Hanna Eid

Overview

Hanna Eid [Johnny Eid, Hanna Estephan Eid] has spread anti-Semitism, shared Holocaust jokes, promoted hatred of Israel and expressed admiration for Yasser Arafat.

In 2016, Eid was a member of Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER) at Portland State University (PSU), an affiliate of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).

Eid was a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and an activist with the International Socialist Organization (ISO).

As of January 18, 2018, Eid’s LinkedIn said he was slated to graduate from PSU in 2018. He graduated from Portland Community College (PCC) in 2016 with an associate’s degree in Political Science and Government.

Also as of January 2018, Eid’s LinkedIn listed him as the Social Media Strategist for Yes for PSU since March 2016 and a host at the Cafe Murrayhill restaurant in Beaverton, Oregon.

Eid goes by “Hanna Estephan Eid” on ASKfm and Facebook, and “Johnny Wonder” on Vine.

Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts

On February 18, 2015, Eid tweeted an ad for a TV show about an Israeli detective and said: “‘@DIGonUSA: One hook nosed detective will do anything to solve a murder, even take from his partner's bank account.’”

On July 26, 2014, Eid tweeted: “I don't give a flying f**k if it makes you uncomfortable, what those hook nosed israeli f**ks are doing is wrong and is a holocaust.”

On March 24, 2014, Eid tweeted: “@midnight Horton swindles a jew #RuinAChildrensBook.”

On October 7, 2013, Eid compared goblin bankers in the Harry Potter movie series to Jews, tweeting: “That would be funny if the people that work at gringots in Harry Potter were the author/director's interpretation of jews.”

On August 15, 2013, Eid was asked: “What habit that others have annoys you most?” He answered: “Being Jewish.”

On August 11, 2013, Eid was asked: “Are cats or dogs smarter?” He answered: “Both are smarter than the common jew.”

On August 9, 2013, Eid was asked: “Favorite Jew?” He answered: “None.”

On August 8, 2013, Eid was asked: “Who do you trust more, your friends or your parents?” He answered: “I'll tell you one thing I'll never trust one of those greedy jews with anything.”

On August 7, 2013, Eid was asked: “What is the first animal you would run to see if you went to the zoo?” He answered: “The Hasidic Jew.”

On August 6, 2013, Eid was asked: “Why do you hate Jews so much?” He answered: “Why ask stupid questions?”

On August 3, 2013, Eid was asked: “What was the last thing you made with your own hands?” He answered: “A furnace for Jews.”

On July 29, 2013, Eid was asked: “What frustrates you the most?” He answered: “Judaism.”

On July 9, 2013, Eid was asked: “Whay [sic.] ever happened to peace and equality?” He answered: “Jews are f**king stupid.”

On February 22, 2013, Eid tweeted: “On a scale of 1-Jewish this night is pretty damn stupid if that's how it's gonna be all night.”

On December 16, 2012, Eid tweeted: “@AdventureOfFinn the lowest tier of hell is for rapists and Jews. According to you. And me. #pillowtalk.”

Sharing Holocaust Jokes

On or after March 27, 2015, Eid revined a video called “If Hitler was a pop singer” with Hitler giving a speech and a voice dubbed over him, stating: “Stop, wait a minute. Heat the oven, put the Jews in it. This is that Auschwitz, that…”

On February 25, 2014, Eid tweeted: “Put hide and seek in the Olympics and Anne Frank would get last. She'll be like ‘I did nazi that one coming.’”

Someone then responded “Allah yo5ith il yahood [May Allah annihilate the Jews].” Eid retweeted her response.

On or after October 28, 2013, Eid revined a video titled “I got the Jews” with someone singing that phrase and footage of a Hitler speech.

Hatred of Israel

On September 21, 2016, Eid tweeted: “Zionism-the functioning ideology of Israel-is at the zenith of white supremacist settler colonialism.”

On May 11 and again on March 26, 2015, Eid tweeted an image comparing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler. The image said “SAME SHADOW - DIFFERENT YEAR.”

On April 25, 2016, Eid tweeted: “@jamielhilalsk8 Zionism is the new fascism.”

On March 26, 2015, Eid tweeted a meme of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that read: “Claims Iran Wants to Wipe Israel off the Map — Currently Wiping Palestine Off the Map.”

On January 28, 2015, Eid shared a map on Twitter promoting distortions of  the historic record and accusing Israel of making “Bantustans” and “Ghettoisation.” A similar map was aired by MSNBC in 2015 but the news channel later apologized for airing the map and retracted it.

On July 18, 2014, Eid claimed on Instagram that Israel was committing “genocide” in Gaza. The post featured a video with a sign accusing Israel of “TERRORI$M.”

Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.  

Supporting Yasser Arafat

On July 18, 2014, Eid posted a Facebook photo of himself wearing a shirt with the image of Yasser Arafat. Eid’s shirt had a famous Palestine Liberation Organization anthem: “Abu Ammar (Yasser Arafat) said it: Fatah, and we are it’s men.”

Pushing BDS

On October 24, 2016, Eid spoke before the Associated Students of Portland State University (ASPSU), the PSU student government, in favor of SUPER’s BDS resolution which passed the ASPSU that day.

The resolution, which attempted to portray the State of Israel as a modern incarnation of Apartheid South Africa, called on the university to divest from companies with ties to the Jewish state in an effort to discourage these companies from doing further business with Israel. 

SUPER - Honoring Terrorists

On February 27, 2016, SUPER hosted its Palestinian Cultural Night where the group set up multiple displays honoring terrorists. Among them were Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) members Leila Khaled and Rasmea Odeh.

Khaled hijacked airplanes with the PFLP in 1969 and 1970 while Odeh masterminded a 1969 bombing that killed two university students in a Jerusalem supermarket and also attempted to bomb the British consulate. Odeh confessed, in a highly detailed account, the day following her arrest. In a 2004 documentary, one of Odeh’s co-conspirators directly implicated her as the mastermind.

The same event honored the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat and senior PLO official Hanan Ashrawi, as well as Haneen Zoabi — a member of Israel’s parliament (the Knesset) — who has been investigated for inciting violence on a number of occasions.

On November 19, 2014, SUPER hosted an event exclusively supporting Odeh.

On March 1, 2014, SUPER hosted another Palestinian Cultural Night where they honored Arafat.

SUPER - BDS Passed at PSU

On October 24, 2016, SUPER authored a BDS resolution which passed the Associated Students of Portland State University (ASPSU), the PSU student government.

The resolution, which attempts to portray the State of Israel as a modern incarnation of Apartheid South Africa, called on the university to divest from companies with ties to the Jewish state in an effort to discourage these companies from doing further business with Israel.

SUPER - Bringing Anti-Israel Speakers to PSU

On May 23, 2016, SUPER hosted an event featuring Nada Elia who — in October of 2015, while Palestinians across Israel stabbed scores of Israeli civilians during the "Knife Intifada" — wrote an article titled “Why Be Afraid of an Intifada?” where she said “Intifadas are good.”

On February 27, 2016, SUPER hosted anti-Israel poet Remi Kanazi who is known for his aggressively anti-Israel performances.

On April 9, 2015, SUPER hosted Professor Steven Salaita, the Edward Said Chair of American Studies at the American University of Beirut (AUB).

On February 24, 2015, SUPER hosted BDS founder Omar Barghouti and Cecilie Surasky, Deputy Director of anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP).

On May 13, 2014, SUPER hosted anti-Israel propagandist Ali Abunimah, who said in 2010: "Supporting Zionism is not atonement for the Holocaust, but its continuation in spirit."

On December 13, 2013, SUPER hosted terror supporter Eva Bartlett.

On May 25, 2012, SUPER hosted blood libel propagator Jasbir Puar who has claimed that Israel harvests Palestinian organs and stunts Palestinian growth.

On February 25, 2012, SUPER hosted conspiracy theorist As’ad Abu Khalil who said two weeks earlier that among the "anti-Semitic kooks" within the Palestinian movement were possibly “infiltrators to sabotage our cause and smear our campaigns.”

Supporting BDS at PSU

On October 24, 2016, SUPER authored a BDS resolution which was passed by the ASPSU. The resolution, which attempts to portray the State of Israel as a modern incarnation of Apartheid South Africa, called on the university to divest from companies with ties to the Jewish state in an effort to discourage these companies from doing further business with 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.