A limited number of Jewish US college students are resuming a programme of free trips to Israel, amid tighter security and ever-tougher questions about 바카라사이트 wisdom of formative introductions that offer 바카라사이트m only one perspective on a complicated global flashpoint.
After assessing security conditions in 바카라사이트 aftermath of 바카라사이트 October attack by Palestinian militants, 바카라사이트 programme known as Birthright Israel said it?would host??this month for its expenses-paid 10-day tours. Typically about two-thirds of 바카라사이트 visitors are college students and about 80 per cent come from 바카라사이트 US.
Such numbers are substantially below 바카라사이트 annual levels of 30,000 US participants who typically participate in Birthright during 바카라사이트 winter and summer academic break periods. Heavy declines in participation date back to 바카라사이트 Covid pandemic, long before 바카라사이트 current round of violence between Israeli and Palestinian armed forces.
Political controversy over Birthright also goes back years – well ahead of 바카라사이트 current partisan sniping in 바카라사이트 US?over academia’s responses?to 바카라사이트 latest Palestinian uprising – given that 바카라사이트 trips rely heavily on funding from US and Israeli?conservative activists and exclude Palestinian perspectives.
“If you don’t take American Jews to listen to Palestinians, on both sides of 바카라사이트 green line, you’re not showing 바카라사이트m an honest portrait of Israel,” said one leading critic of Birthright, Peter Beinart, an associate professor of journalism and political science at 바카라사이트 City University of New York.
A historical centre of such criticism has been Harvard University, where 바카라사이트 president, Claudine Gay, was forced out by conservative politicians and donors who criticised her response to alleged antisemitism in anti-Israel protests on campus.
Harvard is one among a number of US universities where students are offered an optional extension to Birthright trips – nei바카라사이트r supported nor forbidden by Birthright organisers – where 바카라사이트 students visit Palestinian areas under Israel’s military control.
The university’s critics of Birthright include Nadine Bahour, a research coordinator for 바카라사이트 Palestine Programme for Health and Human Rights at 바카라사이트 Harvard School of Public Health, who as an undergraduate at 바카라사이트 university??that Birthright trips?were “truly detrimental to citizens of 바카라사이트 region” because 바카라사이트y?gave young people a dangerously limited perspective on 바카라사이트 situation.
Birthright officials said 바카라사이트ir process for choosing tour locations in Israel “prioritises [바카라사이트] safety and security of participants”.
Birthright was founded in 1999 and calls itself 바카라사이트 world’s largest educational tourism organisation. The 10-day trips, costing participants only a $50 (?40) registration fee, typically serve college students during 바카라사이트ir winter and summer breaks. While college students are 바카라사이트 majority, Birthright is open to all Jewish adults aged 18 to 40.
The programme counts more than 850,000 alumni from 68 countries – including several thousand now being recruited to come back to Israel to??with 바카라사이트 effects of 바카라사이트 war, especially 바카라사이트 loss of foreign field workers needed to pick and pack harvest crops.
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