Regina Joseph
Overview
Regina Joseph has spread incitement, expressed support for terrorists and celebrated thePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). She also demonized Israel and promoted anti-Israel agitators on Facebook.Joseph was an affiliate of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Florida State University (FSU) from 2012-2017 and is an active supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
As of February 2018, Joseph was a member of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at FSU and served as the SDS spokesperson in 2016. She is also a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization/Fightback and a contributor to its online news source “FightBack!News.”
Joseph has been a member of the closed Facebook group “Tallahassee United for Justice in Palestine” since 2013.
Her Linkedin also indicated that she was a third year student at FSU in 2016, “working on a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Sociology.”
Promoting Incitement
On December 6, 2017, Joseph shared to Facebook a statement from the Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network (JPSN) calling to “globalize the intifada” and condemning President Donald Trump’s decision to move the United States embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.Since the early 2000s, the term “Intifada” has carried the connotation of violence.
The statement Joseph posted labeled Israel an “illegitimate, settler-colonial state founded on the disenfranchisement, ethnic cleansing, and denial of human rights of indigenous Palestinians.”
The statement ended by calling for “all community members to rally against the Zionist entity and its support from the US empire,” in response to “the calls for 3 days of rage by every Palestinian political faction in Palestine.”
Days of rage were called for by the terror group Hamas. A joint statement by the Palestinian "national and Islamic forces" reportedly called for “a huge protest” and gathering “with the aim of bringing about general popular anger.”
Days of rage were called for by the terror group Hamas. A joint statement by the Palestinian "national and Islamic forces" reportedly called for “a huge protest” and gathering “with the aim of bringing about general popular anger.”
On December 8, 2017, Joseph shared NYC SJP coordinator Nerdeen Kiswani’s post to Facebook that read: “I can't help but feel that we are in the beginning stages of watching Israel'a [sic] demise” and “It will happen in our lifetime, I have to believe that, you have to believe that, we have to make it happen.”
Odeh was a key military operative with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization. In 1969, she masterminded a PFLP supermarket bombing that killed two college students. She also attempted to bomb the British consulate in Jerusalem. Odeh later moved to the United States but was deported to Jordan in 2017 for immigration fraud.
On February 4, 2018, Joseph shared a photo glorifying Fatima Bernawi as a “political prisoner who was sentenced to death for having resisted against Israeli occupation forces.”
Supporting Terrorists
On March 3, 2018, Joseph shared posters featuring an illustration of Rasmea Odehto Facebook. The poster read: “Rasmea taught us as Arab women to love and protect each other. The caption described Odeh as an “Arab feminist icon.”Odeh was a key military operative with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization. In 1969, she masterminded a PFLP supermarket bombing that killed two college students. She also attempted to bomb the British consulate in Jerusalem. Odeh later moved to the United States but was deported to Jordan in 2017 for immigration fraud.
On February 4, 2018, Joseph shared a photo glorifying Fatima Bernawi as a “political prisoner who was sentenced to death for having resisted against Israeli occupation forces.”
Fatima Bernawi was a terrorist with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and was responsible for a 1967 attempted-bombing of a crowded Jerusalem movie theater. She was sentenced to life in prison but was released after 10 years.
In 2015, Bernawi boasted that her thwarted bombing attack was “not a failure, because it generated fear throughout the world… Every woman who carries a bag needs to be checked before she enters the supermarket, any place, cinemas and pharmacies.”
On December 3, 2017, Joseph shared a link to a FightBack!News interview with iconic terrorist Leila Khaled.
On March 3, 2017, Joseph updated her Facebook cover photo to a series of pictures featuring one of Khaled with an assault rifle, in honor of “International Women’s Day Panel.”
Leila Khaled is a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970. As of 2017, Khaled was a member of PFLP's Political Bureau. Khaled has said that the second intifada failed because it was not violent enough, advocated [00:36:07] for the use of children in terror activities and compared Zionists to Nazis.
On June 11, 2015, Joseph indicated on facebook that she “went” to two pro-Rasmea Odeh “Live Stream” updates regarding the appeal of her immigration fraud conviction.
Celebrating the PFLP
On January 2, 2018, Joseph shared to Facebook a link to a greeting from the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) to the PFLP, sending “ their warmest fraternal greetings” in honor of the PFLP’s 50th anniversary.The article celebrated the PFLP’s “proud past and bright future,” claiming the past “50 years has been marked by accomplishments that can be rivaled by few.” The article declared “Your will to fight and win, along with your courage and clarity is an inspiration to people everywhere.”
The greeting closed with “Long Live the PFLP!”
The PFLP is a designatedterrorist organizationby the United States, European Union, Canada and Israel.
On December 14, 2017, Joseph shared a link to an article on Facebook about an event titled “The Palestinian Revolutionary Left,” celebrating “50 years of the PFLP.”
The article reported that “the event featured a recorded address from Leila Khaled” as well as “a live stream with Khaled Barakat, international coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat.”
Ahmad Sa’adat is the Secretary General of the PFLP and is currently serving time in an Israeli prison for terror activities, including his role in the 2001 assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze’evi. Under Sa’adat’s leadership, the PFLP perpetrated many suicide bombings against Israeli civilians during the second intifada.
BDS Activism
On February 4, 2016, Joseph disrupted the Florida House State Affairs Committee alongside other members of SJP and SDS. The activists were protesting Florida House Bill 527, which proposed to limit state government investment in companies that boycott Israel.During public comment, Joseph condemned United States aid to Israel, saying: “It is disgusting that the U.S. would rather forgo paying for education, health care and basic infrastructure in order to support the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, spending $10 million a day to support the murderous military of Israel.”
Joseph further announced: “I support the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel.”
Following the allotted speaking time, the demonstrators then disrupted the vote, chanting, “Not another nickel, not another dime, no more money for Israel’s crimes!” and attempted to raise a banner saying “Stop funding Israeli apartheid.”
The protesters were finally removed from the committee room by security guards.
On May 2, 2017, Joseph shared an article to Facebook promoting increased calls for BDS by Palestinian Trade Unions.
The protesters were finally removed from the committee room by security guards.
On May 2, 2017, Joseph shared an article to Facebook promoting increased calls for BDS by Palestinian Trade Unions.
On February 9, 2018, Joseph shared a petition to Facebook calling to defend New Zealand performer Lorde in her boycott of “apartheid” Israel.
The petition condemned calls by the Florida legislature to have Lorde’s Florida show cancelled and claimed that the American government “has an unholy alliance with Israel.”
The petition called to “#LetLordePlay... as a sign of solidarity with the Palestinian Liberation Movement and BDS!”
The petition called to “#LetLordePlay... as a sign of solidarity with the Palestinian Liberation Movement and BDS!”
Demonizing Israel
On November 19, 2012, Joseph led a march co-hosted by FSU SJP and Dream Defenders, “demanding an end to the Israeli siege of Gaza.”.Joseph reportedly addressed the crowd, accusing Israel of murdering Palestinians and claiming “(t)he military occupation in Gaza is a testament to how far the U.S. backs Israeli state apartheid and the dehumanization of Palestinians."
On July 18, 2014, Joseph appeared in an FSU SJP photo labelled “#GazaUnderAttack: Emergency Action.”
On July 18, 2014, Joseph appeared in an FSU SJP photo labelled “#GazaUnderAttack: Emergency Action.”
The “Emergency Action” protest was held on July 17, 2014, during Operation Protective Edge (OPE), co-hosted by FSU SJP, SDS and Dream Defenders. A Tallahassee SDS Facebook post from July 15, 2014, invited students to attend the demonstration protesting “the Israeli occupation apartheid and genocide.”
Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
On February 19, 2018, Joseph shared an image to Facebook of Israeli soldiers holding up the flags of their home countries, as well as the Israeli Flag, with the caption: “From all over the world they come to kill Palestinian children.”
On January 24, 2018, Joseph shared a graphic on Facebook that caricatured Israel as a dog bearing the Israeli flag progressively taking over its Palestinian owner’s bed, resulting in the dog sprawling on the bed while the owner is relegated to the floor.
Supporting Anti-Israel Agitators
Joseph is a fan of Ahed Tamimi and has posted numerous photos, videos and articles to Facebook defending Tamimi and calling for her release.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.
On January 4, 2018, Joseph shared to Facebook a poster glorifying Tamimi with the caption “Free all Palestinian Political Prisoners.”
On December 28, 2017, Joseph shared a photo of Tamimi to Facebook with the caption: “her only crime is that she was born in Palestine and called for Freedom , Peace , Ending the occupation and removing the apartheid wall.”
On March 15, 2015, Joseph shared a series of photos on Facebook commemorating the anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s death.
On March 15, 2015, Joseph shared a series of photos on Facebook commemorating the anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s death.
International Solidarity Movement (ISM) activist Rachel Corrie was accidentally killed while interfering with an Israeli military operation in 2003. A wrongful death suit brought by Corrie’s family in Israel was dismissed when the judge ruled that Corrie had unreasonably chosen to put her own life in danger.
ISM has been accused of supporting terrorism and has encouraged its foreign volunteers to act “as human shields in cities, towns and refugee camps.” ISM has also encouraged activists to break curfew and disregard Israeli directives prohibiting access to closed military zones.
SJP Activism
In November 2017, FSU’s Student General Assembly (SGA) considered suspending funding for an FSU SJP panel event featuring Nerdeen Kiswani, Noura Farouk and Dan Cione of New York City (NYC) SJP.Kiswani, Farouk and Cione are all notorious for spreading hatred of Israel.
On November 9, 2017, Joseph promoted on Facebook FSU SJP activists who sat in at an FSU SGA meeting to protest the proposed defunding.
During the hearing, which FSU SJP posted on its Facebook page, the group’s secretary and treasurer Albert Kishek acknowledged his group was accused [00:42:45] of hate speech and anti-Semitism.
But Kishek claimed [00:46:00] that Kiswani and Farouk were “feminist organizers” of Palestinian background “who are playing a useful part to the building of the anti-war movement.”
FSU SJP’s post stated the group would “not tolerate infringement upon rights to school funding for our events and ended with the hashtags #RightToResist and #AIPACOutOfFSU.”
SGA voted 24-10 with 4 abstentions to provide funding to FSU SJP for the panel.
On that same day, Joseph shared to Facebook a photo of SJP members at the hearing with the caption “a bunch of AIPAC affiliated pro-Israeli FSU Senators are trying to strip SJP of SGA funding because they have brought pro-Palestinian liberation speakers. WTF!!!!”
Joseph also shared a videos of the hearing to Facebook.
On November 16, 2017, Joseph indicated on Facebook that she “went” to the FSU SJP event “Feminism, Internationalism, and Palestine” featuring Kiswani, Farouk and Cione. She also appeared in a group photo of the event FSU SJP posted to Facebook four days later.
During the panel, Kiswani accused Israel of committing [00:08:29] “mass rapes” and claimed that [00:9:08] “to this day there is daily assault and sexual harassment of Palestinian women by Zionists.”
Kiswani also stated [01:45:52] “...we see in Israel, when Ethiopian Jews are trying to integrate themselves into the white settler colonial project of Israel, they put on the uniform and kill Palestinians and then their babies still get stabbed by Israelis and they still don’t see a day of justice in the court.”
Cione noted [00:26:14] that, after the Oslo accords, the United States gave the Palestinian Authority “over 32 billion dollars… for state building institutions.” Cione then condemned [00:25:36] the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for not funding radicals.
Cione said that [00:24:42] “when they were dumping all this money into Palestine” USAID included a “terror clause, which said that none of this money can go to “anyone that… is a terrorist organization as defined by Israel or who does not recognize the right of Israel to exist.”
Kiswani also stated [01:45:52] “...we see in Israel, when Ethiopian Jews are trying to integrate themselves into the white settler colonial project of Israel, they put on the uniform and kill Palestinians and then their babies still get stabbed by Israelis and they still don’t see a day of justice in the court.”
Cione noted [00:26:14] that, after the Oslo accords, the United States gave the Palestinian Authority “over 32 billion dollars… for state building institutions.” Cione then condemned [00:25:36] the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for not funding radicals.
Cione said that [00:24:42] “when they were dumping all this money into Palestine” USAID included a “terror clause, which said that none of this money can go to “anyone that… is a terrorist organization as defined by Israel or who does not recognize the right of Israel to exist.”
At the end of the panel, the attendees and panelists chanted [01:48:48] “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!”
The declaration called for an “international mobilization” of Palestinian youth in exile and their allies to “support the resistance,” and glorified the Knife Intifada terrorists as “heroic.”
On November 5, 2015 — following the first month of the Knife Intifada — FSU SJP posted to Facebook: “October. Was. Scary. For. Palestinians. How are things looking for November? How about 2016? ... Something's gotta give!! #BDS.”
On November 7, 2015, FSU SJP shared a photo to Facebook of Dania Irsheid after she was shot, commenting: “Lost for words…”
Dania Irsheid was shot by an Israeli police officer after she attempted to stab him.
On November 24, 2015, FSU SJP shared a video misrepresenting terrorists Hadeel and Nurhan Awad, as having been “executed” by Israel. The video was titled “execution of civilians - what Israeli settlers do best.”|
Hadeel Awad and her cousin Nurhan Awad were shot after they stabbed two people — including a 70-year-old Palestinian resident of Bethlehem — near Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market. Hadeel was shot by police as she was slashing at other Israeli civilians with scissors.
On November 26, 2015, FSU SJP posted to Facebook: “Brutal military occupation uses violence to quell peaceful resistance. And we wonder why resitance [sic] turns to armed struggle? To knives?"
On April 25, 2016, FSU SJP shared to Facebook a post defending Dima Al-Wawi, adding “Her face says it all.”
On April 24, 2016, FSU SJP shared to Facebook a post in defence of Al-Wawi, presenting her arrest as “discrimination against Palestinians.”
On April 13, 2016, FSU SJP defended Al-Wawi on Facebook, claiming: “This is how the Israeli government and illegal settler forces demonize Palestinians and their children.”
Jasmine Rashad al-Zaru [Yasmeen Rashad al Zaro] attempted to stab an Israeli Border Policeman before she was shot.
On December 13, 2015, FSU SJP shared to Facebook an article reporting the PFLP’s celebration in Gaza. the article added that during the festivities, the PFLP “re-asserted its commitment to the new Palestinian Intifada.”
On March 9, 2017, FSU SJP posted a photo of Leila Khaled to Facebook in honor of International Women’s Day.
On May 27, 2017, FSU SJP celebrated the end of the hunger strike on Facebook, commenting: “Victory to the #DignityStrike!”
FSU SJP Incitement to Terror
On October 27, 2015, FSU SJP shared to Facebook a “PALESTINIAN YOUTH INTERNATIONAL CALL TO SUPPORT THE INTIFADA.”The declaration called for an “international mobilization” of Palestinian youth in exile and their allies to “support the resistance,” and glorified the Knife Intifada terrorists as “heroic.”
October 2015 saw an upsurge in violence across Israel incited by Palestinian political and religious leaders. The wave of stabbings — known as the “Knife Intifada” — saw young Palestinians throughout the country stabbing and attempting to stab Israeli civilians.
The attacks were sparked and fueled by Palestinian leaders propagating the libel that Israel intended to desecrate the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
FSU SJP Defending the Knife Intifada
On October 5, 2015 — at the beginning of the Knife Intifada — FSU SJP shared an article to Facebook claiming a “Palestinian teen” was “executed” as a “death-chanting” mob rejoiced. The teen was Fadi Aloon.Fadi Aloon was shot by Israeli security forces after he stabbed a 15-year-old Israeli boy. Several hours before the attack, Aloon posted “Either martyrdom or victory” on his Facebook page.
On November 5, 2015 — following the first month of the Knife Intifada — FSU SJP posted to Facebook: “October. Was. Scary. For. Palestinians. How are things looking for November? How about 2016? ... Something's gotta give!! #BDS.”
On November 7, 2015, FSU SJP shared a photo to Facebook of Dania Irsheid after she was shot, commenting: “Lost for words…”
Dania Irsheid was shot by an Israeli police officer after she attempted to stab him.
On November 24, 2015, FSU SJP shared a video misrepresenting terrorists Hadeel and Nurhan Awad, as having been “executed” by Israel. The video was titled “execution of civilians - what Israeli settlers do best.”|
Hadeel Awad and her cousin Nurhan Awad were shot after they stabbed two people — including a 70-year-old Palestinian resident of Bethlehem — near Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market. Hadeel was shot by police as she was slashing at other Israeli civilians with scissors.
On November 22, 2015, during Israel’s “Knife Intifada,” Ashraqat Taha Qatanani was run over and shot during her attempt to stab an Israeli woman. According to the Donia Al-Watan Palestinian newspaper, Qatanani died as “a Martyr as she wished.”
On November 26, 2015, FSU SJP posted to Facebook: “Brutal military occupation uses violence to quell peaceful resistance. And we wonder why resitance [sic] turns to armed struggle? To knives?"
On April 25, 2016, FSU SJP shared to Facebook a post defending Dima Al-Wawi, adding “Her face says it all.”
On April 24, 2016, FSU SJP shared to Facebook a post in defence of Al-Wawi, presenting her arrest as “discrimination against Palestinians.”
On April 13, 2016, FSU SJP defended Al-Wawi on Facebook, claiming: “This is how the Israeli government and illegal settler forces demonize Palestinians and their children.”
12-year-old Al-Wawi was imprisoned for attempting to stab a security guard at the Israeli community Karmei Tzur. Al-Wawi later claimed she intended to kill the guard and hoped she would be killed in the process. “I was dreaming that I was going to be martyred,” she said.
On February 15, 2016, FSU SJP posted to Facebook a video of Yasmeen Rashad al Zaro after she was shot, adding: “Who's the terrorist now?”
Jasmine Rashad al-Zaru [Yasmeen Rashad al Zaro] attempted to stab an Israeli Border Policeman before she was shot.
FSU SJP Honoring Terrorist Rasmea Odeh
On April 13, 2017, FSU SJP posted to Facebook several photos of convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh after a court ordered her deportation from the United States. FSU SJP referred to Odeh as a “Palestinian freedom fighter” and added the hashtag #HonorRasmea.On February 13, 2015, FSU SJP hosted an event honoring Odeh. In the event description, FSU SJP called Odeh “the Rosa Parks of the liberation of Palestine.”
Odeh was a key military operative [00:02:08]with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization. In 1969, she masterminded a PFLP supermarket bombing that killed two college students. She also attempted to bomb the British consulate in Jerusalem. Odeh later moved to the United States but was deported to Jordan in 2017 for immigration fraud.
FSU SJP Defending Terrorists
On December 12, 2015, FSU SJP commemorated the founding of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization, tweeting: “PFLP marks 48th establishment anniversary in Gaza.”On December 13, 2015, FSU SJP shared to Facebook an article reporting the PFLP’s celebration in Gaza. the article added that during the festivities, the PFLP “re-asserted its commitment to the new Palestinian Intifada.”
On March 9, 2017, FSU SJP posted a photo of Leila Khaled to Facebook in honor of International Women’s Day.
Leila Khaled is a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970. As of 2017, Khaled was a member of PFLP's Political Bureau. Khaled has said that the second intifada failed because it was not violent enough, advocated [00:36:07] for the use of children in terror activities and compared Zionists to Nazis.
On March 14, 2017, FSU SJP posted an illustration of Basel Al Araj to Facebook with the caption “Long Live Basil Al-Araj! Long Live the Resistance! Until Victory.”
On March 14, 2017, FSU SJP posted an illustration of Basel Al Araj to Facebook with the caption “Long Live Basil Al-Araj! Long Live the Resistance! Until Victory.”
Basel Al Araj was killed in a shoot-out with Israeli troops during an arrest raid. He had been suspected of belonging to a terror cell planning to carry out attacks on Israeli targets. Two M-16 assault rifles and an improvised Carlo-style submachine gun were found inside his home.
On April 29, 2017, FSU SJP promoted on Facebook a hunger strike by Palestinian convicts. FSU SJP posted a photo of Marwan Barghouti with the comment: “Every prisoner is political” and referred to another “1500 fellow imprisoned freedom fighters.”
Terrorist Marwan Barghouti was sentenced to five consecutive life terms for some of his crimes, including his role in the Sbarro Cafe bombing. In 2017, he initiated the hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners known as the “Dignity Strike.” He headed the Palestinian Authority (PA) terrorist Tanzim force and founded the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which carried out many terror attacks against Israeli civilians.
On May 27, 2017, FSU SJP celebrated the end of the hunger strike on Facebook, commenting: “Victory to the #DignityStrike!”
FSU SJP Defending the 2017 Shooting Attack at al-Aqsa Mosque
On July 21 2017, FSU SJP claimed on Facebook that the al-Aqsa Mosque was “taken hostage by Israel” and that Israel was “murdering innocent devotees who dared question the seizure.”FSU SJP also wrote “Palestinians and their supporters everywhere are expressing justified rage” and added “Muslims worldwide are being asked to stand together in a day of anger for al-Aqsa.”
On July 14, 2017, Arab terrorists murdered two Israeli police officers outside the entrance to the Al Aqsa mosque on Temple mount in Jerusalem. The perpetrators were Israeli Arab citizens from Umm el-Fahm, who reportedly feared that “Al Aqsa in danger” — the slogan of the banned northern branch of the Islamic Movement that ran the UMM el-Fahm municipality.
The allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque has been a traditional pretext for Arab attacks on Jews long before the existence of the modern Jewish state.
The allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque has been a traditional pretext for Arab attacks on Jews long before the existence of the modern Jewish state.
Israel responded by placing metal detectors and security checks before allowing worshippers to the holy site, similar to other holy sites in Jerusalem.
Palestinian factions reacted by spreading incitement that resulted in further violence. Fatah threatened “Rage for the Al-Aqsa Mosque!” On July 21, 2017, Omar al-Abed, 19, broke into a Jewish family's home in Halamish and stabbed three family members to death while they were having a Sabbath meal. Before embarking, al-Abed wrote on Facebook: “Take up your weapon and resist, declare war for Allah...I have only a knife, and it will respond to Al-Aqsa's cry...The sons of monkeys and pigs do not open the gates of Al-Aqsa. I hope that men will come after me to strike me with an iron hand...We are all one, we have one blood, one enemy and one Al-Aqsa.”
The Israeli government removed the detectors on July 25, 2017.
The Israeli government removed the detectors on July 25, 2017.
Terrorists murdered two Israeli police officers on July 14, 2017, outside the entrance to the Al Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Israel responded by installing metal detectors and security checks at the entrance to the holy site.
The terrorists reportedly feared that “Al Aqsa is in danger,” which has long been a pretext for Arab attacks on Jews long before the State of Israel’s existence. Following rioting and further violence, the Israeli government removed the metal detectors on July 25, 2017.
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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“I see the similarities of apartheid in Israel to the ongoing situation of Black people in the US.”
“It is disgusting that the U.S. would rather forgo paying for education, health care and basic infrastructure in order to support the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, spending $10 million a day to support the murderous military of Israel.”
“The military occupation in Gaza is a testament to how far the U.S. backs Israeli state apartheid and the dehumanization of Palestinians."
