FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting & Analysis March 7th, 2022 BOSTON, March 7th, 2022 – Each spring, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) chapters, and Palestinian Societies on university campuses around the world host “Israel Apartheid Week” (IAW), a...
The Academic, Media, and Student Government Bias
Newsletter – January/February 2022 Bias within UK Student Unions Exposed While British Jewish citizens were attacked and harassed in the streets this past May (along with Jews around the world) Student Unions belonging to British universities that are supposed to represent every student’s voice shared their support and sympathy...
KCL SU officer statement dangerously biased regarding Arab-Israeli conflict
Commenting on the conflict in Israel and Gaza in May, the officers of the KCL Student Union issued a statement with biased, inaccurate views of what transpired. The statement sided entirely with ‘the people of Palestine’, while inaccurately reporting ‘forced evictions of families in Sheikh Jarrah and attacks on worshippers...
CUNY resolution pushing BDS is wrong, hurtful and anti-Semitic
In December, the CUNY (City University of New York) Law Student Government Association adopted a resolution sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the Jewish Law Student Association calling upon the administration to cut virtual and actual ties with Israeli academic institutions and businesses. The resolution also demonizes Jewish organizations, Israeli students...
Is Zionism a dirty word?
A recent survey by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law revealed that over 70% of Jewish college students in the United States have personally experienced or were familiar with an antisemitic attack in the past 120 days. As well, the AMCHA Initiative, an organization that documents antisemitism on...
How the term ‘Arab Jew’ distorts history and slanders Zionism
The Jewish communities of North Africa and the Middle East are often inaccurately represented in academia and the mainstream media. Their rich, complex history is purposely obscured to undermine Zionism. Indeed, professors, anti-Israel student organizations, and influential figures have denied the unique indigeneity of Jews in the Middle East. Moreover,...
Ending 2021 with a Bang
A Story of Persian Jewish Resilience
I am a Persian Jew. My family fled Iran in the midst of the Islamic revolution, a violent uprising led by Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious extremist who threatened and later ethnically cleansed Iran of its religious minorities. My family’s story is one shared by Jews in Iran and countries across...