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Candidate for U.S. envoy: Israel must unilaterally quit West Bank
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s candidate for Israeli ambassador to Washington, Dr. Michael Oren, supports a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and an evacuation of most of the settlements.
The world must understand Israel’s motives
In the aftermath of the recent Israeli operation in Gaza, much of the world has an opinion, but few care to understand why Israel was forced to go to war in the first place. For the past eight years, civilians in southern Israel have faced a near-constant barrage of rockets and mortar shells.
Hillel activists rally for Israel and peace
The Muslim Student Association (MSA) and Hillel at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) hadn’t spoken to each other since a conflict flared between them several years ago. All that changed recently as the groups worked together to organize a peace rally on VCU’s campus.
Twitter-based news conference on Gaza conflict
Late last month the Israeli Consulate in New York held a Twitter-based news conference, inviting anyone to ask questions of the Israeli government about the conflict in Gaza. While activity around the conference blossomed, President-elect Barack Obama’s Twitter account has had little to say since Election Day last year.
Israel opinion piece
With the amount of missiles and gunfire hitting Israel and the Gaza Strip over the past month, it is hard to imagine why anyone would voluntarily take a trip there. However, most of Israel is a beautiful landscape far from war-torn, but seeing the country in pereson only makes it slightly easier to understand the endless territorial fighting.
Tort litigator discusses terrorism
A number of Law Center student groups hosted a seasoned Supreme Court and Circuit Court litigator, who spoke about claims filed against state sponsors of terrorist attacks. Steven Perles’s litigation practice at the Perles Law Firm, P.C., where he is the senior attorney and founder, includes many cases under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA).
“Obsession” provokes debate and discussion among students at University of Virginia
On a night of earnest reflection and heated debate, Hoos for Israel and Students Defending Democracy hosted a screening of the film “Obsession — Radical Islam’s War Against the West.”
Egyptian author speaks against intolerance
The Virginia Tech Friends of Israel brought Arab-American author and activist Nonie Darwish to campus to speak about her views on Islamic fundamentalism. As a child, Darwish was raised Muslim and was taught to hate Jews in Israel as well as having contempt towards many other countries.
Cheers and jeers for Iran U. Md. Jews celebrate Iranians, scorn their leader
Pro-Israel students at the University of Maryland are intent on voicing their concern over the strategic threat posed by Iran to both the Jewish state and the United States. “We wanted to make it clear, however, that our beef is not with the Iranian people, but with Ahmadinejad,” cautioned Avi Mayer, president of PITA, the Pro-Israel Terrapin Alliance.
Olmert speaks at JMU
Wherever Yossi Olmert goes, security is tight. “When I went to Atlanta last month, they insisted I travel with 50 policemen and dogs,” he said. “Do I look so bad to you?” he asked at the start of his speech Monday night, hosted by the Caravan for Democracy in Taylor.
