OPIRG: Understanding Israel as an apartheid state
There are some common misconceptions when addressing what we mean by Israeli Apartheid. By definition, apartheid literally means separation. It has its roots in the separation of people based on …
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While Israeli violence continues, international pressure builds
As settler attacks against Palestinians continue, a former Israeli Prime Minister has noted that the movement to hold Israel to account is growing. Speaking to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Ehud …
Trent4Israel: TCSA’s anti-Israel policy runs counter to Trent’s Values
Israel and its right to exist has been the subject of much discussion lately in North American media. Many of the mainstream media outlets covering this issue have unfortunately taken …
Trent Film Society presents: Lemon Tree
It has been two months since the ceasefire between Palestine and Israel, and media coverage on the conflict has dwindled and shifted its focus to other parts of the Middle …
Challenging human rights violations with optimism: John Greyson and Tarek Loubani open up about their experiences in prison
In the summer of 2013, John Greyson and Tarek Loubani were making their way through Egypt en route to Gaza for humanitarian work. Loubani, a physician specializing in intensive care …
The TCSA, Israel, and Irony.
I was told something about the TCSA that made me laugh the other day. It’s absurdity hit me and I wondered if they realized the irony of what they were …
The Institutionalized Anti-Israeli Hate Speech at Trent Must End
What the anti-Israel fervour around Trent lacks in facts, reasoning, or objective analysis it makes up for in bigotry, insidious propaganda, and moral grandstanding. It is why they so easily …
Call it what it is: Israel is an Apartheid State
Apartheid is a crime against humanity which involves inhuman acts committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other …
Israel is not an Apartheid State
Photo by Haley Rosenthal Dubarsky The State of Israel was established in 1948. It has been disputed over, discussed and often demonized ever since. This article I write is not …
The Neverending Conflict: A Look at the Situation in Gaza.
Over the past few weeks we have been witnesses of an enormous amount of media coverage about the conflict taking place at the Gaza strip. The conflict’s ramifications are multiple …