Billie Jones

Overview

Billie Jones has promoted anti-Semitism, whitewashed terrorism, spread hatred of Israel and expressed support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

As of May 2014, Jones was reportedly a beekeeper in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. On November 29, 2018, Jones posted on the social network site Busy.org referring to herself as “Urban farm girl.”

As of July 2019, Jones’ Facebook page said she studied Permaculture Design at Verge Permaculture community college from 2012 to 2013.

Promoting Anti-Semitism

On March 15, 2019, Jones promoted an image on Facebook that urged the boycott of “COMPANOES [sic] THAT SUPPORT APARTHEID ISRAEL.” 

The text accompanying the image said: “Soon you and your families will be forced by legislation to purchase the GMO poisons the Zionist Jews created to further their dark agenda.”

On March 3, 2016 Jones shared a photo on Facebook of Haredi Jews and Israeli police with superimposed text that said: “But 6 million Jews were killed in WW2 - and 1 million Asians, 416,000 US military, 5 million POWs… We all suffered in that damn war! Your 70 years of special treatment are over.” 

Whitewashing Terrorism

On March 20, 2019, Jones posted on Facebook referring to “two martyrs,” who she wrote were “shot dead by Israeli occupation soldiers.” 

Jones’s Facebook post referred to Ra’ed Hashem Hamdan and Zaid Imad Nouri, who were killed after they threw explosives from a car at Israeli soldiers who were guarding worshippers at Joseph’s Tomb.

Jones also said on her Facebook post: “One more Palestinian young man got killed by the Israeli Occupation Soldier in Salfit, near Ramallah, on the same night.” 

This was in reference to Omar Abu Laila, who stabbed and killed an Israeli soldier, stole his gun and used it to shoot at passing vehicles. Abu Laila shot Rabbi Achiad Ettinger, who died of his wounds.

Abu Laila was killed in an exchange of fire after shooting at Israeli troops trying to arrest him.

Jones concluded her Facebook post: “#bds #freepalestine #illegaloccupation #warcrime #palestine #stoptheoccupation #Nablus #Salfit #stoptheoccupation #Nablus #Salfit.”

Spreading Hatred of Israel

On June 3, 2019, Jones posted on Facebook: “Israel the terrorist state” and shared an article that reported that Israel struck Syrian military targets after rockets were fired from Syria towards Israel.

On May 15, 2019, Jones shared a picture on Facebook commemorating the “nakba” and wrote: “Though most believe this event began in 1948, in fact, Al Nakba began decades earlier… The genocide continues… #freepalestine.”

The term “Nakba” is generally translated as “catastrophe” in Arabic, referring to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term often used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by defining it as a catastrophe.

On February 14, 2019, Jones commented on Facebook: “Just another Zionist puppet put in place” and shared an article about Venezuela’s interim President, Juan Guaido, working to restore ties with Israel.

On February 7, 2019, Jones posted on Facebook referring to Israel as “a criminal apartheid state.”

On February 27, 2016, Jones shared a graphic of a map of Israel on Facebook that labeled the whole country as “STOLEN PALESTINIAN LAND.” 

On February 18, 2016, Jones shared an article on Facebook about the Canadian Parliament condeming the BDS movement and wrote: “Oh screw them! Bunch of friggin Zionist Nazis! #BDS #BOYCOTTISRAEL.”

On February 23, 2015, Jones shared on Facebook an article that claimed that Israel opened dams to flood Gaza. 

The allegation that Israel opened dams to flood Gaza was spread by news outlets including AFP France, Al Jazeera, the Daily Mail and Palestinian news agencies Ma’an and Al Wafa.

The Daily Mail issued a correction, that “In fact, there are no dams in southern Israel” and Al Jazeera retracted its article, writing that its accusation “was false. In southern Israel, there are no dams of the type which can be opened.”

BDS Activism

On June 14, 2019, Jones promoted on Facebook a petition authored by the Canadian BDS Coalition and supported by CodePink and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). She commented: “Just another #zionist bastard.”

The petition called on players of the NBA team, the Toronto Raptors, to refuse an offer by the team’s co-owner Larry Tanenbaum, who reportedly said he would bring the players to Israel if they won the NBA championship.

The petition said: “Say NO to being used as an ambassador to sports-wash an aggressive ongoing colonization complete with apartheid, genocide and war crimes.” 

On February 19, 2016, Jones shared to Facebook a post from Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) that said: “Boycott Israel Campaign - Get your FREE Sticky Notes now...CJPME is launching a ‘Boycott Israel’ initiative and offering Canadians free packets of Boycott sticky notes.”

Jones commented: “Oh yes! I’ll definitely be getting mine.” 

The CJPME Facbook post continued: “...Remember to send us photos!” and included a photo of a man smiling next to a sticker on a Keter product. The Keter Group is an Israeli manufacturer whose products are available worldwide.

The stickers read: “WARNING: DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. Made in Israel: A country violating...fundamental human rights...http://bdsmovement.net/ #BDS."

On March 6, 2016, Jones shared on Facebook a photo from the BDS Action Calgary Facebook page of a CJPME sticker placed on Sabra hummus and wrote in the comments: “I can’t wait to go shopping today.”

On the same day, Jones posted photos on the BDS Action Calgary Facebook page of various other products with the stickers attached and wrote: “Shopping was fun! #BDS #calgary #BoycottIsrael #barcode729 #humanrightsabuse #israelterrorizes #StopTheGenocide #RaiseYourVoice.” 

BDS

The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by Omar Barghouti in 2005 to challenge “international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism.” BDS is an allegedly “Palestinian-led movement,” although leading BDS activists have admitted [00:01:01] this is not true. 

One of the demands of BDS includes [point 3] what is generally known as the “right of return,” a demand discredited as a way to eliminate Israel. Barghouti said the “right of return” is a means to “end Israel’s existence as a Jewish state.”  

Barghouti has said that BDS “aims to turn Israel into a pariah state, as South Africa once was.”

In his activism, Barghouti has also said [00:05:55] regarding Israel: “Definitely, most definitely, we oppose a Jewish state in any part of Palestine. No…rational Palestinian, not a sellout Palestinian, will ever accept a Jewish state in Palestine.”

The movement has been linked to numerous terrorist organizations and received a public endorsement from Hamas in 2017.

BDS initiatives include calling on institutions and individuals to divest from Israeli-affiliated companies, promoting academic and cultural boycotts of Israel, and organizing anti-Israel rallies, protests and campaigns.

The movement’s most notable achievement has been the infiltration of university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, student governments and student groups, backed by their own anti-Israel members and affiliates, have proposed resolutions on some form of boycott of, or divestment from, Israel and Israeli-affiliated entities.

Boycott resolutions, although non-binding, have been passed by student governments on numerous North American campuses.

BDS activity is often aggressive and disruptive. It has been noted that universities that pass BDS resolutions see a marked increase in anti-Semitic incidents on campus. On one campus, when the student government debated a BDS resolution, reports emerged of violent threats against those opposing it.

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