Analysis
Wednesday, May 8th 2024
National Post view National Post, Apr. 6, 2024 “No one should be under any illusion that these tactics and protests are a spontaneous outpouring of support for Gazans. These demonstrations are well-planned, orchestrated by organizations with an anti-Israel and antisemitic bias, and lead by terrorist sympathizers.” It is six months since the poisonous ideology that […]
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Barbara Kay, National Post, May 5, 2024 For seven months, since Oct. 7, university students have been enjoying revolutionary cosplay. Their faces swathed in Arafat scarves, they wave flags, demand Israel disinvestment, scream mantras premised in genocide of Jews: Living entirely in the moment, they find it all tremendously exhilarating. That there may be […]
Tuesday, May 7th 2024
Frederick Krantz In the Jewish Messianic tradition the this-worldly redemption of Israel at the end of time also means the redemption of all mankind. The Messiah, a human being descended from the House of David, will lead all peoples to worship together in Jerusalem, ushering in the end of hatred, division, conflict, and suffering. Peace […]
Tuesday, May 7th 2024 / Sunday, May 5th 2024
Dexter Van Zile Middle East Forum, May 3, 2024 “As Bala exuded privilege from her ersatz throne, a slightly older-looking man with long curly black hair sat next to her. He wore sunglasses, a creepy mustache, and mom jeans with elastic ankle cuffs.” I walked up to a young man wearing a balaclava and […]
Robert Williams Gatestone Institute, Dec. 7, 2023 “Hmm. It sounds as if NSJP has exactly the same goals as Hamas: the eradication of Israel and all its Jewish inhabitants. A coincidence? Not quite.” Many pro-Hamas demonstrations that have been taking place on US campuses since Hamas launched its war on Israel on October 7, when […]
Gregg Roman The Middle East Forum Observer, Apr. 29, 2024 (first of 4-part series) “Pursuing legal action against SJP would affirm the American legal system’s commitment to protecting students from discrimination and harassment based on national origin and religion.” The rise of antisemitism on college campuses across the United States has reached alarming levels, demanding […]
Steven Richards Just the News, Apr. 29, 2024 “One of the strongest predictors of perceiving a hostile climate toward Israel and Jews is the presence of an active Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) group on campus.” The National Students for Justice in Palestine is a driving force in the anti-Israel protests sweeping across the […]
Monday, May 6th 2024
Steven Stalinsky WSJ, Apr. 22, 2024 “Mr. Nasrallah had already cited the effect of protests “in Washington, New York, London, Paris and Western Europe” in a Nov. 11 speech, lauding their power to “apply pressure on their governments.” Protests against Israel expanded on college campuses last week, sometimes turning violent. At Columbia University, demonstrators chanted support […]
Urja Sinha, Jeff Arnold and Devan Markham Newsnation, May 1, 2024 “There is a movement to radicalize young people. And I’m not going to wait until it is done to acknowledge the existence of it,” Adams said.” Columbia University and several other universities across the United States are continuing to warn of potential outside agitators […]
Francesca Block The Free Press, Nov. 14, 2023 “In 1974, the FBI investigated Singham as “potentially dangerous because of background, emotional instabilities or activity in groups engaged in activities inimical to the U.S.,” according to its report, which he published on a blog.” The pro-Palestinian protests over the last month, where tens of thousands in […]
Susan Ferrechio The Washington Times, May 1, 2024 “The group defines itself on social media as a coalition of more than 100 student organizations “fighting for a liberated Palestine and the end of Columbia’s complicity in genocide.” Most of the organizations providing the backbone of campus protests against Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip are supporters of […]
Sunday, May 5th 2024
By Moshe Phillips (Moshe Phillips is a commentator on Jewish affairs whose writings appear regularly in the American and Israeli press.) This year’s Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, starting on the evening of May 12, will be unlike any in the Jewish State’s history as it is the first since October 7th. One of […]
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