Abdullah Elagha
Overview
Abdullah Elagha celebrated the death of Jews, shown support for terrorists and expressed hatred of Israelis and Zionists. Elagha has also demonized Israel and engaged in anti-Israel activism.Elagha was an activist with the Colorado Palestine Club (CPC) Denver Chapter in October 2021 and an organizer with the Center for Freedom and Justice-Colorado in October 2022.
In May 2021, Elagha was affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in Chicago (SJP Chicago).
Elagha is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
As of May 2023, Elagha’s LinkedIn page said he had been a Senior Cloud Engineer at Charles Schwab since January 2021.
As of the same date, Elagha’s LinkedIn page said that he graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering.
As of May 2023, Elagha’s LinkedIn page also said he was located in Denver, Colorado.
As of May 2023, Elagha went by the username “dula lipa” and used the handle “@dulapalooza” on Twitter.
As of the same date, he went by the username “Abdullah Kasem” on Facebook.
Celebrating the Death of Jews
Elagha retweeted a February 28, 2023 tweet that said: “white settler from connecticut moves halfway across the world to join the occupying military in palestine, and dies at the hands of the indigenous population fighting for liberation. he died for a racist ethnonationalist ideology. his memory will be anything but a blessing.”On February 27, 2023, 26-year-old U.S.-Israeli citizen Elan Ganeles was murdered by Palestinian terrorists who shot at his car from their vehicle while he was driving to a friend’s wedding.
Terror Support (Hamas, Al-Aqsa Martrys Brigade)
On December 14, 2020, Elagha tweeted: “If it wasn’t for Hamas Israel would have murdered every last person in Gaza. Any violent outcome from a struggle for liberation by an oppressed people is ALWAYS the fault of the oppressor.”On June 23, 2021, Elagha tweeted a photo of three men holding assault rifles and wearing headbands with the logo of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. Text on the image read: “LIBERALS ARE ALWAYS HATING US FOR SUPPORTING THE TROOPS / LIKE AND SHARE IF YOU DON'T GIVE A DAMN!”
In the tweet, Elagha wrote: “I support the troops and I ALWAYS stand for the flag
stay mad libtards.”On October 30, 2021, Elagha tweeted: “changing my legal name to Hamasshole.”
On November 10, 2021, Elagha tweeted the same photo honoring armed Hamas members that he tweeted on June 23, 2021.
On December 21, 2021, Elagha tweeted an image of a young boy holding a gun, dressed in an army uniform, and wearing a Hamas headband.
Elagha wrote in the tweet: “The best thing you’ll see today. Let’s hear you sing أضرب تل ابيب [Strike Tel Aviv] #FutureSoldier.” His tweet referred to a pro-Hamas song celebrating rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.
On August 11, 2022, Elagha tweeted an image that included a photo of Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi under the words: “GLORY TO OUR MARTYRS.”
Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi, a “commander” of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, was known as “the lion of Nablus.” On August 9, 2022, he was killed [p. 5] in a gun battle with Israeli forces. The Brigade is listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the U.S. State Department.
Hatred of Israelis and Zionists
On July 27, 2022, Elagha tweeted: “Y’all think it’s hot today wait til you go to hell for supporting Israel.”On October 12, 2021, Elagha tweeted: “If lying was a job, I know zionists would be billionaires.”
On September 21, 2021, Elagha tweeted: “I need a couple of Zionists to sit on my porch for Halloween.”
On September 13, 2021, Elagha tweeted: “stop calling Israelis ‘settlers’ they didn’t settle s**t. they are and always will be invaders and should be referred to as such.”
On July 27, 2021, Elagha tweeted in response to a CNN tweet about Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis that read: “crusty a** zionists.”
On May 6, 2021, Elagha tweeted: “what is complex about settlers committing crimes of ethnic cleansing against the indigenous population? you zios always act as if this issue is so complex and only you are able to understand it. well nobody is buying that bs anymore leave her alone and pound sand.”
The term "Zio" is a common derogatory reference to Zionists, as well as an often-used anti-Semitic slur among white supremacists.
The term “pound sand” means ordering someone to go away or get lost.
On June 7, 2021, Elagha tweeted: “this is actually the perfect metaphor for pinkwashing omg why do the zios love giving us content so much.”
“Pinkwashing” is a claim that Israel advocates manipulate the LGBTQ community in order to garner support for Israel.
On June 17, 2021, Elagha tweeted: “not me and the boys almost fighting zionists at navy pier lmaooo these p**sies don’t want the smoke.”
On May 20, 2021, Elagha tweeted: “the colonizer mentality runs deep. all you ‘don’t judge Israelis by their governments actions’ people can go argue with the wall.”
Demonizing Israel
On September 8, 2022, Elagha tweeted: “reminder that lsrael is a british colony started by a british guy with the blessing of the british crown f**k the queen and long live PaIestine.”On June 9, 2022, Elagha tweeted: “Israelis be like ‘I don’t support the illegal settlements’ bestie it’s all an illegal settlement.”
On December 3, 2021, Elagha tweeted: “lets take a step back and think about the fact that people have different stances on if ethnic cleansing is okay or not to not condemn Israel is to support apartheid, land theft and violent colonization PERIOD I don’t care what your ethnicity or religion is, its that simple.”
On October 13, 2021, Elagha tweeted a picture of people burning an Israeli flag and wrote: “would y’all consider this a date?”
On September 30, 2021, Elagha tweeted: “its been 21 years since the murder of Mohammed Al-Durah by the Israeli occupation. he was barely older than I was at the time. these haunting images radicalized an entire generation of Palestinian youth. we will never forget Mohammed and we will never stop fighting in his name.”
The Al-Durah hoax is an iconic piece of anti-Israel propaganda, fabricated on September 30, 2000 at the start of the Second Intifada by a France 2 reporter.
On May 10, 2021, Elagha tweeted: “a story in 4 parts Israel has made the US government it’s b**ch and Palestinians pay the price.”
On May 24, 2021, Elagha tweeted in response to the NBA tweeting about combatting antisemitism and hate: “Gaza is out of fuel, residents of Sheikh Jarrah are still being ethnically cleansed and Palestinian citizens in the occupied territories are being snatched up by Israeli police. they are trying to change the conversation. don’t get distracted.”
On May 24, 2021, Elagha tweeted: “Bernie also doesn’t support BDS. the reality of it is that Palestinians have almost no *real* allies in either of the branches of American government. I don’t think people truly realize how deep Israeli influence runs through this country.”
On February 15, 2021, Elagha tweeted: “Not only does Israel (with an over 70% vaccination rate) say it’s not responsible for vaccinating Palestinians, it’s now actively obstructing anyone else from doing so. This is the literal definition of genocide.”
All Israel's citizens, including Arabs, were provided equal and free access to a coronavirus vaccine.
Anti-Israel Activism
On May 8, 2021, Elagha tweeted a video from a protest that was organized by SJP Chicago.The event description said: “Join us THIS Saturday, May 8th, at the Federal Plaza to strongly condemn Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinian residents from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem.”
On May 12, 2021, Elagha tweeted a flyer of an SJP Chicago protest titled “Chicago #SaveSheikhJarrah Rally at Federal Plaza.” He wrote: “Chicago, reminder of this action today at 1pm in Federal Plaza. I happen to be in town so if you’re attending give me a holler, would love to see some familiar faces.”
On the same day, Elagha tweeted a video from this event and wrote: “from the river to the sea
.”“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” is a chant calling to dismantle the State of Israel. It has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state.
On May 16, 2021, Elagha tweeted a photo taken at an anti-Israel protest that he was at and wrote: “20,000 strong in the streets of Chicago
from the river to the sea.”On the same day, Elagha tweeted a video showing protesters in cars and wrote: “Palestine has taken over the streets of Chicago
.”The protest he attended occurred during Israel’s Operation Guardian of the Walls (OGW) against Hamas.
In May 2021, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists fired over 4,300 rockets from Gaza at major population centers in Israel. Israel responded by launching OGW, carrying out targeted military strikes in Gaza.
On May 3, 2022, Elagha tweeted a flyer inviting people to a Nakba Day Action protest organized by the CPC in Denver on May 15, 2022, and wrote: “DENVER: this year we’re holding a rally for Nakba day, the day after our cultural event in Boulder. see you all on the steps.”
The term “Nakba” is generally translated as “catastrophe” in Arabic, referring to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term often used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by defining it as a catastrophe.
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:https://www.facebook.com/CannonzimInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/dulapalooza/ [Private]
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdullahelagha/