Students shut down San Mateo-Hayward bridge; 68 people arrested, 11 jailed Caleb Smith and Catherine Zaw January 19, 2015 93 Comments Monday afternoon, Stanford students and community members shut down the San Mateo-Hayward bridge in support of the Ferguson Action national demands, which include the demilitarization of local law... Read More »
How can an Israeli support the BDS movement? Op Ed January 14, 2015 24 Comments How can I, an Israeli whose soul is deeply rooted in Israel, support an act that may lead to harm for myself and my own people? As an Israeli scientist, I may find myself in the obscure situation in... Read More »
In response to “An awkward echo: 1977/2015” Letters to the Editor January 13, 2015 22 Comments Activists are right to point out problems with the occupation, but failing to discuss the origin of these issues and trying to act as if this conflict is black and white is a disservice to intelligent... Read More »
An awkward echo: 1977/2015 Op Ed January 12, 2015 32 Comments Divestment weakens the multinational corporations which provide the infrastructure for and profit off of this occupation, making a genuine peace - a just peace - more possible. Make no mistake: as was... Read More »
Zionism, civil rights and Stanford activism: The case for productive education Op Ed December 2, 2014 13 Comments We are concerned, however, that the conversation erased moderate voices that acknowledge both Israeli and Palestinian histories and rights to self-determination, and did an intellectual disservice to... Read More »
In support of Stanford Out of Occupied Palestine and the oppressed Op Ed November 14, 2014 94 Comments No amount of dialogue and dreaming is going to influence well entrenched systems of oppression thousands of miles away. And therein lies the reason why Stanford Out of Occupied Palestine is a force... Read More »
The dream of peace vs. the nightmare of divestment Op Ed November 9, 2014 34 Comments When I was 15, I helped one of the Israeli families move out of their home in Gaza. I assured them that this good gesture would bring us closer to peace. But, instead, what followed since then were... Read More »
Searching for a partner for peace on campus Op Ed October 30, 2014 45 Comments There are many students on campus who would proudly stand up and voice that they are pro-Israel and pro-Palestine, against racism in Israeli and Palestinian societies, against the delegitimization of... Read More »
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