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Deyana Tabatabaei
Deyana Tabatabaei participated in the pro-Hamas encampment at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and multiple anti-Israel rallies during Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists, launched after the October 7, 2023, terror attacks.
Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped hundreds that day. For more information, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
The Penn encampment was in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
As of February 2025, Deyana Tabatabaei's LinkedIn profile said she had been working part-time as a researcher at Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine, a division of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Temple) since September 2023. Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
As of the same date, Tabatabaei's LinkedIn said she had been working part-time as a research assistant in the Department of Sociology at Temple since July 2023. Tabatabaei also was listed as a part-time research assistant at the Center of Biodiversity at the Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, part of Temple, since June 2022.
Also as of February 2025, Tabatabei's LinkedIn said she was majoring in genomic medicine, slated to graduate in May 2025.
Date: May 6, 2024
Organizers: Philly Palestine Coalition (PPC)
Location: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Event Flyer: Instagram
May 6, 2024 was Day 12 of the Penn Gaza Solidarity encampment, which was launched by the PPC. The encampment was set up by students from Penn, Temple University and Drexel University.
The Penn encampment was in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Date: July 4, 2024
Organizers: Philly Palestine Coalition (PPC)
Location: Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA
Event Flyer: Instagram
On July 4, 2024, PPC organized a pro-terror rally and march at Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia.
The Instagram flyer for the event [slide 2] said: "RALLY FOR RESISTANCE!", a euphemism for terrorism.
Date: August 29, 2024
Organizers: Philly Palestine Coalition (PPC), Temple SJP: a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
Location: Charles Library at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Event Flyer: Instagram
On August 29, 2024, PPC, Temple SJP and other anti-Israel organizations held an anti-Israel "RALLY & MARCH TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS OF GAZA" at Temple University's Charles Library.
The Instagram post promoting the event accused Israel of being a "bloodthirsty, ethnostate of apartheid," as well as perpetuating "genocide" and "scholasticide" in its war against Hamas in Gaza.
The post also promoted the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, stating: "...our demand remains the same: Temple University must disclose and divest."
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by pro-terror activist Omar Barghouti in 2005 to turn “Israel into a pariah state, as South Africa once was.” Barghouti has also called for Israel's destruction and the BDS movement demands would result in that same goal.
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 infiltrating university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, student governments propose resolutions to boycott or divestment from Israel or Israeli-affiliated entities. 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 and pro-terror activism on campus.
