Mohammad Horreya
Overview
Mohammad Horreya has spread anti-Semitism, equated Israel with Nazi Germany, expressed support for terrorists and spread hatred of Israel online.Horreya was reportedly the president of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Ryerson University (Ryerson) during the 2013-2014 academic year, when Horreya was a “fourth-year business student.” He was also an activist within the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement at Ryerson.
In November 2012, Horreya indicated on Facebook that he “went” to the 2012 National SJP Conference at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Spreading Anti-Semitism
On July 18, 2014, Horreya tweeted: “@NoorKustiro wallah it's agonizing. Allah ya5od el yahood el thalemeen [By Allah, it’s agonizing. May Allah annihilate the oppressive Jews].”On May 4, 2014, Horreya tweeted: “@linamd_
whatever... Your team is owned by an Israeli zio .”The term "Zio" is a common derogatory reference to Zionists, as well as an often-used anti-Semitic slur among white supremacists.
On April 8, 2014, Horreya tweeted: “Walking with an entire qabeela [tribe] right now to the presidents office. Apparently he's having a ‘public’ meeting on BDD with zios on campus.”
On March 18, 2014, Horreya tweeted: “When we crushed the zios motion last year (a motion not allowing us to pass BDS), I'll never forget, they nearly left in tears. I CANT WAITT.”
On November 16, 2012, Horreya tweeted: “#NobodyLikes Israel, oh, except for privileged Jewish white people who believe they were the ‘chosen ones’”
On November 15, 2012, Horreya tweeted: “If these ‘Jews’ on campus had half a heart they would cower in embarrassment, rather than propagate zionist filth.”
On October 2, 2012, Horreya tweeted: “A lot of my efforts in SJP this year will go towards combating the propaganda of zionists on campus- Starting with the black jew dialgoue.”
On August 27, 2012, Horreya tweeted: “Allahuma 3alaika bil yahood athalameen. Allahuma monzila al kitab, mojriya asahab, hazeema al ahzab, ihzimhom wa zalzilhom.Dua'a for #Gaza [O Allah deal with the oppressive Jews. O Allah who brought down the book (Quran), who makes the clouds move, who defeats the multitudes, defeat then and shake them up. A supplication for #Gaza].”
On August 21, 2012, Horreya tweeted: “Person: where are you from? Me: Palestine. Person: oh, there are a lot of Jews there, no? Me: not really, there are lot of Zionists.”
On July 11, 2012, Horreya tweeted: “Lol, 131 pages of #Hasbara - the ‘Hasbara Handbook’. The first bible for for every good little Jew.”
On June 5, 2012, Horreya tweeted: “No Jew in Brooklyn will decide the fate of my land..”
On May 28, 2012, Horreya tweeted: “@ellekay_ seriously.. Their education serves to teach children that they r 1) chosen ones nd 2) forever victims .. #supremacy #hate.”
Equating Israel to Nazi Germany
On March 14, 2013, Horreya tweeted: “For the record, nobody ‘demonizes’ Israel... The same way the Allies didn't need to vilify Hitler for the world to see that he was messed up.”On November 15, 2012, Horreya tweeted a Reuters photo of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu delivering a media statement and wrote: “(Sorry for putting this 5ara [s**t] on your timeline) When I saw this I was reminded of Hitler's speech in Triumph of the Will.”
On July 17, 2012, Horreya tweeted: “#Nazi mentality = #zionist mentalitity.. Both are founded on hate.”
Supporting Terrorists
On March 19, 2012, a Mondoweiss article reported that Horreya began a hunger strike on behalf of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militant Hana Shalabi.Hana Shalabi is reportedly a supporter of the terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) who was arrested in 2012 for alleged “involvement in planned attacks” by PIJ.
In the article, Horreya was quoted supporting Khader Adnan: “Hana, Khader, and all other political prisoners represent the courage of the Palestinians.”
Khader Adnan was a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization. A 2007 YouTube video showed Adnan praising and encouraging suicide bombings: "Who among you will carry the next explosive belt? Who among you will fire the next bullets? Who among you will have his body parts blown all over?” In May 2023, Adnan died in prison after refusing medical treatment during a hunger strike.
On February 11, 2016, Horreya tweeted a photo of graffiti on a building featuringemblems of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
and drawings of an assault rifle and grenade.
On September 21, 2015, Horreya tweeted a video from an anti-Israel rally featuring [00:00:20] a PFLP flag. Horreya commented: “







.”On July 15, 2015, Horreya tweeted: “Men in the Sun #kanafani.” The tweet featured a screenshot of a poem written by Ghassan Kanafani.
Kanafani was a leading member and spokesperson of the designated terrorist organization the PFLP in its early years.
Kanafani announced the PFLP’s responsibility for the Lod Airport Massacre of May 1972 and was linked to the airport attackers. The attack killed 26 people.
Khattab was detained on December 13, 2014, and sentenced to six months jail time on February 16, 2015 for throwing rocks, while celebrating the 47th anniversary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)’s founding.
On August 9, 2014, during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE),nHorreya posted a Facebook photo of masked Palestinian militants from the first intifada in 1987.
Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
On November 24, 2013, Horreya posted a Facebook photo romanticizing armed Palestinian militants.
On June 15, 2012, Horreya posted a Facebook photo showing himself wearing an orange jumpsuit with a paper taped on himself which stated: “#PALHUNGER.”
The 2012 prisoners’ hunger strike included convicted terrorists from PIJ, as well as Hamas military commander, Abdullah al-Barghouti, who was sentenced to serve 67 life sentences for his significant role in multiple terrorist attacks.
Another hunger striker was Palestinian terrorist Samer Issawi — who received a 26 year prison sentence for shooting at Hebrew University students and Israeli police in 2002, as well as for manufacturing and distributing pipe bombs.
Spreading Hatred of Israel
On December 5, 2014, Horreya tweeted: “@markhumphrys @askintoofew @DaraDeBrun you're not holding both sides to the same standards here. Zionists, lynch Palestinians, black people,”On September 15, 2014, Horreya wrote an blog post where he claimed Hamas was not responsible for the kidnap and murder of three Israelihigh-schoolers on June 12, 2014.
Hamas claimed responsibility for the act two months prior to Horreya’s article.
In his blog post, Horreya alleged that “the allegations that Hamas was behind the kidnappings turned out to be untrue” and that “Israel needed a reason to repeat its previous two invasions on Gaza, so why not manufacture one.”
On February 11, 2014, Horreya wrote on Facebook: “Sure Israel loves you, if you belong to the ‘right’ race and religion.”
On September 21, 2013, Horreya tweeted: “Zionism is the worlds problem.”
On November 23, 2012, Horreya tweeted: “I'm sick of having to side step in discussions when Hamas inevitably comes up. I deem the IDF a terrorist organization, so there.”
On June 19, 2012, Horreya tweeted: “#Terror is the province of #Zionism.”
BDS Activism
On April 2, 2014, Horreya reportedly proposeda motion to the Ryerson Students Union (RSU) at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) that called on the RSU to endorse BDS.During the AGM, Horreya reportedly stated that: “[Y]ou’ve got the Israli [sic] army, which I like to refer to as the best trained, best equipped, best fed terrorist organization in the world… their entire purpose is terrorism.”
The motion, which passed, prohibited the RSU from “from working with companies who do business in Israel, including Home Depot, Costco and Sears...Sabra Hummus, sold at the Ryerson cafeteria, also will be discontinued.”
On April 2, 2014, Horreya tweeted: “‘This motion is not anti-jewish, this is about critiquing a rutheless state’ #RUBDS.”
On March 25, 2014, Horreya endorsed BDS in a Facebook post and wrote that he had submitted a BDS motion to the RSU.
SJP Ryerson - Spreading Conspiracy Theories
On February 12, 2012, SJP Ryerson spread the libel that “a large group of Zionists” were plotting to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque has long been a traditional pretext for Arab attacks against Jews.SJP Ryerson - Hosting Anti-Israel Speakers
On November 21, 2013, SJP Ryerson hosted an event titled “ISRAEL: APARTHEID NOT DEMOCRACY” featuring anti-Israel journalist Ben White. SJP Ryerson also hosted White in 2012.On March 19, 2012, SJP Ryerson promoted the Toronto protest called “Global March to Jerusalem,” an international anti-Israel protest. At least one of the protests in Israel turned violent.
SJP Ryerson - Supporting Terrorists
On May 14, 2012, SJP Ryerson posted an image to Facebook supporting “ Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike” with names of multiple prisoners. The top names on the list were militantsfromthePalestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Bilal Thiab and Thaer Halahleh.On April 20, 2012, SJP Ryerson posted a photo to Facebook of Khader Adnan, a senior member of PIJ. A 2007 YouTube video shows Adnan praising and encouraging suicide bombings: “Who among you will carry the next explosive belt? Who among you will fire the next bullets? Who among you will have his body parts blown all over?”
On March 21, 2012, SJP Ryerson tweeted support for PIJ militant Hana Shalabi.
SJP Ryerson - Demonizing Israel
On April 16, 2014, SJP Ryerson attempted to link Zionism with white supremacy by quoting a white supremacist terrorist who killed three people at two Jewish centers that month. SJP Ryerson included an article by anti-Israel propagandist Max Blumenthal with the headline: “Alleged K.C. killer: 'If Jews can have a state of their own, why can't we have a White Christian state?’”On April 9, 2014, SJP Ryerson tweeted: “The Israeli Army which I like to refer as the best trained, best equipped,best fed terrorist organization” along with a video of anti-Israel propagandist Miko Peled. Peled is known for the allegation and in 2013 tweeted that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) “lusts for blood.”
On August 18, 2012, SJP Ryerson tweeted a video from an anti-Israel demonstration where protesters chanted “Zionism is racism” and held a sign reading “STOP PALESTINIAN GENOCIDE: END ZIONIST APARTHEID.”
On August 17, 2012, SJP Ryerson promoted the aforementioned rally, which was the annual Iranian-backed “International Day of Al-Quds” protest, a global annual demonstration against Israel’s existence.
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.
Social Media and Weblinks
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/100001534815483 [Deactivated]Twitter:https://twitter.com/abuhorreya [Deleted]
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/abu_horreya/ [Private]
- Status:
- Unknown
- University:
- Toronto Metropolitan
- Organizations:
- BDS,
- SJP
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- Last Modified:
- 06/23/2025