Aysar Hamdan

Overview

Aysar Hamdan has promoted hatred of Zionists and demonized Israel on Twitter. He is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

As of July 2018, Hamdan’s LinkedIn page said he was studying for a bachelor’s degree at Saint Xavier University (Saint Xavier) in Political Science and Government, starting in 2015.

Hamdan’s LinkedIn page also said he received and associate’s degree in Political Science and Government from Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC) in 2014.

In September 2014, Hamdan was on the “Support Team” for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF). PCRF has been financially linked with The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, Global Relief Foundation and The International [Islamic] Relief Organization — all of which were shut down by the United States government for funneling donations to terrorist organizations.

As of July 2018, Hamdan’s Facebook page said he “studied Poli Sci/Philosophy at Saint Xavier University,” and worked as a “Legal Specialist” at the “Law office of reem odeh” in Chicago, Illinois from “May 2015- Present.”

Promoting Hatred of Zionists

On October 27, 2015, Hamdan tweeted: “@AmaneeSamha @yeezuss97 🖕🏻 at least our coach isn't a Zionist 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻”

On August 19, 2014, Hamdan tweeted: “Palestinians did not move to Europe looking to fight with anyone. Zionists came from Europe to Palestine to steal our land. Remember that..”

On August 18, 2014, Hamdan tweeted a photo of a football player holding up his middle finger, Hamdan commented: “This is to all the Zionists and people against Palestinians #FreePalestine.”

On August 8, 2014, Hamdan tweeted a photo of someone pouring bleach into a glass with a caption that read: “I have this great drink for you.” Hamdan wrote:“I will gladly pour a glass for any Zionist my treat.”

On July 12, 2014, Hamdan tweeted: “@ahhhh_beeeer @Donnzoo_ you should hate the Zionists those are the people that we should hate.”

Spreading Hatred of Israel

On September 6, 2017, Hamdan tweeted: “F**kIsrael”

On October 10, 2017, in response to a tweet that read: “While many 18 year olds around the world study or travel, 'israeli' 18 year olds train to commit genocide,” Hamdan tweeted:”Oh yeah? Must be nice some Palestinian children don't get to see the age of 18 because of the IDF.”

On September 7, 2015, Hamdan tweeted: “If you call Israel a democratic state you're an idiot.”

On August 3, 2014, during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE), Hamdan tweeted: “Lebron plays for a coach that believes Israel is more than justified to be in this massacre. Cavs fans can kiss my a**”

Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.

On August 2, 2014, Hamdan tweeted: “US is like oprah to Israel they just give them weapons as gifts to kill innocent people.”

On July 26, 2014, Hamdan tweeted: “@No_Way_Josayy let's get the sign trending ✌️ let's make it clear that we are sick of all the s**t Israel is doing to us Palestinians.”

On the same day, Hamdan tweeted a photo of a sign from an anti-Israel demonstration that featured an Israeli flag inside a toilet bowl with text that read: “WE’RE SICK OF YOUR S***”

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.