HOLLY JACKSON


I’m a second-year PhD student in computer science at UC Berkeley advised by Ben Recht.

Previously, I received my Bachelor’s in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and my Master’s in human rights studies from Columbia University.

I work on on interdisciplinary applications of computer science, from astrophysics to history to politics. My research has been featured in over 100 media outlets and has been liked and shared tens of thousands of times on social of media.


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06 THE ON-CAMPUS ISRAEL LOBBY
2023

ABSTRACT: The social groups we form in university are incredibly influential to our world view. As a result, there is a billion-dollar industry that attempts to influence the ideas of these groups. The power of student groups is evident through the long history of suppression of their free speech rights. Historically, media outlets, universities, and the government have engaged in aggressive suppression campaigns of critical American student movements — from the Black Campus Movement in the 60s to the anti-Shah Iranian student movement in the 70s. 

The student Palestine solidarity movement is the current manifestation of this trend. Its centrality to the debate on Palestinian human rights in the US has been identified by many — from Palestinian human rights organizations to the Israeli prime minister. Nefariously, the current suppression movement of Palestinian activism on US college campuses is galvanized by millions of dollars from foreign actors. This study outlines how the Israeli government spends millions to infiltrate US university student life in order to spread political support for the State of Israel and suppress Palestinian activist voices.




PUBLICATION:

The On-Campus Israel Lobby: How the Suppression of Palestinian Activism on US College Campuses Is a Multi-Million Dollar Foreign-Funded Industry

Holly Jackson
Master’s Thesis, Columbia University, 2023

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