Palestine-Israeli Conflict

A call for civil discourse

There is a distinct line with discussions about Israel between engaging in civil discourse and ethnic hatred.

By Judith S. Jacobson | Oct 27 07:27 pm ET

The Hypocrisy of Columbia’s Israeli Divestment Campaign

The truth is that certain groups are attempting to turn one of the most complicated foreign policy issues in recent history into a black-and-white campaign, wherein Israel is the sole wrongdoer.

By Joshua Gleis | Mar 8 10:25 pm ET

Israel, Gaza Student Groups Clash on Issues of Divestment, Apartheid

On Monday, one group of students demanded that the University divest from companies that profit directly from the Gaza conflict. On Tuesday, another group did just the opposite, calling divestment a way to deliberately single out the state of Israel.

By Kim Kirschenbaum | Mar 4 02:03 am ET

Divestment from the Israeli Occupation of Palestine

This week, a coalition of Columbia University students released a series of demands that clearly and forcefully lay the groundwork for the divestment of the University’s endowment funds from those corporations currently profiting from the illegal occupation of Palestine.

By Aaron Winslow | Mar 3 10:47 pm ET

An Angry Man in Davos

I was shocked when I watched on CNN as my prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, abandoned a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos called “Gaza: The Case for Middle East Peace.” My first

By Can Naiboglu | Feb 3 10:28 pm ET

Time to Acknowledge Palestinian History

This week, Palestinian students and others at Columbia will be mourning al-Nakba—the Arabic word used for the catastrophe suffered by Palestinians in 1948, when more than 700,000 were driven from t

By David Judd | Apr 28 01:35 am ET

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