Perni promotes this distorted narrative with the help of prominent and well-known pro-Palestinian activists who typically misrepresent the events in the Middle East by omitting crucial historical facts. The tendency of some of these commentators to ignore or deny the role Islamist ideology plays in fomenting violence in the Middle...
Bastardized Justice in the Middle East
This piece was contributed by Elliott Hamilton, a Liaison for our CCAP group Claremont Students for Israel. It was originally published on April 11th in The Student Life. Last semester, following the publication of my Nov. 15, 2013 article, “We Must Take Ownership of Our Own Humanity,” addressing dialogue on the Israel-Palestinian...
Double Standard and Hypocrisy in Action at Brandeis University
Facing growing pressure from their faculty members, Muslim student groups, and outside opposition, Brandeis University is rescinding its decision to award an honorary degree to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a women’s rights activist and critic of Islam because they were “unable to overlook her past statements that are inconsistent with Brandeis...
Extremist Ali Abunimah Speaks at Haverford and Bryn Mawr
The following is a letter by our CCAP group at Haverford and Bryn Mawr which was distributed prior to the event in an effort to raise awareness of the extremist and anti-Semitic speaker who was coming to campus. The event with the radical anti-Israel writer Ali Abunimah attracted about 50 people. ...
SodaStream Raffle Winner Announced
The winner of CAMERA on Campus’s SodaStream raffle is Hosanna Thalhofer, the President of the Students Allied for Israel club at Tacoma Community College in Tacoma, Washington. CAMERA Campus Regional Coordinator and CAMERAonCampus Editor-in-Chief Gilad Skolnick recently caught up with her and asked her a few questions about herself and...
J Street Exposed at Film Screening in Israel
The screening of “The J Street Challenge: A Seductive Allure of Peace in Our Time”, co-sponsored by Tel Aviv International Salon, CAMERA, and StandWithUs, attracted close to 300 participants at the Tel Aviv screening on March 18, 2014. According to its synopsis, “The film investigates the background of J Street...
Letter to the Editor: A Response to the Gavel’s Reflection on AIPAC
This piece was originally published in the March 12th 2014 edition of The Gavel. It was written by Michael Woodbury, a member of the CCAP (CAMERA supported) group Eagles for Israel. Author’s note: I too spent the first weekend of spring break in Washington DC for the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee...
A Manipulative Campaign
This piece was originally published on March, 11th 2014 in The Link by CAMERA Fellow Michelle Soicher. This week, Israeli Apartheid Week events will be mounted all across the city with participation from McGill University, the Université de Montreal, and Concordia. Concordia has a long and troublesome history with Israeli affairs. In...