On February 9, 2021, the University of California Irvine (UCI) student government passed a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution against Israel in a vote of 19-3. The resolution touted the libel-filled reporting of the Israeli NGO B’tselem, which makes use of demonstrably false terms such as “apartheid” and “Jewish supremacy” to...
Leeds Palestine Society Glorifies Terrorism on Campus
Photo: Rehgina/Wikimedia Commons Last semester, Apartheid Off Campus, in conjunction with the Palestinian Solidarity Group (PSG) at the University of Leeds (UoL), held an event featuring Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled. The event was met with much opposition from both the Leeds Jewish Society (JSoc) and the Student Union, both of whom felt that...
‘As Long as Hamas Actively Seeks to Destroy Israel, There Will Not be Peace’
Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit/Wikimedia Commons In November 2020, Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh called on supporters at the First Electronic Pioneers Conference for money and weapons to “liberate” Jerusalem and combat a supposed United States-Israeli scheme to dismiss the Palestinians. Haniyeh said, “We want to shift from a strategy of...
Abraham Accords are not a Betrayal of Palestinians
For the first time since 1994, several Arab countries have fully normalized their diplomatic relations with Israel. This wave of normalization started with the Abraham Accords, a joint statement between the United States, United Arab Emirates and Israel that marked the beginning of normalized diplomatic relations between the UAE and Israel. Over the...
America is not the Levant
Photo: Alexander Clegg/Detroit Jewish News Linking Black Lives Matter to Israeli affairs is inaccurate and dishonest. On Oct. 8, the Jewish News online published an op-ed by IfNotNow Detroit activists Rebecca Driker-Ohren and Zak Witus titled “Palestinian Lives Matter.” Of course, Palestinian lives matter — that is not in dispute. What one can dispute is Driker-Ohren...
More Antisemitic Activity at UMass Amherst is Not a Surprise
This Holocaust Remembrance Day, as Israel and the rest of the world commemorated the six million Jews murdered in the Shoah, anti-Israel activists thought it was appropriate to vandalize the UMass Amherst Hillel center. Spray-painted in red graffiti, the name “Palestine” was emblazoned in Arabic on the front of the building. The...
If You Want to Criticize Israel, First Support Its Right to Exist
Imagine yourself sitting in a college classroom excited to learn more about the world around you. Your professor has invited an Italian speaker from Italy to share his love for his country. Your high hopes for this conversation are instantly disregarded when several students in the class interrupt the discussion....
Another Example of SJP’s Anti-Normalization Campaign
Sadly, but unsurprisingly, UNC Chapel Hill’s campus has once again been plagued with anti-Zionist and antisemitic rhetoric. UNC Chapel Hill’s SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) chapter just announced their plan to boycott yet another Israeli-related activity—this time, a free spring-break trip to Israel from March 6-15, and has released a detailed...