewish People
Israel and the Jewish people’s right to live in their homeland, Israel, is often unfairly questioned. Today is the UN’s International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples. Especially on a day like today, it is important to remember that Jews are a people indigenous to the land of Israel. Here are some...
MLK’s Dream Conflicts With BDS
Dumisani Washington, a CAMERA speaker and a proud activist for Israel, is an expert in Dr. Martin Luther King’s pro-Israel legacy. In the past, he has spoken to students at UCONN, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, as well as at other CAMERA-supported groups. When Dumisani Washington speaks to students who are either pro-Israel, not...
Propaganda at its best: Al Jazeera and its creation, AJ+
AJ+, an outlet run by Al Jazeera, has been making waves on social media. But do its subscribers realize they are supporting an utterly hypocritical source, which masquerades itself as liberal and progressive? The Claim Al Jazeera, an Arab TV network, claims to be a legitimate journalism source and denies any accusation...
Building Bridges, Not Boycotts
The BDS movement is working to break down Israeli society and prevent Israeli individuals from developing the only democracy in the Middle East—a country where Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze, or any other people for that matter, can practice their religion freely. CAMERA on Campus was thrilled to sponsor and participate...
23 Reasons Why BDS is Antisemitic
This post was written by Professor Dr. David Hirsh, at the University of London and originally published at Engage. 1. BDS singles out Israel BDS is a global campaign against Israel and only Israel. It seeks to foment sufficient emotional anger with Israel, and with only Israel, so that people around the world...
Actions Speak Louder Than Words: An Open Letter to Mamdouh Shoukri
We are writing this statement to offer a student perspective on the recent events at York University, specifically the formation of the President’s Advisory Committee on Inclusion and President Mamdouh Shoukri’s subsequent statements to The CJN. Under President Shoukri’s near-decade-long tenure, the university administration has demonstrated alarming apathy in the face of...
Thank You for Condemning Anti-Semitism, UC
After numerous instances of anti-Semitism on University of California campuses, the UC Board of Regents formally adopted a statement condemning such behavior. This is the first public statement of its kind, which resulted in large part due to numerous instances of students committing acts of antisemitism on campus, often under the guise...