Aysar Awad

Overview

Aysar Awad has expressed hatred on Twitter for “Jews,” “white people” and “gay people.” Awad regularly demonizes Israel on social media. As of February 2017 Awad’s background image on his Twitter account wasthe logo of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and a graphic of the State of Israel painted over entirely in the colors of the Palestinian flag.

As of June 2019, Awad’s LinkedIn page said he was a “Student at Eastfield College” in Dallas/Fort Worth, majoring in “engineering/Mathematics” and slated to graduate in 2024.

Anti-Jewish Social Media Posts

On September 16, 2016, Awad tweeted: "This is why I hate English and Jews."

On August 28, 2016, Awad tweeted: “F**k school and Jews!”

Anti-Israel Social Media Posts

On January 16, 2017, Awad tweeted: "y'all too" along with a video clip of the Israeli Defense Force entitled “On This #MLKDay, we ask: What Are You Doing For Others?”

On August 22, 2016, Awad tweeted a graphic claiming the libel that Israel tests its weapons on Gazans.

On July 26, 2016, Awad tweeted a photo of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the caption: "I Don’t Always Send My Troops To Rape and Kill Arab Children, But When I Do, American Taxpayers Pay For It."

On July 2, 2016, Awad tweeted: "Let's not forget once the day comes israel will be gone and destroyed! #israeldoesntexist"

On June 30, 2016, Awad tweeted: "Israel doesn't exist"

On October 7, 2015, Awad tweeted: "Khara ala Israel [S**t on Israel] #FreePalestine #dammifalastine [my blood is Palestinian]."

On July 31, 2015, Awad tweeted: “Like my khara [s**t] looks and sounds better then Israel.”

On the same day, Awad tweeted: “I hate Israel so much like i get disgust when I see them or hear the word Israel.”

On July 7, 2015, Awad tweeted: “@Snapchat I think y'all forget that it's called Palestine not khara [s**t] Israel.”

On June 19, 2015, Awad tweeted a graphic of Netanyahu, where half of his face is replaced by the image of a demon, with the caption: "The Only Shaytan (Demon) Not Locked Up This Ramadan."

On June 18, 2015, Awad tweeted: “No no he was protecting the kids while yahood [jews] were killing them for fun” in response to the tweet: “Hamas wanted a war. Hamas prepared for a war. Hamas launched a war. Hamas got a war.”

On June 9, 2015, Awad tweeted: “@MustafaSuliman7 wallah bro when I hear Israel is involve Khalas [Enough] my mood is ruined.”

General Bigotry

On July 26, 2016, Awad tweeted: "I hate white people about as much as I hate Jews."

On June 29, 2015, Awad tweeted: "I hate gay people".

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.