A handful of groups, led by Aipac, have been a powerful force in American politics – but has Israel’s war in Gaza changed the equation?A handful of pro-Israel groups fund political campaigns in support of individual candidates in US elections, led by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), a powerful force in American politics. Before the 2024 election, Aipac plans to spend tens of millions of dollars against congressional candidates, primarily Democrats, whom it deems...
The safety and security of Palestinians and Jews are interdependent, so we should use language carefullyIn reporting on the encampments springing up on college campuses across the US, the media seem to have convened a terminology confab and agreed on two descriptions: “pro-Palestinian” and “anti-Israel”. These labels oversimplify Americans’ opinions on Israel’s onslaught against Gaza, which marked its 200th day on Tuesday with no end in sight. But the error is worse than semantic.“Universities...
Protesters occupying a pro-Palestine encampment and pro-Israel counterprotesters clashed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus on Sunday as college demonstrations continue nationwide. Fights began between isolated members of the two groups before a counterprotest demonstration by the Israeli American Council, the Daily Bruin reported. Thousands gathered at the center of UCLA’s campus
Roughly 2,000 pro-Israel counter-demonstrators gathered at UCLA on Sunday to protest near a "Palestine Solidarity Encampment" that was set up last week on campus.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators attempted to drown out a pro-Israel march on Thursday near the New York City Ivy League campus of Columbia University.Student protesters have been holding a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia for over a week, inspiring a wave of other similar rallies at college campuses across the country and repeated accusations of antisemitism.The pro-Israel demonstration, dubbed "United For Israel March," was organized by the newly formed Columbia Jewish Alumni Association...
Reporter for the Evanston Round Table & Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism alumni Alex Harrison joins the Steve Cochran Show to discuss the campus atmosphere following a weekend of protests, the sense of unity among protesters, and he shares challenges he’s faced while reporting on the protest.
Columbia University has reportedly barred an Israel-born, Jewish professor from entering the Ivy League’s main campus, where pro-Hamas students have taken over, the New York Post reported.Shai Davidai, an assistant professor at Columbia Business School, has been an outspoken supporter of Israel and called for “a PEACEFUL sit in at Columbia’s declared ‘Liberation Zone’” on Monday morning amid the ongoing protests at the New York university.Anti-Israel students set up an encampment on the lawn at...
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'We should not have to tolerate antisemitism or bigotry for all Jewish students, whether they're pro-genocide or anti-genocide,' she said. 'It is gaslighting to impute that Jewish people are somehow at fault for being harassed and menaced,' said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt
What started as legitimate and even understandable student protests against the carnage in Gaza have quickly morphed into something much more sinister.
Speaker Mike Johnson has put 17 new bills involving Iran and Israel on the House floor schedule after Iran launched drone attacks on Israel over the weekend. READ MORE:
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