Natasha Bynum
Overview
Natasha Bynum [Natasha Newt Bynum] has demonized Zionists and Israel. Bynum has also opposed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, which includes equating Israel with Nazi Germany.Bynum was a member of the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law (CUNY Law) chapter of the Jewish Law Students Association (CUNY JLSA) during the 2020-2021 academic year. CUNY JLSA is an anti-Israel organization.
Bynum also expressed support for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in February 2020.
As of March 2024, Bynum’s LinkedIn profile said she had been a staff counsel at the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) since March 2023.
Bynum was listed online as having passed the New York State bar exam in July 2022.
As of March 2024, Bynum’s LinkedIn said she graduated from CUNY Law with a JD in 2022. She studied “Environmental Justice, Community Economic Development” at CUNY Law. She also graduated from The Evergreen State College (Evergreen) with a bachelor’s degree in “Political Science and Government” in 2017.
Bynum worked as the footnote forum editor at the CUNY Law Review for the 2021-2022 academic year and as a staff editor in 2021.
As of March 2024, Bynum’s LinkedIn said she had served on the executive board of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) chapter at CUNY (CUNY NLG). Bynum was listed on the NLG website as a “Summer Institute Fellow” in July 2020.
As of the same date, Bynum’s LinkedIn said she was located in New York, New York.
Demonizing Zionists and Israel
In February 2020, Bynum signed a letter titled: “CUNY Law Student groups, Students, Alumni and Faculty stand with SJP and Palestinian students.”The letter claimed: “A subset of Zionist activists choose to weaponize the genuine threats of anti-Semitism elsewhere in our society as a tactic to repress activism and harass and threaten Palestinian students and Muslim students more broadly.”
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.
The letter was released after a Jewish student at CUNY Law wrote an op-ed about her experiences with anti-Semitism on campus. That student later reportedly dropped out of CUNY Law after harassment she faced from her op-ed and the anti-Israel letter.
Bynum signed a June 12, 2021, statement in support of Nerdeen Kiswani, founder of the pro-terror and anti-Israel activist group Within Our Lifetime (WOL).
The 2021-2022 CUNY Law student government wrote the statement, which was titled: “Student Government Statement in Solidarity with Nerdeen Kiswani.”
The statement called on the university to make a public statement supporting Kiswani and that CUNY “refrain from invoking concerns over the safety of its Jewish students without first consulting JLSA.”
The statement also said: “The occupation of Palestine is a crisis of white supremacy. The occupation of Palestine is as urgent as anti-semitic violence…”
The letter stated: “We, the Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA) at CUNY Law, and our allies, write to convey our concern and alarm over the recent introduction on 3/14/21 of the University Student Senate (USS) Resolution ‘Condemning Anti-Semitism and Supporting the CUNY Jewish Community.’ We respectfully oppose this resolution, and urge the USS and our CUNY community to do the same. This resolution adopts a definition of antisemitism put forth by the the [sic] International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).”
Bynum signed a June 12, 2021, statement in support of Nerdeen Kiswani, founder of the pro-terror and anti-Israel activist group Within Our Lifetime (WOL).
The 2021-2022 CUNY Law student government wrote the statement, which was titled: “Student Government Statement in Solidarity with Nerdeen Kiswani.”
The statement called on the university to make a public statement supporting Kiswani and that CUNY “refrain from invoking concerns over the safety of its Jewish students without first consulting JLSA.”
The statement also said: “The occupation of Palestine is a crisis of white supremacy. The occupation of Palestine is as urgent as anti-semitic violence…”
Opposing the IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism
In April 2021, Bynum signed an open letter titled: “Open Letter to the CUNY Community Re: USS IHRA resolution.”The letter stated: “We, the Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA) at CUNY Law, and our allies, write to convey our concern and alarm over the recent introduction on 3/14/21 of the University Student Senate (USS) Resolution ‘Condemning Anti-Semitism and Supporting the CUNY Jewish Community.’ We respectfully oppose this resolution, and urge the USS and our CUNY community to do the same. This resolution adopts a definition of antisemitism put forth by the the [sic] International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).”
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) highlights multiple forms of contemporary anti-Semitism related to Israel, including “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor” and “Applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation.” The U.S. State Department adopted the IHRA’s working definition of anti-Semitism in 2016. Over 40 other countries have adopted the definition as well.
The IHRA also highlights another form of anti-Semitism: “Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.”
On April 11, 2021, The CUNY University Student Senate (USS) posted a Zoom meeting on Facebook where they debated adopting two different definitions of anti-Semitism.
Bynum commented on the video multiple times, including writing: “#IHRAOutOfCUNY” and “...#YesToJLSA.”
The JLSA definition of anti-Semitism was presented to the CUNY USS as part of a larger resolution submitted by CUNY JLSA and CUNY Law SJP. The resolution claimed [p. 3]: “antisemitism is not an exceptional form of bigotry.”
Bynum responded to a comment on the video that said: “So many countries support the IHRA definition.”
Bynum wrote: “So many countries also support colonialism, imperialism, and warmongering. I don’t see how this validates IHRA in any way.”
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On April 11, 2021, The CUNY University Student Senate (USS) posted a Zoom meeting on Facebook where they debated adopting two different definitions of anti-Semitism.
Bynum commented on the video multiple times, including writing: “#IHRAOutOfCUNY” and “...#YesToJLSA.”
The JLSA definition of anti-Semitism was presented to the CUNY USS as part of a larger resolution submitted by CUNY JLSA and CUNY Law SJP. The resolution claimed [p. 3]: “antisemitism is not an exceptional form of bigotry.”
Bynum responded to a comment on the video that said: “So many countries support the IHRA definition.”
Bynum wrote: “So many countries also support colonialism, imperialism, and warmongering. I don’t see how this validates IHRA in any way.”
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.
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