Tagged - Israel

From Mourning to Fear: How the Hijacking of Social Justice Changed my Campus Experience

Promoting such incendiary language under the guise of social justice does a disservice to the cause of peace and dangerously normalizes incitement to violence. Read More

Students protest for an Arms Embargo

Local community members joined students like members from the Rochester Committee to End Apartheid and the Party for Socialism and Liberation of the Finger Lakes division. Read More

The impact of campus activism that falls into misinformation: A Syrian’s perspective

When campus activists speak of Israel’s “senseless violence” or “systematic erasure,” they fail to recognize that Hezbollah itself has been a major contributor to this cycle of destruction. Read More

Blindspots: Dick Cheney is still a war criminal

The Iraq war was a mistake, which killed almost a million people, and the people who zealously ginned the U.S. into that conflict should be made into pariahs, not platformed and commended by presidential contenders. Read More

Rochester commemorates one year of war in Gaza, partaking in the global call to action

A collective life of culture and resilience, among other things, have been targeted and profoundly affected. Read More

What is meant by “never again?” Omer Bartov, an Israeli-American Holocaust scholar, tells us

Bartov claimed that the Holocaust is what sparked Israel’s justification of establishment with self-determination and right of return. Read More

Vigil mourning Israeli, Palestinian deaths prompts reflection on togetherness, peace

Rows of candles lined Hirst Lounge Dec. 10 as students and faculty gathered for a vigil to establish peace and mourn civilians' deaths. Read More

Blindspots: Listen to Israelis

Palestinians say Israeli officials want to violently expel them from their homes and take their land. Israeli officials agree. Read More

War in Gaza hits UR campus

Amid the release of several administrative statements about the war in Gaza, vigils, protests, and counseling sessions have hit UR’s campus. Read More

Cease-fire now

Israel's war in Gaza is fraught with crimes, has unclear end conditions, and isn't supported by the U.S. public. We demand a cease-fire now. Read More