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UAlbany Exchange Students in Israel Relocated to Jerusalem for Safety
 There are two University at Albany exchange students currently studying in Israel, and both are safe as the fighting continues between Israel and the Hizballah in southern Lebanon, college spokesman Michael Parker said. The college has been monitoring the conflict. It has no current plans to suspend its exchange programs in Israel, Parker said. (Business Review)
UCLA: A New Means of Political Discourse
by Sara Taylor
 Soon after hearing the news that Israel had bombed the Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Combiz Abdolrahimi opened a forum for discussion in the best way he saw fit - on Facebook. With a group that has drawn more than 2,600 members in less than three weeks, the third-year political science student joined thousands of his peers who have begun to use Facebook and other Web sites as a means of political activity. "(Facebook) is the main networking site between students and so it's easy to arrange things with a particular group of students," said David Fischel, a third-year mathematics and applied science student who created the group "Stop Iran" and is a member of several other Facebook groups on topics dealing with political issues. (Daily Bruin)
Duke: A Lebanese Woman Speaks for Israel
by Brigette Gabriel
  Remarks of Brigitte Gabriel, delivered at the Duke University Counter-Terrorism Speak-Out: "I'm proud and honored to stand here today, as a Lebanese speaking for Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East. I was raised in Lebanon where I was taught that the Jews are evil, Israel is the devil, and the only time we will have peace in the Middle East is when we kill all the Jews and drive them into the sea. It's time for everyone to stand up and support and defend the State of Israel, which is the front line of the war against terrorism." (Die Judische)
Harvard: Student Heads to Israel
by Leah Greenbaum
 Samuel Chang traveled to Israel last week - into the middle of a terrorism conflict - to study the very subject. "It's a really good opportunity, especially at this time," Chang majors in economics at Harvard University and has an interest in the financing of terrorist organizations. He said before leaving.,"The conflict there shows how important it is to solve this problem, combat terrorism and establish democracies." Chang is among 48 college students chosen by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies for its undergraduate program this year. The foundation aims to "defend democracy and defeat terrorism." (OCRegister)
Penn State: Students Express Support for Israel
 In response to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Lebanon, an effort has begun to unite Jewish students across the country and across the world. The national Chabad on Campus is compiling a "Unity Torah" to be sent to Israel. The Torah scroll will include letters of hope and peace from students in more than 40 universities across the country, including Penn State. "I think it is most important during this time of war for Jews both here at Penn State and around the world to show support for Israel," Laura Taylor, Penn State Hillel president, said. (Collegian)
UW-WC Lecturer Sees Ripple of Lebanon War
by Zak Mazur
 Since the latest flare-up between Israel and the Lebanese-based Hezbollah - which began when Hezbollah fighters attacked Israel on July 12 - Cyprus has once again turned into a place of refuge, this this time for thousands of Lebanese and other foreign nationals fleeing the fighting. University of Wisconsin-Washington County philosophy lecturer Richard Edwards witnessed the safe harbor up close. "There is a fear (among some of the Lebanese) about Hizballah taking over," he said. "They have seen what has happened to Christians in Iran and there is a fear that if Hizballah takes over, they would ultimately be treated as Christians are treated in Iran." (GM Today)
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Israeli Woman Monitors Conflict from Brandeis
by Christopher Rocchio
  Fifty-five hundred miles from her home in Israel, Rotem Sehayek has tried to balance studies at a special Brandeis University program with the harsh realities of the conflict between Israel and Hizballah. Some of her friends were in the middle of an exam at Haifa University when sirens sounded, sending them to a bomb shelter to escape Hizballah rockets. Sehayek has also spoken with her younger sibling, who is currently serving in the Israeli Defense Forces, and the two have talked about military funerals her sister has attended. (Daily News Tribune)
Carnegie Mellon: Campuses Heat Up
by Susan Jacobs
 Last week, as northern Israel was bombarded by Hizballah rocket attacks, the Jewish state faced a different sort of attack here in Pittsburgh. A group of pro-Palestinian students and community members organized a march on the Carnegie Mellon University campus on July 26, in which they protested so-called "Israeli terrorism." But their charges didn't go unanswered. With just a few days' notice before the march, Jewish students on campus organized their own peaceful counterdemonstration. (Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
Emory Keeps Israel Study Abroad
by Chris Megerian
 Despite increasing violence in the Middle East, Emory's Center for International Programs Abroad has not cancelled a fall study abroad program in Israel. But two of the five students originally signed up pulled out of the program earlier this week. Many people involved in the study abroad program do not expect the conflict to reach Jeruselum, where all three students will be studying at Hebrew University. Despite bombings and firefights in areas of Lebanon, some major parts of Israel have remained mostly unscathed. (Emory Wheel)
NYU Activists' Petition Deriding "Israel's Aggression" Being Circulated
by Matthew Chayes
 New York University activists who led a failed campaign to push the institution to divest its investments in Israeli companies are circulating a new Internet petition denouncing "Israel's aggression," "atrocities," and "state terrorism" in Lebanon and Gaza. At least 85 NYU students and faculty, in addition to some two dozen at Columbia and 19 at CUNY schools, have joined more than a thousand worldwide in calling for economic and political consequences. (New York Sun)
Stanford: Israel-Lebanon Conflict Stirs Local Tension
by Andrea Fuller
 David Cohen, board member of the Stanford Israel Alliance personally believes Israel must defeat Hizballah. "Unfortunately, fighting a war means there will be civilian casualties, especially against forces like Hizballah that use human shields, launch rockets from next to people's houses, etc." he said. "If the rest of the world will not let Israel defend itself against de-occupied areas for that reason, it will be very difficult for Israel to ever withdraw from more territory." (Stanford Daily)
Students Take Israel Petition to Annan
 A pro-Israel student petition was delivered to Kofi Annan last week. The petition, which garnered more than 43,000 signatures, was organized by Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. The document asks the U.N. secretary-general to "join us in clearly and immediately reaffirming the right of Israel to defend its citizens and ensure its security in the face of relentless attacks, killings and kidnappings by Hizballah." (JTA News)
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