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Lara Alqasem, who was denied entry into Israel over her alleged support for BDS, is seen in the Tel Aviv District Court during a hearing on her appeal, October 11, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Judge orders Palestinian-American student to remain in Israeli custody

According to the state, it is enough that Lara Alqasem clicked ‘attending’ on pro-Palestinian Facebook events to prove she is pro-BDS. By Edo Konrad and Oren Ziv A Tel Aviv District Court ordered Lara Alqasem, the 22-year-old Palestinian American who was denied entry into Israel due to her political views and has been held by Israeli…

By Edo Konrad October 11, 2018

UC Berkeley students demonstrate after the student senate the student senate did not overturn a veto on a bill that would divest from American companies profiting off the occupation. (photo: Ramsey El-qarey)

How the Palestine movement taught me to confront anti-Semitism

On American university campuses, pro-Palestine activists are routinely smeared as anti-Semites seeking to destroy Israel. But contrary to what pro-Israel activists claim, the BDS movement has been instrumental in challenging anti-Semitism on the left. By Tom Pessah Anti-Semitism is unlike most other forms of hatred, in that it is both a form of bigotry and a false…

By +972 Magazine March 4, 2018

Haythem Noor, Amir Babayoff, Bryan Burton, Nicole Kontolefa and Jonathan Raviv in ‘Martyrs’ Street’ (Left to right). (Photo by Lee Wexler/Images for Innovation)

Israeli-Palestinian ‘normalization’ debate reaches NY theater

Palestinian solidarity groups and pro-Israel Jewish groups both stay away from a theater production that addresses the extremists on both sides of the conflict. By Misha Shulman “Thank you for reaching out to us, however, as SJP has a policy of non normalization, we will not be advertising this play.” This was the response we…

By +972 Magazine April 24, 2015

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Students for Justice in Palestine activists at Boston's Northeastern University protest the school's decision to suspend SJP for one academic year, March 2014 (photo: Northeastern SJP)

Beyond a polarized discourse on Israel-Palestine on college campuses

American universities will soon open their doors for the fall term. With the capacity to influence views on Israel-Palestine during this tense time of conflict, and mobilize future leaders on campus, it would be a shame to waste the opportunity with continued ineffective polarization. By Yasmeen Serhan Though Israel’s latest operation in Gaza seems worlds away for some,…

By +972 Magazine August 2, 2014