Ahmad Aburas
Overview
The FBI and New Jersey police reportedly questioned Aburas in 2016 about his pro-Hamas social media posts.
Aburas said [00:00:45] he founded the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter at Rutgers University (Rutgers) in 2012. He was reportedly a member of the National SJP (NSJP) steering committee in 2014.
Aburas was an activist with American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
As of November 2019, Aburas’s LinkedIn page said he was a “Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Judge Donna Gallucio at New Jersey courts from Aug 2019 - Present.”
Aburas’s LinkedIn page also said that he was a “Doctor of Law (J.D.) Candidate, Chemical Engineering” at Seton Hall University (SHU). It also said that Aburas graduated from Rutgers in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry.
On May 23, 2019, Aburas posted on Facebook that he had earned his “Juris Doctor Degree of Law (JD)!”
Also as of November 2019, Aburas used the name “Abu Omar Aburas” on Facebook. As of the same date he wentby “أبو عمر ” [Abu Omar] on Twitter.
Supporting Hamas
Between 2014 and 2016, Aburas wrote or retweeted at least 30 social media posts in support of Hamas, including retweets from the Hamas Arabic and English Twitter pages.On August 20, 2014, Aburas tweeted: “This hashtag is trending world wide. We are all Hamas and we are all resistance كلنا_حماس#[#We_Are_All_Hamas]
Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
Aburas retweeted an August 20, 2014 tweet that said: “‘@HaniSiliman: #كلنا_حماس [#We_Are_All_Hamas] is on the 2nd place of twitter Trends . It means We are all Hamas’ #Gaza #GazaUnderAttack #ICC4Israel.”
Aburas retweeted an August 20, 2014 tweet that said: “أوامر كتائب القسام حتى اشعار آخر
#كلنا_حماس [The orders of the Qassam Brigades until further notification. #We_Are_All_Hamas].” The tweet’s graphic threatened Israelis with rocket attacks and warned “international aviation companies” against flying into Israel’s main airport.
The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades is the military wing of Hamas.
Aburas retweeted an August 27, 2014 tweet showing multiple Hamas terrorists that read: “ وصول أبطال المقاومة الاااان نحن على مسافة صفر مع من كانوا تحت الأنفاق [The resistance heroes have arrived. Now we are at zero distance from whom were under the tunnels].”
Aburas retweeted an August 28, 2014 tweet showing a man kissing the forehead of a Hamas sniper. The tweet said: “شكرا للمقاومة [Thank you to the resistance] #VictoryForGaza #شعب_يصنع_نصره [A nation that makes his victory].”
Aburas retweeted a March 21, 2015 tweet from @hamasinfo that referred to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and said: “هنية يفتتح موقع الحركة الرسمي بحلته الجديدة غدا الأحد من منزل الشيخ المؤسس أحمد ياسين في ذكرى…[Haniyeh inaugurates the official movement's site in its new design tomorrow Sunday from the home of the Sheikh the founder Ahmed Yassin in the memory of...] https://instagram.com/p/0fHAFgnhrZ/.”
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin has been described as the “mastermind of Palestinian terror” behind many suicide bombings against Israeli civilians on buses and in cafes during the second intifada. In January 2003, Yassin said in an interview: “Suicide attacks and jihad reinforce national unity in the ranks…Our voice is one of struggle, of jihad and of suicide…”
Aburasretweeted a March 22, 2015 tweet from @hamasinfo that said: “في الموقع الرسمي الذي سينطلق بحلته الجديدة خلال ساعات .. حماس تعزز تواصلها مع الجمهور وتطلق خاصية "تواصل مع حماس’. [The official site which will be launched in a new design within hours.. Hamas increases it's communication with the audience and launches the feature 'Communicate with Hamas.'”
Aburas retweeted an April 28, 2016 tweet from @hamasinfo that said: “إسماعيل هنية يحذر الاحتلال من استمرار الحصار على #غزة، مضيفاً: لا تسيئوا تفسير صبرنا. [Ismail Haniyeh warns the occupation from continuing the siege of #gaza, adding: don't misunderstand our patience] http://hamas.ps/ar/post/5405/”
Aburas retweeted a May 4, 2016 tweet from @hamasinfo that said: “حماس: نحمل الاحتلال مسؤولية التصعيد وندعو الأطراف المعنية لتحمل مسؤولياتها لوقف العدوان [Hamas: We hold the occupation responsible for the escalation and call on the parties concerned to shoulder their responsibilities to stop the aggression] http://hamas.ps/ar/post/5425.”
The tweet Aburas retweeted referred an incident when Hamas fired mortars at Israel and Israel responded with airstrikes on five Hamas sites.
Support for Terrorists
Aburas retweeted a May 13, 2018 tweet of terrorist Ghassan Kanafani rejecting negotiations as a path to peace.Kanafani was a leading member and spokesperson of the designated terrorist organization the PFLP in its 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.
Fadi Aloon was shot by Israeli security forces after he stabbed a 15-year-old Israeli boy. Several hours before the attack, Aloon posted “Either martyrdom or victory” on his Facebook page.
Aburas retweeted a June 26, 2015 tweet from @hamasinfo that said: “ننعى الشهيد حماد جمعة رومانين، الذي استشهد برصاص الاحتلال في منطقة الأغوار الفلسطينية المحتلة صباح اليوم. [We mourn the shahid (martyr) Hammad Joma'a Romanin, who was shot by occupation bullets in the area of occupied Palestinian area of the Jordan Valley this morning]."
The tweet Aburas retweeted referred to an incident where Israeli soldiers shot Romanin “after he allegedly got out of his car and shot at the soldiers.”
Aburas retweeted an April 12, 2015 tweet from @hamasinfo that said: “جانب من لقاء جمع قادة حركة حماس والجهاد الإسلامي في محافظة رفح مساء أمس، لتعزيز التنسيق والعمل المشترك في المحافظة. [A part of a meeting of Hamas leaders and Islamic Jihad in the province of Rafah yesterday, to strengthen coordination and joint work in the province].”
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is a terror group “whose objective is the destruction of the State of Israel and the establishment of a sovereign, Islamic Palestinian state.” PIJ is backed by Iran and has killed dozens of Israelis in suicide bombings and other attacks.
Aburas retweeted an April 25, 2015 tweet from @HamasInfoEn that said: “The cold-blooded execution of the 16 year old Abu Ghannam in Jerusalem last night is the Isrseli policy rather than the exception.”
The tweet referred to an incident where Abu Ghannam reportedly attacked an Israeli policeman with a cleaver and was later shot after he charged at another officer with a knife.
Spreading Incitement
On October 12, 2015, during the “Knife Intifada,” Aburas wrote on Facebook: “The intifada has been going on for 12 days! No turning back now until the whole system collapses. Until the occupation is removed. Until the refugees return and the land is back to the 1948 borders…Palestine will be free and it will be our generation that will bring justice! ... and we WILL get our rights. #ThirdIntifada..”Since the early 2000s, the term “intifada,” which translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection,” has carried the connotation of violence.
In October 2015, there was an upsurge in violence across Israel incited by Palestinian political and religious leaders. The wave of stabbings, known as the “Knife Intifada,” was characterized by young Palestinians throughout the country stabbing and attempting to stab Israeli civilians.
On October 8, 2015, Aburas tweeted: “Why be afraid of an Intifada?... Great Great Article!” Aburas linked to an article by anti-Israel professor Nada Elia, titled “Why be afraid of an Intifada?” In her article, Elia called for an intifada “against both Israel and all involved in the farce that is the ‘peace talks.’"
On October 6, 2015, Aburas tweeted: “#ThirdIntifada #FreePalestine #freedom #Aqsa #EndOccupation #refugees #1948.”
On an undetermined date, Aburas wrote the same text in an Instagram post, which included a graphic of a masked Palestinian man with a Molotov cocktail. The graphic said, “INTIFADA 2016,” and (in Arabic); “The Intifada has launched."
On October 31, 2014, Aburas tweeted: “Remember in the month of November - Jerusalem http://ow.ly/DEjgg #IAmJerusalem #HandsoffAlaqsa.”
In his tweet, Aburas linked to a Facebook page he created, where he urged others to also use the hashtag “#HandsOffAlAqsa.” On the Facebook page, he wrote: “Muslim or Christian..... WHAT DOES JERUSALEM MEAN TO YOU?!
Promoting White Nationalist Anti-Semitism
Aburas retweeted a May 10, 2018 tweet that featured a video of neo-Nazi and U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Little, after he was expelled from the California Republican Convention. Little ran that year on an anti-Jewish and neo-Nazi platform.From outside the convention, Little recorded a video of himself standing on an Israeli flag and saying [00:00:21]: “I will not bow to a foreign flag. I will not serve a foreign government. The Republican party, the GOP of California, is nothing but Zionist stooges.
Little continued: [00:00:37] “They do the bidding of a foreign power that has committed terrorist attacks…[spitting] against this country.”
Little went on to say [00:02:00]: “We know there are Israeli fingerprints all over the 9/11 attacks. This is the flag of a terrorist country. They called the police on me when I started stepping on it… because I won’t serve a foreign power…”
On February 24, 2015, Aburas posted a video by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke to Facebook titled: “Do Zionists Control Wall Street? The Shocking Facts!”
Aburas wrote in his post: “End Zionism control! Some facts for those who are still naive to think we have freedom in this country. Old but still More relevant than ever before.#zionism.”
Spreading Hatred of Jews
In the second half of 2014, it was reported that Aburas posted a Facebook image on August 26, 2014 that said in Arabic: “We won, you son of a Jew... and Gaza won... #We_Are_All_Hamas."On November 5, 2013, Aburas tweeted: “I think the Yahood [Jews] should find an island and move there lol #leaveusalone.”
On the same day, Aburas tweeted: “ I talk about yahood [Jews] too much.. mish b3eeda [won’t be shocked] homeland security is after me already :(( #NSA #muslim.”
On August 12, 2013, Aburas posted an Instagram photo of himself wearing a shirt that said: “I am a student against Israeli apartheid.” He wrote: “Every yahoodi [Jew] and their mother was grillin me because of the shirt haha #israelimoment#apartheid#klaaaab [dogs].”
Spreading Hatred of Israel
On February 22, 2015, Aburas tweeted about a photo of two Israeli soldiers who are siblings, writing: “@IDFSpokesperson following in the footsteps of their parents as murderers and soon to raise a new generation of racist occupation forces.”On October 8, 2014, Aburas tweeted: “Why is #NBA throwing a VIP party for #IDF war criminals? #Gaza 490 kids killed. #NBAsupportsgenocide cancel the party.”
On July 14, 2014, Aburas tweeted: “it is Completely unacceptable that elected officials are standing for this genocide! #FreePalestine.”
On July 8, 2014, Aburas posted on Instagram“...Israel is the disease and is the cause of all the problems. Before Israel there was peace in all of the Middle East . Then you come from the scums of Europe steal our land and ethnically cleanse the population, and easily play dirty politics with the help of Britain and USA and put dictators to protect your ‘ undefined ‘ borders.”
Aburas continued: “ Dictators who rule and kill and are puppets to Israel. So don't side track the attention off Israel when in fact it is filth like you that needs to be removed from OUR LAND.”
Anti-Israel Activism
On May 12, 2016, Aburas posed with other members of the AMP chapter in New Jersey (AMP-NJ) for a Facebook photo outside of the offices of Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ). Aburas and the others were participating in the second annual AMP Palestine Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.On April 20, 2015, Aburas tweeted: “Rutgers students demand the university divests from Israeli corporations! #Rundivest.”
In the second half of 2014, it was reported that Aburas was part of the NSJP steering committee that year
On September 30, 2014, Aburas tweeted: “Help National SJP hold their conference DONATE http://sjpnational.org/donate/ #SJP.”
On November 30, 2013, Aburas featured in a Twitter photo at the AMP National Conference where he posed with AMP Chairman Hatem Bazian.
Hatem Bazian is the founder of the anti-Israel organizations Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). Bazian has a decades-long history of incitement and of using classic anti-Semitic tropes to demonize Israel.
On March 2, 2013, Aburas promoted RSJP’s Israeli Apartheid Week, on Instagram.
AMP
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) was founded by UC Berkeley Professor Hatem Bazian as a vehicle to generate mainstream support in the United States for the Palestinian national cause.
On its website, the organization lists Bazian as the chairman of its national board and describes itself as “a national education and grassroots-based organization, dedicated to educating the American public about Palestine and its rich cultural, historical and religious heritage.”
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has accused AMP of promoting “extreme anti-Israel views and has at times provided a platform for anti-Semitism under the guise of educating Americans” about Palestinians. The ADL further stated that AMP is directly involved in campus-based anti-Israel activity through Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
Prior to founding the AMP in 2006, Dr. Bazian created SJP together with fellow UC Berkeley Professor Snehal Shingavi in 2001. The close working relationship between AMP and SJP has been documented several times over the years by several organizations, including NGO Monitor and StandWithUs.
In addition to providing financial, public relations and legal assistance to SJP, AMP has also been accused of having connections to Hamas. The AMP national board includes former members of both the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP) and Holy Land Foundation (HLF), both of which were found liable for aiding and abetting Hamas. The IAP was founded by Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, a senior member of Hamas.
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.
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