Dunyah Abulaban
Overview
Dunyah Abulaban has expressed support for terrorists and spread hatred of Israel and Zionism. Abulaban is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.On October 5, 2020, Abulaban featured [00:00:25] in a video shared on Instagram by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Loyola University Chicago (LUC), announcing their “2020-2021 Board Members,” where Abulaban was named as the chapter’s Secretary.
On April 13, 2020, Abulaban featured in a video shared on Instagram by SJP LUC indicating that Abulaban was also a member of its 2019-2020 board.
As of April 2021, Abulaban’s LinkedIn page said she was a “Neuroscience + Pre Med Student” at LUC from “2018 - 2022,” and that she worked as a Medical Scribe at Silver Cross Hospital, from “Aug 2020 - Present.”
As of April 2021, Abulaban used the handle “palijabi” on Twitter, as well as on vsco.co and also on Instagram and Tiktok.
Abulaban also promoted terror support and hatred of Israel during her high school years.
Support for Terrorists
Abulaban retweeted an April 8, 2021 tweet, that read: “Today would be Ghassan Kanafani’s 85th birthday. Born in 1936, he was murdered by Mossad in 1972. ‘The Palestinian cause is not a cause for Palestinians only, but a cause for every revolutionary, wherever he is, as a cause of the exploited and oppressed masses in our era.’”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.
Abulaban retweeted a November 6, 2020 tweet that read: “VICTORY for #MaherAlAkhras.
103 days on a hunger strike and you have taught us the meaning of endurance. The Israeli occupation authorities, under increasing pressure, conceded to an agreement for his release November 26th.
#freeallpoliticalprisoners #freepalestine”As of October 2020 Maher al-Akhras was a reported operative for Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), held in administrative detention.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is a terror group “whose objective is the destruction of the State of Israel and the establishment of a sovereign, Islamic Palestinian state.” PIJ is backed by Iran and has killed dozens of Israelis in suicide bombings and other attacks.
Spreading Hatred of Israel
On January 24, 2019, Abulaban tweeted: “the US is proposing to give Israel, which is currently committing genocide, $38 BILLION in millitary assistance??? y’all keep complaining about government spending and haven’t figured out that the problem is that the money isn’t even going towards our own country????”Abulaban retweeted an October 20, 2020 tweet, that read: “Stop referring to the Palestinian oppression as an isr*eli Palestinian conflict! it is NOT a conflict, it IS oppression, Palestinians are being OPPRESSED.”
Abulaban retweeted a September 29, 2020 tweet that read: “Killing Palestine childs?”
The tweet was responding to a tweet that read: “what is Israel famous for?”
Abulaban retweeted a July 5, 2020 tweet that read: “Israel is killing Christian and Muslim Palestinians everyday.”
Abulaban retweeted a June 30, 2020 tweet by SJP LUC that read: “Israel is a settler colonial apartheid state built on stolen Palestinian land & is constantly forcibly displacing, murdering, and violently oppressing the Palestinian People. We must demand to #AbolishApartheid…”
Abulaban retweeted a May 9, 2019 tweet that read: “Israel’s ‘independence’ was Palestine’s Catastrohpe: What sort of independence is contingent on the ethnic cleansing of 750,000 people? Oh that’s right, a colonial-settler one.”
Hatred of Zionism
Abulaban retweeted a July 6, 2020 tweet that read: “zionism is reliant on the ethnic cleansing of palestinians ...why the F**K wouldn’t i, a PALESTINIAN, fight against zionism in any form.”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.
Abulaban retweeted a January 10, 2019 tweet by anti-Israel agitator Steven Salaita that read: “The recent experiences of Angela Davis and Marc Lamont Hill illustrate that Zionism isn't merely an affront to Palestinians; it is an impediment to Black liberation, to Native decolonization, and to justice for all oppressed peoples around the world.”
In November 2018, Hill was fired from his contributor position at CNN (Cable News Network) after he gave an anti-Israel speech at the United Nations. He called [00:20:47] for a “free Palestine from the river to the sea,” a phrase associated with demands to dismantle the State of Israel. Hill also accused [00:16:19] Israel of “ethnic cleansing,” as well as [00:17:49] “white supremacy” and [00:17:56] “settler colonialism.”
In 2014, The University of Illinois (U of I) withdrew an offer of employment toSteven Salaita after becoming aware of his anti-Semitic tweets. One tweet, posted shortly after Hamas kidnapped three teenage Israeli high school students, read: "You may be too refined to say it, but I’m not: I wish all the f**king West Bank settlers would go missing.”
Support for BDS
Abulaban retweeted a July 3, 2020 tweet by SJP Chicago, that read: “Before you do your weekend shopping, boycott these brands that support Israel’s occupation of #Palestine!”The tweet featured graphics calling to boycott companies, including Ben and Jerry’s and Coca-Cola.
Abulaban retweeted a June 30, 2020 tweet, that read: “a
EMAIL ACTION FOR ILLINOIS RESIDENTS(takes 10 seconds) to Sen. Tammy Duckworth to say NO to $3.3 billion in security assistance to Israel here: http://tinyurl.com/duckworthsjp #NOtoAnnexation.”Abulaban retweeted a June 5, 2018 tweet, that read: “Argentina says No to Israeli friendly. Argentina says Yes to BDS. Palestine and the world says thank you.”
SJP Activism
Abulaban retweeted a June 30, 2020 tweet by SJP LUC, that read: “JOIN US TOMMORROW AS WE PROTEST FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
”The tweet featured a flier promoting an SJP co-organized protest on July 1, 2020 that protests against proposals by then Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex parts of the West Bank.
In the spring of 2020, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israeli sovereignty would be applied to certain areas of the West Bank. The annexation plan was canceled a day before the July 1, 2020 deadline.
Abulaban also promoted the protest on Twitter on multiple occasions.
High School Terror Support
Abulaban retweeted a May 14, 2018 tweet that read: “A list of the Palestinians murdered by Israel in the past 24 hours. Because names matter. #Gaza.”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.
High School Israel Hatred
Abulaban retweeted a May 14, 2018 tweet that read: “70 years of terror 70 years of slaughter 70 years of abuse 70 years of displacement 70 years of injustice 70 years of pain 70 years of suffering 70 years of silence70 years too long. #Nakba70 May 15 is the 70th anniversary of the Nakba. Protest tomorrow🇵🇸.”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 February 15, 2018, Abulaban tweeted: “what about the guns that the Zionists use to shoot and kill innocent Palestinian children?? ohhh the irony.”
Abulaban’s tweet was responding to a tweet by Israeli actress, Gal Gadot, that featured a photo of a child at a protest, holding a sign that read: “PROTECT KIDS NOT GUNS.”
On December 6, 2017, Abulaban tweeted: “Zionists are trying to manipulate people into believing that this is a muslim vs jewish problem, making the oppressed palestinian people (of all religions) seem as if they are oppressors, and y'all are buying it?!?!?! wowowowowww.”
Abulaban’s tweet was responding to a tweet by Fox News showing a video and a quote from an interview with Conservative Political commentator, Ben Shapiro, who said: “If you are a Jew and you walk into East Jerusalem, your life is in danger. If you're an Arab and you walk into West Jerusalem, there's no problem at all, which signifies exactly why Jerusalem should be under Jewish control and not under Muslim control.”
On January 28, 2017, Abulaban tweeted: “what do you mean it stopped illegal immigration? aren't Israelis still there?”
Abulaban’s tweet was in response to a tweet by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that read: “President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel's southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success. Great idea
.”On January 26, 2016, Abulaban tweeted: “A video that i highly recommend for everyone to watch. Understand the Palestine vs Israel conflict: https://youtu.be/Y58njT2oXfE via @YouTube.”
Abulaban’s tweet linked to a video titled: “Israel & Palestine: A Very Short Introduction.”
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.
Social Media and Weblinks
Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/100024539827847Twitter:https://twitter.com/palijabi/
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dunyah-abulaban-2b79811bb/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/palijabi/
Tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@6682484345070273541
VSCO.co:https://vsco.co/palijabi/gallery
