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Spreading a message of peace from Israel, popular band The Fools of Prophecy rocked Harvard Law School’s Pound Hall in a concert on Wednesday night. To host the show, Harvard Students for Israel (HSI) collaborated with Israel at Heart—an organization that travels throughout North and South America and Europe to promote the well-being of Israel. The show, the first of 11 on the band’s North American campus tour, marked HSI’s first “cultural event” of the year, according to Amy M. Zelcer...
...whaling nations like Norway and Iceland have lined up unprecedented support in the IWC this year, and might even extend hunting to protected species like the humpback. "If Japan increases its hunting, it could devastate these whale populations," says Nicola Beynon, a spokeswoman for the Humane Society International (HSI) in Australia. But Japan's whaling industry argues that targeted species have recovered to the point where sustainable whaling is possible, and that the country shouldn't feel constrained by foreign sensitivities. "For Japanese people, whale is part of our food culture," says Keiichi Nakajima, president of the Japan Whaling Association...
...again. Australian Prime Minister John Howard last month sent a plea directly to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, though it had little effect. Australian newspapers have run story after fevered story on the barbarity of Japanese whaling. "People feel a lot of empathy toward them here," says Beynon of HSI, which unsuccessfully sued to stop Japanese whaling in Antarctic waters claimed by Australia. (It's appealing the decision.) Though Japanese fishing officials say more common whale species should be managed like any other marine resource, environmental groups argue that any kind of whaling is inhumane, and that whale populations...
Sponsored by Harvard Hillel and staffed by members of Harvard Students for Israel (HSI), the event featured upbeat pop music, informational booths, Israel-themed crafts, and Israeli food...
...times our image of Israel is colored by news reports and media hype, but there is a thriving Israeli culture, musical, literary, and artistic, and that’s what we’re here to celebrate,” said HSI President Sunny M. Yudkoff...