Poll: Big drop in Israelis who see Obama as pro-Palestinian
The number of Israelis who view President Obama as pro-Palestinian dropped by 20 percent following his first presidential visit to Israel, according to a new poll.
The number of Israelis who view President Obama as pro-Palestinian dropped by 20 percent following his first presidential visit to Israel, according to a new poll.
Pro-Palestinian activists were denied entry into the West Bank from Jordan by Israeli authorities.
Lt.-Col. Shalom Eisner was dismissed from his command post following an investigation into an incident in which the Israeli soldier hit a Danish pro-Palestinian activist in the face with his rifle.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the country\’s security services to prevent pro-Palestinian fly-in activists from entering the country.
Voters in three Boston-area districts backed a nonbinding resolution supporting Palestinian rights in Israel.
The decision by Britain\’s largest academic union to drop its proposed boycott of Israel may not spell the end of the union\’s campaign to ostracize the Jewish state.
As part of UCLA\’s Palestine Solidarity Week, on Sunday, May 20, the Southern California Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid (CEIA) staged a forum titled, \”Israel, Zionism and Apartheid: The Case for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions.\”
\”Israel Independence Day, 2002 and Counting…\” read the sea of royal blue T-shirts adorning members of the UCLA Jewish Student Union (JSU) — a positive statement at a time when Jewish students are receiving a great deal of negative publicity on college campuses across the country.
More than 120 Jewish students, including JSU members, gathered at UCLA\’s Meyerhoff Park on April 11 to oppose an anti-Zionist rally organized by the Peace and Justice Coalition. The coalition, a new group on the UCLA campus, is an alliance of student organizations, including the Muslim Student Association, the African Student Union, Samahang Filipino, the Asian Pacific Coalition, the Vietnamese Student Union, Concerned Asian Pacific-Islander Students for Action, the United Arab Society, the Iranian Student Group and the Pakistani Student Association.