Hana Khalil
Overview
Hana Khalil has spread anti-Semitism and shown support for terrorists on Twitter. She has also spread hatred of Israel, opposed interfaith dialogue and led an anti-Israel protest.In 2014 Khalil indicated on Twitter that she was affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and indicated on Twitter that she attended the National SJP (NSJP) conference in 2014 at Tufts University (Tufts).
In 2013 to 2016, Khalil was affiliated with the Muslim Students Association (MSA) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
In 2012, Khalil was affiliated with Palestine@MIT. As of March 2018, Khalil was a member of the closed Palestine@MIT Alumni Facebook group, to which she was added in 2017.
Khalil is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Khalil is an activist with and has fundraised for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF). And as of March 2018, she was a member of the “Team Palestine For PCRF CLE” Facebook group.
PCRF has been financially linked with The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, Global Relief Foundation and The International [Islamic] Relief Organization — all of which were shut down by the United States government for funneling donations to terrorist organizations.
As of March 2018, Khalil’s LinkedIn said she was a mechanical engineer at AI Engineers, Inc. Civil Engineering in Middletown, CT.
Khalil’s Facebook page said she studied Mechanical Engineering at MIT from 2009 to 2014.
Anti-Jewish Social Media Posts
On October 22, 2013, Khalil tweeted: “That awkward moment when you're talking s**t about a yahoodi [Jew] sitting near you in Arabic....and then he asks ‘enta men wein’ [Where are you from?]😳.”On July 8, 2013, Khalil tweeted: “One of the most humiliating experiences of my life. Let alone my cousins who couldn't stop crying and cursed the yahood [Jews] for hours.”
Supporting Terrorists
Khalil retweeted a tweet from March 14, 2017, that read: “The legacy of Bassel al-Araj, Palestinian freedom fighter, intellectual & storyteller killed by Israel last week:”Basel Al Araj was killed in a shoot-out with Israeli troops during an arrest raid. He had been suspected of belonging to a terror cell planning to carry out attacks on Israeli targets. Two M-16 assault rifles and an improvised Carlo-style submachine gun were found inside his home.
Khalil retweeted a tweet from March 6, 2017 that read: “Basil Al-Araj, Palestinian pharmacist, youth activist, writer, & PA critic, executed by Israeli forces in Ramallah raid this AM #باسل_الأعرج”
Khalil retweeted another tweet from March 6, 2017 that read: “You lived and died by your values. You were too good for this era. Rest in power Basel.”
On December 1, 2014, Khalil tweeted: “YOU GUYS IT'S SO PRETTY. My Palestinian embroidery-inspired iPhone case is finally here!” The tweet featured sign that read: “Please consider writing a letter of love and support to Rasmea.”
Khalil later added: “Thanks @hellosarajo for doing this to help provide some support for our beloved Rasmea Odeh's legal fund
Odeh was a key military operative with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization. In 1969, she masterminded a PFLP supermarket bombing that killed two college students. She also attempted to bomb the British consulate in Jerusalem. Odeh later moved to the United States but was deported to Jordan in 2017 for immigration fraud.
On July 24, 2014, Khalil tweeted: “Could this be the start of the third intifada? #48KMarch #PalestineResists.”
Since the early 2000’s, the term “Intifada” has carried the connotation of violence.
On December 8, 2012, Khalil tweeted: “December 8th, 1987. We will never forget. Today marks the 25th Anniversary of the first #Palestinian #Intifada, aka ‘the intifada of stones.’”
Spreading Hatred of Israel
On March 11, 2016, Khalil tweeted:“Saw this on a billboard for Birthright Israel near the Rutgers train station. Props to the Muslim kid who did this.”Khalil’s tweet included a photo of a Birthright Israel ad on which someone wrote “Dajjal” with an arrow pointing at the Birthright logo. Dajjal is believed to be an evil force, in Islamic tradition.
Birthright, a Jewish heritage trip to Israel, was founded by Jewish philanthropists “in 1999 to address the growing divide between young Diaspora Jewish adults and the land and people of Israel.
On July 20, 2014, Khalil tweeted: “So the US has $351 million to spare to give to Israel, but not enough money to keep water running in Detroit?”
On July 18, 2014, Khalil tweeted a Washington Post article and commented: “Palestinians can't even pray in peace. Raw footage: Israeli forces storm Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem.” The article described how “200 to 300 masked [Palestinian] youths caused disturbances by throwing stones at [Israeli] policemen.”
Khalil added: “Assaulting worshippers? And on a Friday? The holiest day of the week during the holiest time of the year? Israel clearly has no shame.”
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.
Such propaganda served as the excuse for an upsurge in Palestinian violence that flared in the fall of 2015 and incited Palestinians to attempt mass casualty attacks on Israeli civilians in July 2016.
On July 17, 2014, during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE), Khalil tweeted: “Instead of spending $3 billion on funding Israel's massacre in Gaza, can we get some money to build another bridge/connection from NJ to NY?”
Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
On March 20, 2013, Khalil tweeted: “Ugh. This Zionist zefta makes me so angry. Not sure how much more into the semester before I punch something…”
Opposing Interfaith Dialogue
On May 7, 2016, Khalil tweeted: “SOMEONE PLEASE HELP. My dad got invited to one of those interfaith Israel trips with the American Jewish Committee. He won't listen to me 😒.”On October 20, 2015, Khalil tweeted: “But where the f**k did all these Muslim Zionists come from? I have nothing else to say to her and those commenting in support but tfoo 😷”
Khalil added: “Wow like I don't even know how someone can be brainwashed to this degree. I didn't think it could get much worse than MLI [Muslim Leadership Institute] supporters.”
MLI was founded by Imam Abdullah Antepli, the first Muslim chaplain at Duke University. MLI "invites North American Muslims to explore how Jews understand Judaism, Israel, and Jewish peoplehood" and to further explore Palestinian identity and “issues of ethics, faith, and practice.”
It is an educational program for Muslim Americans to "understand why Jews believe what they believe, how Jews see their history, why Jews are so attached to this contested strip of land (Israel) — and thus to better engage with American Jews."
According to Antepli, “MLI aims to put mainstream North American Jewry in conversation with their Muslim counterparts.”
Anti-Israel Activism
In 2012, Khalil led an anti-Israel demonstration in Boston in front of a banner that accused Israel of practicing Apartheid.In March 2013, Khalil participated in Palestine@MIT’s Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW).
On November 1, 2014, Khalil tweeted: “Most catchy song I've heard in a while - Boshret kheir by Hussain Aljassmi. h/t one of the Husam's I met at NSJP lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUBvVTNRp4Q …”
Although NSJP 2014 was listed as “free and open to the public,” at least one student journalist was barred from attending.
In addition, conference attendee Ofek Ravid said that he was “booed and hissed at” — and told by “several members in the crowd to f**k off” — for suggesting that “Israel needs to be looked at as a complex nation through a dialectic lens, not as a black and white fragment.”
Max Geller, who is notorious for aligning himself with who have been described as the most “murderous purveyors of anti-Semitic terrorism,” spoke at the conference. One workshop taught students how to confront and intimidate pro-Israel groups.
Agitator Ahmed Hamadalso co-presented a workshop at the conference — titled “The Struggle for Academic Freedom on Palestine on College Campuses.” In February of 2016, Hamad threatened to kill Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid, during a talk Eid gave at the University of Chicago.
Supporting BDS
On November 11, 2015, Khalil tweeted: “This is great. I love when Israel gets madOn September 26, 2014, Khalil tweeted: “Wtf. Why is my NyQuil made in Israel?! Is this BDS-able?”
On August 6, 2014, Khalil tweeted: “I can't wait for the BDS app (http://bdsapp.org ) to finally be ready.”
On May 7, 2013, Khalil tweeted: “Just went down my Facebook Newsfeed liking every single person's post about Stephen Hawking joining the Academic Boytcott :) #BDS”
On March 7, 2013, Khalil tweeted: “Check out http://whoprofits.org to see which companies actually benefit from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. #MITIAW2013 #BDS.”
Also on March 7, 2013, during Palestine@MIT’s IAW, Khalil tweeted: “Drinking sa7lab and listening to Liza Behrendt from Jewish Voices for Peace as she speaks about #BDS. #MITIAW2013”
Liza Behrendt is a staff member of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) who has disrupted pro-Israel events, defended the bullying of pro-Israel LBGTQ groups and spread hatred of Israel.
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.
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