“Anti-Israel,” a Camouflage Platform for Anti-Semitism

May 05, 2016 BDS, Campus Activism

Deedee Bitran - Florida International University

“Anti-Israel” has become a camouflage platform for expressing anti-Semitism under a more socially acceptable umbrella.[2] There is no “legal” solution to combat all of the ripple effects of anti-Semitism. Instead, educating the public with the knowledge necessary to discern anti-Semitic rumors from reality and passing remedial legislation are important steps to combatting bigotry and hatred.[3]
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Anti-Semitism Dividing the Zionist Community

April 20, 2016 Campus Activism, Incitement & Terrorism, Middle East Conflict, Zionism

Kevin Brum - UC Irvine

One of the largest divisions in the Zionist community is between Jews and Non-Jews. As someone who is neither culturally nor religiously Jewish, I’ve noticed something pretty awful happening at UC Irvine. The Zionist community has been split along these Jewish and Non-Jewish lines and this has influenced both groups’ approaches on campus.

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Order in the Chaos

April 18, 2016 Campus Activism, Gaza, Middle East Conflict, Palestinian-Arab State, Zionism

Tali Moore - UCLA

As a student on a liberal university campus, I often hear Israel spoken about in the context of human rights violations. On the contrary, Israel is at the forefront of domestic, local, and international humanitarian relief efforts.

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To Be or Not to Be Proactive

March 31, 2016 Campus Activism, Zionism

Hannah-Leeba Ellenhorn - UC Santa Barbara

Nowadays you see very different types of activism taking place on college campuses across the United States. There are the campuses that face their opposition head-on with provocative demonstrations like the “Pinocchio” blow-up that stood at Columbia University. We’ll call this group the “Confrontationists.” And on the other hand, you see many campuses who decide More »

Anti-Zionist Hypocrisy on Campus

March 16, 2016 Campus Activism, Incitement & Terrorism, Middle East Conflict, Palestinian-Arab State, Zionism

Kevin Brum - UC Irvine

Being a vocal Zionist on a college campus is only half the battle, especially when you are not Jewish. The other half is attempting to show other students, who have largely been misinformed about Israel, that a Zionist is not a mythical beast to be whispered about in the same breath as the archetypal racist, More »