Nawal Joulani

Overview

Nawal Joulani has shown solidarity with terrorists, spread hatred of Israel and promoted incitement. Joulani has also opposed interfaith dialogue and promoted anti-Israel propaganda on Facebook.

Joulani was the vice president of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of Texas Arlington (UT Arlington) in April 2015.

In November 2015, Joulani was a member of the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at UT Arlington and was an admin for the MSA UT Arlington Facebook group in January 2017.

As of February 2021, Joulani’s LinkedIn page said she was a “PA student” at UT Southwestern Medical Center, from “May 2019 - Present,” and worked as a Kindergarten Teacher at Children’s University, from “August 17, 2018 - Present.”

Joulani’s LinkedIn page also said she studied Kinesiology and Exercise Science at UT Arlington from “2014 - 2018,” and received a Phlebotomy Certification from the Mansfield School of Phlebotomy, issued on “Mar 2018” with no expiration date.

As of February 2021, Joulani usedthe Facebook user-name “nana.joulani” and went by the name “Nawal Suleman,” on Facebook

Solidarity With Terrorists

On October 8, 2015, Joulani shared a status on Facebook that claimed: “there have been over 6 martyrs in Palestine within the past couple days. All of which are innocent,” and said: “We need to stand in solidarity with them!!”

In October 2015, there was an upsurge in violence across Israel incited by Palestinian political and religious leaders. The wave of stabbings, known as the “Knife Intifada,” was characterized by young Palestinians throughout the country stabbing and attempting to stab Israeli civilians.

On October 9, 2015, Joulani shared a photo of Asraa Zidan Tawfik Abed after she was shot, with accompanying text that read: “Breaking Now ::: Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a Palestinian girl and left her to bleed !!”

On October 4 and 8, 2015, Joulani had shared several Facebook posts featuring Fadi Aloon.

Fadi Aloon was shot by Israeli security forces after he stabbed a 15-year-old Israeli boy. Several hours before the attack, Aloon posted “Either martyrdom or victory” on his Facebook page.

In one of her posts, Joulani claimed Aloon was “A 19 year old Palestinian [who] was going to pray when 30 Israeli settlers attacked him.”

On October 13, 2015, Joulani shared a Facebook post with misleading pictures of a young Palestinian, Ahmed Manasra (sometimes spelled Mansara), posted by another Facebook user who claimed Manasra was “run over by settlers.”

Ahmed Manasra (sometimes spelled Mansara) and his 15-year-old cousin Hassan went on a stabbing spree in Jerusalem on October 12, 2015, during the Knife Intifada. They critically wounded a 13-year-old boy and moderately wounded a 25-year-old man. The spree ended when police shot Hassan and a passing motorist hit Ahmed. Ahmed was taken to an Israeli hospital. He admitted to investigators: “I went there to stab Jews.” He was later tried and convicted on two counts of attempted murder.

Spreading Hatred of Israel

On February 18, 2019, Joulani shared an anti-Israel propaganda video on Facebook produced by the Hamas-affiliated Quds News Network.

On October 13, 2015, Joulani wrote on Facebook: “This is NOT a religious war and never has been, it is a land grab a natural resource grab. Zionists aim & kill who ever is in their way inc many REAL JEWS who stand against the 7 decade continued Zionist genocide & ethnic cleansing of Palestine.”

On October 10, 2015, Joulani shared on Facebook a photo of a Christian Palestinian with a caption that read: “Zionist apartheid Israel is oppressing, abusing, imprisoning and massacring Christians as well as Muslims.

On July 21, 2014, during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in Gaza, Joulani wrote on Facebook: “What's going on in Gaza isn't war.. It's GENOCIDE!!!”

Israel commenced OPE in July 2014 to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.

Promoting Incitement

On July 26, 2015, on the Jewish mourning day of Tisha B’Av, Joulani wrote on Facebook: “Today Israel planned an attack to capture the Aqsa - the Muslims holy spot..”

Tisha B’Av, regarded as the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, is a day of mourning for the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.

On July 26, 2015, Jews had gathered, as usual, to pray and mourn at the Western Wall and Palestinians rioted on the Temple Mount.

The Western Wall refers to a part of the retaining wall of the complex that housed the Second Jewish Temple approximately 2000 years ago in Jerusalem.

The allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy 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 and incited Palestinians to attempt mass casualty attacks on Israeli civilians in July 2016..

Opposing Interfaith Dialogue

On January 14, 2015, Joulani signed a statement condemning Muslims who participated in the Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI) project, sponsored by the Shalom Hartman Institute (Hartman’s).

MLI "invites North American Muslim leaders to explore how Jews understand Judaism, Israel and North American Jewish identity through a Zionist lens," and to expand their understanding of Jewish “ethics, faith, and practice.” According to MLI founder Imam Abdullah Antepli, “MLI aims to put mainstream North American Jewry in conversation with their Muslim counterparts.”

Promoting Anti-Israel Propaganda

On May 15, 2016, Joulani shared a video on Facebook by Al Jazeera+ (AJ+) about the history of the Israeli-Arab conflict. The inaccuracies in the video were quickly refuted, highlighted in a video made by The Israel Project.

On October 9, 2015, Joulani promoted on Facebook the website If Americans Knew (IAK), saying: "If Americans knew" is a great website to look into !”

The anti-Semitic organization If Americans Knew (IAK) was founded by anti-Israel agitator Alison Weir. IAK has been condemned for anti-Semitism by both the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the anti-Israel U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR).

Anti-Semitism at UT Arlington

In February 2017, Canary Mission first investigated UT Arlington students and discovered social media postings replete with hatred of Jews, praise for Hitler, threats of violence against Jews and calls for another Holocaust.

Anti-Semitic postings came from members of student activist groups, such as UT Arlington’s SJP and MSA chapters, and from UT Arlington students who had no official group affiliation. Examples of such social media posts are set forth below.

SJP and MSA UT Arlington - Anti-Jewish Social Media Posts

On July 2, 2014, Heba Asi, an SJP and MSA UT Arlington activist, tweeted: “It's not the Israeli soldier that are doing all the kidnapping it's the rabis [sic] and the Jews in pig tails lol.”

Asi then added: “@heyitstam_ yeah. Lol but I call them Abraham Lincoln with pigs tails on their heads lol.”

Asi continued: “@heyitstam_ haha I can't deal with how ugly they are

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Asi concluded with: “@heyitstam_ I hope they all burn in hell.”

On July 26, 2014, Ismail Said Aboukar, an SJP and MSA UT Arlington activist, tweeted: “@CullenCody all the major corporations that run the US are owned by Jewish people. How do you not know this?”

On January 2, 2014, Aboukartweeted: “Jewish people are a**.”

On January 1, 2014, Aboukar tweeted: “im pretty sure jews have always been hated by everyone ever.

On February 26, 2013, Aboukar tweeted: “#LiesToldInSchool the holocaust.”

SJP and MSA UT Arlington - Supporting Terror Organizations

On July 31, 2014, Dana Amar, the 2016 SJP UT Arlington vice president, tweeted: “Hamas are freedom fighters. Not terrorists.”

On July 30, 2014, Heba Asi tweeted: “I'm all for the destruction of the Zionist state Israel and 100% pro hamas.”

On July 31, 2014, Asi tweeted: “Any one who isn't pro hamas has either never been to Palestine, uneducated, or a Zionist.”

SJP and MSA UT Arlington - Equating Israel with Nazi Germany

On July 31, 2014, Elhaum Langroodi, an SJP UT Arlington 2015 Officer tweeted: “@BatulAboukar guess she's never heard of Hitler or Netanyahu or any other terrorist.”

On July 2, 2014, SJP UT Arlington activist Heba Asi tweeted: “Natenyahu = Hitler @BarackObama @netanyahu @cnn@FOXTV.”

On the same day, Asi tweeted: “Saying you like Hitler is like saying you like Israeli. They're not any different.”

On March 19, 2015, Asi tweeted: “‘@netanyahu: Every family, soldier, citizen, Jewish or not are important to me!We will form a strong government to work for them.’ #OkHitler.”

SJP and MSA UT Arlington - Spreading Hatred of Israel

On July 23, 2015, SJP UT Arlington activist Heba Asi tweeted: “Israel is mad they haven't been able to wipe out GazaStrip like they did the other occupied lands. Stop the genocide or stop playing victim.”

On August 5, 2014, Ismail Said Aboukar, an SJP and MSA UT Arlington activist, tweeted a doctored photo of two smiling female Israeli soldiers purportedly holding signs that read: “We kill children.”

On July 26, 2014, Aboukar tweeted: “@CullenCody Israel owns the United States financially.”

The Firing of SJP UT Arlington Associate Nancy Salem

Among the activists exposed for making anti-Semitic tweets was Arlington-based preschool teacher Nancy Salem, who was affiliated with several SJP UT Arlington activists as well as officers.

On February 21, 2017, following international media coverage of Salem’s tweets, it was announced that Salem had been suspended from her teaching duties, pending an investigation. The following day, Fox News reported that Salem had been fired.

On February 23, 2017, a local Concho Valley, TX news outlet reported the President of SJP UT Arlingtonwrote an email claiming that they “do not know who Salem is...”

The following day, February 24, 2017, the Algemeiner newspaper reported evidence of an affiliation between Salem and several SJP UT Arlington activists, including its board members.

The Algemeiner also reported that an SJP UT Arlington “spokesman” said that one of their activists, Ahmad Hajmahmoud, whose anti-Semitic tweets were also exposed by Canary Mission, “had ‘dropped his membership and will no longer be continuing with us.’”

On April 2, 2017, the National SJP newsletter disclosed“every [SJP UT Arlington] officer except one resigned,” following Canary Mission’s exposure of the chapter’s anti-Semitism.

As of December 2020, SJP UT Arlington’s Facebook page remained inactive, the group’s last post made on February 18, 2017, shortly following the outing of its members’ anti-Semitic postings.

SJP UT Arlington - Anti-Israel Campus Activism

SJP UT Arlington has promoted anti-Israel activities on campus including BDS campaigns.

On October 8, 2015, during the “Knife Intifada” which saw many Palestinian youths stabbing and attempting to stab Israeli civilians, SJP UT Arlington shared a video on Facebook titled: “GRAPHIC: The execution of Fadi Aloun, October 3rd 2015.”

Fadi Aloon posted on Facebook “Either martyrdom or victory” hours before he stabbed a 15-year old Israeli boy. Aloon was shot by Israeli security forces after the attack.

Text SJP UT Arlington posted with the video described the outrage of Israelis at the scene as a “prevailing Nazi like atmosphere.”

On December 29, 2014, SJP UT Arlington shared a video on Facebook demonizing Israel, in order to promote support for BDS.

SJP UT Arlington’s introduction to the video stated: “Next semester we will work towards encouraging the UTA campus to divest from Israeli funding [sic.] products, starting with Sabra Hummus!”

On December 5, 2014, SJP UT Arlington shared a poster on Facebook calling to boycott Sabra.

On November 25, 2014, SJP UT Arlington promoted an event on Facebook supporting Rasmea Odeh.

Odeh was a military operative with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), an internationally designated terrorist organization. In 1969, she masterminded a bombing that killed two university students in a Jerusalem supermarket. Odeh also attempted to bomb the British consulate.

On September 4, 2014, SJP UT Arlington held a ‘March for Palestine,’ to protest Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE). The march was co-organized with Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at UT Arlington.

OPE was commenced by Israel in July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.

Reverend Craig Hunter, of Denton, Ohio’s Trinity Presbyterian Church, spoke at the march. Hunter accused [00:08:33] Israel of “state terrorism.” Hunter also claimed [00:10:37] that “the root problem is Zionism” and equated Israel to Apartheid South Africa.

Protesters marched chanting [00:16:09]: “No more war crimes! No more Apartheid! No more genocide! Free, free Palestine!”

At the conclusion of the march, Jenny Nguyen, the president of SDS, promoted [00:19:17] BDS. Nguyen urged students to start a divestment campaign at UT Arlington and invoked PFLP terrorist Leila Khaled as a role model, mentioning [00:20:43] “that airline hijacking thing.”

Leila Khaled is a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970. As of 2017, Khaled was a member of PFLP's Political Bureau. Khaled has said that the second intifada failed because it was not violent enough, advocated [00:36:07] for the use of children in terror activities and compared Zionists to Nazis.

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.

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.