Bayan Abad
Overview
Bayan Abad [Bayan Bader Abad] has spread anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel on Twitter.In 2013, Abad indicated on Twitter that she was an organizer for the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)’s 2013 Palestine Conference.
In 2014, Abad indicated on Twitter that she was affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
Abad has also promoted the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
In March 2018, Abad’s LinkedIn page said she was involved with the Youth Group Leadership/Media Services of the Muslim American Society (MAS) - Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), an offshoot of the Muslim Student Association (MSA).
Abad’s LinkedIn page also said that she was a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), a nursing student and a Phlebotomist, with the “NorthShore University HealthSystem.”
Abad studied to become a Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist from 2012-2013, at the College of Office Technology. She also completed pre-nursing studies at PCCTI Healthcare (PCCTI) in 2012.
As of January 2020, Abad was listed on signalhire.com as a Phlebotomist at NorthShore University HealthSystem, in Chicago, Illinois. As of the same date, Abad was registered with the Illinois Department of Public Health’s Health Care Worker Registry, since 2013.
Anti-Semitism
On July 10, 2014, Abad tweeted a photo of former Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin, captioned by a fictitious quote that read: “Our race is the ‘Master Race.’ We are divine gods on this planet. We are as different from the inferior races as they are from insects… other races are beasts and animals, cattle at best. Our destiny is to rule over the inferior races, The masses will lick our feet and serve us as our slaves.”Abed wrote: “Lick away Obama. I promise soon enough they'll come after this country..we'll see how much you support them then.”
On November 28, 2013, Abad tweeted: “‘I never thought I'd take candy from a Jew’ LOL!”
On February 9, 2013, Abad tweeted: “@swerveebruhh lmaoo yeeeeee maska3hom il yahood …[Oh how silly are the Jews..]”
On February 5, 2013, Abad tweeted: “‘He's so whipped he's Jewish’- lmfaooo! #guycode”
On January 3, 2013, Abad tweeted: “#inthemiddleeast...you see a yahoodi [Jewish] car you stand like a zalama nd give th yahood [Jew] the ‘ima ef you up’ look as they're passing by.”
On October 24, 2012, Abad tweeted: “My brothers came downstairs nd started shooting these little beanys at me wal 3alehim il yahood lmfao [woe upon the Jews lmfao] I'm red everywhere hurts like hell 😂😂”
On October 30, 2012, Abad tweeted: “@ahhhmmeeed I can't sharks are like the worst things in the world after spiders of course nd Jews .. They're pretty up there with Jews lmao.”
On October 21, 2012, Abad tweeted: “I never wish death on anyone except for the yahood [Jews] but I f**king wish my bio teacher get hit by a bus but lives just to have a plane hit her.”
On September 20, 2012, Abad tweeted: “Top 3 things I hate in this world...1. Jews (that's a given) 2. When you're arab nd you drink....and 3. When you hang up in my face.”
On May 29, 2012, Abad tweeted: “America you deal with stupidity from white folks....Palestine you deal with Jews...its always something man I'm tellin ya.”
Spreading Hatred of Israel
“On September 10, 2014, Abad tweeted: Your 9/11 is their 24/7 #gaza... #Palestine #911anniversary.”On December 31, 2013, Abad tweeted an image that suggested that Israel bribes journalists to write that Muslims are terrorists. Abed commented: “RT ‘@iitsAli: the picture speaks for itself....”
On December 5, 2013, Abad tweeted: “The Zionist are taking over the world, one hummus plate at a time. #klab #palestine #nowyouwantourfood”
On November 30, 2013, Abad tweeted: “The Israeli State uses the support of America to oppress the Palestinian State. -#Fact #PalestineConf”
On November 29, 2013, Abad tweeted: “Once you think about what happened in Palestine 1948, ethnic cleansing is the best term to describe what happened -Ilan Pappe #PalestineConf.”
On January 24, 2013, Abad tweeted: “#WaysToGetSlapped call Palestine .... ‘Israel’”
On November 19, 2012, Abad tweeted: “Stop the American aid to Israel now!!!!!!!!!!!!! @BarackObama #Chicagorally #gazaunderattack.”
AMP Activism
In 2013, Abad was an organizer for the AMP Palestine Conference. During the conference, Abad tweeted multiple pieces of anti-Israel propaganda, and promoted BDS leaders who spoke at the event.On December 1, 2013, following the conference, Abad tweeted: “@HatemBazian once again you did a great job at the AMP Conference!! We learn something new every time you speak about the cause ! Thank you!”
Hatem Bazian is the founder of the anti-Israel organizations Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). Bazian has a decades-long history of incitement and of using classic anti-Semitic tropes to demonize Israel.
Blumenthal’s 2013 book, “Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel,”was dubbed “The Israel Hater’s Handbook” by Eric Alterman of the progressive magazine The Nation.
Abad also attended the 2014 AMP conference and promoted it on Twitter. On November 28, 2014, Abad tweeted: “Seats are filling up quick to hear @DrGilbert speak about his time #gaza! Grand DE Room!! #GazaTeachesLife #PalConf14”
Gilbert has been banned indefinitely from entering Gaza through Israel because of his connections to the Hamas leadership.
In 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2014 Gilbert was stationed at a hospital that served as a Hamas command center and rocket launching site. During that time he acted as a propagandist for the Hamas government in Gaza.
In 2001, following al Qaeda's September 11 terrorist attacks, Gilbert expressed support for the terror acts as a “legitimate response.” In December of 2009, Gilbert was accused of faking resuscitation on a dead child in Gaza for dramatic effect for a CNN video.
AMP
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) was founded by UC Berkeley Professor Hatem Bazian as a vehicle to generate mainstream support in the United States for the Palestinian national cause.
On its website, the organization lists Bazian as the chairman of its national board and describes itself as “a national education and grassroots-based organization, dedicated to educating the American public about Palestine and its rich cultural, historical and religious heritage.”
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has accused AMP of promoting “extreme anti-Israel views and has at times provided a platform for anti-Semitism under the guise of educating Americans” about Palestinians. The ADL further stated that AMP is directly involved in campus-based anti-Israel activity through Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
Prior to founding the AMP in 2006, Dr. Bazian created SJP together with fellow UC Berkeley Professor Snehal Shingavi in 2001. The close working relationship between AMP and SJP has been documented several times over the years by several organizations, including NGO Monitor and StandWithUs.
In addition to providing financial, public relations and legal assistance to SJP, AMP has also been accused of having connections to Hamas. The AMP national board includes former members of both the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP) and Holy Land Foundation (HLF), both of which were found liable for aiding and abetting Hamas. The IAP was founded by Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, a senior member of Hamas.
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.
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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