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Students Launch Pro-Israel Campaign
October 15, 2002Comments (1) | Add | E-mail this to a friendHillel activists at the University of Michigan launched a pro-active Israel education campaign and captured headlines in the days leading up to the anti-Israel conference on campus. Hillel students placed emphasis on a new strategy, which called on universities to invest in Israel and celebrate its culture and future. "It is important for us to show that Israel is a valuable ally for the United States and that any campaign to convince universities to divest from Israel is simply misguided and wrong," said Michigan Hillel Board Chairman Eric Bukstein.
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Israel Supporters Rally on Campus Ahead of Pro-Palestinian Conference
By Rachel Pomerance
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 10 (JTA) — The headlines may be going to a pro-Palestinian conference set for this weekend, but Israel backers got a head start with a large campus rally in support of the Jewish state.
Some 900 students and community activists turned out at the University of Michigan on Thursday to show their support for Israel ahead of the Second National Student Conference on the Palestine Solidarity Movement, which begins Saturday.
Activists Gear up for Showdown at Michigan Divestment Meeting
By Rachel Pomerance
NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (JTA) — The anti-Israel divestment movement could enter a critical phase this weekend when Palestinian students from across the country gather at the University of Michigan.
The gathering, the Second National Student Conference on the Palestine Solidarity Movement, is sponsored by a pro-Palestinian campus group, Students Allied for Freedom and Equality.
Critics: Neither Side Wins with Divestment
By Jennifer Misthal
MICHIGAN With members of the University community still divided over the issue of divestment, pro-Israeli groups continue to warn that divestment will not resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
A campaign to remove economic interests from the region will affect Israelis and Palestinians, Michigan Student Zionists President Adi Neuman said.
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