Malik Nusseibeh
Overview
Malik Nusseibeh [Malik F. Nusseibeh] promoted the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement as an activist with American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) in 2019.Nusseibeh also attended the 2019 National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Conference at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (UMN).National SJP held their conference at UMN - Twin Cities, from November 1-3, 2019. The conference was themed: “Beyond Struggle: From Roots to Branches Towards Liberation.”
As of December 2020, Nusseibeh’s LinkedIn page said he was a Software Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Bloomington, MN since January 2020..
As of the same date, Nusseibeh’s LinkedIn page said he received a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from UMN in 2018. He was a Web Developer and Researcher at UMN from July 2017 to May 2018.
In February 2020, Nusseibeh was listed as a board member for American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) in Minnesota (AMP-Minnesota).
As of October 2020, Nusseibeh used the name “Malik N.” on Instagram and LinkedIn.
BDS Activism
On April 11, 2019, Nusseibeh featured in Facebook group photos with AMP Minnesota activists holding a Palestinian flag on the steps of the U.S. Congress.That day, AMP Minnesota wrote on Facebook that the day comprised “2 full days of advocacy training followed by a day on Capitol Hill in which we met with the offices of our elected officials. We met with the offices of - Senator Tina Smith - Senator Amy Klobuchar - Rep. Dean Phillips (CD 3) - Rep. Betty McCollum (CD 4) - Rep. Ilhan Omar (CD 5) - Rep. Tom Emmer (CD 6).”
The post went on to say that one of the “main issues” presented to lawmakers by the delegation, in which Nusseibeh participated, was ”opposing bills that violate the constitutional right to boycott for Palestinian rights.”
The post also said that the event concluded with a talk with Rashida Tlaib, who emphasized the importance of connecting Plaestinian advocacy “with other social justice movements” in the U.S.
AMP Activism
On September 1, 2020, Nusseibeh featured in an AMP Instagram group photo promoting a Community Meeting to discuss Virtual Palestine Advocacy Day, scheduled for September 14 -18, 2020.The event’s Facebook description said that AMP “has decided to postpone our ‘in-person’ Palestine Advocacy Day (PAD) until next March due to the Coronavirus pandemic,” and announced that the 2021 AMP PAD is scheduled for March 21-23, 2021.
On December 3, 2019, Nusseibeh appeared in an AMP Minnesota Instagram photo in a post that promoted a LaunchGood campaign page to raise money for AMP-Minnesota activists to attend the 2020 AMP PAD.
On December 2, 2019, Nusseibeh appeared in a photo taken at the “12th Annual AMP Convention in Chicago” that was shared on Facebook by AMP Minnesota. Nusseibeh posed alongside anti-Israel activist Marc Lamont Hill, who featured as a speaker at the Convention.
In November 2018, Marc Lamont Hill was fired from his position as a contributor to CNN following controversial comments he made during a meeting held at the United Nations for an “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.”
During the meeting, Hill reportedly whitewashed Palestinian violence and accused Israel of “state violence and ethnic cleansing.” He also called for a “free Palestine from the river to the sea.”
Attending the 2019 National SJP Conference
On November 4, 2019, Clarissa Bitar shared Nusseibah’s Instagram story from the 2019 National SJP Conference. On the same day, Bitar posted on Instagram: “This weekend I hosted a workshop on the impact of the Nakba on Palestinian music and musicians to student organizers from across the nation. Thank you to everyone who attended 🇵🇸”The Conference partnered with numerous anti-Israel organizations and conducted their event in a clandestine manner.
2019 National SJP - Supporting BDS
The Conference website called to capitalize on shifts in the political climate, represented by the elections to the U.S. Congress of Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who both support BDS. National SJP speakers also reportedly drew attention to Rep. Omar’s support for the BDS movement as the Representative for UMN’s Congressional district.During the Conference, National SJP speakers reportedly “noted the success of past divestment campaigns at the University [UMN], which ultimately resulted in the passing of a campus-wide [BDS] referendum in 2018.”
The UMN resolution passed in 2018 by a margin of 3.4 percent of those students who voted, translating to approval by 6.18% of all eligible voters. Less than 13% of the eligible voters actually voted on UMN’s BDS referendum.
2019 National SJP - Rejecting Israel and Zionism
The 2019 National SJP Conference website indicated that the goal of their “solidarity movement” was to push for policies that “demanded the end of” the state of Israel, referred to as “the Israeli occupation.”The website clarified that “the Palestinian struggle against Zionism, extends beyond the confines of 1967, and well before the Nakba,” and was based on the rejection of Jewish national self-determination in Israel.
Nakba is an Arabic term for “catastrophe” and refers to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term often used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel.
2019 National SJP - Heightened Secrecy
The 2019 National SJP Conference required attendees to be “verified and vouched for” by an SJP chapter to which they belonged and required each chapter to register as a group. The conference also required each group to be verified by a “reference––someone who is NOT going to this conference but who is or has recently been a part of your SJP.”2019 National SJP - Partnering Organizations
National SJP partnered with other anti-Israel organizations to table, sell merchandise and lead workshops, including CODEPINK, Palestine Youth Movement (PYM), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), Palestine Legal, Watan Palestine and the Adalah Justice Project.Keynote speakers included Loubna Qutami, Chair of PYM, as well as Taher Herzallah of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). Other speakers included Miko Peled, Sandra Tamari, Suhad Katib, Chris Gazaleh, Clarissa Bitar, Tariq Luthun, Maytha Alhassen and Sima Shakhsari.
AMP
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) was founded by UC Berkeley Professor Hatem Bazian as a vehicle to generate mainstream support in the United States for the Palestinian national cause.
On its website, the organization lists Bazian as the chairman of its national board and describes itself as “a national education and grassroots-based organization, dedicated to educating the American public about Palestine and its rich cultural, historical and religious heritage.”
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has accused AMP of promoting “extreme anti-Israel views and has at times provided a platform for anti-Semitism under the guise of educating Americans” about Palestinians. The ADL further stated that AMP is directly involved in campus-based anti-Israel activity through Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
Prior to founding the AMP in 2006, Dr. Bazian created SJP together with fellow UC Berkeley Professor Snehal Shingavi in 2001. The close working relationship between AMP and SJP has been documented several times over the years by several organizations, including NGO Monitor and StandWithUs.
In addition to providing financial, public relations and legal assistance to SJP, AMP has also been accused of having connections to Hamas. The AMP national board includes former members of both the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP) and Holy Land Foundation (HLF), both of which were found liable for aiding and abetting Hamas. The IAP was founded by Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, a senior member of Hamas.
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.
Social Media and Weblinks
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