Al Jazeera America was shut down earlier this year amid low ratings and a spate of resignations. But the Qatari royal family, which rules the country and owns Al Jazeera, continues to vie for influence in the American market with an Al Jazeera offshoot called AJ+. In a superficial...
To Be a Modern Woman
To be a modern Western woman is to confront two sides of yourself. There is the side that is ladylike and domestic, everything society deems a woman should be. The other side mocks these stereotypes and lives unburdened by traditionally female responsibilities. As modern women, we benefit from the fight...
From SJP to Pro-Israel: Rezwan’s Story
Rezwan Ovo Haq, a student at the University of Central Florida, advocates strongly for that in which he believes. As a Muslim, Rezwan is devoted to helping fellow Muslims and Palestinians. He “used to believe Israel was an ‘Apartheid’ state, a terrorist state, a regime that routinely oppresses the Palestinians” and was very...
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...
2016-2017 Fellows
Back to Fellows Main Fellows * Eden Adler * Ariel Avgi * Albert Barkan * Leora Eisenberg * Josh Elkouby * Bar Fabian * Emily Firestone * Jason Frances * Lily Greenberg Call * Lee-El Haune * Jesse Horowitz * Rebecca Katzman * Josh Kauderer * Jonathan Manevitch * Jody Miller * Dalya Panbehchi * Hannah Pomerantz * Joelle Reid * Shlomo Roiter * Micah...
The Need to Hold Abbas Accountable
The west’s blind eye hurts both Israelis and Palestinians On April 18, a bus was bombed in Jerusalem in a terror attack. Hamas, the internationally recognized terror organization that controls the Gaza Strip, praised the attack and said that the group “blesses the Jerusalem operation.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Jonathan Elkhoury and the Power of Dialogue
On January 28th, Jonathan Elkhoury embarked on his North American campus tour in partnership with CAMERA. “I lost one country, I won’t lose the other one. Today I’m starting one of my most important journeys – a journey in the United States about the truth,” he remarked on his Facebook page. Jonathan...
Letter: SGA decision promotes dialogue
Supporting peace and rejecting human rights violations may seem like an easy task, but what happens when it isn’t? When any seemingly good topic is presented without context and the full picture is not understood, how is someone to make a decision? Numerous student groups sighed with relief on Feb....