Sarah Youssef

Overview

Sarah Youssef has supported terrorists on social media and demonized Israel as an activist with Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) at the University of Texas, Austin (UTA), in 2017.

PSC is an alternative name for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).

As of January 2017, Youssef was listed as one of the “Admins and Moderators” of the PSC at UTA Facebook group.

Youssef is also listed on Facebook as having attended the 2017 National 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.”  
As of December 2017, Youssef’s Facebook page said she “studied” at UTA.

Support for Terrorists

On May 23, 2017, Youssef shared a post on Facebook that read: “Today marks the 36th day of the #Dignitystrike where over 1600 brave Palestinian prisoners are hunger striking in Israeli Prisons until their demands for humane treatment are met. #DignityStrike #FreePalestine.”

“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

Demonizing Israel

In 2016 and 2017, Youssef updated her Facebook cover photos to promote Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) at UTA. PSC at UTA was responsible for organizing both IAW events.

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.



MSA

The 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

Sarah Youssef
Status:
Unknown
University:
Texas-Austin
Organizations:
MSA,
PSC (SJP)

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Last Modified:
06/23/2025

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