Mona Zubi
Overview
Mona Zubi [Mona Omar Zubi] has spread hatred of Zionists, Israelis and Israel. Zubi also promoted the “Deadly Exchange” and expressed support for anti-Israel agitators.
Zubi pushed for the boycott of Jewish and Israeli Institutions as an activist for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Zubi was a board member of SJP UIC during the 2020 academic year.
Zubi attended the 2019 National SJP Conference at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (UMN) as an activist with SJP UIC.National SJP held their conference at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (UMN), from November 1-3, 2019. The conference was themed: “Beyond Struggle: From Roots to Branches Towards Liberation.”
Zubi is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
As of June 2022, Zubi’s LinkedIn page said she graduated from UIC with a bachelor’s degree in Public Policy Analysis, with a concentration in health policy and a minor in Russian Language and Studies, in 2021.
As of the same date, Zubi’s LinkedIn said she was a Social Media Outreach Coordinator at UIC’s Arab American Cultural Center (ArabAmCC), from August 2019 to May 2021.
Zubi’s LinkedIn also said she was a College Outreach Representative for Prospective Students at UIC from April 2018 to May 2021.
In June 2022, Zubi was offered an English teaching assistant grant by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2022–23 academic year. On June 7, 2022, UIC Today, the official UIC announcement channel, reported that Zubi “will travel to Tajikistan, where she will create English learning programs and events at the American Space, a U.S. State Department-funded community center.”
UIC Today also reported that Zubi has “plans to pursue a master’s in public policy, achieve full fluency in Russian and potentially receive a PhD.”
As of June 2022, Zubi’s LinkedIn said she had been a Montessori Assistant Teacher at Near North Montessori School in Chicago since August 2021.
In December 2020, Zubi indicated on her Facebook bio that she had studied at Birzeit University (Birzeit) in Ramallah.
As of June 2022, Zubi used the name “Mona Omar” on Facebook. As of the same date, Zubi used the name “#SaveSheikhJarrah” and the handle “@uzbekbint” on Twitter.
As of the same date, Zubi’s LinkedIn said she was located in Chicago.
The meme was a photo of a young girl in a playground, hiding her face while a young boy bullied her as two other girls looked on.
Zubi pushed for the boycott of Jewish and Israeli Institutions as an activist for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Zubi was a board member of SJP UIC during the 2020 academic year.
Zubi attended the 2019 National SJP Conference at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (UMN) as an activist with SJP UIC.National SJP held their conference at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (UMN), from November 1-3, 2019. The conference was themed: “Beyond Struggle: From Roots to Branches Towards Liberation.”
Zubi is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
As of June 2022, Zubi’s LinkedIn page said she graduated from UIC with a bachelor’s degree in Public Policy Analysis, with a concentration in health policy and a minor in Russian Language and Studies, in 2021.
As of the same date, Zubi’s LinkedIn said she was a Social Media Outreach Coordinator at UIC’s Arab American Cultural Center (ArabAmCC), from August 2019 to May 2021.
Zubi’s LinkedIn also said she was a College Outreach Representative for Prospective Students at UIC from April 2018 to May 2021.
In June 2022, Zubi was offered an English teaching assistant grant by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2022–23 academic year. On June 7, 2022, UIC Today, the official UIC announcement channel, reported that Zubi “will travel to Tajikistan, where she will create English learning programs and events at the American Space, a U.S. State Department-funded community center.”
UIC Today also reported that Zubi has “plans to pursue a master’s in public policy, achieve full fluency in Russian and potentially receive a PhD.”
As of June 2022, Zubi’s LinkedIn said she had been a Montessori Assistant Teacher at Near North Montessori School in Chicago since August 2021.
In December 2020, Zubi indicated on her Facebook bio that she had studied at Birzeit University (Birzeit) in Ramallah.
As of June 2022, Zubi used the name “Mona Omar” on Facebook. As of the same date, Zubi used the name “#SaveSheikhJarrah” and the handle “@uzbekbint” on Twitter.
As of the same date, Zubi’s LinkedIn said she was located in Chicago.
Hatred of Zionists
On February 28, 2021, Zubi tweeted a meme headlined: “START ZIONIST SHAMING part 2,” with the comment “it’s my contribution to liberation!”The meme was a photo of a young girl in a playground, hiding her face while a young boy bullied her as two other girls looked on.
Text near the boy read: “how are you so dirty when u have access to more water than Palestinians? go shower.”Other text in the meme read: “invade any neighboring countries today?” “UNCULTURED!” and “why are you so scared of rocks?”
On February 11, 2021, Zubi tweeted: “I personally would like to buy dinner for the person who egged this zionists balcony, thank you for your service.” Zubi attached a video of a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) student’s apartment displaying an Israeli flag, which had been vandalized with raw eggs.
In the same thread, Zubi tweeted: “you don’t get to claim anti-semitism when when u choose to showcase a flag that represents the ethnic cleansing and oppression of the indigenous Palestinian people.”
In a January 31, 2021 Twitter thread, Zubi joked about her former roommate, writing: “YALL I just found out my former roommate is a huge zionist
homegirl lived with my palestinian a** for a whole year and never told me! I KNOW she must’ve been uncomfortable asf [as f**k].” Zubi tweeted in the same thread: “all the ways I could’ve bullied her, missed opportunities.”On December 4, 2020, Zubi posted to Twitter a meme with bold, red text that said: “Start Zionist Shaming.” Zubi commented on the graphic: “and normalize it
.” SJP UIC posted the same meme on its Instagram, on December 11, 2020, with the comment: “Here’s some memes to end your finals week :).”The meme also showed comment balloons with phrases that read: “steal anyone’s land today?” “racist!” “COLONIZER!” and ZIONISTS HAVE NO CULTURE!”
Hatred of Israelis
On May 14, 2021, Zubi tweeted: “Israelis are settlers, meaning they immigrated to Palestine to illegally settle on the land, meaning they have another passport from the country they came from. Why do you think so many Israelis speak with an American accent?”One way that anti-Israel activists spread anti-Semitism is by claiming that Israeli Jews have no connection to the Land of Israel.
On January 30, 2021, Zubi tweeted: “palestinians: ‘plz stop killing us.’ israelis: ‘it’s so triggering when palestinians say this. not all of us are murderers, some of us are just thieves!’”
On June 26, 2019, Zubi tweeted: “... Because being an occupier means that you will suppress and silence the occupied by any means necessary to keep your illegitimate, poor excuse of a country.”
The same day, Zubi tweeted:“In Al Quds University in Jerusalem, Israel build the apartheid wall to cut through the path to the university.”
Zubi’s tweet referred to Israel’s security barrier, 97% 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.
She also tweeted: “... From 2001 to 2003, the road to Birzeit University was sealed off by an Israeli army roadblock. This checkpoint’s purpose was SOLEY to prohibit movement among Palestinian students to attend-.”
Israeli checkpoints were built to prevent terror attacks, such as suicide bombings, against Israel's civilian population.
Birzeit University’s student body has celebrated terrorists since at least 2003. That year, student government elections featured models of exploding Israeli buses, as parties competed on the basis of which Palestinian faction had killed the most Israelis.
On June 15, 2019, Zubi posted a photo of herself on Instagram standing in front of a red warning sign, written in Hebrew, Arabic and English, forbidding Israeli citizens from entering into Area “A,” which is controlled by the Palestinian Authority (PA).
Zubi commented: “since we Palestinians are so dangerous! After all, rocks are more scary than AK’s [assault rifle]
.”Although romanticized as a form of “popular resistance,” rock throwing remains a deadly form of violence.
Hatred of Israel
On May 12, 2021, during the global Coronavirus pandemic, Zubi tweeted: “Israel and the US both practice medical apartheid.”Under the Oslo Accords [p. 5], the Palestinian Authority (PA) is responsible for providing health services to Palestinians under its jurisdiction. In December 2020, PA officials reportedly contacted Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) department to request the vaccine, which Israel agreed to provide.
On May 10, 2021, Zubi tweeted: “I always said Yang was a spineless bitch boy!” Zubi’s tweet was in response to a tweet by American politician Andrew Yang that said: “I'm standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks, and condemn the Hamas terrorists…”
In May 2021, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists fired over 4,300 rockets from Gaza at major population centers in Israel. Israel responded by launching OGW, carrying out targeted military strikes in Gaza.
On August 11, 2020, Zubi tweeted: “anyways, f**k Israel.”
On May 15, 2020, Zubi posted on Instagram: “Forever and always: f**k Israel #nakba72#freepalestine.”
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.
On December 9, 2019, Zubi posted on Instagram: “...Israel is a fake country built on the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, that’s all.”
On November 20, 2019, soon after Israel’s “Operation Black Belt,” Zubi posed for an SJP UIC Instagram photo taken at an SJP Chicago “die-in” rally held that day in Chicago. The rally was co-hosted by SJP UIC and six other SJP chapters.
In November 2019, Israel launched Operation Black Belt to stop rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel. From November 12 to November 14, 2019, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror group sent hundreds of rockets into Israel, targeting major civilian population centers.
At the “die-in” rally, Zubi held a poster which read: “Zionism is Racism” and also held an Israeli flag with fellow SJP activist Omar Awadh displaying the word “GENO
CIDE.”
On November 20, 2019, soon after Israel’s “Operation Black Belt,” Zubi posed for an SJP UIC Instagram photo taken at an SJP Chicago “die-in” rally held that day in Chicago. The rally was co-hosted by SJP UIC and six other SJP chapters.
In November 2019, Israel launched Operation Black Belt to stop rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel. From November 12 to November 14, 2019, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror group sent hundreds of rockets into Israel, targeting major civilian population centers.
At the “die-in” rally, Zubi held a poster which read: “Zionism is Racism” and also held an Israeli flag with fellow SJP activist Omar Awadh displaying the word “GENO
CIDE.” The event’s Facebook description read: “This weeks bombing in Gaza is part of the larger ethnic cleansing of Palestine and a reoccurring attack on Gaza. Join us in a die-in to let the world know Chicago condemns Israel's war crimes!”
On November 26, 2019, Zubi appeared in a group photo posted on Instagram by SJP UIC, posing with fellow student SJP activists. The post was captioned: “From our moment of silence event on Friday [November 22nd]. Thank you everyone who came and supported us! 🇵🇸 .#sjp #freepalestine #palestine #studentsforjusticeinpalestine #palestinianoccupation #chicago #chicagosjp #sjpuic #uic #universityofillinoisatchicago.”
On June 22, 2019, Zubi posted a photo of herself on Instagram standing in front of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and commented: “y’all still supporting a settler colonial state? lmao [laughing my a** off] grow up.”
Promoting the “Deadly Exchange”
Zubi retweeted a July 2, 2020 tweet by anti-Israel AJ+ journalist Dena Takruri that read: “U.S. police are being trained by Israel, learning and bringing home the tactics the state uses to control the occupied Palestinian population that has no civil rights.”The tweet by Takruri linked to an AJ+ tweet that read: “There's a reason why U.S. police look like an "occupying force." They're being trained by Israel. (w/@Dena).”
AJ+ is a Qatari-funded propaganda media channel known for spreading misinformation and lies about Israel.
The tweet also included a video presented by Takruri, who commented [00:00:17]: “since the ‘90s, especially after 9/11, U.S. law enforcement, including police departments, the FBI, CIA and immigration officials have been trained by Israeli agents,” and [00:00:41] “communities of color in the U.S. are disproportionately paying the price.”
In 2017, JVP launched the “Deadly Exchange” (DX) campaign, accusing American Jewish organizations of promoting human rights abuses by coordinating exchange programs between American and Israeli security personnel to advance “worst practices" and racist policies. The campaign blamed [00:04:04] Jewish organizations for violence against Black and Brown communities, immigrants and activists in the U.S.
Expressing Support for Anti-Israel Agitators
Zubi retweeted a June 11, 2020 tweet that promoted anti-Israel agitator Angela Davis.
The caption said: “‘Palestine under Israeli occupation is the worst possible example of a carceral society.’ —Angela Davis.”
Zubi retweeted a March 16, 2020 tweet that read: “Today marks the 17th anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old American who was crushed to death by an Israeli soldier driving a bulldozer when she was trying to protect a #Palestinian home from being demolished. She will always be remembered. #FreePalestine.”
Angela Davis made the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List in 1970 after being charged as a principal in an aggravated kidnapping and first-degree murder, for purchasing the shotgun used in the abduction and killing of a judge.
Zubi retweeted a March 16, 2020 tweet that read: “Today marks the 17th anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old American who was crushed to death by an Israeli soldier driving a bulldozer when she was trying to protect a #Palestinian home from being demolished. She will always be remembered. #FreePalestine.”
International Solidarity Movement (ISM) activist Rachel Corrie was accidentally killed while interfering with an Israeli military operation in 2003. A wrongful death suit brought by Corrie’s family in Israel was dismissed when the judge ruled that Corrie had unreasonably chosen to put her own life in danger.
Zubi retweeted an August 15, 2019 tweet from anti-Israel activist Noura Erakat that read: “The fact that #Palestinians can’t welcome @RashidaTlaib & @IlhanMN on their own should indicate clearly to world the lack of parity bw [between] Israel - an apartheid state- & Palestinians - a stateless people whom they continue to control,cage, & oppress.We are alive bc of our resistance.”
Zubi’s retweet referred to the U.S. Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.
Rashida Tlaib was elected to the U.S. Congress in November 2018. She has advocated for a one-state solution, endorsed the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and called for reduced foreign aid to Israel. In July 2019, Tlaib co-sponsored a pro-BDS bill in the U.S. Congress introduced by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Ilhan Omar was elected to the U.S. Congress in 2018. In February 2019, top Congressional leaders denounced Omar for tweeting anti-Semitic remarks.
Zubi’s retweet referred to the U.S. Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.
Rashida Tlaib was elected to the U.S. Congress in November 2018. She has advocated for a one-state solution, endorsed the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and called for reduced foreign aid to Israel. In July 2019, Tlaib co-sponsored a pro-BDS bill in the U.S. Congress introduced by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Ilhan Omar was elected to the U.S. Congress in 2018. In February 2019, top Congressional leaders denounced Omar for tweeting anti-Semitic remarks.
Pushing the Boycott of Jewish and Israeli Institutions
In March 2021, Zubi linked in her Instagram bio to an SJP UIC“Open Letter,” calling on the university to cancel a talk by lsraeli academic Gadi Ben-Nun.
On February 2, 2021, SJP UIC condemned on Instagram UIC’s School of Public Health (SPH) for hosting a talk by Professor Gabi Bin Nun of Israel’s Ben Gurion University, titled “A Description of the Health Care System in Israel.”
On February 2, 2021, SJP UIC condemned on Instagram UIC’s School of Public Health (SPH) for hosting a talk by Professor Gabi Bin Nun of Israel’s Ben Gurion University, titled “A Description of the Health Care System in Israel.”
SJP UIC wrote: “This isn’t the first time we’ve protested UIC School of Public Health’s strong relations with colonial institutions,” adding: “Is social justice working with ethnic cleansers?”
SJP UIC then invited students to copy their email template protesting [slide 3] Professor Bin Nun’s talk and send it to UIC’s SPH.
On February 10, 2021, SJP UIC condemned UIC’s SPH for inviting Israeli speakers to campus, adding: “These speakers perpetuate the colonial ideology that Israel was founded on.”
On February 19, 2021, SJP UIC encouraged students on Instagram to sign an “Open Letter” condemning UIC’s SPH event featuring Professor Bin Nun.
The letter suggested the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF) was “racist, Islamophobic, and anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian” and condemned SPH for allowing the JUF to fund the SPH Israeli Visiting Scholars program. The letter went on to suggest Israel blocked Palestinian access to COVID-19 prevention and treatment.
The SJP UIC letter also made a series of demands of UIC, including “the termination of ties between SPH and Israeli academic institutions” and the “termination of speakers that are visiting UIC as representatives of Israeli Institutions.”
On March 3, 2021, SJP UIC posted to Instagram that its representatives attended Professor Bin Nun’s talk and “persistently asked questions regarding Palestine.”
On March 11, 2021, SJP UIC posted to Instagram: “SJP is calling all organizers and activists to join us starting 12 pm on March 16th in our social media storm demanding the UIC School of Public Health answer for why they work with Islamophobic, anti-Arab, transphobic and homophobic organizations.”
On March 16, 2021, SJP UIC launched their #CutTheTiesUICSPH social media campaign on Instagram and Twitter. SJP UIC’s “Twitter storm for SPH campaign” contained over 60 tweets to copy and tweet out, as well as downloadable graphics and testimonies of anti-Israel student activists who had attended Bin-Nun’s lecture.
The campaign called to cut ties with the JUF and to object to future JUF-sponsored meetings “like any other anti-religious group,” and suggested such meetings were affront to all of UIC’s Muslim students.
The JUF, also known as the Jewish Metropolitan Fund of Chicago and the Jewish Federation of Chicago, serves as the central philanthropic address of Chicago's Jewish community.
On March 16, 2021, Zubi tweeted: “Join @SJPUIC’s twitter storm and ask @uicpublichealth why they’re working with islamophobic organizations, and why they’re silencing students who support Palestinian rights? Tag #CutTheTiesUICSPH !!!!!”
On that same day, Zubi tweeted: “@uicpublichealth told students to attend an Israeli speaker event to bring the “Palestinian side” and then KICKED anyone out that asked a question about Palestine. What narrative is UIC SPH promoting???#CutTheTiesUICSPH.”
Zubi retweeted six other March 16, 2017 UIC SJP “#CutTheTiesUICSPH” tweets, including: “Instead of bringing Israelis to talk about how great their apartheid system is, why not bring Palestinians to talk about the injustices they face in health access and health equity? #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Another retweet stated: “Islamophobia is a product of Zionism, and UIC’s School of Public Health is complicit.”
Zubi retweeted SJP UIC’s April 7, 2021 tweet that said: “We have great news! This past Monday at the USG [Undergraduate Student Government] meeting a resolution was passed declaring USG stands in solidarity with SJP and their allies in our campaign demanding SPH cut ties with the Islamophobic and racist JUF and other Zionist entities! Solidarity
!”SJP Activism
On May 15, 2021, Zubi promoted to Twitter a “Chicago: Protest 4 Palestine! Rally & March” to be held the following day. The rally was organized by the Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine (Chicago CJP) and SJP Chicago.Zubi tweeted: “If you are infuriated by the fact that US tax dollars fund unspeakable violence against Palestinians, then join us on TOMORROW…for a march & rally!! #GazaUnderAttack #Nakba73.”
On May 11, 2021, Zubi promoted to Twitter a “Chicago Downtown Rally #HandsOffJerusalem #SaveSheikhJarrah” to be held the following day in Chicago. The rally was organized by Chicago CJP and SJP Chicago.
Zubi tweeted: “You’ve seen videos of what Israel is doing in Sheikh Jarrah, you’ve seen pictures of Israeli violence against Palestinians. You know what’s happening, now you need to show up for Palestine. If you’re in Chicago, show up TOMORROW at 4:00pm for a city wide March and Rally
.”In May 2021, calls to “save” Sheikh Jarrah, a Jerusalem neighborhood at the center of a property dispute, led to violence against Israelis and were one of the leading factors in Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists firing over 4,300 rockets from Gaza into Israel that month.
On July 14, 2020, Zubi promoted the sale of UIC SJP t-shirts on Twitter: “support student organizing and buy at shirt from UIC SJP! we fund our programming ourselves (courtesy of going to a public institution with limited money), and could really use your support!
”On July 17, 2020, SJP Chicago posted on Instagram: “Tune into our insta story for a virtual tour of Palestine with our SJP Chicago reps! We’ll be featuring tours of different cities everyday through the lens of a Palestinian.”
Zubi appeared in an SJP Chicago Instagram story on July 19, 2019 in the northern Israeli city of Safad. Text in the story accused Israelis of being “terrorists” and claimed there was “Zionist propaganda everywhere” in the city.
On November 17, 2019,Zubi appeared in a group photo posted to Instagram by SJP UIC, posing with fellow student SJP activists. The post was captioned: “SJP hard at work!!! Remember to check out our window when you’re walking through SCE [Student Centar (sic) East] this week!!!”
As shown in the Instagram post, SJP UIC painted a window on campus with text that read: “END ISRAELI APARTHEID,” “RIGHT OF RETURN” and “from the river to the sea.”
The “right of return” is a Palestinian demand discredited as a means to eliminate Israel.
“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” is a chant calling to dismantle the State of Israel. It has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state.
On May 1, 2019, Zubi appeared in an SJP UIC Facebook photo with pro-Palestinian Haaretz reporter Amira Hass who featured that day at an SJP UIC event titled: “Dilemmas of an Israeli Journalist covering Palestine.”
SJP UIC’s Facebook post was captioned: “Thank you to Amira Hass forsharing what it is like being an Israeli journalist covering Palestine.Her wisdom and insightful words on the Palestinian crisis were things we should reflect on.
”Amira Hass is a controversial Israeli journalist who wrote a 2013 op-ed encouraging Palestinians to throw rocks at Israelis. Palestinian rock throwing has resulted in the murder of at least 14 people, including three Arabs mistaken for Jews. In 2001, Hass was found guilty of defaming a Jewish community and ordered to pay damages after she published unsubstantiated Palestinian accounts claiming Jewish settlers defiled the body of a Palestinian militant.
On April 12, 2019, during SJP UIC’s Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) on UIC’s campus, Zubi appeared in a group photo posted to Instagram by SJP UIC, posing with fellow student SJP activists.
The post was captioned: “The Apartheid wall display was an absolute success! So proud of our campus. Thank you to everyone who came out, contributed, and showed solidarity. We stand for justice together as a team and a family
#uicsjpapartheidweek.”SJP UIC hosted IAW 2019 on campus from April 8 - 11, 2019.
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is presented internationally as a “series of events that seeks to raise awareness of…Israel’s settler-colonial project and apartheid system over the Palestinian people.” One of its goals is to build support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. IAW has been renamed Palestine Awareness Week.
On September 15, 2019, Zubi appeared in an SJP UIC Instagram photo with fellow student SJP activists participating in an SJP event a day earlier titled: “Palestine At The Park: SJP Chicago Kickoff.” The post was captioned: “Thank you everyone who came out to Palestine in the Park!!”
The event’s Facebook description read: “Join us as we bring Palestine to the Park! We’re kicking off the year with traditional Palestinian food, debka, games, and a sahra! Be a part of relaunching SJP Chicago and join the movement! Ahlan wa sahlan [Welcome]!”
Supporting BDS
On June 4, 2021, Zubi tweeted: “start complaining to your local stores that they shouldn’t supply Israeli products!! the more they hear it, the more likely they won’t order it in their next shipment.”On May 12, 2021, Zubi tweeted: “You can start supporting Palestine by changing some small behaviors in your everyday life, it’s as easy as not buying Sabra hummus and not watching movies with Gal Gadot. Boycotting matters because it’s effective!”
Sabra Hummus is partially owned by an Israeli company, the Strauss Group.
Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress.
On the same day,Zubi tweeted: “Long term, following BDS and boycotting Israeli products really really helps and is something to incorporate in everyday life behaviors!!”
On June 15, 2020, Zubi tweeted: “we are tired of telling y’all every week that Ben&Jerry’s support the illegal occupation of Palestine. you can’t support a racist apartheid state and claim to support BLM [Black Lives Matter]. no more ben&jerrys marketing on my tl [timeline]!!”
On June 4, 2020, Zubi tweeted: “y’all Ben & Jerry’s supports and funds the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine, DO NOT STAN THEM”
On June 26, 2019, Zubi wrote a Twitter thread demonizing Israel and tweeted: “Anyway, if you’re reading this, thanks for getting through this thread and remember to boycott Israel
.”On July 14, 2018, Zubi posted on Instagram: “... If you want to help liberate Palestinians, we need to push the boycott of funding Israel.”
Attending the 2019 National SJP Conference
On November 4, 2019, Zubi featured in an SJP UIC Instagram photo participating in the 2019 NSJP Conference.The 2019 National SJP Conference was held at the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities (UMN), from November 1-3. The Conference themes centered on support for BDS as well as the rejection of Israel and Zionism.
The Conference partnered with numerous anti-Israel organizations and conducted their event in a clandestine manner.
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.
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.
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.
The photo also featured text that read: “NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE: Israel’s plan is to make everyone believe that the Dome of the Rock is Masjid Al-Aqsa, this advertising has been running for fifty years, and it worked. Aim of the Plan: When they destroy Masjid Al-Aqsa, no one will recognize anything, except for the one’s that know the difference. Now they are destroying Masjid Al-Aqsa, PLEASE spread the word, let’s live the truth.”
SJP UIC added: “
Please take note of this and read the message above. The Dome of the rock and Al-Aqsa mosque are 2 different structures within the Al-Aqsa barriers . It's important to know this because it's a key aspect of Palestine's history.🇵🇸.”
The allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque served as the excuse for an upsurge in Palestinian violence that flared in the fall of 2015 and incited Palestinians to attempt mass casualty attacks on Israeli civilians in July 2016.
Such propaganda has been a traditional pretext for Arab attacks on Jews long before the existence of the modern Jewish state.
Basel Al Araj, who had been suspected of belonging to a terror cell planning to carry out attacks on Israeli targets, was killed in a shoot-out with Israeli troops during an arrest raid. Two M-16 assault rifles and an improvised Carlo-style submachine gun were found inside his home.
On March 22, 2019, SJP UIC promoted [slide 5] its “Apartheid Wall Display” to Instagram. The Instagram post featured murals of Leila Khaled and Yasser Arafat painted onto Israel’s security barrier.
Leila Khaled participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970. She was a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Yasser Arafat, known as the “father of modern terrorism,” was the former leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). During the second intifada, Arafat encouraged children to carry out “martyrdom” operations against Israel.
Arafat reportedly told Arab diplomats in a secret meeting in 1996: "We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. Jews will not want to live among Arabs. I have no use for Jews. They are and remain Jews."
Kanafani was a leading member and spokesperson for the terrorist organization, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) during their formative years. Kanafani was also involved in the Lod Airport Massacre near Tel Aviv, for which PFLP took responsibility.
The SJP Depaul description [photo 2] quoted Khaled saying:“I am a victim of oppression and occupation... [and] have the right to resist by all means.”
On that same day, SJP UIC posted [slide 5] a video to their Instagram stories highlights titled “Protests,” where SJP UIC activists chanted “Intifada, Intifada! Long Live the Intifada!” and “Israel is a terrorist state!”
From 2000-2005, the second intifada was marked by more than 120 suicide bombings targeting Israeli civilians in cafes and on buses.
On November 20, 2019, SJP UIC promoted and co-hosted SJP Chicago’s “Die-In Rally for Gaza” and seven other SJP chapters.
The event’s Facebook description read: “This weeks bombing in Gaza is part of the larger ethnic cleansing of Palestine and a reoccurring attack on Gaza. Join us in a die-in to let the world know Chicago condemns Israel's war crimes!” During the event, participants lay [00:05:36] on the floor, next to a sign that read: “Gaza Open Air Prison.”
During the rally, Mahmoud Awadallah, an SJP Chicago activist and student at DePaul University (DePaul), spoke into a bullhorn, declaring [00:03:11]: “We, as students of SJP Chicago, are here today to condemn Israel’s constant assault on the Palestinian people” and added [00:03:26] “...we condemn the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.”
On November 21, 2019, SJP UIC posted an Instagram photo of SJP UIC activists taken at the “die-in” rally, where SJP UIC activists held an Israeli flag, defaced with the word “GENOCIDE.”
On November 23, 2019, SJP UIC posted a series of Instagram photos of SJP UIC activists at the rally, including [slide 2, 7] two photos of SJP activist Mona Zubi, who held a poster that read: “Zionism is Racism.”
On May 26, 2020, SJP UIC posted [slide 2] an Instagram photo of the SpongeBob cartoon character spraying cleaning fluid on an overflowing garbage can, superimposed with the Israeli flag, and the caption: “Can’t have dirty garbage.”
On November 22, 2019, and November 23, 2019, SJP UIC posted a series of videos of the Moment of Silence Gaza rally to their Instagram story highlights.
During the rally, protestors chanted [slides 3-4] “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free!” One protestor held [slide 5] a sign that said “Zionism is Racism.”
The chant “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state. It is a chant calling to dismantle the State of Israel.
SJP UIC featured [slide 11] a video of SJP UIC board member Malak Kanan speaking into a megaphone during the rally, stating that “Israel launched dozens of air raids on Gaza… killing innocent civilians and residents.”
Kanan also said [slide 10] that “it is with our tax dollars that Israel is able to commit these crimes against humanity,” and added [slide 14] “we condemn the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.”
SJP UIC wrote: “This isn’t the first time we’ve protested UIC School of Public Health’s strong relations with colonial institutions,” adding: “Is social justice working with ethnic cleansers?”
SJP UIC then invited students to copy their email template protesting [slide 3] Professor Bin Nun’s talk and send it to UIC’s SPH.
On February 10, 2021, SJP UIC condemned UIC’s SPH for inviting Israeli speakers to campus, adding: “These speakers perpetuate the colonial ideology that Israel was founded on.”
On February 19, 2021, SJP UIC encouraged students on Instagram to sign an “Open Letter” condemning UIC’s SPH event featuring Professor Bin Nun.
The letter suggested the Jewish Metropolitan Fund of Chicago (JUF) was “racist, Islamophobic, and anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian” and condemned SPH for allowing the JUF to fund the SPH Israeli Visiting Scholars program. The letter went on to suggest Israel blocked Palestinian access to COVID-19 prevention and treatment.
The SJP UIC letter also made a series of demands of UIC, including “the termination of ties between SPH and Israeli academic institutions” and the “termination of speakers that are visiting UIC as representatives of Israeli Institutions.”
On March 3, 2021, SJP UIC posted to Instagram that its representatives attended Professor Bin Nun’s talk and “persistently asked questions regarding Palestine.”
On March 11, 2021, SJP UIC posted to Instagram: “SJP is calling all organizers and activists to join us starting 12 pm on March 16th in our social media storm demanding the UIC School of Public Health answer for why they work with Islamophobic, anti-Arab, transphobic and homophobic organizations.”
On March 16, 2021, SJP UIC launched their #CutTheTiesUICSPH social media campaign on Instagram and Twitter. SJP UIC’s “Twitter storm for SPH campaign” contained over 60 tweets to copy and tweet out, as well as downloadable graphics and testimonies of anti-Israel student activists who had attended Bin-Nun’s lecture.
The campaign called to cut ties with the Jewish United Fund of Chicago (JUF) and to object to future JUF-sponsored meetings “like any other anti-religious group,” and suggested such meetings were affront to all of UIC’s Muslim students.
The JUF, also known as the Jewish Metropolitan Fund of Chicago and the Jewish Federation of Chicago, serves as the central philanthropic address of Chicago's Jewish community.
In one Instagram post, SJP UIC stated: “Our Demand is that the UIC School of Public Health stop working with Islamophobic organizations.”
That same day, another one of SJP UIC’s Instagram posts said: “Islamophobia is a product of Zionism, and UIC’s School of Public Health is complicit.”
One of SJP UIC’s suggested tweets stated: “Palestinians were called 'illegal aliens' and pushed the responsibility towards the Arab world as if Israel isn’t mandated under Geneva convention to vaccinate the occupied people of Palestine." #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is responsible for providing health services - and specifically, vaccinations - to Palestinians under its jurisdiction, as per Annex III, Article 17 the 1995 Oslo Accords signed by Israel and the PA.
In December 2020, PA officials reportedly insisted that they were going to procure the vaccines without Israel’s assistance. Israel had already provided vaccines to non-Israeli Arab residents of East Jerusalem.
Palestinian liaison officials later reportedly contacted Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) department to request the vaccine, which Israel agreed to provide.
Another suggested tweet stated: “‘It was so clear that SPH only cares to promote a very specific narrative about Israel, one that washes over the colonization, ethnic cleansing, and occupation of the Palestinian people.’ #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Also on March 16, 2021 , SJP UIC tweeted: “Instead of bringing Israelis to talk about how great their apartheid system is, why not bring Palestinians to talk about the injustices they face in health access and health equity? #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
SJP UIC also tweeted: “There are over 5000 Muslim students on the UIC campus making up 15% of the student body populationHowever, UIC school of Public health still found it appropriate to allow an Islamophobic group such as JUF host an event here. #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Another SJP UIC tweet stated: “Despite 200+ signatures requesting the cancellation of this event, SPH administrators refused to cancel this event. WHY? Does SPH not care about their Muslim and Arab/MENA students? It’s evident they do not.
#CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth”
Another tweet read: “UIC doesn’t allow any hate groups or anti-religious groups to speak at their campus so, why is it different now when it comes to an Israeli speaker?
#CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Another tweet read: “Calling out apartheid and racism is not antisemitism. #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
On April 7, 2021, SJP UIC posted to their Facebook page: “We have great news! This past Monday at the USG meeting a resolution was passed declaring USG stands in solidarity with SJP and their allies in our campaign demanding SPH cut ties with the Islamophobic and racist JUF and other Zionist entities! Solidarity!”
SJP UIC wrote: “This isn’t the first time we’ve protested UIC School of Public Health’s strong relations with colonial institutions,” adding: “Is social justice working with ethnic cleansers?”
SJP UIC then invited students to copy their email template protesting [slide 3] Professor Bin Nun’s talk and send it to UIC’s SPH.
On February 10, 2021, SJP UIC condemned UIC’s SPH for inviting Israeli speakers to campus, adding: “These speakers perpetuate the colonial ideology that Israel was founded on.”
On February 19, 2021, SJP UIC encouraged students on Instagram to sign an “Open Letter” condemning UIC’s SPH event featuring Professor Bin Nun.
The letter suggested the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF) was “racist, Islamophobic, and anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian” and condemned SPH for allowing the JUF to fund the SPH Israeli Visiting Scholars program. The letter went on to suggest Israel blocked Palestinian access to COVID-19 prevention and treatment.
The SJP UIC letter also made a series of demands of UIC, including “the termination of ties between SPH and Israeli academic institutions” and the “termination of speakers that are visiting UIC as representatives of Israeli Institutions.”
On March 3, 2021, SJP UIC posted to Instagram that its representatives attended Professor Bin Nun’s talk and “persistently asked questions regarding Palestine.”
On March 11, 2021, SJP UIC posted to Instagram: “SJP is calling all organizers and activists to join us starting 12 pm on March 16th in our social media storm demanding the UIC School of Public Health answer for why they work with Islamophobic, anti-Arab, transphobic and homophobic organizations.”
On March 16, 2021, SJP UIC launched their #CutTheTiesUICSPH social media campaign on Instagram and Twitter. SJP UIC’s “Twitter storm for SPH campaign” contained over 60 tweets to copy and tweet out, as well as downloadable graphics and testimonies of anti-Israel student activists who had attended Bin-Nun’s lecture.
The campaign called to cut ties with the JUF and to object to future JUF-sponsored meetings “like any other anti-religious group,” and suggested such meetings were affront to all of UIC’s Muslim students.
The JUF, also known as the Jewish Metropolitan Fund of Chicago and the Jewish Federation of Chicago, serves as the central philanthropic address of Chicago's Jewish community.
In one Instagram post, SJP UIC stated: “Our Demand is that the UIC School of Public Health stop working with Islamophobic organizations.”
That same day, another one of SJP UIC’s Instagram posts said: “Islamophobia is a product of Zionism, and UIC’s School of Public Health is complicit.”
One of SJP UIC’s suggested tweets stated: “Palestinians were called 'illegal aliens' and pushed the responsibility towards the Arab world as if Israel isn’t mandated under Geneva convention to vaccinate the occupied people of Palestine." #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Palestinian liaison officials later reportedly contacted Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) department to request the vaccine, which Israel agreed to provide.
Another suggested tweet stated: “‘It was so clear that SPH only cares to promote a very specific narrative about Israel, one that washes over the colonization, ethnic cleansing, and occupation of the Palestinian people.’ #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Also on March 16, 2021 , SJP UIC tweeted: “Instead of bringing Israelis to talk about how great their apartheid system is, why not bring Palestinians to talk about the injustices they face in health access and health equity? #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
SJP UIC also tweeted: “There are over 5000 Muslim students on the UIC campus making up 15% of the student body populationHowever, UIC school of Public health still found it appropriate to allow an Islamophobic group such as JUF host an event here. #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Another SJP UIC tweet stated: “Despite 200+ signatures requesting the cancellation of this event, SPH administrators refused to cancel this event. WHY? Does SPH not care about their Muslim and Arab/MENA students? It’s evident they do not.
#CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth”
Another tweet read: “UIC doesn’t allow any hate groups or anti-religious groups to speak at their campus so, why is it different now when it comes to an Israeli speaker?
#CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Another tweet read: “Calling out apartheid and racism is not antisemitism. #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
On April 7, 2021, SJP UIC posted to their Facebook page: “We have great news! This past Monday at the USG meeting a resolution was passed declaring USG stands in solidarity with SJP and their allies in our campaign demanding SPH cut ties with the Islamophobic and racist JUF and other Zionist entities! Solidarity!” .”
SJP UIC’s Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) Facebook event page described IAW as a “weeklong series of events held on campuses nation-wide to expose Israel as an apartheid endeavor. We also aim to celebrate Palestinian resistance against colonization and oppression together.”
The event page also said: “Join us for as we display a mock apartheid wall! This separation barrier represents apartheid and exclusion.”
SJP groups on campuses have constructed mock “apartheid” walls to draw attention to alleged Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians.
On April 11, 2019, SJP UIC posted a series of photos and short videos to their Instagram stories highlights, documenting the building of their “Mock Apartheid Wall.”
Slide 8 of the April 11th Instagram SJP UIC post showed a video that documented SJP UIC unfurling a large Palestinian flag from a second-story balcony and chanting [slide 9] "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free!"
On April 12, 2019, SJP UIC posted a group photo to Instagram of SJP UIC activists standing in front of a “mock apartheid wall” that had written on it “End Israeli Apartheid.”
SJP UIC added: “The Apartheid wall display was an absolute success! So proud of our campus. Thank you to everyone who came out, contributed, and showed solidarity. We stand for justice together as a team and a family
#uicsjpapartheidweek.”
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.”Members of allied student groups could register only as part of an SJP chapter delegation which, in turn, needed to be “vouched for by their campus’s SJP” for “security culture and accountability reasons.”
The Conference also restricted media access to journalists “registered and confirmed by our Media Committee in advance to attend the conference. Absolutely no exceptions will be made.”
During the Conference, National SJPreportedly covered the windows of the conference hall.
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.
SJP UIC 2019 - Spreading Incitement
On March 3, 2019, SJP UIC posted a photo of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
SJP UIC added: “
Please take note of this and read the message above. The Dome of the rock and Al-Aqsa mosque are 2 different structures within the Al-Aqsa barriers . It's important to know this because it's a key aspect of Palestine's history.🇵🇸.”The allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque served as the excuse for an upsurge in Palestinian violence that flared in the fall of 2015 and incited Palestinians to attempt mass casualty attacks on Israeli civilians in July 2016.
Such propaganda has been a traditional pretext for Arab attacks on Jews long before the existence of the modern Jewish state.
SJP UIC Promoting Terrorist
On March 7, 2019, SJP UIC posted a photo of Basil Al Araj to their Instagram page, adding: “Basil Al-Araj-the educated martyr (1984-2017).”
On March 22, 2019, SJP UIC promoted [slide 5] its “Apartheid Wall Display” to Instagram. The Instagram post featured murals of Leila Khaled and Yasser Arafat painted onto Israel’s security barrier.
Leila Khaled participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970. She was a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Yasser Arafat, known as the “father of modern terrorism,” was the former leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). During the second intifada, Arafat encouraged children to carry out “martyrdom” operations against Israel.
Arafat reportedly told Arab diplomats in a secret meeting in 1996: "We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. Jews will not want to live among Arabs. I have no use for Jews. They are and remain Jews."
On April 11, 2019, SJP UIC posted on its Instagram stories a series of photos and short videos, under the title “Tatreez [Embroidery],” that included [slide 8] a set of stickers for sale, including one of Ghassan Kanafani.
On November 5, 2019,SJP UIC promoted on Instagram an event using photos of Leila Khaled and Yasser Arafat.
SJP UIC also retweeted a March 18, 2020 SJP DePaul tweet that said: “Today’s figure is Leila Khaled, a widely known and controversial figure in the Palestinian cause. Swipe to read about Khaled and visit our instagram for more !”
SJP UIC Calling for Intifada
On November 14, 2018, SJP UIC hosted a “Gaza Rally” on UIC’s campus quad.On that same day, SJP UIC posted [slide 5] a video to their Instagram stories highlights titled “Protests,” where SJP UIC activists chanted “Intifada, Intifada! Long Live the Intifada!” and “Israel is a terrorist state!”
From 2000-2005, the second intifada was marked by more than 120 suicide bombings targeting Israeli civilians in cafes and on buses.
SJP UIC 2019 - Promoting Hatred of Israel
On November 19, 2019, SJP UIC promoted an SJP Chicago poster to their Instagram page, titled: “GAZA: The Largest Open Air Prision [sic].”On November 20, 2019, SJP UIC promoted and co-hosted SJP Chicago’s “Die-In Rally for Gaza” and seven other SJP chapters.
The event’s Facebook description read: “This weeks bombing in Gaza is part of the larger ethnic cleansing of Palestine and a reoccurring attack on Gaza. Join us in a die-in to let the world know Chicago condemns Israel's war crimes!” During the event, participants lay [00:05:36] on the floor, next to a sign that read: “Gaza Open Air Prison.”
During the rally, Mahmoud Awadallah, an SJP Chicago activist and student at DePaul University (DePaul), spoke into a bullhorn, declaring [00:03:11]: “We, as students of SJP Chicago, are here today to condemn Israel’s constant assault on the Palestinian people” and added [00:03:26] “...we condemn the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.”
On November 21, 2019, SJP UIC posted an Instagram photo of SJP UIC activists taken at the “die-in” rally, where SJP UIC activists held an Israeli flag, defaced with the word “GENO
CIDE.”On November 23, 2019, SJP UIC posted a series of Instagram photos of SJP UIC activists at the rally, including [slide 2, 7] two photos of SJP activist Mona Zubi, who held a poster that read: “Zionism is Racism.”
SJP UIC 2020 - Promoting Hatred of Israel
On March 13, 2020, SJP UIC posted [slide 7] an Instagram photo of SJP UIC Board Member Laila Zayed holding a garbage bag captioned “Israel.”On May 26, 2020, SJP UIC posted [slide 2] an Instagram photo of the SpongeBob cartoon character spraying cleaning fluid on an overflowing garbage can, superimposed with the Israeli flag, and the caption: “Can’t have dirty garbage.”
SJP UIC 2019 - Demonizing Israel
On November 22, 2019, SJP UIC held a “Moment of Silence for Gaza” rally.In November 2019, Israel launched “Operation Black Belt” to stop rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. The rockets were sent by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror group on November 12-14, 2019, targeting Israel’s biggest civilian population centers.
On November 22, 2019, and November 23, 2019, SJP UIC posted a series of videos of the Moment of Silence Gaza rally to their Instagram story highlights.
During the rally, protestors chanted [slides 3-4] “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free!” One protestor held [slide 5] a sign that said “Zionism is Racism.”
The chant “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state. It is a chant calling to dismantle the State of Israel.
SJP UIC featured [slide 11] a video of SJP UIC board member Malak Kanan speaking into a megaphone during the rally, stating that “Israel launched dozens of air raids on Gaza… killing innocent civilians and residents.”
Kanan also said [slide 10] that “it is with our tax dollars that Israel is able to commit these crimes against humanity,” and added [slide 14] “we condemn the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.”
SJP UIC 2021 - Boycotting Jewish and Israeli Institutions
On February 2, 2021, SJP UIC condemned on Instagram UIC’s School of Public Health (SPH) for hosting a talk by Professor Gabi Bin Nun of Israel’s Ben Gurion University, titled “A Description of the Health Care System in Israel.”SJP UIC wrote: “This isn’t the first time we’ve protested UIC School of Public Health’s strong relations with colonial institutions,” adding: “Is social justice working with ethnic cleansers?”
SJP UIC then invited students to copy their email template protesting [slide 3] Professor Bin Nun’s talk and send it to UIC’s SPH.
On February 10, 2021, SJP UIC condemned UIC’s SPH for inviting Israeli speakers to campus, adding: “These speakers perpetuate the colonial ideology that Israel was founded on.”
On February 19, 2021, SJP UIC encouraged students on Instagram to sign an “Open Letter” condemning UIC’s SPH event featuring Professor Bin Nun.
The letter suggested the Jewish Metropolitan Fund of Chicago (JUF) was “racist, Islamophobic, and anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian” and condemned SPH for allowing the JUF to fund the SPH Israeli Visiting Scholars program. The letter went on to suggest Israel blocked Palestinian access to COVID-19 prevention and treatment.
The SJP UIC letter also made a series of demands of UIC, including “the termination of ties between SPH and Israeli academic institutions” and the “termination of speakers that are visiting UIC as representatives of Israeli Institutions.”
On March 3, 2021, SJP UIC posted to Instagram that its representatives attended Professor Bin Nun’s talk and “persistently asked questions regarding Palestine.”
On March 11, 2021, SJP UIC posted to Instagram: “SJP is calling all organizers and activists to join us starting 12 pm on March 16th in our social media storm demanding the UIC School of Public Health answer for why they work with Islamophobic, anti-Arab, transphobic and homophobic organizations.”
On March 16, 2021, SJP UIC launched their #CutTheTiesUICSPH social media campaign on Instagram and Twitter. SJP UIC’s “Twitter storm for SPH campaign” contained over 60 tweets to copy and tweet out, as well as downloadable graphics and testimonies of anti-Israel student activists who had attended Bin-Nun’s lecture.
The campaign called to cut ties with the Jewish United Fund of Chicago (JUF) and to object to future JUF-sponsored meetings “like any other anti-religious group,” and suggested such meetings were affront to all of UIC’s Muslim students.
The JUF, also known as the Jewish Metropolitan Fund of Chicago and the Jewish Federation of Chicago, serves as the central philanthropic address of Chicago's Jewish community.
In one Instagram post, SJP UIC stated: “Our Demand is that the UIC School of Public Health stop working with Islamophobic organizations.”
That same day, another one of SJP UIC’s Instagram posts said: “Islamophobia is a product of Zionism, and UIC’s School of Public Health is complicit.”
One of SJP UIC’s suggested tweets stated: “Palestinians were called 'illegal aliens' and pushed the responsibility towards the Arab world as if Israel isn’t mandated under Geneva convention to vaccinate the occupied people of Palestine." #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is responsible for providing health services - and specifically, vaccinations - to Palestinians under its jurisdiction, as per Annex III, Article 17 the 1995 Oslo Accords signed by Israel and the PA.
In December 2020, PA officials reportedly insisted that they were going to procure the vaccines without Israel’s assistance. Israel had already provided vaccines to non-Israeli Arab residents of East Jerusalem.
Palestinian liaison officials later reportedly contacted Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) department to request the vaccine, which Israel agreed to provide.
Another suggested tweet stated: “‘It was so clear that SPH only cares to promote a very specific narrative about Israel, one that washes over the colonization, ethnic cleansing, and occupation of the Palestinian people.’ #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Also on March 16, 2021 , SJP UIC tweeted: “Instead of bringing Israelis to talk about how great their apartheid system is, why not bring Palestinians to talk about the injustices they face in health access and health equity? #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
SJP UIC also tweeted: “There are over 5000 Muslim students on the UIC campus making up 15% of the student body populationHowever, UIC school of Public health still found it appropriate to allow an Islamophobic group such as JUF host an event here. #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Another SJP UIC tweet stated: “Despite 200+ signatures requesting the cancellation of this event, SPH administrators refused to cancel this event. WHY? Does SPH not care about their Muslim and Arab/MENA students? It’s evident they do not.
#CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth”
Another tweet read: “UIC doesn’t allow any hate groups or anti-religious groups to speak at their campus so, why is it different now when it comes to an Israeli speaker?
#CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Another tweet read: “Calling out apartheid and racism is not antisemitism. #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
On April 7, 2021, SJP UIC posted to their Facebook page: “We have great news! This past Monday at the USG meeting a resolution was passed declaring USG stands in solidarity with SJP and their allies in our campaign demanding SPH cut ties with the Islamophobic and racist JUF and other Zionist entities! Solidarity
!” SJP UIC 2021 - Boycotting Jewish and Israeli Institutions
On February 2, 2021, SJP UIC condemned on Instagram UIC’s School of Public Health (SPH) for hosting a talk by Professor Gabi Bin Nun of Israel’s Ben Gurion University, titled ���A Description of the Health Care System in Israel.”SJP UIC wrote: “This isn’t the first time we’ve protested UIC School of Public Health’s strong relations with colonial institutions,” adding: “Is social justice working with ethnic cleansers?”
SJP UIC then invited students to copy their email template protesting [slide 3] Professor Bin Nun’s talk and send it to UIC’s SPH.
On February 10, 2021, SJP UIC condemned UIC’s SPH for inviting Israeli speakers to campus, adding: “These speakers perpetuate the colonial ideology that Israel was founded on.”
On February 19, 2021, SJP UIC encouraged students on Instagram to sign an “Open Letter” condemning UIC’s SPH event featuring Professor Bin Nun.
The letter suggested the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF) was “racist, Islamophobic, and anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian” and condemned SPH for allowing the JUF to fund the SPH Israeli Visiting Scholars program. The letter went on to suggest Israel blocked Palestinian access to COVID-19 prevention and treatment.
The SJP UIC letter also made a series of demands of UIC, including “the termination of ties between SPH and Israeli academic institutions” and the “termination of speakers that are visiting UIC as representatives of Israeli Institutions.”
On March 3, 2021, SJP UIC posted to Instagram that its representatives attended Professor Bin Nun’s talk and “persistently asked questions regarding Palestine.”
On March 11, 2021, SJP UIC posted to Instagram: “SJP is calling all organizers and activists to join us starting 12 pm on March 16th in our social media storm demanding the UIC School of Public Health answer for why they work with Islamophobic, anti-Arab, transphobic and homophobic organizations.”
On March 16, 2021, SJP UIC launched their #CutTheTiesUICSPH social media campaign on Instagram and Twitter. SJP UIC’s “Twitter storm for SPH campaign” contained over 60 tweets to copy and tweet out, as well as downloadable graphics and testimonies of anti-Israel student activists who had attended Bin-Nun’s lecture.
The campaign called to cut ties with the JUF and to object to future JUF-sponsored meetings “like any other anti-religious group,” and suggested such meetings were affront to all of UIC’s Muslim students.
The JUF, also known as the Jewish Metropolitan Fund of Chicago and the Jewish Federation of Chicago, serves as the central philanthropic address of Chicago's Jewish community.
In one Instagram post, SJP UIC stated: “Our Demand is that the UIC School of Public Health stop working with Islamophobic organizations.”
That same day, another one of SJP UIC’s Instagram posts said: “Islamophobia is a product of Zionism, and UIC’s School of Public Health is complicit.”
One of SJP UIC’s suggested tweets stated: “Palestinians were called 'illegal aliens' and pushed the responsibility towards the Arab world as if Israel isn’t mandated under Geneva convention to vaccinate the occupied people of Palestine." #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is responsible for providing health services to Palestinians under its jurisdiction, as per the Oslo Accords.
In December 2020, PA officials reportedly insisted that they were going to procure the vaccines without Israel’s assistance. Israel had already provided vaccines to non-Israeli Arab residents of East Jerusalem.
Another suggested tweet stated: “‘It was so clear that SPH only cares to promote a very specific narrative about Israel, one that washes over the colonization, ethnic cleansing, and occupation of the Palestinian people.’ #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Also on March 16, 2021 , SJP UIC tweeted: “Instead of bringing Israelis to talk about how great their apartheid system is, why not bring Palestinians to talk about the injustices they face in health access and health equity? #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
SJP UIC also tweeted: “There are over 5000 Muslim students on the UIC campus making up 15% of the student body populationHowever, UIC school of Public health still found it appropriate to allow an Islamophobic group such as JUF host an event here. #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Another SJP UIC tweet stated: “Despite 200+ signatures requesting the cancellation of this event, SPH administrators refused to cancel this event. WHY? Does SPH not care about their Muslim and Arab/MENA students? It’s evident they do not.
#CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth”
Another tweet read: “UIC doesn’t allow any hate groups or anti-religious groups to speak at their campus so, why is it different now when it comes to an Israeli speaker?
#CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
Another tweet read: “Calling out apartheid and racism is not antisemitism. #CutTheTiesUICSPH @uicpublichealth.”
On April 7, 2021, SJP UIC posted to their Facebook page: “We have great news! This past Monday at the USG meeting a resolution was passed declaring USG stands in solidarity with SJP and their allies in our campaign demanding SPH cut ties with the Islamophobic and racist JUF and other Zionist entities! Solidarity
!” SJP UIC Israel Apartheid Week 2019
On March 23, 2019, SJP UIC posted to Facebook: ”SJP is so excited to announce our Apartheid week! It will be April 8th-11th! Be ready to learn about Palestine's enriching history while also celebrating its beautiful culture and resistance against Israeli apartheid.”SJP UIC’s Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) Facebook event page described IAW as a “weeklong series of events held on campuses nation-wide to expose Israel as an apartheid endeavor. We also aim to celebrate Palestinian resistance against colonization and oppression together.”
The event page also said: “Join us for as we display a mock apartheid wall! This separation barrier represents apartheid and exclusion.”
SJP groups on campuses have constructed mock “apartheid” walls to draw attention to alleged Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians.
On April 11, 2019, SJP UIC posted a series of photos and short videos to their Instagram stories highlights, documenting the building of their “Mock Apartheid Wall.”
Slide 8 of the April 11th Instagram SJP UIC post showed a video that documented SJP UIC unfurling a large Palestinian flag from a second-story balcony and chanting [slide 9] "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free!"
On April 12, 2019, SJP UIC posted a group photo to Instagram of SJP UIC activists standing in front of a “mock apartheid wall” that had written on it “End Israeli Apartheid.”
SJP UIC added: “The Apartheid wall display was an absolute success! So proud of our campus. Thank you to everyone who came out, contributed, and showed solidarity. We stand for justice together as a team and a family
#uicsjpapartheidweek.”SJP UIC Digital Apartheid Week 2020
From May 11-15 2020, SJP UIC promoted and participated in SJP Chicago’s “Digital Apartheid Week” designed to replace SJP’s “Israel Apartheid Week” across Chicago due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.On May 16, 2020, SJP DePaul activist Mahmoud Awadallahhosted two videos live-streamed on SJP Chicago’s Instagram page, titled: “Quarantine with Falasteen,” as part [00:30:24] of SJP Chicago’s “Digital Apartheid Week.”
Awadallah started the event by stating [00:02:26] that, in honor of Nakba day, “We are celebrating the Palestinian resistance that has been going on for 72 years.”
During the event, Awadallah hosted singer Mary Hazboun, who sang [00:23:07] a song “very dear” to her heart, from when she was in Bethlehem during the violent second intifada. The violent second intifada targeted Israeli civilians and caused more than 9,000 Israeli casualties.
Hazboun added [00:23:28]: her son was “dedicated to the martyrs’ Shahada.” The Shahada is the Muslim confession of faith.
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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“Forever and always: f**k Israel #nakba72 #freepalestine”
“anyways, f**k Israel”
“... Israel is a fake country built on the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, that’s all”
“YALL I just found out my former roommate is a huge zionist homegirl lived with my palestinian a** for a whole year and never told me! I KNOW she must’ve been uncomfortable asf [as f**k].”
“all the ways I could’ve bullied [my former roommate], missed opportunities.”
“I personally would like to buy dinner for the person who egged this zionists balcony, thank you for your service.”
“you don’t get to claim anti-semitism when when u choose to showcase a flag that represents the ethnic cleansing and oppression of the indigenous Palestinian people.”