Rana Sobeih
Overview
Defending Violent Protesters
On April 13, 2018, Sobeih posted a video to Facebook promoting the March of Return, along with a video description that stated: “For the third week in a row Palestinians in Gaza are marching for their right to return.”On May 14, 2018, Sobeih posted to Facebook: “Those in power (Israel, the US) celebrate while the marginalized are shot at and murdered for demanding basic rights. I stand with the Palestinian people today and every day
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UofSC SJP Activism
During the evening, Sobeih was featured in several photos presenting a poster to attendees, featuring a series of misleading maps known as the “Map That Lies,” with the title: “Is This Ethnic Cleansing?”
The maps claim that lands once controlled by Britain, Egypt and Jordan as autonomous “Palestinian land” were purportedly stolen by Israel. In February 2016, publisher McGraw-Hill Education recalled copies of a college textbook containing the fraudulent maps. In October 2015, American cable news network MSNBC apologized for airing a similar series of maps and retracted them.
Similar events featuring Elashkar have been cancelled because Elashkar was “deemed to be ‘anti-Semitic,’” to which Elashkar replied: “Of course, we expect such talk from our Zionist enemies, and we give it little importance.”
Opposing the Anti Semitism Bill
On February 22, 2017, Sobeh attended UofSC SJP’s “Stop anti-Palestine Legislation at SC state house!” at the South Carolina legislature’s House Judiciary Special Laws Subcommittee hearing, and spoke [00:37:34] against the bill.
On March 7, 2017, Sobeih posted to Facebook: “Hi y'all. Anyone who might be in town, SJP and Carolina Peace Resource Center are heading to the Statehouse to oppose this bill. Message me if you want to more/join us. [sic]”
On April 19, 2017, Sobeih called on her Facebook followers to come out and oppose SC H. 3643.”
On April 25, 2017, Sobeih posted to Facebook attacking Bill H.3643 and claimed: “It is insulting to our intelligence to pretend that H.3643 aims to protect Jewish people, and it's insulting to any individuals that have experienced anti-Semitism in this state.”
On May 10, 2017, Sobeih posted to Facebook: “We've been fighting H.3643 since February. It's in final stages at the Senate right now. Call Senator Hutto and the other senators, and tell them to oppose H.3643 too.”
On May 17, 2017, Sobeih posted to Facebook celebrating UofSC SJP’s role in defeating SC H. 3643.
The bill was contested and did not pass in 2017, but was later placed in the 2018-2019 budget and currently applies on college campuses.
Promoting BDS
On November 15, 2017, Sobeih posted to Facebook a Michigandaily.com article,titled: “#UMDivest resolution passes for first time in U-M Ann Arbor campus history,” with a comment: “#UofSC let’s follow in their footsteps.”
On November 17, 2017, Sobeih posted to Facebook condemning the University of Michigan for opting not to “comply with student demands” and change long-standing investment policy investing in profitable companies tied to Israel.
UofSC SJP - Defending Terrorists
On August 13, 2018, UofSC SJP shared an article to Facebook that defended several“Knife Intifada” terrorists, including Ahmed Manasra and Nurhan Awad.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.
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.
In December 2015, 16-year-old Lama al-Bakri drew a knife and attempted to stab a pedestrian in the Jewish neighborhood of Kiryat Arba before she was shot. Bakri was then detained for 3 years.
UofSC SJP- Glorifying Violent Protesters
On May 14, 2018, UofSC SJP posted to Facebook: “Just today, the number of Palestinian martyrs doubled since the beginning of the #GreatReturnMarch as Israel opened live fire” and added: “demand the US and Israel put an end to this ruthless massacre.”On May 15th, 2018, UofSC SJP launched a photo campaign of UofSC SJP activists and members holding up signs in defense of the March of Return.
That day, UofSC SJP tweeted: “peaceful Palestinian protestors at the #GreatReturnMarch demanding basic rights are being massacred by Israeli snipers. Israel opened live ammunition murdering over 50 Palestinians yesterday.”
UofSC SJP - Promoting Supporters of Terror
On April 22, 2018, UofSC SJP co-hosted Joe Catron and Islam Marqa of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). The event’s Facebook page noted that ISM volunteers acted as human shields, writing: “They stayed with resistance fighters trapped under siege in the Nativity Church in Bethlehem.”The International Solidarity Movement (ISM), founded in 2001, is a movement allegedly “committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles.”
However, the group has been accused of supporting terrorism and has encouraged its foreign volunteers to act “as human shields in cities, towns and refugee camps.” ISM has also encouraged activists to break curfew and disregard Israeli directives prohibiting access to closed military zones.
That policy resulted in the death of Rachel Corrie, who was accidentally killed while interfering with an Israeli military operation in 2003. A wrongful death suit brought by Corrie’s family was dismissed, because the judge ruled that Corrie unreasonably chose to put her own life in danger.
The HLF5 were five individuals associated with the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) indicted for funnelling funds to Hamas in the guise of humanitarian aid.
The men were were all convicted and sentenced in 2009 to federal prison terms ranging from 15 to 65 years.
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/100001646777124LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rana-tarek-sobeih/
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