In April, the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) at the City University of New York hosted aconference on "Homonationalism and Pinkwashing." If neither term is familiar, consider yourself one of the lucky few who has avoided exposure to the bizarre new inversion of language that seeks to turn Israel's history of generally respecting gay rights into the leading...

  An Israel divestment resolution was defeated Tuesday at the University of California, Santa Cruz with 19 votes against, 17 votes in favor, and three abstentions. The defeat followed a 45-minute student senate debate. "We are pleased that a divestment resolution was once again defeated, this time at UC Santa Cruz. We applaud UCSC's student senate for recognizing the complexity of the...

    On May 21, Luke Brinker wrote an excellent column titled "The flaws of ahistorical activism" illustrating the hypocrisy of the anti-Israel movement. In the article, he argues that the progressive policies of Israel's government are in line with the broader views of activists who dismiss it as an apartheid state. His analysis is accurate, though there are several issues...

  To those who follow the worldwide effort to undermine and destroy Israel, BDS -- the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement -- exemplifies the new wave of anti-Semitism. This movement is active on California college campuses, including UC Santa Cruz, where a resolution was presented to the student council. It calls for UCSC to divest from American companies such as General Electric...

  April's Israel divestment vote at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is just the latest unfortunate expression of how hateful an environment the anti-Israel movement can create for Jewish students and supporters of Israel on campus. I witnessed this firsthand during my four years as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley from 2007-2011. In 2010, when the last...