Jwan Haddad

On October 7, 2023, the same year when Haddad was UCSB SJP president, UCSB SJP posted to Instagram a flyer for a pro-terror rally and wrote: "...Resistance to apartheid and fascist-type oppression is not a crime!"

On October 7, 2023, Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis, kidnapped 251 and wounded thousands. War crimes included various systematic sexual crimes like gang rape and genital mutilation. Men and women were violated, even after being murdered. Victims who survived that day, including hostages, endured forms of humiliation and torture.

Gazans working in the targeted Israeli villages provided intelligence to Hamas on which families to kill and torture, including long-time employers. Many Palestinian civilians joined in and celebrated the attacks. Hamas livestreamed their crimes on social media, including to victims’ accounts for families to see. To learn more, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.

Among Palestinians and anti-Israel activists, the term “resistance” is a euphemism for nationalistic terror and is used to glorify and encourage anti-Israel and antisemitic violence.

On October 17, 2023, UCSB SJP posted on Instagram: "...We believe in the complete and total liberation of Palestine by any means necessary...Palestine will one day be free, from the river to the sea, and out martyrs will not die in vain."

Anti-Israel activists use the phrase “By any means necessary” as one of multiple euphemisms for terrorist violence, of which another is “resistance.”

“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free!” is a chant used to call for the elimination of the State of Israel. In April 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the chant as antisemitic.

On February 25, 2024, UCSB SJP posted on Instagram a pro-terror post about an event that would feature "a discussion on Palestine and its liberation." The post included an event flyer depicting two armed gunmen, one of whom wore a keffiyeh over his face and a black of an armed group named after terrorist leader .

On January 7, 2024, UCSB SJP posted on Instagram photos of campus activism and UCSB SJP wrote in the post: "WE WILL RETURN /🗝️🗝️🗝️...We will see Palestinians return To the waters and lands of Palestine." The key is a symbol of a policy known as the "right of return" and Haddad commentedon the post: "Until liberation and return 🗝️✌🏼"

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

The UCSB activism featured in the post used watermelon emojis, a symbol popular among anti-Israel activists.

The watermelon has been appropriated by terrorists and anti-Israel activists as a symbol of Palestinian "resistance" to "Israeli occupation," as it shares the Pan-Arab colors. It gained widespread popularity and usage following the Hamas terror attacks of October 7, 2023.

On May 28, 2023, the Daily Nexus quoted Haddad as claiming that "The Nakba started in 1948," a reference to the year Israel was founded.

The term “Nakba” is generally translated as “catastrophe” in Arabic, referring to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by drawing a comparison to the Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, meaning “catastrophe.”

The same Daily Nexus article reported: "'Pinkwashing refers to the ways Israel tries to portray itself as a LGBTQIA friendly state,' Haddad said. 'Ways that it does this is by saying, ‘we have Queer Israelis in our military,’ but doesn’t talk about how their military kills Palestinians regardless of their identity and sexual orientation.'"

“Pinkwashing” is a claim used by anti-Israel activists to argue that Israel manipulates the LGBTQ community in order to garner support for Israel.

Jwan Haddad was listed as the first Student Sponsor to endorse a resolution proposed to the 75th UCSB Senate in May 2024, demanding "the UCSB Administration and UC Regents reform their investment practices" by divesting from Israeli institutions, as well as companies with ties to Israel.

On May 29, 2024, Haddad expressed [00:03:43] support for the divestment resolution at the 75th Senate meeting of the Associated Students of the University of California, Santa Barbara (ASUCSB).

On May 22, 2024 during ASUCSB's 74th Senate meeting, Haddad spoke [04:09:32] in favor of the divestment resolution. Haddad said [04:10:07]: "Today is day 229 of the...genocide committed by the Israeli regime and facilitated by US-made weapons." Her statement referred to a war that began because of the Hamas terror attacks of October 7, 2023.

On May 15, 2024, Haddad expressed [p. 4] support for the University of California (UC) to divest at a meeting of the UC Regents.

In Spring 2022, Haddad was responsible for erecting an anti-Israel display often called a "mock apartheid wall" at UCSB, according to a UCSB Writing Program "Class of '23" Portfolio article about Haddad.

The “mock apartheid wall” is a series of panels meant to represent Israel's security barrier, which was built as a deterrent to Palestinian terror attacks and in response to Palestinian sniper attacks. Panels feature misleading information and graphics intended to demonize Israel. The “mock apartheid wall” is often featured at Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) events organized annually by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters on many North American university campuses.

The same article said she "began reaching out to the SJP members of UC San Diego and UC Los Angeles about borrowing their wall at the beginning of the Winter quarter. It was Jwan that achieved full funding from the external vice president of statewide affairs for the transportation of the wall. It was Jwan who coordinated a meeting with the assistant vice chancellor and fire marshall to gain permission to erect the wall. It was Jwan who, after organizing and hosting SJP’s ‘culture night’ hopped in a U-haul with three other students and made the trek down to UCSD, loaded as many panels of the wall that they could fit, drove back up to Santa Barbara, and assembled the pieces along one of the schools central walkways."

The article also said: "SJP finally became an active part of the UC-wide Coalition for Divestment" due to Haddad's connection with Mauna Kea Protectors UCSB (MKP UCSB) and the public comments she made at the UC Regents meetings at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

SJP is the leading 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, who has spread anti-Semitism and defended the Hamas terror group.

SJP organizes anti-Israel campus campaigns, including running annual Israel Apartheid Weeks and pushing the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. SJP activists have reportedly physically assaulted, intimidated and harassed Jewish students, and SJP chapters have often endorsed and campaigned for terrorists.

The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by pro-terror activist Omar Barghouti in 2005 to turn “Israel into a pariah state, as South Africa once was.” Barghouti has also called for Israel's destruction and the BDS movement demands would result in that same goal.

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 infiltrating university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, student governments propose resolutions to boycott or divestment from Israel or Israeli-affiliated entities. 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 and pro-terror activism on campus.