With summer being a popular time for traveling, many students choose to spend their break exploring the Mideast–sometimes through programs arranged by pro-Palestinian organizations. At least one negative report has already found its way into the mainstream media: The Danbury News-Times (Conn.) featured in the Perspective section an 8,300-word-long profile of Chris Towne (pictured), essentially giving him a soapbox to protest against Israel and plug the political science graduate’s blog.
And in the nearby New London Day, columnist Susan Ives comments on the disengagement while ruminating about her Gaza visit back in 2003.
Unfortunately, we’ve seen these kinds of summer break stories before. So if you have recently visited Israel and found your experiences different from those described by Towne and Ives, please write a column or letter to the editor of your local paper. If you are a student who just returned from a tour or program in Israel, prepare an article now for your university newspaper’s first edition of the year.
