Malak Fakhoury
Overview
Malak Fakhoury has spread anti-Semitism, expressed support for terrorists, promoted incitement and spread hatred of Israel.Fakhoury was also an activist for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of South Florida (USF). In May 2013, Fakhoury was reportedly the vice president of SJP USF. As of April 2015, Fakhoury was listed on a USF website as the “interfaith outreach coordinator” for the Muslim Students Association (MSA) at USF.
She is also a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
As of April 2018, Fakhoury was reportedly a “member of the communications committee” for Eyewitness Palestine, formerly known as Interfaith Peace Builders (IFPB), which is based in Washington, D.C.
As of May 2020, Fakhoury’s LinkedIn page indicated that she graduated from USF in 2016. As of the same date, her Facebook page also said that her “current city and hometown” was Ocala, Florida.
On June 28, 2018, Fakhoury was listed on Youtube as having “received a bachelor’s degree in Sociology” from USF and that “in the coming years, she intends to obtain a master’s in counselling.” It also said: “Upon graduation, she became employed in the private school sector.”
On August 18, 2016, Fakhoury wrote on Facebook that she was starting a new job “Teaching religion in California!” Between August 2016 to September 2017, she indicated on Facebook that she taught fourth through sixth grades.
Spreading Anti-Semitism
On May 16, 2013, the USF Oracle reported that Fakhoury was the vice president of SJP USF when it hosted an event that was reportedly “referred to as ‘Holy Land Holocaust’ on Facebook advertisements.” At the close of that event, which was also called “Palestinian Nakba,” Fakhoury reportedly apologized for what she said was a misnomer.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.
In the same USF Oracle article, Fakhoury was quoted as saying: “We really want to make other people aware that this is a systematic ethnic cleansing against a particular type of people and how people should be aware of what happened as well as what continues to go on.”
On May 20, 2013, Fakhoury published an opinion piece in the USF Oracle, titled: “Pro: Plight of Palestinians Should Not Be Overlooked.” She wrote: “... the same sensitivity which commands me to empathize with past victims of the Holocaust that also demands me to empathize with present victims of Israel’s actions against the Palestinian people.”
In her opinion piece, Fakhoury also apologized for SJP USF’s reported use of the word “Holocaust” in reference to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
On February 4, 2014, Fakhoury shared to Facebook an image of Dietrich Bonhoeffery, a German theologian known for his stand against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party.
Fakhour wrote in her post that she “finds it ironic that Students for Justice in Palestine is beginning their petition which demands divestment from companies involved in Israel's illegal occupation, the same day in which a freedom fighter is commemorated for his struggle against Nazi oppression.”
On August 4, 2014, Fahkoury shared to Facebook an SJP USF image showing Adolf Hitler performing a Nazi salute, with text reading: “WE ARE THE MASTER RACE,” next to an image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his hand raised and text reading: “WE ARE GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE.” SJP USF commented: “Justifications.”
In her Facebook post, Fakhoury wrote that she “used to apologize to her Jewish friends when they would get offended at her saying a holocaust is being committed by Israel.”
Fakhoury continued: “After the past sixty-six years, and the most recent massacres, she apologizes to the Palestinians for not identifying their struggle with a term more powerful. By definition, a holocaust is ‘destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.’ It's what happened in Germany, and it is what's happening in Gaza- and she will not say sorry anymore.”
Fakhoury shared the post during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE) against Hamas.
Israel commenced OPE in July 2014 to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
Supporting Terrorists
On November 14, 2013, Fakhouri wrote on Facebook in memory of Ahmed Jabari, second-in-command of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. One year earlier, during Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense (OPD), Jabari died in an Israeli airstrike, which Fakhoury called a “murder.” Fakhoury also called OPD a “barbaric attack.”Israel launched OPD to stop Hamas rocket attacks on Israeli civilians from Gaza. Over the course of eight days in November 2012, Palestinian terrorist groups fired more than 1,500 rockets at Israel. The majority struck Israel, damaging homes, schools and other civilian areas. Human Rights Watch noted: “Palestinian armed groups made clear in their statements that harming civilians was their aim.”
One photo that Fakhoury posted was of a man with a sign made by the terror group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) that said, in Arabic: “Greetings to our prisoners who are carrying out a hunger strike.”
On January 22, 2013, Fakhoury posted to Facebook an image in support of Samer Issawi.
Samer Issawi is a member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) who received a 26-year prison sentence in 2002. During the second intifada, Issawi manufactured and distributed pipe bombs and, in several incidents, fired indiscriminately on Israeli civilian vehicles.
Promoting Incitement
On November 4, 2014, Fakhoury posted to Facebook a photo of her herself in front of the Dome of the Rock on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. The image said: “#savealaqsa” and Fakhoury wrote in her post: “#savealaqsa
.”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.
On July 23, 2017, Fakhoury wrote on Facebook that “ugly Israel isn't letting people come to worship in Jerusalem.” Later in the same conversation, she commented: “Basically Israel is trying to take control of The Aqsa Mosque and of course the Muslims won't stand for that” and referred to Israel as “stolen Palestine.”
Also on July 28, 2017, Fakhoury posted to Facebook a video from a Jerusalem protest of people chanting [00:00:05]: “be-ruh be-dam nifdik ya Aqsa [with spirit, with blood we will redeem you Aqsa]!”
She wrote: “Protecting the holy Mosque is a cause to which all are immeasurably attached. ‘With soul and blood we will defend you, oh Aqsa’ they chant aloud. Have never seen a more beautiful and inspiring crowd.”
Spreading Hatred of Israel
On January 3, 2017, Fakhoury responded to a Facebook comment that said: “How can people (Christian, Jews, Muslims, etc.) dishonor God by their hatred and violence. I just do not get it.”Fakhoury wrote in response: “Not all those groups are dishonoring God by their hatred and violence. One group is systematically oppressing and conducting an ethnic cleanings [sic] against the other two.”
On October 23, 2015, Fakhoury wrote on Facebook: “wishes every ugly Zionist knew thousands and thousands of Palestinians, and millions and millions of other Muslims, are fasting today and tomorrow to thank God for saving Moses (upon him be peace) and the Children of Israel from Pharaoh. Occupation, oppression, and creating a repetition of your own ancestors' history is no way to return the favor.”
On November 11, 2014, Fakhoury claimed that Israel had wanted to “unload apartheid products” in the Tampa, FL port.
On October 23, 2014, Fakhoury wrote on Facebook that she was “was never more disgusted by the face of a liar until she met a Muslim Zionist. There is not even a title that can be more dishonest. Reminded that puppet that he is going to stand in front of God on the Day of Judgment and hear every one of his words again. He said ‘I know I am.’”
On July 10, 2014, during Israel’s OPE against Hamas, Fakhoury posted to Facebook a cartoon showing cameramen from BBC and CNN intently focused on filming a crying baby wearing a Star of David, while ignoring severed body parts of children in Gaza.
Anti-Israel Activism
As of April 2018, Fakhoury was reportedly a “member of the communications committee” for Eyewitness Palestine, formerly known as Interfaith Peace Builders (IFPB).Eyewitness Palestine, formerly known as IFPB until 2018, is an anti-Israel NGO that organizes activist delegations to Israel and the West Bank.
On February 24, 2016, Fakhoury wrote on Facebook about her attendance at a USF event. She said that she “has never had so much pleasure in ‘disruptfully’ leaving a room and letting the door slam behind her as she did during the lying speech of Israeli soldiers. Oppressive criminals are not welcome here.”
On November 30, 2014, Fakhoury posted to Facebook a photo of herself and Dr. Mads Gilbert at the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) national conference in Chicago. She called Gilbert a “hero of our time” and that she was “hardly able to stand next to him and not cry.”
Gilbert has been banned indefinitely from entering Gaza through Israel because of his connections to the Hamas leadership.
In 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2014 Gilbert was stationed at a hospital that served as a Hamas command center and rocket launching site. During that time he acted as a propagandist for the Hamas government in Gaza.
In 2001, following al Qaeda's September 11 terrorist attacks, Gilbert expressed support for the terror acts as a “legitimate response.” In December of 2009, Gilbert was accused of faking resuscitation on a dead child in Gaza for dramatic effect for a CNN video.
On April 23, 2014, Fakhoury posted to Facebook a photo of herself in front of an “apartheid wall” display, meant to demonize Israel’s security barrier. She wrote that she “has never done a hashtag in her life, but #USF4HUMANRIGHTS ✌.”
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 August 2, 2014, during Israel’s OPE against Hamas, Fakhoury posted to Facebook two photos of herself at an anti-Israel rally across from the White House.
Supporting BDS
On January 19, 2016, Fakhoury wrote on Facebook about a BDS resolution passing in the USF student senate. She wrote about herself, claiming: “To the Rabbi who called her out by name and said she was racist, she disagrees. She's standing of the side [sic] that would have been fighting for his ancestors in history.”On May 28, 2014, Fakhoury spoke [00:00:01] at a press conference, called in support of a BDS campaign at USF, led by SJP USF. In her presentation, captured in a Youtube video, Fakhoury equated [00:00:47] Israel with apartheid-era South Africa.
On April 10, 2014, Fakhoury posted to Facebook a photo of herself standing next to Israeli border police and holding a sign that said: “USF-BDS.”
On February 23, 2014, Fakhoury posted to Facebook a SJP USF video demonizing [00:00:18] Israel and promoting the group’s 2014 BDS campaign.
SJP USF - Spreading Anti-Semitism
On July 30, 2014, SJP USF posted an image to Facebook showing Adolf Hitler performing a Nazi salute with text reading: “WE ARE THE MASTER RACE,” next to an image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his hand raised and text reading: “WE ARE GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE.” SJP USF commented: “Justifications.”On November 18, 2013, SJP USF reportedly hosted and sponsored a game show “about Palestinian culture, geography and history” modeled on the TV show, "Jeopardy!"
SJP USF - Demonizing Israel
As of August 2019, an SJP USF Facebook post from February 14, 2015, remained on the group’s Facebook page. The original SJP USF shared an article and quoted the story’s headline: “Israeli authorities usually open the floodgates to their dams in the direction of the Gaza Strip - without prior notice - in order to discharge the enormous quantities of water that had accumulated due to the heavy rains in the region. #Gaza.”Less than two weeks later, Al Jazeera retracted a similar story, noting: “In southern Israel, there are no dams of the type which can be opened.”
On February 25, 2016, SJP USF members reportedly joined with other BDS supporters to disrupt a talk at USF given by two Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers. One of the protesters called the soldiers “murderers and child killers” and was eventually was escorted out by police.
On September 5, 2014, SJP USF held an event titled: “The Hidden Genocide: The Story of Palestine.” The Facebook event page referred to Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE) against Hamas earlier that year as a “summer of atrocious massacres.”
Israel commenced OPEin July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
One of the speakers at the event was Hamas supporter Sheikh Monzer Taleb, who was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) terrorism finance trial. Taleb was not brought to trial.
However, five other defendants were brought to trial and were indicted for funneling funds to Hamas. These five, known as the Holy Land Five (HL5), were convicted and sentenced in 2009 to federal prison terms from 15 to 65 years.
SJP USF - Promoting BDS
On February 10, 2014, SJP USF posted a video to Vimeo promoting its “Divest 2014” campaign. The video claimed that USF invested in companies that made “fighter jets and rockets that the IDF uses against civilians in the Gaza strip.”On May 28, 2014, the USF Foundation, which manages USF investments from donor contributions, reportedly rejected an SJP USF petition calling on the school to divest from multiple companies doing business with Israel.
On January 14, 2015, SJP USF purchased [00:05:18] space on a Tampa, Florida billboard to demand that USF stop its investments “in Apartheid Israel.”
On January 20, 2016, the USF Oracle, USF’s student newspaper, reported that a BDS resolution passed in the student government, as a result of SJP USF’s BDS campaigning the previous two years.
On January 25, 2016, SJP USF President Rahma Elmohd posted a Facebook video urging the USF student government president to sign the resolution.
On January 27, 2016, the USF Oracle reported that the USF student government president and vice president both vetoed the resolution.
On February 4, 2016, the USF Oracle reported that a second BDS resolution was submitted by USF student senator and member of SJP USF Hala Alkattan. That resolution was identical to the previous one which was supported by SJP USF but was categorized differently so that the USF student government president and vice president could not veto it.
On February 11, 2016, the USF Oracle reported that the second BDS resolution was struck down by the USF student government supreme court since it violated the USF Constitution’s equal protection clause. The USF Oracle reported that the university’s supreme court found that “the resolution violated the racial and national origin elements of the clause by specifically targeting companies that have business in 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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Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/605786144/LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/malak-fakhoury-79002b54
Blog:https://malakfakhoury.wordpress.com/
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