Sumaiyah Awad
Overview
Sumaiyah Awad has demonized Israel on social media and is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.She was affiliated with American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) in 2017 and was also affiliated with Muslim American Society (MAS) in 2016.
In 2016, Awad was a member of the Muslims Giving Back - Brooklyn College chapter. In 2016 and 2017, she was also a volunteer in New York at Muhsen “a non-profit organization that strives to create a better understanding of Disabilities,” founded by Omar Suleiman.
As of July 2019, Awad’s Facebook page said that she worked at the Brooklyn Public Library.
Also as of July 2019, Awad’s LinkedIn page said she was pursuing a master’s degree in Occupational Therapy at Columbia University (Columbia), slated to graduate in 2021.
Awad’s LinkedIn page also said she graduated from Brooklyn in 2019, with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology.
Demonizing Israel
On July 21, 2017, Awad retweeted a tweet from an anti-Israel Twitter feed that read: “Objectivity is accepting that there has been decades of occupation, ethnic cleansing and colonial expansion. It is fact.”On July 14, 2017, Awad retweeted a tweet that read: “In July 11 years ago, Israeli kids doodled on missiles aimed at Lebanese kids. At least 1,100 Lebanese died. We will never forget.”
The tweet conveyed a fraudulent message, lying that Israeli children wrote messages of hate on bombs aimed at Lebanese children. The tweet also likened Israel children to Nazi youth.
On June 1, 2017, Awad tweeted: “#BoycottWonderWoman”
On that same day, Awad quoted another tweet that read: “pretty ironic that wonder woman is supposed to represent feminism when gal gadot supports the ethnic cleansing of palestinians by israel.”
On May 2, 2017, Awad tweeted: “Letting everyone who took part in ‘Israeli Independence Day’ parties today, that you took part in celebrating genocide.”
On October 12, 2015, Awad tweeted: “... Zionism is terrorism.”
On September 14, 2015, Awad tweeted: “Can someone tell me again how Zionism is in any way justified? Scum. #FreePalestine.”
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.
Social Media and Weblinks
Facebook:www.facebook.com/100008703154929
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