This piece was featured in the Columbia Spectator on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. It was written by the Eric Schorr, 2011-2012 LionPAC President.

This week Columbia students will once again be subjected to the uninvited—yet ever-present and monotonous—propaganda of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This week, the Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine will promote its Right to Education Week, the focus of which will not be education, but the distortion and mischaracterization of Israeli security against terrorism as a system of oppression against Palestinians. Those of you familiar with the back-and-forth swinging of the pendulum between the two sides on campus may be surprised to find that, this time, one of the sides will be taking a different approach to the debate.

The discussion on campus has fundamentally shifted in the last two years—in that it simply no longer exists. The two sides cannot be aptly described as pro-Israel vis-à-vis pro-Palestine. Rather, the dichotomy has become pro-Israel versus anti-Israel. When one side promotes dialogue, conversation, and mutual recognition, and the other side preaches occupation, oppression, and apartheid, there is a clear disparity of issues and a break in the direction of the discussion. The two sides are no longer parallel in path. I could bore you with a lengthy diatribe of facts and figures, but I propose a different way of determining this new dichotomy: Ask members of C-SJP a series of questions.

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A recent article in Hadassah Magazine discusses the recent trend of anti-Israel activity on college campuses across the United States, and details efforts by pro-Israel students to combat such events and groups. LionPAC and Columbia are featured prominently throughout the article.

The article can be found here.

Please join us for the EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE of the most talked-about film in the press at the moment, Iranium. Director of this gripping film, Alex Traiman will speak afterward.

The event is taking place Tuesday, February 8th at 8PM across from the 34th St. AMC Theater, the movie will begin promptly at 9PM at the AMC. Please find additional info and signup information click here.

LionPAC will be going to Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 22 for our annual lobby mission and would love for you all to come. As you may know, our earlier attempt to schedule the mission was unfortunately cancelled due to inclement weather. The day-long mission is a great opportunity to meet with your congressperson to lobby pro-Israel legislation.

We will hold a mandatory training session in the week prior to the visit to Washington for everyone who plans to attend. If you have any questions about the mission, email Eric, LionPAC’s Director of Political Affairs at: ejs2161@columbia.edu or (215)-280-5509.

To sign up for the trip please follow this link:

http://bit.ly/cGdZ2y

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