Nikki Camera
Overview
Nikki Camera [Nicole Camera] disrupted a pro-Israel event, expressed support for the violent protesters, demonized Israel and endorsed an anti-Israel agitator. She also promoted the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and spread hatred against police.Camera was reportedly a student at New York University (NYU) Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 2016. On January 1, 2019, Camera tweeted that she graduated from NYU in 2018.
As of December 2018, Camera’s Facebook profile said she managed the International Socialist Organization at NYU (NYUISO).
In December 2018, Camera used the name “Nikolieszka Cameranovskya” on Facebook. As of August 2019, she reverted to using the name “Nikki Camera” on Facebook.
That day, NYU Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organized a demonstration, titled: “Rally for Palestinian Right of Return,” to protest the pro-Israel event.
The Facebook description for NYU SJP’s event said: “Zionists at NYU celebrate 70 years of Israel's existence...We refuse to let such a disturbing public celebration of colonialism and apartheid on our campus and in our park go by without a response.”
Two counter-protestors were reportedly arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and assault after grabbing [00:00:41] a microphone and an Israeli flag out of the hands of a student singing the Israeli national anthem, before shouting: “Free Palestine, end the occupation.”
Other counter-protesters stomped [00:00:10] on and wiped their feet on the Israeli flag.
On April 30, 2018, Camera commented on a Facebook post made by Realize Israel regarding the arrest of two protesters at their celebration of Israeli Independence Day.
Camera commented: “‘Violent actions’ lmfaooooo [laughing my f**king a** off] y’all were literally throwing a rave while the IDF was mowing down children and civilians...Your ‘rave’ was a disgusting celebration of an apartheid state and you have no business telling ANYONE what’s violent and whats not, especially when the two people arrested did NOTHING violent while YOU are the ones advocating violence against Palestinians.
Most of the Gazans who died between March 30 and April 6, 2018, were identified as terror operatives who were killed while carrying out terrorist attacks, rioting against IDF forces or attempting to breach the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Camera also commented: “I watched your members collaborate with police the entire time. Running up to them and yelling about the flag that was HANDED to one of folks who got arrested. You worked with cops to get NYU students arrested because you’re that insecure.”
Camera continued: “And you better be insecure supporting an apartheid state. There is NOTHING peaceful about celebrating violence, genocide, racism and apartheid. It’s not that hard to understand”
On May 5, 2019, Camera tweeted: “LRT [Last ReTweet] mainstream news outlets characterizing Israel shelling Gaza once again as a ‘response’ is a purposeful semantic choice to frame Gaza as the aggressor, attempting to erase decades of genocidal attacks carried out by Israel.”
Camera indicated on Facebook that she “went” to a March 30, 2018 demonstration in Washington Square Park, NY. The event was co-hosted by NYU SJP and titled: “Emergency Rally: Solidarity with Gaza #GreatMarchofReturn.”
The event’s Facebook description said: “Join us...in solidarity with Gaza and the 12 that were martyred today as part of the Great March of return, a 45 day protest demanding the right of return ...What is happening right now in Gaza is nothing short of a massacre.”
Most of the Gazans who died between March 30 and April 6, 2018, were identified as terror operatives who were killed while carrying out terrorist attacks, rioting against IDF forces or attempting to breach the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
On March 30, 2019, Camera tweeted: “Israel is an apartheid state.”
On April 7, 2019, Camera tweeted: “iSraEl’s Not rAciST, There aRe ARabS in tHE KnEsSeT.”
Camera retweeted a May 5, 2019 tweet that included a link to a New York Times article titled: “Gaza Militants Fire 250 Rockets and Israel Responds with Airstrikes.”
A day earlier, nearly 300 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel. In response, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched attacks against more than 120 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror positions across the Gaza Strip.
That day, NYU’s Student Government Assembly (SGA) passed a BDS resolution co-authored and introduced by then-student senators and members of SJP Rose Asaf, Leen Dweik and then-student senator Bayan Abubakr, who was reportedly a member ofNYU SJP.
The resolution, titled: “Resolution on the Human Rights of Palestinians,” claimed Israel practiced apartheid and invoked the “three-fold” goals of the BDS movement, including “ending Israel’s occupation and colonization of all Arab lands.”
Camera retweeted an October 23, 2018 tweet from Asaf that read: “30+ NYU Student Groups Pledge Non-cooperation with NYU Tel Aviv.”
NYU SJP and NYU ISO were among 51 student groups at NYU to endorse another BDS resolution against Israeli products, academic institutions and advocacy groups.
This resolution also boycotted NYU pro-Israel clubs and called on NYU to divest from entities: “complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestine.”
Camera indicated on Facebook that she went to Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) 2017 at NYU, which was hosted by NYU SJP.
The event’s Facebook description said: “IAW will be an opportunity to reflect on this resistance and further advance BDS campaigns for the continued growth and impact of the movement.”
On June 29, 2019, Camera tweeted: “Cops brutalizing a man doing nothing wrong outside of a train station. They knocked his juice out of his hand before this trying to provoke him.They were talking looking for an excuse to arrest him. This is what happens when@NYGovCuomo adds more cops to stations-Police brutality”
On June 9, 2019, Camera tweeted: “And the fucking pig has the audacity to say it was because he ‘LOOSELY matched the description’ of a suspect. At least 5 guns drawn, for a loose match. Disarm the police.”
On July 26, 2018, NYU SJP posted to Facebook a statement supporting Ahed Tamimi’s release from Israeli prison.
Since March 2018, Hamas’s “Kite Unit,” along with other March of Return participants, sent hundreds of kites that carried incendiary devices and IEDs (improvised explosive devices) across Israel’s border to terrorize Israelis. Multiple kites were marked with swastikas. These kites burned over 3500 acres of Israeli territory.
The Facebook description of the protest, titled: “ACTION: Resisting the Celebration of Apartheid,” said: “speak out against the lack of acknowledgement of the expulsion, massacre, and destruction of Palestinians and their homes.”
NYU SJP also called Israel’s Independence on Twitter an “act of ethnic cleansing and apartheid.”
On April 18, 2019, NYU SJP posted a photo on Facebook of students with their faces obscured by emojis, in front of a table featuring the Israeli flag and a banner that said: “Jews are Indigenous to the Land of Israel CHANGE MY MIND.”
The Facebook post said: “Thumbs Up If You’re a Racist: they intimidated to sue us because they don’t like getting called out version!”
NYU SJP’s post referred to anoriginal version of the NYU SJP post which reportedly showed the faces of the pro-Israel students and said: “Thumbs Up If You’re a Racist.”
On April 27, 2018, NYU SJP organized a protest against the annual “Rave in the Park” celebration of Israel’s Independence Day. The protest’s Facebook description said: “We refuse to let such a disturbing public celebration of colonialism and apartheid on our campus and in our park go by without a response.”
During the protest, activists chanted [00:04:55]: "Intifada, Intifada, Long live the Intifada" and two protestors were reportedly arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and assault after grabbing [00:00:41] a microphone and an Israeli flag out of the hands of a student singing the Israeli national anthem.
Other protesters wiped [00:00:10] their feet on the Israeli flag and stomped on it.
That same day, NYU SJP posted to Facebook, urging anyone “angered at this celebratory event” to file a noise complaint with the police.
NYU SJP hosted Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) 2017, from March 20-24, 2017.
During IAW 2017, NYU SJP exhibited a mock apartheid wall, with text that demonized Israel, simulating Israel’s security barrier.
The resolution was co-authored by then-student senators and members of SJP, Rose Asaf, Leen Dweik and then-student senator Bayan Abubakr, who was reportedly a member ofNYU SJP.
The resolution demonized Israel, invoked the “threefold” goals of the BDS movement and was passed by the SGA on December 6, 2018, using a secret ballot. NYU’s administration opposed the BDS resolution.
NYU’s then-President Andrew Hamilton said: “‘A boycott of Israeli academics and institutions is contrary to our core principles of academic freedom, antithetical to the free exchange of ideas, and at odds with the University's position on this matter...and divestment from Israeli-related investments is not under consideration.’”
On April 9, 2018, NYU SJP posted to Facebook: “We are proud to announce a coalition of 50 NYU student groups who have pledged to support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement for Palestinian human rights by pledging not to spend NYU club funds on Israeli goods, to boycott pro-Israel groups at NYU and off campus, and to call on NYU to divest from companies that profit off the violation of Palestinian human rights.
As of December 2018, Camera’s Facebook profile said she managed the International Socialist Organization at NYU (NYUISO).
In December 2018, Camera used the name “Nikolieszka Cameranovskya” on Facebook. As of August 2019, she reverted to using the name “Nikki Camera” on Facebook.
Disrupting a Pro-Israel Event
Camera indicated on Facebook that she “went” to an April 27, 2018 demonstration against the annual “Rave in the Park” celebration held by Realize Israel, a pro-Israel club at NYU, to celebrate Israel’s Independence Day.That day, NYU Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organized a demonstration, titled: “Rally for Palestinian Right of Return,” to protest the pro-Israel event.
The Facebook description for NYU SJP’s event said: “Zionists at NYU celebrate 70 years of Israel's existence...We refuse to let such a disturbing public celebration of colonialism and apartheid on our campus and in our park go by without a response.”
Two counter-protestors were reportedly arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and assault after grabbing [00:00:41] a microphone and an Israeli flag out of the hands of a student singing the Israeli national anthem, before shouting: “Free Palestine, end the occupation.”
Other counter-protesters stomped [00:00:10] on and wiped their feet on the Israeli flag.
On April 30, 2018, Camera commented on a Facebook post made by Realize Israel regarding the arrest of two protesters at their celebration of Israeli Independence Day.
Camera commented: “‘Violent actions’ lmfaooooo [laughing my f**king a** off] y’all were literally throwing a rave while the IDF was mowing down children and civilians...Your ‘rave’ was a disgusting celebration of an apartheid state and you have no business telling ANYONE what’s violent and whats not, especially when the two people arrested did NOTHING violent while YOU are the ones advocating violence against Palestinians.
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 was organized and funded by Hamas as a campaign of violent protests to spotlight the Palestinian demand to “return” to Israel. The “right of return” has since been discredited as a means to eliminate Israel.
Most of the Gazans who died between March 30 and April 6, 2018, were identified as terror operatives who were killed while carrying out terrorist attacks, rioting against IDF forces or attempting to breach the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Camera also commented: “I watched your members collaborate with police the entire time. Running up to them and yelling about the flag that was HANDED to one of folks who got arrested. You worked with cops to get NYU students arrested because you’re that insecure.”
Camera continued: “And you better be insecure supporting an apartheid state. There is NOTHING peaceful about celebrating violence, genocide, racism and apartheid. It’s not that hard to understand”
Supporting Violent Protesters
On June 14, 2019, Camera tweeted about the March of Return: “The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] aims for children.”On May 5, 2019, Camera tweeted: “LRT [Last ReTweet] mainstream news outlets characterizing Israel shelling Gaza once again as a ‘response’ is a purposeful semantic choice to frame Gaza as the aggressor, attempting to erase decades of genocidal attacks carried out by Israel.”
Camera indicated on Facebook that she “went” to a March 30, 2018 demonstration in Washington Square Park, NY. The event was co-hosted by NYU SJP and titled: “Emergency Rally: Solidarity with Gaza #GreatMarchofReturn.”
March participants sent scores of kites bearing explosive devices across Israel’s border to burn Israeli crops and homes. Participants also attempted to breach the border fence, which caused the Israeli Defense Forces to respond with live fire. Agitators also threw Molotov cocktails and firebombs, shot firearms and threw rocks.
The event’s Facebook description said: “Join us...in solidarity with Gaza and the 12 that were martyred today as part of the Great March of return, a 45 day protest demanding the right of return ...What is happening right now in Gaza is nothing short of a massacre.”
Most of the Gazans who died between March 30 and April 6, 2018, were identified as terror operatives who were killed while carrying out terrorist attacks, rioting against IDF forces or attempting to breach the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Demonizing Israel
On November 15, 2018, Camera tweeted: “No, actually, Israel has no right to exist. No states do, especially apartheid regimes.”On March 30, 2019, Camera tweeted: “Israel is an apartheid state.”
On April 7, 2019, Camera tweeted: “iSraEl’s Not rAciST, There aRe ARabS in tHE KnEsSeT.”
Camera retweeted a May 5, 2019 tweet that included a link to a New York Times article titled: “Gaza Militants Fire 250 Rockets and Israel Responds with Airstrikes.”
A day earlier, nearly 300 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel. In response, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched attacks against more than 120 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror positions across the Gaza Strip.
Endorsing an Anti-Israel Agitator
On July 29, 2018, Camera wrote on Facebook: “AHED TAMIMI IS FREE!!!! After eight months imprisoned with her mother in Israeli jail, the 17-year-old has already pledged to continue resisting Israeli apartheid “until it’s over.” She’s a hero. #AhedTamimi #FreePalestine.”Ahed Tamimi has a long history of physically attacking Israeli soldiers. Tamimi is the daughter of Bassem Tamimi, who is known for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.
Promoting BDS
On December 6, 2018, Camera tweeted: “#BDS win at NYU!!! Great work to all the stellar students who worked on this. #FreePalestine”That day, NYU’s Student Government Assembly (SGA) passed a BDS resolution co-authored and introduced by then-student senators and members of SJP Rose Asaf, Leen Dweik and then-student senator Bayan Abubakr, who was reportedly a member ofNYU SJP.
The resolution, titled: “Resolution on the Human Rights of Palestinians,” claimed Israel practiced apartheid and invoked the “three-fold” goals of the BDS movement, including “ending Israel’s occupation and colonization of all Arab lands.”
Camera retweeted an October 23, 2018 tweet from Asaf that read: “30+ NYU Student Groups Pledge Non-cooperation with NYU Tel Aviv.”
NYU SJP and NYU ISO were among 51 student groups at NYU to endorse another BDS resolution against Israeli products, academic institutions and advocacy groups.
This resolution also boycotted NYU pro-Israel clubs and called on NYU to divest from entities: “complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestine.”
Camera indicated on Facebook that she went to Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) 2017 at NYU, which was hosted by NYU SJP.
The event’s Facebook description said: “IAW will be an opportunity to reflect on this resistance and further advance BDS campaigns for the continued growth and impact of the movement.”
Spreading Hatred of Police
On July 16, 2019, Camera tweeted: “f**k the police”On June 29, 2019, Camera tweeted: “Cops brutalizing a man doing nothing wrong outside of a train station. They knocked his juice out of his hand before this trying to provoke him.They were talking looking for an excuse to arrest him. This is what happens when@NYGovCuomo adds more cops to stations-Police brutality”
On June 9, 2019, Camera tweeted: “And the fucking pig has the audacity to say it was because he ‘LOOSELY matched the description’ of a suspect. At least 5 guns drawn, for a loose match. Disarm the police.”
NYU SJP Support for Anti-Israel Agitators
On March 13, 2019, NYU SJP posted to Facebook an image from a petition calling to “Disinvite Linda Sarsour” and wrote: “This is just a list of Islamophobes. As always, solidarity with Linda Sarsour!”Anti-Israel agitator Linda Sarsour frequently uses the word “Zionist” as a pejorative and has tweeted that “nothing is creepier than Zionism.” She has aligned with noted anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan, dismissed [00:07:45] those who see her alignment with Farrakhan as problematic and slammed the “Jewish Media” for calling attention to it.
On July 26, 2018, NYU SJP posted to Facebook a statement supporting Ahed Tamimi’s release from Israeli prison.
Ahed Tamimi has a long history of physically attacking Israeli soldiers. Tamimi is the daughter of Bassem Tamimi, who is known for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.
NYU SJP Supporting Violent Protestors
On March 30, 2018, SJP NYU co-hosted an event titled: “Emergency rally: solidarity with Gaza #GreatMarchofReturn.”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 was organized and funded by Hamas as a campaign of violent protests to spotlight the Palestinian demand to “return” to Israel. The “right of return” has since been discredited as a means to eliminate Israel.
On April 15, 2018, SJP NYU co-hosted the “NYU Contingent to #ReturnTheBirthright Gala Protest” as part IAW 2018.
Birthright Israel is a heritage trip to Israel for Jewish young adults from across the world.
The event’s Facebook description said: “We'll be outside Birthright’s gala to say loud and clear- Boycott Birthright, end the Gaza massacres and let Palestinian refugees return home!”
On April 6, 2018, SJP NYU co-hosted a “rally in support of the heroic Palestinians in Gaza and throughout historic Palestine participating in the #GreatReturnMarch and honor the martyrs who gave their lives fighting for liberation and return!”
Most of the Gazans who died between March 30 and April 6, 2018, were identified as terror operatives who were killed while carrying out terrorist attacks, rioting against IDF forces or attempting to breach the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
On May 19, 2018, NYU SJP co-sponsored an event titled: “70 years of Nakba - Remember, Resist, Return - Palestine.”
The event’s Facebook description said: “Monday, May 14, Israeli forces killed over 60 Palestinians in besieged Gaza and wounded thousands.”
On May 16, 2018, a Hamas senior official, Salah al-Bardawil, stated that 50 out of 62 protesters killed during the May 14 Gaza border protest were Hamas operatives. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) also claimed that three of its members were killed at the same protest.
On July 21, 2018, NYU SJP minimized the use of “flaming kites” by protesters on Twitter.
Birthright Israel is a heritage trip to Israel for Jewish young adults from across the world.
The event’s Facebook description said: “We'll be outside Birthright’s gala to say loud and clear- Boycott Birthright, end the Gaza massacres and let Palestinian refugees return home!”
On April 6, 2018, SJP NYU co-hosted a “rally in support of the heroic Palestinians in Gaza and throughout historic Palestine participating in the #GreatReturnMarch and honor the martyrs who gave their lives fighting for liberation and return!”
Most of the Gazans who died between March 30 and April 6, 2018, were identified as terror operatives who were killed while carrying out terrorist attacks, rioting against IDF forces or attempting to breach the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
On May 19, 2018, NYU SJP co-sponsored an event titled: “70 years of Nakba - Remember, Resist, Return - Palestine.”
The term “Nakba” is generally translated as “catastrophe” in Arabic, referring to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term often used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by defining it as a catastrophe.
The event’s Facebook description said: “Monday, May 14, Israeli forces killed over 60 Palestinians in besieged Gaza and wounded thousands.”
On May 16, 2018, a Hamas senior official, Salah al-Bardawil, stated that 50 out of 62 protesters killed during the May 14 Gaza border protest were Hamas operatives. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) also claimed that three of its members were killed at the same protest.
On July 21, 2018, NYU SJP minimized the use of “flaming kites” by protesters on Twitter.
Since March 2018, Hamas’s “Kite Unit,” along with other March of Return participants, sent hundreds of kites that carried incendiary devices and IEDs (improvised explosive devices) across Israel’s border to terrorize Israelis. Multiple kites were marked with swastikas. These kites burned over 3500 acres of Israeli territory.
NYU SJP Anti-Israel Activity
On May 9, 2019, NYU SJP staged a “die-in” protest, next to Realize Israel’s annual "Rave in the Park" event celebrating Israeli Independence Day. Realize Israel is a pro-Israel club at NYU.The Facebook description of the protest, titled: “ACTION: Resisting the Celebration of Apartheid,” said: “speak out against the lack of acknowledgement of the expulsion, massacre, and destruction of Palestinians and their homes.”
NYU SJP also called Israel’s Independence on Twitter an “act of ethnic cleansing and apartheid.”
On April 18, 2019, NYU SJP posted a photo on Facebook of students with their faces obscured by emojis, in front of a table featuring the Israeli flag and a banner that said: “Jews are Indigenous to the Land of Israel CHANGE MY MIND.”
The Facebook post said: “Thumbs Up If You’re a Racist: they intimidated to sue us because they don’t like getting called out version!”
NYU SJP’s post referred to anoriginal version of the NYU SJP post which reportedly showed the faces of the pro-Israel students and said: “Thumbs Up If You’re a Racist.”
On April 27, 2018, NYU SJP organized a protest against the annual “Rave in the Park” celebration of Israel’s Independence Day. The protest’s Facebook description said: “We refuse to let such a disturbing public celebration of colonialism and apartheid on our campus and in our park go by without a response.”
During the protest, activists chanted [00:04:55]: "Intifada, Intifada, Long live the Intifada" and two protestors were reportedly arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and assault after grabbing [00:00:41] a microphone and an Israeli flag out of the hands of a student singing the Israeli national anthem.
Other protesters wiped [00:00:10] their feet on the Israeli flag and stomped on it.
That same day, NYU SJP posted to Facebook, urging anyone “angered at this celebratory event” to file a noise complaint with the police.
NYU SJP hosted Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) 2017, from March 20-24, 2017.
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is presented internationally as a “series of events that seeks to raise awareness of…Israel’s settler-colonial project and apartheid system over the Palestinian people.” One of its goals is to build support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. IAW has been renamed Palestine Awareness Week.
During IAW 2017, NYU SJP exhibited a mock apartheid wall, with text that demonized Israel, simulating Israel’s security barrier.
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.
NYU SJP 2018 Divestment Campaign
On November 1, 2018, members of NYU SJP presented a divestment bill to the NYU Student Government Association (SGA), to further the agenda of the Boycott, Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement.The resolution was co-authored by then-student senators and members of SJP, Rose Asaf, Leen Dweik and then-student senator Bayan Abubakr, who was reportedly a member ofNYU SJP.
The resolution demonized Israel, invoked the “threefold” goals of the BDS movement and was passed by the SGA on December 6, 2018, using a secret ballot. NYU’s administration opposed the BDS resolution.
NYU’s then-President Andrew Hamilton said: “‘A boycott of Israeli academics and institutions is contrary to our core principles of academic freedom, antithetical to the free exchange of ideas, and at odds with the University's position on this matter...and divestment from Israeli-related investments is not under consideration.’”
NYU SJP Promoting BDS
On April 15, 2019, NYU SJP hosted an event featuring a panel that included Omar Barghouti. The panel was moderated by Leen Dweik, then-President of NYU SJP.Barghouti, the founder of the BDS movement, has claimed [00:04:28] that international law grants everyone with Palestinian ancestry the unqualified right to settle in Israel. Barghouti has also insisted [01:18:21]that the demands of BDS are “inflexible” and “non-negotiable,” and if people object, then “tough.”
A day later, NYU SJP posted the video from the event on Facebook and wrote: “Omar Barghouti just called NYU student capitol of the BDS movement of the world!!! We are WINNING!”
On November 19, 2018, NYU SJP wrote on Facebook: “When we fight, we win.BDS works” and attached an article in the post reporting the decision by Airbnb Inc. to remove listings in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
On October 24. 2018, NYU SJP hosted a panel about BDS where anti-Israel Professor Jasbir Puar was listed among the panel of speakers. Puar is on the Advisory Board of the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) and applauded the American Studies Association (ASA)’s move for an Academic Boycott of Israeli universities.
NYU SJP hosted NYU Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) 2018, from April 15-21, 2018. The Facebook event description said: “IAW will be an opportunity to reflect on this history of resistance and further advance BDS campaigns for the continued growth and impact of the movement.”
On November 19, 2018, NYU SJP wrote on Facebook: “When we fight, we win.BDS works” and attached an article in the post reporting the decision by Airbnb Inc. to remove listings in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
On October 24. 2018, NYU SJP hosted a panel about BDS where anti-Israel Professor Jasbir Puar was listed among the panel of speakers. Puar is on the Advisory Board of the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) and applauded the American Studies Association (ASA)’s move for an Academic Boycott of Israeli universities.
NYU SJP hosted NYU Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) 2018, from April 15-21, 2018. The Facebook event description said: “IAW will be an opportunity to reflect on this history of resistance and further advance BDS campaigns for the continued growth and impact of the movement.”
On April 9, 2018, NYU SJP posted to Facebook: “We are proud to announce a coalition of 50 NYU student groups who have pledged to support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement for Palestinian human rights by pledging not to spend NYU club funds on Israeli goods, to boycott pro-Israel groups at NYU and off campus, and to call on NYU to divest from companies that profit off the violation of Palestinian human rights.
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.
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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“The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] aims for children.”
“No, actually, Israel has no right to exist. No states do, especially apartheid regimes”
“f**k the police”
