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Report on SJP at Kent State University, Ohio (June 2018)
Canary Mission investigated activists with the anti-Israel campus group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Kent State University (KSU), in June 2018.
This report includes 14 activists and 1 professor, who is also the SJP KSU faculty advisor:
Three leading SJP KSU activists deserve extra attention for promoting violence, expressing support for terrorism and furthering the agenda of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
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Chance Zurub — the 2018 SJP KSU president— tweeted: “Long live the Intifada, long live the resistance and long like Palestine. #HandsOffJerusalem.”
Zurub also tweeted: “The only Israeli food that they [Israelis] eat is the blood of the Palestinian people.”
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Subhi Husien tweeted: “BDS is important for weakening the Zionist entity but violent revolution will be the only solution to gain liberation.” Husien has repeatedly expressed support for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror organization on Twitter.
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Lama Abu Amara wrote in her Twitter profile: “Globalize the Intifada
Decolonize Palestine.”
Abu Amara also tweeted: “‘Never again.’-The Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto. Never again for them, but their descendants think otherwise. #BoycottIsrael #SupportGaza #Gaza.”
SJP KSU faculty advisor, professor Joshua Stacher has spread a wide variety of misinformation, promoted incitement and endorsed anti-Israel professionals.
As an organization, SJP KSU has shown support for terrorists and demonized Israel on the KSU campus and on social media.
SJP KSU Officers and Activists
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Chance Zurub
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Chance Zurub has spread incitement, defended terrorism and promoted hatred of Israel on social media. As of March 2018, Zurub was reportedly the president of SJP KSU. On December 23, 2017, Zurub tweeted: “The only Israeli food that they eat is the blood of the Palestinian people.” As of November 2017, Zurub was a student [00:01:12] at KSU, studying International Relations.
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| Joshua Stacher | |
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Joshua Stacher is an associate professor of Political Science at KSU. He is also a founding member of the Northeast Ohio Consortium on Middle East Studies (NOCMES). He was reportedly SJP-KSU’s faculty advisor, as early as November 2016. As of January 22, 2018 he appeared in the cover photo of SJP KSU Facebook group. On August 25, 2016, Stacher twice suggested on Twitter that Israel was committing a “genocide” of Palestinians. For more info click here. |
| Subhi Husien | |
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 | Subhi Husien has called for the violent destruction of Israel, glorified a terror group, shown support for terrorists and spread hatred of Israel and America as an activist SJP KSU. On January 24, 2018, Husien tweeted “settler” in response to a tweet with a photo of the Western Wall that said: “An evening visit to Jerusalem yesterday. Enjoy each day as it comes and appreciate everyone and everything around you.” As of January 2018, Husien’s Facebook page said he was an intern at the Cleveland Clinic and a computer technician at KSU. He was also listed as a pre-med student. As of September 2017, Husien was reportedly a junior at KSU, studying “exercise science.”
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| Lama Abu Amara | |
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Lama Abu Amara has spread anti-Semitism, defended the terror group Hamas and shown support for terrorists and terror financiers as an activist with SJP KSU. On July 26, 2014, Abu Amara tweeted: “Palestinians will rise to defend themselves when their rights are violated. Just like the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis. #Gaza.” As of March 2017, Abu Amara was reportedly a junior majoring in Chemistry at KSU. For more click here. |
| Yousef Mousa | |
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Yousef Mousa has shown support for terrorists, promoted incitement and spread hatred of Israel on social media. In December 2016, he was reportedly the president of SJP KSU. On July 17, 2017, Mousa shared a Facebook graphic that said: “Muslims third holiest site is open to Jews only. Apartheid at its best. #OpenAlaqsa.” As of January 2018, Mousa’s Facebook page said that he was a pre-med student at KSU, slated to graduate in 2018.
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| Padraigin O'Flynn | |
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| Padraigin O’Flynn has demonized Israel as an activist with SJP KSU. On October 31, 2017, O’Flynn wrote an opinion piece attacking Israeli actress Gal Gadot as a “white feminist borne out of an imperialist society bent on militarism” and labeling Israel a “settler colonial, militaristic, apartheid regime.” She is slated to graduate from KSU in 2019, with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science. For more info click here.. |
| Claire Bobel | |
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| Claire Bobel has supported anti-Israel activists and spread hatred of Israel as an activist with SJP KSU. Bobel retweeted a March 6, 2017 tweet that said: “Bassel al-Araj, Palestinian pharmacist, youth activist & writer, executed by Israeli forces in a raid this morning. Glory to your brave soul.” As of June 2018, Bobel’s LinkedIn page said she graduated from KSU in May 2018, with a bachelor’s degree in “Political Science/Public Policy.” For more click here. |
| Sage Dye | |
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| Sage Dye has shown support for a terrorist, spread hatred of Israel and shown support for an anti-Israel agitator on social media as an activist with SJP KSU. Dye retweeted a December 12, 2017 tweet featuring a video of terrorist Ghassan Kanafani rejecting negotiations as a path to peace. As of March 2018, Dye’s blog said she was a student at KSU pursuing a BFA in Fashion Design. Her LinkedIn page said she is slated to graduate in 2020. For more info click here. |
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Ethan Comeriato
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| Ethan Comeriato has shown support for terrorist, spread hatred of Zionists and Israel. He has also shown support for an anti-Israel agitator and promoted SJP KSU.
On November 7, 2017, Comeriato tweeted: “Scabs, Zionists, Racists, Homophobes, Sexists, and Nazis go to hell when they die.”
As of January 2018, Comeriato’s Twitter page said he is slated to graduate from KSU in 2020. For more info click here. |
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Grace Goodluck
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| Grace Goodluck has spread an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory and demonized Israel on social media as an activist with SJP KSU. On March 20, 2017, Goodluck tweeted: “If you support human rights, stand with the Palestinian people and against Israel's apartheid regime. #IsraeliApartheidWeek.”
On August 8, 2017, Goodluck tweeted that she would be graduating from KSU “in two weeks.” She majored in Political Science and on January 7, 2018, Goodluck posted on Facebook that she began law school at the University of Akron. For more info click here. |
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Austin Bashore
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| Austin Bashore has supported Hamas-led riots and spread hatred of Israel and America as an affiliate of SJP KSU.
On May 5, 2015, Bashore tweeted: “What's the difference between the United States and Nazi Germany? Nothing! You'll get shot in the ghetto in both countries!” As of January 2018, Bashore’s Facebook page said he was slated to graduate from KSU in 2019 and was studying “Teaching English as a Second Language · Mandarin Chinese · East Asian Languages and Cultures.” For more click here. |
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Alex Thornhill
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| Alex Thornhill has shown support for terrorists and promoted an anti-Israel agitator as an affiliate of SJP KSU. On March 9, 2018, Thornhill reposted an SJP KSU Facebook post where the group endorsed Thornhill for the KSU 2018 USG elections. He wrote: “Thank you to the members of SJP. I promise not to let you all down.” As of March 2018, Thornhill’s Facebook page “Intro” said he was an “Integrated Social Studies Major” and slated to graduate from KSU in 2019 and was a Undergraduate Student Government (USG) candidate for the Director of Student Involvement. For more info click here. |
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Talia Niwash
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| Tala Niwash has defended terrorists and demonized Israel on social media as an activist with SJP KSU. Niwash retweeted a February 6, 2018 tweet defending Hamas terrorist Ahmad Jarrar, who murdered Rabbi Raziel Shevach in January 2018. Jarrar was reportedly the son of a senior Hamas commander. As of March 2018, Niwash’s Instagram page said she was a student at KSU. For more info click here. |
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Jared Strubel
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Jared Strubel has demonized Israel on social media as an activist with SJP KSU. On October 21, 2017, Strubel tweeted: “Progressivism and feminism are irreconcilable with Zionism.” As of March 2018, Strubel’s Facebook page said he studied Political Science at KSU since 2015.
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SJP KSU Activity
Supporting Terrorists
On May 6, 2017, SJP KSU posted a Facebook video of its activists leading a “#SaltWaterChallenge” on campus “in solidarity with the 1500+ Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.”
The “Saltwater Challenge” was held in solidarity with Palestinian inmates hunger-striking in Israeli prisons. The strike was initiated by Marwan Barghouti, who was serving five consecutive life sentences for his role in suicide bombings and shooting attacks that killed five Israelis during the second Intifada.
Barghouti led the the Palestinian Authority (PA) terrorist Tanzim force and founded the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Barghouti also financed the guitar-case bomb used in the Sbarro Cafe massacre, where 15 civilians were killed and 130 injured.
More than 1,000 other Palestinian prisoners participated in the hunger strike — most of whom were also convicted for acts of terrorism.
SJP KSU retweeted a May 11, 2017 tweet that said: “Join us at 8527 S. Harlem from 10am to 7pm for #DignityStrikeChi in support of #Palhunger @Addameer @SamidounPP … ”
Addameer’s logo and images of Barghouti and terrorist Ahmad Sa’adat, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), appeared in the tweet’s photos.
Addameer advocates on behalf of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, including many terrorists such as Mohammad Allan — a recruiter for Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Addammer is reportedly an “affiliate” of the PFLP.
SJP KSU also retweeted a May 11, 2017 tweet supporting the “#DignityStrike.”
Demonizing Israel
On October 24, 2016, SJP KSU tweeted an image of a hand controlling a brain via puppet strings, captioned: “ISRAEL PUBLIC RELATION’S WAR IN THE UNITED STATES.”
The tweet promoted SJP KSU’s October 27, 2016 screening of the anti-Israel film “The Occupation of the American Mind.”
On May 8, 2017, SJP KSU claimed on Facebook that “Israel’s colonial domination over Palestinians” obligated it to adopt BDS. SJP KSU also wrote that it will boycott “any event that morally or politically equates the oppressor and oppressed, and presents the relationship between Palestinians and Israelis as symmetrical.”
On May 10, 2017, SJP KSU tweeted: “Reality: Israel is an illegitimate state that uses systematic war and apartheid to ethnically cleanse an entire population.”
On May 28, 2017, SJP KSU tweeted: “Israel continues ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian pop. as American college students take ‘birthright’ trips, complicit in Israel's crimes.”
Birthright Israel is a heritage trip to Israel for Jewish young adults from across the world.
On March 5, 2018, SJP KSU displayed its “mock Israeli apartheid wall” on campus, representing Israel’s security barrier. The wall included a version of debunked anti-Israel propaganda maps.
SJP KSU also displayed the “mock apartheid wall” in 2017, where it promoted BDS on campus.
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