Bushra Abdelhalim
Overview
Bushra Abdelhalim [Bushra Halim] has spread anti-Semitism, defended the Hamas terror organization, expressed support for a terrorist and demonized Israel.As of February 2019, Abdelhalim’s LinkedIn page said that from “Apr 2010 - Jan 2014,” she was a “Media and Publicity Volunteer” for American Muslims for Palestine (AMP).
Abdehalim indicated on social media that she attended the 2014 and 2012 annual AMP conferences. She also promoted the 2013 AMP conference on Twitter.
In September 2014, Abdelhalim was an activist [00:00:04] with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC). She indicated on Twitter that she attended the 2014 National SJP Conference. She is also a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
As of February 2019, Abdelhalim’s blog said she was a “content creator, PR and communications professional.” As of the same date, Abdelhalim used the name “Bushra Halim” on LinkedIn, which said she had been a sales associate at Coach in Rosemont, Illinois since November 2015.
Abdelhalim’s LinkedIn also said she received her bachelor’s degree in English from UIC in 2013, where she was a member of the Muslim Students Association (MSA).
Spreading Anti-Semitism
On April 23, 2013, Abdelhalim tweeted: “@amal928 @ghassanish You'll get it done! Zios ain't got nothing on us. Is your SJP working on getting more support on campus?”The term "Zio" is a common derogatory reference to Zionists, as well as an often-used anti-Semitic slur among white supremacists.
On October 18, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobbying group, writing: “Obama used the word delegitimization to describe BDS at AIPAC's command. #SJPLoyola.”
The implication that AIPAC buys political support for Israel has been described as playing into “anti-Semitic tropes” that led to “centuries of stereotypes about Jews using money to control the world.”
On September 7, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted: “@Falasteeniiya shows how incompetent the yahoodi [Jew] is as mayor.”
On March 2, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted: “@DrKnafa ba3raf inno yahoodi [I know he's a Jew] but I love his books. And the movies are even better.”
Defending Hamas
On November 28, 2014, Abdelhalim tweeted from the 2014 AMP conference: “‘Hamas is not the question. Hamas is a resistance org and resistance is always created in response to something.’ @mikopeled #PalConf14.”Hamas is a designated terrorist organization by the European Union, Canada, Australia, the United States and Israel.
On the same day, Abdelhalim tweeted: “@RashidSaif_R assuming Israel's attacks on Gaza are a response to Hamas is pandering & agreeing to the Zionist narrative. I'm done w/ this.”
Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
Supporting a Terrorist
On February 14, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted: “#KhaderAdnan the Palestinian Ghandi. Fight for him because he's fighting for you. #Hungry4Justice.”Khader Adnan was a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization. A 2007 YouTube video showed Adnan praising and encouraging suicide bombings: "Who among you will carry the next explosive belt? Who among you will fire the next bullets? Who among you will have his body parts blown all over?” In May 2023, Adnan died in prison after refusing medical treatment during a hunger strike.
On the same day, Abdelhalim tweeted: “Guys, as ecstatic as I am that a deal has been reached for Khader Adnan, let em remind you that Israel has extended sentences before.”
Demonizing Israel
On November 28, 2014, Abdelhalim tweeted: “Israel is not only violating UN laws, it's violating US laws by enforcing its racist ideologies.”On the same day, Abdelhalim tweeted about OPE, writing: “This past attack Israel was targeting whole families as though they could eradicate the DNA of resistance. #PalConf14.”
On March 12, 2013, Abdelhalim tweeted: “‘Israel's Iron Dome: Doubts over success rate; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21751766 …. Poor, poor, terrorized Israel. #TimesUpBi**hes”
On March 7, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted: “For all you diamond loving idiots out there: 1 out of 2 #diamonds comes out of #Israel. Gives a whole new meaning to blood diamond, huh?”
On the same day, Abdelhalim tweeted: “So next time you by diamonds, think about the Palestinian blood that's on it. But that's only if you're human. Mutant Zionists, keep waking.”
On January 8, 2013, Abdelhalim tweeted: “I was offered a free bottle of Ahava mud mask. More like Ahava blood mask. Thanks but I'll pass. I don't want apartheid on my face.”
On the same day, Abdelhalim tweeted: “Israel was founded on a massive ethnic cleansing, a huge crime again humanity. #alNakba #PalestineConf.”
On November 22, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted: “Happy Celebration of the Genocide of Native Americans Day. Is it no wonder that Israel's genocide of Palestinians is supported by the USA?”
On November 14, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted during OPD, writing: “My breakfast is coming back up. Thanks, Israel, mother of all terrorist activities.”
Israel launched OPD to stop Hamas rocket attacks on Israeli civilians from Gaza. Over the course of eight days in November 2012, Palestinian terrorist groups fired more than 1,500 rockets at Israel. The majority struck Israel, damaging homes, schools and other civilian areas. Human Rights Watch noted: “Palestinian armed groups made clear in their statements that harming civilians was their aim.”
On the same day, Abdelhalim tweeted: “Operation Pillar of Defense? You mean Defense Against Unarmed Civilians? Because this isn't defense. This is massacre. #Gaza.”
On the same day, Abdelhalim tweeted: “Those who are continually updating their statuses and tweets about praying for Israel are a JOKE. Israel is the criminal.”
On September 20, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted: “If this world was truly just, all those aiding Israel would be on trial for being accessories to murder #EUClose.”
On September 11, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted: “#Remember911? No. I remember 1948,1967,Operation Cast Lead,the ‘crusade against Islam’,countless hate crimes&daily torture for Palestine.”
On August 5, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted: “@IDFsoldiergirl @PRTerrorist420 @habibtilatina no. Israel lies, kills, destroys&calls it protection. Those are facts.That is the real truth.”
On February 11, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted: “@YasirTineh I was part of this ‘inter-faith’ thing. Akherto [at the end of it] one of the girls snapped, she didn't like that we were so racist towards Israel.”
On January 22, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted: “#30ThingsAboutMe If I don't like someone, I will avoid them. I don't antagonize people. Unless they're Zionists.”
On December 4, 2011, Abdelhalim tweeted: “#IsraelHates All of you. Anyone who dares undermine their attempts at taking over the world. Well,guess what,Israel?We hate you right back.”
SJP Activism
In the video, Abdelhalim said [00:00:50]: “Throughout this conference, we’ll hone ourselves and look out for one another so we can better coordinate and build wider movements for Palestine on our campuses.”
On October 25, 2014, Abdelhalim tweeted from the conference, writing: “Our very bodies disrupt Zionist propaganda #NSJP2014.”
Supporting BDS
On May 13, 2015, Abdelhalim was listed as an opponent to an anti-BDS bill presented to the Illinois General Assembly. The anti-BDS bill passed and was signed into law on July 23, 2015.On November 27, 2014, Abdelhalim tweeted: “‘Although the letters BDS are new, the idea of anti-normalization always existed in Palestinian political relations since 1930s.’#Palconf14”
Proponents of the “anti-normalization” policy seek to police all interactions between Israelis and Palestinians and shut down all conversations, interactions and speech that they perceive as being ideologically unaligned with their own agenda.
On April 3, 2013, Abdelhalim tweeted: “I'm trying not to fall asleep as I anxiously await tweets from @SJP_UCR. I don't want to miss this. #UCRdivest.” Her hashtag referred to a BDS campaign at the University of California, Riverside (UCR).
On November 24, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted: “There is no question that #bds is working. The question is how to pick up the pace. #bds #PalestineConf.”
On November 23, 2012, Abdelhalim tweeted: “2. BDS: becoming something that Israel fears because boycott is effective. #RightToResist #PalestineConf”
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.
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.
Social Media and Weblinks
Twitter:https://twitter.com/bushrati [Private]
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bushraabdelhalim/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/bushrati/ [Private]
Pinterest:https://www.pinterest.com/bushrati/
Blog:https://bushraabdelhalim.wordpress.com/
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCigzLTZ2BU4G2ZpOgODUWvw
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