Sabiha Azad
Overview
Sahiba Azad has expressed support for violence and for terrorists. She has also promoted incitement and demonized Israel.Azad was an activist with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (John Jay), part of the City University of New York (CUNY) in 2014. As of June 2016, Azad was the “Head of Logistics” at New York City SJP (NYC SJP), since November 2015.
Azad attended the 2015 National SJP Conference and was an organizer for Israeli Apartheid Week NYC in 2016 and 2015.
As of May 2021, Azad was an activist with Within Our Lifetime (WOL), since 2018. WOL was formerly known as NYC SJP. WOL’s website’s “points of unity” states: “We defend the right of Palestinians as colonized people to resist the zionist occupation by any means necessary.”
Azad is also a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
As of October 2022, Azad was listed as working at The Law Offices of Barry Silberzweig in New York City, New York.
As of September 2019, Azad was reportedly “an immigration paralegal and a graduate of John Jay College with a BA in Political Science and a minor in Law.” Azad was listed in a June 1, 2016 commencement program brochure as a graduate of John Jay’s Bachelor of Arts Fall Class of 2015.
As of October 2022, Azad used the handle “MissAzadd” and screen name “_SubZero
” on Twitter.Supporting Violence
On May 17, 2021, Azad tweeted: “Food, defense and arms must be provided to the Palestinians. It is the law that colonized people must be protected in their right to resist...”In May 2021, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists fired over 4,300 rockets from Gaza at major population centers in Israel. Israel responded by launching OGW, carrying out targeted military strikes in Gaza.
On May 15, 2021, Azad posted on her Instagram page “projectsmilenyc” promoting a WOL anti-Israel protest titled: “NAKBA 73 DEFEND PALESTINE!”.
Azad’s post said: “Palestinians have the legal right to armed struggle against the violent colonizing forces who seek to exterminate them. That right must be protected and supported. And as Palestinians rise to protect one another, we too must rise from every corner of the world to defend and protect Palestine and Palestinian resistance. From the river to the sea…”
“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.
On May 10, 2021, Azad tweeted: “We have to make sure we’re doing our part to support the resistance, the resilience, the fighting of the Palestinians in Gaza and Al-Quds. Join coalitions like NY4Palestine, Within Our Lifetime (WOL), Al-Awda, AMP, etc. if you’re from New York City! Organize for Palestine!!”
On September 28, 2020, Azad posted on Facebook: “‘Today we commemorate the official start of the Second Intifada, also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada…”
The second intifada (2000-2005) was characterized by more than 120 suicide bombings targeting Israeli civilians on buses and in cafes.
On the same day, Azad tweeted: “Long Live The Martyrs Of The Al-Aqsa Intifada! 
Within our Lifetime • United for Palestine #AlAqsaIntifada #SecondIntifada #Palestine #FreePalestine #WithinOurLifetime.”
Within our Lifetime • United for Palestine #AlAqsaIntifada #SecondIntifada #Palestine #FreePalestine #WithinOurLifetime.”Supporting Terrorists
On May 25, 2021, in response to a tweet that said: “no more celebrities ‼️‼️ they’re dumb asf ‼️‼️,” Azad tweeted: “They’re annoying!! We should be learning more about Leila Khaled, Malcolm X, Mumia Abu Jamal, etc.! These are the people we can actually takes notes from!!”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.
Mumia Abu Jamal was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. In 2011, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment without parole.
On November 14, 2019, Azad tweeted promoting a poster for an event called: “Emergency Action for Gaza NYC,” which was co-sponsored by WOL, American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and Al-Awda.
In the same thread, Azad tweeted: “At least 34 Palestinians were killed in Israel’s air campaign in Gaza…” and then wrote a series of tweets with the names of those killed, including Baha Abu Al-Atta.
In November 2019, Israel launched Operation Black Belt to stop Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel. The attacks were carried out in response to Israel’s elimination of Baha Abu al-Ata [Bahaa Abu Al-Atta], a senior commander of terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) who was reportedly planning new terror attacks.
Azad’s November 14, 2019 tweets included the names of ten terrorists.
On March 21, 2019, Azad posed in a WOL Instagram photo, holding a framed picture of a masked Palestinian holding a gun and wearing a headband that said: “Brigades of Al-Aqsa Martyrs.”
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is the armed wing of Fatah, the main group in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The Brigade has been listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the U.S. State Department since March 2002 and was responsible for multiple suicide bombings [00:13:37] during the second intifada, in 2002-2004.
WOL’s Instagram post said: “Members of Within Our Lifetime’s cultural resistance program from our last event, honoring the martyrs of Palestine in NYC. In Palestine there is a much stronger culture of honoring our martyrs, as they are the vanguard of our struggle.”
WOL’s Instagram post continued: “We must do the same here, because their sacrifices are what keep our struggle moving forward, and make us proud to be Palestinian.
”On March 23, 2017, Azad tweeted: “Father of Basil al-Araj giving his final farewell to his son. Long live all the martyr's of Palestine, long live the resistance.”
Basel Al Araj was killed in a shoot-out with Israeli troops during an arrest raid. He had been suspected of belonging to a terror cell planning to carry out attacks on Israeli targets. Two M-16 assault rifles and an improvised Carlo-style submachine gun were found inside his home.
On July 21, 2016, Azad tweeted: “Bilal Kayed has been kept in solitary confinement under administrative detention in the Zionist Askelon Prison.”
PFLP terrorist Bilal Kayed was incarcerated for 14 years for terror attacks and attempted terror attacks committed during the second intifada, in 2002.
In the same thread, Azad also tweeted: “We stand in support of his ongoing hunger strike and demand freedom for all Palestinian political prisoners. #bilalkayed.”
On August 16, 2015, Azad updated her cover photo on Facebook to a poster featuring PIJ member Muhammad Allan. The poster said: “PALESTINIAN LAWYER. DETAINED BY ISRAEL.NO CHARGE. NO TRIAL. HUNGER STRIKE 61+DAYS. AS OF 6/14 AT RISK OF FORCE-FEEDING #FREEMUHAMMADALLAN.”
Allan was first jailed by Israel in 2006 for trying to recruit a suicide bomber to carry out an attack in Israel. He was detained in 2015 for similar reasons.
Promoting Incitement
On May 10, 2021, Azad tweeted a photo of a Palestinian on the Temple Mount with a wheelbarrow filled with rocks and wrote: “Al Murabiteen, the Guardians of Al Aqsa, await for the escalated Zionist invasion. May Allah protect them, ameen. Israel is suffocating Jerusalem, but Jerusalem finds a way to rise. #AlAqsaUnderAttack #JerusalemUprising #SaveSheikhJarrah.”On May 7-10, 2021, violent clashes broke out between Palestinian worshippers and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa compound, following claims that Al-Aqsa Mosque was in danger. The allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy Al-Aqsa has been a traditional pretext for Arab attacks on Jews long before the existence of the modern Jewish state.
On May 10, 2021, Azad tweeted: “Palestine is from the river to the sea - Israel is a settler colonial project that must END by at all cost, by ANY means necessary!! Feel free to reach out on how to get involved!
#AlAqsaUnderAttack #JerusalemUprising #SaveSheikhJarrah.”On July 22, 2017, Azad tweeted: “O Allah, by your ability, not ours Place upon the enemies of masjid al Aqsa misfortune and evil and all those who plot against it.”
On July 14, 2017, terrorists murdered two Israeli police officers outside the entrance to the Al-Aqsa compound, reportedly following claims that the Al-Aqsa Mosque was in danger. In response to the terror attack, Israel installed metal detectors and security cameras at the entrance to the holy site, which the authorities later removed, after further rioting and escalation in violence.
Demonizing Israel
On May 14, 2021, Azad tweeted: “Without the help from the US, zionists would never have made it this far. American flag + zionist flag =symbols of racism.”On May 13, 2021, Azad tweeted: “...the most anti-Semitic place in the world is Israel itself…”
On June 28, 2016, Azad tweeted: “Israel- an apartheid country that hates black people and murders its rightful residents. #endtheoccupation.”
On June 27, 2016, Azad tweeted a graphic on Twitter showing the map of Israel overlaid entirely with the colors of the Palestinian Flag and superimposed with the text JE SUIS ONE STATE [I am one state].” Azad commented: “From the river to the sea!!! #JeSuisOneState.”
On May 1, 2016, Azad posted on Facebook: “...Israel sustains itself and its crimes through the aid of global imperialist powers that also oppress working class peoples in their own countries, the most notable of these countries being the United States, the world’s only superpower and leading imperialist power.”
On February 3, 2016, Azad posted on Facebook: “This so called nation, Israel, is beyond a shadow of a doubt, the most murderous, lying, deceitful, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, arrogant, toxic, vile, putrid, cancerous, parasitic, blood sucking scourge that has ever blighted the human race. IDF [Israel Defense Forces] scum and Israel's version of Democracy.”
Anti-Israel Activism
In May 2019, Azad was listed as a speaker at the Palestine Lives 2019 Conference, held on May 10 -12, 2019 and co-hosted by WOL as well as the anti-Israel group Existence Is Resistance.On June 17, 2017, Azad tweeted: “Join us as we celebrate Palestinian resistance globally as the fight for a liberated Al-Quds (Jerusalem) continues!”
On May 6, 2016, Azad tweeted: “Thanks Hunter SJP for having Alexi and myself for the One State Solution Panel!! #hunterSJP #nycsjp.”
On March 9, 2016, Azad was listed on Facebook as a moderator for a John Jay SJP event titled: “Repression and Resistance: Palestinians in Political Detention,” discussing the “matrix of repressive tactics shared by Israel and its allies like the US.”The event’s Facebook description listed anti-Israel activists including Joe Catron and Lamis Deek as speakers.
In a Februray 29, 2016, Facebook event post, Azad was listed as the host for Israeli Apartheid Week NYC 2016.
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is presented internationally as a “series of events that seeks to raise awareness of…Israel’s settler-colonial project and apartheid system over the Palestinian people.” One of its goals is to build support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. IAW has been renamed Palestine Awareness Week.
Azad was also listed as one of the hosts of the 2015 NYC IAW held from February 26 to March 12, 2015.
On October 8, 2014, Azad posed in a photo she posted to Facebook at a John Jay SJP organized “die-in” on campus, where students lay on the ground covered in sheets stained with red paint to resemble blood.
Azad held a sign that said: “Your Tax Dollar$ Kill ONE CHILD in GAZA every HOUR #GazaUnderAttack #FreePalestine” while other activists held signs [00:01:40] that said“From FERGUSON to PALESTINE, INTIFADA INTIFADA.”
John Jay SJP - Calling for the Dissolution of Israel: 2015-2016
On April 27, 2016, John Jay SJP posted a graphic on Facebook, showing a map of Israel overlaid entirely with the colors of the Palestinian flag and superimposed with the text: “JE SUIS ONE STATE [I am one state].”On October 4, 2015, John Jay SJP promoted on Facebook an NYC SJP statement about the BDS movement. The NYC SJP statement said the goal of BDS is the “the eventual establishment of a single Palestinian national state covering all of historic Palestine.”
The statement closed with a quote from terrorist Leila Khaled, in large, bolded text, reading: “BDS, of course, on the international level, is very effective. But it doesn’t liberate land.”
John Jay SJP - Anti-Israel Activity: 2014-2016
On October 8, 2014, John Jay SJP organized a “die-in” on campus, where students lay on the ground covered in sheets stained with red paint to resemble blood.An SJP activist at the “die-in” expressed support [00:01:14] for attacks by the terror organization Hamas on Israeli soldiers, during Operation Protective Edge (OPE).
Another SJP activist reportedly declared: “What the Israeli flag stands for is genocide.” Activists also reportedly chanted: “ “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free.”
Other activists at the “die-in” held signs that said: “Your Tax Dollar$ Kill ONE CHILD in GAZA every HOUR #GazaUnderAttack #FreePalestine” and [00:01:40] “INTIFADA INTIFADA.” Activists also chanted [00:01:30] “when people are occupied, resistance is justified.”
On October 21, 2014, John Jay University President Jeremy Travis issued an announcement,” stating that he was “deeply troubled…by recent reports that Jewish students at John Jay College have felt intimidated and harassed on our campus.”
In response, John Jay SJP issued an open letter to President Travis calling his announcement: “the latest in a series of small acts of repression John Jay’s SJP has faced recently.”
On March 5, 2016, John Jay SJP promoted an NYC SJP event and blog post on Facebook to “commemorate International Working Women’s Day as an inseparable aspect of the fight for Palestinian liberation.”
The NYC SJP blog post promoting the event claimed that “Israel is a state that was built on the murder and rape of Palestinian women” and that “the state forces women to give birth at checkpoints, where more than half of the babies died as a result.”
A March 5, 2016 John Jay SJP Facebook post also promoting the event included quotes from the blog post that glorified convicted terrorist and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member Leila Khaled, for “committing her life to be a freedom fighter in the struggle for Palestinian liberation.”
The NYC SJP blog post also glorified other female terrorists, such as PFLP members Khalida Jarrar and Rasmea Odeh. The blog post concluded: “Smash the Settler Zionist State! Free Palestine.”
On April 2, 2016, John Jay SJP shared a post by anti-Israel agitator Lamis Deek on Facebook that claimed: “Black Palestinians…are doubly attacked by zionists for being Black and Palestinian” and “zionists of any color are the oppresor [sic].”
Deek, who has expressed support [00:01:15] for Hamas terrorists and white-washed the murder of Israeli civilians, is a co-founder of Al-Awda, The Palestinian Right to Return Coalition and was a board member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in New York.
On April 18, 2016, John Jay SJP co-hosted an event featuring Deek.
John Jay SJP - Supporting Intifada: 2015-2016
On October 10, 2015, during the “Knife Intifada” then occuring in Israel, John Jay SJP promoted on Facebook an NYC SJP “statement of solidarity” with a Palestinian “Day of Rage” on October 6, 2015.In October 2015, Hamas declared Palestinian “Days of Rage” to represent the start of a new intifada, directly resulting in the deaths of Israeli civilians in terror attacks.
The NYC SJP statement also expressed: “Solidarity with the intifada” and featured a graphic of a Palestinian throwing a rock, captioned: “LET THE INTIFADA PAVE THE WAY FOR PEOPLE’S WAR!”
On October 17, 2015, John Jay SJP promoted on Facebook a protest titled: “SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING.” The protest was called to counter a “Jewish Lives Matter” rally, memorializing victims of the Palestinian “Knife Intifada.” John Jay SJP’s Facebook post said: “show your support for Palestinian resistance.”
The counter protest’s Facebook event description said the Jewish Lives Matter rally was: “in response to the justified uprising of the Palestinian people.” It continued: “We stand against 'Israels [sic] right to defend' itself against innocent children and civilians who clearly pose no threat…Join us loudly in proclaiming that Resistance is not Terrorism.”
On October 18, 2015, John Jay SJP posted a photo on Facebook from the protest, calling it a “complete success” and thanking the organizers and attendees: “for their great work.”
On May 13, 2016, John Jay SJP promoted an event on Facebook, co-sponsored by NYC SJP, titled: “Nakba Day March for Resistance and Return.” At the march, held on May 15, 2016, activists promoted hatred [00:00:04] against Jews who moved from New York to Israel and said: “The Brooklyn Settlers, the New York Settlers are the most violent.”
Scripted chants posted to Facebook before the rally were recited by protesters, including [00:03:16]: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and [00:00:18] “Smash the settler-Zionist state!”
The demonstrators also chanted [00:00:41] We don’t want no two states; we want ‘48” and [00:00:20] “There is only one solution; Intifada, revolution.” Protesters at the rally held signs which read: “Israel = Racism and Genocide” and “RESISTANCE until Return & Liberation.”
WOL (Former NYC SJP) - 2018
New York City Students for Justice in Palestine (NYC SJP) was consolidated in 2014 from various SJP chapters in NYC, with the intention of strengthening the SJP presence on campuses, and to leading anti-Israel activism off-campus.NYC SJP was renamed Within Our Lifetime (WOL) in February, 2018, with the intention of further expanding the organization.
On February 28, 2018, WOL published a statement on their website saying that “Within Our Lifetime” is “a call to action” to fight for the destruction [00:03:32] of the State of Israel.
WOL’s strategy is to widen their influence beyond university campuses, using “local and national networks,” to make “allies both inside and outside the Palestine solidarity movement.” WOL’s website says the group welcomes “any organization in the struggle to combat zionism.”
Rallies held by NYC SJP and later WOL, have incited [00:00:01] against Jews, called [00:04:53] for Intifada and [00:04:01] to “globalize the intifada.” WOL rallies and social media posts have also glorified terrorists and demonized Israel in support of violent protesters.
The Progressive Student Labor Front (PSLF) in Gaza, an organization politically linked to the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). expressed solidarity with their “comrades” - NYC SJP, in October 2015.
NYC SJP- Supporting Intifada (2015-2016)
On May 15, 2016, NYC SJP co-sponsored and promoted on Twitter a “Nakba Day March for Resistance and Return” rally, to be held the next day. NYC SJP’s tweet said: “From the river to the sea, intifada! Intifada!! #NakbaDay #Nakba68 #nyc.”Scripted chants were distributed before the rally, where agitators yelled [00:00:18]: “Intifada Intifada” and “5-6-7-8 Smash the Settler Zionist State”, as well as [00:00:41] “we don't want a two-state [solution]; we want ‘48!” and [00:00:20] “There is only one solution: Intifada revolution!”
Nerdeen Mohsen Kiswani, NYC SJP co-founder and Chair, posted on Facebook a video recording of the protest that featured herself and other protesters inciting [00:00:01] against Jews who moved from New York to Israel, claiming [00:00:06] “The Brooklyn settlers, the New York settlers are the most violent.”
Protesters were also led in chanting [00:00:32]: “Settler settler go back home, Palestine is ours alone!” and [00:00:52] "New York City you will learn, refugees will return!"
On October 18, 2015, during the “Knife Intifada,” NYC SJP co-hosted a protest “in solidarity with the Palestinian Uprising,” aimed at disrupting a “Jewish Lives Matter” rally scheduled for October 18, 2015 in Times Square.
The Jewish Lives Matter rally was to memorialize Israelis murdered that month in the October 2015 “Palestinian Uprising,” known as the “Knife Intifada,"
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.
Tweets promoting NYC SJP’s support for the Palestinian Uprising were spread, urging people to attend the disruption.
During the rally, Kiswani led a crowd in chanting [00:00:36]: “1,2,3,4 occupation no more, 5,6,7,8 smash the settler-Zionist state!” followed by [00:01:21] “there is only one solution, Intifada, Revolution!”
Other protesters at the rally shouted [00:01:42]: “Falasteen ibladna Wel yahood ichlabna,” in Arabic, meaning: “Palestine is our country and the Jews are our dogs.”
WOL - Supporting Violent Protesters (2018)
On March 30, 2018 WOL hosted an event titled: “Emergency rally: solidarity with Gaza #GreatMarchofReturn.”On March 30, 2018, some 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza approached Israel’s border to take part in “Land Day Protests,” or the “March of Return.” The march was organized and funded by Hamas as a campaign of violent protests to spotlight the Palestinian demand to “return” to Israel. The “right of return” has since been discredited as a means to eliminate Israel.
At the rally, Nerdeen Mohsen Kiswani, NYC SJP co-founder and Chair, led [00:08:32] attendees of the rally in the chant “Long Live the Intifada! Intifada! Intifada!”
Since the early 2000s, the term “intifada,” which translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection,” has carried the connotation of violence.
On April 6, 2018, WOL hosted another rally in support of the March of Return, where Kiswani led [00:20:15] the chant “Long Live the Intifada! Intifada! Intifada!”
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.
On April 14, 2018, WOL posted a video on their Facebook page of a rally they co-hosted with the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) “in support of the #GreatReturnMarch.” During the rally, demonstrators were led [00:14:43] in the chant: “From New York to Gaza, Globalize the Intifada!”
Participants at the March sent kites bearing explosive devices across Israel’s border to burn Israeli crops and homes, threw Molotov cocktails and firebombs and shot firearms.
On May 14, 2018, WOL promoted an anti-Israel rally that theyco-hosted on Facebook and said: “Over 50 people and counting have been martyred today by the Zionist forces,” that they were “murdered in cold blood.” During the rally Kiswani led [00:01:36] the chant “Long live the Intifada!”
On May 15, 2018, WOL posted on Facebook that “62 Palestinians were martyred in Gaza.” WOL also posted the names of “59 of yesterday's martyrs.”
On May 16, 2018, a Hamas senior official, Salah al-Bardawil, stated that 50 out of 62 protesters killed during the May 14 Gaza border protest were Hamas operatives. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) also claimed that three of its members were killed at the same protest.
On May 18, 2018, WOL hosted a demonstration titled: “Nakba Day 2018: Great Return March.” During the rally, Kiswani repeatedly [00:04:53] led agitators [00:03:58] in the chant: “There is only one solution: Intifada revolution!” Agitators also chanted “From New York to Gaza, Globalize the Intifada!”
On January 5, 2018, NYC SJP co-hosted a “Rally to Free Ahed Tamimi and All Palestinian Prisoners” at Grand Central Station in NYC.
During the protest, Kiswani led [00:00:42] demonstrators in the chant “There is only one solution: Intifada revolution!” as well as [00:01:59]“Long live the Intifada! Intifada! Intifada!” and [00:01:39] “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
On December 22, 2017, NYC SJP co-hosted a protest titled “Emergency Rally to End Child Detention: Free Ahed Tamimi!”
During the demonstration, Kiswani both led [00:28:24, 00:00:28] and joined protesters in chanting [00:05:45, 00:17:45] “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!” and [00:06:13, 00:18:03] “Intifada! Intifada! Long live the Intifada!”
Ahed Tamimi has a long history of physically attacking Israeli soldiers. Tamimi is the daughter of Bassem Tamimi, who is known for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.
On December 8, 2017, NYC SJP tweeted: “laaaast christmas we said free palestine but the very next day, you cried your white tears.. THIIIISSS YEAR TO SAVE YOU FROM TEARS, HOW BOUT LONG LIVE THE INTIFADAAAA 
#RewriteTheNextLinesInSongs.”
On the same day, NYC SJP tweeted: “Long live the #Intifada #HandsOffJerusalem #HandsOffAlQuds 
” along with a photo of a demonstrator burning an American and an Israeli flag.
The hashtag “#HandsOffJerusalem” was created to protest the U.S. government’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
On November 3, 2017, NYC SJP posted on their Facebook pageseveral videos of demonstrators protesting, with the hashtag “#Balfour100.”
During the demonstration Kiswani [00:01:32] and other agitators repeatedly led [00:01:07, 00:01:36, 00:03:28, 00:07:58] protesters in the chants “Intifada! Intifada! Long live the Intifada! Intifada! Intifada! Globalize the Intifada!” and [00:02:14] “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!”
Protestors were also led [00:04:01] in the chant “From New York to Gaza, Globalize the Intifada!”
On October 7, 2017, NYC SJP co-hosted a “Rally To Resist War and Racism At Home and Abroad,” protesting “16 years following the US invasion of Afghanistan and the start of the so-called war on terror.”
During the protest, Kiswani led [00:23:57] the demonstrators in the chant: “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!”
On August 27, 2017, NYC SJP posted on Facebook a photo of buttons they were selling, including buttons with the word “Intifada,” others featuring Leila Khaled, and others of a person wearing a Keffiyeh, grasping a machine gun and charging forward.
On May 14, 2016, NYC SJP tweeted: “There is only one solution, Intifada, Revolution! #WeWontForget #WeWillReturn #Nakba”
On October 6, 2015, NYC SJP co-sponsored a rally held at the Israeli consulate in New York with a number of anti-Israel organizations including NY4Palestine and American Muslims for Palestine (AMP).
The rally urged support for a “Day of Rage” called for by “Palestinian forces.” The same day, NYC SJP posted a “statement of solidarity” with the“Day of Rage” rally featuring a rock-throwing Palestinian, with the caption “Let the Intifada pave the way for People’s war! [sic.]”
Protesters at the rally chanted [00:00:01] “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” and [00:00:16] “Intifada, intifada! Long live the Intifada!”
The “Days of Rage” in October of 2015 were heralded by Hamas as the advent of a new intifada. They directly resulted in the deaths of Israeli civilians by shootings, stabbings and car rammings.
On January 5, 2018, NYC SJP co-hosted a “Rally to Free Ahed Tamimi and All Palestinian Prisoners” at Grand Central Station in NYC.During the protest, Kiswani led [00:00:42] demonstrators in the chant “There is only one solution: Intifada revolution!” as well as [00:01:59]“Long live the Intifada! Intifada! Intifada!” and [00:01:39] “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
During the demonstration, Kiswani both led [00:28:24, 00:00:28] and joined protesters in chanting [00:05:45, 00:17:45] “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!” and [00:06:13, 00:18:03] “Intifada! Intifada! Long live the Intifada!”
Ahed Tamimi has a long history of physically attacking Israeli soldiers. Tamimi is the daughter of Bassem Tamimi, who is known for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.
On December 8, 2017, NYC SJP tweeted: “laaaast christmas we said free palestine but the very next day, you cried your white tears.. THIIIISSS YEAR TO SAVE YOU FROM TEARS, HOW BOUT LONG LIVE THE INTIFADAAAA
#RewriteTheNextLinesInSongs.”On the same day, NYC SJP tweeted: “Long live the #Intifada #HandsOffJerusalem #HandsOffAlQuds
” along with a photo of a demonstrator burning an American and an Israeli flag. The hashtag “#HandsOffJerusalem” was created to protest the U.S. government’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
On November 3, 2017, NYC SJP posted on their Facebook pageseveral videos of demonstrators protesting, with the hashtag “#Balfour100.”
During the demonstration Kiswani [00:01:32] and other agitators repeatedly led [00:01:07, 00:01:36, 00:03:28, 00:07:58] protesters in the chants “Intifada! Intifada! Long live the Intifada! Intifada! Intifada! Globalize the Intifada!” and [00:02:14] “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!”
Protestors were also led [00:04:01] in the chant “From New York to Gaza, Globalize the Intifada!”
On October 7, 2017, NYC SJP co-hosted a “Rally To Resist War and Racism At Home and Abroad,” protesting “16 years following the US invasion of Afghanistan and the start of the so-called war on terror.”
During the protest, Kiswani led [00:23:57] the demonstrators in the chant: “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!”
On August 27, 2017, NYC SJP posted on Facebook a photo of buttons they were selling, including buttons with the word “Intifada,” others featuring Leila Khaled, and others of a person wearing a Keffiyeh, grasping a machine gun and charging forward.
On May 14, 2016, NYC SJP tweeted: “There is only one solution, Intifada, Revolution! #WeWontForget #WeWillReturn #Nakba”
On October 6, 2015, NYC SJP co-sponsored a rally held at the Israeli consulate in New York with a number of anti-Israel organizations including NY4Palestine and American Muslims for Palestine (AMP).
The rally urged support for a “Day of Rage” called for by “Palestinian forces.” The same day, NYC SJP posted a “statement of solidarity” with the“Day of Rage” rally featuring a rock-throwing Palestinian, with the caption “Let the Intifada pave the way for People’s war! [sic.]”
Protesters at the rally chanted [00:00:01] “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” and [00:00:16] “Intifada, intifada! Long live the Intifada!”
The “Days of Rage” in October of 2015 were heralded by Hamas as the advent of a new intifada. They directly resulted in the deaths of Israeli civilians by shootings, stabbings and car rammings.
During the protest, Kiswani led [00:00:42] demonstrators in the chant “There is only one solution: Intifada revolution!” as well as [00:01:59]“Long live the Intifada! Intifada! Intifada!” and [00:01:39] “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
On December 22, 2017, NYC SJP co-hosted a protest titled “Emergency Rally to End Child Detention: Free Ahed Tamimi!”
During the demonstration, Kiswani both led [00:28:24, 00:00:28] and joined protesters in chanting [00:05:45, 00:17:45] “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!” and [00:06:13, 00:18:03] “Intifada! Intifada! Long live the Intifada!”
Ahed Tamimi has a long history of physically attacking Israeli soldiers. Tamimi is the daughter of Bassem Tamimi, who is known for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.
On December 8, 2017, NYC SJP tweeted: “laaaast christmas we said free palestine but the very next day, you cried your white tears.. THIIIISSS YEAR TO SAVE YOU FROM TEARS, HOW BOUT LONG LIVE THE INTIFADAAAA
#RewriteTheNextLinesInSongs.”On the same day, NYC SJP tweeted: “Long live the #Intifada #HandsOffJerusalem #HandsOffAlQuds
” along with a photo of a demonstrator burning an American and an Israeli flag. The hashtag “#HandsOffJerusalem” was created to protest the U.S. government’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
On November 3, 2017, NYC SJP posted on their Facebook pageseveral videos of demonstrators protesting, with the hashtag “#Balfour100.”
During the demonstration Kiswani [00:01:32] and other agitators repeatedly led [00:01:07, 00:01:36, 00:03:28, 00:07:58] protesters in the chants “Intifada! Intifada! Long live the Intifada! Intifada! Intifada! Globalize the Intifada!” and [00:02:14] “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!”
Protestors were also led [00:04:01] in the chant “From New York to Gaza, Globalize the Intifada!”
On October 7, 2017, NYC SJP co-hosted a “Rally To Resist War and Racism At Home and Abroad,” protesting “16 years following the US invasion of Afghanistan and the start of the so-called war on terror.”
During the protest, Kiswani led [00:23:57] the demonstrators in the chant: “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!”
On August 27, 2017, NYC SJP posted on Facebook a photo of buttons they were selling, including buttons with the word “Intifada,” others featuring Leila Khaled, and others of a person wearing a Keffiyeh, grasping a machine gun and charging forward.
On May 14, 2016, NYC SJP tweeted: “There is only one solution, Intifada, Revolution! #WeWontForget #WeWillReturn #Nakba”
On October 6, 2015, NYC SJP co-sponsored a rally held at the Israeli consulate in New York with a number of anti-Israel organizations including NY4Palestine and American Muslims for Palestine (AMP).
The rally urged support for a “Day of Rage” called for by “Palestinian forces.” The same day, NYC SJP posted a “statement of solidarity” with the“Day of Rage” rally featuring a rock-throwing Palestinian, with the caption “Let the Intifada pave the way for People’s war! [sic.]”
Protesters at the rally chanted [00:00:01] “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” and [00:00:16] “Intifada, intifada! Long live the Intifada!”
The “Days of Rage” in October of 2015 were heralded by Hamas as the advent of a new intifada. They directly resulted in the deaths of Israeli civilians by shootings, stabbings and car rammings.
NYC SJP - Supporting BDS
On October 4, 2015, John Jay SJP posted on Facebook a NYC SJP statement on the BDS movement, which stated that the goal is the “the eventual establishment of a single Palestinian national state covering all of historic Palestine.”The statement concluded that “SJP…cannot be divorced from a larger, off-campus movement that organizes for the progressive demands of the people, regardless if those demands are related to the university.”
NYC SJP then clarified in its statement on BDS, saying that the movement: “is not only fighting to drop israeli investments, but is fighting to change the content of the Zionist, imperialist education itself, by engaging in a struggle to liberate the university and democratically administer it to serve the oppressed communities from New York City to Palestine.”
WOL - Glorifying Terrorists
On March 9, 2018, WOL shared a series of photos of Palestinian women in honor of international women’s day, among them a photo featuring terrorist Leila Khaled, as well as a photo of a Palestinian women holding a handgun.The post added: “On #InternationalWomensDay2018 we honor the brave Palestinian women, who have been struggling against colonial occupation since they were born!.”
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.
On March 8, 2018, Kiswani glorified Palestinian female terrorists during WOL’s co-hosted the “International Women’s Strike NYC: Palestine Contingent” protest.
Kiswani declared [00:05:03] Leila Khaled, as well as [00:03:21] terrorist Rasmea Odeh and [00:00:38] Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member Khalida Jarrar as examples [00:00:20] of “revolutionary women that keep our struggle strong,” and a source of “revolutionary inspiration.”
Odeh was a key military operative with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization. In 1969, she masterminded a PFLP supermarket bombing that killed two college students. She also attempted to bomb the British consulate in Jerusalem. Odeh later moved to the United States but was deported to Jordan in 2017 for immigration fraud.
Khalida Jarrar is a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror organization. She has reportedly been the head of the PFLP in the West Bank since 2016. In 2015, an Israeli military court sentenced Jarrar to 15 months in prison for calling to kidnap Israeli soldiers. Israel arrested Jarrar again in 2017 “on suspicion of involvement with terrorist activities and violent public disturbances.” In 2019, she was arrested by Israel with 50 other PFLP operatives following a deadly 2018 bombing attack.
On March 13, 2018, WOL tweeted: “ALL OUT AGAINST ZIONISM AND COLLABORATION, LONG LIVE MARTYR BASIL AL-ARAJ! https://nycsjp.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/all-out-against-zionism-and-collaboration-long-live-martyr-basil-al-araj …”
Basel Al Araj was killed in a shoot-out with Israeli troops during an arrest raid. He had been suspected of belonging to a terror cell planning to carry out attacks on Israeli targets. Two M-16 assault rifles and an improvised Carlo-style submachine gun were found inside his home.
On March 6, 2018, WOL posted on Facebook: “One year ago today, Palestinian freedom fighter Basil Al-Araj was martyred,” and added “Today we honor his resistance and strive to carry on his struggle.”The post added an illustration of Al Araj and the caption “Long Live Basel Al-Araj! Long Live the Resistance! Until Victory!”
On August 14, 2017, NYC SJP promoted a rally to support Rasmea Odeh, adding “All out today for Rasmea Odeh at 4:30 pm in union square! #HonorRasmea.”
On August 2, 2017, NYC SJP promoted a Farewell event for Rasmea Odeh on Facebook, adding: “Rasmea should be honored - not deported! #HonorRasmea.”
On January 8, 2017, Kiswani praised, on Facebook, Palestinian celebrations of a vehicular ramming attack that killed four people and injured 17 others on a Jerusalem promenade.
Kiswani encouraged celebrations of the murder writing: “While Palestinians and ‘allies’ in the west scramble to condemn, apologize, explain, hide, rationalize, etc what happened this morning, Palestinians in Palestine are giving out sweets in celebration. I will not hide from this. I will not be ashamed or embarrassed by this. These celebratory actions are what keep the resistance moving forward, they are what keep it alive.”
Kiswani continued: “In a world that’s trying to quell our liberation and self determination, the biggest “F you” to that are Palestinians celebrating actions that 1) remind settles [sic] that there will never be peace on stolen land 2) remind the world we are still here 3) galvanize other Palestinians to fight. There’s your rationalization no apology needed.”
On January 11, 2017, The Algemeiner newspaper contacted NYC SJP for a comment following Kiswani’s comment. NYC SJP representative Alexi Shalom reportedly responded by threatening to sue The Algemeiner.
On July 12, 2016, Kiswani posted photos of buttons printed by NYC SJP to her Instagram featuring Leila Khaled as well as Bilal Kayed.
PFLP terrorist Bilal Kayed was incarcerated for 14 years for terror attacks and attempted terror attacks committed during the second intifada, in 2002.
On March 9, 2016, NYC SJP tweeted a photo of Leila Khaled taken via a computer screen, adding: “Comrade Leila Khaled @ jjay 
.”
WOL -Supporting Terrorists
On April 9, 2018, WOL held a candlelight vigil “for Yassir Murtaja and the other 29 Palestinians who have been martyred in Gaza since the #GreatReturnMarch was launched last Friday, March 30.”Yasser Murtaja, a photojournalist, was reportedly a Hamas spy who used drones to film Israeli military positions. Murtaja was shot and killed on April 6, 2018, as he filmed the 2018 Hamas-led “March of Return” protest in Gaza.
On August 27, 2017, NYC SJP posted a commemoration of the “16 years since the assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa, killed by Israeli forces due to his political activity and belief in the struggle to liberate all of Palestine.” The post added the hashtags: “#FreePalestine #ByAnyMeansNecessary #RightToResist.”
Abu Ali Mustafa, also known as Mustafa Zibri, was the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Mustafa was involved in multiple bomb attacks, including in central Jerusalem, when he was the terror group's Secretary General.
Following his death, the PFLP renamed their armed wing after him, as the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades.
On May 27, 2017, NYC SJP celebrated the end of the Palestinian prisoners hunger strike, posting on Facebook: “Victory to the Hunger Strike! Long Live Palestine!”
On May 25, 2017, NYC SJP participated in a rally on behalf of the hunger strike, posting on Facebook “rallying in the heart of the empire tonight in support of the heroic Palestinian political prisoners.”
“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 2, 2017, NYC SJP members demonstrated on behalf of “a thousand Palestinian political prisoners have been living on salt and water alone without any food for almost two weeks,” using the hashtag “#DignityStrike.”
In November of 2015, NYC SJP co-sponsored a demonstration that called for the release of five individuals — the “HLF5” — convicted by a U.S. federal jury for financing terrorists.
Those convicted were all members of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development who funneled millions of dollars to Hamas.
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.
WOL - Disrupting City Council Meetings
On September 16, 2016 NYC SJP members repeatedly disrupted a NYC City Council meeting discussing anti-BDS legislation, prompting the organizers tocall security personnel to have them removed from the hall.Towards the end of the meeting, Kiswani stood up and screamed [01:16:04] : “Yes, we want to shut down Zionists, because Zionism is racism... As a Palestinian I can’t go back to my country because of you people. F**K Israel and F**K Zionism!”
Kiswani also added [01:17:00]: “That sh*t just pi***ed me off and I’m leaving now because I’m f**king shaking and I’m so f**king disgusting [sic.] I didn’t want to be in the room with the f**king Israeli consulate” and the people inside, I hope they disrupt too, because we shouldn't f**king lend credibility to these pieces of sh*t. They need to be shut down. I hope they f**king clear the entire chambers cuz I want people to shut this sh*t down.”
NYC SJP - Praised for Calling for Intifada
On October 9, 2015, the Progressive Student Labor Front (PSLF) in Gaza, an organization politically linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), issued a statement via the PFLP website showing solidarity with their “comrades,” NYC SJP.The PFLP is designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., Canada, Israel, the European Union, the Gulf Cooperation Council and Australia.
The PSLF statement praised NYC SJP for leading “a march through the streets of New York calling for ‘Intifada’ and the liberation of Palestine.”
The statement also said: “We urge the development and escalation of BDS campaigns at an international level just as we urge the escalation of resistance in all forms and all means here in Palestine ....” and ended with an affirmation that the PSLF is “proud to call them [NYC SJP]...comrades in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine.”
WOL - Spreading Hatred of Israel
On April 22, 2018, WOL shared a video on Facebook of burning miniature Israeli flags.On March 8, 2018, during a WOL co-hosted “International Women’s Strike NYC: Palestine Contingent,” Kiswani addressed the crowd, declaring [00:04:01] “Women’s liberation must be anti-Zionist.”
Kiswani also claimed [00:01:25] “Zionism is the ideology that thrives off of the kidnapping and torturing of our women” and [00:01:48] “Israel is a state that was built on the murder and rape of Palestinian women.”
On January 15, 2018, NYC SJP glorified Manal Tamimi on Facebook, sharing a post that labelled Tamimi a"super mother" and a “superwoman.”
Manal and her husband Bassem Tamimi are Palestinian propagandists and provocateurs, notorious for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.
On December 22, 2017, NYC SJP co-hosted a protest titled “Emergency Rally to End Child Detention: Free Ahed Tamimi!”
Ahed Tamimi has a long history of physically attacking Israeli soldiers. Tamimi is the daughter of Bassem Tamimi, who is known for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.
During the protest, one speaker accused [00:18:19] Israel of targeting a three-year-old Palestinian child with teargas.
On December 6, 2017, NYC SJP tweeted: “the fall of israhell #WriteAHappyStoryIn4Words.”
On November 16, 2017, NYC SJP members Kiswani as well as Noura Farouk and Dan Cione were panelists for an event hosted by SJP at Florida State University (FSU).
During the panel, Kiswani accused Israel of committing [00:08:29] “mass rapes” and claimed [00:9:08] that “to this day there is daily assault and sexual harassment of Palestinian women by Zionists.”
Kiswani’s also stated [01:45:52] “...we see in Israel, when Ethiopian Jews are trying to integrate themselves into the white settler colonial project of Israel, they put on the uniform and kill Palestinians and then their babies still get stabbed by Israelis and they still don’t see a day of justice in the court.”
Cione noted [00:26:14] that, after the Oslo accords, the U.S. gave the Palestinian Authority “over 32 billion dollars… for state building institutions.” Cione then condemned [00:25:36] the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for not funding radicals.
Cione said [00:24:42] that “when they were dumping all this money into Palestine” USAID included a “terror clause, which said that none of this money can go to “anyone that… is a terrorist organization as defined by Israel or who does not recognize the right of Israel to exist.”
At the end of the panel, the attendees and panelists chanted [01:48:48] “There is only one solution, Intifada revolution!”
On October 7, 2017, Farouq demonized [00:26:42] Israel during a WOL co-hosted rally “To Resist War and Racism At Home and Abroad,” that was protesting “16 years following the US invasion of Afghanistan and the start of the so-called war on terror.”
Farouq claimed [00:26:43] that the New York Police Department (NYPD) is trained by Israel, “sharing tactics to treat our people as subhuman.”
On July 27. 2016, NYC SJP tweeted: “The Zionist entity of israhell #WhatIHateIn5Words.”
On June 16, 2016, NYC SJP tweeted: “.@SenatorMartins #WeBDSUntil Zionism is relegated to the dustbin of history.”
On April 26, 2016, NYC SJP tweeted a graphic showing the map of Israel overlaid entirely with the colors of the Palestinian Flag and superimposed with the text “Je Suis One State.”
The comment on the graphic read “From the river to the sea Palestine will be free. #1948.”
On November 12, 2015, NYC SJP published a statement on their website which blamed tuition costs on CUNY’s “Zionist administration” that “invests in Israeli companies, hosts birthright programs and study abroad programs in occupied Palestine, and reproduces settler-colonial ideology throughout CUNY through Zionist content of education …”
On March 1, 2015, NYC SJP members Atika Al Bashir, Leena Widdi, Cione and Kiswani were panelists in an event titled “Revitalizing the One-State Solution.”
WOL - Palestine Lives Conference - 2018
WOL’s 2018 “Palestine Lives” conference was held on May 12, 2018 at Hunter College (Hunter), part of City University of New York (CUNY). The official conference poster featured a photo montage of armed men in Keffiyehs, with the caption: “Resisting Settler Colonialism Since 1948.”The conference advertised a panel titled "MEEN ERHABE (WHOS THE TERRORIST)? - What is Zionism? Breaking down the origins and history of Israel and its Terrorism.”
Also advertised was a panel with “Revolutionaries from various movements speaking on the importance of international solidarity” and one titled “THE OSLO AGREEMENTS: The biggest setback for the Palestinian struggle.”
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