Quantcast
Channel: Israel – Stanford Daily
Browsing all 38 articles
Browse latest View live

The Israel I have seen

As a high school student in Israel, Stanford attracted me with its community of creation and offered a unique opportunity to pursue my country’s favorite pastime—the creation of productive technology...

View Article



Why the Presbyterian Church (USA) chose boycott and divestment

As the Undergraduate Senate prepares to vote on whether to ask Stanford to divest from companies supporting the occupation, I thought it might be helpful for you to know a little about another boycott...

View Article

Why SJP is antithetical to Stanford values

“Don’t come back,” was the last thing I heard as I walked out of Stanford SJP’s (Students for Justice in Palestine) “Tears of Gaza” screening recently. The reason for this enmity directed at me? I...

View Article

Letter to the Editor: A dangerous premise

To the Editor: Recently, I read an op-ed titled “Ethics and efficacy of Israel divestment,” by Neil Chaudhary. I was surprised to see this article allowed in The Daily. It makes some distasteful and...

View Article

Tools for conflict, tools for peace

To the Editor: As I sat through Tuesday evening’s lengthy ASSU Senate debate about divestment from companies involved with Israel, I recalled that old line: If your only tool is a hammer, everything...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Thomas Friedman talks divestment at Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture

During a discussion with the Stanford community at Cemex Auditorium on Feb. 8, Thomas L. Friedman said he was “not for divestment” from companies allegedly aiding Israel. A three-time Pulitzer Prize...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Senate reverses divestment vote, passes resolution

After a re-vote at the Senate meeting on Tuesday, the divestment resolution passed, with a vote of 10 yes, four no and one abstention. Two Senators, Rachel Samuels ’17 (center) and Ana Ordonez ’17...

View Article

Stanford falls for BDS

After the resolution on divestment from Israel failed in the ASSU Senate last week following a heated debate, I wrote to The Stanford Daily with criticism of the resolution and the polarization it...

View Article


Divestment from Palestine: A human rights farce

The ASSU Undergraduate Senate has fallen prey to a highly politicized narrative surrounding divestment. By passing a bill to divest from “companies violating human rights in occupied Palestine”  this...

View Article


Photoshop: An unchecked evil

Photoshopping is an insidious practice with real consequences and measurable effects. The photoshopping of bodies that promotes unrealistic standards constitutes false advertising and goes further to...

View Article

Faculty members send letter to APIRL opposing divestment

A combined 135 Stanford faculty members have submitted two different statements to the Advisory Panel on Investment Responsibility and Leasing (APIRL) opposing the recent call for Stanford to divest...

View Article

What to talk about when no one is innocent

As the Stanford community debates divestment from occupied Palestine, two camps dominate the debate: Pro-Palestine students—represented by Stanford Out of Occupied Palestine (SOOP)—and pro-Israel...

View Article

An ineffective push for statehood: why the International Criminal Court...

Last week, Palestinians officially joined the International Criminal Court (ICC) in order to demonstrate a serious commitment to seeking the acquisition of statehood.  Doing so recognizes the...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

GSB hosts Israeli Entrepreneurship Fair

The Graduate School of Business hosted a career fair for Silicon Valley companies founded by Israelis in addition to some Israeli companies (RAGHAV MEHROTRA/The Stanford Daily). On Tuesday evening, the...

View Article

Board of Trustees decides not to divest from companies in Israel

In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, the Stanford Board of Trustees announced that the University would not divest from certain companies operating in Israel. The statement responds to a request...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Shultz, Kissinger congratulate four student winners of Shultz Fellowship

Four students received awards to travel to Israel. (QITONG CAO/The Stanford Daily) Winners of the 2015 George and Charlotte Shultz Fellowship for Modern Israel Studies were announced Wednesday morning...

View Article

Divestment doesn’t foster discrimination — Hillel and the ADL do

Recent unsubstantiated allegations by a candidate for Undergraduate Senate against the Students of Color Coalition (SOCC) have caused a media storm. Despite a lack of concrete evidence from the...

View Article


Anti-Semitism and J Street: Another view

To the editor: I take issue with the accusations of Emma Hartung and Melanie Malinas that the Anti-Defamation League and Hillel International, or the pro-Israel movement in general, fosters...

View Article

Gross misconduct in APIRL’s handling of SJP’s divestment request

The Stanford University administration committed gross misconduct in hearing and rejecting the divestment request submitted by Stanford Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Susan Weinstein, Chair...

View Article

Addressing differences within and without: An open letter from the JSA Board

The issue of divestment has caused serious discord amongst Stanford students, and the events of the last few weeks have demonstrated that divisions between campus communities will not mend themselves...

View Article
Browsing all 38 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images