On March 7, Northeastern University’s Center for Student Involvement (CSI) announced that the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter is suspended at least until 2015. According to Max Blumenthal in Mondoweiss, Jason Campbell-Foster (the director of the CSI) wrote in a letter to SJP that they “have not shown...
Noam Bedein Speaks at University of South Florida
On February 21, CAMERA Fellow Danielle Haberer of the University of South Florida hosted “I Love Israel”, which featured Noam Bedein, the director of the Sderot Media Center. Noam is a photojournalist, and educates government officials, press, and students all over the world. The event attracted about 35 students for...
Jeff Jacoby Speaks at CAMERA Conference
During CAMERA’s Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Conference last week, students had the opportunity to hear Jeff Jacoby, an op-ed columnist at the Boston Globe since 1994, speak. In addition, in 1999, Mr. Jacoby was the first recipient of the Breindel Prize, awarded for excellence in opinion journalism. Jacoby engaged...
Abir Gitlin Speaks at CAMERA’s Student Leadership and Advocacy Conference
At CAMERA’s Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Conference, which started on Sunday afternoon, students have heard several prominent speakers present about the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions groups, and experiences with media bias. Among the speakers was Abir Gitlin, a former CAMERA Fellow and IDF soldier....
Minorities Serving in the IDF
The abbreviation IDF (Israel Defense Forces) usually conjures images of Israeli commandos or special forces. What a lot of people don’t know about the IDF is that in addition to Jews, many other minorities also serve in the IDF. While some participate in National Service, many also serve in combat...
Arab TV Shows Incite Anti-Semitism
Anti-Israel and anti-Semitic statements are frequent on both children’s and adult TV shows from Arab and Muslim countries. In continuing to exploit Disney-like or even Disney characters to disseminate anti-Semitic propaganda, the Algemeiner and Jerusalem Post reported that the self-described “official voice of Donald Duck in the Middle East” declared...
Peace Treaties with Rockets?
As the world closely watches the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, rockets continue to be fired into Israel from Gaza just a few miles away. While Hamas is not launching these rockets, as it wants to maintain the ceasefire with Israel, Israel holds Hamas responsible as the...
Difficult to Trust Those Who Advocate for Terrorists
A president of a country vows that his country will be purged of Jews. This was announced on July 29 by President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority. Why did we not hear about it? According to YNet News, Mr. Abbas said, “In a final resolution, we would not see...