The Farhud was a violent pogrom and massacre waged against the Jews of Iraq in 1941, in which about 180 Jews were murdered and many more injured. Raging during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, the Farhud was the climax of a creeping antisemitic zeitgeist — anti-Jewish graffiti such as, “Hitler...
Statement on Event at University of Toronto Featuring PFLP Associate Issam al-Yamani
Known Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) associate Issam al-Yamani is scheduled to participate in an event at the University of Toronto on September 9th, 2019. In anticipation of the event, CAMERA’s campus advisor and online editor Zac Schildcrout made the following statement: “It is deeply concerning and,...
Middle East Studies at UT-Austin: Biased Professors, Politicized Classrooms
Contributed by Islamist Watch Writing Fellow for the Middle East Forum Benjamin Baird and director of academic affairs and director of Campus Watch at the Middle East Forum Winfield Myers. The University of Texas at Austin (UT) boasts a large and, at first glance, thriving Center for Middle Eastern Studies...
The Iranian Threat to Israel is Real
Seven hundred rockets fell on Israel on May 6, initiating the greatest escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza in recent times, and leaving four innocent Israeli civilians dead and more than 100 injured. Life in Israel was brought to a dramatic halt as shrill warning sirens repeatedly blasted throughout...
Student Assembly Must Reject Anti-Israel Boycott
Last month I, Avraham, poured my heart out in an article for The Sun, entitled “Rejecting Boycott, Extending an Olive Branch,” describing my deep connection to the State of Israel and pleading with Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine to “exchange points of view in a respectful manner, rather than...
‘I Hope my Party’s Leadership Takes a Stand Against Omar’
After widespread condemnations of recent tweets by Minnesota Rep Ilhan Omar as antisemitic, Binghamton University Pipe Dream’s opinions editor Sarah Molano claimed that “Democrats are doing all they can to stifle the more progressive views of these officials.” When progressivism becomes hateful, it is inherently no longer progressive. Therefore, Molano’s...
Tell UCLA Not to Let SJP Spread Hate on Campus – 2018
"This November 16-18, Students for Justice in Palestine is holding their Annual National Conference at University of California, Los Angeles. Despite the notorious anti-Semitic rhetoric used by this group, UCLA is facilitating the conference by hosting the three-day summit on its campus. On September 27th, CAMERA Fellow Justin Feldman appealed...
Taking Anti-Semitism Seriously
Concerns of pro-Israel and Jewish students are valid and should not be dismissed I am a Zionist. Not only am I a Zionist, but I am a female, Jewish person of color and I have never felt more marginalized in my lifetime. When Zionists are boxed into the categories of...