April 2017
Enhanced Due Diligence?
AN EXAMINATION OF CANADA’S PLEDGE TO STOP UNRWA TEACHERS FROM INCITING JIHADIST TERRORISM AND ANTISEMITISM Executive TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………. i PART I………………………………………………………………………………... 1 UNRWA INCITEMENT IN LEBANON…………………………………………….. 2 L1 Ghanem Naim Teacher at UNRWA, Venerates “Wonderful” 3 Ghoneim Hitler………………………...... L2 Omar Asaad Employee at UNRWA, Reveres Hitler……… 11 L3 Khader Awad Teacher at UNRWA, Calls for the Murder of 13 Jews…………………………………………….. L4 Hatem Asaad Employee at UNRWA, Exalts Terrorists……. 15 L5 Mohammad Assistant Head Teacher at UNRWA, 18 Alsayyed Celebrates Abduction and Murder of Israelis………………………………………….. L6 Maha Hamid Teacher at UNRWA, Publishes Hamas 21 Propaganda Glorifying “Martyrs”…………….. L7 Lotfi Ghuneim Employee at UNRWA, Praises Car- 24 Ramming Terrorist as “Hero”………………… L8 Tarek Agha UNRWA Human Resources Assistant, 27 Glorifies Violence……………………………… L9 Ghassan Fathi Technical Instructor at UNRWA’s Siblin 29 Training Center, Posts Antisemitc Video…… L10 Ahmad Hasan Outreach and Placement Officer at UNRWA, 32 Quotes Hitler and Supports Hamas…………. L11 Mustafa Zaid Teacher at UNRWA, Spreads Hamas 36 Propaganda……………………………………. L12 Hussein Asaad Technical Instructor at UNRWA’s Siblin 38 Training Center, Glorifies Stone-Throwers…. L13 Ibrahim Tafesh Employee at UNRWA’s Siblin Training 40 Center, Posts Antisemitic and Pro-Hamas Content…………………………………………. L14 Khaled A Aziz (Abu Employee at UNRWA’s Siblin Training 44 Musab) Center, Promotes Violence…………………... L15 Mohamad Fahed Instructor at UNRWA’s Siblin Training 45 Center, Endorses Hamas, Murder of Jewish Boys…………………………………………….. L16 Tarek Abu Ghazelah Employee at UNRWA, Celebrates the 52 Murder of Jewish Rabbis……………………..
L17 Ahmad Nasser Principal of UNRWA’s NTC, Promotes 57 Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories……………. INCITEMENT BY UNRWA IN JORDAN………………………………………….. 62 J1 Hussein Amrah School Principal at UNRWA, Glorifies 63 Violence and Celebrates Murder of Israelis... J2 Yousef Elayyan Account Officer at UNRWA, Celebrates 71 Death of Israeli Soldiers……………………… J3 Bilal Allan Employee at UNRWA, Propagates Classical 73 Antisemitic Tropes…………………………… J4 Jehad Ramadan Teacher at UNRWA, Celebrates the Killing 76 Abu Kalloub of Jews…………………………………………. J5 Ahmed Abu To’eima Mathematics Teacher at UNRWA, Glorifies 78 Violence and Celebrates Death of Israelis…. J6 Adnan Serdanah Camp Services Officer at UNRWA, Glorifies 81 the Killing of Israeli Citizens………………….. J7 Hussam Khattib Teacher at UNRWA, Celebrates Violence 83 Against Israel and the Murder of Civilians….. J8 Amer Aaron Employee at UNRWA, Cheers Violence 87 Against Israel and the Murder of Civilians….. J9 Ahmad Khalifah Employee at UNRWA, Venerates Hitler and 89 Propagates Classical Antisemitism…………. J10 Muhammad Abu Teacher at UNRWA, Glorifies Violence and 91 Nasr Child Soldiers………………………………….. J11 Tawfiq Samara Principal at UNRWA’s Irbid Boys School, 92 Celebrates Masked Hamas Fighters………... INCITEMENT BY UNRWA IN GAZA……………………………………………… 95 G1 Om Alaa Teacher at UNRWA, Venerates Hitler……… 96 G2 Eman Shammala English Teacher at UNRWA, Glorifies Knife 97 Attacks…………………………………………. G3 Hanaa Om Hossam Teacher at UNRWA, Celebrates Terrorist 99 Attack…………………………………………… G4 Eman Bader Teacher at UNRWA, Glorifies Lethal Terror 101 Attack…………………………………………… G5 Mohamed Alhallaq Teacher at UNRWA, Publicizes Terrorist 103 Groups………………………………………..... G6 Sunia Astal Teacher at UNRWA, Promotes Violence and 106 Glorifies Knife Attacks…………………………
G7 Nwara Noor Nwara Teacher at UNRWA, Promotes Violence…… 108 G8 Islam Khafaja Teacher at UNRWA, Celebrates Killing and 110 Ransoming of Israeli Soldier………………… INCITEMENT BY UNRWA IN SYRIA…………………………………………….. 112 S1 Abed Naser Hassen Teacher at UNRWA, Spreads Antisemitic 113 Video Denying the Holocaust………………... S2 Nabil Sobhi Lecturer at UNRWA’s Damascus Training 116 Centre, Incites Violence Against Tel Aviv and Spreads Antisemitic Cartoons………….. S3 Issa Issa Director at UNRWA, Posts Image of Hitler 119 and Condones Hamas Rocket Fire…………. S4 Jaramana Camp UNRWA School, Encourages Violence and 123 Facebook Page Erases Israel from the Map………………….. S5 UNRWA’s Glorifies Terrorist Leila Khaled………………. 128 Damascus Training Centre Part II……………………………………………………………………………………. 129 Incitement by UNRWA in Lebanon………………………………………………... 130 L18 Al-Qastal School UNRWA School Holds Rally In Support of 131 Page Knife Intifada…………………………………… L19 Mohamed Fahed Teacher at UNRWA Continues to Glorify 140 Hamas and Incite Against Jews……………... L20 Layal Ammar English Teacher at UNRWA Encourages 142 Violence ……………. L21 Ghanem Naim Teacher who Praised Adolf Hitler Still 145 Ghoneim Working at UNRWA………………
Incitement by UNRWA in Jordan…………………………………………………… 147 J12 Mahmoud Abu Ful UNRWA Manager Glorifies Terror..…………. 148 J13 Ahmad Fareed UNRWA Teacher Glorifies Violence………. 151 Sultan J14 UNRWA Jordan UNRWA Schools Jordan, Posts Image of 154 Facebook Page Child Wielding Knife Inside Classroom and Other Hate……………………………………...
J15 UNRWA Nazzal UNRWA School Glorifies Violence, Attacks 161 School Facebook “Stench of Zionism” ……………………… Page J16 UNRWA Manshiet UNRWA School Celebrates Wildfires in 165 Bani Hashim School Israel, Teaches Students to Erase Israel Facebook Page from Map………………………………………. J17 Abu ANas Ghoban UNRWA Teacher Posts Image Glorifying 170 Terrorist………………………………………. J18 Subhi Al-Zaber UNRWA Teacher Erases Israel from Map… 171 Incitement by UNRWA in Gaza……………………………………………………... 173 G9 Ahman Nasser Supervisor at UNRWA Endorses Hamas, 174 Violence, Martyrdom…………………...... G10 Samaher Tibi UNRWA Teacher Assigns Students to Erase 177 Israel from Map………………………… G11 Himlaj Mohammad UNRWA TV Presenter Posts Anti-Semitic 179 Selmi Cartoon……………………………………. Incitement by UNRWA in Syria……………………………………………………… 182 S6 Mohamed Soliman UNRWA English Teacher Posts Quote from 183 Hitler and Endorses Knife Attacks…………... S7 Khaled Mohamad UNRWA Teacher Posts Anti-Semitic Video 187 with Child Soldiers...... S8 Mhasan Mhasan UNRWA Teacher Poses Next to UNRWA 191 School Images that Erase Israel from Map…………………………………………..... S9 Ahmad Abdullah UNRWA Employee Celebrates Anti-Israel 193 Violence...... S10 UNRWA al-Amal UNRWA School, Displays Photos Showing 195 School Facebook Israel Erased from Map………………………. Page S11 Mahannad Najem UNRWA Teacher Shows Dog Urinating On 199 Israeli Flag………………….…………………..
Enhanced Due Diligence?
AN EXAMINATION OF CANADA’S PLEDGE TO STOP UNRWA TEACHERS FROM INCITING JIHADIST TERRORISM AND ANTISEMITISM
Introduction
This report examines what Canada, in its new role as a major donor to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), should do to stop the organization from continuing to employ school teachers, principals and other staffers who support terrorism and antisemitism. Canada had promised to exercise “enhanced due diligence” on UNRWA, and assured that it had “robust control measures” in place.
The report exposes 60 Facebook pages operated by UNRWA schools, school teachers, principals, and other employees of UNRWA, which incite to terrorism or antisemitism. The report is divided by region, and includes UNRWA staffers in Lebanon, Jordan, Gaza and Syria. These cases of incitement are additional to the 30 revealed by UN Watch in 2015. More examples are found by UN Watch every day.
The promotion of racial hatred and violence by UNRWA staff constitutes a gross breach of their neutrality obligations as enshrined in the UN Charter and in UN and UNRWA Staff Rules and Regulations. Even more alarming than the Facebook posts themselves, however, is the fact that UNRWA hires and employs racist staff, and places the education of impressionable Palestinian youth in their hands. Canada would never tolerate the employment of racist teachers in its own schools.
In the wake of Canada’s decision to fund UNRWA and its public commitment to hold the organization accountable for neutrality violations, the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must turn its words into actions. At a minimum, Canada must demand the immediate dismissal of any UNRWA employee who publicly advocates terrorism or antisemitism.
Methodology and Scope of Research
This report is based on information that has been displayed publicly on Facebook, obtained by searching for UNRWA-related key words. Because many Facebook users restrict their posts from the public, UN Watch was not able to examine most UNRWA staff profiles. Furthermore, because UNRWA does not provide a list of their staff, UN Watch researchers limited their review to Facebook users who specifically identified themselves as UNRWA employees, and to other Facebook pages publicly identified with UNRWA.
Accordingly, UN Watch cannot and does not represent that UNRWA neutrality breaches on social media are confined to the examples detailed in this report. The opposite is
i true. In our assessment, the scope of neutrality breaches by UNRWA staff is significantly higher than that reflected in the 60 cases in this report. If one counts the additional UNRWA employees who publicly endorse or share the offending material, the report implicates hundreds of UNRWA employees. Moreover, the report does not cover UNRWA employees who incite racism or violence in the classroom, but who do not post this information to their Facebook profiles.
Were UNRWA itself to examine its employees, on and off Facebook, it can reasonably be estimated that thousands of UNRWA employees would be implicated. “UNRWA staff is replete with Hamas supporters,” notes Michael Bell, Canada’s former ambassador to Egypt, himself an advocate of funding the organization.1
About UNRWA
UNRWA, established in December 1949 pursuant to UN General Assembly Resolution 302(IV),2 is a UN agency devoted exclusively to the provision of services to Palestinians displaced as a result of Israel’s 1948 War of Independence and their descendants.3 UNRWA’s main areas of operation include education, health care and social services.4 It is funded almost entirely by donations, mostly from governments which, in 2015, supplied about 90% of its budget.5 The organization is headed by Commissioner- General Pierre Krähenbühl, a former official of the International Red Cross, and Deputy Commissioner-General Sandra Mitchell, who has devoted her career to international humanitarian missions. Christopher Gunness is UNRWA’s controversial spokesperson.
Today, UNRWA assists approximately 5 million people designated as refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.6 According to UNRWA, the organization operates 692 schools with 493,000 students and 22,000 educational staff, out of approximately 30,000 total staff.7 One of UNRWA’s main stated objectives is to
1 M. Bell, “Why Canada should restore funding for Palestinian relief agency,” The Globe & Mail, Feb. 17, 2016. 2 UNRWA website, available at https://www.unrwa.org/who-we-are. 3 UNRWA’s mandate is broader than that of the UN Refugee Agency which services all other refugees, defined as those fleeing armed conflict or persecution themselves and not including their descendants. See 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Article I; and 1967 Additional Protocol Relating to Status of Refugees, Article I; see also UNHCR website, available at http://www.unhcr.org/refugees.html. 4 UNRWA website, available at https://www.unrwa.org/what-we-do. 5 Pledges to UNRWA (Cash and In-kind) for 2015 – Overall Donor Ranking in USD As 31 December 2015, available at https://www.unrwa.org/sites/default/files/2015_donors_ranking_overall.pdf; see also https://www.unrwa.org/how-you-can-help/government-partners/funding-trends/key-facts-figures. 6 UNRWA website, available at https://www.unrwa.org/who-we-are; https://www.unrwa.org/palestine-refugees; https://www.unrwa.org/careers/working-unrwa. 7 UNRWA website, available at. https://www.unrwa.org/what-we-do/education. Another UNRWA
ii provide basic education to Palestinian youth, to enable them to obtain necessary skills and to impart key values such as dignity and tolerance.8
While UNRWA provides important services to the Palestinian population, it is viewed by some as an impediment to peace because it exacerbates the refugee problem, for example by treating the descendants of those displaced in 1948 as refugees. Questions have been raised about the neutrality of UNRWA facilities and staff.9 UNRWA came under heavy criticism during the 2014 military conflict between Israel and Hamas when Hamas weapons were found in its schools in Gaza.10 UNRWA’s close connections with Hamas were highlighted this past February when two UNRWA employees were reportedly elected to Hamas’s political bureau.11 One of them, Suhail al-Hindi, an elementary school principal and chairman of the UNRWA staff union in Gaza, was ultimately suspended pending the results of an internal investigation.12
Canada Announces Funding to UNRWA
In 2010, under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canada halted its funding to UNRWA, based in part on the organization’s ties to Hamas.13 In November 2016, however, Prime Minister Trudeau’s government announced its decision to reinstate funding to UNRWA with a $25 million grant.14 Documents obtained under Canada’s Access to Information Act reveal that by the time the government announced its policy change, Ottawa had already transferred the new funds to UNRWA.15 And during the
webpage lists the number of students as 500,698. See https://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work. 8 UNRWA website, available at https://www.unrwa.org/what-we-do/education. 9A. Joffe and A. Romirowsky, “The UN’s Refugee Industry,” National Post, Nov. 24, 2016; T. Bashan, “The Problem with UNRWA,” Jerusalem Post, Sept. 4, 2014; D. Horovitz, “The trouble with UNRWA,” Times of Israel, July 31, 2014; J. Rubin, “Is the U.N. making the Palestinian ‘refugee’ problem worse?” Washington Post, May 23, 2012. 10 D. Horovitz, “The trouble with UNRWA,” Times of Israel, July 31, 2014 11 “Top UN staffer in Gaza said elected to Hamas leadership,” Times of Israel, March 7, 2017. 12 “UN suspends Gaza staffer amid allegations of Hamas ties,” Associated Press, Feb. 26, 2017; “Dr. Suhail al-Hindi, Chairman of the UNRWA Staff Union in the Gaza Strip and Boys’ Elementary School Principal, Is Elected to Hamas’ New Gaza Political Bureau,” The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, Feb. 23, 2017. 13 A. Joffe and A. Romirowsky, “The UN’s Refugee Industry,” National Post, Nov. 24, 2016; A. Raj, “Trudeau Praised and Criticized For Splitting With Harper on Mideast,” Huffington Post Canada, Nov. 18, 2016. 14 “Minister Bibeau announces new funding to support the needs of vulnerable Palestinian refugees,” Global Affairs Canada, Nov. 16, 2016. 15 B. Lilley, “FOI docs reveal Liberals glossing over UN group’s terror ties,” The Rebel, March 22, 2017. See internal Canadian government emails on UNRWA here: https://www.scribd.com/document/342748904/Global-Affairs-ATIP-UNRWA-Funding- Announcement-w-WATERMARK#from_embed
iii week between the transfer and the public announcement, the government engaged in extensive internal strategizing through numerous drafts of Q&A’s, backgrounders, fact sheets—at least some of which were shared with and commented on by UNRWA in advance—on how best to present the funding decision to the public despite the well- founded concerns about UNRWA staffers’ ties to Hamas.16
A review of the internal government communications shows that the government glossed over specific allegations against UNRWA, claiming that they were unfounded or had been addressed, without explaining why or how.
For example, a detailed Canadian Q&A attached to a November 14, 2016 email states that “UNRWA has taken direct action” to address staff misuse of social media.17 Yet the 60 cases of incitement to antisemitism and terrorism documented below indicate that UNRWA’s response to the issue has been grossly deficient.
Another Canadian Q&A claims that allegations about UNRWA staff unions including Hamas members are “unsubstantiated” and that the staff union elections “have been monitored and reviewed.”18 That claim is contradicted by the election of Suhail al-Hindi to the Hamas political bureau in February 2017. The final backgrounder published on the government’s website avoids specifics, opting instead for a general statement that, “In Canada’s view, UNRWA has demonstrated its commitment to addressing substantiated issues...”19
On November 16, 2016, International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau presented the new policy in terms of enabling Palestinian women and children to receive health care and education. She said: “We want to see Palestinian refugee children in classrooms where they can learn universal values of tolerance and respect.”20 Soon after the announcement, then foreign minister Stephane Dion made an official visit to Lebanon where he met with the Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon, Hakam M. Shahawn, at the Burj Shemali refugee camp.21 In his Facebook post on the
16 Id. 17 Internal government emails at A048495_8-000054. 18 Internal government emails at A048495_9-000055. 19 “Backgrounder: Support for Vulnerable Palestinian Refugees,” Global Affairs Canada. 20“Minister Bibeau announces new funding to support the needs of vulnerable Palestinian refugees,” Global Affairs Canada, Nov. 16, 2016; “Liberals give $25 million to controversial Palestinian aid agency,” The Star, Nov. 16, 2016. 21 “Minister Dion announces significant support for peace, security and stability in Lebanon,” Global Affairs Canada, Dec. 5, 2016. Shortly before the announcement, Canada’s Governor General David Johnston visited a UN facility in Jordan. See Itinerary - Governor General to Undertake Visits to Jordan, Israel and the West Bank, available at http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/west_bank_gaza-cisjordanie_bande_de_gaza/highlights- faits/2016/2016-10-25.aspx?lang=eng.
iv visit, Shahawn lauded Canada’s interest in children’s education programs and its decision to renew UNRWA funding.22
Incitement to Terrorism and Antisemitism is Pervasive at UNRWA Schools and Among UNRWA Staff on Social Media
Universal values of tolerance and respect certainly do not include incitement to terrorism and antisemitism. Yet today this type of material is easily found on UNRWA school Facebook pages and in UNRWA staff Facebook profiles. Last year, UN Watch exposed 30 examples of such posts by UNRWA staff. This report contains 60 additional examples found on public Facebook pages associated with UNRWA. As noted above, UN Watch did not conduct a comprehensive review of UNRWA staff Facebook profiles because of privacy limitations and lack of resources. Were UNRWA to conduct such a review, many more cases would surface.
The instances of incitement in this report include UNRWA teachers, staffers and institutions celebrating the terrorist kidnapping of Israeli teenagers, cheering rockets being fired at Israeli civilian centers, endorsing various forms of violence including random knife and vehicular attacks against Israeli civilians, erasing Israel from the map, praising Hitler and posting his photo, and posting overtly antisemitic videos, caricatures, and statements.
In this report, we provide many examples of UNRWA schools hosting student events and activities proudly celebrating and endorsing terrorism targeting Israeli civilians. While we only know about events like these that are documented on Facebook, we suspect that there are many more such terrorist-supporting events hosted and promoted by UNRWA schools and staff which simply are not publicized. Below are some examples that we did find:
• The Facebook page of UNRWA’s Manshiet Bani Hashim school applauds the wave of fires that struck Israel in November 2016, many of which were started by arson terrorists.23 Other images on the school’s page depict student artwork adorning the school which erases Israel from the map.24 In February 2017, Abu
22 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154163396628106&set=a.56086863105.70603.6 43898105&type=3&theater. 23 https://www.facebook.com/401528419976788/photos/a.458226544306975.1073741830.401528 419976788/1001498316646459/?type=3&theater; https://www.facebook.com/401528419976788/photos/a.458226544306975.1073741830.401528 419976788/1001498233313134/?type=3&permPage=1. 24 https://www.facebook.com/401528419976788/photos/a.458226544306975.1073741830.401528 419976788/843431905786435/?type=3&permPage=1; https://www.facebook.com/401528419976788/photos/a.458226544306975.1073741830.401528 419976788/968844929911798/?type=3&theater.
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Anas Ghoban, a teacher at this school posted an image to his Facebook profile glorifying terrorism.
• Several UNRWA schools display images erasing Israel from the map, often as murals decorating the school or in displays of student artwork.25 This completely negates UNRWA’s claim to be educating Palestinians for peace and coexistence with Israel.
• The UNRWA schools in Jordan Facebook page promotes an annual poetry contest in conjunction with UNRWA’s Nazzal school in Amman. In 2011, one young participant who is photographed holding up a knife recited a poem glorifying suicide martyrdom.26
• UNRWA’s al-Qastal school in Lebanon celebrated the October 2015 knife attacks against Israeli civilians by hosting a rally, with speeches by students and teachers.27
In addition to evidence of these terrorist-supporting events outrageously sponsored by UNRWA schools, our report provides examples of inciting material posted by individual UNRWA staff members. For example:
• Mahannad Najem, an UNRWA teacher in Syria, posted an image of a dog urinating on the flag of Israel.
• Subi al-Zaber, an UNRWA teacher based in Amman, Jordan, has as his current Facebook profile picture, an image erasing Israel from the map, along with words calling to “get out of our land…get out of everything.”28
25 https://www.facebook.com/unrwa0schools/photos/a.109673592445671.18271.10966705577965 8/1262395913840094/?type=3&theater; https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200706099708965&set=gm.1849644150092 87&type=3&permPage=1; https://www.facebook.com/unrwa0schools/photos/a.109673592445671.18271.10966705577965 8/1077802802299407/?type=3&theater; https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1710552919175184&set=a.1397499313813881.107 3741828.100006614773057&type=1&theater; https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1495667377392791&set=a.1380722978887232.107 3741826.100008486291872&type=1&theater. 26 https://www.facebook.com/unrwa0schools/photos/a.119682381444792.27812.10966705577965 8/119682531444777/?type=3&permPage=1; https://www.facebook.com/unrwa0schools/photos/a.119682381444792.27812.10966705577965 8/119682541444776/?type=3&theater. 27 https://www.facebook.com/madraset.unrwa/posts/1710553902508419. 28 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=375169755938797&set=a.375169749272131.10737 41825.100003373275724&type=1&theater.
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• Mohamed Soliman, an English teacher at UNRWA in Syria, glorified the October 2015 terrorist knife attacks against Israeli civilians with an image turning all of Israel into a Palestinian knife, with the words “Your knife is Freedom.”29 His profile also contains an image and quote of Hitler.30
These UNRWA posts are shocking in and of themselves and, of course, should be immediately removed. Yet improper use of social media is merely a symptom of a much deeper problem which must be remedied—the fact that UNRWA employs racist and terror-supporting staff to educate impressionable Palestinian children in the first place.
UNRWA Staff are Blatantly Violating UN Rules
These Facebook posts constitute a gross violation of UN and UNRWA internal policies concerning staff neutrality and impartiality.
Article 101(3) of the UN Charter states that the “paramount consideration” in employing staff is “securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity.” The quality of “integrity” is central to the UN Staff Rules and Staff Regulations, which require staff members to “uphold the highest standards of . . . integrity.” This includes, but is not limited to, “probity, impartiality, fairness, honesty and truthfulness in all matters affecting their work and status.”31 This value is again reflected in Regulation 1.2(f) requiring staff to remain neutral and impartial, especially with respect to public pronouncements.
Moreover, UNRWA’s own International Staff Regulations expressly incorporate this UN “neutrality rule” for its staff, stating in Regulation 1.4 that staff must “avoid any action and in particular any kind of public pronouncement which may adversely reflect on their status or integrity, independence or impartiality which are required by that status.” In other places neutrality is defined as not taking sides in hostilities or engaging in “controversies of a political, racial, religious or ideological nature.”32
The incendiary Facebook posts by UNRWA personnel supporting, glorifying and legitimizing murderous anti-Israel terrorism and antisemitism is a gross violation of this duty of neutrality. These UN employees are openly taking sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and engaging in political, racial, religious or ideological controversies.
29 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1661521927428504&set=a.1385367061710660.107 3741828.100007121383248&type=1&theater. 30 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1447548598825839&set=a.1385367061710660.107 3741828.100007121383248&type=1&theater. 31 UN Staff Regulation 1.2(b). 32 See, e.g., “OCHA on Message: Humanitarian Principles,” UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, June 2012, available at https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Documents/OOM-humanitarianprinciples_eng_June12.pdf.
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UNRWA May Also be in Violation of its Neutrality Obligations
As a UN humanitarian agency, UNRWA itself may also be in violation of these paramount principles of neutrality, particularly in light of the extensive evidence in our report that UNRWA facilities are used to host terrorist inciting events. Indeed, UNRWA committed to Canada to ensure neutrality and has made similar commitments to other donors.33 Furthermore, on its website, UNRWA proclaims that “neutrality is critically important to United Nations humanitarian agencies.”34 UNRWA further represents that “it has a legal framework for operations that requires neutrality of staff, third parties, facilities and beneficiaries” and notes donor conditions relating to neutrality.35 This is followed by a list of UNRWA’s “processes and mechanisms” to ensure staff neutrality, including interviews, meetings, monitoring and investigations. But none of this directly addresses the problem of incitement to antisemitism or terrorism (whether online or in the classroom).36
Regrettably, when we exposed 30 similar cases of online incitement last year, the response of UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness was to lash out at UN Watch, and to deny or downplay the problem. Only after months of sustained media attention did the UN spokesman in New York announce quietly that a few employees had been suspended.37 The identities of the perpetrators, or the duration of their suspensions, were never disclosed.
In any event, whatever disciplinary action UNRWA took plainly was not effective— today’s UN Watch report shows that the conduct is continuing unabated throughout UNRWA’s facilities across the Middle East. That so many UNRWA employees continue to publicly display Facebook posts which celebrate radical Islamic terrorism and incite antisemitism demonstrates UNRWA is failing to take the issue seriously, and that its employees know that. Likewise, the senior UNRWA echelon’s daily political advocacy targeting Israel—an anomalous practice and breach of neutrality among humanitarian agencies worldwide—creates an overall atmosphere in the organization where teachers clearly feel comfortable erasing the Jewish state from the map.
In response to an earlier version of this report released in the United States in February 2017, UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness issued a general statement that UNRWA takes allegations of neutrality violations seriously and “will take disciplinary action where
33 See, e.g., “Backgrounder: Support for Vulnerable Palestinian Refugees,” Global Affairs Canada; Framework of Cooperation Between the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the United States of America for 2017, available at https://www.state.gov/j/prm/releases/frameworknew/264507.htm. 34 UNRWA website at https://www.unrwa.org/resources/about-unrwa/unrwa-and-neutrality. 35 UNRWA and Neutrality, available at https://www.unrwa.org/sites/default/files/2011033075942.pdf. 36 Id. 37 “UNRWA suspends employees after UN Watch exposed incitement to anti-Semitic violence,” UN Watch, Oct. 22, 2015.
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While some of the UNRWA staff’s Facebook posts exposed by UN Watch have since been removed, this fails to address the core problem of UNRWA employing antisemitic and terrorist-supporting teachers in the first place, and hosting terrorist-supporting events at its facilities. We are not aware that UNRWA has dismissed any of the UNRWA staff featured in this report or that it has undertaken a comprehensive review of UNRWA staff social media profiles for inciting material. In fact, as indicated in Part II, it is clear that a number of the perpetrators identified by us in our February report are still employed by UNRWA and still post antisemitic content on his Facebook profile. (See infra, e.g., case L19, “Mohamad Fahed, UNRWA Teacher, Continues to Glorify Hamas and Incite Against Jews.”)
UNRWA’s responses show that it is doing the bare minimum to look good—to give the appearance of taking action—while ignoring the magnitude of the problem and its more serious underpinnings: the fact that UNRWA continues to hire and employ these individuals. UNRWA’s failure to take meaningful action on this issue, particularly after having been supplied with documented examples, at the very least renders it complicit in its staff members’ misconduct.
Canada Must Act to Ensure UNRWA’s Compliance with Neutrality
In renewing funding to UNRWA, the Canadian government committed to apply “stringent due diligence and accountability measures” to UNRWA, including “ongoing oversight, regular site visits, a systematic screening process, and strong anti-terrorism provisions in funding agreements.”38 The government further assured that it would hold UNRWA to its neutrality obligations by ensuring it provides the necessary social media training to UNRWA staff and that the government would “respond promptly if cases of inappropriate social media use occur.” Canada also represented that as “an engaged member of UNRWA’s Advisory Commission,” it would work with UNRWA to advance ongoing reforms and would be actively involved in oversight.
Therefore, at a minimum, Canada has a duty to ensure that UNRWA lives up to its obligations as a UN humanitarian organization, including its duty of neutrality, and that it implements its obligations for social media training and accountability for its staff.
We question whether Canada is doing enough in this regard. Following our release of the February 2017 version of this report, Canada’s Ramallah representative, Douglas Proudfoot tweeted “Discussing #neutrality with @UNRWA #WestBank Director Scott Anderson.” But we have not seen any concrete action taken by UNRWA to tackle the racism among its staff, and we continue to find examples of antisemitic and terrorist inciting material at UNRWA facilities and on UNRWA staff Facebook pages.
38 “Backgrounder: Support for Vulnerable Palestinian Refugees,” Global Affairs Canada.
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Duty to Uphold Canadian Values of Opposing Promotion of Racism and Hate
Beyond Canada’s specific undertakings with respect to UNRWA, Canada is also a signatory to the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination and has strong domestic anti-discrimination and anti-incitement laws which have been used to keep racist teachers out of the classroom in Canada.
• Section 319 of the Criminal Code of Canada prohibits willfully inciting or promoting hatred in public against an identifiable group. In the Keegstra case, Canada’s Supreme Court upheld a Section 319 conviction against a teacher for making antisemitic statements in the classroom. Keegstra had described Jews as “money loving,” power hungry” and “child killers,” and claimed they were to blame for historical calamities.39 UNRWA teachers who do the same or worse cannot be granted impunity.
• Section 5 of the Canadian Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion or ancestry. In 1996, the Supreme Court of Canada relied on this provision to uphold the decision of a school board to fire a teacher who had made public antisemitic statements while off duty, finding that the resulting infringement on the teacher’s freedom of expression was justifiable.40 UNRWA teachers who do the same or worse, in the classroom or on Facebook, should also be fired.
More recent cases indicate that Canada continues to demand its teachers refrain from publicly expressing racist views. In 2007, the Canadian College of Teachers found a teacher linked to white supremacists and neo-Nazis who had made repeated racist statements outside of the classroom guilty of professional misconduct and revoked his teaching license.41 In December 2014, a Winnipeg high school teacher was suspended for making derogatory comments on Facebook about aboriginal people.42 In September 2015, an Ontario high school fired a teacher who had tweeted extensively against hijabs, prayer and Sharia law.43
Canada must demand that UNRWA adhere to the same standards for rejecting racism in the classroom that Canada applies to its own teachers. Similarly, other UNRWA donors categorially reject racism in the classroom. In October 2015, the UK government banned a teacher from the classroom for life over an antisemitic Facebook post.44 In the
39 P. Bowal, “What Ever Happened to … Jim Keegstra,” LawNow, July 1, 2012. 40 Ross v. New Brunswick School District No. 15, 1 S.C.R. 825 (1996) 41 J. Mahoney, “Ex-teacher loses license over neo-Nazi ties,” The Globe and Mail, Nov. 10, 2007. 42 “Brad Badiuk, Winnipeg teacher suspended over Facebook comments, on unpaid leave,” CBC News, Jan. 21, 2015. 43 Ferreira, Victor, “Ontario high school teacher fired after 10-week investigation into series of anti-Islam tweets,” National Post, Sept. 9, 2015. 44 “Teacher misconduct panel outcome: Mr. Mahmudul Choudhury,” National College for Teaching & Leadership, Oct. 16, 2015.
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U.S. in November 2016, the Oberlin College Board of Trustees dismissed an assistant professor for anti-Semitic Facebook posts.45 Palestinian students deserve the same rights that UNRWA’s donors grant their own. Thus, beyond ensuring social media and neutrality training for all UNRWA staff, Canada must insist that UNRWA implement a zero-tolerance policy for public display of antisemitism or terrorist support by its staff— whether in the classroom or online.
Recommendations and Call to Action for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:
In light of the foregoing, UN Watch urges Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to:
(a) Demand that UNRWA adopt a zero-tolerance policy for employees who incite racism or murder—whether on or offline—by immediately terminating them, like Canada does with its own teachers, and to prominently post on its website these and other actions it is taking to root out this insidious conduct by UN staff;
(b) Demand that UN Secretary-General António Guterres and UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl immediately condemn their employees’ incitement to terrorism and antisemitism;
(c) Demand that UNRWA conduct a thorough investigation of its facilities and put an immediate stop to all antisemitic or terrorist-inciting activities and images found there;
(d) Demand that UNRWA undertake a comprehensive review of the social media profiles of all UNRWA staff for content that violates UN and UNRWA neutrality;
(e) Work with UNRWA to implement effective monitoring and controls to ensure the neutrality of UNRWA facilities and staff and make public its activities in this regard;
(f) Establish, in concert with other like-minded donor states, an independent, international commission of inquiry with the mandate to examine the nature and extent of incitement to antisemitism and terrorism among UNRWA teachers and other staff, and to recommend remedial action;
(g) Demand that UNRWA be in full compliance with its neutrality obligations prior to releasing any further funds to UNRWA; and
(h) Determine and disclose which of the people identified in 2015 and 2017 by UN Watch of having posted antisemitism and terrorist incitement on their Facebook profiles is still employed by UNRWA, and thereby potentially being funded by Canada.
45 V. Strauss, “Oberlin College dismisses professor who posted anti-Semitic messages on social media,” Washington Post, Nov. 15, 2016.
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Part I
Examples from UN Watch's February 2, 2017 Report entitled “Poisoning Palestinian Children: A Report on UNRWA Teachers’ Incitement to Jihadist Terrorism & Antisemitism”
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I. Incitement by UNRWA in Lebanon
L1 – Ghanem Naim Ghoneim, Teacher at UNRWA L2 – Omar Asaad, Employee at UNRWA L3 – Khader Awad, Teacher at UNRWA L4 – Hatem Asaad, Employee at UNRWA L5 – Mohammad Alsayyed, Assistant Head Teacher at UNRWA L6 – Maha Hamid, Teacher at UNRWA L7 – Lotfi Ghuneim, Employee at UNRWA L8 – Tarek Agha, Human Resources Assistant at UNRWA L9 – Ghassan Fathi, Technical Instructor at UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center L10 – Ahmad Hasan, Outreach and Placement Officer at UNRWA L11 – Mustafa Zaid, Teacher at UNRWA L12 – Hussein Asaad, Technical Instructor at UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center L13 – Ibrahim Tafesh, Employee at UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center L14 – Khaled A Aziz (Abu Musab), Employee at UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center L15 – Mohamad Fahed, Instructor at UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center L16 – Tarek Abu Ghazelah, Employee at UNRWA L17 – Ahmad Nasser, Principal of UNRWA’s NTC
2 L1: GHANEM NAIM GHONEIM, TEACHER AT UNRWA, VENERATES “WONDERFUL” HITLER
Ghanem Naim Ghoneim, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as a teacher at UNRWA, has two photos posted in his public Facebook page of Adolf Hitler, whom he calls “our beloved,” and “Hitler the great.” The UNRWA teacher notes that Hitler was close with Palestinian Arab leader Amin al- Husseini, and then adds, “God bless Hitler.” Commenting on one of his Hitler photos, two of Mr. Ghoneim’s apparent UNRWA students praise the post, with one saying “God bless you, teacher!” and the other saying “Nice one, teacher.” The UNRWA teacher also celebrates Hamas rocket fire on Tel Aviv, to hit “the Jews.” The pro-Hamas post grossly violates UNRWA employees’ duty of neutrality, and the antisemitic posts violate their duty to reject racism in all its forms.
Mr. Ghoneim’s Facebook page: https://www.Facebook.com/ghanemghoneim
3 Post L1.1: https://www.Facebook.com/ghanemghoneim/posts/682805375126676
“Hitler our beloved”
The World Cup, Algeria or Germany. Algeria are our brothers. But Germany are the grandchildren of Hitler our beloved.
4 But sir, how is Hitler “our beloved”?
I did not like “our beloved”
When I talk about “our beloved” I am referring to my personal opinion
Professor, the Germans do anything to make the world forget about Hitler and Nazism… If a German hears you, he will have a heart attack
Germany above everything
God bless you, teacher
5 L1.1 Commentary:
Nimer Abed Al Halim, who in the above post commented “God bless you, teacher” in response to Ghanem Naim Ghoneim calling Hitler his “beloved,” lists himself as a student of the UNRWA’s Amqa School, which is located in UNRWA’s Nahr el-Bared camp in northern Lebanon.
Mohammad Awad, who similarly commented “nice one teacher” in response to Ghanem Naim Ghoneim calling Hitler his beloved, lists himself as a student of UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center.
6 Post L1.2: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=387792297961320&set=a.284305604976657.654 89.100001916608472&type=3&theater
Hitler… the great
7 Bless his soul, the great
Coach Essam, you are absolutely right. Hitler was more honorable than most Arab leaders. It is enough that Hitler was a personal friend of Amin al-Husseini (Mufti of Jerusalem)
God bless your opinion. God bless Hitler
The best in the world
Greetings Abu Samer
Dear Professor Ghanem, Hitler is more honorable than leaders of the Arabs today. It’s enough his love and belonging to his nation
Bless your opinion, Abu Samer. Wise
8 L1.2 Commentary:
Samer Abed Al Rahim addressed Ghanem Naim Ghoneim as “Dear Professor” and expressed agreement with Ghoneim that Hitler is “The best in the world” and “more honorable than leaders of the Arabs today.” Rahim lists himself as a former student of UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center.
9 Post L1.3: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=411566348917248&set=a.284305604976657.654 89.100001916608472&type=3&theater
Ceasefire. Only under the resistance’s (Hamas) conditions.
Hit hit Tel Aviv, best news I got in my life. Hit hit Tel Aviv hahahahaha. Screw the Jews hahaha
10 L2: OMAR ASAAD, UNRWA EMPLOYEE, REVERES HITLER
Omar Asaad, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA employee (see above), features on his public Facebook page a picture of Hitler, with this caption: “I could have killed all the world’s Jews, but I left some so that the world would know why I killed them.”
This post prompted an UNRWA community discussion on Facebook about Hitler and his Nazi genocide against the Jews, with UNRWA school principal Ahmad Nasser commenting that God “should not have left any of them.” The hateful, racist discussion among multiple UNRWA employees—including a senior UNRWA education official—is evidence of a system-wide UNRWA culture of tolerating antisemitism, and the lack of any meaningful disciplinary action by UNRWA.
Mr. Assad’s antisemitic posts, and those added by his UNRWA colleagues, grossly violate UNRWA employees’ duty to reject racism in all its forms. Mr. Asaad’s Facebook page: https://www.Facebook.com/omar.asaad.589
11 Post L2.1: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=601600153291234&set=pb.100003237646333.- 2207520000.1468421279.&type=3&theater
“I could have killed all the world’s Jews, but I left some so that the world would know why I killed them.”
UNRWA employee
Welcome teacher Abu Khaled, God left them so he must have a wisdom/purpose in their existence
UNRWA principal (NTC) and employee (Siblin Training Center) Should not have left any of them
12 L3: KHADER AWAD, TEACHER AT UNRWA, CALLS FOR THE MURDER OF JEWS
Khader Awad, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA teacher (see above), features on his public Facebook page an image of a Jew with three guns and a knife trained on his head; the Hebrew caption reads “Blood = Blood. #KillThem.” In Arabic, it says “Kill the settlers.” A second photo, which Mr. Awad made as his cover photo, shows a Hamas terrorist in front of a scene of destruction in Israel, with the words in Hebrew and Arabic “We are waiting.” These posts supporting the murder of Jews and Hamas terrorism grossly violate the duty of neutrality applicable to all UNRWA employees.
Mr. Awad’s Facebook page: https://www.Facebook.com/awad.khader
13 Post L3.1: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204765864333683&set=a.1560076449062.207 8925.1449828245&type=3&theater
Death to Settlers. Post L3.2: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203945697710030&set=pb.1449828245.- 2207520000.1476617340.&type=3&
We are waiting
14 L4: HATEM ASAAD, UNRWA EMPLOYEE, EXALTS TERRORISTS
Hatem Asaad identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA employee (see above), and can be seen below with his UNRWA pupils (image L4.1). His public Facebook page shows a poster glorifying the faces of two terrorists, Rassan Abu Jamal and Udei Abu Jamal, who killed four Israeli Jews in a Jerusalem synagogue on November 18, 2014. These posts supporting the murder of Israelis grossly violate the duty of neutrality applicable to all UNRWA employees.
Mr. Asaad’s Facebook page: https://www.Facebook.com/hatem.asaad.3
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Post L4.1: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=943586592394089&set=pb.100002282725428.- 2207520000.1468501738.&type=3&theater
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Post L4.2: Image glorifying Rassan Abu Jamal and Udel Abu Jamal, who murdered 4 rabbis in a Jerusalem synagogue on November 18, 2014. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=705227322896685&set=a.285584144861007.669 14.100002282725428&type=3&theater
Poem by Mohammad abed el Wahhab: “Brother exceed the wrong doers, in the name of Jihad…”
17 L5: MOHAMMAD ALSAYYED, ASSISTANT HEAD TEACHER AT UNRWA SCHOOL, CELEBRATES ABDUCTION AND MURDER OF ISRAELIS
Mohammad Alsayyed, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an Assistant Head Teacher at UNRWA (see above), features numerous violent posts on his public Facebook page, all in gross breach of UNRWA’s duty of neutrality. Post L5.1 shows Hadar Goldin, an IDF officer captured and killed by Hamas. In post L5.2, this senior UNRWA teacher praises the “awesome kidnapping” of three Israeli teenagers famously killed in a Hamas terrorist operation which precipitated the 2014 Gaza war, and shows Gilad Shalit, the IDF soldier kidnapped from Israel in 2006 and held incommunicado in Gaza for five years. Post L5.3 shows the UNRWA teacher presenting an award to a student— including a banner that erases Israel from the map.
Mr. Alsayyed’s Facebook page: https://www.Facebook.com/mohammad.alsayyed.12
18 Post L5.1: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=697169567029897&set=pb.100002105812253.- 2207520000.1468502675.&type=3&theater
Post L5.2: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=669119436501577&set=a.536532949760227.107 3741826.100002105812253&type=3&theater
Makes me happy. News of the awesome kidnapping. Their
freedom in exchange of our freedom.
19 Post L5.3: Alsayyed presenting award to student, along with banner that erases Israel from the map https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1176459835767532&set=pb.100002105812253.- 2207520000.1478692986.&type=3&theater
20 L6: MAHA HAMID, UNRWA TEACHER, PUBLISHES HAMAS PROPAGANDA GLORIFYING ‘MARTYRS’
Maha Hamid, who identifies herself on her Facebook profile as an UNRWA teacher (see above), features a video in her public Facebook page (see Post L6.1) from the Shehab News Agency of Hamas.
The video commemorates Hamas terrorists as “martyrs,” and celebrates the tunnels used by Hamas to carry out attacks. It includes footage of one such attack, which killed several Israeli soldiers. Below are several screenshots of the video, as well as evidence of Maha Hamid posting the video to her wall (see first image below). All of these posts by UNRWA teacher Maha Hamid violate the duty of neutrality applicable to all UNRWA employees, and negate the right to life protected in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Hamid’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/maha.hamid.1654
21 Post L6.1: https://www.Facebook.com/maha.hamid.1654/posts/1666592576933621
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23 L7: LOTFI GHUNEIM, UNRWA EMPLOYEE, PRAISES CAR-RAMMING TERRORIST AS “HERO”
Lotfi Ghuneim, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA employee (see above), features on his public Facebook page numerous images that support terrorism. The first post (L7.1) depicts the Palestinian perpetrator of a car-ramming terrorist attack—which caused one death and 15 injuries—and exalts the terrorist, Ibrahim el- Akkari, as a “hero.” The second and third images show the body of a murdered rabbi, one of the victims of the November 18 attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem. All three of these posts by Mr. Ghuneim constitute a gross violation of the duty of neutrality applicable to UNRWA employees, and negate the right to life protected in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Mr. Ghuneim’s Facebook page: https://www.Facebook.com/lotfi.ghuneim.7
24 Post L7.1: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=396797433804777&set=pb.100004235708527.- 2207520000.1468589592.&type=3&theater
Badasses, that’s how we reign, I swear. There is no return to our land without blood. No negotiations and no crap. God bless his soul. He’s a martyr, God willing.
Post L7.2: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=401977716620082&set=pb.100004235708527.- 2207520000.1468589591.&type=3&theater
25 Post L7.3: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=401977689953418&set=pb.100004235708527.- 2207520000.1468589591.&type=3&theater
26 L8: TAREK AGHA (AKA ABU JIHAD), UNRWA EMPLOYEE, GLORIFIES VIOLENCE
Tarek Agha, who also calls himself Abu Jihad, identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA employee. His page features an image of a hand, styled like the Palestinian flag, making the victory sign—with the index finger replaced by a machine gun, and linked to the middle finger with a keffiyeh.
Agha’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/tarikagha
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Post L8.1: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152177213997181&set=pb.645792180.- 2207520000.1468422246.&type=3&theater
We are all with the resistance.
28 L9: GHASSAN FATHI, UNRWA INSTRUCTOR, POSTS ANTISEMITIC VIDEO
Ghassan Fathi identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an employee at UNWRA’s Siblin Training Center (above). He published the video (Post L9.1) below in October 2015. The video is an interview of Wassim al-Sissy, an Egyptian urologist. Al-Sissy asserts that America has become “putty in the hands of Global Zionism.” In the video, the speaker approves of the notion that “the Jews in our country have gained control of our stomachs, our minds and our urges. All that is left is to change the name New York to Jew York.” He then falsely purports to quote Benjamin Franklin as saying, “The undoing of America will be at the hands of the Jews.” Fathi’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/ghassan.fathi.96
Post L9.1: https://www.Facebook.com/ghassan.fathi.96/videos/vb.100007801033850/163541064672895 4/?type=3&theater
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30 L10: AHMAD HASAN, OUTREACH AND PLACEMENT OFFICER AT UNRWA, QUOTES HITLER AND SUPPORTS HAMAS
Ahmad Hasan identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA employee (above).
Mr. Hasan’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/dezler10 Post L10.1: Hitler post https://www.Facebook.com/dezler10/posts/277991712293961
“I could have burned all of the Jews in the world, but I left a small amount of them so the world would understand why I burned them.”
31 Post L10.2: Mr. Hasan posted a Jihadist video of Sheik Mohammed Hassan, an extremist Salafist who aligns with the Muslim Brotherhood and praises Hamas. https://www.Facebook.com/dezler10/posts/10152317819259751
Our awesome Sheikh Mohammad Hassan Mahmoud el Safadi.
Mohamed Hassan responds fiercely to those that underestimate the rockets of fighters in the name of Jihad in Gaza
32 Post L10.3: Mr. Hasan posted praise of Khaled Mashaal, the leader of Hamas: https://www.Facebook.com/dezler10/posts/427906967266986
33 Post L10.4: Post of Hamas’ Aqsa Martyrs Brigade https://www.Facebook.com/dezler10/posts/10152306358509751?qsefr=1
34 L11: MUSTAFA ZAID, TEACHER AT UNRWA, SPREADS HAMAS PROPAGANDA
lists himself as a “Teacher at United Nations (UNRWA)” and (زيد مصطفى) Mustafa Zaid as a former student of UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center. Mr. Zaid’s Facebook profile: https://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000769882543&fref=pb&hc_location=friends_t ab&pnref=friends.all
35 Post L11.1: Mr. Zaid shares Hamas propaganda video of an IDF soldier being killed by a sniper. The video includes the flag of the al-Qassam Brigades, which is the military wing of the terrorist group Hamas. https://www.Facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=699510160084640&id=1000007698825 43
36 L12: HUSSEIN ASAAD, UNRWA INSTRUCTOR, GLORIFIES STONE-THROWERS
Hussein Asaad lists himself as a Technical Instructor at UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center. His Facebook cover photos include a picture of a masked Palestinian stone- thrower at a violent protest.
Asaad’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/hussein.asaad.524 Post L12.1: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152565356540540&set=a.1015075749058554 0.454315.645420539&type=3&theater
37 It should be noted that all of the above UNRWA teachers who incite terrorism and antisemitism are poisoning the minds of Palestinian students at UNRWA schools.
Mahmoud Mohammad, for example, lists himself as a former student of UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center, many of whose teachers are cited above.
Not surprisingly, Mohammad’s Facebook is full of Hamas praise: See Hamas video shared by Mohammed, which includes a child soldier https://www.Facebook.com/mahmoud.mohammad.94/posts/817708931626969
See generally https://www.Facebook.com/mahmoud.mohammad.94
38 L13: IBRAHIM TAFESH, EMPLOYEE AT UNRWA’S SIBLIN TRAINING CENTER, POSTS ANTISEMITIC AND PRO-HAMAS CONTENT
Ibrahim Tafesh lists himself as an employee of UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center. He is a regular poster of antisemitic and Hamas content.
Tafesh’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/ibrahim.tafesh Post L13.1: Antisemitic content https://www.Facebook.com/ibrahim.tafesh/posts/1592600267633705
Raise the Palestinian Kefiyah, raise and wave it, grab a Zionist’s beard and sweep with it
39 Post L13.2: Tafesh shares a picture of a Palestinian boy holding up three fingers towards Israeli soldiers, a symbol that is widely recognized as a celebration of the three Jewish boys that Hamas operatives kidnapped and murdered in June 2014. https://www.Facebook.com/ibrahim.tafesh/posts/1564757833751282
Truly, whatever you do, it doesn’t matter how many you arrest, the case will not end without our victory.
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Post L13.3: Tafesh shares a Hamas propaganda video showing an Israeli soldier being killed by a sniper. https://www.Facebook.com/ibrahim.tafesh/posts/1580243555536043
41 Post L13.4: Tafesh calls the Holocaust “alleged and overrated.” Of note, UNRWA schools do not include any Holocaust education in their curriculum. https://www.Facebook.com/ibrahim.tafesh/posts/1577593815801017
“…Germans are still compensating for their massacres that I see as alleged and overrated…”
42 L14: KHALED A AZIZ, EMPLOYEE AT UNRWA’S SIBLIN TRAINING CENTER, PROMOTES VIOLENCE
Khaled A Aziz (Abu Musab), lists himself as an employee of UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center.
Aziz’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/ahmadaljazzar Post L14.1: Promoting violence https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152073274739051&set=a.1015124692405905 1.473481.741894050&type=3&theater
43 L15: MOHAMAD FAHED, EMPLOYEE AT UNRWA’S SIBLIN TRAINING CENTER, ENDORSES HAMAS, MURDER OF THREE JEWISH BOYS
Mohamad Fahed lists himself as an employee of the United Nations and as an instructor within the Maths/Science Section of UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center. He endorses Hamas, and shared a post celebrating Hamas’ June 2014 kidnapping and murdering of three Jewish teenage boys.
Fahed’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/mohamad.fahed.7
44 Post L15.1: Fahed posted an endorsement of Hamas. https://www.Facebook.com/mohamad.fahed.7/posts/382952995124221
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Post L15.2: Fahed posted a picture of a Palestinian boy holding up three fingers towards Israeli soldiers, a symbol that is widely recognized as a celebration of the death of three Jewish boys whom Hamas operatives kidnapped and murdered in June 2014. This post highlights that UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center is a hotbed of extremism, as seven teachers and students at UNRWA, or at UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center, all “liked” the photo. Extremism is mainstream within this UNRWA circle. https://www.Facebook.com/mohamad.fahed.7/posts/698541530183056
Truly, whatever you do, it doesn’t matter how many you arrest, the case will not end without our victory.
46 The following teachers and students of UNRWA or its Siblin center all “liked” the post celebrating the murder of three Jewish boys. Hisham Abedal:
Samah Al Saleh:
47 Chukrallah Abbas:
Mohamad Fahed:
48 Assouma Yassine:
Adel El Taha:
49 Tarek Abu Ghazaleh:
50 L16: TAREK ABU GHAZALEH, EMPLOYEE AT UNRWA, CELEBRATES THE MURDER OF JEWISH RABBIS
Tarek Abu Ghazelah lists himself as an employee of UNRWA. He lives in Saïda, which is where UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center is located. When he celebrates the murder of Jewish civilians, and praises Hamas, other UNRWA and Siblin employees comment in support.
Tarek’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/tarek.abughazaleh.3
51 Post L16.1: Abu Ghazelah rejoices at the murder of religious Jews in synagogue, which occurred in a November 2014 terrorist attack in Har Nof, Jerusalem: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=375888429242839&set=a.108512622647089.193 49.100004650547013&type=3&theater
I pray to God that you all die from a stroke, otherwise you will die from an axe
52 Post L16.2: Abu Ghazaleh celebrates Hamas terror tunnels, and fellow UNRWA staff call them heroes. https://www.Facebook.com/tarek.abughazaleh.3/posts/331884363643246
NTC Principal/Siblin Employee
The war is a hoax, don’t give the enemy your secrets, Palestinian champs
UNRWA Employee
May God strengthen them
53 Post L16.3: Abu Ghazaleh celebrates the murder of a rabbi. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=326431200855229&set=a.108512622647089.193 49.100004650547013&type=3&theater
Picture of the Rabbi that was killed in the run-over attempt in Occupied Jerusalem today. Fate of hell and misery.
Picture of the Rabbi that was killed in the run-over attempt in Occupied Jerusalem today. Fate of hell and misery.
UNRWA Employee
UNRWA Employee
And we say in Allah’s will
54 Post L16.4: Abu Ghazaleh calls Egypt’s Sisi “Jewish” as an insult. https://www.Facebook.com/tarek.abughazaleh.3/posts/325842497580766
Is it correct, that el-Sisi’s mom is Jewish and Uri Sabag’s aunt is a Knesset member?
NTC Principal/Siblin Employee
Why is it important? It’s enough that they do whatever satisfies the Jews.
The meaning, sir, is that it’s in their blood and their inheritance!!!
55 L17: AHMAD NASSER, PRINCIPAL OF UNWRA SCHOOL PROMOTES ANTISEMITIC CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Ahmad Nasser lists himself as Principal at Northern Vocational Training Center, which is an UNRWA school in Tripoli, Lebanon, and as an employee at Siblin Training Center.
56 Post L17.1: Nasser posts conspiracy theory and writes that ISIS was created by a “Jew” named “Simon Elliot.” https://www.Facebook.com/ahmad.nasser.7902564/posts/766244086799790
The Jew “Shimon Elliot” is Caliph Baghdadi, he sent three terms of weapons from the Mossad to ISIS, to use against thousands of prisoners...
This portion is copied from a conspiracy theory website
57 Post L17.2: Nasser confirms that he is the Principal of UNRWA’s NTC. https://www.Facebook.com/ahmad.nasser.7902564/posts/217218051740446
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Post L17.3: UNRWA principal Ahmad Nasser posts viciously antisemitic cartoon: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=659078574183009&set=pcb.659079110849622&t ype=3&theater
A Saudi man declared Hezbollah’s actions against Israel as illegitimate!
He’s a true cousin!
No, he’s one of our brothers! 59 Post L17.4: Nasser hosts antisemitic Sheikh Hisham Khalifa at UNRWA’s NTC. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=530495653707969&set=a.370568099700726.863 04.100002426183897&type=3&theater
About Sheikh Hisham Khalifa: https://www.memri.org/tv/sheik-hisham-khalifa-secretary- general-council-lebanons-imams-jews-usury-and-etymology-word-bank
60 II. Incitement by UNRWA in Jordan
J1 – Hussein Amrah, School Principal at UNRWA J2 – Yousef Elayyan, Account Officer at UNRWA J3 – Bilal Allan, Employee at UNRWA J4 – Jehad Ramadan Abu Kalloub, Teacher at UNRWA J5 – Ahmed Abu To’eima, Mathematics Teacher at UNRWA J6 – Adnan Serdanah, Camp Services Officer at UNRWA J7 – Hussam Khattib, Teacher at UNRWA J8 – Amer Aaron, Employee at UNRWA J9 – Ahmad Khalifah, Employee at UNRWA J10 – Muhammad Abu Nasr, Teacher at UNRWA J11 – Tawfiq Samara, Principal at UNRWA’s Irbid Boys School
61 J1: HUSSEIN AMRAH, UNRWA SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, GLORIFIES VIOLENCE AND CELEBRATES MURDER OF ISRAELIS
Hussein Amrah, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA school principal (above). His Facebook page photos glorify Hamas fighters. In the last two photos below, he can be seen with students at his UN-funded school.
Mr. Amrah’s Facebook page: https://www.Facebook.com/hussein.amrah
62 Post J1.1: Little boy with banner of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1749501688599384&set=a.1491350191081203.1 073741829.100006187086297&type=3&
We won’t acknowledge Israel I will live with my resistance and die with a smile so that my religion lives…
J1.1 Comments Section:
Haider Al-Kayed: Israel is a whore, loved by filthy people
Hussein Amrah: Well done.
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Haider Al-Kayed: Removing Israel is the title of this stage, and not the solution of the refugee problem
64 Post J1.2: Screenshots from video celebrating injury and death of Israelis: https://www.Facebook.com/hussein.amrah/posts/1764727360410150
Let them cry. They are weaklings, with no solution in their hands
65 Post J1.3: “Victory is coming. God willing.” https://www.Facebook.com/hussein.amrah/posts/1518454601704095
Victory is coming, God willing.
Post J1.4: Palestinian militant catching Jewish soldier like a fish: https://www.Facebook.com/hussein.amrah/posts/1513322722217283
Fisherman of 2014
66 Post J1.5: “The letter sheen is a curse on the Jews.” https://www.Facebook.com/hussein.amrah/posts/1513339325548956
The letter “sheen” is a curse on the Jews. ( ( Referring to kidnapped Israelis Gilad Shalit, Oren Shaul)
Post J1.6: “Guns Homemade / unit Qassam snipers.” https://www.Facebook.com/hussein.amrah/posts/1522616644621224
67 Post J1.7: “Contribute to Jihad in any way you can,” this UNRWA principal writes: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1519162841633271&set=a.1491350191081203.1 073741829.100006187086297&type=3&theater
Contribute to Jihad in any way you can
Post J1.8: Hussein Amrah lecturing students: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1712428585640028&set=a.1581286565420898.1 073741830.100006187086297&type=3&theater
68 Post J1.9: Hussein Amrah working closely with students: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1766848613531358&set=a.1491350191081203.1 073741829.100006187086297&type=3&theater
69 J2: YOUSEF ELAYYAN, UNRWA ACCOUNT OFFICER, CELEBRATES DEATH OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS
Yousef Elayyan, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an account office at UNRWA (above), published a graphic Hamas propaganda video, snapshots of which are shown below. It shows camouflaged Hamas snipers assassinating Israeli soldiers, and ends with the text: “Zionist soldier: don’t move. You are in Gaza. Hamas snipers have you in their sights.” Mr. Awwad’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/yousef.elayyan
70 Post J2.1: Graphic video of Hamas sniping Israeli soldiers: https://www.Facebook.com/yousef.elayyan/videos/vb.515183208/10152560391348209/?type =2&theater
71 J3: BILAL ALLAN, UNRWA EMPLOYEE, PROPAGATES CLASSICAL ANTISEMITIC TROPES
Bilal Allan, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA employee (above), published a video this past June propounding classical anti-Semitic claims. According to Wassim al-Sissy, an Egyptian urologist and the interviewee in the video, America has become “putty in the hands of Global Zionism.” He approves of the notion that “the Jews in our country have gained control of our stomachs, our minds and our urges. All that is left is to change the name New York to Jew York.” He then falsely purports to quote Benjamin Franklin as saying “The undoing of America will be at the hands of the Jews.” Allan’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/bilal.allan
72 Post J3.1: Anti-Semitic conspiracy theory video https://www.Facebook.com/bilal.allan/posts/10155023294876808
Link to original interview: http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/4664.htm
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74 J4: JEHAD RAMADAN ABU KALLOUB, UNRWA TEACHER, CELEBRATES THE KILLING OF JEWS
Jehad Ramadan Abu Kalloub, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA teacher (above), was tagged in and subsequently liked the image below in October 2015. It remains on his public page for the world to see.
Kalloub’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/jehadkaloob Post J4.1: Tagged in and ‘liked’ image glorifying violence https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1509168956068770&set=a.1443984125920587.1 073741829.100009270392444&type=3&theater
75 Good news to the Zionist settlers, choose your preferred method of death, and we will provide it. Note: Cash payments of $60 only Run over, knife, screw, axe, hammer, choke, hang, skinning, cutting
The offer stands until Palestine is free.
THIRD INTIFADA
76 J5: AHMED ABU TO’EIMA, UNRWA TEACHER, GLORIFIES VIOLENCE AND CELEBRATES DEATH OF ISRAELIS
Ahmed Abu To’eima, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA teacher (above), published the photos below over the course of 2013, 2014 and 2015. The photos variously glorify violence, depict child soldiers, and cheer the image of coffins draped in Israeli flags.
To’eima’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/abutuamah Post J5.1: Jewish werewolf attacking woman: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=554034444683320&set=pb.100002303087601.- 2207520000.1469179342.&type=3&theater
77 Post J5.2: Hamas capturing Israeli POW: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=682863991800364&set=pb.100002303087601.- 2207520000.1468845770.&type=3&theater
And Gaza won
Post J5.3: Glorifying Hamas militants: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=672011499552280&set=pb.100002303087601.- 2207520000.1468845928.&type=3&theater
The monster came
Run.
78 Post J5.4: Cheering image of coffins draped in Israeli flag: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=658820487538048&set=pb.100002303087601.- 2207520000.1468846273.&type=3&theater
Allah, multiply their death with the number of people that say Amen to this post
Post J5.5: Hamas child soldiers: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=464533050300127&set=pb.100002303087601.- 2207520000.1468846511.&type=3&theater
I refuse the age of shame, and the glory under the assaulted children. Get angry! For with the bodies of children, wheat grows, and inside it, just like a fetus recoils.
79 J6: ADNAN SERDANAH, UNRWA EMPLOYEE, GLORIFIES THE KILLING OF ISRAELI CITIZENS
Adnan Serdanah, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA employee (above), shared a video of a song calling for an attack on Tel Aviv. It includes the lines “We don’t want no truce or solution. All we want is to strike Tel Aviv,” and “We have filled up their air raid shelters – oh Palestinians, you can be proud.” Serdanah’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/adnan.serdanah/timeline Post J6.1: “All we want is to strike Tel Aviv” video https://www.Facebook.com/adnan.serdanah/posts/378526058850536 Video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt47llMalmc
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81 J7: HUSSAM KHATTIB, UNRWA TEACHER, CELEBRATES VIOLENCE AGAINST ISRAEL AND THE MURDER OF CIVILIANS
Hussam Khattib, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as a teacher at UNRWA (above), is seen below in a picture with his students. On his Facebook page he shared a propaganda video from terrorist group Islamic Jihad, screenshots from which are included below. The focus of the video alternates between a small boy wearing combat dress and an Islamic Jihad bandana, singing the praises of the group’s militants, and clips of rockets being fired at Israel, Israelis mourning their dead, and other illustrations of violence.
Khattib’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/hkhattib?fref=ts Post J7.1: Khattib with his students https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=585211468181158&set=a.585209738181331.107 3741827.100000769309384&type=3&theater
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Post J7.2: Islamic Jihad video https://www.Facebook.com/hkhattib/posts/789527721082864
Gaza’s lions, may Allah protect them
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85 J8: AMER AARON, UNRWA EMPLOYEE, CHEERS VIOLENCE AGAINST ISRAEL AND THE MURDER OF CIVILIANS
Amer Aaron, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA employee (above), shared the two photos below which celebrate violence.
His first post mourns the death of Ra’ad el-Atar (aka Abu Heiman), a senior Hamas member responsible for the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit, killed on the day the photo was shared. The second depicts a team of Israeli medical staff tending to an injured soldier, and the UNRWA employee writes “God willing, the days of Israel will always be difficult.” Aaron’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004191994555
86 Post J8.1: Mourning the death of Hamas terrorist Ra’ad el-Atar https://www.Facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=428638073952589&id=1000041919945 55
To God’s mercy, champion.
Post J8.2: https://www.Facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=417798351703228&id=1000041919945 55
God willing, the days of Israel will always be difficult
87 J9: AHMAD KHALIFAH, UNRWA EMPLOYEE, VENERATES HITLER AND PROPAGATES CLASSICAL ANTI-SEMITISM
Ahmad Khalifah, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA employee (above), shared the video below of Hitler, and blames Jews for hacking.
Khalifah’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/ahmad.khalifah.90
88 Post J9.1: Video of Hitler https://www.Facebook.com/ahmad.khalifah.90/posts/502588829905574
Post J9.2: Khalifah posts this image to indicate that his Facebook profile has been hacked, and if anyone receives a strange message from him they should ignore it. He is blaming the hacking on Jews, as indicated by the equation at the top of the image. https://www.Facebook.com/ahmad.khalifah.90/posts/496821473815643
89 J10: MUHAMMAD ABU NASR, UNRWA TEACHER, GLORIFIES VIOLENCE AND CHILD SOLDIERS
Muhammad Abu Nasr, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as a teacher at UNRWA (above), published the image below of a small child garbed in military wear and with a gun slung around his neck, superimposed on an image of the Palestinian flag, and ext to the Hamas logo.
Abu Nasr’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003000936554 Post J10.1: Hamas child soldier https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=138259246284106&set=pb.100003000936554.- 2207520000.1468829967.&type=3&theater
Freedom is our cause
The weak will not stay weak
90 J11: TAWFIQ SAMARA, UNRWA SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, CELEBRATES MASKED HAMAS FIGHTERS Tawfiq Samara is identified as the principal of Irbid Boys School in Jordan by the twitter account @MyVoiceMySchool. “My Voice My School” is an UNRWA campaign which organizes Skype calls between classrooms at UNRWA schools in Syria and classrooms in the UK. Samara is also the only authority featured in the promo video for the program. Twitter link: https://twitter.com/MyVoiceMySchool/status/646638496153780224
Promo link: http://media.digitalexplorer.com/resource/728
91 Samara’s Facebook: Although Samara does not list his place of work on his profile, we are able to confirm that the profile belongs to him through photo of himself that he posted. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=451069431706611&set=a.234167910063432.107 3741826.100004106730182&type=3&theater
92 Post J11.1: UNRWA principal Samara supports Hamas: https://www.Facebook.com/tawfiq.samara.1/posts/821610827985801
#Qassam (Hamas) Severe against disbelievers Merciful amongst their own kind.. #Gaza #LongLive_TheResistance #BattleAwareness
Your comment?? 93 III. Incitement by UNRWA in Gaza
G1 – Om Alaa, Teacher at UNRWA G2 – Eman Shammala, English Teacher at UNRWA G3 – Hanaa Om Hossam, Teacher at UNRWA G4 – Eman Bader, Teacher at UNRWA G5 – Mohamed Alhallaq, Teacher at UNRWA G6 – Sunia Astal, Teacher at UNRWA G7 – Nwara Noor Nwara, Teacher at UNRWA G8 – Islam Khafaja, Teacher at UNRWA
94 G1: OM ALAA, UNRWA TEACHER, VENERATES HITLER
Om Alaa, who identifies herself as an UNRWA teacher on her Facebook profile (above), published the post below of a picture of Adolf Hitler and his “top” ten quotes. Alaa’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/om.alaa.121/about Post G1.1: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1820355941523339&set=a.1374331939459077.1 073741825.100006468510262&type=3&theater
95 G2: EMAN SHAMMALA, UNRWA TEACHER, GLORIFIES KNIFE ATTACKS
Eman Shammala, who identifies herself as an UNRWA teacher on her Facebook profile (above), published the picture below on January 10, 2016. UN Watch previously exposed two other UNRWA teachers who published the same picture, which shows a keffiyeh-clad Palestinian playing a knife like a violin, using a Palestinian “key of return” as a bow.
Shammala’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/eshammala?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
96 Post G2.1: Shammala posted this photo of a Palestinian playing a knife as an instrument: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1132132853473207&set=a.158048110881691.28 289.100000295091998&type=3&theater
97 G3: HANAA OM HOSSAM, TEACHER AT UNRWA, CELEBRATES TERRORIST ATTACK
Hanaa Om Hossam, who identifies herself on her Facebook profile as a teacher at UNRWA (above), published the photo below in August 2015. Using images of a flexed bicep and a victory sign, she expressed her support for Maher Al-Hashlamoun, the Islamic Jihad member who stabbed to death 26-year old Israeli woman Dalya Lemkus in November 2014. Al-Hashlamoun can be seen in the photo as he enters court for his trial.
Hossam’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/mhanaah
98 Post G3.1: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=916185565115877&set=a.320736334660806.741 33.100001733271940&type=3&theater
Maher el-Hashlmon was sentenced by an Israeli judge to 200 years in prison. He laughed and answered sarcastically “and will you be staying on my land for 200 years?”
99 G4: EMAN BADER, TEACHER AT UNRWA, GLORIFIES LETHAL TERRORIST ATTACK
Eman Bader, identifying herself on Facebook as a teacher at UNRWA (above), posted the photo below in which she expresses her support for Palestinian terrorist Hamza Muhammad Hasan Matrouk—seen in the photo incapacitated on the ground and hand- cuffed—who stabbed 13 on a crowded bus in Tel Aviv earlier that same day.
Bader’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/eman.ba.33
100 Post G4.1: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=921508324548259&set=pb.100000673008975.- 2207520000.1467298756.&type=3&theater
May Allah relieve you and help your parents… The stabber in Tel Aviv.
101 G5: MOHAMED ALHALLAQ, UNRWA TEACHER, PUBLICIZES TERRORIST GROUPS
Mohamed Alhallaq identifies himself on his Facebook profile as an UNRWA teacher (above), and can be seen in the photo (Post G5.1) directly below with his students. He shows a photo (Post G5.2), also below, depicting five militant Palestinian groups with significant influence (including Islamic Jihad, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade). Alhallaq also displays a photo (Post G5.3) of Hamas co-founder Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi holding a weapon.
Alhallaq’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004999502914&sk=about
102 Post G5.1: Photo of UNRWA teacher Alhallaq with schoolchildren: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=430351467141500&set=pb.100004999502914.- 2207520000.1467379957.&type=3&theater
Post G5.2: His image depicting five militant Palestinian groups—“for the martyrs, unite!” https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=130303587146291&set=pb.100004999502914.- 2207520000.1467380036.&type=3&theater
For Gaza, for the children, women, old men. For the martyrs, unite!
103 Post G5.3: UNRWA teacher shows Hamas co-founder Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi with weapon: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=119775771532406&set=a.1017051566728 01.3067.100004999502914&type=3&
104 G6: SUNIA ASTAL, UNRWA TEACHER, PROMOTES VIOLENCE AND GLORIFIES KNIFE ATTACKS
Sunia Astal, who identifies herself on Facebook as an UNRWA teacher (above), published the post below of a rifle-wielding militant, with this comment: “From the river to the sea, no matter how long it takes.”
Astal’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004412251463
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Post G6.1: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=129559710534437&set=pb.100004412251463.- 2207520000.1467633069.&type=3&theater
We will be back, no matter how long it takes.
From the river to the sea, no matter how long it takes.
106 G7: NWARA NOOR NWARA, UNRWA TEACHER PROMOTES VIOLENCE
Nwara Noor Nwara, who identifies herself as an UNRWA teacher on her Facebook profile, published the post below, in which a close-up of several machine guns is accompanied by the text “we are with the resistance.” Nwara’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/nwara.nwara
107 Post G7.1: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204429674884595&set=ecnf.1312954470&typ e=3&theater We are with the resistance
108 G8: ISLAM KHAFAJA, UNRWA TEACHER, CELEBRATES KILLING AND RANSOMING OF ISRAELI SOLDIER
Islam Khafaja, identifying herself as a teacher at UNRWA on Facebook (above), published the photo (Post G8.1) below to celebrate Hamas’ capture of the body of Israeli soldier Oren Shaul, who was one of seven Israeli soldiers killed by an anti-tank missile one day earlier.
Khafaja’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/soma.kh.71
109 Post G8.1: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=691923854176767&set=pb.100000774776802.- 2207520000.1467293486.&type=3&theater
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IV. Incitement by UNRWA Staff in Syria
S1 – Abed Naser Hassen, Teacher at UNRWA S2 – Nabil Sobhi, Lecturer at UNRWA’s Damascus Training Centre S3 – Issa Issa, Director at UNRWA S4 – Jaramana Camp Facebook Page, UNRWA School S5 – Damascus Training Centre Facebook Page, UNRWA School
111 S1: ABED NASER HASSEN, UNRWA TEACHER, SPREADS ANTISEMITIC VIDEO DENYING THE HOLOCAUST
Abed Naser Hassen identifies himself as a teacher at UNRWA on Facebook (above).
Hassen’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008852677858
112 Post S1.1: Antisemitic, neo-Nazi video: https://www.Facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1546906338947774&id=100008852677 858
When you ask what the Nazis did to the Jews.. you must first ask what the Jews did to Germany.
They destroyed the German economy for the benefit of the “Allies/West” and millions lost their money in bank transactions because of Jewish usury.
They also took control over the media…
113 S1.1 Full Video Transcription:
It’s very simple. You see, everybody says the harm that the Germans have done to the Jews. It’s grossly exaggerated, it’s true the Nazis – the nationalist socialist party – had some dirty racist points in its otherwise very beautiful program, which was very successful all in all.
But it was – they had some nasty points against the Jews, this is true. And they were, in the third Reich and in Europe during the Second World War, between 100,000 and 600,000 Jews have been killed directly or indirectly because of the national socialist system. This number is ridiculous in comparison to what the French did in Algeria, the Jews have done in Palestine, and especially the British, Americans and the Russians have done to their people. They have killed millions.
Now what did the Jews do? When you ask what the Germans have done to the Jews you must always ask what have the Jews done to the Germans. Since 1850 when the Jews got all the political rights in Germany in the German Reich they have done 3 things, which are really dramatic.
Number one: They were a small minority of 2% of the population – at the time when Hitler came to power 500,000 within 60 million German people. 500,000 within 60 million. They were a small minority. This small minority managed to control about 50% of the media, gave [sic] about 70% of all judges, to have a tremendous influence on movie and theater, and in literature. They were overrepresented. This is one thing, they were absolutely overrepresented, as today in England, France and in United States.
Secondly, Jews were at the origin of a lot of catastrophic financial bank crashes in Germany between 1870 and 1920. In that time, they made a lot of crashes which have – this is all documented, it’s not Nazi propaganda or antisemitic or Arab propaganda, it’s a lot of books have been published even by Jewish Germans about this problem – they have millions of German fathers have lost their incomes, their fortune, their savings because of these Jewish gangsters, bank gangsters, and speculation people.
Then the third point – which was psychologically the most dangerous of all – they have introduced into German art and culture and theater and movie decadence immorality. The first homosexual theatre plays were made in Berlin in the 1920s, the first adultery theater plays were made in the 1880s, 1890s (100 years ago) by Jewish authors. Adultery, then sexual perversions of all sorts: sadism, masochism, lot of homosexuality, all these things. And then decadent art, and art which is absolutely ridiculous – so-called modern art – it was all pushed by Jewish intellectuals. And this created among the German people a big revolt. And also they wrote books ridiculing Christianity, ridiculing Jesus. I mean it was something like Salman Rushdie with the Muslims. And there were furious reactions in Germany and the Nazis of course benefited from it. And this is why Adolf Hitler came to power. And you see then Hitler, in 2 years from ‘33 to ’35 – 6 million Germans were unemployed and within two years he brought 6 million unemployed Germans back into their jobs. He created 6 million jobs, it’s incredible, in 2 years and this is the reason why the ‘6 million’ thing came. You see, after the Second World War, the Zionists said we must give a counter-propaganda to this positive 6 million who have found six million jobs – positive – we must make something negative, 6 million corpses. And so came this fantastic number of 6 million, which is in every newspaper in everything.
114 S2: NABIL SOBHI, UNRWA LECTURER, INCITES VIOLENCE AGAINST TEL AVIV AND SPREADS ANTISEMITIC CARTOONS
lecturer) at the Damascus Training( مدرس identifies himself as a( صبحي نبيل) Nabil Sobhi Center, which is an UNRWA school. Sobhi’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007227645655&lst=1334370838%3A10000722 7645655%3A1482079897
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Post S2.1: Incites violence and rockets against Tel Aviv. https://www.Facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1482962478621326&id=100007227645 655
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Post S2.1: Antisemitic imagery https://www.Facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1469745136609727&id=100007227645 655
In the dens of betrayal we are gathered with demons
Arab Idol, or Arabs Got Talent?!
Where are you Arabs?
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S3: ISSA ISSA, DIRECTOR AT UNRWA, POSTS IMAGE OF HITLER AND CONDONES HAMAS ROCKET FIRE
Issa Issa identifies himself as a Director at UNRWA, based in Damascus, Syria.
Issa’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/isaa.issa.7
118 Post S3.1 Mr. Issa posts a photo and supposed quote of Hitler: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=556721764462943&set=a.349948908473564.107 3741826.100003753722587&type=3&theater
“In Japan, a student ran away during a lecture, so the professor resigned because the student’s act was considered the professor’s failure. In our class, everyone ran away, and our professor is
still checking who’s absent.”
— Hitler
119 Post S3.2: Post about sniping Israel https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=499855526816234&set=a.349948908473564.107 3741826.100003753722587&type=3&theater
When an Arab kneels
When a Palestinian kneels
120 Post S3.3: Condoning Hamas rocket fire https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=499854856816301&set=a.349948908473564.107 3741826.100003753722587&type=3&theater
121 S4: UNRWA REFUGEE CAMP IN SYRIA ENCOURAGES VIOLENCE AND ERASES ISRAEL FROM THE MAP
UNRWA’s Jaramana refugee camp outside Damascus contains an UNRWA school that runs this Facebook account. As seen in various photos that the school has uploaded to Facebook, the walls of the school are adorned with images that erase Israel from the map. Post S4.1: Israel erased from the map: https://www.Facebook.com/676929139104966/photos/a.676930342438179.1073741826.6769 29139104966/687697041361509/?type=3&theater
122 Post S4.2: Israel erased from the map: https://www.Facebook.com/676929139104966/photos/a.676930342438179.1073741826.6769 29139104966/687696874694859/?type=3&theater
123 Post S4.3: Students pose with picture of Palestine that erases Israel from the map https://www.Facebook.com/676929139104966/photos/a.676930342438179.1073741826.6769 29139104966/687706294693917/?type=3&theater
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Post S4.4: Students interacting with poster that erases Israel from the map: https://www.Facebook.com/676929139104966/photos/a.676930342438179.1073741826.6769 29139104966/687706314693915/?type=3&theater
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Post S4.6: Image of weapon-wielding man promotes violence, and the child is possibly holding a knife https://www.Facebook.com/676929139104966/photos/a.676930342438179.1073741826.6769 29139104966/687696904694856/?type=3&theater
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Post S4.7: The school’s wall is decorated with the following image which not only erases Israel from the map, but calls Palestine “the address of resistance” within the Arab world. https://www.Facebook.com/676929139104966/photos/a.676930342438179.1073741826.6769 29139104966/687698438028036/?type=3&theater
The heart of the Arab world (Syria)
The address of the resistance (Palestine)
127 S5: DAMASCUS TRAINING CENTRE FACEBOOK PAGE GLORIFIES TERRORIST LEILA KHALED Damascus Training Centre (DTC) is an UNRWA vocational school in Damascus. DTC’s Facebook page posted a photo from their Facebook page that glorifies a gun- holding Leila Khaled, a former hijacker and member of the internationally designated terrorist group PFLP. DTC receives funding from the UK and Germany. Post S5.1: https://www.Facebook.com/DTC.UNRWA/photos/a.1556633917904786.1073741827.1556030 781298433/1580789785489199/?type=3&theater
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Part II
New Cases of UNRWA Incitement Discovered Subsequent to February 2017 Report
129 I. Incitement by UNRWA in Lebanon
L18 – Al-Qastal, UNRWA School L19 – Mohamad Fahed, Teacher at UNRWA L20 – Layal Ammar, English Teacher at UNRWA L21 – Ghanem Naim Ghoneim, Teacher at UNRWA
130 L18: UNRWA’S AL-QASTAL SCHOOL HOLDS STUDENT RALLY IN SUPPORT OF KNIFE INTIFADA AGAINST ISRAELIS
UNRWA’s Al-Qastal Secondary School, located in Baalbek, Lebanon, or an administrator acting in its name, operates the Facebook account featured above. In October 2015, during the beginning of an outbreak of Palestinian terrorist attacks in what later became known as the “Knife Intifada,” UNRWA Al- Qastal posted an album of photos from a “Student March” that the school held “in support of the uprising in Jerusalem.” The rally featured “cheers in support of the intifada.”
Al-Qastal Secondary School’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/madraset.unrwa
131 Post L18.1: On October 21, 2015, Al-Qastal UNRWA School posted the following album of photos from a rally celebrating the outbreak of Palestinian stabbing and car-ramming attacks against Jewish civilians. https://www.Facebook.com/madraset.unrwa/posts/1710553902508419
Student Demonstration at Al Jaleel Camp in Support of the Jerusalem Intifada As an initiative launched by Al-Qastal Secondary School (Mixed Gender), a large popular demonstration was held in Al Jaleel Camp in support of the Jerusalem Intifada. The demonstration launched from the school premises. It included representatives from a number of resistance groups, popular committees, a large number of parents in addition to hundreds of students.
The demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans in support of the Intifada as it passed through the streets of the camp coming to an end outside the UNRWA offices at the camp. A number of speeches were given by students Ahmad Abdul Qader, Shayma’ Taha, and Naseebah Abu Shakra as well as a speech by the representative of the popular committees, Omar Qassem. Moreover, the student, Juma Juma, delivered a petition on behalf of all students addressing the Secretary General of the United Nations, asking him to intervene and end the Zionist aggression.
132 Post L18.2: Female students from the Al-Qastal UNRWA school are seen marching in the parade for the Knife Intifada, wearing their light-blue UNRWA school uniforms. On the wall in the background behind the marchers is an image that erases Israel from the map. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1710552919175184&set=a.1397499313813881.10737418 28.100006614773057&type=3&permPage=1
133 Post L18.3: A row of UNRWA teachers march arm in arm, following their students, in the march of hate. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1710553792508430&set=a.1397499313813881.10737418 28.100006614773057&type=3&permPage=1
134 Post L18.4: UNRWA teachers stand behind a student reading a statement at the Knife Intifada march. In the background, a light blue UNRWA plaque can be seen, along with drawing on the wall that says “UN”. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1710553515841791&set=a.1397499313813881.10737418 28.100006614773057&type=3&permPage=1
135 Post L18.5: UNRWA teachers deliver a statement to their students at the march. One teacher can be seen wearing a Palestinian scarf that erases Israel from the map. The letters “UN” appear on the wall in the background. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1710553722508437&set=a.1397499313813881.10737418 28.100006614773057&type=3&permPage=1
136 Post L18.6: Several teachers seen at the Knife Intifada rally appear in these photos from March 11, 2014 of Al-Qastal’s “Teachers Day,” confirming that they are UNRWA teachers. https://www.facebook.com/madraset.unrwa/posts/1456453564585122?pnref=story
Post L18.7: Several teachers seen at the Knife Intifada rally appear in these photos from March 11, 2014 of Al-Qastal’s “Teachers Day,” confirming that they are UNRWA teachers. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1456457354584743&set=a.1396701093893703.10737418 27.100006614773057&type=3&permPage=1
137 Post L18.8: The al-Qastal Facebook account posts the official wall plaque of UNRWA’s Qastal Secondary Coed School, in Baalbek, Beqaa, Lebanon, confirming the location of the Knife Intifada rally. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1397507190479760&set=a.1397499313813881.10737418 28.100006614773057&type=3
138 Post L18.9: The al-Qastal Facebook shows a wall-painting, in what appears to be a courtyard within the school’s walls, that erases Israel from the map. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1397499600480519&set=a.1397499313813881.10737418 28.100006614773057&type=3
139 L19: MOHAMAD FAHED, UNRWA TEACHER, CONTINUES TO GLORIFY HAMAS AND INCITE AGAINST JEWS
Mohamad Fahed, whose public endorsement of the murder of three Israeli teens and support for the Hamas terrorist group were made known to UNRWA two months ago in our February 2017 report (Case No. L15), still refers to himself as an employee of UNRWA’s Siblin Training Center in Lebanon. This means that UNRWA, despite its claims of “zero tolerance,” has not fired this overt advocate of terrorism. As shown below, he continues to share antisemitic posts, and to praise Hamas.
Mohamad Fahed’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/mohamad.fahed.7
140 Post L19.1: On March 22, 2017, Fahed mourned the the death of Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin, on the 13th anniversary of the terrorist leader’s death. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1308468392523697&set=a.505306279506583.107374182 5.100000816470145&type=3&theater
Post L19.2: In a recent post from March 9, 2017, Fahed shared a post which calls for Jews to “go back to Europe where they came from,” which he echoed in his own words. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1296941953676341&set=a.323020714401808.69678.100 000816470145&type=3&theater
#TheMinaretsWillNotBeSilent
He who is disturbed by the sound of the Adhan (Islamic call to prayer), can return to Europe where he came from.
Haneen Zoabi End of conversation: The land speaks Member of the Occupying Knesset Arabic, not Hebrew...
Go back to where you came from... and take all your eyes with you..
... A. Mohammed Fahad
141 L20: LAYAL AMMAR, ENGLISH TEACHER AT UNRWA, DEMONIZES JUDAISM & CHRISTIANITY, ENCOURAGES VIOLENCE
Layal Ammar, who describes herself on Facebook as an English teacher at UNRWA, displays an image demonizing Christianity and Judaism as violent and evil. She also shows a photo of her baby brother holding a gun, dressed like a Palestinian gunman.
Layal Ammar’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/layal.ammar.752
142 Post L20.1: Ammar posts an image that portrays the Cross and the Star of David, linked in the background to America and Israel, as evil and violent, attacking what appears to be the hand of Allah. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=145941965549359&set=a.132686350208254.38085.1000 04006708122&type=3
143 Post L20.2: Ammar posted an image of her baby brother as a Palestinian gunman, holding toy rifle. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=144564349020454&set=pb.100004006708122.- 2207520000.1490864280.&type=3&theater
144 L21: GHANEM NAIM GHONEIM, TEACHER AT UNRWA, WHO PRAISES ADOLF HITLER, IS STILL WORKING AT UNRWA
Ghanem Naim Ghoneim, despite being identified by UN Watch two months ago in our Feb. 2017 report (under case #L1) for posting pictures of “our beloved Hitler,” still shows himself as an UNRWA teacher, and recently used Facebook to check in to an UNRWA training session. This calls into question claims by UNRWA and by donor states like Canada that they are exercising “enhanced due diligence” regarding the continued employment of racist teachers.
Mr. Ghoneim’s Facebook page: https://www.Facebook.com/ghanemghoneim
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Post L21.1: On March 13, 2017, Ghoneim checked in to an “UNRWA & UNDP Training” session in Beirut. https://www.Facebook.com/ghanemghoneim/posts/1409650189108854
146 II. Incitement by UNRWA in Jordan
J12 – Mahmoud Abu Foul, Senior Manager at UNRWA J13 – Ahmad Fareed Sultan, Teacher at UNRWA J14 – UNRWA Jordan Facebook Page J15 – UNRWA Nazzal School Facebook Page J16 – UNRWA Manshiet Bani Hashim School Facebook Page J17 – Abu Anas Ghoban, Teacher at UNRWA J18 – Subhi Al-Zaber, Teacher at UNRWA
147 J12: MAHMOUD ABU FOUL, SENIOR MANAGER AT UNRWA, GLORIFIES TERROR, PRAISES HAMAS FOR EXECUTING GAZANS
Senior Manager
Mahmoud Abu Foul, who identifies himself on his Facebook profile as a senior manager for UNRWA in Jordan, glorifies Hamas terror, and praised its execution of a Palestinian in Gaza, wishing the same for all “traitor Arabs.”
Abu Foul’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/mahmod.fool?fref=nf
148 Post J12.1: UNRWA manager Abu Foul praised the August 2014 Hamas execution of a Palestinian in Gaza.
Post J12.2: UNRWA manager Abu Foul posts photo glorifying Hamas terrorism. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=960434477315855&set=a.740361862656452.1073741826 .100000479343501&type=3&permPage=1
149 Post J12.3: Abu Foul posts image with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and a baby Hamas fighter. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=948664918492811&set=a.100345949991383.644.100000 479343501&type=3
150 J13: AHMAD FAREED SULTAN, UNRWA SCHOOL TEACHER, GLORIFIES TERRORISTS AND VIOLENCE
Ahmad Fareed Sultan, who identifies himself in his Facebook profile as a school teacher in UNRWA’s Zarqa Camp, located in A-Zarqa, Jordan, displays posts that glorify terrorists.
Sultan’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/ahmad.f.sultan
151 Post J13.1: UNRWA teacher Sultan posts image glorifying terrorists. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152336426493822&set=a.125018803821.101555.6857 83821&type=3
152 Post J13.2: UNRWA teacher Sultan posts another image glorifying terrorists. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152336424973822&set=a.125018803821.101555.6857 83821&type=3&permPage=1
Post J13.3: UNRWA teacher Sultan posts an image of his students. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152894857528822&set=a.10151511491738822.107374 1827.685783821&type=3
153 J14: FACEBOOK PAGE FOR UNRWA SCHOOLS IN JORDAN SHOWS CHILD WIELDING KNIFE IN UNRWA CLASS
is a Facebook page that provides (االردن - الدولية الغوث وكالة مدارس) UNRWA Schools International – Jordan information on UNRWA schools in Jordan to teachers, students and the broader community. The page has over 37,000 likes and frequently posts internal UNRWA documents, such as school calendars, class rosters, and lesson plans.
The UNRWA Jordan page also posts images that incite hatred, including those that erase Israel from the map. In one case, this UNRWA account posted an album from a teacher-administered poetry contest for students, which honors the Palestinian “martyr” Abdulrahim Mahmud. Images posted include a boy wielding a knife inside of an UNRWA classroom, with his UNRWA teachers grinning in the background.
UNRWA Schools International – Jordan Facebook page: https://www.Facebook.com/unrwa0schools/
154 Post J14.1: UNRWA Jordan posts an image that erases Israel from the map, the opposite of education for peace and co-existence. https://www.Facebook.com/unrwa0schools/photos/a.109673592445671.18271.109667055779658/126 2395913840094/?type=3&permPage=1
Post J14.2: UNRWA Jordan posts another image that erases Israel from the map. https://www.Facebook.com/unrwa0schools/photos/a.109673592445671.18271.109667055779658/107 7802802299407/?type=3&permPage=1
155 Post J14.3: UNRWA Jordan posts an album of a poetry contest in which a student is shown wielding a knife and reciting the poem “The Martyr” by Abdul Rahim Mahmud. (See subsequent images.) https://www.Facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.119682381444792.27812.109667055779658&type=3
Poetry contest 4-25-2011 ... A part of the participants ... The committee is headed by Abu Walid (educational supervisor Ali Ghben)
156 Post J14.4: Photo from the poetry contest. UNRWA’s comment reveals that “Abu Alwaleed” is the supervisor of the event. The title of the photo album indicates that the poetry contest is for students in grades 5 and 6. https://www.Facebook.com/unrwa0schools/photos/a.119682381444792.27812.109667055779658/119 682484778115/?type=3&permPage=1
Jury Committee
... under the supervision of Abu Alwaleed
Poetry contest: Grade 5+6
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Post J14.5: UNRWA Jordan posts an image of an UNRWA student wielding a knife in the classroom, while wrapped in a keffiyeh. As revealed in the comment posted by UNRWA Jordan, the knife-wielding boy is a student of the UNRWA school, and the men in the background who are smirking in approval are UNRWA teachers. https://www.Facebook.com/unrwa0schools/photos/a.119682381444792.27812.109667055779658/119 682531444777/?type=3&permPage=1
A side of the teachers. And a picture close to a student of the school.
Post J14.6: UNRWA Jordan posts another image from the poetry contest. UNRWA’s comment confirms, once again, that the men in the classroom supervising this event are UNRWA teachers. https://www.Facebook.com/unrwa0schools/photos/a.119682381444792.27812.109667055779658/119 682504778113/?type=3&permPage=1
Part of the audience... teachers and students
158 Post J14.7: The comment by UNRWA Jordan on this post reveals that the boy dressed in a keffiyeh, and equipped with a knife inside the classroom, is reciting the poem “The Martyr” by Abdulrahim Mahmud. https://www.Facebook.com/unrwa0schools/photos/a.119682381444792.27812.109667055779658/119 682541444776/?type=3&permPage=1
A student from the school. Distinguished clothing. And the poem of Abdul Rahim Mahmud (The Martyr). We wish him success.
159 Exhibit J14.8: As disclosed by UNRWA Jordan in the comment section of Post J14.7, the poem read by the young UNRWA student wielding a knife in Post J14.5 is “The Martyr” by Abdulrahim Mahmud. The poem, as its title suggests, details the glorified death sought by a martyr.
As this is a 5th and 6th Grade UNRWA poetry contest, the boy is likely only 10 or 11 years old. His UNRWA teachers smirk at him wielding a knife and teach him to recite a poem that includes the lines “I see my death, but I rush to it” and “[L]ife has no value to me!” When a U.N. school for Palestinians repeatedly promotes the goal of Palestine from the river to the sea, erases Israel from the map, and indoctrinates young and vulnerable boys to embrace martyrdom, this amounts to dangerous incitement to hatred and terrorism.
Source: http://www.mediamonitors.net/abdelrahim1.html
160 J15: FACEBOOK GROUP FOR UNRWA’S NAZZAL BOYS SCHOOL GLORIFIES VIOLENCE, ATTACKS “STENCH OF ZIONISM”
UNRWA’s Nazzal Prep Boys School in Amman, Jordan has a publicly viewable group on Facebook with 610 members. Teachers and students regularly post communication about the school, including documents such as lesson plans and class rosters.
Disturbingly, however this UNRWA group also posts incitement, including images of: (1) A “Nakba Day” rally at the school, in which there is a call to “cleanse their land from the freak stench of Zionism”; and images of a large mural on the school premises that erases Israel from the map.
Nazzal Prep Boys School Facebook group: https://www.Facebook.com/groups/Nazzal.prep.boys.no1/
161 Post J15.1: An image posted in UNRWA’s Nazzal School Facebook group shows a Nakba Day rally at the school which calls for their land to be “cleansed” from the “freak stench of Zionism.” https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=172736142890569&set=gm.158623047643424&type=3&p ermPage=1
Post J15.2: An image posted in UNRWA’s Nazzal School Facebook group glorifies a masked Palestinian terrorist with a weapon. The name “UNRWA” is written vertically on the image. At least 17 students and teachers within the community “liked” the photo. Though at least 600 UNRWA administrators and employees would have seen this incitement to violence in the name of UNRWA, none spoke against it or caused it to be removed. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=484279895049520&set=gm.300241863481541&type=3&p ermPage=1
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Post J15.3: A photo from the Nazzal Facebook group shows a mural that completely erases Israel from the map, contradicting UNRWA’s promise to teach Palestinians peace and co-existence with Israel. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200706099708965&set=gm.184964415009287&type=3 &permPage=1
Palestine
163 Post J15.4: With some irony, the gate to the Nazzal school reads “UNRWA: Peace Starts Here.” https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205690592158161&set=gm.477688945736831&type=3 &permPage=1
164 J16: UNRWA’S MANSHIET BANI HASHIM PREP SCHOOL CELEBRATES FIRES IN ISRAEL, ERASES ISRAEL FROM THE MAP
Manshiet Bani Hashim Prep School is an UNRWA school in Jordan. The Facebook page in its name has 1,294 likes. In November 2016, as Israeli forests and communities were burning from fires, some caused by arson, this UNRWA school celebrated. In one image, the Israeli flag is being burned. One also sees how the school’s murals erase Israel from the map, as does student artwork.
Manshiet Bani Hashim Prep Facebook page: https://www.Facebook.com/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A9- %D8%B0%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A9- %D8%A8%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85- %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-401528419976788/
165 Post J16.1: UNRWA’s Manshiet Bani Hashim School posts image of burning Israeli flag to celebrate devastation in Israel from wildfires. https://www.Facebook.com/401528419976788/photos/a.458226544306975.1073741830.40152841997 6788/1001498316646459/?type=3&permPage=1
166 Post J16.2: UNRWA’s Manshiet Bani Hashim School posts image of Israeli community burning during the November 2016 wave of fires, including from arson and terrorism. https://www.Facebook.com/401528419976788/photos/a.458226544306975.1073741830.40152841997 6788/1001498233313134/?type=3&permPage=1
167 Post J16.3: UNRWA’s Manshiet Bani Hashim school walls are adorned with a large mural that erases Israel from the map, contradicting UNRWA’s promise to teach Palestinians peace and co-existence. https://www.Facebook.com/401528419976788/photos/a.401541393308824.1073741828.40152841997 6788/459565647506398/?type=3
168 Post J16.4: UNRWA’s Manshiet Bani Hashim School shows student artwork that erases Israel from the map, contradicting UNRWA’s promise to teach Palestinians peace and co-existence with Israel. https://www.Facebook.com/401528419976788/photos/a.458226544306975.1073741830.40152841997 6788/843431905786435/?type=3&permPage=1
Post J16.5: Same as above. https://www.Facebook.com/401528419976788/photos/a.458226544306975.1073741830.40152841997 6788/968844929911798/?type=3&permPage=1
169 J17: ABU ANAS GHOBAN, UNRWA TEACHER, GLORIFIES TERROR
Teacher of Arabic language in Manshiet Bani Hashim
who identifies himself as an Arabic language teacher at UNRWA’s ,( غبن أنس أبو) Abu Anas Ghoban Manshiet Bani Hashim school, recently posted an image glorifying a terrorist.
Ghoban’s Facebook Profile: https://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000789709214&lst=524760031%3A100000789709214% 3A1490955594
Post J17.1: UNRWA teacher Ghoban posted this violent image with the two-gun logo of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a terrorist group responsible for dozens of suicide bombings, including at a Tel Aviv bus station and other civilian targets. The text refers to the “Zionist enemy.” https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1277264312309880&id=100000789709214
170 J18: SUBHI AL-ZABER, UNRWA TEACHER, ERASES STATE OF ISRAEL FROM THE MAP
Subhi al-Zaber, an UNRWA teacher based in Amman, has as his cover photo a map covering all of Israel and the West Bank and Gaza, calling for Israelis to “get out of our land, our soil, our sea, our wheat, our salt, our wounds, out of everything, out of the reminiscences of the memory.” By erasing Israel from the map, this UNRWA teacher negates UNRWA’s promise to teach its students peace and co-existence.
Al-Zaber’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=375169755938797&set=a.375169749272131.1073741825 .100003373275724&type=3&theater
171 Post J18.1: Al-Zaber updates his cover photo to an image calling for Israelis to leave Israel. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=375169755938797&set=a.375169749272131.1073741825 .100003373275724&type=3&permPage=1
172 III. Incitement by UNRWA in Gaza
G9 – Ahman Nasser, Supervisor at UNRWA G10 – Samaher Tibi, Teacher at UNRWA G11 – Himlaj Mohammad Selmi, Lesson Presenter at UNRWA
173 G9: AHMAN NASSER, UNRWA SUPERVISOR, ENDORSES HAMAS, VIOLENCE AND MARTYRDOM
Ahman Nasser, a supervisor of an UNRWA school in Gaza City, publicly endorses violence, and the Hamas terrorist group.
Ahman Nasser’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007667744866
174 Post G9.1: Nasser’s page shows a poem celebrating revolt and martyrdom, including the line, “I carried a MP5S and exceeded the range.” MP5S is a submachine gun. In the comment, he quotes “Martyr Minister Khalil.” https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1787338504865057&set=a.1490535631212014.10737418 28.100007667744866&type=3&permPage=1
Post G9.2: Nasser posted a picture on February 24, 2017, in which the State of Israel is eliminated, taken over by either Hamas or Fatah. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1809623462636561&set=pb.100007667744866.- 2207520000.1490865471.&type=3&theater
175 Post G9.3: Nasser mourns Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, co-founder of the Hamas terrorist organization. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1787347678197473&set=a.1490535631212014.10737418 28.100007667744866&type=3&theater
Post G9.4: Nasser (seated below) is shown at the head of classroom with UNRWA students. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1793896387542602&set=pb.100007667744866.- 2207520000.1490628640.&type=3&theater
176 G10: SAMAHER TIBI, UNRWA TEACHER, ASSIGNS STUDENTS TO ELIMINATE ISRAEL FROM THE MAP
Samaher Tibi, a teacher at UNRWA’s Manomia Mam Elementary Co-Ed School, teaches the elimination of Israel—contrary to UNRWA’s promise to educate for peace and co-existence—by giving his students the assignment of coloring the entire map of Israel with the Palestinian flag.
Samaher Tibi’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/jmnar1970
177 Post G10.1: Tibi posts a series of photos of this UNRWA classroom activity from October 2016 in which students are taught to erase Israel from the map. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1624010451229592&set=pb.100008619584801.- 2207520000.1490945513.&type=3&theater
Post G10.2: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1624010394562931&set=pb.100008619584801.- 2207520000.1490945513.&type=3&theater
178 G11: HIMLAJ MOHAMMAD SELMI, UNRWA TV PRESENTER, POSTS ANTI-SEMITIC CARTOON
Himlaj Mohammad Selmi, a TV Lesson Presenter at UNRWA, posts a classical anti-Semitic trope that depicts Jews as evil, and a cartoon that erases Israel from the map.
Himlaj Mohammad Selmi’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006094785051
179 Post G11.1: Selmi posts two photos that eliminate Israel from the map, negating UNRWA’s promise to teach peace and co-existence with Israel. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1675787815967695&set=a.1539850029561475.10737418 27.100006094785051&type=3&permPage=1
180 Post G11.2: UNRWA lesson presenter Selmi posts an anti-Semitic cartoon. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1675787885967688&set=pb.100006094785051.- 2207520000.1490865226.&type=3&theater
181 IV. Incitement by UNRWA Staff in Syria
S6 – Mohamed Soliman, English Teacher at UNRWA S7 – Khaled Mohamad, Teacher at UNRWA S8 – Mhasan Mhasan, Teacher at UNRWA S9 – Ahmad Abudullah, Employee at UNRWA S10 – UNRWA Al-Amal School Facebook Page S11 – Mahannad Najem, Teacher at UNRWA
182 S6: MOHAMED SOLIMAN, UNRWA ENGLISH TEACHER, POSTS HITLER PHOTO AND QUOTE; ENDORSES STABBINGS: “YOUR KNIFE IS FREEDOM”
an English teacher at UNRWA in Syria, publicly displays on his ,(سليمان محمد) Mohamed Soliman Facebook page an image of Hitler. He also praises knife attacks against civilians, and glorifies Hamas.
Soliman’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007121383248&fref=nf
183 Post S6.1: Soliman posts a picture of and quote from Hitler. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1447548598825839&set=a.1385367061710660.10737418 28.100007121383248&type=3&permPage=1
Post S6.2: In October 2015, with the outbreak of Palestinian knife attacks against Jewish civilians in Israel, Soliman posted an image turning all of Israel into a giant knife, with the handle part of the Palestinian flag, with the caption: “Your Knife is Freedom.” https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1661521927428504&set=a.1385367061710660.10737418 28.100007121383248&type=3&permPage=1
184 Post S6.3: Soliman posted an image of Hamas terrorists, including a female fighter, and types “Amen” when a friend comments “God be with them.” https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1660532220860808&set=a.1385367061710660.10737418 28.100007121383248&type=3
185 Post S6.4: Soliman with his UNRWA students. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1862610223986339&set=p.1862610223986339&type=3& theater
186 S7: KHALED MOHAMAD, UNRWA TEACHER, POSTS ANTI-SEMITIC TROPE, VIDEO OF CHILD SOLDIERS
Khaled Mohamad, a school teacher for UNRWA in Damascus, posts videos with classical antisemitic tropes, and glorifies terrorism and child soldiers.
Khaled Mohamad’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010425765504&fref=nf
187 Post S7.1: Mohamad posts a video with actors dressed up as stereotypical Jews, trying to bargain for the sale of land. Classical antisemitic tropes abound. https://www.Facebook.com/100010425765504/videos/339548409736015/
188 Post S7.2: Mohamad posts a video glorifying a Hamas child soldier. https://www.Facebook.com/100010425765504/videos/339548249736031/
189 Post S7.3: Mohamad poses with his students at UNRWA’s “Rasheed Mohideen School.” https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=321589438198579&set=a.128104117547113.1073741828 .100010425765504&type=3
190 S8: UNRWA TEACHER MHASAN MHASAN POSES IN UNRWA SCHOOL NEXT TO IMAGES ERASING ISRAEL FROM MAP
Mhasan Mhasan, a teacher at UNRWA in Syria, poses on Facebook next to pictures that eliminate Israel from the map, apparently drawn by UNRWA students given the assignment.
Mhasan’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008486291872
191 Post S8.1: Mhasan poses in UNRWA school with student artwork that erases Israel from the map, contradicting UNRWA’s promise to educate for peace and co-existence with Israel. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1495667377392791&set=pb.100008486291872.- 2207520000.1491232984.&type=3&theater
192 S9: AHMAD ABUDULLAH, EMPLOYEE AT UNRWA, CELEBRATES ANTI-ISRAEL VIOLENCE
Ahmad Abdullah from Syria works at UNRWA and had previously been a student at UNRWA’s Damascus Training Centre (DTC). His page shows violent imagery eliminating Israel, redrawn as Palestine with the barrel of a gun.
Ahmad Abdullah’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/princedram
193 Post S9.1: Abdullah posts an image of the map of Israel colored in red with the barrel of a gun, promoting violence to turn Israel into Palestine. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=348525071948351&set=a.114570068677187.17035.1000 03725845897&type=3
194 S10: UNRWA’S AL-AMAL SCHOOL ERASES ISRAEL FROM THE MAP
UNRWA’s Al-Amal School, located in Damascus, Syria, has a publicly viewable group on Facebook with almost 1,000 members. Teachers and students regularly post communication about the school, including documents such as lesson plans and class rosters. Members of the group have shared images showing UNRWA schoolchildren effectively eliminating Israel by coloring in the whole country with a Palestinian flag. No UNRWA teachers in the group took the initiative to remove the photos. On the contrary: the photos were widely ‘liked’ and commented on by group members.
Al-Amal’s Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/groups/alamal.school.2013/
195 Post S10.1: On International Women’s Day, students are told to find information about significant Palestinian women and pin medallions representing these women on a board which is the map of Israel painted over entirely with the Palestinian flag. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=595922883892188&set=gm.430451183830173&type=3&p ermPage=1
196 Post S10.2: Teachers asking students where they are from in Palestine. The entire map of Israel is painted over with the Palestinian flag – referring to Israeli cities such as Haifa and Jaffa as being in Palestine. https://www.facebook.com/groups/alamal.school.2013/permalink/438790009662957/
197 Post S10.3: An image shared on the UNRWA school page depicts a map of the Israel-Palestine area and pledges that it will all one day belong only to Palestine—“from the river to the sea.” https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=855906667860707&set=gm.392867820921843&type=3&t heater
198 S11: MAHANNAD NAJEM, UNRWA TEACHER, SHOWS DOG URINATING ON ISRAELI FLAG
Mohannad Najem, a geography teacher at an UNRWA school in Damascus, posts violent and hateful photos on Facebook about Israel.
Mohannad Najem’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mohannadnm77
199 Post S11.1: UNRWA teacher Najem shares a photo of a dog urinating on the Israeli flag. https://www.Facebook.com/mohannadnm77/posts/798302953537226
Post S11.3: UNRWA teacher Najem shares a post following the death of former President of Israel Shimon Peres, wishing him to go “to hell.” https://www.Facebook.com/mohannadnm77/posts/1288433344524182
200 Post S11.5: Najem with his students in the UNRWA classroom. https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=878908272143360&set=a.692461260788063.1073741828 .100000725863281&type=3&permPage=1
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