Tashfeen Jauzey Imam
Overview
Tashfeen Jauzey Imam co-authored a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) resolution at the University of Texas Austin (UT Austin) in 2015. He also reportedly disrupted a campus event and spread hatred of Israel.In 2015, Imam was a member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) chapter at UT Austin (pscatx). PSC is an alternative name for Students Justice for Palestine (SJP).
As of April 2021, Imam’s LinkedIn page said he was a Principal Software Engineer at Poynt in San Francisco since October 2019 and a peer tutor from August 2011 to May 2013 at UT Austin.
Imam’s LinkedIn page said he graduated from UT Austin in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in “Electrical and Computer Engineering” and that he had participated in a “Middle Eastern Studies” Study Abroad Program at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey in 2012.
PSC Austin - Promoting BDS 2015
In April 2015, Imam co-authored a BDS movement divestment resolution at UT Austin. In 2015, PSC Austin spearheaded the #UTDivest campaign to introduce a divestment resolution to the Student Government Assembly (SGA). The campaign’s goal was to have [00:01:45] UT Austin join the BDS movement.The divestment resolution called on the University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) to divest itself of holdings in companies that “facilitate…the oppression of the Palestinian people by the State of Israel.”
On April 21, 2015, the SGA voted down the resolution.
PSC Austin - Disrupting Campus Events 2015
PSC Austin created a Facebook event titled: “McRaven Address Walkout.” The event was to initiate a walkout during a November 20, 2015 address by U.S. Navy veteran Admiral William McRaven at UT Austin.McRaven is a UT Austin graduate and led the raid to kill Osama bin Laden. In its Facebook event description, PSC accused UT Austin of hosting “a swarm of US intelligence and military officials on campus,” who would “recruit students to a life of crime.”
On November 13, 2015, twelve PSC members disrupted an event organized by Professor Ami Pedahzur of UT Austin’s Institute for Israeli Studies. The event was titled: “The Origin of a Species: The Birth of the Israeli Defense Forces’ Military Culture.”
Soon after the event began, PSC leader Mohammed Nabulsi interrupted the speaker to deliver a prepared speech, after which the other PSC members began chanting [00:05:08]: “Long live the intifada!” and “We want ‘48, we don’t want two states!”
The disruption resulted in a near-physical confrontation between Nabulsi and Professor Pedhazur. Campus police later arrived and detained the PSC members.
Following the incident, PSC released an edited video of the protest and accused Professor Pedahzur of assault. PSC also filed a complaint with the university that accused Pedahzur of “illegally releasing Nabulsi’s name and unfairly linking the group’s actions to the terrorist attacks in Paris.”
Additionally, PSC launched a campaign on Facebook calling on students to “contact our Dean of Students, the Dean of College of Liberal Arts, and the UT Administration generally letting them know that physical assault of peaceful student protesters will not stand.”
PSC finance committee chair, Ahmed Khawaja, also initiated a GoFundMe fundraising campaign to sue Pedahzur.
Professor Pedahzur later reportedly received death threats and vacated his offices at the Israeli Studies Institute, due to concern for his personal safety and that of his students. A UT investigation found that Pedahzur “did not violate the university’s Nondiscrimination Policy and did not engage in harassment of the student organization.”
UT’s then-President Gregory L. Fenves was quoted in a local Austin paper as saying that Pedahzur “fostered open, responsible dialogue, often on contentious political issues, including those involving Israel. He is known for working in a constructive and proactive manner with people from across the political spectrum.”
On March 25, 2015, PSC held a protest against an event held by Texas Hillel and Texans for Israel to celebrate Israeli culture, titled: “Israel Block Party.”
PSC members protesting across the street from the block party constructed a mock “apartheid wall” meant to simulate Israel’s security barrier and promoted [00:01:47] a PSC divestment campaign to have UT Austin join the BDS movement.
Israel’s security barrier, built as a deterrent to Palestinian terror attacks, is 97% low chain-link barrier. The concrete portions of the fence were built in response to Palestinian sniper attacks.
Ali Khan, who helped organize the PSC protest, called the Israel Block Party event “a propaganda event which hides a very heinous reality of cultural appropriation and genocide.”
Spreading Hatred of Israel
In a July 26, 2014 article Imam authored, titled: “Palestine solidarity protest can help channel grief into action,” he referredto Israel's Operation Protective Edge (OPE) as a “slaughter” and called Israel as an “apartheid state” that “treats Palestinians as targets, not humans.”
Israel commenced OPE in July 2014 to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
Hamas fired over 4,564 missiles and rockets at Israeli population centers during Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014.
Imam’s article, published by The Daily Texan, UT Austin’s student newspaper, promoted a pscatx event called: “Austin Community Protests Israel's Assault on the Palestinian People.”
Imam’s article also quoted anti-Israel professor at UT Austin and SJP founder Snehal Shingavi, who suggested Israel had “a system of separate laws for Jews and non-Jews.”
According to an August 3, 2014 article, published by the Daily Texan, Imam reportedly attended a protest titled: “Texas Stands with Gaza” and “worked on the rally organizing committee.” Imam also reportedly said: “We’re also demanding that the U.S. government condemn and sanction Israel for its brutal acts of war against civilian populations…”
Israel commenced OPE in July 2014 to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
Hamas fired over 4,564 missiles and rockets at Israeli population centers during Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014.
Imam’s article, published by The Daily Texan, UT Austin’s student newspaper, promoted a pscatx event called: “Austin Community Protests Israel's Assault on the Palestinian People.”
Imam’s article also quoted anti-Israel professor at UT Austin and SJP founder Snehal Shingavi, who suggested Israel had “a system of separate laws for Jews and non-Jews.”
According to an August 3, 2014 article, published by the Daily Texan, Imam reportedly attended a protest titled: “Texas Stands with Gaza” and “worked on the rally organizing committee.” Imam also reportedly said: “We’re also demanding that the U.S. government condemn and sanction Israel for its brutal acts of war against civilian populations…”
PSC Austin - Disrupting A Campus Event 2014
On October 14, 2014, members of several student organizations, including PSC, disrupted [00:00:18] a talk about ISIS given by Israeli Major General Meir Dagan, former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service.The Daily Texan, a UT Austin student newspaper, reported that students protested outside the event and “At one point during Dagan’s talk, some protesters inside the auditorium interrupted the event by yelling pro-Palestinian phrases.”
PSC Austin - Glorifying Intifada 2015
In November 2015, PSC Austin, together with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Houston, scheduled an event titled: “Solidarity with the Palestinian Uprising: Call to Action!”The event’s Facebook description claimed: “The Zionist state occupation forces” were “killing dozens of unarmed Palestinians…with the participation of racist Zionist settlers.”
The event took place during a wave of stabbing attacks carried out by Palestinians against Israeli civilians, termed the “Knife Intifada.” Palestinians shared graphics and video tutorials across social media explaining how to most effectively stab Jews. One widely shared video showed a young girl from Gaza brandishing a knife while calling on West Bank Palestinians to stab Israelis.
The event’s Facebook description also said: “Palestinians across historic Palestine—including 1948 Palestine—have taken it upon themselves to launch a popular resistance…to fight the genocidal Zionist project. The Palestinian youth…have in particular taken the lead in this uprising. They are sacrificing themselves so that Palestine may have a future. The least we can do is show our support for them.”
The event’s Facebook description concluded: “Long Live the Resistance! Long Live the Intifada!”
Since the early 2000s, the term “intifada,” which translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection,” has carried the connotation of violence.
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.
Social Media and Weblinks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jauzey [Deleted]Twitter 1: https://twitter.com/Jawziii
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jauzey-imam-34b62822
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Personal Blog:http://www.jauzey.com [Deleted]
- Status:
- Professional
- University:
- Texas-Austin
- Organizations:
- BDS,
- PSC (SJP)
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- Last Modified:
- 05/04/2026
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