Brandon Hai Do

Overview

Brandon Hai Do has spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and hatred of Jews, promoted bigotry, defended terrorists and demonized Israel.

Do was the Vice President of Temple University (Temple)’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Do has been listed as the primary contact for Temple SJP.

In May 2018, Do indicated on Facebook that he “went” to the “1st Annual Palestine Lives Conference.”

The 2018 “Palestine Lives” conference was held on May 12, 2018 at Hunter College (Hunter), part of City University of New York (CUNY). The official conference poster featured a photo montage of armed men in Keffiyehs, with the caption: “Resisting Settler Colonialism Since 1948.”

The conference was co-hosted by Within Our Lifetime (WOL), formerly known as New York City Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), as well as the anti-Israel groups Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and Existence Is Resistance.

Do attended the 2016 National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) conference.

Do was also a member of the Muslim Students Association (MSA) at Temple.

As of May 21, 2017, Do was listed on Temple’s online directory as a student studying Liberal Arts.

As of May 16, 2018, Do used the alias “_ImmortalChild” on Twitter.

Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories

On April 15, 2018, Do tweeted: “Why did the Jews kill Jesus?”

Do retweeted a January 25, 2018 tweet that said: “Hip Hop is owned by Jews.. so is it REALLY that surprising that the top rapper in the industry is a mixed Jew? is it really that surprising that he just jacks personas & capitalizes off them? is the influx of white rappers after him really THAT surprising???”

On January 25, 2018, Do also tweeted: “The epitome of american jewry was when US media outlets called the leader of a soveirgn African nation ”Hitler” to justify killing his children, raping him in the street, and plunging Libya into a slavery and terrorism crisis.”

On that same day Do tweeted: “Can the US media explain why ISIS was found with weapons that said “Made in Israel” on them? + Where is the Jewish outrage for this?”

On January 12, 2018, Do tweeted: “Jewish elites made deals with Hitler during the Holocaust.”

On June 6, 2017, Do tweeted: “Ya'll know what immigrants are told when they first arrive in the U.S.? ‘Hate Black people and respect the Jews’.”

On June 5, 2017, Do tweeted: “HOW THE ZIONIST JEWS CONTROL THE MEDIA” and a link to a video.

On June 2, 2017, Do tweeted: “The weaponization of Judaism has been used to justify imperialist invasions that have started slavery in African countries..”

Anti-Semitism

On April 21, 2018, Do tweeted: “Minister Farrakhan has criticized the state of israel for over thirty years for their oppression against Palestinians and darker people across the world. That doesn't make him anti-semitic.”

Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam since 1977, is an anti-Semitic proponent of an anti-white theology. According to a Southern Poverty Law Center report, “Farrakhan is an antisemite who routinely accuses Jews of manipulating the U.S. government and controlling the levers of world power.”

On January 24, 2018, Do tweeted: “I am so tired and disgusted with the bootlicking especially of the jewish establishment.” In the same thread, Do added: “Even the left is being run by them.”

On the same day, Do tweeted: “If anything, Hitler did a great deed by exposing the hypocrisy of Europe.”

On January 21, 2018, Do tweeted : “

” and attached a tweet that says “when jews start talking about the Hollow Cost” and a GIF of an individual appearing disgusted and brushing himself off.

On November 29, 2017, Do tweeted: “How pathetic you gotta be as a “poc” to actively seek advice from a jew?”

Bigotry

On April 16, 2018, Do tweeted: “White people don't have a spiritual universe. That is their greatest obstacle to becoming better humans.”

On March 24, 2018, Do tweeted: “White people have the option of abandoning whiteness to join humanity.”

Support for Terrorists

On April 20, 2018, Do paraphrased a quote [00:00:23] on Twitter by Palestinian terrorist Ghassan Kanafani rejecting peace negotations with Israel, tweeting: “What Ghassan Kanafani said still rings true: It’s ‘a conversation between the sword and the neck.’”

Kanafani was a leading member and spokesperson of the designated terrorist organization the PFLP in its early years.

Kanafani announced the PFLP’s responsibility for the Lod Airport Massacre of May 1972 and was linked to the airport attackers. The attack killed 26 people.

In November 2016, Do attended the 2016 NSJP conference hosted by Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) at George Mason University (GMU). SAIA is an alternative name for SJP.

During the conference, Do tabled with other NSJP activists, selling t-shirts featuring the terrorist Leila Khaled.

Leila Khaled is a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970. As of 2017, Khaled was a member of PFLP's Political Bureau. Khaled has said that the second intifada failed because it was not violent enough, advocated [00:36:07] for the use of children in terror activities and compared Zionists to Nazis.

On July 29, 2016, Do participated in a demonstration and held a sign calling for the release of a PFLP militant Bilal Kayed, who was incarcerated for 14 years for terrorist operations committed during the Second Intifada, in 2002.

On March 8, 2016, Do posted a picture of Yasser Arafat as his cover photo on Facebook.

Yasser Arafat was the former leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and is known by some as the “father of modern terrorism.” Under Arafat, the goal of the PLO was the violent destruction of Israel.

On January 27, 2016, Do was one of four Temple SJP members holding signs demanding that charges be dropped against convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh.

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.

Spreading Hatred of Israel

On March 25, 2015, Do played [00:00:19] a leading role in an anti-Israel “flash mob” hosted by Temple SJP.

Do shouted from a bullhorn: ”When freedom isn’t returned to the people, then they are left with no choice but to take it. From North Philly to Palestine we will resist and the wall will be crushed,” after which he a led chants of “Free, free palestine.”

On September 30, 2016 Do, tweeted: “F**k Israel”

On November 16, 2016, Do tweeted: “FREE PALESTINE F**K ISRAEL”

On December 1, 2016 Do, tweeted “F**k Israel”

On February 22, 2018, Do tweeted: “Free Ahed Tamimi!”

Ahed Tamimi has a long history of physically attacking Israeli soldiers. Tamimi is the daughter of Bassem Tamimi, who is known for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.

On March 26, 2018, Do tweeted: “Temple and UPENN [University of Pennsylvania] are apartheid universities like Israel is an apartheid state.”

On March 5, 2018, Do tweeted: “Why don’t the terrorists do jihad in israel instead of syria.”

Temple SJP - Supporting PFLP Terrorists (2014-2016)

On November 5, 2014, Temple SJP posted on Facebook in support of Rasmea Odeh, and referred to Odeh as a “women’s rights advocate” and “a beloved Palestinian icon.”

Odeh was a key military operative [00:02:08] with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group, who masterminded a bombing in a Jerusalem supermarket in 1969 that killed two college students. She also attempted to bomb the British consulate. She later moved to the United States, where she was convicted of immigration fraud in 2014, stripped of her U.S. citizenship and deported to Jordan in 2017.

Also on November 5, 2014, Temple SJP shared on Facebook an image promoting an “Action Plan” for Odeh that directed readers to sign petitions, call political officials, and participate in a social media campaign to get the federal government to drop the charges against Odeh. On November 10, 2014, a federal jury convicted Odeh.

On November 15, 2014, Temple SJP tweeted a photo of their supporters holding a sign that read: “We’re dancing for you Rasmea.” The photo was taken following an SJP Philly event held the day before titled: “Philly, don't Dance with Israeli Apartheid.”

On January 27, 2016, Temple SJP posted to Facebook a photo of four Temple SJP activists holding signs supporting Odeh. One sign read: “DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST RASMEA ODEH,” while another sign said: “Support Palestinian Right To Resist.”

On January 26, 2016, Temple SJP tweeted a graphic honoring PFLP founder George Habash and wrote: “Rest in Power George Habash.” The graphic featured text that read: “As long as you are still fighting in defense of your dignity and for your occupied land, all is well. Revolt, for you have nothing to lose but your chains.”

George Habash, was the 1970 mastermind behind the hijackings of four Western airliners over the United States, Europe, the Far East and the Persian Gulf. In 1972, the PFLP collaborated with Japanese Red Army terrorists to massacre 24 people at Israel's Lod International Airport (renamed Ben Gurion International Airport).

Habash, the founder of the terrorist organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), has been called “the godfather of Middle East terrorism.”

On March 8, 2016, Temple SJP tweeted a graphic featuring Leila Khaled holding an assault rifle. Temple SJP wrote: “#InternationalWomensDay.”

Khaled participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970. As of 2017, Khaled is a leader in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

The PFLP claimed credit for the 2014 Har Nof Massacre where six people were murdered during morning prayers in a Jerusalem synagogue. The PFLP also claimed credit for the 2001 assassination of the Israeli tourism minister.

Khaled has compared Zionists to Nazis, said that the second intifada failed because it was not violent enough and advocated for the use of children in terror activities

On August 19, 2016, Temple SJP hosted a demonstration at the Israeli Consulate in Philadelphia calling for the release of Bilal Kayed.

Kayed was a PFLP terrorist who was incarcerated for 14 years for terror attacks and attempted terror attacks committed during the second intifada, in 2002.

Temple SJP - Demonizing Israel (2015-2016)

On April 20, 2016, Temple SJP hosted an “Apartheid Wall Demonstration” event on campus. The Facebook event page said: “We will protest the apartheid and colonialism of the Israeli state against the Palestinian people by setting up a mock wall on campus…”

The “mock apartheid wall” is a display of multiple panels demonizing Israel's security barrier, which was built as a deterrent to Palestinian terror attacks and in response to Palestinian sniper attacks. SJP chapters often erect these displays during their annual Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) event.

On March 26, 2015, Temple SJP held an anti-Israel rally on the Temple campus where activists referred [00:00:59] to Israel’s security barrier as an “apartheid wall.’’ Temple SJP activist Iman Sultan spoke in the video where she encouraged [00:00:21] support for BDSand claimed that Israel practices “apartheid.”

During the event, Brandon-Hai Do, then-vice president of Temple SJP, led [00:00:20] anti-Israel chants. Using a bullhorn, Do told [00:02:15] the crowd: “When freedom isn’t returned to the people, then they are left with no choice but to take it. From North Philly to Palestine we will resist and the wall will be crushed.”

Temple SJP - Promoting BDS (2014-2016)

On November 28, 2016, Temple SJP co-hosted a Boycott HP [Hewlett Packard] teach-in, with Philly BDS, as part of the BDS campaign titled: “Boycott HP International Week of Action.”

Hewlett Packard was targeted with a worldwide, week-long boycott for providing imaging technology for Israel’s checkpoints and other technology.

On October 25, 2016, Temple SJP held an event titled: “Palestine 101,” which promoted BDS.

On November 19, 2015, Temple SJP members held an event titled: “Against Apartheid: The Case for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions.” The event featured Purdue University (Purdue) professor Bill Mullen, a national BDS movement leader and faculty adviser of the SJP Purdue.

On November 14, 2014, Temple SJP and Philly BDS staged a protest against the Israel-based Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (KCDC) outside of a theater in Philadelphia.

The Facebook event description said that the protest was done “to call out the whitewashing of Israeli genocide of Gaza this summer,” a reference to Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE) against Hamas. Israel commenced OPEin July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.

Temple SJP - Hosting Anti-Israel Activists (2014-2016)

On October 28, 2016, Temple SJP hosted an event featuring American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) leader Taher Herzallah titled: “Combating Normalization.”

Proponents of the “anti-normalization” policy seek to police all interactions between Israelis and Palestinians and shut down all conversations and interactions perceived as being ideologically unaligned with their own agenda.

On April 22, 2016, Temple SJP hosted an event featuring anti-Israel poet Remi Kanazi.

Remi Kanazi is an anti-Israel poet who has supported terrorism and has compared Israel to both ISIS and the Ku Klux Klan. He is known for his spoken-word performances which are aggressively anti-Israel.

On March 27, 2014, Temple SJP hosted an event featuring anti-Israel activist Josh Ruebner. At the time of the event, he served as the National Advocacy Director for the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), a pro-BDS group.

Josh Ruebner has spread anti-Semitism, expressed support for terrorists and defended terrorism. He has also whitewashed [00:03:52] terrorists and promoted hatred of Israel.

Temple SJP - Violent Incident at an SJP Event (2014)

On August 20, 2014, a pro-Israel Temple student was assaulted at a Temple SJP table during Temple Fest, an “involvement fair” on campus.

The attack was reportedly perpetrated by Temple alumnus Aziz Jalil, who allegedly struck the student in the face, as the student was called “Zionist,” "Kike,"“Racist,” "Baby Killer" and other anti-Semitic names and slurs.

Jalil subsequently turned himself in to police and was charged with assault and recklessly endangering another person.

On August 20, 2014, Temple issued a statement, following the attack which said the assault was “alleged to have included physical violence, anti-Semitic statements, and racial slurs.”

On September 3, 2014, Temple SJP claimed that Jalil “was only a visitor to the SJP table” and that he had no formal affiliation with the group. However, other reports and a November 2012 picture posted on the Temple SJP Twitter account contradict this claim.

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.