BDS has no place on our campus. When a student embarks on their college journey, they can expect to secure many great things. Apart from acquiring a degree, students gain the knowledge and learn the facts that help them to shrewdly understand the world around them. When a student goes...
George Mason University Israel Student Association Challenges Campus Intolerance
George Mason University’s Israel Student Association Recognized for Outstanding Leadership George Mason University’s Israel Student Association (ISA) was privileged to accept the David Bar-Ilan Award for Outstanding Student Leadership at the 2018 CAMERA Gala. The ISA board members in attendance addressed the almost 600 attendees, providing insight into how they navigated...
Israel & Me
Israel is not merely a place A couple of weeks ago, for Israel’s 70th anniversary, I was asked to reflect on what Israel means to me. Easy, I thought to myself. I grabbed my pen and began to brainstorm; Jerusalem, Israel, hummus, peace, white and blue. It was hard to...
Knights for Israel Honored at CAMERA Gala 2018
The group was recognized for its outstanding campus activism This year, UCF’s Knights for Israel was honored with the David Bar-Ilan Award for Outstanding Campus Activism. This award signified a tremendous amount of accomplishments for the organization. When CAMERA called with the great news, we understood why we were being...
When Students For “Justice” Promote Violence
What happens when a group of over twenty students gather on the freshly-cut grass of the City College Quad? A crisp, fiery voice ignites their audience and attempts to intrigue others passing by. But no announcement of an outdoor activity is made. No picnic is prepared. Instead, on April 26,...
Violent Resistance as the Path to Martyrdom: A Crisis Facing Palestinian Children
As they grow up and as their values and identities are beginning to form, children look up to the leaders in their lives for guidance. Since children are so impressionable, adults, namely parents and teachers, must model proper behavior for children. Regrettably, something quite contrary is being taught to many...
Unfounded and Unrestrained: Norman Finkelstein at NYU
On Thursday, April 26, the NYU Politics Department hosted an event titled “Norman Finkelstein at NYU on the Urgent Situation in Gaza.” Finkelstein, a man who has referred to Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel as the “clown of the Holocaust” is a well-known political scientist and frequent critic...
USS Silences its CUNY Constituents with BDS
The University Student Senate (USS) is a representative body of over 20 campuses under the umbrella of the City University of New York (CUNY). The CUNY website states, “the organization is charged with protecting the rights of the student body, furthering the cause of public higher education, and promoting the...
