As humans, one of the hardest things to do is give up something we love. When something is held so close to the heart, our strongest instinct tells us to guard it with all of our might. The State of Israel may be relatively young, but Zionism is not nearly...
UNIFIL’s Failure to Halt Hezbollah’s Tunnel Construction Reflects Inherent Institutional Bias
While the United Nations Interim Front in Lebanon has emphasized Israel’s protection from Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, newfound evidence has demonstrated otherwise. UNIFIL is an international peacekeeping effort created to initiate Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon in 1978, but has evolved to promote stability within the Lebanese and Israeli governments. However,...
Fighting the Good Fight, Not a Losing Battle: Being an Israel Warrior in Ireland
Ironically, whilst we are in the midst of a calmer interlude by the standards of Israel’s engagements with its neighbours in the wake of Operation Protective Edge in 2014, the debate over Israel rages ever more furiously on college campuses across the globe. As the brave soldiers of the IDF defend Israel – the culmination of the...
Vilification of Israel on Campus Persists Amid Gaza Rocket Attacks
While the latest barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip rained down on southern Israel, tragically killing an innocent civilian and injuring 70 others, hateful anti-Israel rhetoric at my university — Cornell — burgeoned. The threat of rocket fire into Israel is personal for me as my late grandfather Moises Rozanski lived...
Wake Up: SJP Peddles Hate, Not Justice
SJP is a nefarious hate group, not a justice group Students for Justice in Palestine is preparing for its annual national conference on the UCLA campus Nov. 16-18. The event page for “Resistance in the Face of Adversity” states at the outset that “Zionism is perverse in all aspects of...
Tell UCLA Not to Let SJP Spread Hate on Campus – 2018
"This November 16-18, Students for Justice in Palestine is holding their Annual National Conference at University of California, Los Angeles. Despite the notorious anti-Semitic rhetoric used by this group, UCLA is facilitating the conference by hosting the three-day summit on its campus. On September 27th, CAMERA Fellow Justin Feldman appealed...
When a Blinding Echo Chamber Stifles Diversity of Thought
There’s a dearth of views beyond those being represented in lecture halls. Steve Bannon was invited to headline The New Yorker festival, which kicked off last Friday until a chorus of opposition from the left forced the publication to disinvite him. Apparently, Malcolm Gladwell, a staff writer at The New...
Free Speech Does Not Include Violence
Physical violence is not protected by the First Amendment As the US Air Force C-17 left Afghan airspace, I allowed myself to relax for a brief moment. My year-long tour in Kabul, Afghanistan was over. Returning home, I thought of those fellow soldiers, including my Command Sergeant Major, who had...