A Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter has offered us yet another astounding defense of antisemitic vitriol—this time at Florida State University (FSU). After the school’s Student Senate president, Ahmad Daraldik, found himself in the hot seat due to his own past antisemitic social-media posts and shockingly antisemitic website, he took to Facebook to explain himself on...
The Anti-Israel Commonalities Amongst Universities – May 2020
"Over the month of May, more than a dozen articles by our CAMERA Fellows and campus staff members have been published in university, local, national and international media outlets. CAMERA Fellows have led a half dozen public events and private workshops providing op-ed writing training to Israel activists. This newsletter...
Despite Coronavirus, Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism Are Present on Campus
A recent webinar hosted by Bard University Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Ohio State University SJP featured George Mason and Rutgers professor Noura Erakat, who spoke on Zionism and the State of Israel. Throughout the webinar, Erakat made outlandish and blatantly false remarks, such as labeling Zionism a...
Miko Peled’s Marketplace of Ideas
The campus of a twenty-first century university is a marketplace. Students from far and wide come to exchange, display, and trade their most valuable currency: their opinions. Woven with real fabrics and embroidery from ancient history, these opinions are constructed from each student’s most valuable “textile” – their personalized economy...
At King’s College, Anti-Zionism is Rampant
Photo: Rob Farrow/geograph.org.uk King’s College London (KCL) has unfortunately become one of the largest hubs of hostile anti-Zionism in the United Kingdom. It’s hugely popular Palestinian Society has seemingly become the most active student organization of its kind in the capital. Although I do not believe it is problematic for...
Anti-Israel Groups Promote Discrimination and Bigotry
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. In early April, BDS leader Omar Barghouti expressed support for allowing the use of potential Israeli-developed vaccines for COVID-19. “If you use medical equipment from Israel — it’s not a problem. Cooperating with Israel against the virus — to begin with, we do...
Corona Solidarity Means Little Without Erasing Our Double Standards
Photo: Glyn Baker/Wikimedia Commons Considering our campus sits less than 10 miles from Wimbledon, it is perhaps unsurprising that the summer tennis season has traditionally been popular with UCL students. Media coverage could at times be controversial. Perception of historic front-runner Andy Murray in the press often amounted to “When...
Unpacking the Hebrew U Hadash Student Group’s Falsehood-Ridden Video
Quite the commotion has been stirring at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem after the student group representing the Hadash political party released a propagandistic, anti-Israel video. The four-minute long clip portrays a series of noteworthy events since Israel’s inception from a Palestinian perspective. Condemning the administration for allowing IDF soldiers...