Beyond Gaza lies a greater threat to Israel’s security: Iran and its proxies. On Wednesday, Israel shot down a Syrian drone that flew 10 kilometers into Israeli airspace. This comes as tensions along the Syria-Israel border have been tense as Syrian government forces, backed by Hezbollah militants, Iranian-affiliated forces, and...
What you need to know about Israel’s Christian minority
In the Gatestone Institute’s August report on Christian persecution, Raymond Ibrahim described the brutal, rampant and global Islamic persecution of Christians and other minorities, including violations of religious freedom, harassment, detention, torture, and executions. The accounts are too abundant and tragic to list in full, as many involve gruesome persecution,...
Remembering Operation Protective Edge and the Miracle of the IDF
Two years ago this week, Operation Protective Edge had just ended. Operation Protective Edge was a war in Gaza instigated by constant rockets fired into Israel and the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli boys. IDF troops were sent into Gaza to close up terror tunnels infiltrating into Israel and...
Yom Ha’atzmaut
Contributed by CAMERA intern Aaron Hunt. Today is Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, which occurs on the anniversary of 5 Iyar (May 14), 1948, when David Ben-Gurion announced Israel’s independence. This year, the fifth of Iyar falls on a Friday, so Yom Ha’atzmaut is celebrated today to avoid conflicting with...
Witnesses of History: The Meaning of Being Israeli
This piece was contributed as part of our Witnesses of History campaign by Amit Boukai, our CCAP Liaison from our CCAP group at University of Indiana, Students Supporting Israel A few loud booms woke me up from a dream early one morning eight years ago. I was 12 years old,...
In 1982, PLO Knew of Israeli Aversion to Civilian Casualties
A 2003 American Army Field Manual (FM 3-06) on combat in cities and built up areas, titled “Urban Operations” analyzes the Israeli Army’s siege of Beirut in 1982, which was targeted at removing the PLO from Lebanon. Paragraph A-7 states: “The PLO knew of the Israeli aversion to causing civilian...
Knotted Narratives
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is not pro-Palestine, they are anti-Israel. This may seem like the same thing (pro-Palestine and anti-Israel), but they are not. SJP seems to only rally around Palestinians who are being killed by Israelis. They don’t talk about the abuse of Palestinians in other countries,...