Drake Materre

As of June 2023, Materre used the handle “@haki_shabazz” on Twitter and Clubhouse. He used the handle “@_haki_shabazz” on Instagram and TikTok.

Calling for Violence

On October 21, 2020, Materre tweeted: “Revolution is violent and can only be achieved through violence. Oppression was birthed through violence so it shall end with violence.”

On April 18, 2022, Materre tweeted: “Skip tax the rich. We need to guillotine the rich.”

On June 6, 2022, Materre tweeted: “Violent revolution is the only way to overthrow the capitalist state as the capitalist state is only created to mitigate irreconcilable class antagonisms.”

On June 24, 2022, Materre posted on Facebook: “Them 6 Supreme Court justices need to be dragged out they mansions and be made an example by the people.”

On June 30, 2022, Materre tweeted: “Someone take this Supreme Court out NOW!”

Spreading Anti-Semitism

 On April 18, 2022, Materre participated [00:01:54] in an anti-Semitic protest held by SJP UIUC that turned violent. 
 
The protest included [00:01:22] a planned stop at UIUC’s Hillel chapter, a Jewish campus organization. Sayed Quraishi, a 2022 UIUC graduate, threw a rock at Jewish students gathered on the Hillel patio. In June 2022, Quraishi was charged with committing a felony hate crime. 

After the incident, SJP UIUC treasurer Lina Issa defended the decision to target Hillel, telling [00:01:57] a local television station: “They obviously have a very direct connection to Israel and that's why we’re targeting that area in specific.”

The protest was titled: “EMERGENCY PROTEST HANDS OFF AL-AQSA.” Two days before, SJP UIUC promoted the protest on Instagram, claiming that “Zionist militia forces have once again raided Al-Aqsa mosque” and that “there is an attack by the forces of a racist, apartheid state against peaceful worshippers…”

In April 2022, after 14 Israelis were killed during terror attacks, violent clashes broke out between rioters and Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. 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. 
 
On May 12, 2021, Materre tweeted: “Revelations 2:9 = Calling out Zionism. Read it.”
 
BHIs base their ideology on Revelation 2:9, a verse in the Book of Revelation, the final book of the New Testament. The verse says: “I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.”

Zionism is the belief that Jews have the right to self-determination in their own national home, and the right to develop their national culture.

On May 30, 2017, Materre was asked on Curiouscat: “What do you think about Hebrew Israelites?”
 
Materre responded: “The group or the fact that we are the original Hebrews?”
 
On the same date, a user continued: “The fact that we were original Hebrews.”
 
Materre responded: “We are though. I have to [sic] many sources that can prove it and also can look at both sides of the equation to prove it.” 

Terror Supporter (PIJ)

On November 15, 2019, Materre spoke [00:21:58] at an SJP UIUC protest where activists read [00:18:57] names from a list of “martyrs.” Among the names read was Baha Abu al-Ata, a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander in Gaza targeted by Israel in an airstrike who was reportedly planning terror attacks. 

In November 2019, Israel launched Operation Black Belt to stop rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. The rockets were sent by the PIJ terror group on November 12-14, 2019, targeting Israel’s biggest civilian population centers. 

The SJP UIUC protest was titled: “EMERGENCY RALLY: #GazaUnderAttack.” The Facebook event page said: “In Gaza, Israeli airstrikes have killed over 32 Palestinians and injured over 100 in the last 24 hours. Come stand with us in solidarity against Israel's continual genocide and violation of Palestinian human rights.”

At the rally, Materre said [00:22:40]: “The fact that some people don't understand that this is not a conflict. A conflict is between two parties of equal power, of equal measure. This is a massacre. This is an assault.”

Materre continued [00:23:13]: “This is an occupation. And I just want people to understand that this occupation is a bigger, a bigger, conflict across the globe, against white supremacy, against capitalism, against colonialism.”
 
On September 17, 2021, Materre participated [00:19:10] in an SJP UIUC rally held in support of six Palestinian terrorists who escaped from an Israeli prison earlier that month. The protest was titled: “GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA PROTEST IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PRISONERS.” 

Since the early 2000s, the term “intifada,” which translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection,” has carried the connotation of violence.  

Activists chanted [00:05:29]: “From Champaign to Gaza, globalize the intifada!” They also chanted [00:12:13]: “You can run, you can hide, we’ll still charge you with genocide!”  

Buthaina Hattab, then SJP UIUC President, said [00:02:29] at the protest: “On September 6, we celebrated the news that six Palestinian political prisoners being held at the so-called maximum-security, Zionist Gilboa prison facility, they escaped overnight through a tunnel that they dug with only a metal spoon. Their escape was one of the most successful jailbreaks in history.” The crowd cheered [00:02:50] in response. 

On September 6, 2021, six Palestinian prisoners escaped from the maximum-security Gilboa Prison in Israel. The escaped prisoners were convicted members of the terror organizations Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, who were jailed for their involvement in attacks carried out during the second intifada. All were recaptured by September 19, 2021, by Israeli authorities.

Calling for the Destruction of Israel and the United States

On June 20, 2022, Materre posted an image on Facebook showing a tweet that said: “happy Juneteenth, Lincoln was antiBlack, the slaves freed themselves, and america should not exist.” 

Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating slaves gaining their freedom after the Civil War. 

On May 13, 2022, Materre tweeted: “The day the US and Israel fall will be the day heaven will appear on earth and hell will be an afterthought.”

On February 13, 2022, Materre tweeted: “The Black Liberation Movement is inherently connected with the Palestinian Liberation Movement. May we all witness the fall of US and Israeli imperialism.”

On May 26, 2021, Materre tweeted: “Israel will fall. It’s been written. After the fall of Babylon.”

Spreading Incitement

On January 19, 2022, Materre tweeted: “#SaveSheikhJarrah FREE PALESTINE! We declare that this century will be the century the snake of racial capitalism and imperialism will fall!”

In May 2021, Palestinian violence erupted in anticipation of an Israel High Court ruling on eviction proceedings concerning over 70 Palestinian tenants illegally residing in Jewish-owned properties in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. 

Materre retweeted a January 19, 2022, tweet that said: “#SaveSheikhJarrah Free Palestine! May ‘Israel’ fall and the world rejoice. Power to Palestinians around the world”

Materre retweeted a May 8, 2021 tweet from SJP UIUC that said: “SJP will be holding a rally this Monday at 5 pm in front of Alma Mater in solidarity with the people of Sheikh Jarrah Make signs, bring your kufiyas or any other Palestinian attire and stand up for the indigenous people of Palestine #stopjerusalemexpulsions.” At the 

At the May 10, 2021 rally that Materre promoted, one speaker said [00:12:55]: “When we talk about violence it’s always from the oppressor so anything else that the oppressed do is self-defense and justified.” Activists also chanted [00:03:25]: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!”

“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” is a chant calling to dismantle the State of Israel. It has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state.

Materre retweeted a May 7, 2021 tweet that said: “all of this during the holiest time of the year for muslims, at one of the holiest sites in islam. israeli forces knew exactly how busy the al aqsa compound would be tonight. this was intentional.” The tweet included a video of clashes outside the Al Aqsa mosque.


Incitement surrounding Al-Aqsa and Sheikh Jarrah were leading factors in Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists firing over 4,300 rockets from Gaza at Israeli population centers from May 10 to 21, 2021. In response to rocket attacks from Gaza, Israel launched “Operation Guardian of the Walls (OGW),” striking military targets in the terrorist-controlled enclave.

Materre retweeted a May 5, 2021 tweet that said: “here is what is happening in Palestine (Sheikh Jarrah) - a thread - rt this !!! #SaveSheikhJarrah.”

Hatred of Israel

Materre retweeted a March 3, 2022, tweet that said: “Sign the petition against UIC's ties to racist Israel/why they condemn students who speak out against Israeli's crimes. The U.N established Israel, Nakba occurred, then mass displacement, & then the occupational State of so-called Israel. #FreePalestine.”

The term “Nakba” is generally translated as “catastrophe” in Arabic, referring to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term often used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by defining it as a catastrophe.

On June 3, 2021, Materre shared an article on Facebook titled: “ANTI-ZIONISM IS A REJECTION OF RACISM AND IMPERIALISM, NOT JUST CRITICISM OF ISRAEL.” His post also displayed a graphic by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group that said: “No To Zionism and Racism.”

On May 20. 2021, Materre shared a post from anti-Israel professor Tithi Bhattacharya that accused Israel of “apartheid,” supported BDS and called for the “Right of Return.”

The “right of return” is a Palestinian demand discredited as a means to eliminate Israel. International law mandates no absolute right of return and UN Resolution 194, which defined principles for “refugees wishing to return to their homes,” was unanimously rejected by Arab nations following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

On May 19, 2021, during OGW, Materre tweeted: “Thank you DUN DUN [Dunia Ghanimah]!!!! I love you!!! Inshallah [please God] our people will be free and the Palestinian people will be able to return HOME!!!”

Materre’s tweet included a May 19, 2021 tweet by SJP UIUC president Dunia Ghanimah where she called Materre her “comrade” and that he would give a giving a musical performance where he would “also be paying a tribute to our Martyrs…”

On May 17, 2021, Materre shared a post from Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) during OGW on Facebook that said: “...Though the most visible and powerful Jews may continue to prop up Israel’s settler-colonial, apartheid regime, remember that the Jews in the streets want Palestine to be free. #NakbaDay #Nakba73.”

The post included multiple photos from different protests, including one of a little girl holding a sign that said: “BOYCOTT ISRAELI $$ APARTHEID.” Other protestors held signs accusing Israel of “ETHNIC CLEANSING” and “RESISTANCE OR COMPLICITY THERE IS NO NEUTRAL STANCE ON GENOCIDE.”

On May 31, 2018, a user posted on Materre’s Curiouscat: “Madddd respect for the pali post .”

Materre responded: “Free Palestine 🇵🇸 You know how I’m coming. The revolution against imperialism and neo-colonialism is an international struggle. The Palestinians are a colonized people of Israel and black people in America are just domestically colonized.”

On April 11, 2018, a user posted on Materre’s Curiouscat: “We all know (((Israel))) is worse.” Materre responded: “The worst.”


On January 14, 2018, someone asked Materre on Curiouscat: “Do you think the way the world looks at Israel today is the same way people looked at the US and Australia in the 19th century?”

Materre answered: “People still look at the USA the same way as they do Israel. The US is what’s funding Israel’s apartheid and occupation of Palestine.”

On January 8, 2018, someone asked Materre on Curiouscat: “Why do people think it’s anti Semitic to not support Israel?” 

Materre answered: “Because if you make it antiSemitic u can easily downplay the resistance to Zionism which is white supremacy.”

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) highlights as one possible contemporary example of anti-Semitism: “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.” The U.S. State Department adopted the IHRA’s working definition of anti-Semitism in 2016. Over 40 other countries have adopted the definition as well.
On December 6, 2017, Materre tweeted: “Unconditional support for the people of Palestine who are suffering from apartheid and disenfranchisement by Israel.”

On January 2, 2017, a user posted on Mattere’s Curiouscat: “Thoughts on Israel?”

Materre responded: “I hate it with a passion. Israel has no legal right to lay claim to the land that belongs to the Palestinians. All they have is a religious text but so do the Palestinians. Greatest land theft after he [sic] Europeans took the Americas from the Natives.”

Anti-Israel Activism (SJP, BDS)

On May 25, 2021, Materre tweeted: “Dun Dun [Dunia Ghanimah] is one of my favorite comrades and I love her dearly. We have been organizing together since both our freshman year and I’ll continue to ride for Palestine until both Palestine and Black ppl are free. Inshallah, we will see the other side of freedom!”

On May 12, 2021, during OGW, Materre tweeted: “#UIUC YALL BETTER BE READY TO PUSH BDS WHEN WE BACK ON CAMPUS FALL 2021!!! #Divest #FreePalestine.”

On September 29, 2020, Materre was featured in a group photo on Instagram with SJP UIUC leaders celebrating the passing of a BDS resolution at UIUC on September 23, 2020.

On March 7, 2018, Materre tweeted: “#UIUC vote for divestment!” His tweet referred to a BDS campaign launched at UIUC to get students to vote on a referendum that would divest university funds from companies that “violate human rights locally and globally.”

On March 4, 2018, Materre featured [00:01:04] in a video for the divestment campaign, speaking on behalf of the Black United Front. The video ended with the text [00:01:52] “VOTE YES TO DIVEST.”

On September 5, 2017, Materre spoke at an SJP UIUC rally titled: “Smashing Fascism: Radical Resistance Against White Supremacy.” 

At the rally, Dunia Ghanimah, then president of SJP UIUC, led activists in chanting: “No Zionists! No KKK! Resisting fascists all the way!”

In her speech at the rally, Ghanimah accused [00:00:02] Zionists of “genocide” and labeled [00:01:40] Israel an “apartheid regime,” stating [00:02:10]: “Israel is the epitome of fascism.” She also heldan Israeli flag that featured the word “GENOCIDE” with red handprints meant to signify blood.

SJP UIUC Chapter Overview  

SJP UIUC has a history of hate-filled anti-Israel protests on campus, including in April 2022 when someone threw a rock at Jewish students. SJP UIUC leads an annual anti-Israel divestment campaign where other anti-Semitic incidents have occurred. 

In November 2020, SJP UIUC featured [pp. 3-8] prominently as a source of anti-Semitism on campus in a civil rights legal complaint filed against UIUC.

SJP UIUC speakers show support for terrorists and spread hatred of Zionists and Israel. Speakers use chants that call for Israel’s destruction and other chants for “intifada,” which is a call for violence.

SJP UIUC - Hatred of Israel 2021-2022

On March 9, 2022, SJP UIUC held a protest where a speaker alleged [00:18:12]: “Zionism is the root cause of the social issues we see today.” 

Zionism is the belief that Jews have the right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland, Israel, and the right to develop their national culture.  

One speaker said [00:17:02] “Israel is a settler colony, not a country. Zionism is genocidal… We stand unequivocally with the Palestinian people and support how they choose to resist their oppression.” At the protest, activists also chanted [00:10:04]: “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free!” 

SJP UIUC - Supporting Terrorists 2021-2022  

On April 26, 2022, SJP UIUC hosted an event titled: “Martyrdom in Palestine” and alleged there was “recent violence inflicted by Israeli forces” during a wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks the previous two months where 14 Israelis were killed.
 
The event’s flyer honored multiple terrorists, including Ra’ed Abd al-Jalil who was serving four life sentences for his involvement in terror attacks during the second intifada. The flyer also honored a Hamas leader who planned a 1995 bus bombing and another terrorist who was also arrested during the second intifada.  

SJP UIUC - Creating a Hostile Campus Environment 2015-2020

In October 2020, SJP UIUC was cited [pp. 3-8] in six different incidents in a civil rights legal complaint against UIUC documenting anti-Semitic incidents on campus as early as 2015. Jewish groups filed the complaint under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The complaint said [p.12]: “UIUC has also failed to combat anti-Semitism as vigorously as it has combated other forms of bigotry on its campus prohibited by Title VI.”

SJP UIUC - Hatred of Israel 2020-2021

On November 18, 2020, SJP UIUC wrote on Facebook that Zionists “advocate for white supremacy and racism,” and that Zionism was a “racist ideology.” The post also said: “The Zionist state in Palestine has carried out and continues a massive ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.”

On May 10, 2021, SJP UIUC hosted an anti-Israel protest where protesters chanted [00:03:25]: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” They also chanted [00:27:31]: “Stop the killing, stop the hate! Israel is a terror state!”

SJP UIUC - Hatred of Israel 2019-2020

On October 10, 2019, SJP UIUC wrote on Facebook: “Zionism is a political ideology that seeks to maintain an artificial Jewish majority in historic Palestine through the systematic occupation and dispossession of Palestinians’ land and livelihoods.”

The post was issued in defense of a presentation by SJP president Dunia Ghanimah that praised [slide 14] “Martyrdom” and honored terrorist leaders Leila Khaled and Yasser Arafat. Ghanimah, who was a Mulitcultural Advocate (MA) at UIUC, gave the presentation to other MAs, as well as UIUC Housing employees and Resident Advisors.

On October 16, 2019, several Illinois Student Government (ISG) senators authored a resolution defending the presentation.

On October 22, 2019, SJP UIUC posted on Facebook encouraging students to support the ISG’s resolution.

On October 24, 2019, SJP UIUC posted on Facebook in celebration of the resolution passing.

On January 16, 2020, SJP UIUC tweeted a thread protesting a training session on anti-Semitism that had been scheduled for UIUC Housing employees, Resident Advisors, and Multicultural Advocates. The session was organized by the non-profit Jewish United Fund of Chicago (JUF).

In the Twitter thread, SJP UIUC described the JUF as a “hate group.” SJP UIUC also accused JUF of the “brokering of Chicago Police Officers exchange with israeli Occupation Forces” that contributed to a “police culture of systematic violence against Black and Palestinian youth.”

SJP UIUC BDS Activities

During the 2019-2020 academic year, SJP UIUC launched a BDS campaign by authoring a student government resolution asking the university to divest funds from companies that are either based in Israel or do business in Israel.

SJP UIUC BDS Activities - 2019-2020

On February 5, 2020, former SJP UIUC presidents Buthaina Hattab and Dunia Ghanimah, as well as then president Ahlam Khatib, collectively authored an Illinois Student Government (ISG) anti-Israel divestment Resolution 03.61, titled: “Violations of Human Rights in University Investments.”

On February 12, 2020, a female Jewish student spoke [01:56:58] at an ISG meeting held to discuss the divestment resolution, to discuss an incident where someone held a sign that said [p. 7]: “F**K NAZIS SUPPORT PALESTINIANS.” 

The female Jewish student said that she attended an ISG meeting during the fall semester that addressed a separate anti-Israel resolution. She said [01:56:58]: “When I walked into the room I was confronted by a huge sign held up by SJP that said ‘F**k Nazis’. They called us Nazis!” 

Somone in the crowd then shouted [01:57:07] at the same female Jewish student: “They’re right!”

On February 15, 2020, UIUC Divest tweeted: “...UIUC Divest passes 20-9-7! ISG resolution 03.61 “Violation of Human Rights in University Investments” calls on UIUC to divest from corporations that engage in human rights abuses including Israeli war crimes in Palestine.  #UIUCDivest.”

On February 17, 2020, UIUC Divest tweeted a letter signed by SJP UIUC criticizing the ISG President Connor Josellis for vetoing the resolution one day earlier.

SJP UIUC - BDS Activities 2020-2021

On September 23, 2020, UIUC’s student government voted [03:31:41] during a live streamed ISG meeting in favor of a BDS resolution titled: “RES.04.22 Human Rights Violations in University Investments and Police Forces.” Former SJP UIUC presidents Sofia Sinnokrot and Buthaina Hattab authored the resolution.

SJP UIUC’s statement on the vote claimed that “both the BDS and the BLM [Black Lives Matter] movement resist the fundamental racism that Israeli and American entities need to survive.” 

During the live stream, Sophia Giakas Ayesh, a former SJP UIUC activist, commented [02:36:58]: “Honestly bruh, Zionism is a political agenda that’s racist and supports genocide so bye.”

SJP UIUC - BDS Campaign 2021-2022

On February 7, 2022, SJP UIUC launched a divestment campaign to get the UIUC student body to vote on an anti-Israel divestment measure via a referendum in March 2022. 

On February 14, 2022, SJP UIUC authored a “revised resolution” titled: “Human Rights Violations in University Investments.” SJP UIUC called on the Illinois Student Government (ISG) to approve a “referendum question” for that spring’s student government ballot.

The question that SJP UIUC wanted students to vote on said: “Should the University of Illinois divest its stocks, funds, and endowment from companies that profit from or engage in human rights violations in US Prisons, at the US-Mexico Border, and in Occupied Palestine?”

On Februrary 23, 2022, ISG held a meeting to address the possibility of the question being posed to the student body.  

Malaak Yehya, a former SJP executive board member, said [00:05:23] at the meeting: “The question of Palestine and what is going on in Palestine is so simple and is nothing new. It is an ongoing struggle against colonialism, it is ethnic cleansing on display.”

On February 23, 2022, the ISG Senate reportedly passed the bill with a vote of 17 to 14 and two abstentions.

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.