Nora Abushaaban
Overview
Nora Abushaaban has spread anti-Semitism, glorified martyrdom and defended the terror organization Hamas. She has compared Israel to Nazi Germany, spread hatred of Jews and Israel and supported the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.Abushaaban is affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), having attended the 2017 National SJP Conference (NSJP 2017).
As of December 2018, Abushaaban’s LinkedIn page said she was the “Northern California Director” for the Muslim Students Association (MSA) West (MSA West) since June 2018. She also volunteered with American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) in 2015.
Abushaaban’s LinkedIn page said she was a “programs intern” for Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in California in 2015. She is a 2015 alumna of the CAIR 11th Annual Muslim Youth Leadership Program and was an activist for CAIR - San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA) in 2016 and 2015.
As of December 2018, Abushaaban’s LinkedIn page said she was slated to graduate in 2019 from the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley) with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Economics and Policy. She attended De Anza College (DeAnza) from 2016 to 2017.
Abushaaban’s LinkedIn page also said she was “Legislative Director” for the Associated Students for the University of California (ASUC) from August 2017 to May 2018, where she “led a team that researched, drafted, and presented bills in senate committee hearings.”
Abushaaban’s LinkedIn page also said she was a teacher from January 2016 to September 2017 where worked with pre-school and elementary school children.
Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts
On September 26, 2016, Abushaaban tweeted: “is there a difference between yin3an and yil3an? examples from my fam include: ‘yil3an el yahood [curse the Jews]’ and ‘yin3an illi hamadlik’ [cursed is she who was pregnant with you].”On February 18, 2016, Abushaaban tweeted: “Jews placed in ghettos > Rothschild banks > Nazis > Holocaust > Jews leave Europe and steal Palestine ?”
On January 28, 2015, Abushaaban tweeted a screenshot of a tweet by the World Jewish Heritage Twitter account recommending an app to find the best Shwarma in Tel Aviv. Abushaaban wrote: “ATTENTION 7AYWANAT! [ANIMALS] You only have claim to latkes [potato pancakes]. Keep your grimy hands off of our culture.”
On July 26, 2014, Abushaaban tweeted a photo of the Ten Commandments and commented: “You worship land in money. Commandment #1 is out.”
On July 13, 2014, Abushaaban tweeted: “So i was added to a list of ‘Antisemitic Reported Users’ and i have the urge to retweet everything hitler related because i hate them.”
Glorifying Martyrdom
On February 18, 2015, Abushaaban tweeted: “‘The yahood [Jews] will shoot you.’ That sounds extreme but I wouldn't mind because I'm pretty sure if count as a shaheed [martyr] anyways.”On July 12, 2014, Abushaaban tweeted a screenshot of a Facebook status that read: “Palestinians grew up wanting nothing but dying as martyrs. So whether Palestinians win this worldly war or not, they’re the winners.”
Abushaaban commented on the status: “.@mzeyara is right. Palestinians are winners no matter what. #FreePalestine.”
Defending Hamas
On August 3, 2014, during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE) against Hamas, Abushaaban tweeted: “Hamas is not the bad guy.”On July 17, 2014, Abushaaban tweeted: “tbh Hamas is just Gaza's army. They're not terrorists.”
Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
Comparing Israel to Nazi Germany
On July 6, 2014, Abushaaban tweeted: “Nazi Germany vs Apartheid Israel.” The tweet featured two photos, one of a Jewish boy held at gun-point during the Holocaust and another of what the meme purported to be an Israeli soldier holding a gun standing next to a Palestinian child.On July 18, 2014, Abushaaban tweeted: “Do you remember Hitler? He tried many tactics to wipe out the Jews and the Israelis are ironically no different.”
On July 17, 2014, Abushaaban tweeted: “Hitler attempts to wipe out the Jews and in turn the Jews wipe out the Palestinians. It makes no sense.”
On July 29, 2014, Abushaaban tweeted: “Same s**t, different toilet. Hitler wanted an all white race, Israelis want an all Zionist country.”
Abushaaban’s tweet featured two pictures, one of Adolf Hitler with the caption “We are the master race” and a second picture of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a caption that read: “We are God’s chosen people.”
On July 11, 2014, Abushaaban tweeted: “you're supporting a Genocide. Does the holocaust ring a bell?? Nitinyahu is hitler respawned.”
Hatred of Jews and Israel
On June 3, 2016, Abushaaban tweeted: “I'm just watching quantico so I can find out why Simon the Zio was in Gaza tbh.”The term "Zio" is a common derogatory reference to Zionists, as well as an often-used anti-Semitic slur among white supremacists.
On February 29, 2016, Abushaaban tweeted: “When zio trash think they can @ u with BS that literally has nothing to do with you just bc you're Palestinian LOL.”
On January 5, 2016, Abushaaban tweeted: “Every time I watched Seinfeld he irritated the crap out of me. He's not funny. It all makes sense now. Zionist turd.”
On January 12, 2016, Abushaaban accused Israel of ethnically cleansing “non Jews” on Twitter.
On October 15, 2015, Abushaaban tweeted: “When you kinda just want to go to college so you can reck s**t and make the life of zionist students hell.. #FreePalestine.”
On July 23, 2015, Abushaaban tweeted: “The problem is the Jews going around justifying the erasure of the Palestinian people by occupying their land and forcing them to leave.”
On November 2, 2014, Abushaaban tweeted: “I just hate Israelis. And they just happen to be Jews.”
On July 9, 2014, Abushaaban tweeted: “I hope you enjoy my history lesson, you Zionist c**t.”
Anti-Israel Activism
On November 2, 2017, Abushaaban appeared in a photos from NSJP 2017.NSJP 2017 was held October 27-29, 2017 at the University of Houston (UH). The conference was themed “A Reimagined World: Dismantling Walls from Palestine to the Rio Grande.” Per the 2017 National SJP Conference website, the conference aimed to strengthen “collaborative efforts within all regions to pass BDS” and envision “pathways to achieving sanctions in the future.”
On June 30, 2016, Abushaaban tweeted: “PLEASE SEND AN APPRECIATION EMAIL. They’re probably being bombarded with anti-BDS supporters rn so go show support.” The tweet included a screenshot from an article calling to support California Senators who opposed the AB 2844 anti-BDS bill.
On October 14, 2015, Abushaaban tweeted a photo taken at a campus demonstration organized by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at UC Berkeley and the Muslim Students Association (MSA) at UC Berkeley (UCB MSA).
The demonstration was held during an upsurge in violence across Israel incited by Palestinian political and religious leaders. The wave of stabbings, known either as the “Knife Intifada” saw young Palestinians across Israel stabbing and attempting to stab scores of Israeli civilians.
The SJP-MSA demonstration was led by the UCB MSA Brothers Director, Unis Barakat, who led protesters in chanting: “Intifada, Intifada - We support the Intifada!” and “No Justice No Peace!” Barakat also led chants of: “Netanyahu, what do you say...How many kids have you killed today?”
On August 5, 2014, Abushaaban tweeted a flier promoting a ‘Block the Boat’ protest — aimed at preventing a Zim container ship from unloading its cargo of Israeli trade items at the Port of Oakland.
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.
AMP
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) was founded by UC Berkeley Professor Hatem Bazian as a vehicle to generate mainstream support in the United States for the Palestinian national cause.
On its website, the organization lists Bazian as the chairman of its national board and describes itself as “a national education and grassroots-based organization, dedicated to educating the American public about Palestine and its rich cultural, historical and religious heritage.”
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has accused AMP of promoting “extreme anti-Israel views and has at times provided a platform for anti-Semitism under the guise of educating Americans” about Palestinians. The ADL further stated that AMP is directly involved in campus-based anti-Israel activity through Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
Prior to founding the AMP in 2006, Dr. Bazian created SJP together with fellow UC Berkeley Professor Snehal Shingavi in 2001. The close working relationship between AMP and SJP has been documented several times over the years by several organizations, including NGO Monitor and StandWithUs.
In addition to providing financial, public relations and legal assistance to SJP, AMP has also been accused of having connections to Hamas. The AMP national board includes former members of both the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP) and Holy Land Foundation (HLF), both of which were found liable for aiding and abetting Hamas. The IAP was founded by Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, a senior member of Hamas.
CAIR
CAIR describes itself as a “grassroots civil rights and advocacy group” and “America's largest Muslim civil liberties organization, with regional offices nationwide.” Its official mission is “enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.”
CAIR reportedly has “significant ties” to the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as Hamas. A number of former CAIR employees have been convicted on fraud and terrorism-related charges that resulted monetary fines, jail terms and, sometimes, deportation.
CAIR was founded in 1994 and opened its first office in Washington, DC, with the help of a $5,000 donation from the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), a charity founded by Mousa Abu Marzook.
Marzook, who was listed as a "Specially Designated Terrorist" by the U.S. Treasury Department in 1995, is reportedly a senior member of Hamas.
In May 2007, CAIR was listed as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in a U.S.-filed action against the HLF for providing funds to Hamas.
CAIR was also listed as a terrorist entity by the United Arab Emirates, in 2014.
Social Media and Weblinks
Facebook:www.facebook.com/100000523285365Twitter:https://twitter.com/noraswag [Deleted]
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/nora-abushaaban-b19614156/
Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMJEVew1CjQpPcAr5TYopdg
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