Grace Goodluck
Overview
Grace Goodluck spread an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory and demonized Israel on social media. She has also shown support for anti-Israel agitator Ahed Tamimi.Goodluck is an activist [00:00:22] with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Kent State University (KSU). She is also a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
On August 8, 2017, Goodluck tweeted that she would be graduating from KSU “in two weeks.” She majored in Political Science.
On January 7, 2018, Goodluck posted on Facebook that she began law school at the University of Akron (UAkron).
As of the same date, Goodluck’s LinkedIn page described her as a “Political Scientist + Community Organizer.”
Spreading an Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory
On October 24, 2016, Goodluck retweeted an SJP KSU tweet showing a hand with puppet strings controlling a brain, along with the caption “ISRAEL PUBLIC RELATION’S WAR IN THE UNITED STATES.”The tweet promoted SJP KSU’s screening of the anti-Israel film “The Occupation of the American Mind” on October 27, 2016. Goodluck indicated on Facebook that she “went” to the the screening.
Demonizing Israel
On December 6, 2017, Goodluck retweeted a tweet that read: “You can't talk about oppression, genocide, colonization or racism and not talk about Palestine.”On July 25, 2017, Goodluck tweeted about a KSU pro-Israel activist, stating: “He's always head of Students Supporting Israel so he literally supports apartheid as well!”
On March 20, 2017, Goodluck tweeted: “If you support human rights, stand with the Palestinian people and against Israel's apartheid regime. #IsraeliApartheidWeek.”
Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) is presented as “an international series of events that seek to raise awareness of Israel’s settler-colonial project and apartheid system over the Palestinian people” and build support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. IAW has been re-named Palestine Awareness Week.
On the same day, Goodluck retweeted a tweet from anti-Israel propagandist Ali Abunimah that tarred Israel with “apartheid and colonialism.”
Supporting an Anti-Israel Agitator
On December 28, 2017, Goodluck retweeted a tweet supporting anti-Israel agitator Ahed Tamimi.Anti-Israel Campus Activism
On March 20, 2017, Goodluck retweeted a tweet from SJP KSU promoting its “#KSUApartheidWall.”On March 24, 2017, Goodluck indicated on Facebook that she “went” to an SJP KSU “IAW [Israel Apartheid Week] Palestinian Culture Night.”
On March 21, 2017, Goodluck indicated on Facebook that she “went” to an SJP KSU screening of a film, titles “Roadmap to Apartheid,” that compared Israel to apartheid South Africa.
On March 20, 2017, Goodluck indicated on Facebook that she “went” to an SJP KSU event titled “A Night in Palestine: Two Perspectives.” The Facebook event page said: “Join us as we define Apartheid using real life examples of the difference between a Jew and a Palestinian visiting Palestine under the control of Israeli Occupation.”
On that same day, Goodluck tweeted: “@feministculture please spread awareness about #IsraeliApartheidWeek, intersectional feminism means standing with Palestinian women
On January 24, 2017, Goodluck indicated on Facebook that she “went” to an SJP KSU meeting.
On January 19, 2017, Goodluck indicated on Facebook that she “went” to another screening of “The Occupation of the American Mind.”
On November 21, 2016, Goodluck indicated on Facebook that she “went” to an SJP KSU event titled “Zionism 101.”
SJP KSU - Supporting Terrorists
The “Saltwater Challenge” was held in solidarity with over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners hunger-striking in Israeli prisons — most of whom were convicted for acts of terrorism.
The strike was initiated by Marwan Barghouti, who was serving five consecutive life sentences for his role in suicide bombings and shooting attacks during the second intifada. Barghouti led 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.
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 organizes and promotes campaigns on behalf of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons and has advocated for theBoycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Addammer is reportedly an “affiliate” of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a terror organization. In September 2019, Israeli forces raided the officers of Addammeer, seizing laptops and memory cards.
SJP KSU also retweeted a May 11, 2017 tweet supporting the “#DignityStrike.”
SJP KSU - Promoting Violence and Spreading Hatred
On January 6, 2018, Subhi Husien — a 2017-2018 SJP KSU activist — tweeted: “BDS is important for weakening the Zionist entity but violent revolution will be the only solution to gain liberation.”
As of January 2018, Lama Abu Amara — an SJP KSU activist in 2017-2018 — wrote in her Twitter profile: “Globalize the Intifada
The term “intifada” has carried the connotation of violence, since the early 2000’s.
On August 2, 2014, Abu Amara tweeted: “‘Never again.’-The Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto. Never again for them, but their descendants think otherwise. #BoycottIsrael #SupportGaza #Gaza.”
On July 12, 2017, Yousef Mousa — a former SJP KSU president — posted a Facebook graphic paraphrasing a quote [00:00:23] by PFLP spokesman Ghassan Kanafani rejecting negotiations as a path to peace.
On December 23, 2017, SJP KSU activist Chance Zurub — the 2018 SJP KSU president — tweeted: “The only Israeli food that they [Israelis] eat is the blood of the Palestinian people.”
SJP KSU - Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory
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.”
SJP KSU - Demonizing Israel
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 free trip to Israel for Jewish young adults from all over 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.
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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