The anti-Jewish bigotry that characterizes the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has become even more apparent as BDS leaders and members seize upon the Covid-19 pandemic to fuel anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism with libels against Jews and the Jewish state. Statements by BDS leaders have ranged from accusing Israel of...
At Occidental College, Anti-Israel Positions Are Venerated
Photo: Jeffrey Beall/Flickr Last November, a few members of the Occidental (Oxy) College football team posed for a picture with an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) flag, sharing it on their personal Instagram feeds. The pictures were captioned “@oxyfootball stands in solidarity with our Israeli brothers in their fights against terror @IDF” and...
There Is No ‘Moral Equivalency’ Between Israeli Soldiers and Palestinian Terrorists
During a seminar in my graduate program in Israel, a professor concluded a lecture on terrorism and political violence claiming: “The tears of a grieving Palestinian mother, whose son was responsible for carrying out a suicide attack are equal to the tears of an Israeli mother whose son fell in...
Excusing Hamas Terrorism at Columbia
Imagine yourself 15 years from now. You have settled down, found a life partner, and started a family. You have a job that makes you happy, a vibrant community, and beautiful children. All of a sudden, war breaks out, and you find yourself in the crosshairs of a battle you...
70-Plus Faculty Members Thank Columbia University President for Battling BDS Vote
More than 70 Columbia faculty members have signed a letter thanking university president Lee Bollinger for expressing opposition ahead of an undergraduate student referendum next month calling on the university to divest from companies doing business in Israel. The 74 faculty members, as of Monday, signed the open letter—organized by the Academic Engagement Network (AEN)—to...
NYU: Isolating and Silencing Pro-Israel Students and Speakers
On October 25th, 2019, the American Studies Program in the New York University Department of Social & Cultural Analysis (SCA) hosted anti-Zionist speaker Noura Erakat in a public event titled “Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine.” The stated goal of the lecture was to “show how the...
A Message to Pro-Israel Students: Fight Back and Make the Case for Israel
On many college campuses today, anti-Zionist organizations like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) incorrectly portray Israel as a racist, white supremacist country. The success of these groups can be attributed to their use of intersectional ideas (the “interconnected” nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender, and...
CAMERA on Campus is Continuing to Promote Facts and Combat Propaganda – 2020
"The Red Sea Diving Resort is a 2019 spy thriller film written and directed by Gideon Raff. The film starts Chris Evans as an Israeli Mossad agent who runs a covert operation that helps Ethiopian-Jewish refugees escape to safe haven in Israel."