Thursday, December 12, 2024
Photo courtesy of United States Department of State, Wikipedia Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Nov. 18 that the United States will no longer consider the Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be “inconsistent with international law.” This announcement reverses the stance of the Obama administration which was […]
Photo courtesy of Kremlin.ru, Wikipedia Last Wednesday, President Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and directed the State Department to begin the process of moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act was passed in 1995, requiring the embassy be moved […]
Photo courtesy of HillelNNJ, Instagram An Arab-Israeli who was threatened for supporting Israel came to Ramapo College on Monday to speak about his experience and how the Jewish state is viewed in the Middle East. At an event sponsored by Hillel, Yahya Mahamid spoke about growing up Muslim in a […]
Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Beall, Wikipedia Athletes have a platform that not many other citizens have in this country. They have their every word written down, and their every movement recorded. With such a platform, players can use it to make statements of their own beliefs, which always receives mixed […]
On April 11, the Ramapo Hillel club, in conjunction with Hillel of Northern New Jersey hosted a visit from Israeli soldiers to discuss their experiences in the Israeli Defense Force. This event opened with an introduction from an organizer from StandWithUs, a pro-Israel organization that funds the Israeli Soldiers’ Stories […]
