Hajar Abusief

Overview

Hajar Abusief has spread hatred of Israel and Zionists. Abusief is also a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

As of January 2023, Abusief’s LinkedIn page said she had been Chief Product Officer of Kauraskin skin care company since August 2021. She was also a board member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Hemophilia Foundation since March 2021.

Also as of January 2023, Abusief’s LinkedIn page said she had been pursuing a bachelor’s degree in “Politics, Rights & Development” and a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from New York University (NYU) between August 2021 and June 2023.

As of January 2023, Abusief used the handle “@3ndmook_” on Twitter.

Also as of January 2023, Abusief’s LinkedIn said she was located in New York, NY.

Hatred of Zionists

Abusief retweeted an August 4, 2020 tweet that said: “if you support Israel i hope someone shoves burning coals down your throat and throws you in a meat grinder afterwards :).”

On August 4, 2020, Abusief tweeted: “When we say z*onists we mean colonialists, fascists & imperialists.”

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 June 19, 2021, Abusief tweeted: “is it bad that i’ll claim i’m Palestinian when i meet someone that may sympathise even a bit with is*ael simply to make them uncomfortable.”

Hatred of Israel

On August 2, 2021, Abusief tweeted: “...f**k israhell and free Palestine…”

On June 17, 2021, Abusief tweeted: “thinking abt my PH [Public Health] ethics class & how the prof ironically used i*real as an example of efficient vaccine roll out when they r the primary cause of a public health crisis in Palestine & use it as a means of warfare…”

All Israel's citizens, including Arabs, were provided equal and free access to a coronavirus vaccine.

Abusief retweeted a June 6, 2021 tweet by anti-Israel activist Dunia Ghanimah that said: “…all I can say is f**k Israel.”

On May 29, 2021, Abusief tweeted: “We are laughing at her because she is a z*onist…z*onism and legal justice can’t coincide so it’s only fitting that she failed.” Abusief was responding to a tweet that mentioned someone who failed the Bar Exam.

On May 18, 2021, Abusief tweeted a series of photos from an anti-Israel protest in New York City. She wrote: ”Today was not a good day to be driving in NYC

...#FREEPALESTINE #TERRORISTISRAEL #GAZAUNDERATTACK #SHEIKHJARRAH…”

The protest, titled: “Emergency Rally to Defend Palestine,” was organized by anti-Israel organization Within Our Lifetime (WOL). The event took place during an Israeli operation against terrorists in Gaza.

In May 2021, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists fired over 4,300 rockets from Gaza at major population centers in Israel. Israel responded by launching “Operation Guardian of the Walls (OGW),” carrying out targeted military strikes in Gaza.

On May 12, 2021, Abusief tweeted: “You can not be an advocate for human rights…or stand for any movement for the liberation of BIPOC [black, indigenous, people of color] if you can not stand for Palestine…Any support for I*rael- contradicts all of these beliefs…” She also referred to Israel as a “terrorist state.”

On August 11, 2020, Abusief tweeted: “the democratic nominees are a z*onist and a cop! 2 pigs in one

an international te*rorist AND a domestic one! Match made in hell

.”

On August 3, 2020, Abusief tweeted: “...f**k z*onismand if you don’t like that, hit the block button.”

On July 26, 2020, Abusief tweeted: “She said is*aelis are indeginous to Palestine

she’s a clown not worth entertaining.”

One way anti-Israel activists spread anti-Semitism is by denying [00:17:45] Jewish history, with the aim of delegitimizing restored Jewish sovereignty, attacking Israel’s legitimacy and portraying Jews as foreign to the Land of Israel.

Supporting BDS

Abusief retweeted a July 3, 2020 tweet from Dunia Ghanimah that said: “BOYCOTT THESE FOOD BRANDS TO SUPPORT PALESTINE.” The retweet linked to a tweet from the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Chicago chapter that posted images of food brands and companies that “PROFIT OFF OF ‘ISRAEL’S’ ILLEGAL OCCUPATION.”

Abusief retweeted a November 28, 2020 tweet that said: “Lets debunk this claim that ‘BDS hurts Palestinians the most, because it deprives them of their incomes.’ It's deeply racist, ignorant of Palestinian political desires, and deliberately misleading about economic conditions under Israeli occupation.”

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.