Laith Abdel Hader
Overview
Laith Abdel Hader [Laith Alshayeb] was an activist for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of South Florida (USF) in 2018.As of November 2019, Abdel Hader’s Linkedin profile said he was slated to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from USF in 2022. His LinkedIn page also said he had been a volunteer at Tampa General Hospital since June 2018.
As of the same date, Abdel Hader went by “Laith Alshayeb” on Facebook. He also went by “ليث الشايب [Laith Alshayeb]” on Instagram.
SJP USF Activism
On October 12, 2018, Abdel Hader appeared in an SJP USF Instagram photo, posing with anti-Israel activist Benjamin Ladraa, who spoke at an SJP USF event that day.On October 10, 2018, Abdel Hader appeared [00:00:06] in an SJP USF Facebook video from a campus event where SJP USF constructed a display that portrayed [00:00:18] a mock replica of Israel's security barrier. The display also promoted the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Israel’s security barrier, 97 percent of which is a low chain-link barrier, was built as a deterrent to Palestinian terror attacks. The concrete portions of the fence were built in response to Palestinian sniper attacks.
On September 20, 2018, Abdel Hader appeared in an SJP USF Instagram photo with other activists tabling on campus. The activists stood next to a poster that said: “From the river to the sea PALESTINE will be free.” The Instagram post included the hashtag: “#endtheseigeongaza.”
The United Nations approved [pp. 39–41] the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza in 2011 as a security measure to stop Hamas from acquiring sophisticated rockets. Multiple flotillas have attempted to breach the blockade, with at least one flotilla initiating a violent confrontation with Israeli forces.
SJP USF - Leaders Idolizing Terrorists and Spreading Anti-Semitism
In March 2019, SJP USF officers included vice president Abdallah Junio Mansour, who has a history of spreading anti-Semitism on Facebook and secretary Salman Shalan.Mansour and Shalan have both expressed support for Hamas operatives, as well as other terrorists and idolized terrorist Yasser Arafat.
SJP USF - Honoring Terrorist Leila Khaled
On October 27, 2017, SJP USF posted an Instagram photo of its activists with one individual placed in the center of the group photo and displaying a jacket bearing a likeness of Leila Khaled.On October 12, 2018, SJP USF posted Instagram photo from an Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) event in South Africa. One featured protester wore a shirt bearing a likeness of Leila Khaled with an assault rifle and and text reading: “Resistance Is Not Terrorism!”
SJP USF - Supporting Violent Riots
On April 11, 2018, SJP USF posted an Instagram photo for an April 14, 2018 rally it co-sponsored in downtown Tampa, FL. The rally was in support of “The Great Return March” riots that had begun two weeks earlier, in Gaza.On March 30, 2018, some 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza approached Israel’s border to take part in “Land Day Protests” or the “March of Return.” The violent demonstrations were instigated by Hamas on the Israeli-Gaza border. Participants declared their intention to harm Jews across the border under the pretext of “peaceful resistance.”
March participants sent scores of kites bearing explosive devices across Israel’s border to burn Israeli crops and homes. Rioters also made numerous attempts to breach Israel’s border fence, which caused the Israeli Defense Forces to respond with live fire.
On May 14, 2018, SJP USF posted on Instagram: “52 Palestinians have been killed on the border of Gaza by Israeli snippers [sic] as the US embassy opens in Jerusalem.”
On May 16, 2018, senior Hamas 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.
On October 27, 2018, SJP USF claimed on Instagram: “For over six months the people of Gaza have been peacefully protesting at the border …”
In April 2018, media reports confirmed [00:00:20] the March of Return protesters’ breaches and attempted breaches of Israel’s border fence, some by armed Palestinians. One Hamas leader declared [00:00:30]: “We will take down the border [with Israel] and we will tear out their hearts from their bodies.”
SJP USF - Demonizing Israel
On February 22, 2019, SJP USF posted an Instagram image promoting its event featuring Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) board member Eran Efrati. The SJP USF image quoted Efrati as saying that as an Israeli soldier, he was “the terrorist.”On February 6, 2019, SJP USF posted an Instagram image promoting BDS and accusing Israel of“settler colonialism” and “apartheid.” The image called for a boycott of a performance by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) in Sarasota, Florida.
On October 8, 2018, SJP USF posted an Instagram video of its activists making a display portraying Israel’s security barrier as an “Apartheid Wall.” The display promoted BDS and was for an event on campus the next day.
On January 6, 2019, SJP USF posted an Instagram image claiming that Israel simultaneously will “play the victim” and “commit war crimes.”
On September 7, 2018, SJP USF posted on Instagram that Israel has a “genocidal, ethnic cleansing project.”
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.
Social Media and Weblinks
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/100001737781813/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beitinjan/ [Private]
https://www.instagram.com/beitinjanfan/ [Private]
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/laith-abdel-hader-998547174/
Smashwords.com:https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/laithabdelhader
- Status:
- Student
- University:
- South-Florida
- Organizations:
- SJP
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- Last Modified:
- 05/04/2026
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