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Jan 22, 2025, 2:09 AM

Boone County Democrats Make Jews Feel UnWelcome

Recently, the Boone County Democratic Party co-sponsored an event called: “A People’s Rally.” Twenty-five organizations formed a coalition to sponsor the gathering. This rally was supposedly designed to make everyone in our community feel included. As KOMU News reported,...

Dec 29, 2024, 2:10 PM

My MU Police Report

This is a photo of the University of Missouri police report regarding a phone call placed by Rasha Abousalem. This police report was requested under the Missouri Sunshine Law, which allows freedom of the public to access information. All of the personal information, such as phone number and address, has been removed.
(Photo: Daniel Swindell)

My name is Daniel Swindell. I live in Columbia, Missouri, where the University of Missouri is located. For a decade, I have volunteered to help students set up Pro-Israel events. Recently, I was issued a Trespass Warning for peacefully...

Nov 27, 2024, 1:54 PM

MU Group Asks Students to Imagine Jewish Identity without Israel

A student group called “Progressive Jews of Mizzou” hosted a film called Israelism. At the end of the film, they posted a question on the screen: “Can Jewish identity be reclaimed and reimagined without Israel?” (Photo: Daniel Swindell)

Recently, I attended an event where students were asked to reimagine Jewish identity without Israel. In 2023, two Jewish men released a documentary film called Israelism. The story follows the transformation of a Jewish woman named Simone Zimmerman. She...

Nov 26, 2024, 10:32 AM

MU Doctor Hosts Film Justifying Suicide Bombers

Dr. Dima Dandachi and Isleen Atallah lead a discussion after the screening of the film, “Where Olive Trees Weep.” (Photo: Daniel Swindell)

Recently, I attended a film hosted by a doctor that justified Palestinian suicide bombers. Dr. Dima Dandachi is a medical doctor who works at the University of Missouri Hospital, as well as an assistant professor. Last week, Dr. Dandachi...

Aug 17, 2024, 10:22 AM

MU Professor Refuses to Debate Me

This summer at the University of Missouri, VOX MAGAZINE published an article featuring five people who accuse Israel of committing crimes against the Palestinians. A journalist interviewed Professor Michael Volz, who is the Director of the International Studies Program....

May 11, 2024, 4:27 PM

The Anti-Israel Protests are also an Anti-Civil Rights Protest

Oliver Brown was an African American pastor and welder living in Topeka, Kansas. In 1951, Oliver attempted to enroll his daughter into an elementary school near his home and his request was denied. Instead, he was instructed to send...

Jul 26, 2023, 7:37 AM

Zionism Is Not Colonialism

Rabbi Yehuda Hakohen is a peace activist living in Israel. He tries to create peaceful dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis based on the idea that the Jewish people need to confess to a crime. The sin he wants the...

Jul 1, 2023, 1:03 AM

The Colonialist Accusation was Created to Justify Violence

Abu Huraira was a companion of Muhammad. He reported Muhammad as saying, “‘Let us go to the Jews.’ We went out till we reached Bait-ul-Midras. He said to them, ‘If you embrace Islam, you will be safe.’” Rashid Khalidi is...

Jul 25, 2021, 1:23 PM

The Hundred Years’ War of Arab Propaganda

"Why is it that on June 4th, 1967, I was a Jordanian and overnight I became a Palestinian?" -- Walid Shoebat Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He recently wrote a book called,...

Jun 7, 2021, 10:51 AM

The Case for Jewish Indigenous Rights

“I think that we've had an invented Palestinian people who are in fact Arabs.” - Newt Gringrich Rashid Khalidi is a professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He recently wrote a book called, “The Hundred Years’ War on...

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About Me

Daniel Swindell is a Zionist. He has a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Missouri, and has studied in Yeshiva.