Emma Li

Overview

Emma Li [Emma Mei Li] has spread bigotry and promoted hatred of America and the police. Li has also glorified violence, expressed support for a domestic terrorist, spread incitement and demonized Israel.

Li was affiliated [slide 7] with Claremont Colleges (Claremont) Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter (Claremont SJP) in 2020. 

Li is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and promoted BDS initiatives at Claremont in 2019 and 2021 [Slide 21].

In Fall 2021, Li received a bachelor’s degree in Politics from Scripps College (Scripps), which is part of a consortium of five undergraduate colleges and two graduate colleges called The Claremont Colleges (Claremont). The colleges share a campus in Claremont, California and are alternatively known as “5Cs” or “7Cs.” 

As of February 2022, Li wrote on her Twitter bio that she was a graphic designer and included a link to her website tigerstepmom.com.

On January 1, 2022, Li wrote on Instagram that she “got into grad school.”

On September 20, 2021, Li wrote on Instagram that she was “making art that is political” and “recently started a new job and fellowship.”

As of May 2021, Li posted on Facebook that she was studying at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London.  

In September 2019, Li was listed as a summer “Communications Intern” for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, CA.

As of February 2022, Li used the handles “@tiger_stepmom” and “@god_pov” in her two Instagram accounts.

As of February 2022, Li went by the name “Emma YI” on Facebook. As of the same date, Li’s website said she was “Based in Los Angeles.”

As of March 2022, Li went by the name “valerie solanas’ gun” and used the handle “@tigermilf1312” on Twitter.

Bigotry

On April 30, 2020, Li tweeted: “I hate when white people post pics with their siblings like whats so cute? the aryan brotherhood?”

On May 19, 2020, Li tweeted: “White people like to do cartwheels and call themselves cr*ckheads when they could simply call themselves crackers”

On August 4, 2021, Li tweeted about her “NéW SHIRT DROP” for an anti-America shirt, writing: “for my beloved caucatians, an additional tax will be applied.”

Hatred of America

As of March 27, 2022, Li’s Twitter bio said: “i only see an American nightmare”

On May 18, 2021, Li posted on her Instagram Stories Highlights a graphic with text that read: “Israel shouldn’t exist, neither should the US, Canada, Aus–”

On April 19, 2021, Li posted to Instagram a self-portrait, with the words “DEATH TO EMPIRE!” where she was pointing a handgun with her finger on the trigger, while standing next to a burning American flag and two army helmets. The graphic also said: “WE’VE GOT A WORLD TO WIN!” 

Li began selling shirts with the image in July 2021.

On September 15, 2020, Li posted to Instagram an image of her artwork depicting a tiger with red stripes and blue stars being kicked and beaten by three people. 

The image said: “Paper Tiger, Paper Tiger - US Imperialism Is A Paper - Tiger We Are Not Afraid Of It! Look! We Crush It In One Blow!”

On July 5, 2020, Li shared on her Instagram Stories Highlights an image titled: “How To Burn An American Flag.” Text on the image read: “When symbols are burned & monuments destroyed, the ideas & institutions that they represent become diminished.”

On April 8, 2020, Li posted [slide 3] on Instagram a meme that showed a map of the U.S. with a large red “X” across it. The image’s text said: “NO USA” and “THE WORLD HAS PROGRESSED PAST THE NEED FOR USA.” 

On April 2, 2020, Li posted to Instagram an image of her artwork showing two individuals about to burn an American flag. Text above them read: “Practice disloyalty.” 

Li retweeted a July 4, 2019 tweet that included a video of someone burning an American flag and using it to light a cigarette. Li commented: “happy 4th everyone!”

Hatred of the Police

On December 5, 2018, Li tweeted: “Someone needs to remind me that hating the police is not a personality trait.”

On July 1, 2019, Li tweeted: “All of the kamala [Harris] a** kissing I’m seeing has me literally having dreams about physically fighting cops”

On December 12, 2019, Li posted on Instagram an image of her artwork depicting a woman stomping on the face of a policeman.

On March 24, 2020, Li posted on Instagram an image of her artwork depicting a skateboarder running over a police officer. Text on the skateboard said: “F**K PIGS!”

On May 31, 2020, Li posted on Instagram an image of her artwork that portrayed a police cruiser with smashed windows, engulfed in flames. The car’s license plate said: “PIGS.” Text in the image said: “Love Now, Peace Later.” 

On June 5, 2020, Li posted to Instagram an image of her artwork showing a tiger eating a policeman’s arm, along with a broken police badge. Text on the image said: “We Dismantle What Harms Us and Feed What Heals US.” 

In the same Instagram post, she wrote a comment that said: “If your org needs anti police/prison graphics DM me and I will donate my time** unless ur [you are] a giant nonprofit that can pay lol [laugh out loud].”

In the post’s comments, Li also used the hashtag: “#acab.”

“ACAB” is an acronym that stands for “All cops are bastards.”

On June 7, 2020, Li posted to Instagram an image of her artwork depicting a line of police cars flanked by two suspicious characters. The image said: “WARNING - The Neighbors of this Community are Organized Against White Supremacy.” 

On June 23, 2020, Li posted on Instagram a graphic that said: “ABOLISH THE COP IN YOUR HEAD.” She wrote: “Yes, the cop in your head is a bastard too!!”

On September 30, 2020, Li tweeted an image of her artwork showing a tiger eating a policeman’s arm. In her tweet, Li wrote: “When has ‘law and order’ ever kept our communities safe?”

Glorifying Violence

On December 12, 2019, Li posted to Instagram an image of her artwork depicting a woman punching an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier in the face.

On May 20, 2021, Li shared [slide 38] to her Instagram Stories Highlights a post with a graphic of a keffiyeh-masked soldier holding an AK-47 rifle. The image had the text: “Lay Down Your Life For The People.”

The same post said: “comrades also keep your eyes and attention towards 🇵🇸 [Palestine] as they fight against fascist terror, and keep mobilizing! : : : #liberation #socialism #communism #selfsacrifice #servethepeople #forthepeople #revolutionary #agitprop.” She shared her post during Israel’s Operation Guardian of the Walls (OGW) against Hamas. 

In May 2021, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists fired over 4,300 rockets from Gaza at major population centers in Israel. Israel responded by launching OGW, carrying out targeted military strikes in Gaza.

On May 26, 2021, Li shared to her Instagram Stories Highlights a post with a graphic of a woman holding a handgun, with her head wrapped in a keffiyeh. The image said: “Palestine Will Be Free.” 

The same post that Li shared included the hashtags: “#posterart #marxismleninism #freepalestine #agitprop #liberation #revolution #communist.”

Supporting a Domestic Terrorist

On November 28, 2019, Li posted to Instagram a photo of Assata Shakur with the opening two lines from Shakur’s poem “Youngblood,” which said: “They Think They Killed You But I Saw You Yesterday.” Li commented: “Youngblood!”

Assata Shakur was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper and wounding another in 1973 while a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA). She escaped from prison in 1979 and fled to Cuba in 1984, where she resides today. She is listed on the FBI Most Wanted Terror List under her legal name, Joanne Deborah Chesimard.

Li retweeted a June 5, 2020 tweet that read: “I hope Assata is thriving right now in Cuba and just having a wonderful day.”

Li retweeted a September 21, 2020 tweet that read: “Marylin Buck robbed banks in support of the Black Liberation Movement and did a bid for helping Assata Shakur escape prison. Now that's a white woman that led by example! She loved that she believed.”

In 1985, BLA member Marilyn Buck was convicted of participating in the 1979 escape of domestic terrorist Assata Shakur from a New Jersey prison. 

Spreading Incitement

On May 24, 2021, Li shared [slide 43] on her Instagram Stories Highlights a post that claimed: “The Zionist entity...assaulted worshippers at Al Aqsa & continued its apartheid violence in Sheikh Jarrah… The Zionists struck first in 1947 & its been fascist terror ever since.”



Incitement surrounding the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and Sheikh Jarrah were leading factors in Hamas and PIJ initiating rocket fire against Israeli civilians, which led to OGW.

On May 15, 2021, Li tweeted a photo of protesters waiving Palestinian flags at an anti-Israel rally in Los Angeles. Li commented: “I cannot believe LA turnout today it was so BEAUTIFUL #INTIFADA”

Since the early 2000s, the term “intifada,” which translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection,” has carried the connotation of violence.  

On May 15, 2021, Li shared to her Instagram Stories Highlights an illustration of a person wearing a keffiyeh while holding a rock, along with the text: “Intifada Until Apartheid Fails.” 

The same day, Li shared [slide 21] a photo to her Instagram Stories Highlights showing protestors with Palestinian flags at an anti-Israel rally in Los Angeles, with the text: “Long live the intifada.”

On May 12, 2021, Li posted to Instagram an image of her artwork depicting herself and two friends masked with keffiyehs, with Marxist books and text reading: “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free!” 

“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” is a chant calling to dismantle the State of Israel. It has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state.

Li commented: “#saveSheikhJarrah Palestine will be free and empire will crumble within our lifetimes 🇵🇸 very thankful especially now for my friends’ brilliant revolutionary minds who are so inspiring and upliftingvictory will be ours! #INTIFADA”

On May 10, 2021, Li shared to her Instagram Stories Highlights a post [slide 2] with an image showing a keffiyeh-masked man with a slingshot and a rock in it.   

The post that Li shared read: “The Zionists want to wipe out the Palestinians and take all of their land- and the Fascist Pigs of the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] are killing Palestinians constantly! But Palestine fights back and won’t ever lay down and accept this terror.”

Demonizing Israel

On May 24, 2021, Li shared on her Instagram Stories Highlights a post [slide 2] by Ahmad Abuznaid, the Executive Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), which claimed: “Israel has declared war against Palestinians who dare to resist its colonial project and demand freedom.” 

On May 24, 2021, Li posted [slide 43] on her Instagram Stories Highlights a post that said: “Also plz [please] stop talking about anti-Semitism. Trust me, what your Jewish friends need is the end of Zionism.”

Zionism is the belief that Jews have the right to self-determination in their own national home, and the right to develop their national culture.

On May 20, 2021, when Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire to end OGW, Li shared on her Instagram Stories Highlights a post by Diana Buttu which read: “This isn’t a ‘ceasefire’ - never is. Israel will continue to kill Palestinians by land, sea and air in the coming days, weeks and months as it has done with every ‘ceasefire.’”

Former Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) spokesperson Diana Buttu served in the PLO during the second intifada when the PLO, under the auspices of Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, carried out terror attacks and suicide bombings against Israeli civilians.

Also on May 20, 2021, during OGW, Li shared on her Instagram Stories Highlights a screenshot with text that said: “This is genocide. This is genocide. THIS IS GENOCIDE.”

SJP Activism

On May 7, 2020, Li featured [slide 7] in an Instagram photo posted by fellow Claremont SJP activist Priya Prabhakar posing with other Claremont SJP activists in front of a display meant to demonize Israel’s security barrier. Li wrote in the comments: “Upon closer inspection we rlly [really] didn’t have to be that hot in the apartheid wall pic.”

Mock “apartheid” walls have been constructed by SJP groups on campuses to draw attention to alleged Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians. 

Israel’s security barrier, 97 percent of which is a low chain-link barrier, was built as a deterrent to Palestinian terror attacks. The concrete portions of the fence were built in response to Palestinian sniper attacks.

 
On November 19, 2019, Li shared [slide 7] on her Instagram Stories Highlights an image promoting a Claremont SJP event titled: “From PR [Puerto Rico] to Palestine: Preserving the History of Int'l Struggle.”

On March 27, 2019, Li promoted [slide 3] on her Instagram Stories Highlights an image promoting a Claremont SJP event, titled: “Open Air & Cages: Prison Abolition from Attica to Gaza.” 

The event was co-hosted by Claremont Prison Abolition, a group that Li was an organizer with as a student. Li shared to Instagram a Facebook page announcing the event and wrote: “Come thru for our COLLAB!!!!!!”

Supporting BDS

On June 1, 2021, Li posted to Instagram an image promoting a BDS campaign called “Block the Boat” that sought to stop a cargo ship owned by ZIM, an Israeli shipping company, from docking in Oakland, CA. The campaign was organized by the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC). 

From May 16-31, Li posted to her Instagram Stories Highlights multiple images supporting the “Block the Boat” BDS campaign. 

On May 13, 2021, Li promoted [slide 18] on her Instagram Stories Highlights a USCPR initiative to end U.S. military aid to Israel. 

On May 11, 2021, Li posted to Instagram an image of her artwork that read: “from the river to the sea palestine will be free!” Li commented: “Within our lifetimes#savesheikhjarrah #bds.”

On May 21, 2019, Li shared [slide 5] on her Instagram Stories Highlights a screenshot with the words: “did y’all really think music would end colonization? Artists playing israel...are choosing to IGNORE Palestinian calls for BDS to instead make more money!” 

Supporting a 2019 Pitzer BDS Campaign

In March 2019, Li signed a Claremont SJP petition in support of a motion at Pitzer College (Pitzer), which is part of Claremont Colleges, to end its study abroad program with the University of Haifa. In March and June 2019, she also promoted [slide 1] the campaign [slide 6] on Instagram.  On April 15, 2021, Claremont SJP and 5C JVP introduced their resolution to the ASPC Senate that mandated ASPC compliance with BDS. 

The resolution was titled [p.1], “Banning the Use of ASPC Funding to Support the Occupation of Palestine” and it required [p.2] that ASPC “internal spending” could not be used on products or services from companies that “knowingly support the Israeli occupation of Palestine.” 

The Claremont SJP and 5C JVP resolution cited [p.2] a list of mostly Israeli companies compiled by the United Nations Human Rights Council as a guide for which companies to boycott. ASPC internal spending includes multiple items such as funding 5C student clubs and student-run events. 

The resolution created [p.2] an oversight role for Claremont SJP over the ASPC-run Coop Store and the Coop Fountain restaurant. ASPC would “work in tandem with members of SJP, and other pertinent parties, to perform an annual check on the ASPC’s businesses to ensure all goods sold adhere to the guidelines outlined in this resolution.”

The resolution also said [p.2]: “Clubs that fail to divest and/or refrain from such uses of funding would face the loss of all Claremont Colleges Student Government Association funds.” This clause effectively mandated BDS compliance even for pro-Israel and Jewish student organizations like Claremont Hillel and Claremont Chabad.

Claremont Colleges pool mandatory student activity fees and distribute the money to the 5C student governments. ASPC provides almost 47% of the funding for all 5C clubs, although each 5C student government can fund 5C clubs. 

In spring 2021, ASPC gave more than $10,000 to 5C clubs. It also gave $30,000 for student-run events at Pomona that were coordinated through the ASPC’s Pomona Events Committee (PEC). The full ASPC spring 2021 budget was $216,700. 

The Claremont SJP and Claremont JVP resolution also said [p.2] that ASPC’s “end goal” would be to lead other 5C student governments to pass similar BDS resolutions.

On April 22, 2021, the ASPC Senate passed the resolution with a vote of 10-0-0. Five senators were not present, representing one third of ASPC Senate’s 15 seats.

On the same day, Claremont SJP issued a press release calling the resolution’s passage “an important first step in reducing our complicity with a country that maintains an illegal military occupation and regularly commits crimes against humanity against the indigenous Palestinian population.”

On April 23, 2021, following criticism of the resolution reportedly among campus and national Jewish groups, Pomona President G. Gabrielle Starr sent an email to the student body opposing the resolution. Starr said that requiring student clubs to boycott Israel was “deeply concerning.” He said that since the vote “was held without representation from any student opposition,” the ASPC Senate should “reverse course and allow for full discussion.” 
 
On April 29, 2021, the ASPC Senate held a Zoom meeting that included a “comment period” for student senators and student guest speakers to express their feedback on the resolution. 

On April 30, 2021, the ASPC Senate reportedly decided to “table the resolution” for further discussion on the resolution’s call to deny funding to student clubs that failed to adhere to BDS.

On May 6, 2021, the ASPC Senate reportedly passed a modified resolution that omitted the original clause forcing student clubs funded by ASPC to comply with BDS.

Supporting a 2021 Pomona BDS Resolution

On May 15, 2021, Li promoted [slide 21] on her Instagram Stories Highlights a petition titled: “Calling on Pomona’s Administration: Stand With Palestine!”

The petition condemned Pomona President G. Gabrielle Starr’s veto of the BDS resolution at Pomona College (Pomona), one of the undergraduate colleges at Claremont, and claimed the university “by nature of their endowment investments as well as their significant federal tax bills, are complicit in perpetuating Israeli apartheid.”

Claremont SJP and the campus Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) chapter (5C JVP) co-sponsored the resolution in the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) Senate, the Pomona student government. The resolution compelled BDS compliance for ASPC campus stores and student clubs receiving ASPC funding.On November 8, 2018, Pitzer College faculty reportedly voted for a motion to suspend Pitzer’s Haifa program, which Pitzer had run since 2007. Professor Daniel Segal, the Claremont SJP and Claremont JVP faculty advisor, led the boycott campaign. 

The faculty motion was a non-binding recommendation to Pitzer President Melvin L. Oliver. The motion called for the “suspension of the College’s exchange with Haifa University, until (a) the Israeli state ends its restrictions on entry to Israel based on ancestry and/or political speech and (b) the Israeli state adopts policies granting visas for exchanges to Palestinian universities on a fully equal basis as it does to Israeli universities.”

After the faculty vote, the motion was sent to the Pitzer College Council (PCC), Pitzer’s “primary legislative body,” which “votes on policy recommendations forwarded by the faculty as well as committees.” The PCC includes faculty and student senators who issue recommendations to the Pitzer president. The president is then free to approve or disapprove the recommendations.

On November 18, 2018, Claremont SJP issued a statement supporting the pro-BDS faculty vote, saying that it was “imperative” to end the “deeply problematic” Haifa program. Claremont SJP also circulated a petition to the public titled, “No Academic Freedom Under Occupation,” which accused Israel of having “increasingly draconian policies” and employing a “systemic practice of racial discrimination.”

On November 29, 2018, President Oliver responded to the faculty recommendation, opposing it and calling it a “repudiation of our educational mission… an anathema to Pitzer’s core values.” Oliver also questioned the faculty in singling out Israel for special scrutiny among foreign countries like China and Nepal where Pitzer also has study abroad programs.

On March 14, 2019, the PCC passed an amended motion to end the Haifa program. Segal co-sponsored the motion along with Pitzer Professor Claudia Strauss, who served as the Chair of the Pitzer Faculty Executive Committee (FEC). Their motion was a non-binding recommendation for Oliver and it passed with 68 voting in favor, 25 against and eight abstentions.

The amended motion outlined a “uniform policy” ending study abroad programs in countries that “restrict entry on the basis of either (a) legally protected political speech or (b) race or ancestry (as distinct from citizenship).” The motion claimed that the Haifa program violated the “uniform policy” and would be suspended immediately.

Also on March 14, 2019, Oliver released a statement declining to implement the PCC motion, where he said: “By singling out Israel, the recommendation itself is prejudiced.” 

In the statement, Oliver also said: “Although some claim that this is not an academic boycott of Israel, I disagree. The recommendation puts in place a form of academic boycott of Israel and, in the process, sets us on a path away from the free exchange of ideas, a direction which ultimately destroys the academy’s ability to fulfill our educational mission.”

On the same day, Pitzer’s student newspaper, The Student Life, reported: “In advance of the Haifa vote, the organization [Claremont SJP] has focused on outreach to Pitzer faculty and student senators, and on building a coalition of other campus groups.”

On March 15, 2019, Claremont SJP posted on Facebook that they would “continue to organize to suspend Haifa and demand that President Oliver reverse his decision.” Claremont SJP also posted an online petition demanding Oliver rescind his veto of the PCC motion and included the hashtag “#ProApartheidOliver.”

On March 25, 2019, Claremont SJP posted a Facebook event page for its “Palestine Freedom Weeks,” scheduled for March 25 to April 7, 2019. The event page promoted the BDS campaign against the Haifa program and used the hashtags “#SuspendPitzerHaifa” and “#MelvinWontListen.”

On March 31, 2019, the Pitzer College Student Senate, the student government,introduced two resolutions at an “Emergency Meeting” called to address the Haifa program boycott campaign.

Claremont SJP members Shay Lari-Hosain and Jorj Chisam-Majid were among the co-sponsors for the first resolution, which said: “The Pitzer College Student Senate votes no confidence in President Melvin Oliver and, if President Oliver does not retract his anti-democratic decision by the end of the day on April 11, 2019, call for his immediate resignation or removal from office.” 

Pitzer Senate president Shivani Kavuluru and vice presidents Kamyab Mashian and Dawson Reckers were among the co-sponsors for the second resolution. Their resolution censured Oliver for keeping the Haifa program and demanded that Oliver reverse his veto. 

On April 7, 2019, the Pitzer Senate reportedly voted down the resolution of no confidence with 12 for and 20 against. The resolution censuring Oliver passed 29-0.

Claremont SJP - Overview  

Claremont SJP has expressed support for terrorists, called for Israel’s destruction and rejected dialogue. The group has also demonized Israel, promoted anti-Israel agitators and campaigned for the BDS movement.

Claremont SJP - Supporting Terrorists 2020-2021  

As of July 2021, Claremont SJP had signed a petition called the “Palestinian Students Solidarity Campaign” that was launched by the anti-Israel NGO Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (Samidoun).

The petition supported Palestinian students detained or incarcerated by Israel for participating in terror-related activities and direct terror activity. Among them was Mays Abu Ghosh, Bir Zeit University student who was arrested by Israel for activism in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group.

Samidoun advocates for the release of all Palestinian prisoners, many of whom are members of Hamas or other terror groups like the PFLP. Multiple Samidoun activists have been identified as PFLP members, including Mohammed Khatib, Samidoun’s European Coordinator.

Claremont SJP - Calling for Israel’s Destruction 2020-2021

As of May 2021, Claremont SJP’s platform referred to Israel as an “apartheid state... that can only be dismantled through Palestinian national liberation.” 

As of the same date, Claremont SJP’s Instagram bio read: “Fighting for Palestinian liberation, from the river to the sea.” The same quote reportedly appeared in the Instagram bio as early as February 2020.

Claremont SJP - Rejecting Dialogue 2020-2021

As of May 2021, Claremont SJP’s platform read: “We reject any and all collaboration, dialogue, and coalition work with Zionist organizations through a strict policy of anti-normalization and encourage our comrades in other organizations to do the same.”

Claremont SJP - Promoting Anti-Israel Agitators 2019-2020

On November 14, 2019, Claremont SJP hosted a film screening event featuring anti-Israel activists Abby Martin and Mike Prysner, where Martin reportedly “defended Hamas and placed sole blame on Israel for the lack of peace between both states.” 

Hamas has been designated aterrorist organizationby the European Union, Canada, Australia, the United States and Israel.

Martin was a former anchor for Russian state news agency RT and Venezuelan state news agency Telasur. She has compared [00:00:13] Israel to Nazi Germany and spread anti-Israel propaganda. Martin’s husband, Michael Prysner has defended terrorism and has referred to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as the “Apartheid Defense Forces.”At the Claremont SJP event, Martin reportedly accused a Jewish student journalist of being “associated with ‘white nationalists.’” Prysner also called Israel an “attack dog” of the United States.

At the same event, Claremont SJP screened the film “Gaza Fights for Freedom,” which Prysner and Martin directed and produced. The film’s website said: “Gaza’s protest movement like you’ve never seen before. Filmed during the height of the Great March Of Return protests, it features exclusive footage of demonstrations where 200 unarmed civilians have been killed by Israeli snipers since March 30, 2018.”

On March 30, 2018, some 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza approached Israel’s border to take part in “Land Day Protests” or the “March of Return.” The March of Return 
was organized and funded by Hamas as a campaign of violent protests along Israel’s border to spotlight the demand of Palestinians to “return” to Israel. 

The “right of return” is a Palestinian demand discredited as a means to eliminate Israel.

March participants declared their intention to harm Jews across the border under the pretext of “peaceful resistance.” Participants also attempted to breach the border fence, which caused the Israeli Defense Forces to respond with live fire.

Claremont SJP - Campaigning for BDS 2020-2021

On April 15, 2021, Claremont SJP and 5C JVP introduced their BDS resolution to the ASPC Senate. The resolution mandated ASPC compliance with BDS, including ASPC funding for student groups, and created [p.2] an oversight role for Claremont SJP over the ASPC-run Coop Store and the Coop Fountain restaurant.

The resolution was titled [p.1], “Banning the Use of ASPC Funding to Support the Occupation of Palestine.” It required [p.2] that ASPC “internal spending” could not be used on products or services from companies that “knowingly support the Israeli occupation of Palestine.” 

On April 22, 2021, the ASPC Senate passed the resolution with a vote of 10-0-0. The following day, Pomona President G. Gabrielle Starr sent an email to the student body opposing the resolution.

Claremont SJP - Campaigning for BDS 2018-2019

On November 18, 2018, Claremont SJP issued a statement supporting a pro-BDS faculty vote to suspend Pitzer’s study abroad program with the University of Haifa in Israel, which Pitzer had run since 2007. Professor Daniel Segal, the Claremont SJP and Claremont JVP faculty advisor, led the boycott campaign. 

In March 2019, the Pitzer College Council (PCC) also voted to suspend the program, but Pitzer President Melvin Oliver said he would veto the PCC recommendation. The PCC is a body of student and faculty members who vote on recommendations to the Pitzer president.

SJP

SJP is a student organization engaged in anti-Israel activity on North American college and university campuses.

The first chapter of SJP was founded in 2001 at the University of California at Berkeley by Professor Hatem Bazian. Bazian has spread classic anti-Semitism, reportedly promoted religious anti-Semitism and defended the Hamas terror group. In 2004, Bazian called for “intifada” in America.

SJP organizes anti-Israel campaigns, including running annual Israel Apartheid Weeks, often in collaboration with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Muslim Students Association (MSA) campus chapters.

SJP has been a major force in pushing the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement on campuses. Chapters have initiated dozens of BDS resolutions in student governments, which have been proposed on or around Jewish holidays, a time when many Jewish students are off-campus.

SJP activists have reportedly physically assaulted, intimidated and harassed Jewish students, disrupted pro-Israel campus events and demonized pro-Israel campus organizations.

Chapters have often endorsed and campaigned for numerous terrorists and whitewashed terrorism.

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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