Dina Barakat

Overview

Dina Barakat has spread anti-Semitism, defended the terror group Hamas and spread hatred of Israel on social media.

Barakat is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

In 2011 and 2012, Barakat was affiliated with the Muslim Students Association (MSA).

As of March 2018, Barakat’s LinkedIn page said she is a second-grade teacher at Al-Salam Day School in St. Louis, Missouri.

Barakat is a 2014 graduate of Webster University (Webster), where she received a bachelor’s degree in Education. In 2012, she also received a bachelor’s degree in Education from Maryville University of St. Louis (Maryville).

Anti-Jewish Social Media Posts

On December 1, 2013, Barakat tweeted: “Qabart el yahood [I buried the Jews], governor!!! What the hell man #TheWalkingDead.”

On October 3, 2011, Barakat tweeted: “@G_Money2010 iA you will killlll that test..pretend its a zionist”

On September 11, 2011, Barakat tweeted: “@HiImImman ‘We all know the yahood [Jews] did it.’ That is probably a better/safer phrasing lol”

On August 30, 2011, Barakat tweeted: “my practicum school this year: yahoodi [Jewish]-ville. trying not to judge but it's in my blood.”

On August 27, 2011, Barakat tweeted: “@cmahmood falasteen [Palestine] is good, as long as the middle name is israel #jk #IHateIsrael #YikhribBaitElYahood [Destroy the homes of the Jews] #AllahumaInniSayem [#AllahForgiveMeImFasting].”

On December 1, 2010, Barakat tweeted on the first day of the Jewish holiday of Hannukah: “yikhrib bait el yahood [Destroy the homes of the Jews]  #hannukah.”

On March 29, 2010, Barakat tweeted: “@Tena7 InshAllah you do awesome on your exam! Remember: Imagine it's a yahoodi [Jew], KILL IT!”

Defending Hamas

On August 2, 2014, Barakat tweeted: “Nothing more aggravating than reading how Hamas ‘started it.’ Tell me more about Hamas in 1948.”

On July 26, 2014, Barakat shared an article on Facebook: “Hamas didn’t kidnap the Israeli teens after all.”

Hamas was responsible for the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers from a bus stop on June 12, 2014. The abducted boys were murdered by their captors, and their bodies were found buried in Palestinian-controlled territory on June 30, 2014.

Spreading Hatred of Israel

On September 5, 2011, Barakat tweeted: “#Youshouldbeashamedif you're a zionist.”

On August 3, 2014, Barakat tweeted: “Israel getting away with genocide.”

The following day, on August 4th, Barakat shared a photo on Facebook of an anti-Israel demonstrator holding a sign that read: “I can’t keep calm because Israel is getting away with genocide.”

On November 13, 2012, Barakat tweeted: “YA HARAMMM!!! [oh pity!!!] -_- ‘@IDFSpokesperson: 1 million citizens in #Israel slept in bomb shelters tonight, barraged by dozens of rockets from #Gaza”

On November 15, 2012, during Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense (OPD), Barakat tweeted: “‘let's just sit around and watch israel kill innocent people’-world #gaza #genocide.”

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.”

Human Rights Watch noted: “Palestinian armed groups made clear in their statements that harming civilians was their aim.”

On September 5, 2011, Barakat tweeted: “#ThingsThatDontMakeSense =Israel.”

Promoting BDS

On June 17, 2011, Barakat tweeted to the artist Shakira: “‘Hips don't lie’ but Israel does. Don't help hide Apartheid, cancel your trip! http://bit.ly/BDSshakira #BDS #Israel @Shakira.”

On January 23, 2012, Barakat tweeted: “Attempting to put together a Sabra boycott portfolio to get it taken out of Maryville dining hall. Any legitimate source links r appreciated.”

On September 30, 2011, Barakat tweeted: “Found Sabra hummus in Gander Dining hall today. Who's up for a protest? #Palestine.”

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.