Julia Flores
Julia Flores attended a rally supporting Hamas terrorist war crimes, including mass murder and kidnapping of civilians, in October 2023.
On October 16, 2023, Flores participated in a rally at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) in support of Hamas terrorist war crimes, titled: “Collective Walkout for Palestine.”
On October 16, 2023, Penn professors and students staged a “walkout” in support of the Hamas terror attack against Israel nine days earlier. The aim of the event was to “protest the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza and stand in solidarity with Palestine.”
The protest, which was organized by Penn Against the Occupation (PAO), was titled: “Collective Walkout for Palestine,” where participants walked out of classes to the on-campus rally.
One professor led [00:00:03] the chant: “When people are occupied, resistance is justified!” Palestinians and anti-Israel activists often use the term “resistance” as a euphemism for nationalistic terror and to glorify anti-Semitic violence.
Another professor claimed [00:00:07] Israel “desecrates the memory of the Nazi Holocaust,” and at least one speaker accused [00:00:48] Israel of “genocide.”
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, approximately 2,900 heavily armed Hamas terrorists breached Israel’s border with Gaza. They executed numerous war crimes on civilians, including mass murder, beheadings of children, rape of men and women, torture, kidnappings and mutilation.
Hamas broadcast videos of their butchery on social media, often to victims’ accounts for families to see. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.” As of November 10, 2023, approximately 1,200 Israelis, the vast majority of them civilians, were murdered during the attacks. Hamas kidnapped 242 Israelis, including at least 30 children. At least 3,500 people were wounded, many severely.
A terrorist detained by Israel admitted he raped an Israeli woman when he broke into a kibbutz house during the October 7, 2023 attack. In March 2024, a former hostage of Hamas publicly stated she was sexually abused and tortured while in captivity.
For more information on the October 7, 2023 terror attacks, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., Canada, European Union, Israel and other countries. Founded in 1987, it has killed thousands of Israeli civilians through mass shootings and suicide bombings. Hamas has also kidnapped children, families and the elderly and held them hostage in Gaza. It has desecrated [slide 7] dead bodies and launched numerous rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.
As of November 2023, Flores’s LinkedIn profile said she was pursuing a PhD in microbiology and immunology at Penn, slated to graduate in May 2025. Flores’s LinkedIn also said she received a bachelor’s degree in molecular and cellular biology from Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins) in 2020.
As of the same date, Flores’s LinkedIn said she had been the academic chair of the Penn SACNAS [Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science] chapter since June 2022. She also served as the chapter’s social chair from June 2021 to June 2022 and had been a member since September 2021.
Flores’s LinkedIn also said she had been a member of the Penn Science Policy and Diplomacy Group (PSPDG) since September 2021.
Also as of November 2023, Flores’s Facebook profile said she was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but is from Morristown, New Jersey.

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