Dana AlHasan
Overview
AlHasan has also spread hatred of Israel, opposed a state bill addressing anti-Semitism and promoted the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
AlHasan served as UofSC SJP’s president in 2017 and reportedly did so again in 2018. As of March 2019, AlHasan was listed on the university’s page for events and organizations, Garnet Gate, as UofSC SJP’s primary contact.
As of November 2024, AlHasan was listed as an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte).
Also as of November 2024, AlHasan’s LinkedIn profile said she received a PhD in epidemiology from UofSC in 2019.
As of the same date, AlHasan’s LinkedIn said she was located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Support FOR Terrorists
UofSC SJP’s Facebook post said: “Joining the intl call to free Ahmad Sa’adat and all political prisoners! And to build the global grassroots campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions #BDS from israel & complicit corporations.”
On September 4, 2018, AlHasan attended a UofSC SJP event discussing “the role women play in the Palestinian liberation struggle.”
The Facebook event page listed Rasmea Odeh, Khalida Jarrar and Dareen Tartour as examples of women at the forefront of the Palestinian movement. At the event, UofSC SJP activists wrote letters of support to Jarrar and Tatour.
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.
Khalida Jarrar is a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror organization. She has reportedly been the head of the PFLP in the West Bank since 2016. In 2015, an Israeli military court sentenced Jarrar to 15 months in prison for calling to kidnap Israeli soldiers. Israel arrested Jarrar again in 2017 “on suspicion of involvement with terrorist activities and violent public disturbances.” In 2019, she was arrested by Israel with 50 other PFLP operatives following a deadly 2018 bombing attack.
On the same day, AlHasan tweeted: “Amid muted response from international community, Palestinian political prisoners enter 36th day & 6th wk of hunger strike #DignityStrike36.”
Glorifying Terrorists
On September 5, 2016, AlHasan posted an article to UofSC’s student portal GarnetGate, describing the letter-writing and characterizing Jarrar and Tatour as “two Palestinian women wrongfully imprisoned for their artistic expression and effective grassroots organizing.”On December 3, 2018, AlHasan promoted UofSC SJP’s bookmarks on Facebook. One bookmark called to stand with Jarrar, another bookmark glorified Fatima Bernawi and a third featured a photo of Odeh, with the hashtag: “Justice4Rasmea.”
Hatred of Israel
Alhasan reposted a November 15, 2024 post on X that said: “No matter who’s in the White House, we’ll continue to build the movement for a free Palestine and demand an end to all U.S. aid to Israel and an end to the U.S.-Israeli genocide!” The post was referring to the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election and Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas terrorists, which was launched after the October 7, 2023 terror attacks.On Saturday, October 7, 2023, approximately 2,900 heavily armed Hamas terrorists breached Israel’s border with Gaza. They executed numerous war crimes on civilians, including mass murder, beheadings of children, rape of men and women, torture, kidnappings and mutilation.
Promoting Violent Protests
Also on May 14, 2018, AlHasan tweeted at U.S. Senator and 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand, calling on her to “speak out for unarmed Palestinian demonstrators and journalists being shot by the Israeli army.”
On May 16, 2018, a Hamas senior official, Salah al-Bardawil, stated that 50 out of 62 protesters killed during the May 14 Gaza border protest were Hamas operatives. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) also claimed that three of its members were killed at the same protest.
On May 15, 2018, AlHasan appeared in a UofSC SJP photo posted to Twitter, holding a sign that said: “My people DESERVE to Live! #Nakba70 #GreatReturnMarch LONG LIVE PALESTINE.”
On May 17, 2018, AlHasan tweeted: “Have you forgotten about Palestine already? Have you forgotten about the ongoing massacre of my people at committed by the Israeli regime?”
That same day, AlHasan posted on Facebook, inviting “Friends in the triangle area,” to an event titled: “Emergency Protest- stand in solidarity with Palestine.”
AlHasan wrote: “Since the #GreatReturnMarch, over 100 Palestinians have been murdered by Israeli occupation forces” and “Israel must be held accountable for their grave crimes against Palestinians.”
AlHasan embedded in her tweet a tweet by UofSC SJP, that said: “spotted in Columbia, SC photos of some of the Palestinian martyrs from the #GreatReturnMarch. We honor our martyrs for their strength and courage.”
Opposing a State Bill Addressing Anti Semitism
On February 22, 2017, AlHasan attended an event titled: “Stop anti-Palestine Legislation at SC state house!” at the South Carolina legislature’s House Judiciary Special Laws Subcommittee hearing.
AlHasan spoke [00:26:26] during the hearing against the bill, saying [00:27:08] “Israel violates U.N Resolution 194.”
The BDS movement cites the U.N. resolution as the foundation for the “right of return,” which has been discredited as a means to eliminate Israel..
She also said [00:27:34] that Israel commits “international humanitarian violations” against Palestinians.
The 2017 bill did not pass into legislation, but was added into SC’s 2018-2019 state budget and applied on college campuses for that budgetary year.
Promoting BDS
On March 16, 2018, AlHasan tweeted: “‘Instead of investing in corporations that harm communities, universities should be investing in corporations that do business ethically.’ #FreePalestine @UCDivest #UCDivest.”
New Zealand singer Lorde canceled a scheduled concert in Israel due to pressure from BDS activists.
On November 15, 2017, AlHasan tweeted: “So happy to wake up to this wonderful news! #BDS#UMDivest #FreePalestine.”
On June 6, 2017, AlHasan tweeted: “Love your music, #Radiohead, but hate Apartheid. Please respect Palestinian picket line and cancel gig in Israel. http://thndr.me/4cfBUB.”
English rock group, Radiohead, performed in Israel in 2017 despite calls from BDS activists to cancel.
UofSC SJP - Celebrating Terrorists
On January 23, 2019, UofSC SJP posted to Facebook: “Joining the intl call to free Ahmad Sa’adat and all political prisoners!”along with a photo of UofSC SJP activists holding signs that demanded “Freedom for Ahmad Sada’at.”In December 2018, UofSC SJP sold bookmarks glorifying Palestinian terrorists Fatima Bernawi, Rasmea Odeh and Khalida Jarrar, as well as terror-inciter Dareen Tatour.
Khalida Jarrar is a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror organization. She has reportedly been the head of the PFLP in the West Bank since 2016. In 2015, an Israeli military court sentenced Jarrar to 15 months in prison for calling to kidnap Israeli soldiers. Israel arrested Jarrar again in 2017 “on suspicion of involvement with terrorist activities and violent public disturbances.” In 2019, she was arrested by Israel with 50 other PFLP operatives following a deadly 2018 bombing attack.
On August 3, 2018, UofSC SJP posted to Facebook a PFLP poster that featured a photo of George Habash and his quote “Palestine, all of Palestine, from the river to the sea.”
George Habash, who has been called“the godfather of Middle East terrorism,” founded the terrorist organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). In 1970, Habash was the mastermind behind the hijacking of four Western airliners known as the Dawson Field hijackings. 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).
On November 21, 2017, UofSC SJP shared an Al Jazeera interview about Marwan Barghouti to Facebook.
Marwan Barghouti is currently serving five consecutive life sentences for his role in suicide bombings and shooting attacks that killed five Israelis during the second intifada.
Barghouti led the Palestinian Authority (PA) terrorist Tanzim force and founded the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. He also financed the guitar-case bomb used in the Sbarro Cafe massacre, where 15 civilians were killed and 130 injured.
UofSC SJP - Defending Terrorists
On August 13, 2018, UofSC SJP shared an article to Facebook that defended several“Knife Intifada” terrorists, including Ahmed Manasra and Nurhan Awad.In October 2015, there was an upsurge in violence across Israel incited by Palestinian political and religious leaders. The wave of stabbings, known as the “Knife Intifada,” was characterized by young Palestinians throughout the country stabbing and attempting to stab Israeli civilians.
Ahmed Manasra (sometimes spelled Mansara) and his 15-year-old cousin Hassan went on a stabbing spree in Jerusalem on October 12, 2015, during the Knife Intifada. They critically wounded a 13-year-old boy and moderately wounded a 25-year-old man. The spree ended when police shot Hassan and a passing motorist hit Ahmed. Ahmed was taken to an Israeli hospital. He admitted to investigators: “I went there to stab Jews.” He was later tried and convicted on two counts of attempted murder.
In December 2015, 16-year-old Lama al-Bakri drew a knife and attempted to stab a pedestrian in the Jewish neighborhood of Kiryat Arba before she was shot. Bakri was then detained for 3 years.
UofSC SJP- Glorifying Violent Protesters
On May 14, 2018, UofSC SJP posted to Facebook: “Just today, the number of Palestinian martyrs doubled since the beginning of the #GreatReturnMarch as Israel opened live fire” and added: “demand the US and Israel put an end to this ruthless massacre.”On May 15th, 2018, UofSC SJP launched a photo campaign of UofSC SJP activists and members holding up signs in defense of the March of Return.
That day, UofSC SJP tweeted: “peaceful Palestinian protestors at the #GreatReturnMarch demanding basic rights are being massacred by Israeli snipers. Israel opened live ammunition murdering over 50 Palestinians yesterday.”
UofSC SJP - Promoting Supporters of Terror
On April 22, 2018, UofSC SJP co-hosted Joe Catron and Islam Marqa of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). The event’s Facebook page noted that ISM volunteers acted as human shields, writing: “They stayed with resistance fighters trapped under siege in the Nativity Church in Bethlehem.”The International Solidarity Movement (ISM), founded in 2001, is a movement allegedly “committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles.”
However, the group has been accused of supporting terrorism and has encouraged its foreign volunteers to act “as human shields in cities, towns and refugee camps.” ISM has also encouraged activists to break curfew and disregard Israeli directives prohibiting access to closed military zones.
That policy resulted in the death of Rachel Corrie, who was accidentally killed while interfering with an Israeli military operation in 2003. A wrongful death suit brought by Corrie’s family was dismissed, because the judge ruled that Corrie unreasonably chose to put her own life in danger.
The HLF5 were five individuals associated with the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) indicted for funneling funds to Hamas in the guise of humanitarian aid. The men were were all convicted and sentenced in 2009 to federal prison terms ranging from 15 to 65 years.
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 Student 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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