Samee Sulaiman
Overview
Samee Sulaiman has expressed support for terrorists, shared incitement on social media, spread hatred of Israel and promoted an anti-Israel agitator. He has also contributed multiple articles to the anti-Israel website Mondoweiss.Sulaiman was a founder [00:10:43] of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Haverford College (Haverford) in Pennsylvania and a member of SJP at the University of Chicago (U of C).
Sulaiman attended and fundraised for the 2016 National SJP Conference, was an organizer of the 2015 National SJP Conference and attended the 2014 National SJP Conference.
Sulaiman has also expressed support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
As of August 2019, Sulaiman’s LinkedIn page said he served as President of the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at Haverford College (Haverford).
Also as of August 2019, Sulaiman was listed on the Middle East Studies at Brown University (Brown) website as a graduate student, majoring in Anthropology.
As of the same date, Sulaiman’s LinkedIn page said he graduated from the University of Chicago (U of C) in 2014 with a master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies and that he graduated from Haverford in 2010, with a bachelor’s degree in Religion and “Pre-Med.”
Support for Terrorists
On April 17, 2017, Sulaiman updated his Facebook cover photo to a banner that said: “APRIL 17 DAY OF ACTION Freedom for Palestinian Prisoners End Security COORDINATION.”The banner originated from an April 17, 2017 event titled: “Boston: Protest PA [Palestinian Authority] Security Coordination w/ Israeli Occupation.”
The event’s Facebook details said: “As part of the global Palestinian-led day of action to mark Palestinian Prisoners Day and 40 day memorial of Basel Al-Araj’s murder, an assembly will be held in front of the Park Street MBTA Station in Boston on April 17th to demand an immediate end to the Palestinian Authority's security coordination with Israel. “
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 October 6, 2015, in an interview with the anti-Israel Electronic Intifada (EI), Sulaiman said [00:07:37]: “Recently in the Chicago and midwest area there’s been a lot ofactivism, SJP activism and advocacy for Rasmea Odeh and the trial she has been going through which can only be called [00:07:52] political repression.”
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 August 8, 2015, Sulaiman retweeted a tweet that said: “Israel plans to force-feed hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner http://bit.ly/1gTnP9Y. “
The tweet linked to an article about Mohammad Allan who was on a hunger strike to protest his administrative detention.
Allan is a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a terror group “whose objective is the destruction of the State of Israel and the establishment of a sovereign, Islamic Palestinian state.” 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 2014 for similar reasons. PIJ is backed by Iran and has killed dozens of Israelis in suicide bombings and other attacks.
On March 18, 2013, Sulaiman retweeted a tweet in support of Samer Issawi, who was then on hunger strike, that said: #IssawiMustLive #IssawiMustLive #IssawiMustLive #IssawiMustLive #IssawiMustLive #IssawiMustLive.”
Samer Issawi is a member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) who received a 26-year prison sentence in 2002. During the second intifada, Issawi manufactured and distributed pipe bombs and fired indiscriminately on Israeli civilian vehicles. In December 2013, Issawi called for the kidnapping of Israelis, saying: “The [Palestinian] prisoners' release will be brought about by kidnapping and [prisoner] exchanges. Nothing will happen without that.”
On March 16, 2013, Sulaiman retweeted a tweet that said: “We won't back down! #Issawi4Freedom.”
Sharing Incitement
On December 6, 2017, Sulaiman tweeted: “I hope I am in the homeland to witness the day we plant the flag of liberation on the gates of the Old City. Today, we mourn. Tomorrow, we take another step towards return. This our history. This is our future. Nothing will stop us from freedom in #Jerusalem #JerusalemEmbassy.”Sulaiman’s tweet was in response tothe 2017 decision by the U.S. government to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the decision to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Spreading Hatred of Israel
On May 15, 2014, Sulaiman retweeted a tweet that said: “Interactive Nakba Map by @Zochrot: http://bit.ly/1nPOm6f#NakbaDay.”The term “Nakba” is generally translated as “catastrophe” in Arabic, referring to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term often used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by defining it as a catastrophe.
On August 31, 2014, Sulaiman tweeted: “Yo Sharon im gonna let u finish, but Netanyahu is one of the greatest colonizers of all time! #OneState #Palestine…”
On October 26, 2014, Sulaiman tweeted: “The deputy speaker of Israel's Knesset called for ethnic cleansing of Gaza and the murder of anyone who resisted. #NSJP2014.”
On March 3, 2015, the day that Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.S Congress, Sulaiman tweeted: “I‘Standing up to murderous regimes is never easy’- Netanyahu. Totally agree #BDS #NetanyahuSpeech #SkipTheSpeech.”
Also on March 3, 2015, Sulaiman tweeted: “I'm surprised no one has thrown there underwear at #Netanyahu #NetanyahuSpeech.”
Promoting an Anti-Israel Agitator
On December 20, 2017, Sulaiman updated his profile picture on Facebook with a frame from Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, that said: “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.
National SJP Conference Activism
In an October 18, 2016 post to National SJP’s Facebook page, Sulaiman wrote: “Please please please my friends, help us make this conference happen. The backlash against Palestine solidarity and BDS is rapidly spreading and increasingly vicious.”Sulaiman continued: “We will seriously be grateful anything you offer and this money will be used to bring people from across the country who normally could not afford to participate in such an event. We need this space to gather, organize, and strategize. There is so much work to do and you can help us do it.”
On October 9 - 11, 2015, Sulaiman attended the 2015 National SJP Conference held at San Diego State University (SDSU).
In a 2015 interview with the anti-Israel Electronic Intifada (EI) about National SJP, Sulaiman claimed [00:08:35] to have been an SJP activist since 2008. He also said he was on the Steering Committee [00:00:54, 00:06:33] of the 2015 National SJP Conference and helped start [00:10:43] SJP at Haverford.
On September 22, 2015, Sulaiman co-authored an article, titled: “Building our Power: Announcing the 2015 national Students for Justice in Palestine conference.” The article called for support to help National SJP fund student travel scholarships to the 2015 National SJP Conference.
On October 29, 2014, Sulaiman was featured in a photo on Facebook from the 2014 National SJP Conference held at Tufts University, in Boston on October 24-26, 2014.
Clothing was sold at the 2014 conference, including a shirt with the image of airplane hijacker Leila Khaled, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), with the text: “resistance is not terrorism.”
On October 26, 2014, Sulaiman tweeted: “@TuftsSJP thank you for hosting an amazing #NSJP2014 conference.”
On October 25, 2014, Sulaiman tweeted: “Great Boycott Divestment and Sanctions workshop #NSJP2014.”
On December 4, 2012, Sulaiman wrote an op-ed titled: “‘Dialogue’ stands in way of justice in Palestine,” where he defended an op-ed written by SJP UofC.
In his op-ed, Sulaiman accused Israel of apartheid, threatening “Palestinian life en masse” and “the militiary capacity for mass murder.”
Supporting BDS
On November 18, 2014, Sulaiman tweeted: “@SJPatUCLA and all the other SJPs out there who have put up divestment resolutions need to STAND UP b/c you are the vanguard of our movement.”On March 25, 2014, Sulaiman tweeted: “I am actually going to say this...So proud to be a Chicago graduate student today BDS VICTORY! Congrats #LoyolaDivest! Lets go #UMDivest!”
On March 25, 2014, Sulaiman tweeted: “So proud of #UMDivest and #LoyolaDivest for their efforts. We are making history.”
On November 5, 2014, Sulaiman tweeted: “The Peace and Justice Studies Association just endorsed BDS with 87% in favor #BDS.”
On May 3, 2015, Sulaiman posted on Facebook: “Hi Friends! I am helping out with a social media blast criticizing NYTimes coverage of BDS campaigns on campuses and could use some help. If you are willing to spare a tweet or two hit me up!”
His Facebook post linked to an article by SJP UCLA, titled: “Why Readers Interested in a Balanced Coverage of Student BDS Initiatives Should Avoid the New York Times”
Sulaiman indicated on Facebook that he “went” to an event on May 6, 2015, titled: “BDS@10: What next for the Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights?” featuring BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti and Rebecca Vilkomerson, the executive director of Jewish Voice Peace (JVP).
The event’s Facebook description said: “Ten years ago, Palestinian civil society issued a call for a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, to last until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights. In that time a global movement has rapidly emerged against Israeli Apartheid, and corporations and campuses across the world have yielded to demands to divest.”
On July 4, 2015, Sulaiman posted an article on Facebook by Roy Isacowitz in Ha’aretz that supported BDS. Sulaiman commented: “Haaretz editor Roy Isacowitz comes out in favor of BDS.”
On November 20, 2015, Sulaiman tweeted: “We maxed out the room with over 1500 people for the Business Meeting at #AAA2015 for the #anthroboycott #FreePAlestine #BDS.”
The hashtag #AAA2015 refers to the American Anthropological Association’s (AAA) resolution to boycott Israel, which passed on November 20, 2015, by a vote of 1,040 to 136.
The resolution, circulated and published in 2014, accused Israel of “ethnic cleansing, colonization, discrimination, and military occupation” and called upon the AAA to boycott Israeli academic institutions.
The resolution charged that “Israel has obstructed Palestinians’ right to education by destroying Palestinian universities and schools in military strikes” and that “the Israeli state and universities systematically deny Palestinian students in Israeli educational institutions rights and resources equal to their Jewish Israeli counterparts.”
On June 17, 2016, Sulaiman retweeted a tweet from the BDS movement that said: “Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner, endorses academic and cultural boycott of Israel http://bit.ly/1PyKPW7#BDS #Palestine.”
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