Entries Tagged as 'tikvah: students for israel'

Tikvah: Students for Israel’s false hope

SJP Protests Israel’s Attacks on Gazan civiliansYesterday, members of Students for Justice in Palestine held a die-in on campus in solidarity with the people of Gaza, 116 of whom were killed by Israeli attacks over the past few days.

In typical fashion, a small number of people from the new organization Tikvah: Students for Israel appeared to counter-protest. Their counter-protest consisted of a sign displayed ahead of our protest that read, “Victims of Palestinian Terror,” meant to confuse passers-by as to the purpose of our action.

Tikvah’s Sign to Misrepresent SJP ProtestTikvah’s actions are consistent with Israel advocacy campaigns in this country. They rely upon introducing a false binary. If Palestinian deaths at the hands of a state army are mentioned or acted upon, members of Tikvah and other such groups will instead attempt to draw attention to Israeli civilian deaths–as if it were impossible for both to be repugnant, and as if it weren’t the case that all of SJP’s events over the past 3 years that did not revolve around a specific incident mentioned both Israeli and Palestinian civilian deaths. Rather than recognize the deaths of all people, Tikvah instead engages in a competition to prove that the Palestinians are in fact “more evil” and thus that their deaths should be overlooked or ignored in favor of Israeli deaths. [Read more →]

ISRAEL WANTS PEACE!

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According to ASUC Senator Gabe Weiner, Israel wants peace. Really, it does. Weiner tries to appeal to readers by invoking Barack Obama and Martin Luther King Jr in support of his position (as if they support his position).

Pretenders like Weiner hijack the language of anti-imperialist and anti-racist groups by claiming to be examples of “peace” and “diversity.” And, of course, they never fail to invoke iconic progressive figures like Martin Luther King Jr. [Read more →]

Israel MTV comes to campus!

The MTV version of Israel is coming to campus tonight in the form of Israel 360, a way cool presentation with cool facts about Israel!

Tila Tequila might not be there, but we’ll still be able to liven it up by showing you the friendly, funny side of Israel! [Read more →]