By Abram Shanedling

It’s that time of year again. School season is in the air. But amid all the chaos that comes with the start of this fall’s semester, it’s also important not to leave out your planning for your pro-Israel group and campus activism.

Here are a few ideas to consider that will hopefully help you better achieve your semester/year long aspirations.

Hasbara Fellowships recently concluded an exciting and very successful summer with two of its Hasbara Fellowships Activism Training Seminars in Israel. Seventy students from over 45 campuses attended the programs, which were based at the Aish HaTorah World Center in the Old City of Jerusalem.

With their new knowledge and tools, the students are excited and ready to return to their campuses.

By Alan Levine

After Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched direct peace talks yesterday, the parties reportedly agreed to work on a framework agreement and meet again in mid-September.

The media and other observers are weighing in as usual, but are too often distracted by the immediate and the trivial.  We hear about the individual leaders, the spirit of the negotiations, and of course the Israeli settlement moratorium. But Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts began nearly 20 years ago, yet there appears to be little discussion of the historical trends at play.  That's why it is important that campus activists keep the following Middle Eastern realities in mind.