Brooke Goldstein
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{{Short description|Human rights lawyer}}
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| education = McGill University (BA)
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (JD)
| occupation = Founder and Executive Director of The Lawfare Project
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| notable_works = The Making of A Martyr (2006 film)
Lawfare: The War Against Free Speech (2011 book)
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Brooke Goldstein is a human rights attorney. She is the founder and Executive Director of The Lawfare Project.{{cite web |title=Brooke Goldstein Executive Director, The Lawfare Project |url=https://www.israeliamerican.org/iac-national-summit/team-member/brooke-goldstein |website=Israeli American Council |date=3 November 2019 |access-date=6 May 2023}}
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.{{cite news|last1=Herschthal|first1=Eric|title='If I Died As A Martyr, I'd Go To Paradise'|publisher=New York Jewish Week|date=24 November 2006|id={{ProQuest|362534190}}}}
Her grandfather was a commander in a unit of Polish partisans that fought against the Nazis.{{cite news |date=February 20, 2018 |title=Think-tank to sue Google, Twitter and Yahoo over Holocaust denial content |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/world/think-tank-to-sue-google-twitter-and-yahoo-over-holocaust-denial-content-in-spain-1.459133 |work=The Jewish Chronicle }}
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.{{cite news|last1=Costello|first1=Carol|title=Thwarted Terror Attack in London|publisher=CNN|date=29 June 2007|id={{ProQuest|466927596}}}} 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 Palestinian activists, by encouraging suicide bombing, abuse the rights of Palestinian children. Goldstein calls the use of children as suicide bombers, "the intentional murder of innocent children."
=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."{{cite news |date=April 16, 2012 |title=Lawyer advocates for Palestinian child suicide bombers |url=http://www.cjnews.com/culture/entertainment/arts/lawyer-advocates-palestinian-child-suicide-bombers |work=Canadian Jewish News }}
=The Lawfare Project=
Goldstein founded The Lawfare Project in 2010,{{cite news |date=March 16, 2010 |title=Groundbreaking Lawfare Project Launched |url=http://www.algemeiner.net/generic.asp?openYear=2010&id=6325&cat= |work=Algemeiner }} 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.{{cite news |date=February 21, 2018 |title=Lawfare Project threatens suit against Yahoo, Google and Twitter in Spain for proliferation of anti-Semitism |url=https://www.jns.org/lawfare-project-threatens-suit-against-yahoo-google-and-twitter-in-spain-for-proliferation-of-anti-semitism/ |agency=JNS }}{{cite news |date=June 11, 2018 |title=Groups accuse PFLP-affiliated UK NGO of being antisemitic |url=https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Groups-accuse-PFLP-affiliated-UK-NGO-of-being-antisemitic-559654 |work=The Jerusalem Post }}
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."{{cite book|last1=Kittrie|first1=Orde|title=Lawfare: Law as a Weapon of War|date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0190263577|page=9}}
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 counsel for people wrongfully sued for speaking about issues of national security," particularly terrorism and Islamic extremism.
=Other activities=
Goldstein has been a regular guest on Fox News,{{cite news |date=October 5, 2017 |title='Zioness' Group Adds Pro-Israel Voice To Racial Justice Marches — And Sows Bitter Controversy |url=https://forward.com/news/384385/zioness-group-adds-pro-israel-voice-to-racial-justice-marches-and-sows-bitt/ |work=The Forward }} and is a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations.{{cite web |url=https://www.cfr.org/membership-roster-g-k |title=Membership Roster |date= |publisher=Council on Foreign Relations }}{{cite web |url=https://www.thelawfareproject.org/staff-bios/ |title=Staff Bios |date= |publisher=The Lawfare Project }}
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Category:Canadian human rights activists
Category:Women human rights activists
Category:McGill University alumni
Category:Activists from Toronto