Picture this: advocating on a college campus for a democracy that has legal protections of LGBT individuals, equal rights for men and women, protections of religious minorities, and has a vibrant economy that’s home to incredible technological, medical, and agricultural innovation. Then imagine being attacked, threatened, or shoved aside for...
The Life & Lessons of a Middle East Peace Activist
On March 14th, CUNY Hunter’s Emet for Israel group Students for Israel, hosted speaker Lydia Aisenberg from Kibbutz Givat Haviva. Aisenberg was on tour with Hasbara Fellowships, and co-sponsored by CAMERA on Campus. Givat Haviva is a nonprofit educational institute in Israel dedicated to creating a shared society between Jews and Arabs....
Anti-Semitism is Everywhere but Belongs Nowhere
Contributed by CAMERA Fellow Ali Jabick. Ali is the Fellow at the University of Connecticut. This piece was originally published in The Daily Campus on April 6th, 2015. I recently spoke to my friend who is currently studying abroad in London about her experiences. Due to anti-Semitic sentiment and violent attacks in Europe, she...
Second Thoughts on the Second Intifada
This piece was contributed by a CAMERA Israel Trip alumnus. It was also published in The Jewish Press. Originally from Portugal, the author, Romeu Monteiro, is now a Ph.D. candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, and is a dedicated pro-Israel activist and writer. Jerusalem is known as the City of Gold...
Hamas is to Blame, Not Israel
The following was written by Josh Dienstman, a 2013-2014 CAMERA Fellow. Published originally on August 6th in the Triangle – The Independent Student Newspaper at Drexel University. Josh is a member of Drexel’s CCAP group (CAMERA supported pro-Israel student group), Dragons for Israel. The Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Protective Edge against Hamas...
American Support for Israel is now at 72%
Support for Israel in the United States has been steadily increasing, according to a poll released today by Gallup. There is a significant difference between the favorable opinion on Israel for Americans who are 55 and older (81% favorable opinion) versus that of 18-34 year old Americans (64% favorable opinion). Yet...
Letter to the editor: Israel cannot be compared to Syria
Our CAMERA Fellow Justin Hayet at SUNY Binghamton was recently published in his campus paper. His letter to the editor can be found here and below. This was one of two letters to the editor published after an anti-Israel piece appeared several days earlier in the BU Pipe Dream. The other letter...
Northeastern’s Justified Actions
The freedom of expression is laid out in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. While this freedom seems to be self explanatory, it is often more convoluted and complex than anyone could ever imagine. However, the biggest problem with the freedom of expression is that many people take...