I have found myself fortunate enough to witness more perspectives on the Israel-Palestine dynamic than most students. I am the external president of the Olive Tree Initiative at UCLA, a conflict analysis and education group. Read more...
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March 5, 12:00 am
Submission: Israeli-Palestinian solution requires cooperation
Community, Opinion
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February 28, 12:00 am
Submission: Continued UC support of sow birthing exhibit disappointing
Last July, as it has for more than 150 years, the California State Fair was held in Sacramento at the Cal Expo fairgrounds. As in previous years, one of the exhibits at the fair was a live birthing exhibit in which a sow gives birth to a litter of piglets during the fair. Read more...
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February 26, 12:00 am
Submission: USAC needs to reset priorities
Since September I have been director of community engagement for the General Representative 3 office of the Undergraduate Students Association Council. In this capacity I have been responsible for overseeing one of General Representative Lizzy Naameh’s platforms. Read more...
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February 25, 12:08 am
Submission: Divestment promotes anti-Israeli movement
BY AVINOAM BARAL, TAMMY RUBIN AND MIRIAM ESHAGHIAN At 7 p.m. Tuesday, the Undergraduate Students Association Council will be debating a resolution calling for divestment from five companies that have contracts with the Israeli government. Read more...
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February 25, 12:01 am
Submission: BDS movement detracts from two-state solution
BY DOR CARPEL AND GIL BAR-OR Coming from Israeli backgrounds, we’ve both had the struggle of supporting our homeland while at the same time fighting to end the continued occupation of the West Bank. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 24, 11:37 pm
Submission: Resolution supports divestment, not BDS as a whole
Since the beginning of this school year, Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA has been working tirelessly to raise campus awareness about the need for divestment (withdrawing our university’s investments) from companies that profit off the occupation of Palestine, and about the urgency of this issue to our entire campus community. Read more...
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February 24, 12:00 am
Submission: Context is crucial in USAC resolutions
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is predictable. Every year, the same issues arise in a slightly new form, with the same back-and-forth petty slate politics, the same anxious and politically charged underclassmen that want the taste of council experience and the same strong momentum that withers away as the year comes to a close and elections are in sight. Read more...