Brooke Goldstein
Brooke Goldstein | |
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| Education | McGill University (BA) Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (JD) |
| Occupation(s) | Founder and Executive Director of The Lawfare Project |
| Notable work | The Making of A Martyr (2006 film) Lawfare: The War Against Free Speech (2011 book) |
Brooke Goldstein is a human rights lawyer. She is the founder and Executive Director of The Lawfare Project.
Early life and education
Goldstein was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is a graduate of McGill University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.[1][2]
Her grandfather was a commander in a unit of Polish partisans that fought against the Nazis.[3]
Career
The Making of A Martyr
CNN anchor Carol Costello describes Goldstein as "a woman on a mission" who traveled to the West Bank, "as a young law student," to film the 2006 documentary film The Making of A Martyr.[4] Goldstein produced and directed the film about a Palestinian sixteen-year-old, Hussam Abdo, who was stopped at an Israeli border checkpoint when guards found live explosives wrapped around his body. Goldstein argues that that Palestinian activists, by encouraging suicide bombing, abuse the rights of Palestinian children.[1][4] Goldstein calls the use of children as suicide bombers, "the intentional murder of innocent children."[4]
Goldstein asserts that there are "Muslim children throughout the globe that are being targeted through the internet, through satellite programming, by the religious clerics, by the political leaders to kill themselves as suicide bombers. And it is nothing but a form of child abuse."[5]
Children's Rights Institute
Continuing her work from the film, in 2007 Goldstein founded the Children's Rights Institute, "a non-profit organization that tracks and legally combats violations of children's basic human rights, with a special focus on child suicide-homicide bombers, child soldiers, and the phenomenon of human shields."[6]
The Lawfare Project
Goldstein founded The Lawfare Project in 2010,[7][8] an American nonprofit advocacy organization based in New York City which serves as a legal think tank and litigation fund to uphold the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and pro-Israel community worldwide.[9][10]
Goldstein co-authored the 2011 book Lawfare: The War Against Free Speech: A First Amendment Guide for Reporting in an Age of Islamist Lawfare. The book offers advice to journalists about how to protect themselves against what Goldstein and Meyer describe as "'Islamist lawfare,' the use of the law as a weapon of war to silence and punish free speech about militant Islam, terrorism and its sources of financing."[11]
Prior to the Lawfare Project, Goldstein worked for the Middle East Forum for two years, directing the organization's "Legal Project" program, "which arranges pro-bono and reduced rate council for people wrongfully sued for speaking about issues of national security," particularly terrorism and Islamic extremism.[6]
Media appearances
Goldstein has been a regular guest on Fox News,[12] including the Fox News programs Hannity[13][14] and The Kelly File.[15][16][17]
In June 2018, Goldstein began hosting the program Outspoken on the Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS).[18]
Awards and affiliations
Goldstein was the recipient of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law's 2007 E. Nathaniel Gates Award for Outstanding Public Advocacy and the 2009 Inspire! Award.[2]
In 2016, Goldstein was awarded The Blue Card's Irene Hizme Tikkun Olam Award.[19] Goldstein is a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations.[20][21]
References
- ^ a b Herschthal, Eric (24 November 2006). "'If I Died As A Martyr, I'd Go To Paradise'". New York Jewish Week. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ a b Gordon, Jerry (May 2014). "CAIR and Lawfare: an Interview with Brooke Goldstein". New English Review. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Think-tank to sue Google, Twitter and Yahoo over Holocaust denial content". The Jewish Chronicle. February 20, 2018.
- ^ a b c Costello, Carol (29 June 2007). "Thwarted Terror Attack in London". CNN. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Hannity, Sean (30 May 2011). "Interview With Brooke Goldstein". Fox News. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Lawyer advocates for Palestinian child suicide bombers". Canadian Jewish News. April 16, 2012.
- ^ "Lawfare Conference Takes Aim at Terrorists' Efforts to Wage 'Legal Jihad'". HuffPost. May 16, 2010.
- ^ "Groundbreaking Lawfare Project Launched". Algemeiner. March 16, 2010.
- ^ "Lawfare Project threatens suit against Yahoo, Google and Twitter in Spain for proliferation of anti-Semitism". JNS. February 21, 2018.
- ^ "Groups accuse PFLP-affiliated UK NGO of being antisemitic". The Jerusalem Post. June 11, 2018.
- ^ Kittrie, Orde (2016). Lawfare: Law as a Weapon of War. Oxford University Press. p. 9. ISBN 0190263571.
- ^ "'Zioness' Group Adds Pro-Israel Voice To Racial Justice Marches — And Sows Bitter Controversy". The Forward. October 5, 2017.
- ^ "Terror TV: Shocking Children's Programming Indoctrinating Muslim Youth". Fox News. May 30, 2011.
- ^ "Are disgraced politicians the new norm in American politics?". Fox News. July 26, 2013.
- ^ "Brooke Goldstein Slams Admin's 'Inability to Call Evil What It Is'". Fox News. January 25, 2015.
- ^ "Video Shows Apparent Jihad Lesson At UNRWA School in Gaza". Fox News. August 5, 2014.
- ^ "Human Rights Attorney: 'Obama Admin Supporting Blasphemy Laws Used to Murder Christians'". Fox News. October 22, 2013.
- ^ "Lawfare Project Executive Director Brooke Goldstein's Outspoken Premieres Tonight on JBS". The Lawfare Project. June 14, 2018.
- ^ "The Blue Card to Host 82nd Annual Benefit Gala to Aid Holocaust Survivors on Monday, November 21, 2016". PRWeb. November 11, 2016.
- ^ "Membership Roster". Council on Foreign Relations.
- ^ "Staff Bios". The Lawfare Project.