Ahmad Ziyadeh

Overview.

Ahmad Ziyadeh spreads hatred of Jews and Israel via social media. He is also an admirer of Osama bin Laden and Hamas.

On May 25, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "‘@HorrificPics: Osama Bin Laden's death. ‘my niggas alive."

On August 9, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted a photo of a Hamas militant and wrote: "Can i be a Hamas member?"

Ziyadeh is a student at Bergen Community College (BCC), New Jersey, where he is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Jew-Hatred

On February 27, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "Jews need to get wiped off this world!!!"

On July 25, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "Bruh i wanted to f**king kill that jew with the Israeli flag during the protest"

On September 2, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "@MaryContrarylo go suck some dck u f*kin smelly jews."

On July 27, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "My manager doesn't wana make me a different schedule for ramadan..f**kin jew"

On April 27, 2015, Ziyadeh tweeted: "My brain doesn't f**ken calculate you jew"

On July 11, 2015, Ziyadeh tweeted: "Greety ass yahood [Jews]."

On July 9, 2015, Ziyadeh tweeted: "Jews are tight af rn lmfao."

On February 27, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "This guy is so f**kin ridiculous man..hate this f**kin jew with a passion!!" The tweet featured a photo of dollar bills on a toilet paper dispenser.

On January 28, 2015, Ziyadeh tweeted: "Hamuda doesnt like jews." The tweet featured a vine clip of an adult having the following dialogue with a toddler:

Adult: Hamuda what? - Hamuda: Curse your fatherAdult: What?- Hamuda: Curse your fatherAdult: Why?- Hamuda in English: ‘Cause you’re a JewAdult: Why? - Hamuda: ‘Cause you’re a Jew

Also on January 18, 2015, Ziyadeh tweeted: "Yin3an abuk! Lesh?Curse your father! Why? Cuz ur a jew! #LilCousin"

On July 30, 2015, Ziyadeh tweeted: "Meek is the man tho !!! F**k drake hes an ugly ass yahoodi [Jew] lol"

On December 31, 2013, Ziyadeh tweeted: "Trimmed my beard!! Now my mom could stop calling me a jew!"

Romanticizing Anti-Israel Violence

On July 21, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "100 people in Israel died..jhanam 7amra warachim!!! [To the red hell!]"

On July 28, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted a photo of masked Palestinian militants gathering rocks.

On October 13, 2015, Ziyadeh tweeted: "I honestly dont think theres any tougher guys in the world then the guys fighting the yahood [Jews] rn in palestine..allah yi7meehim inshallah [May Allah protect them, Allah willing]."

October 2015 saw an upsurge in violence across Israel incited by Palestinian political and religious leaders. The wave of stabbings, known as the "Knife Intifada," saw young Palestinians across Israel stabbing and attempting to stab scores of Israeli civilians

On July 29, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted a photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and wrote: "UGHHH let me just meet u face to face 1 on 1 ya ibn el sharmoota!!!WALLAH la akhnokak khanik! Tfooo 3lek o 3a chlabak [you son of a whore!!!! By Allah I’ll strangle you! I spit on your and on your dogs]."

Advocating Deportation of Jews

On August 4, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted a poster that promoted deporting Israeli Jews to the United states as a panacea for all conflict in the Middle East. The text in the poster read “Solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict - Relocate Israel into the United States.” The poster featured as one of the deportation proposal’s “highlights:” “Middle East will again be peaceful without foreign interference.”

The same post was also shared, in August 2014, by the British Labour party politician Naz Shah, who was then suspended from the party for the anti-Semitic remark. Ziadeh commented: "PERFECT BRO."

Boycotting Jews

In a November 4, 2014 Twitter discussion about boycotting Starbucks for its alleged support for the "yahood" [Jews], Ziyadeh tweeted: “@xoxoShaima lmfaoo im stupid but if there really not supporting yahood then its all good.”

Hatred of Israel

On October 6, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "Ebola please go to Israel!!"

On February 16, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "F**K ISRAEL."

On May 18, 2015, Ziyadeh tweeted: "F**kin zionists man hope every single one of them rots in hell."

On March 23, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "The word ‘israel’ gets me so angry lol"

On August 7, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "How the f**k do these zionists get in my mentions man."

On March 7, 2015, Ziyadeh tweeted: "God bless iran lmao i hope they f**kin demolish israel."

On January 25, 2015, Ziyadeh tweeted: "‘@UPofBeauties: Miss Universe Israel 2014 at Rehearsals ‘ she ugly & dirty just like where shes from."

Spreading Anti-Israel Propaganda

On February 3, 2015, Ziyadeh tweeted: "Only Israelis burn people alive!!! Isis is created by israel!!"

Also on February 3, 2015, Ziyadeh tweeted a photo that read "Voting to give Palestine statehood and then all of a sudden they are attacked by ISIS. Then we have Japan giving Palestine $100m to reconstruct Gaza and suddenly, ISIS takes two Japanese hostages!" Ziadeh wrote: “Tells you isis is created by israel..”

On August 24, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "Israel did 9/11 btw.."

On September 30, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "RIP Mohammad AlDurra who was murdered by israeli forces in cold blood 14 years ago today #neverforget #FreePalestine."

The al-Durah hoax* *was an iconic piece of anti-Israel propaganda, which was fabricated during a riot in the Gaza Strip, on September 30, 2000 at the start of the Second Intifada.

Trivializing Hitler

On July 8, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted a photo of Hitler and referenced a rap video, with the caption "Hitler in his grave like ‘WE DEM BOYZ.’" Ziyadeh commented: “Lmfaooo.”

Praising Yasser Arafat

On November 11, 2014, Ziyadeh tweeted: "RIP the man,the legend,the great Yasser Arafat. He fought for Palestine till his last breath! Allah Yer7amk 11-11-04."

Yasser Arafat — was the former leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Under Arafat the goal of the PLO was the destruction of Israel.

In 1996, in a closed door meeting with Arab diplomats in Stockholm, Arafat said — "We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. Jews will not want to live among Arabs. I have no use for Jews. They are and remain Jews."

On February 11, 1980, Arafat said in Venezuela — "Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations."

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.