Amal Ali
Overview
Amal Ali has called for intifada violence, defended the terror group Hamas, expressed support for terrorists and promoted an anti-Semitic slur. She has also spread lies and hatred of Israel and Zionists.Ali is related to the Palestinian terrorist Nimer Jamal, whom she referred to as “the martyred.” In September 2017, Jamal murdered two Israeli security guards and a border policeman before he was shot dead.
On January 30, 2017, Ali’s LinkedIn page said she was the fundraising coordinator for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside), from 2012-2013, and the president of SJP UC Riverside from 2013-2014. Ali attended the 2014 National SJP conference.
Ali also served as the vice president of the Muslim Students Association (MSA) at UC Riverside (MSA UC Riverside) from 2015-2016. She was also the programming head for the 2016 MSA West Annual Conference.
Ali was a Senior Youth Development intern with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) from April-August of 2014 and is an activist with the the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
While a UC Riverside sophomore, Ali was involved with the #UCRDivest BDS campaign on campus and pushed to pass a divestment bill. In 2015, she served as a BDS community organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) in Southern California.
Ali has volunteered with the Palestinian American Women’s Association since 2004 and is a 2016 graduate of UC Riverside, majoring in Ethnic Studies.
As of April 2018, Ali’s LinkedIn said she was an Elementary School Teacher at New Dimensions Community Services of Pomona, CA from February 2017 through June 2017.
Glorifying Intifada
On 2013, Ali tweeted: “#PT All those anniversaries, & I was born on what would become the start date of the 2nd Intifada. Resistance coarses [sic.] through our very veins.”On September 28, 2012, Ali tweeted: “12 years later, I remember the day that the struggle renewed itself. #Intifada”
On November 14, 2012, Ali tweeted: “There better be a third #Intifada coming out of the ashes of this disgusting invasion of #Gaza. If not, I'll go start it myself. #Palestine.”
Ali’s tweet referred to Operation Pillar of Defense (OPD), which was launched in order to stop Hamas rocket attacks from Gaza on Israeli civilians.
From November 14-21, 2012, Palestinian terrorist groups fired more than 1,506 rockets at Israel. The majority of those rockets struck civilian areas, damaging homes and schools.
Defending Hamas
On July 23, 2014, Ali tweeted: “‘addressing Hamas tunnels’ is like the US addressing/targeting sovereign Native American trade routes.”Support for Terrorists
On March 12, 2015, Ali tweeted: “Haven't had the pleasure of meeting Rasmea, but I've heard so many incredible things of her, & watched her resilience from afar. Prayers up.”On the same day, Ali tweeted: “Rasmea could be one of my khaltos [aunts], from the way she's carried on with an unmoving unshaken grin for the last few months. #Justice4Rasmea”
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.
On November 10, 2014, Ali tweeted: “I'm just now catching up with the final verdict and sentencing of Rasmea, and my heart's shattering. #Justice4Rasmea”
On March 16, 2013, Ali tweeted: “Beautiful! “@AlAwdaPRRC: Amazing new poster for @samerissawi1 by the awesome @docjazzmusic! #Issawi4Freedom,” along with a graphic of Samer Issawi.
Samer Issawi is a member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) who received a 26-year prison sentence in 2002. During the second intifada, Issawi manufactured and distributed pipe bombs and fired indiscriminately on Israeli civilian vehicles. In December 2013, Issawi called for the kidnapping of Israelis, saying: “The [Palestinian] prisoners' release will be brought about by kidnapping and [prisoner] exchanges. Nothing will happen without that.”
On February 11, 2012, Ali tweeted: “Take Action Now for #KhaderAdnan http://samidoun.ca/?p=133 #Palestine #Israel.”
Khader Adnan was a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization. A 2007 YouTube video showed Adnan praising and encouraging suicide bombings: "Who among you will carry the next explosive belt? Who among you will fire the next bullets? Who among you will have his body parts blown all over?” In May 2023, Adnan died in prison after refusing medical treatment during a hunger strike.
Anti-Semitic Slur
Ali has extensively used the term “Zio” on social media as a pejorative to refer to pro-Israel supporters. “Zio” is a derogatory reference to Zionists and is an anti-Semitic slur propagated by the KKK.On January 25, 2017, Ali tweeted: “instead, in part to acknowledge the differently-abled allies we had. THE ZIOS STOLE THAT & CLAIMED IT THEIRS.”
On July 28, 2014, Ali tweeted: “Trust me Zios, being a Hamas-apologist isn't the worst thing a person could be. Hamas hasn't killed almost 1100 people in less than a month.”
Spreading Lies
On December 25, 2016, Ali tweeted that “anyone not observant (Jewish or not) is subject to punishment” for working on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, in Israel.She also tweeted that throwing rocks and shooting Palestinians was a “legal practice” for Israelis. She then tweeted that “Israel doesn't give two sh*ts about ~multicultural living~ during holidays+all year round.”
Ali concluded: “Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah to everyone except supporters (passive or active) of the fascist Zionist state of Israel
On April 25, 2013, Ali tweeted: “@StandWithUs It's too bad Israel also prevents the Palestinians it occupies from attending school at random for no legitimate reason.”
Spreading Hatred of Israel and Zionists
On June 6, 2016, Ali tweeted: “I thought shaytan [the demon] was locked up this month,” accompanied by a graphic tweeted by the Israeli Defence Force with the caption “We wish all Muslims a Ramadan Kareem [Blessed].”On January 2, 2015, Ali tweeted: “Ain't no shyookh [intellectuals] out here talking about negotiating peacefully and diplomatically with shaytan [(the) demon]--so why the diplomacy with Zionist groups?”
On July 31, 2014, Ali tweeted: “I oppose individuals who support Israel and its genocidal occupation and colonization, regardless of their race, creed, gender, etc.”
On July 28, 2014, Ali tweeted: “We scream at protests. Paint flags on our faces. Walk around with ‘swagger’ because we were bold enough to scream ‘f**k Israel’ at traffic.”
On March 4, 2014, Ali tweeted: “What American dream? The lower class can continue struggling. Israel needs more $ to maintain its apartheid state.#AIPAC2013 #EradicateAIPAC”
On January 13, 2014, Ali tweeted: “SJP events remind me of how much I hate liberal Zionists. No one needs your complicit, apologetic, Western savior bulls**t.”
On June 13, 2013, Ali tweeted: “Group hug everyone. Unless you're Zionist--in which case please don't touch me or come within a 5-mile radius of my person.”
On April 9, 2013, Ali tweeted: “Playing mafia in the MSA meeting: the serial killer takes me out in the first round. We're all in agreement that the serial killer's Zionist.”
On November 17, 2012, Ali tweeted: “Instead of gas chambers, Israel's sealed its victims in an open-air prison to die slowly and painfully. This IS a second Holocaust. #Gaza.”
On April 27, 2012, Ali tweeted: “@HadilB It's a conspiracy by drug manufacturers, of course. Guess they must be Zionist.”
On August 14, 2012, Ali tweeted: “& Im not saying your heritage is entirely sugarcoated. Just whatever you affiliate with Israel. FYI, that's what makes it supremacist trash.”
On July 15, 2012, Ali tweeted: “Scumbag level: Zionist.”
SJP Activism
On April 27, 2013, Amal tweeted a video of SJP’s mock checkpoint on the UC Riverside campus, adding: “We at @SJP_UCR proudly present our #PAW mock checkpoint! Enjoy! |”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.
MSA
The MSA was established by members of the Muslim Brotherhood in January 1963 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with the goal of "spreading Islam as students in North America." A 2004 FBI investigation uncovered an internal Muslim Brotherhood document in which a brotherhood leader identified the MSA as "one of our organizations."
The MSA reportedly has “nearly 600 chapters” located in the United States and Canada, and is “the most visible and influential Islamic student organization in North America,” boasting conferences, special events, publications, websites and other activities.
The organization includes a number of previous chapter presidents with explicit links to terrorist groups. Included are al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki (Colorado State University), Somali al-Shabaab militant leader Omar Shafik Hammami (University of South Alabama) and Pakistani Taliban recruiter Ramy Zamzam of the MSA's Washington, D.C. council.
CAIR
CAIR describes itself as a “grassroots civil rights and advocacy group” and “America's largest Muslim civil liberties organization, with regional offices nationwide.” Its official mission is “enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.”
CAIR reportedly has “significant ties” to the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as Hamas. A number of former CAIR employees have been convicted on fraud and terrorism-related charges that resulted monetary fines, jail terms and, sometimes, deportation.
CAIR was founded in 1994 and opened its first office in Washington, DC, with the help of a $5,000 donation from the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), a charity founded by Mousa Abu Marzook.
Marzook, who was listed as a "Specially Designated Terrorist" by the U.S. Treasury Department in 1995, is reportedly a senior member of Hamas.
In May 2007, CAIR was listed as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in a U.S.-filed action against the HLF for providing funds to Hamas.
CAIR was also listed as a terrorist entity by the United Arab Emirates, in 2014.
PYM
In 2012, the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM USA) released a statement saying: “Our liberation...will be gained with the path that was written with the blood of our martyrs. We reaffirm that the only path that we are concerned with is the path that explicitly heads towards the liberation of our land and the return of our people to Palestine.”
PYM organized rallies demonizing Israel where it displays propaganda posters supporting the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and compared Israel to Nazi Germany.
On October 25, 2015, PYM called to support “intifada” during a period when Palestinian radicals across Israel stabbed and hacked to death scores of Israeli civilians. PYM alleged that “Al-Aqsa Mosque has been the target of particularly brutal assaults” and that “... arbitrary killings are committed daily by the Zionist military and settlers.”
On November 10, 2015, the PYM Facebook page displayed a photo of masked Palestinian radicals throwing rocks and firing rocks from slingshots. That photo was used to promote at least 25 anti-Israel rallies across the globe on or around November 29, 2015 under the banner of “Transnational mobilization for Palestinian resistance.”
On November 30, 2015, PYM displayed a photo on Facebook from one of the rallies showing a sign in support of PFLP member Khalida Jarrar, who confessed to inciting violence and calling for terrorists to abduct Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers.
Another sign showed support for PFLP Secretary-General Ahmad Sadat, who was convicted for the 2001 assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze'evi.
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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