Mustafa Asfar

Overview

Mustafa Asfar has spread violent hatred against Jews and hatred of Israel on social media.

Asfar supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Asfar is a manager at Queen City Auto. He studied for a degree in Business at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNC Charlotte).

Anti-Jewish Posts on Social Media

On November 10, 2012, tweeted: "@Pali_kid @kimbrothschild f**k Israel with a long d**k!!" Asfar then followed up and tweeted: “@KimbRothschild I s**t on Jews b**ch.”

On July 17, 2012, Asfar retweeted the tweet: "Allah Yokhood al Yahood [God will kill the Jews]"

On March 24, 2011, Asfar tweeted: "Ill kill a Jew anytime of the day."

On March 11, 2011, Asfar tweeted: “F**k Jews f**kem all gimme a gun and ill blast all of them.”

On Feb 21, 2011, Asfar tweeted: “#f**kas* jews.”

On April 27, 2011, Asfar tweeted: “The hell with Jews.”

On May 12, 2011, Asfar tweeted: “Jews #f**kya and your religion.”

Endorsing Hamas

On July 8, 2014, Asfar retweeted a tweet that denied Hamas’ culpability in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli high-schoolers.

Hamas admitted responsibility for the June 12, 2014 kidnap and murder of three Israeli high-schoolers. The boys’ bodies were found buried in Palestinian-controlled territory on June 30, 2014.

On July 24, 2014, Asfar retweeted a tweet approving of Hamas firing rockets at Israel.

Spreading Propaganda

On February 4, 2015, Asfar retweeted a cartoon implying the U.S. and Israel conspire to control ISIS and terrorize Arabs."

On July 5, 2014, Asfar retweeted a graphic of the Al-Dura libel.

The Al-Durah hoax is an iconic piece of anti-Israel propaganda, fabricated on September 30, 2000 at the start of the Second Intifada by a France 2 reporter.

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.