Samir Kanazeh

Little concluded [00:02:58]: “Vote for me on June 5th in California and I will remove the Jewish supremacist, Zionists from our government, and I’ll make America great again by removing the terrorist element —  the Zionist lobby.”

Kanazeh shared the video on Facebook on May 11, 2018. He shared it on Facebook a second time, on June 4, 2018

Spreading Anti-Semitism

On April 6, 2016, Kanazeh wrote on Facebook: “This the real military occupation of the Palestinian people in Israel/ Palestine. The land of the Free and home of the Brave (USA) should stop sending billions of our tax dollars every year, and endless supply of weapons to israel.

Kanazeh continued: “Israel is Not our friend. Nor are they Gods friend. They crucified Him once, and they will do it again .We are absolutely a guilty accomplice. Lord save thy people.”

On November 21, 2015, Kanazeh shared on Facebook a speech given in 1961 by Benjamin Freedman — a Holocaust denier and funder of white supremacism.

In his speech, Freedman delegitimized Jewish nationhood and blamed [00:39:34] the world’s ills on Jewish nationalism. He further alleged [01:08:57] that anti-Semitism in England and also [00:25:22] in Nazi Germany was caused by Jewish behavior.

Supporting an Anti-Israel Agitator

On February 2, 2018, Kanazeh shared a petition on Facebook started by Bassem Tamimi for the release of his daughter, Ahed Tamimi, titled: “Help free my daughter.”

Ahed Tamimi was detained after she was filmed punching and kicking Israeli soldiers. She has a long history of physically attacking Israeli soldiers.

Tamimi is the daughter of Bassem Tamimi, who is notorious for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers. In 2011, he was jailed for organizing violent rallies and inciting minors to commit violent crimes such as rock-throwing.

Spreading Hatred of Israel

On January 5, 2017, Kanazeh wrote on Facebook: “Israel is the most savage, brutal , illegal, occupation force in the world, they are Not our friends.They are not friends of any christian, even if they are right wing , ( i will tell god what to do) type .”

The post featured a video of anti-Israel activist Miko Peled who said [00:00:06] that the Israeli army was one of the “best trained, best equipped, best fed, terrorist organizations in the world,” and claimed [00:00:16] that “their ent`ire purpose is terrorism.”

On November 2, 2016, Kanazeh shared an article on Facebook, titled: “ISIS is working on Mossad/CIA plan to Create Greater Israel.”

On May 17, 2016, Kanazeh wrote on Facebook: “israel is not America's friend, never was, never will. But we give them Billions of dollars every year and for the last sixty some years like bunch of fools, instead of helping our homeless, or veterans ..... Go figure !”

On May 5, 2016, Kanazeh shared an article on Facebook titled: “UN REPORT: ISRAEL SUPPORTING SYRIAN REBELS (Isis). The article featured an graphic with a caption that read: “Israel is behind the terrorism, carnage, and madness that has been inflicted on the people of Syria for the past few years.”

On April 27, 2016, Kanazeh wrote on Facebook: “The christian fundamentalists in America are more pro israel than pro God. ( fools and dead wrong ) Any thing that is not good is unGodly, and hillary clinton and ted cruz are hired foreign agents of israel and against the good principles of the USA.”

On November 13, 2015, Kanazeh wrote on Facebook: “Like most American politicians, Hillary Clinton is another mouth piece for the foreign zionist terrorist state of israel. What a shame ! !! $$$.” The post linked to the Al-Awda — the Palestinian Right to Return Coalition, membership page.

Supporting BDS

On June 1, 2018, Kanazeh shared a graphic on Facebook of the Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira with a caption that read: “Shakira cancels Apartheid Israel. BOYCOTT ISRAEL. An APARTHEID STATE.”

On May 28, 2018 Shakira’s tour promoters reportedly announced via Twitter that Shakira was never scheduled to perform in Israel, dispelling a rumor that she had been set to perform during the summer of 2018. The tour promoters expressed hope that Shakira would “bring a show to her fans in Israel in the future.”

On February 16, 2018, Kanazeh shared a petition on Facebook, started by JVP and the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC), an alternative name for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), to “Support the nomination of the movement for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions for the Nobel Prize.”

On December 6, 2015, Kanazeh shared a video on Facebook that promoted BDS, made serial allegations of war crimes and accused [00:01:30] Israel of committing “genocide.”

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.

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