In a Jan. 27 op-ed published in New York University’s student newspaper, Washington Square News, deputy opinion editor Asha Ramachandran makes the argument that U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Executive Order on Combating Antisemitism” does nothing to inhibit antisemitism on campus. Rather, she suggests that it only continues to silence Palestinian activists on campus....
Universities Whitewashing Terrorism – 2020
"Read excerpts from CAMERA's Campus Advisor and Online Editor Zac Schildcrout's op-ed exposing Georgetown University's Bridge Initiative for whitewashing Hamas: "There are Jews everywhere! We must attack every Jew on planet Earth! We must slaughter and kill them, with Allah's help....."
How a Former Non-Zionist Became a Supporter of Israel
As a progressive, I’ve been involved in social activism for as long as I can remember. From beach cleanups in middle school to protests in high school to physically threatening public events in college, I’ve spent my life standing in solidarity with those most negatively affected by social injustice. With...
When Will Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine Stop Endorsing A Terror Organization?
Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel/Wikimedia Commons On Tuesday, Jan. 28, Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine shared a post on Facebook from the Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists page. The post read, “This is how you respond to Trump and Netanyahu’s calls for ‘negotiation’ and ‘peace talks’ based on their plan for permanent apartheid”...
Israelis Live Through Constant Fear
Photo: (Israel Defense Forces/Wikimedia Commons) Some may ask how Israel, a Jewish state, properly represents its minority Arab population. When speaking at the University of Florida this November, Yoseph Haddad explained exactly this. As an Arab-Israeli Christian, Haddad demonstrated to students how Arabs, who account for 21% of Israel’s population,...
Whitewashing Hamas at Georgetown
“There are Jews everywhere! We must attack every Jew on planet Earth! We must slaughter and kill them, with Allah’s help. … You can buy knives for five shekels! How much is the neck of a Jew worth to us? Isn’t it worth five shekels, or even less?” This psychotic...
ASUC Should Condemn Bears for Palestine’s Display
Pittsburgh. Poway. Jersey City. Monsey. The list of cities afflicted by deadly antisemitic attacks is growing far too quickly. We can continue to cite facts and statistics (the near daily attacks on Jewish communities in New York, how 60% of all religious hate crimes in 2018 were classified as anti-Jewish, etc.), but the bottom...
The Defense of Zionism in an Age of Antisemitism
“No day is promised to us. You don’t know what’s going to happen,” said DeLuca. “There’s no reason to hide who you are.” Last semester, Shai DeLuca, an expert on CityLine and Canada’s number one interior design expert, came to speak at Clark University at an event sponsored and hosted...