Noah Black
Overview
As of July 2019, Black was listed as the "Primary Contact" for GMU SAIA. He was reportedly the treasurer of GMU SAIA in 2017-2018.
Black attended the 2016 National SJP Conference on November 4-6, at GMU.
As of July 2019, Black’s LinkedIn page said he received a bachelor’s degree in International/Global Studies from GMU in 2018. His LinkedIn also said he was pursuing a master’s degree in Middle East and Islamic Studies at GMU. Black is slated to graduate in 2019.
Black’s LinkedIn page also said he was an Assistant Producer on Status Hour, an audio-journal co-sponsored by the Arab Studies Institute, since 2014.
Support for Terrorists
On May 17, 2017, Black appeared in a video [00:00:01] posted to Facebook by GMU SAIA, with fellow activists participating in a “Saltwater Challenge.”Promoting BDS
On February 28, 2019, GMU SAIA tweeted: “Today members of GMU SAIA met with members of congress on the hill to talk about H.R. 336 and explain why the anti-BDS bill is immoral and unconstitutional.”H.R. 336, titled “Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act of 2019,” allows states to “divest from entities boycotting Israel.”
GMU SAIA’s tweet featured a photo of Black alongside SAIA members and U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib.
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.
Black indicated on Facebook that he “went” to a March 30, 2017 event during Israeli Apartheid Week, hosted by GMU SAIA, titled: “IAW Series: Solidarity.”
Black also indicated on Facebook that he “went” to a February 27, 2017 event sponsored by GMU SAIA, titled: “BDS 101.”
The event’s Facebook description stated: “Come out and learn about the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and what you can do to contribute to Palestinian liberation.”
Attending the 2016 National SJP Conference
Black indicated on Facebook that he “went" to the 2016 SJP National Conference hosted by SAIA at GSU in Fairfax, VA, on November 4-6, 2016.SAIA 2016 - Demonizing Israel
On October 5, 2015, SAIA posted on Facebook a photograph of a small child next to photographs of Israeli soldiers and claimed that "today, Israeli occupation soldiers arrested a three year old. For throwing stones."
On October 25, 2015, SAIA posted an article on Facebook claiming that “peace activist” Hashem Azzeh was “assassinated” by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). In October 2015, Al Azzeh died following a battle with a cardiac condition. Palestinian news sources later claimed Al Azzeh’s death was caused by the IDF’s use of tear gas nearby.
On October 3, 2015, SAIA shared a video on Facebook and commented: “An Israeli Zionist lynch mob cheers the cold-blooded murder of 19 year old Fadi Alloun.”
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 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.
GMU SAIA - Whitewashing a Terrorist
On October 3, 2015, SAIA shared a video on Facebook and commented: “An Israeli Zionist lynch mob cheers the cold-blooded murder of 19 year old Fadi Alloun.”
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 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.
SJP
SJP is a student organization engaged in anti-Israel activity on North American college and university campuses.
The first chapter of SJP was founded in 2001 at the University of California at Berkeley by Professor Hatem Bazian. Bazian has spread classic anti-Semitism, reportedly promoted religious anti-Semitism and defended the Hamas terror group. In 2004, Bazian called for “intifada” in America.
SJP organizes anti-Israel campaigns, including running annual Israel Apartheid Weeks, often in collaboration with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Muslim Students Association (MSA) campus chapters.
SJP has been a major force in pushing the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement on campuses. Chapters have initiated dozens of BDS resolutions in student governments, which have been proposed on or around Jewish holidays, a time when many Jewish students are off-campus.
SJP activists have reportedly physically assaulted, intimidated and harassed Jewish students, disrupted pro-Israel campus events and demonized pro-Israel campus organizations.
Chapters have often endorsed and campaigned for numerous terrorists and whitewashed terrorism.
BDS
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by Omar Barghouti in 2005 to challenge “international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism.” BDS is an allegedly “Palestinian-led movement,” although leading BDS activists have admitted [00:01:01] this is not true.
One of the demands of BDS includes [point 3] what is generally known as the “right of return,” a demand discredited as a way to eliminate Israel. Barghouti said the “right of return” is a means to “end Israel’s existence as a Jewish state.”
Barghouti has said that BDS “aims to turn Israel into a pariah state, as South Africa once was.”
In his activism, Barghouti has also said [00:05:55] regarding Israel: “Definitely, most definitely, we oppose a Jewish state in any part of Palestine. No…rational Palestinian, not a sellout Palestinian, will ever accept a Jewish state in Palestine.”
The movement has been linked to numerous terrorist organizations and received a public endorsement from Hamas in 2017.
BDS initiatives include calling on institutions and individuals to divest from Israeli-affiliated companies, promoting academic and cultural boycotts of Israel, and organizing anti-Israel rallies, protests and campaigns.
The movement’s most notable achievement has been the infiltration of university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, student governments and student groups, backed by their own anti-Israel members and affiliates, have proposed resolutions on some form of boycott of, or divestment from, Israel and Israeli-affiliated entities.
Boycott resolutions, although non-binding, have been passed by student governments on numerous North American campuses.
BDS activity is often aggressive and disruptive. It has been noted that universities that pass BDS resolutions see a marked increase in anti-Semitic incidents on campus. On one campus, when the student government debated a BDS resolution, reports emerged of violent threats against those opposing it.
Social Media and Weblinks
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/100002936443477LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-black-296132124/
