Susan Alkadri
Overview
Susan Alkadri was involved in the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement on the the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Campus.
Alkadri graduated in 2015 from UC Davis with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.
BDS on Campus 2014
Alkadri was a co-author of the student senate divestment resolution at UC Davis in January 2015. The January 2015 resolution was introduced after a previous attempt to pass the resolution failed, in April 2014.The April 2014 resolution called on the University of California’s Board of Regents to divest from corporations “that aid in the Israeli occupation of Palestine...”
The resolution also referred to divestment as “a time-honored tactic that contributed significantly to ending apartheid in South Africa.” The resolution failed to pass, with the ASUCD evenly divided. The ASUCD Vice President refused to break the tie.
In January 2015, another hearing was called to push an expanded version of the resolution, which added additional companies doing business in Israel to the divestment lists.
Following speeches from those supporting and opposing the bill, the anti-divestment advocates — about a third of the attendees — participated in a walk-out. As they left, a large group of pro-divestment promoters chanted “Allahu Akhbar!” The January 2015 resolution passed, 8-2-2.
Following the passage of the divestment bill, Azka Fayyaz, one of the council members who voted for the resolution, posted on Facebook “Hamas & Sharia law have taken over UC Davis. Brb crying over the resilience.”
Later, in an open letter to the student community, Fayyaz insisted her comment was “satirical” and attacked “the leadership of AEPi, the Jewish fraternity at UC Davis, and Aggies for Israel,” claiming they reported the contents of her profile to “the Zionist lobby groups which they have been paid to represent.”
A week after the resolution passed, unidentified vandals spray-painted two large swastikas on a house belonging to the Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi).
On January 30, 2015, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi issued a statement that the resolution to divest did not reflect the position of UC Davis or the University of California system.
On February 19, 2015, the university’s Court of Associated Students overturned the January 2015 resolution as unconstitutional, on the grounds that it was "primarily a political document" with insufficient relevance to student welfare on campus.
In May 2015,a revised resolution was submitted alleging that "enabling Israel’s occupation of Palestine compromises the integrity of students’ education." The May 2015 resolution passed, 10-0-2.
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.
Social Media and Weblinks
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/susan.alkadri
Twitter:https://twitter.com/suzmeow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-alkadri/
- Status:
- Unknown
- University:
- California-Davis
- Organizations:
- BDS
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- Last Modified:
- 04/29/2025
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