Luke Kim
Overview
Luke Kim has expressed hatred of America, the police and Zionists. Kim has also demonized Zionism and Israel and engaged in anti-Israel activism. Kim is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.In 2021, Kim expressed solidarity with Yasmeen Mashayekh, a graduate student at the University of Southern California (USC) and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Senator who tweeted her desire to “kill every motherf**king Zionist.”
As of January 2022, Kim’s LinkedIn page said Kim was pursuing a bachelor's degree in Sociology and Mathematics at Kenyon College (Kenyon), slated to graduate in 2024. Kim’s LinkedIn also said Kim was located in Gambier, Ohio.
In October 2021, Kim was the “Sophomore Class President” at Kenyon.
As of January 2022, Kim’s LinkedIn said Kim was a “Teaching Assistant” at Kenyon since June 2021.
As of November 2021, Kim was a member of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter at Kenyon.
#loveislove” on Twitter. Previously, Kim went by the screen name “marxism-bestieism.”Hatred of America and the Police
On January 3, 2022, Kim tweeted: “the police have no place in a just society, plain and simple.”On November 24, 2021, Kim tweeted: “...US is an illegitimate settler colony that should not exist…”
On June 12, 2021, Kim tweeted: “no gun control without the abolition of the police or capitalism…”
On May 29, 2020, Kim tweeted: "honestly we should send all police officers to jail
acab [all cops are bastards]."Hatred of Zionists
On November 23, 2021, Kim tweeted: “... zionists are quite literally some of the most racist people that i've had the displeasure of interacting with…”On November 22, 2021, Kim tweeted, accusing zionists of using “racism and misogyny to support their colonial project
.” On June 29, 2021, Kim tweeted: “it only takes like 3 seconds before zionists use imperial logics and orientalism to justify colonialism bc [because]... well they're colonizers.”
Demonizing Zionism
On January 18, 2022 Kim tweeted: “...Zionism is a genocidal death cult.”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 November 16, 2021, Kim tweeted: “... zionism, like orientalism, is a colonial ideology.”
Demonizing Israel
On June 28, 2021, Kim tweeted with an image of two women dancing: “Me and u [you] after we free palestine and eliminate the zionist settler colonial state.”On January 18, 2022, Kim tweeted: “...Israel is a settler colonial fascist state that is built on the genocide of palestinians…”
On January 8, 2022, Kim tweeted: “claim: isr*el is engaging in vaccine apartheid fact: it's true
.”Anti-Israel Activism
On December 9, 2021, Kim tweeted: “jasbir puar just responded to our sjp email omg [oh my God].”On November 23, 2021, Kim tweeted about his activities as a member of SJP.
On October 26, 2021, Kim tweeted about inviting Marxist academics for student lectures, saying: “that's what we do at my school's students for justice in palestine chapter - we are having presentations on topics that are important to understand about z*onism and Palestinian liberation that are student led so we can eventually get ppl [people] ready for direct action.”
On September 14, 2021, Kim tweeted: “are there any cool Palestinian activists or speakers that would be willing to come to speak for my school's SJP chapter? We can get funding for you for travel, lodging, and food.”
Solidarity with Yasmeen Mashayekh
In November 2021, Kim tweeted in support of Mashayekh who was [00:11:08] in the middle of a national controversy over anti-Semitism she spread on social media that year.In October 2021, Mashayekh was listed as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Senator for USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering (Viterbi). In May 2021, she tweeted: "I want to f**king kill every motherf**king Zionist.” She also tweeted: “yel3an el yahood [curse the Jews]
.” Mashayekh has also spread violent hatred of Israeli Jews, called for the destruction of Israel and America, expressed support for Hamas and glorified terrorists.
Mashayekh was condemned after Canary Mission exposed her anti-Semitic tweets.
On November 25, 2021, Kim tweeted: “If you consider yourself an ally to the Palestinian cause, I urge you to stand in solidarity with Yasmeen Mashayek, who is a student at @USCViterbi being targeted by a Zionist-led harassment campaign. Make a tweet tagging @USCViterbi and let them know you support Yasmeen.”
Supporting BDS
remember what the academic boycott means.”On May 12, 2021, Kim tweeted: “Reminder that Ben and Jerry's refuses to stop activities in the Israeli occupation of Palestine
.”On July 19, 2021, ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s announced it would stop all product sales in “Occupied Palestinian Territory.” The BDS movement celebrated the decision, calling on the ice cream company to boycott the State of Israel in its entirety. However, company owner Unilever overrode the subsidiary’s decision after multiple US states decided to divest public funds from Unilever.
Kim retweeted a January 3, 2022 tweet that said: “puma supports israel don't buy them.”
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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