Shireen Nahreen

Overview

Shireen Nahreen has tweeted hatred of Jews, demonization of Israel and celebrated armed Hamas militants as "real men." She is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Nahreen is a student in the City Colleges of Chicago system.

Anti-Jewish Social Media

On July 4, 2016, Nahreen tweeted: “Sity teaching you el blad ibladna wil Yahood ichlabna [The land is is ours and the Jews are our dogs] #GrowingUpPalestinian ”

On June 24, 2016, Nahreen tweeted: "El youm baktol kodam el yahoody el bishtgil ma3y ana Falastinya mish kayfeen mish ishe... The look on his face injan 😭 😭 h [Today I said in front of one of the Jews who works with me that we, the Palestinians are not afraid of anything, not afraid at all. The look on his face, he lost his mind]."

On October 5, 2015, Nahreen tweeted: "Baki yahoodi el haywan. [Jews remain dumb animals]"

On August 24, 2015, Nahreen tweeted: "El blad ibladna wil yahood ichlabna [The land is ours and the Jews are our dogs]."

On December 9, 2014, Nahreen tweeted: "@GreatestShabba Don't talk with ur Jew curls. Lol"

Demonization of Israel

On December 29, 2016, in response to a tweet that asked: "10. If you're Palestinian, would you marry an Israeli?" Nahreen replied: “I can't even look at one, imagine marrying one.”

On November 19, 2014, Nahreen tweeted: "ISIS taking many tips from Isreal." Nahreen’s tweet featured an image that listed alleged commonalities, including: “Significant number of Europeans,” “Usually attack on Women and children [sic.,]” “Only attacked on Muslims, christians and other religious communities [sic.],” “Funded by West” and ”Illegally created State.”

On October 27, 2016, Nahreen retweeted a tweet that read: "Zionist feminism: Pink drones for breast cancer awareness that drop chemical bombs on Palestinian women that give them cancer. Lovely."

On September 30, 2016, Nahreen retweeted a tweet that read: "Today 30/9 marks the 16th anniversary of murdering the child Mohammed Al-Durra in #Gaza Do you remember him?"

The Al-Durah hoax is an iconic piece of anti-Israel incitement, which was fabricated during a riot in the Gaza Strip, on September 30, 2000 at the start of the Second Intifada.

Glorifying Yasser Arafat

On November 11, 2016, Nahreen retweeted a tweet that read: “Happy Veterans Day to a Palestinian legend who devoted his life to the cause of freedom for our people! RIP Yasser Arafat ”

Yasser Arafat — the former leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) — is known by some as the "father of modern terrorism." Under Arafat the goal of the PLO was the violent destruction of Israel.

In 1996, in a closed door meeting with Arab diplomats in Stockholm, Arafat said — "We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. Jews will not want to live among Arabs. I have no use for Jews. They are and remain Jews."

On February 11, 1980, Arafat said in Venezuela — "Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.

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.