Ahmed El-Naggar
Overview
Ahmed El-Naggar has equated Israel with Nazi Germany, expressed support for terrorists, glorified violent protesters and demonized Israel. El-Naggar has also expressed support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.El-Naggar was a member of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of South Carolina (UofSC) in 2018 and remained active in 2019.
As of August 2019, El-Naggar’s LinkedIn page said he was a “Researcher in the field Analog/Mixed-Signal IC design.”
As of November 2019, his LinkedIn page said he was a Fulbright Scholar at UofSC since 2017. El-Naggar has been listed as a group member on the Fulbright Network Facebook page since August 2017.
As of the same date, El-Naggar’s LinkedIn page said he took “Postgrad Courses, Microelectronics System Design” from Nile University (NU) in Giza, Egypt, from 2015 to 2017. He also received a “Diploma, Nanoelectronics IC Design track” from Information Technology Institute (ITI) in Smart Village, Cairo, in 2013 to 2014.
Also as of November 2019, El-Naggar’s LinkedIn page said he received a bachelor’s degree in 2011 from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) in Egypt.
Equating Israel with Nazi Germany
On May 3, 2019, a day after Holocaust Remember Day, El-Naggar tweeted: “The crimes of Nazis against Jews are unforgettable. I hope that one day the Zionists realize that they're doing the same to Palestinians. Both, bombing civilians and shooting protesters are war crimes.”Supporting Terrorists
The Facebook event page listed Rasmea Odeh, Khalida Jarrar and Dareen Tartour as examples of women at the forefront of the Palestinian movement. At the UofSC SJP event, activists wrote letters of support to Jarrar and Tatour.
Odeh was a key military operative with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization. In 1969, she masterminded a PFLP supermarket bombing that killed two college students. She also attempted to bomb the British consulate in Jerusalem. Odeh later moved to the United States but was deported to Jordan in 2017 for immigration fraud.
Khalida Jarrar is a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror organization. She has reportedly been the head of the PFLP in the West Bank since 2016. In 2015, an Israeli military court sentenced Jarrar to 15 months in prison for calling to kidnap Israeli soldiers. Israel arrested Jarrar again in 2017 “on suspicion of involvement with terrorist activities and violent public disturbances.” In 2019, she was arrested by Israel with 50 other PFLP operatives following a deadly 2018 bombing attack.
In October 2015, Tatour was placed under house arrest for incitement to violence and for support of a terrorist organization on social media. Tatour had supported the terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and posted to Facebook: “I am the next shahid [martyr].”
Glorifying Violent Protesters
On May 22, 2019, El-Naggar tweeted: “Paletinian courageous boys protecting a girl from snipers shots during the #GreatReturnMarch #Palestine.”El-Naggar’s tweet included a photo of four male protesters at the March of Return, running while holding hands as a female protester ran in front of them.
On November 9, 2018, El-Naggar participated in UofSC SJP’s fourth “Palestine Cultural night,” which glorified the March of Return.
El-Naggar posed for a group photo from the event, posted by UofSC SJP to Facebook on November 10, 2018. The participants in the group photo posed in front of a picture of March of Return protesters projected onto a screen behind them.
Demonizing Israel
On July 5, 2019, El-Naggar tweeted: “Oh, I feel you Israeli flag. I'm sure you are wondering why Israelis are burning their flag in protests. Obviously, because this is not their land.”ElNaggar embedded in his tweet a photo of an anti-Zionist protestor burning an Israeli flag during bonfire celebrations for the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer.
On April 19, 2019, days after a fire broke out at the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, France, El-Naggar tweeted: “No, It's not #NotreDame. Just some civilians in #Gaza living under blockade being bombed by 80 Tons of warheads as a gift from the most democratic progressive nation in the Middle East.”
El-Naggar embedded in his tweet a photo of an explosion between buildings in the aftermath of Israel Defense Force (IDF) shelling in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge (OPE).
Israel commenced OPE in July 2014 to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
Supporting BDS
On June 9, 2019, El-Naggar tweeted an image of a pro-BDS bus ad in San Francisco, California and wrote: “There is a reason that I fall in love with SF [San Francisco] from the first moment. Also, their historic cable car holds ads for israel. So,I see now the value of freedom. SF stay bold and strong.”El-Naggar’s tweet included an article from the anti-Israel publication Mondoweiss, which was titled: “New San Francisco bus ads say: ‘Boycott Israel Until Palestinians Have Equal Rights.” The article discussed a pro-BDS ad campaign by Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign (SeaMAC) on buses in San Francisco, California.
SeaMAC’s bus ad included the slogan: “Stop Anti-Boycott Legislation.”
Throughout the United States, multiple states have seen legislation (or executive orders), commonly referred to as “anti-boycott legislation,” introduced that would restrict the boycotting of Israeli goods by state contractors. Federal legislation has also been introduced to enable this action at the state level.
UofSC SJP Activism
On March 20, 2019, El-Naggar participated [00:01:28] in a UofSC SJP “Mock Checkpoint Demonstration,” where the event’s Facebook description claimed Palestinians are “constantly harassed, dehumanized, and mocked by Israeli soldiers.”UofSC SJP later posted a photo on Facebook of the event, where they displayed a poster depicting a series of misleading maps known as the “Map That Lies.” The maps had the title: “Is This Ethnic Cleansing?”
The maps claim that lands once controlled by Britain, Egypt and Jordan as autonomous “Palestinian land” were purportedly stolen by Israel. In February 2016, publisher McGraw-Hill Education recalled copies of a college textbook containing the fraudulent maps. In October 2015, American cable news network MSNBC apologized for airing a similar series of maps and retracted them.
On January 11, 2019, El-Naggar posed for a group photo with other UofSC SJP activists, posted to Twitter, by UofSC SJP.
On November 1, 2018, El-Naggar posed for a group photo with anti-Israel agitator Benjamin Ladraa, posted to Facebook by UofSC SJP. The photo was from an event UofSC SJP hosted, featuring Ladraa.
Ladraa undertook [00:00:50] a solo “walk for Palestine,” defended terrorists, promoted the violent March of Return, demonized Israel as well as supporters of Israel.
UofSC SJP - Celebrating Terrorists
On January 23, 2019, UofSC SJP posted to Facebook: “Joining the intl call to free Ahmad Sa’adat and all political prisoners!”along with a photo of UofSC SJP activists holding signs that demanded “Freedom for Ahmad Sada’at.”Ahmad Sa’adat is the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). He is currently sentenced for terror activities, including his role in the 2001 assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze’evi and is in an Israeli prison. Under Sa’adat’s leadership, the PFLP perpetrated many suicide bombings against Israeli civilians during the second intifada.
In December 2018, UofSC SJP sold bookmarks glorifying Palestinian terrorists Fatima Bernawi, Rasmea Odeh and Khalida Jarrar, as well as terror-inciter Dareen Tatour.
Khalida Jarrar is a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror organization. She has reportedly been the head of the PFLP in the West Bank since 2016. In 2015, an Israeli military court sentenced Jarrar to 15 months in prison for calling to kidnap Israeli soldiers. Israel arrested Jarrar again in 2017 “on suspicion of involvement with terrorist activities and violent public disturbances.” In 2019, she was arrested by Israel with 50 other PFLP operatives following a deadly 2018 bombing attack.
On August 3, 2018, UofSC SJP posted to Facebook a PFLP poster that featured a photo of George Habash and his quote “Palestine, all of Palestine, from the river to the sea.”
George Habash, who has been called“the godfather of Middle East terrorism,” founded the terrorist organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). In 1970, Habash was the mastermind behind the hijacking of four Western airliners known as the Dawson Field hijackings. In 1972, the PFLP collaborated with Japanese Red Army terrorists to massacre 24 people at Israel's Lod International Airport (renamed Ben Gurion International Airport).
On November 21, 2017, UofSC SJP shared an Al Jazeera interview about Marwan Barghouti to Facebook.
Marwan Barghouti is currently serving five consecutive life sentences for his role in suicide bombings and shooting attacks that killed five Israelis during the second intifada.
Barghouti led the Palestinian Authority (PA) terrorist Tanzim force and founded the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. He also financed the guitar-case bomb used in the Sbarro Cafe massacre, where 15 civilians were killed and 130 injured.
UofSC SJP - Defending Terrorists
On August 13, 2018, UofSC SJP shared an article to Facebook that defended several“Knife Intifada” terrorists, including Ahmed Manasra and Nurhan Awad.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.
Ahmed Manasra (sometimes spelled Mansara) and his 15-year-old cousin Hassan went on a stabbing spree in Jerusalem on October 12, 2015, during the Knife Intifada. They critically wounded a 13-year-old boy and moderately wounded a 25-year-old man. The spree ended when police shot Hassan and a passing motorist hit Ahmed. Ahmed was taken to an Israeli hospital. He admitted to investigators: “I went there to stab Jews.” He was later tried and convicted on two counts of attempted murder.
In December 2015, 16-year-old Lama al-Bakri drew a knife and attempted to stab a pedestrian in the Jewish neighborhood of Kiryat Arba before she was shot. Bakri was then detained for 3 years.
UofSC SJP- Glorifying Violent Protesters
On May 14, 2018, UofSC SJP posted to Facebook: “Just today, the number of Palestinian martyrs doubled since the beginning of the #GreatReturnMarch as Israel opened live fire” and added: “demand the US and Israel put an end to this ruthless massacre.”On May 15th, 2018, UofSC SJP launched a photo campaign of UofSC SJP activists and members holding up signs in defense of the March of Return.
That day, UofSC SJP tweeted: “peaceful Palestinian protestors at the #GreatReturnMarch demanding basic rights are being massacred by Israeli snipers. Israel opened live ammunition murdering over 50 Palestinians yesterday.”
UofSC SJP - Opposing the Anti-Semitism Bill
In 2017, UofSC SJP fought against SC H. 3643, which sought to include the State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism when evaluating hostile environment complaints.The bill did not pass in 2017, however it was reportedly placed in the 2018-2019 budget and currently applies on college campuses.
UofSC SJP - Promoting Supporters of Terror
On April 22, 2018, UofSC SJP co-hosted Joe Catron and Islam Marqa of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). The event’s Facebook page noted that ISM volunteers acted as human shields, writing: “They stayed with resistance fighters trapped under siege in the Nativity Church in Bethlehem.”The International Solidarity Movement (ISM), founded in 2001, is a movement allegedly “committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles.”
However, the group has been accused of supporting terrorism and has encouraged its foreign volunteers to act “as human shields in cities, towns and refugee camps.” ISM has also encouraged activists to break curfew and disregard Israeli directives prohibiting access to closed military zones.
That policy resulted in the death of Rachel Corrie, who was accidentally killed while interfering with an Israeli military operation in 2003. A wrongful death suit brought by Corrie’s family was dismissed, because the judge ruled that Corrie unreasonably chose to put her own life in danger.
The HLF5 were five individuals associated with the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) indicted for funnelling funds to Hamas in the guise of humanitarian aid.
The men were were all convicted and sentenced in 2009 to federal prison terms ranging from 15 to 65 years.
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.
Social Media and Weblinks
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaggarTM
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/naggar.88/ [Private]:
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/naggar/
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