Fifty years ago today on July 14, 1967, Jews returned to the Golan Heights, building a town in the region. Between 1948 and 1967 while the Golan Heights was under Syrian control, the Syrians used the region as a military stronghold, randomly sniping at Israeli citizens. Syria allowed the terrorist...
Israel Border Policewoman Hadas Malka Murdered in Damascus Gate Terror Attack
Security has been increased at the Damascus Gate, one of the entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, following the Palestinian terror attack where 23-year-old Israeli Border Policewoman Hadas Malka was murdered on Friday night. Malka was murdered and four others were injured when two Palestinian terrorists opened fire on policemen near...
New Enemy, New Strategy
How would you define what ISIS is? You might be tempted to say “terrorist group.” But ISIS is more than just a terrorist group. Like Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, ISIS controls territory and governs civilians. Policymakers, scholars, and analysts have fallen back on old, worn-out terms to...
To the Beat of Israel’s Heart
In the face of terror and anti-Semitism, Israel does not cease to strive for peace. Despite many antisemitic threats, terrorist attacks and the BDS movement at the forefront, the Jewish people still manage to maintain their unwavering hope for peace. An impressive line up of international artists performing in Israel, particularly in the face of...
Why ISIS Lacks Nuclear Weapons
Contributed by CAMERA intern Shoshana Kranish There are two huge names in the Middle East that stand at the end of any and all scales and spectrums: ISIS and Israel. if you’ve rarely seen these two in the same sentence, you’re not alone. ISIS has yet to attempt to invade Israel,...
I Stand with J Street and the UN: Give the Golan to ISIS
The following excerpt is from a satire by Gilad Skolnick, CAMERA’s Director of Campus Programming, and was originally published in the Times of Israel. It is time that we heed the United Nations and J Street’s (a lobbying group based in Washington D.C.) call against Israel’s control of the Golan Heights and...
A Double Standard for “Justice”
This piece has been republished in The Algemeiner. Jihadist fighters from ISIS are terrorizing Palestinians in the Yarmouk refugee camp outside of Damascus. Snipers are shooting people as they attempt to flee the fighting between ISIS and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Assad’s air force has indiscriminately dropped...
“I Am Kidnapped”
For eighteen days an entire nation waited with bated breath, eyes and ears transfixed onto televisions and radios hoping to hear of any new developments. Security forces had been working non-stop for weeks in one of the most comprehensive searches the country had ever witnessed, in order to locate Gilad,...