Tala Niwash
Overview
Tala Niwash has defended terrorists and demonized Israel on social media.Niwash is an activist with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Kent State University (KSU). She has also promoted the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement on social media.
As of March 2018, Niwash’s Instagram page said she was a student at KSU.
In December 2017, Niwash was listed on Facebook as one of the “new members” of a KSU sorority, Chi Omega, which she has also mentioned on her Instagram.
Defending Terrorists
Niwash retweeted an October 30, 2017 tweet mourning Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist Ahmad Abu Armana, who was killed in a terror tunnel near the Israeli Kibbutz Kissufim. The tweet referred to Abu Amarna as a “Martyr.”Abu Armana was one of at least seven terrorists who died following an Israeli airstrike on terror tunnels that were jointly controlled by Hamas and PIJ. The tunnels ran from Gaza into Israel.
Niwash retweeted a February 6, 2018 tweet defending Hamas terrorist Ahmad Jarrar, who murdered Rabbi Raziel Shevach in January 2018. Jarrar was reportedly 24 years old and the son of a senior Hamas commander.
The tweet ended with “#الشهيد_احمد_جرار [#Martyr_Ahmad_Jarrar]” and characterized the Israeli army operation to apprehend Jarrar as a terror raid “targeting youth & children in the West Bank.”
Demonizing Israel
Niwash retweeted a February 25, 2018 tweet calling “#Zionists” and Israeli soldiers “the real terrorists.”The tweet defended anti-Israel agitator Ahed Tamimi. Niwash has also retweeted other tweets in support of Tamimi.
Niwash retweeted a February 17, 2018 tweet that said “you just bomb schools” in response to another tweet that said “Why school shootings don't happen in Israel.”
On the same day, Niwash retweeted a tweet in response to Israeli actress Gal Gadot. The tweet said Gadot “should be labeled as a child murder,” and claimed Israeli soldiers “kill kids on daily basis,” and asked “Why don’t u explain to people how it feels to shoot Palestinians for fun.”
Niwash retweeted a February 15, 2018 tweet about Gadot, that read: “didnt you like....murder palestinian and lebanese kids using a gun.”
Niwash retweeted a November 13, 2017 tweet alleging that Gadot is “a Zionist who commits attrocities on women & kids in Palestine.”
Niwash retweeted a November 3, 2017 tweet that referred to Israel’s security barrier as “the illegal Israeli apartheid wall.”
Niwash retweeted an October 28, 2017 tweet that said: “I hope the entire gulf collapses and every single one of the traitors who sought normalization with the Zionist enemy burns to death.”
Niwash retweeted an October 22, 2017 tweet claiming that the Israeli flag represents “apartheid, occupation & oppression.”
Promoting SJP and BDS
As of March 14, 2018, Niwash was listed on Facebook as having “went” to nine SJP KSU events during the 2017-2018 academic year.Niwash retweeted an October 24, 2017 tweet raising funds for SJP KSU.
Niwash also retweeted an October 22, 2017 tweet showing a photo of many protesters, with the front row holding a sign reading “BOYCOTT ISRAEL.”
Niwash retweeted an October 16, 2017 tweet from the @BDSmovement promoting BDS activism in Chile.
SJP KSU - Supporting Terrorists
The “Saltwater Challenge” was held in solidarity with over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners hunger-striking in Israeli prisons — most of whom were convicted for acts of terrorism.
The strike was initiated by Marwan Barghouti, who was serving five consecutive life sentences for his role in suicide bombings and shooting attacks during the second intifada. Barghouti led the Palestinian Authority (PA) terrorist Tanzim force and founded the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
Barghouti also financed the guitar-case bomb used in the Sbarro Cafe massacre, where 15 civilians were killed and 130 injured.
SJP KSU retweeted a May 11, 2017 tweet that said: “Join us at 8527 S. Harlem from 10am to 7pm for #DignityStrikeChi in support of #Palhunger @Addameer @SamidounPP … ”
Addameer’s logo and images of Barghouti and terrorist Ahmad Sa’adat, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), appeared in the tweet’s photos.
Addameer organizes and promotes campaigns on behalf of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons and has advocated for theBoycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Addammer is reportedly an “affiliate” of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a terror organization. In September 2019, Israeli forces raided the officers of Addammeer, seizing laptops and memory cards.
SJP KSU also retweeted a May 11, 2017 tweet supporting the “#DignityStrike.”
SJP KSU - Promoting Violence and Spreading Hatred
On January 6, 2018, Subhi Husien — a 2017-2018 SJP KSU activist — tweeted: “BDS is important for weakening the Zionist entity but violent revolution will be the only solution to gain liberation.”
As of January 2018, Lama Abu Amara — an SJP KSU activist in 2017-2018 — wrote in her Twitter profile: “Globalize the Intifada
The term “intifada” has carried the connotation of violence, since the early 2000’s.
On August 2, 2014, Abu Amara tweeted: “‘Never again.’-The Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto. Never again for them, but their descendants think otherwise. #BoycottIsrael #SupportGaza #Gaza.”
On July 12, 2017, Yousef Mousa — a former SJP KSU president — posted a Facebook graphic paraphrasing a quote [00:00:23] by PFLP spokesman Ghassan Kanafani rejecting negotiations as a path to peace.
On December 23, 2017, SJP KSU activist Chance Zurub — the 2018 SJP KSU president — tweeted: “The only Israeli food that they [Israelis] eat is the blood of the Palestinian people.”
SJP KSU - Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory
On October 24, 2016, SJP KSU tweeted an image of a hand controlling a brain via puppet strings, captioned: “ISRAEL PUBLIC RELATION’S WAR IN THE UNITED STATES.”The tweet promoted SJP KSU’s October 27, 2016 screening of the anti-Israel film “The Occupation of the American Mind.”
SJP KSU - Demonizing Israel
On May 10, 2017, SJP KSU tweeted: “Reality: Israel is an illegitimate state that uses systematic war and apartheid to ethnically cleanse an entire population.”
On May 28, 2017, SJP KSU tweeted: “Israel continues ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian pop. as American college students take ‘birthright’ trips, complicit in Israel's crimes.”
Birthright Israel is a free trip to Israel for Jewish young adults from all over the world.
On March 5, 2018, SJP KSU displayed its “mock Israeli apartheid wall” on campus, representing Israel’s security barrier. The wall included a version of debunked anti-Israel propaganda maps. SJP KSU also displayed the “mock Apartheid Wall” in 2017, where it promoted BDS on campus.
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.
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/100022317941407Twitter:https://twitter.com/talala_19 [Private]
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/talaniwash19/ [Private]
