Aaisha Jamiluddin

Aaisha Jamiluddin promoted the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement at the University of Maryland (UMD), in 2019.

Jamiluddin has also supported an anti-Israel agitator and has demonized Israel with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at UMD. She has also spread hatred of Israel on Twitter.  

As of August 2019, Jamiluddin’s LinkedIn page said she was studying Public Health at UMD from “2017 - 2021.”  

Promoting BDS

On April 25, 2019, Jamiluddin was featured [03:21:57] in a video posted on Facebook by the UMD Student Government Association (SGA), urging the SGA to pass a BDS bill. The bill was launched by Divest UMD.

Divest UMD is a campaign that calls on UMD to divest from companies that do business with Israel. 

In the video, Jamiluddin said [03:22:01]: “I am a strong proponent of the divestment bill being debated today...”     

Jamiluddin continued [03:22:07]: “I urge you to pass this bill and allow our school to be on the right side of history tonight. Israel has deprived Palestinians of basic human rights for more than 70 years by maintaining an apartheid system, relegating Palestinians into poverty and unjustly incarcerating them.”

Jamiluddin added [03:22:21]: “We need to hold Israel responsible for their daily appalling violations of human rights and take a stance on this issue. We can no longer invest in and support… companies that contribute to the oppression of Palestinians.”

Jamiluddin went on to say [03:22:41]: “Therefore I encourage you to support human rights by passing this bill, just as we did years ago by divesting from South Africa in protest of apartheid.”  
 
On April 25, 2019, Divest UMD announced on Facebook that following a UMD student government vote, the BDS bill failed to pass with “a vote of 9 for, 25 against, and 2 abstentions.”

Supporting an Anti-Israel Agitator

On March 7, 2019, SJP UMD shared a group photo on Instagram of Jamiluddin with SJP activists and Eran Efrati, holding a Palestinian flag.

SJP UMD commented: “It was eye-opening and intriguing to hear from Eran Efrati about the deadly exchange between US Police forces and the Israeli Defense Forces! #freepalestine.”

Eran Efrati is an executive board member of Researching the Israeli American Alliance (RIAA) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). 
 
RAIA, in partnership with JVP, produced the Deadly Exchange report, which claimed to reveal “the extent of massive training programs between U.S. law enforcement and Israeli police, military, and the Shin Bet.”

In 2017, JVP launched the “Deadly Exchange” campaign that accused American Jewish organizations of promoting human rights abuses. JVP also released a video that blamed [00:04:04] Jewish organizations for violence that occurs against Black and Brown communities, immigrants and activists in the U.S.

Demonizing Israel

On May 14, 2019, SJP UMD shared a group photo on Instagram that featured Jamiluddin alongside SJP UMD activists calling to boycott Israel Fest. The caption on the photo read: “Last week, we boycotted Israel Fest and held a teach-in about Palestinian human rights! #boycottisraelfest #freepalestine.”

“Israel Fest” at UMD is an annual campus event designed “to celebrate and educate students on Israeli culture,” hosted by the Jewish Student Union.

Jamiluddin retweeted a May 7, 2019 Divest UMD tweet that read: “Thursday is Israel Fest.Don’t ride the camel. Don’t take their flyers. Don’t eat the food. Don’t celebrate human rights abuses. #BoycottIsraelFest.”

On May 11, 2019, SJP UMD reportedly held a teach-in to “boycott the annual celebration of Israel Fest.” SJP UMD’s teach-in involved activists gathering by a mock “Israeli Apartheid Wall” and chanting: “Displacing lives since ‘48, nothing here to celebrate!”

Jamiluddin retweeted a March 19, 2019, Divest UMD tweet that read: “Why is @jonathanallen44 speaking at the AIPAC Conference in the capacity of @UMDSGA Student Body President? AIPAC has a history of justifying war crimes and the killing of Palestinians. #NotMySGAPresident @WTFUMD.”

The tweet was in protest to the UMD SGA president, Jonathan Allen’s scheduled attendance as a speaker at an American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference on March 26, 2019. 

The stated mission of AIPAC is to “strengthen, protect and promote the U.S.-Israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the United States and Israel.”

SJP UMD - Supporting Terrorists

On April 8, 2018, SJP UMD shared a photo on Instagram of Ghassan Kanafani and wrote: “Today is the birthday of legendary Palestinian author and PFLP member Ghassan Kanafani (1936-72).” 

Kanafani was a leading member and spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) during the terrorist organization’s early years. Kanafani announced the PFLP’s responsibility for the Lod Airport Massacre of May 1972 and was linked to the airport attackers. The attack killed 26 people and wounded 80 others.  

On March 9, 2018, SJP UMD shared a poster on Instagram produced by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and wrote: “Poster of the First Martyr of the Intifada #sjp #intifada.” 

The caption on the poster read: “Hatem Al Sesi First Martyr of the Intifada for Freedom and Independence.” 

Hatem al-Sisi was killed after he reportedly attemptedto drop a homemade bomb on an Israeli military vehicle during the first intifada.

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.

Social Media and Weblinks

Facebook:www.facebook.com/100002924327497     

Twitter:https://twitter.com/spilllthechai 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaishajamiluddin/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/aaishajam/ [Private]