Padraigin O'Flynn

As of March 2018, O’Flynn’s LinkedIn page said she is an intern at the The Jerusalem Fund, an anti-Israel organization in Washington, D.C. She is also a research assistant to SJP KSU faculty advisor Joshua Stacher.

She is slated to graduate from KSU in 2019, with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science.  

O’Flynn was also listed on LinkedIn as a shift manager at Tree City Coffee in Kent, Ohio.

SJP Activism

In 2017, O’Flynn attended NSJP 2017 and also indicated on Facebook that she “went” to other SJP KSU events.

On October 11, 2017, O’Flynn indicated on Facebook that she “went” to an SJP KSU event titled “Zionism 101.”

On November 3, 2017, O’Flynn indicated on Facebook that she “went” to an SJP KSU event featuring Lorraine LeBlanc, board chair of the Interfaith Peace-Builders (IFPB).

Eyewitness Palestine, formerly known as IFPB until 2018, is an anti-Israel NGO that organizes activist delegations to Israel and the West Bank.  

Demonizing Israel

On October 31, 2017, O’Flynn wrote an opinion piece attacking Israeli actress Gal Gadot as a “white feminist borne out of an imperialist society bent on militarism” and labeling Israel a “settler colonial, militaristic, apartheid regime.”

O’Flynn also claimed Zionism “depends on oppression and colonization” and is “an inherently exclusionary ideology that builds upon a logic of elimination by displacing native Palestinians through control of their territory and erasure of their existence.”

O’Flynn argued that no “liberal Zionist” can be fully devoted to the ideals of Zionism and Feminism simultaneously.

O’Flynn went on to call Gaza “an open-air prison” and implied that Israel’s three wars against Hamas since 2008 were “bombing campaigns” against civilians.

Israel commenced Operations Cast Lead (OCL), Pillar of Defense (OPD) and Protective Edge (OPE) in 2008-09, 2012 and 2014, respectively, in order to stop Hamas rocket fire from Gaza targeting Israeli civilians.

From November 14- 21, 2012, Palestinian terror groups fired more than 1,506 rockets at Israel. The majority of those rockets struck Israel, damaging homes, schools and other civilian areas. Human Rights Watch noted: “Palestinian armed groups made clear in their statements that harming civilians was their aim.”

Throughout the summer of 2014 — during Operation Protective Edge (OPE) — Hamas's deployment of human shields was extensively documented and publicized. Hamas encouraged Gazans to act as human shields to frustrate Israeli efforts to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza.

Anti-Israel Activism

As of March 13, 2018, O’Flynn LinkedIn page said she was an intern at the The Jerusalem Fund, since January 2018. She was tasked with writing blog posts, event programming, and maintaining the organization’s Twitter account and “live tweeting during lectures.”

The Jerusalem Fund is an anti-Israel think tank in Washington, D.C. that frequently hosts events demonizing Israel. It has also hosted activists in the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and spread hatred of Israel on Twitter.

O’Flynn has indicated on Facebook that she “went” to various SJP KSU anti-Israel events.

On October 11, 2017, O’Flynn indicated on Facebook that she “went” to an SJP KSU event titled “Zionism 101.”

On November 3, 2017, O’Flynn indicated on Facebook that she “went” to an SJP KSU event featuring Lorraine LeBlanc, board chair of the Interfaith Peace-Builders (IFPB).

SJP KSU - Supporting Terrorists  

SJP KSU - Promoting Violence and Spreading Hatred  

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.”

SJP KSU - Demonizing Israel

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.