Rani Allan
Overview
Rani Allan [Rani Sami Allan/Rani Al-Hindi] has expressed solidarity with terrorists, trivialized the Holocaust and defended the Hamas terror organization.In 2018, Allan co-authored a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement resolution at Hunter College (Hunter), part of City University of New York (CUNY).
Allan also spread hatred of Israel, expressed support for violent riots and demonized the Birthright Israel heritage program. He has promoted anti-Israel agitators and trivialized the Holocaust in high-school.
Allan was the co-founder of the Palestine Solidarity Alliance (PSA) at Hunter, a campus group that runs Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) events and BDS campaigns. In 2020, Allan was also an activist [00:04:31] with the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Solidarity Network.
Allan was denied entry into Israel in January 2015 and again on July 24, 2017.
Allan attended the 2019 National SJP Conference. National SJP 2019 for Non-UMN students Allan also attended the 2018 and 2017 National SJP Conferences. National SJP held their conference at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (UMN), from November 1-3, 2019. The conference was themed: “Beyond Struggle: From Roots to Branches Towards Liberation.”
In 2017, Allan was an organizer with Adalah-NY as well as an organizer and teacher at the Arab American Association of New York (AAANY).
In 2015, Allan was an activist with the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)’s New Jersey chapter.
As of September 2020, Allan indicated on Facebook and Twitter that he started school at George Washington University (GWU) Law School.
As of December 2020, Allan’s Twitter bio said that he was a “@GWUSJP Student @gwlaw [George Washington University Law School], where he reportedly “plans to pursue a path in social justice advocacy.”
Allan graduated from Hunter in 2018, where he studied Political Science and Human Rights and was a student senator from 2017-2018.
As of September 2020, Allan used the alias “Rani Al-Hindi” on Facebook. As of the same date, Allan used his real name in Arabic — “راني علَان” — on Facebook.
Solidarity With Terrorists
On April 5, 2018, Allan quoted Ghassan Kanafani on Facebook.Kanafani was a leading member and spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) during the terrorist organization’s early years. Kanafani announced the PFLP’s responsibility for the Lod Airport Massacre of May 1972 and was linked to the airport attackers. The attack killed 26 people and wounded 80 others.
On May 23, 2017, Allan posted a photo on Facebook of himself holding a sign that said: “In Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike #DignityStrike36.”
“Dignity Strike” refers to a hunger strike initiated by Marwan Barghouti on April 16, 2017. More than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners participated in the strike – most them also convicted for acts of terrorism. Barghouti headed the Palestinian Authority (PA) terrorist Tanzim force and founded the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. He was sentenced to five consecutive life terms by an Israeli civilian court for some of his crimes, including his role in the Sbarro Cafe bombing.
On May 21, 2017 Allan posed for a photo with convicted terrorist 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.
Odeh confessed, in a highly detailed account, the day following her arrest. In a 2004 documentary, one of Odeh’s co-conspirators directly implicated her as the mastermind.
In 1970, an Israeli court tried and convicted Odeh for her involvement in both bombings and sentenced her to life imprisonment. However, Odeh was released 10 years later, in a prisoner swap and emigrated to the United States. In 2017, Odeh was deported to Jordan and stripped of U.S. citizenship, after admitting to immigration fraud.
On June 28, 2015, Allan retweeted a tweet in support of terrorist Khader Adnan.
Khader Adnan was a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization. A 2007 YouTube video showed Adnan praising and encouraging suicide bombings: "Who among you will carry the next explosive belt? Who among you will fire the next bullets? Who among you will have his body parts blown all over?” In May 2023, Adnan died in prison after refusing medical treatment during a hunger strike.
Trivializing the Holocaust
On July 22, 2014, Allan tweeted, during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE): “#Holocaust #IsraeliApartheid #FreePalestine.”Israel commenced OPE in July 2014 to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
On July 16, 2014, Allan tweeted: “And what's worse is that American schools like #HasbrouckHeightsSpySchool [Hasbrouk Heights High School] teach about the Holocaust over and over…”
Defending Hamas
On July 31, 2014, Allan shared on Twitter a link to an article from the conspiracy theory website “Signs of the Times” that downplayed Hamas’s role in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.Allan’s tweet said: “To the Arabs (yes Arabs!) who are telling me it's the Palestinians' fault for ‘kidnapping the 3 teenagers,’ where... http://fb.me/2YRj8UUW4.”
Hamas was responsible for the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers from a bus stop on June 12, 2014. The abducted boys were murdered by their captors, and their bodies were found buried in Palestinian-controlled territory on June 30, 2014.
Promoting BDS
On December 6, 2018, Allan tweeted: “Proud of the work @nyujvp and @NYUSJP are leading to undo complicity in war and apartheid.”On the same day, Allan retweeted a tweet by the anti-Israel Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) that celebrated the passage of a BDS resolution by New York University’s Student Government Association.
Allan retweeted an April 9, 2018 tweet by NYU SJP that announced a coalition of 50 NYU student groups had pledged to support the BDS Movement.
In March of 2018, Allan co-authored a BDS divestment resolution at CUNY titled: “CUNY Apartheid Divestment Resolution.”
The resolution called on the CUNY Board of Trustees “to adopt a Socially Responsible Investment policy” and “to urge our university to financially divest from the companies currently complicit in, or profiting off of, the State of Israel’s ongoing system of military occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other human rights violations in Palestine/Israel.”
According to The Ticker, a student-run newspaper at Baruch College (Baruch), the BDS resolution was to be voted on at the April 15, 2018 CUNY University Student Senate (USS) Plenary Meeting.
News of the impending vote was reportedly leaked only on Friday evening, April 13, 2018, during the Jewish Sabbath, which prevented religiously observant Jewish students at CUNY from finding out about the hearing until 8:30pm on Saturday, April 14 (the conclusion of the Jewish Sabbath), which gave students opposing the bill “less than 24 hours to mobilize.”
According to Baruch University Student Senate (USS) delegates Jasper Diaz and Daniel Morote, the Baruch delegation said that they were “not aware that BDS would be on the USS agenda until Saturday night, when they were notified by their constituents” and “none of the delegates were given a written copy of the resolution ahead of the meeting.”
The resolution reportedly failed.
On February 2, 2018, Allan tweeted: “#Lorde #BDS #CulturalBoycott #FreePalestine.” Allan included a tweet by the anti-Israel group Adalah NY, praising New Zealand BDS activists who urged pop-artist “Lorde” to cancel her Tel Aviv concert tour date.
Lorde canceled her scheduled concert in Tel Aviv following protests by BDS activists.
On June 30, 2015, Allan tweeted: “1.1 million member United Church of Christ votes to boycott and divest from Israel occupation profiteers.#BDS http://fb.me/6CafJ5KnN “
On June 15, 2016, Allan retweeted a tweet featuring a photo of himself, with the comment: “We have the #RighttoBoycott Israel and we SHOULD boycott Israel @Rani_Allan.” In the photo, Allan held a sign that read: “Boycott Israel Because of Gaza.”
Spreading Hatred of Israel
On July 16, 2020, Allan hosted a webinar on Facebook titled: “SJP Solidarity Network Presents: Annexation Part II: What Annexation Means for Palestine as an Internationalist Struggle.”In the webinar, Allan condemned [00:26:37] “the Zionist colonization of Palestine” and accused [00:26:55] Israel of “apartheid and occupation and war crimes and ethnic cleansing.”
On February 26, 2020, Allan tweeted praising former U.S. Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders for calling out “the Israeli government for being as racist.”
On January 4, 2020, Allan tweeted: “All this + end U.S. support to Israeli apartheid” and attached a tweet by Bernie Sanders calling on the U.S. to end the war in Iran and bring US troops home.
On May 6, 2018, Allan tweeted: “It’s #Apartheid #FreePalestine”
On July 27, 2017, Allan published an article in the Huffington Post in which he claimed Israel barred him from entering the country solely because he was Palestinian. Allan went on to claim that Israel was “racist” and practiced “systematic colonialism and ethnic cleansing.” ”
On July 8, 2016, Allan posted to Facebook a photo of himself holding a sign that read: “BOYCOTT UNTIL PALESTINIAN CHILDREN CAN LIVE WITHOUT FEAR OF TORTURE.”
On June 7, 2015, Allan tweeted: “#IsraelIsATerroristState.”
On August 10, 2014, Allan tweeted: “#IsraeliApartheid #Lebanon #Terrorism #IsraeliTerrorism.”
On August 4, 2014, Allan tweeted: “Since many Americans blindly love #Israhell so much, why don't they relocate it into their country?”
Also on August 4, 2014, the day a ceasefire was announced during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, Allan tweeted: “#PalestinianGenocide #Genocide #YourTaxDollarsAtWork #SevenMillionDollarsADay #HaveYouResearchedToday? #Gaza…”
On August 1, 2014, Allan tweeted: “At the same time #Israhell commits the worst of #WarCrimes in, the #terrorist #senate agrees to support more…”
On July 31, 2014, Allan tweeted: “It's a genocide. #GazaUnderAttack #FreePalestine #Terrorism.”
On July 2, 2014, Allan tweeted: “If you support Israel, the you support terrorism, crime and the killing of innocent people. http://fb.me/2MCQ8i7EY”
On May 14, 2012, Allan tweeted: “Israhell,” along with an image of the Israeli flag and the text: “Kill Everyone. Steal Everything. Ignore all Human and International Laws. Israhell ….. Enemies of Humanity.”
Supporting Violent Protests
On March 30, 2018, Allan retweeted a March 30, 2018 tweet that read: “You can't infiltrate your home. You are simply returning. #GreatReturnMarch.”On April 6, 2018, Allan participated in a demonstration co-hosted by JVP titled: “All out for Gaza: Solidarity with the Great March of Return.”
Most of the Gazans who died between March 30 and April 6, 2018, were identified as terror operatives who were killed while carrying out terrorist attacks, rioting against IDF forces or attempting to breach the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
The event’s Facebook description said the rally was to “show solidarity with… the historic #GreatReturnMarch and to mourn the 20 Palestinians shot and killed by Israeli forces along the border.”
On April 9, 2018, Allan tweeted: “Members from @PSA_Hunter attended today the candlelight vigil for #YasserMurtaja and all latest victims of Israel’s assault on the #GreatReturnMarch We pay our deepest condolences to victims in Gaza and reaffirm our commitment to stand by those resisting Israel’s terrorism. #Gaza.”
On April 13, 2018, Allan tweeted: “Last Thursday we had a Palestinian-led rally in support of the then-anticipated third march in Gaza of the #GreatReturnMarch . More to come. #FreePalestine #EndApartheid #Gaza.”
Allan attached a photo of himself speaking into a bullhorn along with other protestors.
On March 29, 2019, Allan changed his Facebook profile picture to a photo of March of Return demonstrators, and added: “#مسيرة_العودة_الكبرى #الذكرى_الأولى #غزة ""#GreatReturnMarch #Gaza #OneYearAnniversary.”
The violent riots during the “March of Return” continued into 2019 and included armed protesters using gunfire, penetrating Israeli territory, launching incendiary kites into Israel and throwing IEDs, hand grenades and Molotov cocktails. Some of the attacks were carried out by Hamas operatives.
Demonizing Birthright
On February 25, 2019, Allan was featured [00:13:45] in a video interview by Al Jazeera English (AJ English) in which he said [13:52]: “I call on young Jews to boycott Birthright, because as a Palestinian-American, I am banned from entering my homeland, but meanwhile Birthright offers a free trip exclusively for Jews with the aim of whitewashing the military occupation and maintaining the denial of the refugee right of return.”Birthright Israel is a heritage trip to Israel for Jewish young adults from across the world.
The “right of return” is a Palestinian demand discredited as a means to eliminate Israel. International law mandates no absolute right of return and UN Resolution 194, which defined principles for “refugees wishing to return to their homes,” was unanimously rejected by Arab nations following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
On April 15, 2018, Allan led a JVP co-sponsored event titled: “Boycott Birthright: All Out for Gaza & Protest Sheldon Adelson.”
The event’s Facebook description said: “Birthright Israel is celebrating its 18th anniversary by throwing a giant gala in Manhattan, honoring Sheldon Adelson...for his role funding thousands of propaganda trips to Israel for young American Jews.”
Return the Birthright Campaign
In September of 2017, JVP issued its #ReturntheBirthright campaign manifesto, calling on American Jews to boycott the Birthright Israel (Birthright) program. Birthright was founded by Jewish philanthropists “in 1999 to address the growing divide between young Diaspora Jewish adults and the land and people of Israel.”After decades of demographic decline in the American Jewish community, Birthright set out “to strengthen Jewish identity, build a lasting bond with the land and people of Israel, and reinforce the solidarity of Jewish people worldwide.” The program offers “the gift of a life-changing, 10-day trip to Israel to young Jewish adults between the ages of 18 and 26.”
JVP’s anti-Birthright campaign was launched precisely to coincide with “the very moment that college students across America are returning to campus and registration for Birthright winter visits are underway.”
The #returnthebirthright manifesto accused Israel of “ethnic cleansing” and alleged “the modern state of Israel is predicated on the ongoing erasure of Palestinians.”
The text claimed: “We reject the offer of a free trip to a state that does not represent us, a trip that is only ‘free’ because it has been paid for by the dispossession of Palestinians.”
The manifesto concluded: “And as we reject this, we commit to promoting the right to return of Palestinian refugees… Israel is not our Birthright… Return the Birthright.”
On June 22, 2017, just prior to the launch of JVP’s #returnthebirthright campaign, JVP received a $140,00 two-year grant for general support for its operations from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF).
Since 2015, JVP has received $280,000 from RBF, which has a history of supporting anti-Jewish causes, including BDS campaigns and various organizations that promote BDS campaigns throughout the United States.
On September 27, 2017, JVP published a piece written by Allan, titled: “‘Why I, A Palestinian, Want Young Jews to Boycott Birthright.’”
In the piece, Allan wrote: “I was excited to hear that Jewish Voice for Peace students and young Jews are launching the #ReturntheBirthright campaign, calling on young Jews to boycott Birthright...Going on a Birthright trip whitewashes the ongoing human rights violations of the Israeli government.”
In his article, Allan also called on readers to join the BDS movement and alleged that Birthright participants were “bombarded with Zionist propaganda as they walked atop the ruins of ethnically-cleansed Palestinian villages.”
On December 3, 2017, Allan participated in a JVP protest outside the Birthright Israel Foundation in New York City. Allan demonstrated with JVP protestors who urged Jews to “Return the Birthright!” and to “reject this offer of a free trip to a state that welcomes us ‘home.’”
Promoting Anti-Israel Agitators
On February 1, 2020, Allan tweeted a photo of himself with U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib, and added: “First she said impeach the MF[MotherF**ker], then declared how Palestinian she is despite all the racists, and now she publicly boos Hillary Clinton. Rashida Tlaib, you’re such a bad@a** and always make us proud. Love you!”On April 11, 2019, Allan tweeted several photos of himself and other activists campaigning to express support for Omar.
Ilhan Omar was elected to the U.S. Congress in 2018. In February 2019, top Congressional leaders denounced Omar for tweeting anti-Semitic remarks.
On December 1, 2018, Allan led [00:12:48] protestors in a chant “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” at a demonstration titled: “CNN! We Will Not Be Silent About Marc Lamont Hill #istandwithmlh.” The rally was held outside CNN’s New York City offices.
“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” is a chant calling to dismantle the State of Israel. It has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state.
During the meeting, Hill reportedly whitewashed Palestinian violence and accused Israel of “state violence and ethnic cleansing.” He also called for a “free Palestine from the river to the sea.”
In September 2018, during a U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) conference, Hill insinuated [00:31:01] that Israel poisons Palestinian water and seemingly approved [00:30:34] of violence against Israelis.
The event’s Facebook description said: “Please come out tomorrow and show that we will not be silent about CNNs unethical firing of Marc Lamont Hill due to Zionist intimidation over his comments at the United Nations calling for an end to the Oppression and Occupation of the Palestinian People. “
On February 25, 2018, Allan tweeted: “#DareenTatour Has been imprisoned by #Apartheid #Israel for more than #two years for posting a poem on #Facebook. #FreePalestine #PoetryIsNotACrime”
In October 2015, Tatour was placed under house arrest for incitement to violence and for support of a terrorist organization on social media. Tatour had supported the terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and posted to Facebook: “I am the next shahid [martyr].”
On August 6, 2014, Allan tweeted: “‘#StevenSalaita was fired from his position as associate #professor in the #American #Indian Studies #program at... http://fb.me/1he4EDZbE’” Allan’s tweet linked to an article from the Electronic Intifada (EI) that defended Salaita.
Banned from Israel
On December 15, 2017, Allan featured [00:02:07] in a Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) video, with text naming him as “Rani Al-Hindi.” In the video, Allan presented [00:02:07] an Israeli Immigration Authority document listing his full legal name as “Rani Sami Allan.”In the video, Allan said [00:02:12]: “This summer, I was denied entry for my second time.” Allan also displayed [00:02:11] U.S. Passport documents indicating January 20, 2015 and July 24, 2017 as the dates Allan was denied entry to Israel.
In April 2019, a blog entry by the Arab American Institute (AAI) said that on “January 20, 2015 & July 24, 2017 - Location: King Hussein/Allenby Bridge border [Rani Allan]...was accused of being an informant for the Lebanese army and was subsequently denied entry under the claim of having illegal visiting purposes.
The entry went on to say: “He was denied entry a second time in 2017 and given a letter of official ban ‘for the prevention of illegal immigration considerations.’"
High School - Trivializing the Holocaust
Allan commented: “‘Today the #Palestinians are the #Jews of the #Israelis.’ ‘#One should #always stand with #Jews as #victims of...”
Attending the 2019 National SJP Conference
The Conference partnered with numerous anti-Israel organizations and conducted their event in a clandestine manner.
Attending the 2018 National SJP Conference
On November 19, 2018, Allan was featured in a Learning for the Empowerment and Advancement of Palestinians (LEAP) Instagram photo, which showed Allan deliveringa presentation at the 2018 National SJP Conference.2019 National SJP - Supporting BDS
The Conference website called to capitalize on shifts in the political climate, represented by the elections to the U.S. Congress of Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who both support BDS. National SJP speakers also reportedly drew attention to Rep. Omar’s support for the BDS movement as the Representative for UMN’s Congressional district.During the Conference, National SJP speakers reportedly “noted the success of past divestment campaigns at the University [UMN], which ultimately resulted in the passing of a campus-wide [BDS] referendum in 2018.”
The UMN resolution passed in 2018 by a margin of 3.4 percent of those students who voted, translating to approval by 6.18% of all eligible voters. Less than 13% of the eligible voters actually voted on UMN’s BDS referendum.
2019 National SJP - Rejecting Israel and Zionism
The 2019 National SJP Conference website indicated that the goal of their “solidarity movement” was to push for policies that “demanded the end of” the state of Israel, referred to as “the Israeli occupation.”The website clarified that “the Palestinian struggle against Zionism, extends beyond the confines of 1967, and well before the Nakba,” and was based on the rejection of Jewish national self-determination in Israel.
Nakba is an Arabic term for “catastrophe” and refers to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term often used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel.
2019 National SJP - Heightened Secrecy
The 2019 National SJP Conference required attendees to be “verified and vouched for” by an SJP chapter to which they belonged and required each chapter to register as a group. The conference also required each group to be verified by a “reference––someone who is NOT going to this conference but who is or has recently been a part of your SJP.”2019 National SJP - Partnering Organizations
National SJP partnered with other anti-Israel organizations to table, sell merchandise and lead workshops, including CODEPINK, Palestine Youth Movement (PYM), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), Palestine Legal, Watan Palestine and the Adalah Justice Project.Keynote speakers included Loubna Qutami, Chair of PYM, as well as Taher Herzallah of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). Other speakers included Miko Peled, Sandra Tamari, Suhad Katib, Chris Gazaleh, Clarissa Bitar, Tariq Luthun, Maytha Alhassen and Sima Shakhsari.
2019 National SJP - Supporting BDS
The Conference website called to capitalize on shifts in the political climate, represented by the elections to the U.S. Congress of Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who both support BDS. National SJP speakers also reportedly drew attention to Rep. Omar’s support for the BDS movement as the Representative for UMN’s Congressional district.During the Conference, National SJP speakers reportedly “noted the success of past divestment campaigns at the University [UMN], which ultimately resulted in the passing of a campus-wide [BDS] referendum in 2018.”
The UMN resolution passed in 2018 by a margin of 3.4 percent of those students who voted, translating to approval by 6.18% of all eligible voters. Less than 13% of the eligible voters actually voted on UMN’s BDS referendum.
2019 National SJP - Rejecting Israel and Zionism
The 2019 National SJP Conference website indicated that the goal of their “solidarity movement” was to push for policies that “demanded the end of” the state of Israel, referred to as “the Israeli occupation.”The website clarified that “the Palestinian struggle against Zionism, extends beyond the confines of 1967, and well before the Nakba,” and was based on the rejection of Jewish national self-determination in Israel.
Nakba is an Arabic term for “catastrophe” and refers to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term often used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel.
2019 National SJP - Heightened Secrecy
The 2019 National SJP Conference required attendees to be “verified and vouched for” by an SJP chapter to which they belonged and required each chapter to register as a group. The conference also required each group to be verified by a “reference––someone who is NOT going to this conference but who is or has recently been a part of your SJP.”2019 National SJP - Partnering Organizations
National SJP partnered with other anti-Israel organizations to table, sell merchandise and lead workshops, including CODEPINK, Palestine Youth Movement (PYM), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), Palestine Legal, Watan Palestine and the Adalah Justice Project.Keynote speakers included Loubna Qutami, Chair of PYM, as well as Taher Herzallah of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). Other speakers included Miko Peled, Sandra Tamari, Suhad Katib, Chris Gazaleh, Clarissa Bitar, Tariq Luthun, Maytha Alhassen and Sima Shakhsari.
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.
JVP
JVP was founded in Berkeley, California in 1996, as an activist group with an emphasis on the “Jewish tradition” of peace, social justice and human rights. The organization is currently led by Rebecca Vilkomerson and its board members include Israel critics Naomi Klein, Judith Butler, Noam Chomsky and Tony Kushner.
JVP, which generally employs civil disobedience tactics to disrupt pro-Israel speakers and events, consists of American Jews and non-Jewish “allies” highly critical of Israeli policies. A staunch supporter of the BDS movement, JVP claims to aim its campaigns at companies that either support the Israeli military (Hewlett-Packard) or are active in the West Bank (SodaStream).
Although several Jewish groups critical of Israeli policies, like J Street and Partners for a Progressive Israel, make efforts to operate within the mainstream American Jewish community, JVP functions outside. The group is often criticized for serving as a tokenized Jewish voice for the pro-Palestinian camp and is widely regarded as the BDS movement’s “Jewish wing.”
JVP denies the notion of “Jewish peoplehood” and has even gone so far as to refer to its own Ashkenazi (Jews who spent the Diaspora in European countries) leadership as “white supremacy inside of JVP.”
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has accused JVP of being “the largest and most influential Jewish anti-Zionist group in the United States,” and said the group “exploits Jewish culture and rituals to reassure its own supporters that opposition to Israel not only does not contradict, but is actually consistent with, Jewish value.”
The ADL also claimed that “JVP consistently co-sponsors rallies to oppose Israeli military policy that are marked by signs and slogans comparing Israel to Nazi Germany, demonizing Jews and voicing support for groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.”
According to the ADL website, JVP “uses its Jewish identity to shield the anti-Israel movement from allegations of anti-Semitism and provide it with a greater degree of legitimacy and credibility.”
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