Dana Abuqalbain

Overview

Dana Abuqalbain [Dana Abu Qalbain] has spread incitement to violence against Israelis and trivialized terrorism on social media.

Abuqalbain is an activist with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Wayne State University (WSU).

As of February 8, 2018, Abuqalbain’s LinkedIn page said she performed “Computer Information and Programming” as a “Michigan Civil Engineering Consultant” and planned to graduate from WSU in 2020, with a bachelor’s degree in Physics and Astronomy.

Her LinkedIn page also said she attended Henry Ford Community College (HFCC) from 2015-2016.

Incitement to Violence

On October 25, 2017, Abuqalbain posted on Facebook: “‘Israel has occupied every arab nation except for Palestine. اسرائيل احتلت جميع الدول العربيه ما عدا فلسطين #OccupationOfYourMind #احتلال_ذهني #SaveAlAqsa’”

She posted during a time when Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount were regularly described as having “stormed” the complex.

The allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque has been a traditional pretext for Arab attacks on Jews long before the existence of the modern Jewish state. Such propaganda served as the excuse for an upsurge in Palestinian violence that flared in the fall of 2015 and incited Palestinians to attempt mass casualty attacks on Israeli civilians in July of 2016.  

On October 15, 2015, Abuqalbain wrote on Facebook “#فلسطين_تنتفض
  #الانتفاضة_الثالثة [#TheThird_Intifada #Palestine_Revolt]” and posted an image of a masked Palestinian in a keffiyeh, firing a slingshot.

Since the early 2000’s the term “Intifada” has carried the connotation of violence.

Also on October 15, 2015, Abuqalbain wrote on Facebook “#فلسطين_تنتفض
  #الانتفاضة_الثالثة [#TheThird_Intifada #Palestine_Revolt].” She posted an image of a masked Palestinian after throwing something, with black smoke and other masked Palestinians in the background.

October 2015 saw an upsurge in violence across Israel incited by Palestinian political and religious leaders. The wave of stabbings — known as the “Knife Intifada” — saw young Palestinians throughout the country stabbing and attempting to stab Israeli civilians.

On June 21, 2015, Abuqalbain posted an image on Facebook honoring terrorist Yaser Yasin, who stabbed an Israeli police officer in Jerusalem that day. The image depicted a bloody knife attached to a gun handle, along with a map representing Israel.

The map featured a ruler with ascending numbers and a large number “4” — alluding to the fourth of Ramadan — which was the Islamic date.

Arabic text captioning the image commemorated the terror attack stating: “Yaser Yasin - The 4th of Ramadan” and “Raising the danger level, not their economy.”

On March 3, 2015, Abuqalbain wrote a poem on Facebook that said: “عبي الرشاش .. خلي يدك ممدودة.. شعب فلسطين هز زناد البرودة [Fill your machine gun… keep your arm stretched… the people of Palestine shook the trigger of the rifle].”

The post featured a photo of a masked Palestinian, pointing one finger toward heaven with the Dome of the Rock in the background. The poem began: “اسياد ولسنا عبيد ونحن من يولد منا كل يوم شهيد [We are masters and not slaves and everyday a martyr is born from us.]”

SJP Activism

As of February 8, 2018, Abuqalbain’s LinkedIn page said she was an SJP WSU activist and that her job was to “raise awareness, collect donations, organize events, etc.”

On April 9, 2017, Abuqalbain posed with other SJP WSU activists in a Facebook photo before a mock Israeli security wall.

The “separation wall” bore a quote often attributed to Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels: “If you repeat a lie enough times, it becomes the truth.”

SJP WSU revised the quote, by replacing the word “truth” with the word “politics” and then crossed out “politics” and substituted the word “Israel,” written with blood dripping from the letters. Below the quote appeared the hashtag: “#BOYCOTTISRAEL.”

The quote embodied an anti-Semitic idea known as the “Big Lie,” which was used by Nazi Germany to demonize Jews and to promote the boycott of Jewish businesses.

SJP WSU used the wall as early as March 2016.

SJP WSU - Anti-Semitic Tweets  

SJP WSU founder and 2015-2017 president Summer Baraka and 2017-2018 president Mayssa Masri have both expressed forms of anti-Semitism on social media.

On June 24, 2015, Masri tweeted: “We need to open our eyes to who controls the media. We need to open our eyes to #WhiteSupremacy and #Zionism.”

On August 21, 2013, Baraka tweeted: “Allah yin3an al yahood ou bas [May Allah curse the Jews, and that's all.]" Masri liked the tweet.

SJP WSU - Leadership Idolizing Terrorists  

On March 29, 2016, Baraka referred to terrorist Ghassan Kanafani, tweeting: “Just tryna marry a modern day Kanafani.”

Kanafani was a leading member and spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) during the terrorist organization’s 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 and wounded 80 others.

On October 4, 2015, Rafeef Hamad — the 2016-2017 SJP WSU vice president — tweeted: “يارب تكتبهم عندك من الشهداء    #فلسطين_تنتفض [Please O god inscribe them as martyrs #Palestine_Revolting]”

October 2015 saw an upsurge in violence across Israel incited by Palestinian political and religious leaders. The wave of stabbings — known as the “Knife Intifada” — saw young Palestinians throughout the country stabbing and attempting to stab Israeli civilians.

SJP WSU - Supporting Terrorists  

On November 11, 2016 and 2017, SJP WSU posted photos to Facebook memorializing terrorist Yasser Arafat on the anniversary of his death.

The 2017 post included an Arafat quote, reading: “The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.”

Yasser Arafat was the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and is known by some as the "father of modern terrorism." Arafat called for children to “martyr” themselves during the second intifada. In 1996, he told Arab diplomats: "We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. Jews will not want to live among Arabs. I have no use for Jews. They are and remain Jews."

On April 8, 2017, SJP WSU posted a photo to Facebook of a painting honoring terrorist Leila Khaled, displayed at an SJP Palestinian cultural event.

Khaled was 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. In a 2014 interview, Khaled opined that the Palestinian second intifada failed because it was not violent enough.

On November 25, 2016, SJP WSU tweeted and posted on Facebook in support of 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.

SJP WSU - Denying Jerusalem’s Jewish History

On December 8, 2017, SJP WSU shared a Facebook video of Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas stating [00:00:15]: “Jerusalem is a city that is Palestinian, Arab, Christian, Islamic and the eternal capital of Palestine.“

Abbas was protesting U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

On October 19, 2016, SJP WSU tweeted a picture taken at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, stating: “Victory of Palestine against Israel: Jerusalem Holy Site Declared Muslim, Not Jewish, in United Nations Resolution.”

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.

Social Media and Weblinks

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/1180448451

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/dana_abu_qalbain/  [Private]

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-abuqalbain-b696ba136/

Website:https://danaaqalbain.sarahah.com/