Aziza Zahran

Overview 

Aziza Zahran [Aziza A. Zaharan] has called for the death of Jews and Israel, praised Hitler, compared Israel to Nazi Germany and justified violence against Israelis. She has also spread anti-Semitism, whitewashed terrorists and demonized Israel.

Zahran has shown support for violent protesters, engaged in anti-Israel activism and is a supporter of theBoycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Zahran was an activist with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in 2013 and 2014.

As of June 2022, Zahran’s LinkedIn page said she was a “Care Manager” at the Children's Health Home at the Catholic Charities of Onondaga County since January 2020 and a “Children’s Support Specialist” at the AccessCNY since October 2013.

Also, as of June 2022, Zahran’s LinkedIn said she graduated from Cazenovia College with a bachelor’s degree in “Human Services, General” in 2019. 

As of the same date, Zahran’s LinkedIn said she was located in Syracuse, New York. 

As of June 2022, Zahran used the handle “IsisLayla2” on Twitter and went by the name of “Isis Layla” on Facebook.  

Calling for the Death of Jews and Israel

Zahran retweeted an April 23, 2018 tweet that said: “Dismantle ZIONIST APARTHEID THEOCRACY…”
#DEATH2ISRAEL&JEWS.”

On November 16, 2012, Zahran tweeted: “I WISH HITLER WOULD HAVE FINISHED WHAT HE STARTED! IF HE ONLY KNEW WHAT SAVAGES THE JEWS WOULD BECOME!”

On the same thread, Zahran tweeted: “...I DO NOT GIVE A SINGLE S**T ABOUT WHO THEY JEWS WERE, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PALESTINIANS.” 

On November 17, 2012, Zahran tweeted: “Palestine will be free from the river to the sea, death to Israel death to Jews on judgment day you will lose.”

“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” is a chant calling to dismantle the State of Israel. It has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state.

Praising Hitler

On November 17, 2012, Zahran tweeted: “The Jews dont like #LouisFarrakhan ,so they call him Hitler. Well that's a good name, Hitler was a great man ~ #LouisFarrakhan.”

Louis Farrakhan has been the leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI), which is considered the “largest Black nationalist organization in the U.S.,” since 1977. Farrakhan spreads anti-Semitism and anti-white theology. He has referred to white people as “devils” and labeled [00:01:52] Jews “termites.” He also said [00:00:01]: “The satanic Jews…control everything and mostly everybody.”

Comparing Israel to Nazi Germany

On May 16, 2021, Zahran tweeted: “Are the #Jewish people the only people that can use the word #holocaust to describe the horrible human rights violations that #Nazis did to them?I'm using the word holocaust to describe the violations of human rights #Israel is doing to #Palestinians in #Gaza & all of #Palestine.”

Justifying Violence Against Israelis

On November 21, 2012, Zahran tweeted: “Israelis are ruthless people, they deserve every suicide bombing,ever bus explosion, every rocker [rocket]...”

Spreading Anti-Semitism

On November 17, 2012, Zahran tweeted: “I will provoke as much anger and hatred toward Israel & Jews as I could until the world wakes up.”

On November 16, 2012, Zahran tweeted: “I HAVE TRIED TO FEEL SORRY FOR THE SCUM OF THE EARTH,BUT YOU ARE BLIND IF YOU BELIEVE JEWS AND ISRAEL ARE INNOCENT.THEY DEFINE THE WORD HATE.”

On the same date, Zahran tweeted: “PEACE WILL NOT GET THE PALESTINIANS THE JUSTICE THEY DESERVE.AT LEAST HATRED WOULD HAVE SOME EFFECT. #IHATEISRAEL&JEWS. NO MORE PEACE.”

Whitewashing Terrorists

Zahran retweeted a September 20, 2017 tweet with a photo of Rasmea Odeh that said: “Chicago-based Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh was deported to Jordan yesterday after a 4-year targeted campaign by the US government.”

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 23, 2014, Zahran tweeted: “Mark your calendars!! DEC 12 SOLIDARITY WITH #PALESTINIAN PRISONERS #Israel…” Zahran’s tweet included a link to Samidoun’s call for a “day of action for political prisoners.”

Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (Samidoun) is an anti-Israel NGO whose activism spreads awareness of terrorists. At least three senior Samidoun activists are members [pp. 22-28] of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group. In February 2021, Israel’s Ministry of Justice declared Samidoun to be a “terror organization,” accusing [p. 2] the NGO of operating “as an arm” of the PFLP. 

Demonizing Israel

On May 25, 2021, Zahran published a letter to the editor on Syracuse.com, accusing Israel of indiscriminate killing of Palestinians. Zahran opened her letter by saying that: “If it weren’t for the outcry of the global community, Israel would continue to slaughter the Palestinian people.”

In May 2021, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists fired over 4,300 rockets from Gaza at major population centers in Israel. Israel responded by launching OGW, carrying out targeted military strikes in Gaza.

Zahran retweeted a May 15, 2020 tweet that said: “I recognise and support the Palestinian right to return. #KeyToJustice #Nakba72 #Nakba @BDSmovement.”

The “right of return” is a Palestinian demand discredited as a means to eliminate Israel. 

The term “Nakba” is generally translated as “catastrophe” in Arabic, referring to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term often used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by defining it as a catastrophe.

 On May 10, 2021, Zahran tweeted: “Just to be clear. Israel is not a country or state, it's a colonialist imperialist power killing indigenous people to steal their land, Stop naming it. Stop validating it's existence #Israel cannot and we will not allow it too exist this way Boycott it. Disarm it…”

On April 6, 2021, Zahran tweeted a letter she wrote, claiming the property dispute in Sheikh Jarrah was “part and parcel of the ongoing and systematic ethnic cleansing targeting Palestinians in Jerusalem.”



On May 13, 2018, Zahran tweeted in response to an Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York banner celebrating the 70-year anniversary of the creation of Israel: “Really? Celebrate 70 years of ethnic cleansing.Occupation.Genocide. Murder…” 

On January 18, 2018, Zahran tweeted: “...Social/Media Is a tool to be use to end #Israeloccupation and #ApartheidIsrael…”

On December 23, 2017, Zahran tweeted: “...#France can't say they support #Palestine and turn around, support their citizens going to Israelto occupy and kill Palestinians…”

Supporting Violent Protesters

On March 30, 2018, Zahran tweeted: “...I'm so proud of my people #MarchForOurLives #MarchofReturn...”


On the same date, Zahran tweeted: “They used to say Palestinians fight like heroes now they saw heroes fight like Palestinians #ExistenceIsResistance #MarchForOurLives #MarchofReturn.”

Anti-Israel Activism

On August 16, 2013, Zahran tweeted: “Announcing the 2013 National SJP Conference…who is going??? I want to go!!”

On October 13, 2014, Zahran tweeted: “We @TuftsUniversity SJP r [are] excited to meet&host u [you].plz [please] tell all ur [your] SJP friend across the US we still have 120 solidarity housing spots!”

On October 24, 2014, Zahran tweeted to a photo of an SJP 2014 National Conference flyer: “Is anyone here!?! @TuftsUniversity #SJP.”

Supporting BDS

Zahran retweeted a May 12, 2021 tweet that said: “BDS. Pass it on.”

On September 7, 2018, Zahran tweeted about American rapper Pusha T: “I'm extremely disappointed in the fact that you chose to push aside #Israel violations of human rights, murder, occupation and play @meteorfestival…”

In 2018, Pusha T played as a headliner at a music festival in Israel. 

On June 14, 2018, Zahran tweeted: “...Please do not purchase Israel products#BoycottApartheidIsrael #BDS…”

On December 11, 2017, Zahran tweeted: “Donate - BDS Movement https://bdsmovement.net/donate via @bdsmovement.”

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.

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.