Lisa Gagliardo
Overview
Lisa Gagliardo has promoted incitement, expressed support for terrorists, spread hatred of Israel and endorsed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Gagliardo was the 2016 president of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at St. Joseph's College (SJC) (SJC SJP), part of the City of New York University (CUNY). She was also affiliated with New York City SJP (NYC SJP), in 2018. In February 2018, NYC SJP was renamed Within Our Lifetime (WOL).
As of August 2019, Gagliardo’s LinkedIn page said she was a Pre-K Teacher at Pre-K for All in Brooklyn since August 2019, New York and an Administrator at Reverts Reconnect Project at MAS NY (Muslim American Society-New York), since August 2018.
Gagliardo’s LinkedIn page also said she attended SJC from 2014 to 2018.
As of August 2019, Gagliardo used the name “Lisa Calabrese” on Facebook.
Gagliardo was the 2016 president of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at St. Joseph's College (SJC) (SJC SJP), part of the City of New York University (CUNY). She was also affiliated with New York City SJP (NYC SJP), in 2018. In February 2018, NYC SJP was renamed Within Our Lifetime (WOL).
As of August 2019, Gagliardo’s LinkedIn page said she was a Pre-K Teacher at Pre-K for All in Brooklyn since August 2019, New York and an Administrator at Reverts Reconnect Project at MAS NY (Muslim American Society-New York), since August 2018.
Gagliardo’s LinkedIn page also said she attended SJC from 2014 to 2018.
As of August 2019, Gagliardo used the name “Lisa Calabrese” on Facebook.
Promoting Incitement
On October 19, 2015, Gargliardo shared an Instagram video of an anti-Israel rally and commented: “Times Square filled against a Zionist rally and for Palestine! I do not recognize Israel or the legitimacy of any settler colonial state. I do not recognize the authority of positions that have time and again proved their allegiance to the white supremacist state of the U.S and Israel.”
Gagliardo’s Instagram post concluded: “Long live the intifada. Long live the Palestinian women fueling intifadas!” followed by the hashtags: “De-colonize! #timessquare #Palestine #freepalestine #intifada #intifadafinoallavittoria #NYCSJP #nyc4palestine #nyc #f**kisrael”
Since the early 2000s, the term “intifada,” which translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection,” has carried the connotation of violence.
On October 15, 2015, Gargliardo promoted on Facebook a protest titled: “SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING: Counter Rally to a Zionist Protest” aimed at disrupting a “Jewish Lives Matter” rally scheduled for October 18, 2015 in Times Square.
Gagliardo’s post also featured a graphic that said: “DO NOT TELL THE OPPRESSED HOW TO REACT TO THEIR OPPRESSORS.”
Gargliardo concluded her Facebook post: “I stand with those cultivating a third intifada.”
On October 8, 2015, Gagliardo shared photos on Instagram of an event co-hosted by a number of organizations including American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and NYC SJP.The event urged support for a “Day of Rage” called for by “Palestinian forces.”
Gagliardo shared photos on Instagram of protestors at the event holding signs that read: “To The So-Called ‘State’ of ‘Israel:’ Get Out of Palestine” and “#BDS.”
Gagliardo commented on the Instagram post: “Down with the settler Zionist state! “#SJCNYSJP #NYCSJP #Palestine #thirdintifada #love2Gaza #love2theintifada”
On October 30, 2014, Gagliardo posted an image on Instagram with the hashtag “#Hands off AlAqsa” and commented: “Repost from @friendsofalaqsa The third holiest site in Islam, #AlAqsa mosque, hasn't been closed off to all worshippers since 1967.”
In the fall of 2014, Palestinian leaders and media incited a wave of violence against Israelis with the lie that Israel intended to desecrate the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. This resulted in the November 18, 2014 Har Nof massacre, in which terrorists murdered six people in a Jerusalem synagogue during morning prayers.
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 January 22, 2016, Gagliardo participated in a protest to demand freedom for all Palestinian prisoners, including hunger striker Mohammed al-Qeeq [Mohamed al-Qiq], from Israeli prison.
Israel detained hunger-striking Muhammad al-Qiq for Hamas terror-related activities.
Regarding the demonstration, Gagliardo told MintPress News: “Al-Qeeq is facing imminent death at the hands of his occupiers...When we highlight Israel’s brutality at an individual level, it motivates people to condemn it in higher numbers.”
An activist at the march announced [00:00:07] to the crowd: “The Brooklyn Settlers, the New York Settlers are the most violent,” referring to Jews from New York who moved to Israel.
Then, Nerdeen Kiswani, an NYC SJP member led the chant: [00:00:31] “settler settler go back home, Palestine is ours alone!” and [00:00:52] “New York city you will learn, refugees will return!”
Scripted chants posted to Facebook before the rally, were recited by protesters, who yelled [00:00:46] “We don't want a two-state [solution]; we want ‘48!” and [00:00:27] “There is only one solution; Intifada, revolution!”
On January 9, 2016, Gagliardo gave an interview with Iran's television network PressTV for a segment which defended a 16-year-old NJ high-schooler, Bethany Koval, who bullied her pro-Israel classmates on social media, with tweets like [00:01:48] “Feed me your facist [sic] tears I am SOOO thirsty.”
On July 11, 2015, Gargliardo shared photos on Instagram of her participation in an International Day of Al-Quds commemorated in Times Square. She commented: “the common enemy of the people is imperialism and capitalism. These two things have kept Zionism afloat. It is only a matter of time until all three of these will be deflated."
The Iranian government initiated International Quds Day in 1979, as an annual protest against Israel’s existence. The protest has historically been a platform for anti-Semitism.
On July 9, 2014, Gagliardo posted a graphic on Instagram featuring a quote from the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, that read: “Resistance against Occupiers is not Terrorism. The obvious terrorist is the Zionist Regime."
At the rally, Gagliardo chanted [00:00:24] “Settler, settler go back home, Palestine is ours alone” and [00:00:42] “There is only one solution, intifada revolution.”
The event’s Facebook description said: “Andrew Cuomo, Governor of NY, has moved to silence and repress the right of the people to boycott, divest, and sanction Israel and the Zionist regime for illegally occupying Palestine and oppressing and murdering the Palestinian people.”
The event’s Facebook description continued: “We, the citizens of the United States and in particular residents of New York, reserve the right to boycott any and all parties involved in practicing racist, discriminatory, and oppressive policies.”
On January 22, 2016, Gagliardo participated in a protest outside the New York City offices of G4S that urged a boycott of the company for its “complicity in Israeli imprisonment, torture and oppression of Palestinians.”
G4S is a global private security corporation that provides security systems to Israel.
The event’s Facebook description said that the purpose of the rally was to “Demand an end to israeli impunity and US tax dollars that fund the IDF in committing genocide against the Palestinian people.”
Gagliardo indicated on Facebook that she “went” to WOL’s “1st Annual Palestine Lives Conference” in May 2018.
Gagliardo’s Instagram post concluded: “Long live the intifada. Long live the Palestinian women fueling intifadas!” followed by the hashtags: “De-colonize! #timessquare #Palestine #freepalestine #intifada #intifadafinoallavittoria #NYCSJP #nyc4palestine #nyc #f**kisrael”
In October 2015, there was an upsurge in violence across Israel incited by Palestinian political and religious leaders. The wave of stabbings, known as the “Knife Intifada,” was characterized by young Palestinians throughout the country stabbing and attempting to stab Israeli civilians. The attacks were incited by Palestinian leaders propagating the libel that Israel intended to desecrate the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Since the early 2000s, the term “intifada,” which translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection,” has carried the connotation of violence.
On October 15, 2015, Gargliardo promoted on Facebook a protest titled: “SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING: Counter Rally to a Zionist Protest” aimed at disrupting a “Jewish Lives Matter” rally scheduled for October 18, 2015 in Times Square.
Gagliardo’s post also featured a graphic that said: “DO NOT TELL THE OPPRESSED HOW TO REACT TO THEIR OPPRESSORS.”
Gargliardo concluded her Facebook post: “I stand with those cultivating a third intifada.”
On October 8, 2015, Gagliardo shared photos on Instagram of an event co-hosted by a number of organizations including American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and NYC SJP.The event urged support for a “Day of Rage” called for by “Palestinian forces.”
The “Days of Rage” in October of 2015 were heralded by Hamas as the advent of a new intifada. They directly resulted in the deaths of Israeli civilians by shootings, stabbings and car rammings.
Gagliardo shared photos on Instagram of protestors at the event holding signs that read: “To The So-Called ‘State’ of ‘Israel:’ Get Out of Palestine” and “#BDS.”
Gagliardo commented on the Instagram post: “Down with the settler Zionist state! “#SJCNYSJP #NYCSJP #Palestine #thirdintifada #love2Gaza #love2theintifada”
On October 30, 2014, Gagliardo posted an image on Instagram with the hashtag “#Hands off AlAqsa” and commented: “Repost from @friendsofalaqsa The third holiest site in Islam, #AlAqsa mosque, hasn't been closed off to all worshippers since 1967.”
In the fall of 2014, Palestinian leaders and media incited a wave of violence against Israelis with the lie that Israel intended to desecrate the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. This resulted in the November 18, 2014 Har Nof massacre, in which terrorists murdered six people in a Jerusalem synagogue during morning prayers.
Supporting Terrorists
On November 15, 2014, Gagliardo posted photos on Instagram from a solidarity rally for Rasmea Odeh, commenting: “She was targeted because of her work with empowering Arabs and Muslims in the community. She was targeted because she is Palestinian.”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 January 22, 2016, Gagliardo participated in a protest to demand freedom for all Palestinian prisoners, including hunger striker Mohammed al-Qeeq [Mohamed al-Qiq], from Israeli prison.
Israel detained hunger-striking Muhammad al-Qiq for Hamas terror-related activities.
Regarding the demonstration, Gagliardo told MintPress News: “Al-Qeeq is facing imminent death at the hands of his occupiers...When we highlight Israel’s brutality at an individual level, it motivates people to condemn it in higher numbers.”
Spreading Hatred of Israel
On May 17, 2016, Gagliardo shared a video on Instagram from an NYC SJP co-sponsored event titled: “Nakba Day March for Resistance and Return.”The term “Nakba” is generally translated as “catastrophe” in Arabic, referring to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term often used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by defining it as a catastrophe.
An activist at the march announced [00:00:07] to the crowd: “The Brooklyn Settlers, the New York Settlers are the most violent,” referring to Jews from New York who moved to Israel.
Then, Nerdeen Kiswani, an NYC SJP member led the chant: [00:00:31] “settler settler go back home, Palestine is ours alone!” and [00:00:52] “New York city you will learn, refugees will return!”
The “right of return” is a Palestinian demand discredited as a means to eliminate Israel. International law mandates no absolute right of return and UN Resolution 194, which defined principles for “refugees wishing to return to their homes,” was unanimously rejected by Arab nations following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Scripted chants posted to Facebook before the rally, were recited by protesters, who yelled [00:00:46] “We don't want a two-state [solution]; we want ‘48!” and [00:00:27] “There is only one solution; Intifada, revolution!”
On January 9, 2016, Gagliardo gave an interview with Iran's television network PressTV for a segment which defended a 16-year-old NJ high-schooler, Bethany Koval, who bullied her pro-Israel classmates on social media, with tweets like [00:01:48] “Feed me your facist [sic] tears I am SOOO thirsty.”
On July 11, 2015, Gargliardo shared photos on Instagram of her participation in an International Day of Al-Quds commemorated in Times Square. She commented: “the common enemy of the people is imperialism and capitalism. These two things have kept Zionism afloat. It is only a matter of time until all three of these will be deflated."
The Iranian government initiated International Quds Day in 1979, as an annual protest against Israel’s existence. The protest has historically been a platform for anti-Semitism.
On July 9, 2014, Gagliardo posted a graphic on Instagram featuring a quote from the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, that read: “Resistance against Occupiers is not Terrorism. The obvious terrorist is the Zionist Regime."
Endorsing BDS
On July 1, 2016, Gagliardo participated [00:00:22] in an International Day of Al-Quds demonstration in Times Square, New York City, titled: “BDS is our Right - International Day of Al-Quds (Jerusalem).”At the rally, Gagliardo chanted [00:00:24] “Settler, settler go back home, Palestine is ours alone” and [00:00:42] “There is only one solution, intifada revolution.”
The event’s Facebook description said: “Andrew Cuomo, Governor of NY, has moved to silence and repress the right of the people to boycott, divest, and sanction Israel and the Zionist regime for illegally occupying Palestine and oppressing and murdering the Palestinian people.”
The event’s Facebook description continued: “We, the citizens of the United States and in particular residents of New York, reserve the right to boycott any and all parties involved in practicing racist, discriminatory, and oppressive policies.”
On January 22, 2016, Gagliardo participated in a protest outside the New York City offices of G4S that urged a boycott of the company for its “complicity in Israeli imprisonment, torture and oppression of Palestinians.”
G4S is a global private security corporation that provides security systems to Israel.
Anti-Israel Activism
Gagliardo indicated on Facebook that she “went” to a November 17, 2018 rally, co-hosted by WOL, titled: “Honor Our Martyrs: Emergency Action for Gaza.”The event’s Facebook description said that the purpose of the rally was to “Demand an end to israeli impunity and US tax dollars that fund the IDF in committing genocide against the Palestinian people.”
Gagliardo indicated on Facebook that she “went” to WOL’s “1st Annual Palestine Lives Conference” in May 2018.
The 2018 “Palestine Lives” conference was held on May 12, 2018 at Hunter College (Hunter), part of City University of New York (CUNY). The official conference poster featured a photo montage of armed men in Keffiyehs, with the caption: “Resisting Settler Colonialism Since 1948.”
The conference was co-hosted by Within Our Lifetime (WOL), formerly known as New York City Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), as well as the anti-Israel groups Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and Existence Is Resistance.
Gagliardo indicated on Facebook that she “went” to a March 30, 2018 event co-hosted by WOL, titled: “Emergency rally: solidarity with Gaza #GreatMarchofReturn.”
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 March of Return was organized and funded by Hamas as a campaign of violent protests along Israel’s border to spotlight the demand of Palestinians to “return” to Israel.
The “right of return” is a Palestinian demand discredited as a means to eliminate Israel.
The “right of return” is a Palestinian demand discredited as a means to eliminate Israel.
March participants sent scores of kites bearing explosive devices across Israel’s border to burn Israeli crops and homes. Participants also attempted to breach the border fence, which caused the Israeli Defense Forces to respond with live fire.
Agitators threw Molotov cocktails, firebombs, shot firearms and threw rocks under the cover of smoke from burning tires.
On May 16, 2018, a Hamas senior official stated that 50 out of 62 protesters killed during a May 14 protest were Hamas operatives. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) also claimed that three of its members were killed at the same protest.
Gagliardo indicated on Facebook that she “went” to a January 5, 2018 event titled:“Rally to Free Ahed Tamimi and All Palestinian Prisoners” at Grand Central Station in New York City, NY.
Ahed Tamimi has a long history of physically attacking Israeli soldiers. Tamimi is the daughter of Bassem Tamimi, who is known for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.
The event’s Facebook description said: “All of Ahed's actions were legitimate resistance to Israel’s ongoing military occupation...We say that Israel, not the women and girls of Palestine, are the criminals. We call for immediate freedom for Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian prisoners.”
Gagliardo was a fundraising volunteer for Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA), a member of Islamic Relief Worldwide, from March 2016 to February 2018.
Islamic Relief, also known as Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), has been declared illegal by Israel for funneling donations to the terror group Hamas. In 2019, Germany found “extensive ties” between IRW and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). In 2020, IRW’s CEO Tayeb Abdoun resigned after he was exposed as having promoted the “Knife Intifada,” five years earlier.
WOL (Former NYC SJP) - 2018
New York City Students for Justice in Palestine (NYC SJP) was consolidated in 2014 from various SJP chapters in NYC, with the intention of strengthening the SJP presence on campuses, and to leading anti-Israel activism off-campus.NYC SJP was renamed Within Our Lifetime (WOL) in February, 2018, with the intention of further expanding the organization.
On February 28, 2018, WOL published a statement on their website saying that “Within Our Lifetime” is “a call to action” to fight for the destruction [00:03:32] of the State of Israel.
WOL’s strategy is to widen their influence beyond university campuses, using “local and national networks,” to make “allies both inside and outside the Palestine solidarity movement.” WOL’s website says the group welcomes “any organization in the struggle to combat zionism.”
Rallies held by NYC SJP and later WOL, have incited [00:00:01] against Jews, called [00:04:53] for Intifada and [00:04:01] to “globalize the intifada.” WOL rallies and social media posts have also glorified terrorists and demonized Israel in support of violent protesters.
The Progressive Student Labor Front (PSLF) in Gaza, an organization politically linked to the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). expressed solidarity with their “comrades” - NYC SJP, in October 2015.
NYC SJP- Supporting Intifada (2015-2016)
On May 15, 2016, NYC SJP co-sponsored and promoted on Twitter a “Nakba Day March for Resistance and Return” rally, to be held the next day. NYC SJP’s tweet said: “From the river to the sea, intifada! Intifada!! #NakbaDay #Nakba68 #nyc.”Scripted chants were distributed before the rally, where agitators yelled [00:00:18]: “Intifada Intifada” and “5-6-7-8 Smash the Settler Zionist State”, as well as [00:00:41] “we don't want a two-state [solution]; we want ‘48!” and [00:00:20] “There is only one solution: Intifada revolution!”
Nerdeen Mohsen Kiswani, NYC SJP co-founder and Chair, posted on Facebook a video recording of the protest that featured herself and other protesters inciting [00:00:01] against Jews who moved from New York to Israel, claiming [00:00:06] “The Brooklyn settlers, the New York settlers are the most violent.”
Protesters were also led in chanting [00:00:32]: “Settler settler go back home, Palestine is ours alone!” and [00:00:52] "New York City you will learn, refugees will return!"
On October 18, 2015, during the “Knife Intifada,” NYC SJP co-hosted a protest “in solidarity with the Palestinian Uprising,” aimed at disrupting a “Jewish Lives Matter” rally scheduled for October 18, 2015 in Times Square.
The Jewish Lives Matter rally was to memorialize Israelis murdered that month in the October 2015 “Palestinian Uprising,” known as the “Knife Intifada,"
In October 2015, there was an upsurge in violence across Israel incited by Palestinian political and religious leaders. The wave of stabbings, known as the “Knife Intifada,” was characterized by young Palestinians throughout the country stabbing and attempting to stab Israeli civilians.
Tweets promoting NYC SJP’s support for the Palestinian Uprising were spread, urging people to attend the disruption.
During the rally, Kiswani led a crowd in chanting [00:00:36]: “1,2,3,4 occupation no more, 5,6,7,8 smash the settler-Zionist state!” followed by [00:01:21] “there is only one solution, Intifada, Revolution!”
Other protesters at the rally shouted [00:01:42]: “Falasteen ibladna Wel yahood ichlabna,” in Arabic, meaning: “Palestine is our country and the Jews are our dogs.”
WOL - Supporting Violent Protesters (2018)
On March 30, 2018 WOL hosted an event titled: “Emergency rally: solidarity with Gaza #GreatMarchofReturn.”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 march was organized and funded by Hamas as a campaign of violent protests to spotlight the Palestinian demand to “return” to Israel. The “right of return” has since been discredited as a means to eliminate Israel.
At the rally, Nerdeen Mohsen Kiswani, NYC SJP co-founder and Chair, led [00:08:32] attendees of the rally in the chant “Long Live the Intifada! Intifada! Intifada!”
Since the early 2000s, the term “intifada,” which translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection,” has carried the connotation of violence.
On April 6, 2018, WOL hosted another rally in support of the March of Return, where Kiswani led [00:20:15] the chant “Long Live the Intifada! Intifada! Intifada!”
Most of the Gazans who died between March 30 and April 6, 2018, were identified as terror operatives who were killed while carrying out terrorist attacks, rioting against IDF forces or attempting to breach the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
On April 14, 2018, WOL posted a video on their Facebook page of a rally they co-hosted with the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) “in support of the #GreatReturnMarch.” During the rally, demonstrators were led [00:14:43] in the chant: “From New York to Gaza, Globalize the Intifada!”
Participants at the March sent kites bearing explosive devices across Israel’s border to burn Israeli crops and homes, threw Molotov cocktails and firebombs and shot firearms.
On May 14, 2018, WOL promoted an anti-Israel rally that theyco-hosted on Facebook and said: “Over 50 people and counting have been martyred today by the Zionist forces,” that they were “murdered in cold blood.” During the rally Kiswani led [00:01:36] the chant “Long live the Intifada!”
On May 15, 2018, WOL posted on Facebook that “62 Palestinians were martyred in Gaza.” WOL also posted the names of “59 of yesterday's martyrs.”
On May 16, 2018, a Hamas senior 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 May 18, 2018, WOL hosted a demonstration titled: “Nakba Day 2018: Great Return March.” During the rally, Kiswani repeatedly [00:04:53] led agitators [00:03:58] in the chant: “There is only one solution: Intifada revolution!” Agitators also chanted “From New York to Gaza, Globalize the Intifada!”
WOL - Calling for Intifada, 2015-2018
On January 5, 2018, NYC SJP co-hosted a “Rally to Free Ahed Tamimi and All Palestinian Prisoners” at Grand Central Station in NYC.During the protest, Kiswani led [00:00:42] demonstrators in the chant “There is only one solution: Intifada revolution!” as well as [00:01:59]“Long live the Intifada! Intifada! Intifada!” and [00:01:39] “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
Ahed Tamimi, who has a long history of physically attacking Israeli soldiers, was detained after she was filmed punching and kicking Israeli soldiers. She is the daughter of Bassem Tamimi, who is notorious for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.
On December 22, 2017, NYC SJP co-hosted a protest titled “Emergency Rally to End Child Detention: Free Ahed Tamimi!”
During the demonstration, Kiswani both led [00:28:24, 00:00:28] and joined protesters in chanting [00:05:45, 00:17:45] “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!” and [00:06:13, 00:18:03] “Intifada! Intifada! Long live the Intifada!”
On December 8, 2017, NYC SJP tweeted: “laaaast christmas we said free palestine but the very next day, you cried your white tears.. THIIIISSS YEAR TO SAVE YOU FROM TEARS, HOW BOUT LONG LIVE THE INTIFADAAAA
#RewriteTheNextLinesInSongs.”On that same day, NYC SJP tweeted: “long live the intifada from the river to the sea
”On December 6, 2017, NYC SJP tweeted: “long lived the intifada
#WriteAHappyStoryIn4Words.”On the same day, NYC SJP tweeted: “Long live the #Intifada #HandsOffJerusalem #HandsOffAlQuds
” along with a photo of a demonstrator burning an American and an Israeli flag.“#HandsOffJerusalem” was created to protest the decision by the U.S. government to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
On November 3, 2017, NYC SJP posted on their Facebook pageseveral videos of demonstrators protesting, with the hashtag “#Balfour100.”
During the demonstration Kiswani [00:01:32] and other agitators repeatedly led [00:01:07, 00:01:36, 00:03:28, 00:07:58] protesters in the chants “Intifada! Intifada! Long live the Intifada! Intifada! Intifada! Globalize the Intifada!” and [00:02:14] “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!”
Protestors were also led [00:04:01] in the chant “From New York to Gaza, Globalize the Intifada!”
On October 7, 2017, NYC SJP co-hosted a “Rally To Resist War and Racism At Home and Abroad,” protesting “16 years following the US invasion of Afghanistan and the start of the so-called war on terror.”
During the protest, Kiswani led [00:23:57] the demonstrators in the chant: “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!”
On August 27, 2017, NYC SJP posted on Facebook a photo of buttons they were selling, including buttons with the word “Intifada,” others featuring Leila Khaled, and others of a person wearing a Keffiyeh, grasping a machine gun and charging forward.
On May 14, 2016, NYC SJP tweeted: “There is only one solution, Intifada, Revolution! #WeWontForget #WeWillReturn #Nakba”
On October 6, 2015, NYC SJP co-sponsored a rally held at the Israeli consulate in New York with a number of anti-Israel organizations including NY4Palestine and American Muslims for Palestine (AMP).
The rally urged support for a “Day of Rage” called for by “Palestinian forces.” The same day, NYC SJP posted a “statement of solidarity” with the“Day of Rage” rally featuring a rock-throwing Palestinian, with the caption “Let the Intifada pave the way for People’s war! [sic.]”
Protesters at the rally chanted [00:00:01] “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” and [00:00:16] “Intifada, intifada! Long live the Intifada!”
In October 2015, Hamas declared Palestinian “Days of Rage” to start a new intifada. This resulted in the deaths of Israeli civilians in terror attacks.
NYC SJP - Supporting BDS
On October 4, 2015, John Jay SJP posted on Facebook a NYC SJP statement on the BDS movement, which stated that the goal is the “the eventual establishment of a single Palestinian national state covering all of historic Palestine.”The statement concluded that “SJP…cannot be divorced from a larger, off-campus movement that organizes for the progressive demands of the people, regardless if those demands are related to the university.”
NYC SJP then clarified in its statement on BDS, saying that the movement: “is not only fighting to drop israeli investments, but is fighting to change the content of the Zionist, imperialist education itself, by engaging in a struggle to liberate the university and democratically administer it to serve the oppressed communities from New York City to Palestine.”
WOL - Glorifying Terrorists
On March 9, 2018, WOL shared a series of photos of Palestinian women in honor of international women’s day, among them a photo featuring terrorist Leila Khaled, as well as a photo of a Palestinian women holding a handgun.The post added: “On #InternationalWomensDay2018 we honor the brave Palestinian women, who have been struggling against colonial occupation since they were born!.”
Leila Khaled is a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970. As of 2017, Khaled was a member of PFLP's Political Bureau. Khaled has said that the second intifada failed because it was not violent enough, advocated [00:36:07] for the use of children in terror activities and compared Zionists to Nazis.
On March 8, 2018, Kiswani glorified Palestinian female terrorists during WOL’s co-hosted the “International Women’s Strike NYC: Palestine Contingent” protest.
Kiswani declared [00:05:03] Leila Khaled, as well as [00:03:21] terrorist Rasmea Odeh and [00:00:38] Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member Khalida Jarrar as examples [00:00:20] of “revolutionary women that keep our struggle strong,” and a source of “revolutionary inspiration.”
Khalida Jarrar is a senior PFLP member who has been in Israeli prison multiple times. In 2019, she was one of 50 PFLP operatives arrested, following a deadly 2018 bombing attack that targeted an Israeli family on vacation.
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 March 13, 2018, WOL tweeted: “ALL OUT AGAINST ZIONISM AND COLLABORATION, LONG LIVE MARTYR BASIL AL-ARAJ! https://nycsjp.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/all-out-against-zionism-and-collaboration-long-live-martyr-basil-al-araj …”
Basel Al Araj was killed on March 6, 2017, 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.
On March 6, 2018, WOL posted on Facebook: “One year ago today, Palestinian freedom fighter Basil Al-Araj was martyred,” and added “Today we honor his resistance and strive to carry on his struggle.”The post added an illustration of Al Araj and the caption “Long Live Basel Al-Araj! Long Live the Resistance! Until Victory!”
On August 14, 2017, NYC SJP promoted a rally to support Rasmea Odeh, adding “All out today for Rasmea Odeh at 4:30 pm in union square! #HonorRasmea.”
On August 2, 2017, NYC SJP promoted a Farewell event for Rasmea Odeh on Facebook, adding: “Rasmea should be honored - not deported! #HonorRasmea.”
On January 8, 2017, Kiswani praised, on Facebook, Palestinian celebrations of a vehicular ramming attack that killed four people and injured 17 others on a Jerusalem promenade.
Kiswani encouraged celebrations of the murder writing: “While Palestinians and ‘allies’ in the west scramble to condemn, apologize, explain, hide, rationalize, etc what happened this morning, Palestinians in Palestine are giving out sweets in celebration. I will not hide from this. I will not be ashamed or embarrassed by this. These celebratory actions are what keep the resistance moving forward, they are what keep it alive.”
Kiswani continued: “In a world that’s trying to quell our liberation and self determination, the biggest “F you” to that are Palestinians celebrating actions that 1) remind settles [sic] that there will never be peace on stolen land 2) remind the world we are still here 3) galvanize other Palestinians to fight. There’s your rationalization no apology needed.”
On January 11, 2017, The Algemeiner newspaper contacted NYC SJP for a comment following Kiswani’s comment. NYC SJP representative Alexi Shalom reportedly responded by threatening to sue The Algemeiner.
On July 12, 2016, Kiswani posted photos of buttons printed by NYC SJP to her Instagram featuring Leila Khaled as well as Bilal Kayed.
PFLP terrorist Bilal Kayed was incarcerated for 14 years for terror attacks and attempted terror attacks committed during the second intifada, in 2002.
On March 9, 2016, NYC SJP tweeted a photo of Leila Khaled taken via a computer screen, adding: “Comrade Leila Khaled @ jjay 
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WOL -Supporting Terrorists
On April 9, 2018, WOL held a candlelight vigil “for Yassir Murtaja and the other 29 Palestinians who have been martyred in Gaza since the #GreatReturnMarch was launched last Friday, March 30.”Yasser Murtaja, a photojournalist, was reportedly a Hamas spy who used drones to film Israeli military positions. Murtaja was shot and killed on April 6, 2018, as he filmed the 2018 Hamas-led “March of Return” protest in Gaza.
On August 27, 2017, NYC SJP posted a commemoration of the “16 years since the assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa, killed by Israeli forces due to his political activity and belief in the struggle to liberate all of Palestine.” The post added the hashtags: “#FreePalestine #ByAnyMeansNecessary #RightToResist.”
Abu Ali Mustafa, also known as Mustafa Zibri, was the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Mustafa was involved in multiple bomb attacks, including in central Jerusalem, when he was the terror group's Secretary General.
Following his death, the PFLP renamed their armed wing after him, as the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades.
On May 27, 2017, NYC SJP celebrated the end of the Palestinian prisoners hunger strike, posting on Facebook: “Victory to the Hunger Strike! Long Live Palestine!”
On May 25, 2017, NYC SJP participated in a rally on behalf of the hunger strike, posting on Facebook “rallying in the heart of the empire tonight in support of the heroic Palestinian political prisoners.”
“Dignity Strike” refers to a hunger strike initiated by Marwan Barghouti on April 16, 2017. More than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners participated in the strike – most them also convicted for acts of terrorism. Barghouti headed the Palestinian Authority (PA) terrorist Tanzim force and founded the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. He was sentenced to five consecutive life terms by an Israeli civilian court for some of his crimes, including his role in the Sbarro Cafe bombing.
On May 2, 2017, NYC SJP members demonstrated on behalf of “a thousand Palestinian political prisoners have been living on salt and water alone without any food for almost two weeks,” using the hashtag “#DignityStrike.”
In November of 2015, NYC SJP co-sponsored a demonstration that called for the release of five individuals — the “HLF5” — convicted by a U.S. federal jury for financing terrorists.
Those convicted were all members of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development who funneled millions of dollars to Hamas.
The HLF5 were five individuals associated with the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) indicted for funneling funds to Hamas in the guise of humanitarian aid. The men were were all convicted and sentenced in 2009 to federal prison terms ranging from 15 to 65 years.
WOL - Disrupting City Council Meetings
On September 16, 2016 NYC SJP members repeatedly disrupted a NYC City Council meeting discussing anti-BDS legislation, prompting the organizers tocall security personnel to have them removed from the hall.Towards the end of the meeting, Kiswani stood up and screamed [01:16:04] : “Yes, we want to shut down Zionists, because Zionism is racism... As a Palestinian I can’t go back to my country because of you people. F**K Israel and F**K Zionism!”
Kiswani also added [01:17:00]: “That sh*t just pi***ed me off and I’m leaving now because I’m f**king shaking and I’m so f**king disgusting [sic.] I didn’t want to be in the room with the f**king Israeli consulate” and the people inside, I hope they disrupt too, because we shouldn't f**king lend credibility to these pieces of sh*t. They need to be shut down. I hope they f**king clear the entire chambers cuz I want people to shut this sh*t down.”
NYC SJP - Praised for Calling for Intifada
On October 9, 2015, the Progressive Student Labor Front (PSLF) in Gaza, an organization politically linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), issued a statement via the PFLP website showing solidarity with their “comrades,” NYC SJP.The PFLP is designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., Canada, Israel, the European Union, the Gulf Cooperation Council and Australia.
The PSLF statement praised NYC SJP for leading “a march through the streets of New York calling for ‘Intifada’ and the liberation of Palestine.”
The statement also said: “We urge the development and escalation of BDS campaigns at an international level just as we urge the escalation of resistance in all forms and all means here in Palestine ....” and ended with an affirmation that the PSLF is “proud to call them [NYC SJP]...comrades in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine.”
WOL - Spreading Hatred of Israel
On April 22, 2018, WOL shared a video on Facebook of burning miniature Israeli flags.On March 8, 2018, during a WOL co-hosted “International Women’s Strike NYC: Palestine Contingent,” Kiswani addressed the crowd, declaring [00:04:01] “Women’s liberation must be anti-Zionist.”
Kiswani also claimed [00:01:25] “Zionism is the ideology that thrives off of the kidnapping and torturing of our women” and [00:01:48] “Israel is a state that was built on the murder and rape of Palestinian women.”
On January 15, 2018, NYC SJP glorified Manal Tamimi on Facebook, sharing a post that labelled Tamimi a"super mother" and a “superwoman.”
Manal and her husband Bassem Tamimi are Palestinian propagandists and provocateurs, notorious for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.
On December 22, 2017, NYC SJP co-hosted a protest titled “Emergency Rally to End Child Detention: Free Ahed Tamimi!”
Ahed Tamimi has a long history of physically attacking Israeli soldiers. Tamimi is the daughter of Bassem Tamimi, who is known for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.
During the protest, one speaker accused [00:18:19] Israel of targeting a three-year-old Palestinian child with teargas.
On December 6, 2017, NYC SJP tweeted: “the fall of israhell #WriteAHappyStoryIn4Words.”
On November 16, 2017, NYC SJP members Kiswani as well as Noura Farouk and Dan Cione were panelists for an event hosted by SJP at Florida State University (FSU).
During the panel, Kiswani accused Israel of committing [00:08:29] “mass rapes” and claimed [00:9:08] that “to this day there is daily assault and sexual harassment of Palestinian women by Zionists.”
Kiswani’s also stated [01:45:52] “...we see in Israel, when Ethiopian Jews are trying to integrate themselves into the white settler colonial project of Israel, they put on the uniform and kill Palestinians and then their babies still get stabbed by Israelis and they still don’t see a day of justice in the court.”
Cione noted [00:26:14] that, after the Oslo accords, the U.S. gave the Palestinian Authority “over 32 billion dollars… for state building institutions.” Cione then condemned [00:25:36] the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for not funding radicals.
Cione said [00:24:42] that “when they were dumping all this money into Palestine” USAID included a “terror clause, which said that none of this money can go to “anyone that… is a terrorist organization as defined by Israel or who does not recognize the right of Israel to exist.”
At the end of the panel, the attendees and panelists chanted [01:48:48] “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!”
On October 7, 2017, Farouq demonized [00:26:42] Israel during a WOL co-hosted rally “To Resist War and Racism At Home and Abroad,” that was protesting “16 years following the US invasion of Afghanistan and the start of the so-called war on terror.”
Farouq claimed [00:26:43] that the New York Police Department (NYPD) is trained by Israel, “sharing tactics to treat our people as subhuman.”
On July 27. 2016, NYC SJP tweeted: “The Zionist entity of israhell #WhatIHateIn5Words.”
On June 16, 2016, NYC SJP tweeted: “.@SenatorMartins #WeBDSUntil Zionism is relegated to the dustbin of history.”
On April 26, 2016, NYC SJP tweeted a graphic showing the map of Israel overlaid entirely with the colors of the Palestinian Flag and superimposed with the text “Je Suis One State.”
The comment on the graphic read “From the river to the sea Palestine will be free. #1948.”
On November 12, 2015, NYC SJP published a statement on their website which blamed tuition costs on CUNY’s “Zionist administration” that “invests in Israeli companies, hosts birthright programs and study abroad programs in occupied Palestine, and reproduces settler-colonial ideology throughout CUNY through Zionist content of education …”
On March 1, 2015, NYC SJP members Atika Al Bashir, Leena Widdi, Cione and Kiswani were panelists in an event titled “Revitalizing the One-State Solution.”
WOL - Palestine Lives Conference - 2018
WOL’s 2018 “Palestine Lives” conference was held on May 12, 2018 at Hunter College (Hunter), part of City University of New York (CUNY). The official conference poster featured a photo montage of armed men in Keffiyehs, with the caption: “Resisting Settler Colonialism Since 1948.”The conference advertised a panel titled "MEEN ERHABE (WHOS THE TERRORIST)? - What is Zionism? Breaking down the origins and history of Israel and its Terrorism.”
Also advertised was a panel with “Revolutionaries from various movements speaking on the importance of international solidarity” and one titled “THE OSLO AGREEMENTS: The biggest setback for the Palestinian struggle.”
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.
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