Mariame Moumena has spread hatred of Jews and Israel on social media. Moumena has also promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
Moumena was a
student at UMD as of the spring of 2015. Screenshots from her Twitter account show that she was a university student as of the fall semester of 2014.
Anti-Jewish Social Media Posts
Moumena has claimed to harbor no hatred towards Jews. For instance, on April 10, 2016, Moumena — in the comments section of an announcement for a pro-Israel event at UMD —
said: “... there's no hatred towards Jewish people only towards genocide.”
However, on April 4, 2017, Moumena
tweeted: “I've seen f**king yahood [Jews] wearing keffiyah in my university complete trash excuses of people.”
On October 30, 2014, Moumena
tweeted: “The amount of yahood [Jews] at my uni is disgustingly high .”
On October 10, 2014, Moumena
tweeted: “Yan3al al yahood wa abu Al yahood [Damn the Jews and the Father of the Jews] .”
On September 27, 2014, Moumena
tweeted: “Did I just see an Arab girl support the yahood [Jews]? what the actual f**k....hope she stays sucking them in hell. ”
On September 14, 2014, Moumena
tweeted: “@MustafaSuliman7 LOOL I don't remember his @ just that his name was Jacob and his avi was the yahood khara [sh**ty Jewish] flag.”
On September 14, 2014, Moumena
tweeted: “@MustafaSuliman7 just find that yahoodi [Jew] Jacob and @ him .”
On July 10, 2014, Moumena
tweeted in Arabic: “Al youm sheft yahoodi labes al kippah ta3 khra lmao, kayen bezaf menhoum fi my university 0. O [Hey you, you worthless Jew wearing a kippa, you're c**p lmao, there are a lot of them at my university.]”
Anti-Israel Conspiracy Theories
On July 12, 2014, Moumena
tweeted: “I swear I might leave the usa when I'm older. Everything here is controlled by zionists , disgusting.”
On July 9, 2014, Moumena tweeted: “Jordan’s gov. Obviously controlled by Zionists/Zionist lovers. A picture of what happens when the people protest Israel.”
On July 9, 2014, Moumena — after someone tweeted to her “Why can’t surrounding countries help out Palestine” — tweeted: “because the leadership is controlled by Zionist loving pigs.”
Demonizing Israel Supporters
On March 8, 2017, Moumena
tweeted about a self-proclaimed “proud Zionist and a proud feminist,” stating: “You’re not a feminist. You support genocide, apartheid, stealing of land and culture, and depriving humans of basic human rights.”
On June 15, 2016, Moumena — after someone on Twitter said “I luv Facebook its where all the racists come out” —
tweeted: “its how I found out half my hs were Zionists.”
On April 10, 2016, Moumena — in the comments section of an announcement for a pro-Israel event at UMD —
said: “Of course because Arabs apparently are not Semites? According to some of course lol. Defending genocide, cruel occupation and thievery of land and culture, is really difficult so it's always better to avoid those discussions and blame everything on ‘anti Semitism.’ Even though many Jewish people are against the occupation and there's no hatred towards Jewish people only towards genocide.”
On July 15, 2014, Moumena
tweeted: “@reemasaadeh as far as im concerned, he's free to join the rest of the zionists in hell, there's plenty of room to go around :) lol”
Demonizing Israel
On November 29, 2014, Moumena tweeted: “Netanyahu is a candidate for TIME’s person of the year award. I guess he represents American ideals: genocide and stealing native land.”
On July 29, 2014, Moumena tweeted: “How do people not know that Israel didn’t exist before 1947 lmfao, it still doesn’t exist, just occupying land of Palestinians.”
On July 21, 2014, Moumena tweeted: “the zionists know nothing about Judaism because the Torah itself states the Jews aren’t allowed a state for themselves.”
On July 18, 2014, Moumena tweeted: “Zionist Israel is a combination of Nazi Germany, Apartheid South Africa, and the genocide and stealing of land from the Natives in America.”
On July 6, 2014, Moumena tweeted: “Welcome to Israel. where chanting ‘Death to Arabs’ is democracy, running over children is equality, and firing on funerals is peace.”
BDS Support
On October 28, 2014, Moumena
tweeted: “@Dun___Dun I was so close to buying jewelry made in Israel until right before I reached the cashier I saw it I threw that c**p back .”On
July 17, 2014, Moumena tweeted: “almost bought this necklace today..until I saw it was made in Israel. A lot of rhinestone pieces are made there actually…”
Supporting SJP UMD
On April 30, 2016, Moumena shared a Youtube video of an SJP UMD protest that took place on April 19, 2016. SJP UMD held a “
die-in” disrupting the annual Israel Fest celebration — a non-political event held at UMD to celebrate Israeli culture.
On the day of the die-in, Moumena
claimed she was not able to attend but had wanted to be present.
During the die-in, students lay on the ground near the Israel Fest participants and blocked student walkways. Several SJP UMD activists
refused police requests to get off the ground and clear the area. Many demonstrators continued to
occupy the space, in
defiance of university rules and
engaged in heated
confrontations with campus police.
SJP UMD co-president
Shane James led the
chant: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” The chant, a standard feature at SJP rallies, calls for the dismantling of Israel as a Jewish state.
When some onlookers challenged SJP UMD for spreading propaganda, one SJP activist
conjured the conspiracy theory: “When the textbooks are written and taught by the Jewish or the Israeli faculty? Of course they’re biased!” Another SJP UMD activist
accused Israel of “genocide.”
Soltanmohammadi led the
chant: “Netanyahu what do you say, how many kids did you kill today?” The demonstrators
called for shutting down Israel’s “border wall” and accused Israel of “ethnic cleansing” and having “racist policies.” Some demonstrators
held signs painted with simulated blood stains,
reading: “Zionism Kills.”
Following the rally, Soltanmohammadi led the protestors in a march on Israel Fest, where — against campus rules — they laid down on an adjacent walkway for the die-in. During the march toward Israel Fest, they
chanted: “Israel is an apartheid state. Israel is a terror state. Israel is a racist state.”
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.
Social Media and Weblinks
