Israel’s one-sided, ‘liberal’ housing protest is not a movement worth joining...
Over 150,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv yesterday, joining the thousands more protesting the policies behind soaring housing prices in Israel. Unfortunately, and with all due respect, the...
View ArticleWhat I hope to see in Israel’s housing protests
In the last post on the housing protests sweeping Israel, I discussed the major reason why I find the movement in its current state to be flawed: the only housing policies the protesters seem to be...
View ArticleThe perfect walkout
Gil Hoffman, an “expert Israeli speaker” according to his website, thought he would speak to a full crowd at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan earlier this week. But soon after his...
View ArticleTweeting with the Israeli military
Almost immediately after an Israeli soldier fired a tear gas grenade at Mustafa Tamimi’s face, IDF Central Command Spokesman Major Peter Lerner made a mockery of the attack that left Tamimi dead a day...
View ArticleSJP UMN walks out on Israeli soldier proud of killing ‘terrorist’ children
This past Monday, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Minnesota organized a walkout after an Israeli soldier was invited to campus to attempt to justify Israel’s actions during its...
View ArticleNow it will be possible to look into Khader Adnan’s eyes as Israel’s...
Nine weeks into Khader Adnan’s hunger strike, solidarity activists spray paint a stencil of Adnan’s face on Israel’s apartheid wall. Adnan was violently taken from his home near Jenin on December 17,...
View Article‘U of Chicago wanted us to protest behind a cute little playpen’: Report-back...
On Monday, April 2, the University of Chicago hosted Israeli ambassador Michael Oren to speak to a crowd at the International House about how Israel and America share parallel struggles and how...
View ArticleU of Chicago SJP’s Oren protest makes newspaper’s front page
The caption is straightforward enough. “Student and community protestors gather[ed] outside International House, where Israeli ambassador Michael Oren spoke Monday afternoon about a global response to...
View ArticleIn Israel, democracy sprays you
Activist Rana Hamadeh raised a Palestinian flag on an Israeli “skunk tank” today during a demonstration in front of Israel’s Ofer Prison near Ramallah. Soldiers quickly moved to arrest her, severely...
View ArticleWalkout: ‘U of Chicago should not sanction drone warfare’
Three University of Chicago departments teamed up with the Jewish United Fund to bring a former Israeli military officer to campus to define the criteria necessary to make drone warfare and targeted...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week: Israeli soldiers teargas themselves
Photo credit: Hamde Abu Rahma Date taken: February 7, 2014 Location: Bil’in, West Bank, Palestine Israeli soldiers quickly evacuate a military jeep after setting off tear gas canisters inside of the...
View ArticleU of Chicago students protest cultural appropriation, misinformation at...
This past Tuesday, the University of Chicago Friends of Israel (CFI) and Hillel teamed up with StandWithUs to host an Israel Independence Day celebration on campus. The event was advertised as a...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week: The world shouts for Gaza
Photo credit: Muhammad Hamed Date taken: July 11, 2014 Location: Amman, Jordan A protester chants behind a Palestinian flag during a protest demanding an end to Israel’s latest assault on the Gaza...
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