Muhammad Hamzeh

Overview

Muhammad Hamzeh spreads Jew-Hatred and demonizes Israel on Twitter. As of December 30, 2016, Hamzeh’s Facebook and Twitter cover photos featured a keffiyeh-masked female militant throwing stones.

Hamzeh is a member of the Muslim Students Association (MSA) at the University of North Texas (UNT). Hamzeh is a senior at UNT, majoring in Finance.

Hamzeh is the twin brother of Ahmad Hamzeh.

Jew-Hatred

On February 3, 2015, Hamzeh tweeted: "In3an 3al yahood [Allah curse the Jews]."

On June 8, 2015, Hamzeh tweeted: "@BrincessRhonda in 3an shiklal yahood [May Allah damn the Jews]."

On May 23, 2016, Hamzeh retweeted a tweet that read: "Kuss im el yahood [F**k the Jews]."

On October 17, 2015, Hamzeh retweeted a tweet that read: "Daily reminder: Yil3an Al Yahood [May Allah curse the Jews]."

On November 20, 2014, Hamzeh retweeted a tweet that read: "Yil3an Abu'l Yahood [May Allah curse the Jews]."

Demonizing Israel

On September 13, 2015, Hamzeh retweeted a tweet that read: "Israeli forces stormed Masjid Al-Aqsa once again this morning. #AlAqsaUnderAttack." The allegation that Jews “threaten” the Al-Aqsa Mosque has been a traditional pretext for Arab attacks on Jews long before the existence of the modern Jewish state. Such propaganda served as the excuse for an upsurge in Palestinian violence that flared in the fall of 2015.

On August 21, 2016, Hamzeh retweeted a tweet that read: “Israel bombed the Gaza Strip earlier today, over 40 rockets hit. This isn't about defense, it's about mass genocide.”

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.