In an age when social justice has developed into a herd mentality, anti-Zionists are victims of the All-Or-Nothing Fallacy — a false dilemma suggesting there are only two possible options when really there are many. While accusing the other side of perpetuating false information and pushing an agenda that hurts...
At a time of great political divide, it’s time to highlight one of Zionism’s most beautiful components: its diversity.
On campuses around the world, the word ‘Zionism’ has sadly become a trigger word. At a time when campus communities are putting a great emphasis on listening to minorities, letting them define terms related to their community, and making sure they are the only ones allowed to define hate against...
No, Israel is not an Apartheid State
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...