Sana Saeed
Overview
Saeed was a speaker on the closing plenary of the 2017 National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Conference (NSJP 2017).
NSJP 2017 was held October 27-29, 2017 at the University of Houston (UH). The conference was themed “A Reimagined World: Dismantling Walls from Palestine to the Rio Grande.” Per the 2017 National SJP Conference website, the conference aimed to strengthen “collaborative efforts within all regions to pass BDS” and envision “pathways to achieving sanctions in the future.”
In 2015, Saeed was affiliated with American Muslims for Palestine (AMP).
In 2012, Saeed tweeted that she was a member of the Muslim Students Association (MSA) when she was an undergraduate.
As of August 2018, Saeed’s LinkedIn said she was a Producer/Host at Al Jazeera+ (AJ+), a Qatari-funded propaganda media channel known for spreading misinformation about Israel.
Saeed received her master’s degree in Islamic Studies from McGill University (McGill) in 2011. In 2009, Saeed received her bachelor’s degree from McGill, in Political Science and Middle East Studies.
Anti-Semitism
On November 19, 2024, Saeed posted on X, referring to Israel: “settler colonizers enacting apartheid and genocide against the native population is a bad thing, actually!”One method anti-Israel activists use to spread anti-Semitism and deny Israel’s legitimacy is to claim that Jews are not indigenous to the Land of Israel. The claim takes multiple forms, including the “Khazar myth” which alleges that Ashkenazi Jews are ethnically European and are not descended from the ancient Israelites of the Bible.
Support for Terrorism (Hezbollah, Hamas, Fatah)
On October 17, 2024, Saeed posted on X: “Resistance groups have faced significant hits but they are not weakened; instead we have seen a reinvigorated fight. Hezbollah’s welcome to ground troops at the border, that has left IDF [Israel Defense Forces] soldiers terrified to fight, is one example.”Anti-Israel activists use the term “resistance” to refer to violence and terror perpetrated against Israeli civilians and their allies. It is used to glorify and encourage anti-Israel and anti-Semitic violence. Anti-Israel activists chant slogans such as: “Resistance by any means necessary!” and “Resistance is justified when people are occupied!” in response to terror attacks.
Hezbollah has long been known as an anti-Semitic and genocidal terror organization dedicated to destroying Israel.
On July 29, 2014, during Israel’s OPE, Saeed tweeted: “This video of the Qassam raid of an Israeli military post is incredible in what it captures and how… #Gaza.”
The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades is the military wing of Hamas.
On May 19, 2011, Saeed tweeted: “Hamas ..insists on a path of terror& rejection? BRO, what a group gotta do? Fatah reconciliation clearly meant nothing. #MEspeech.”
Promoting Terrorists
On January 31, 2018, Saeed shared a quote on Facebook by Ghassan Kanafani from his book, “Returning to Haifa.”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.
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.
Spreading Anti-Israel Conspiracy Theories
On November 23, 2016, Saeed tweeted: “Can't be DNC Chair (or a Dem apparently) without, as a friend put it, 'kissing the ring' - and the ring is Israel. lol american politics.”
On July 29, 2012, Saeed tweeted: “It bewilders me how grovelling at the feet of another country, that has no economic or political preponderance over you, is A-OK! #israel”
On the same day, Saeed tweeted: “How many Americans are actually okay with their presidential candidates falling to the feet of another country? #israel”
On November 1, 2011, Saeed tweeted: “Holy whoa #Canada. Can we stop being the new Israeli puppet? It's kinda embarrassing. ...l”
On October 28, 2011, Saeed tweeted: “Romney wants Israel to dictate US foreign policy in the ME? At least he's open about it.”
On November 28, 2010, Saeed tweeted: “I'm no fan of the Iranian regime, but there's nothing really that indicates it's an aggressive regime, bent on attacking Israel.”
Defending Violent Anti-Israel Agitators
The Mavi Marmara was the lead ship in the “Freedom Flotilla” that attempted to sail to Gaza in May 2010. Activists aboard the ship agitated for violent confrontation and chanted a slogan glorifying the killing of Jews. When Israeli security forces boarded the Marmara, protesters attacked them with iron bars, metal chairs, knives, stun grenades and firearms, rocks and bottles. A United Nations report found that the flotilla agitators initiated an organized, violent confrontation with Israeli forces, and that the Marmara was carrying no humanitarian aid, only weaponry.
On January 21, 2017, Saeed tweeted: “We, Muslim contingent, were yelling ‘intifada!’ when a woman asked me what it meant. I explained and she said "oh I thought it was infidel.’”
Since the early 2000s, the term “intifada,” which translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection,” has carried the connotation of violence.
Demonizing Zionism
On November 11, 2024, Saeed posted on X: “good moment to recall that Zionism is an auxiliary ideology of white supremacy.”Zionism is the belief that Jews have the right to self-determination in their own national home, and the right to develop their national culture. Zionism is a core part of the identity of most Jews.
On June 29, 2017, Saeed tweeted: “Zionism does equate to Islamophobia.”
On March 3, 2015, Saeed tweeted: “Associating only Netanyahu w/war mongering on #Iran ignores history of Israeli/Zionist anti-Iranian rhetoric - linked to Islamophobia.”
On April 18, 2014, Saeed tweeted: “There's something not being said enough about the inseparable relationship between pro-Israel groups/Zionism in the US & Islamophobia.”
On July 6, 2014, Saeed tweeted: “Palestinian life is made disposable because it's inconvenient to the goals of Zionism. Inconvenience breeds need to displace or destroy.”
On May 22, 2013, Saeed tweeted: “@H_Diddy @SarabNY Zionism is, like any ethno-nationalism, based in racism/exclusivity.”
Hatred of Israel
On October 7, 2023, Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis, kidnapped hundreds and wounded thousands. War crimes included mass rape and torture. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.” For more information, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
On December 7, 2017, Saeed tweeted: “Israel is a settler-colonial state. There is no other way to talk about it that is honest & accurate. Any other description is PR.”
On August 31, 2017, Saeed tweeted: “This is no accident. Many US police depts also receive training in Israel - using methods used to enforce occupation&apartheid in the US.”
On August 26, 2017, in response to a tweet that read: “. @GalGadot is the feminist hero we need.” Saeed tweeted: “If your feminism is Zionist, supports military assaults on any population, dehumanizes people - then nah. You're not needed.”
On August 7, 2016, in response to a tweet by Peter Beinart that read: “.@Blklivesmatter has every right to criticize Israel. But ‘genocide’? Bring solidarity. Don't bring stupid. …”Saeed tweeted: “Yeah! So stupid of #BLM to call the state erasure of Palestinian identity, life, culture and movement a 'genocide'.”
On November 7, 2015, Saeed tweeted: “'What Israel is doing in Gaza is state-sponsored terrorism. Supported by the U.S.' - Dr. Mads Gilbert #HAW2015.”
Gilbert has been banned indefinitely from entering Gaza through Israel because of his connections to the Hamas leadership.
In 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2014 Gilbert was stationed at a hospital that served as a Hamas command center and rocket launching site. During that time he acted as a propagandist for the Hamas government in Gaza.
In 2001, following al Qaeda's September 11 terrorist attacks, Gilbert expressed support for the terror acts as a “legitimate response.” In December of 2009, Gilbert was accused of faking resuscitation on a dead child in Gaza for dramatic effect for a CNN video.
On June 1, 2015, Saeed tweeted: “Israeli Tourism is flying US/CAN journos to cover annual pink-washing apartheid festival ht @MarcieBianco. Unethical.”
“Pinkwashing” is a claim that Israel advocates manipulate the LGBTQ community in order to garner support for Israel.
On May 31, 2015, Saeed tweeted: “Ex-U.N. Official John Dugard: Israel's Crimes are ‘Infinitely Worse’ Than in Apartheid South Africa… #BDSMatters.”
On July 29, 2014, during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in Gaza, Saeed tweeted: “The killing/targeting of Palestinian children isn't accidental. It's a concerted strategy that's been central to Israeli aggression. #Gaza.”
Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
On July 201, 2014, Saeed tweeted: “Canadians: please tweet @PMHarper that we do not ‘stand staunchly with Israel’ as it massacres Palestinians. That's not our Canada.”
On July 18, 2014, Saeed tweeted: “Israel's precision weaponry is, thus far, 80% precise in killing civilians.”
On July 12, 2014, Saeed tweeted: “Many words running thru my head as #Israel continues massacring #Palestinians. Only one four letter expletive, however, seems appropriate.”
On July 4, 2014, Saeed tweeted: “Israel is constantly in active violent repression of Palestinians- they take it up a notch once in awhile as a reminder.”
On May 30, 2014, Saeed tweeted: “American citizens moving to a settler colony to ensure the apartheid project continues.”
Saeed’s tweet was responding to another tweet from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that read: “At 18, Rebecca left Boston to live in #Israel. Now she's an #IDF combat soldier defending the new home she loves.”
On August 23, 2013, Saeed tweeted: “Looking for writer to discuss Israel's monument to LGBTQ holocaust victims in context of pinkwashing campaigns to distract from occupation.”
On November 27, 2012, Saeed tweeted: “Israel is so LGBTQ friendly, it utilizes homophobia to 'discredit' dead ‘partners for peace.’ #arafat.”
On November 15, 2012, during Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense (OPD) Saeed tweeted: “Israel is not responding to rockets. It is 1. Securing votes through fear & 2. Continuing a long history of violence against Palestinians.”
Israel launched OPD to stop Hamas rocket attacks on Israeli civilians from Gaza. Over the course of eight days in November 2012, Palestinian terrorist groups fired more than 1,500 rockets at Israel. The majority struck Israel, damaging homes, schools and other civilian areas. Human Rights Watch noted: “Palestinian armed groups made clear in their statements that harming civilians was their aim.”
On November 15, 2012, Saeed tweeted: “Great illustration painfully painting the complicity of media in oppression (specifically Palestinians here) #Gaza.”
The tweet featured a cartoon of an Israeli soldier displaying a wounded finger on television while pointing a smoking gun at a a pile of dead Palestinian bodies, representing Gaza, off-camera.
On November 14, 2012, Saeed tweeted: “If slaughtering other people is what it takes for you to win an election, it then speaks volumes of the character of your country. #gaza.”
Promoting BDS
On March 15, 2017, Saeed wrote on Facebook: “Apartheid is Apartheid. BDS is one way we can combat this as subjects of a country that is essentially single-handedly responsible for propping up this Apartheid regime. So which side of justice do we want to be on?”On March 13, 2015, in response to a tweet by Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau opposing BDS, Saeed tweeted: “Would love to talk to you about the merits, importance & history of BDS and on Canadian campuses.”
On January 26, 2015, Saeed tweeted: “Palestinian civil society calls for boycott of #MLI & other faithwashing initiatives… #BDS.”
On January 21, 2015, Saeed tweeted: “I used to be ‘pro-economic BDS but not cultural and academic’. Then I snapped out of it bc that's an immature understanding of occupation.”
Saeed continued: “You don't get to pick/choose which part of BDS you support. Economic, cultural and academic are INTERLINKED. @AJStream.”
On November 16, 2014, Saeed tweeted: “60 tenured #Princeton professors call for divestment from #Israel … BDS is sweeping campuses because #BDSworks.”
On August 3, 2014, Saeed tweeted: .@garnierUSA - Garnier Israel sent cosmetic goodies to IDF women as a solidarity measure. Add it to the #bds list.”
On July 1, 2014, Saeed tweeted: “So glad that @TalibKweli cancelled his upcoming performance in Israel, in solidarity with #Palestinians and #BDS. It makes a difference.”
On June 28, 2014, Saeed tweeted: “#MuslimPSA Be sure to check the label of your dates to ensure they're not Israeli & be sure to not go to Israel thru Zionist orgs! #Ramadan.”
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 Student 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.
AMP
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) was founded by UC Berkeley Professor Hatem Bazian as a vehicle to generate mainstream support in the United States for the Palestinian national cause.
On its website, the organization lists Bazian as the chairman of its national board and describes itself as “a national education and grassroots-based organization, dedicated to educating the American public about Palestine and its rich cultural, historical and religious heritage.”
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has accused AMP of promoting “extreme anti-Israel views and has at times provided a platform for anti-Semitism under the guise of educating Americans” about Palestinians. The ADL further stated that AMP is directly involved in campus-based anti-Israel activity through Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
Prior to founding the AMP in 2006, Dr. Bazian created SJP together with fellow UC Berkeley Professor Snehal Shingavi in 2001. The close working relationship between AMP and SJP has been documented several times over the years by several organizations, including NGO Monitor and StandWithUs.
In addition to providing financial, public relations and legal assistance to SJP, AMP has also been accused of having connections to Hamas. The AMP national board includes former members of both the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP) and Holy Land Foundation (HLF), both of which were found liable for aiding and abetting Hamas. The IAP was founded by Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, a senior member of Hamas.
MSA
The Muslim Student Association (MSA) was established by members of the Muslim Brotherhood in January 1963 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with the goal of "spreading Islam as students in North America." A 2004 FBI investigation uncovered an internal Muslim Brotherhood document in which a brotherhood leader identified the MSA as "one of our organizations."
The MSA reportedly has “nearly 600 chapters” located in the United States and Canada, and is “the most visible and influential Islamic student organization in North America,” boasting conferences, special events, publications, websites and other activities.
The organization includes a number of previous chapter presidents with explicit links to terrorist groups. Included are al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki (Colorado State University), Somali al-Shabaab militant leader Omar Shafik Hammami (University of South Alabama) and Pakistani Taliban recruiter Ramy Zamzam of the MSA's Washington, D.C. council.
Social Media and Weblinks
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SanaSaeed
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanasaeed/
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