For many, the first visit to Israel is a memorable one, filled with all the new sights, sounds, and smells accompanied with an encounter with an exotic Middle Eastern environment. Coming from the United States or elsewhere, the trip to Israel ordinarily comprises a transatlantic flight which many choose to...
Bassem Eid Tours with CAMERA
Recently, Palestinian human rights activist, Bassem Eid went on a tour with CAMERA. During his tour, Eid went to dozens of campuses across the United States to discuss his experiences living under the Palestinian Authority. Below are pictures and testaments from CAMERA students about Eid’s tour. To read more CAMERA...
Response: Violence should not be the method of peace in the Middle East
In his piece, Toivo Asheeke asks Binghamton to embrace the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel, a vibrant democracy in a sea of oppressive and dictatorial regimes, in response to recent Palestinian violence. “Hoping” that the current Palestinian “rebellion,” a wave of indiscriminate attacks against innocent Israelis, will bring...
Binghamton University Zionist Organization (BUZO) Hosts Gil Cohen-Magen
Binghamton University Zionist Organization (BUZO), the pro-Israel student group at Binghamton University, united with multiple student groups– including the Arts Club– to host Gil Cohen-Magen, an Israeli photojournalist who has documented key occurrences in Israel. Cohen-Magen discussed the difficulties of living in Israel during a war. Since the event was co-sponsored...
CAMERA Israel Office Welcomes ICC Student Trip
This week, CAMERA was glad to welcome the Israel on Campus Coalition Leadership Mission to Israel at our Jerusalem office! CAMERA’s Director of the Israel Office, Tamar Sternthal, spoke with the 20 students who were recommended by partner ICC organizations to attend the mission on the importance of CAMERA’s work in challenging media...
Eretz Yisrael: Hineni!
This piece was contributed by our 2013-2014 CAMERA Fellow at SUNY Binghamton, Justin Hayet. Justin continues to be active in our SUNY Binghamton CCAP group, BUZO. Justin’s piece was republished in the Algemeiner. Standing to the sound of the final blow of the shofar; I hold my prayer book wide open and...
Israeli Soldier Advocates for Palestinian Compromise
CAMERA’s Fellow at SUNY Binghamton, Justin Hayet, organized a highly successful event at which CAMERA’s Yishai Goldflam spoke on his campus. Read the piece in the BU Pipe Dream or below. No topic was off-limits when an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier visited Binghamton University Monday evening to share the...
