Ali Abunimah Founder and Executive Director of Electronic Intifada, Anti-Israel Activist

Ali Abunimah is a Palestinian-American journalist who supports violence and delivers dangerous and hostile messages about Jews and Israel. He demonizes the only Jewish state by spreading lies about its actions and endorses views that fall under the U.S. government’s definition of anti- Semitism.

● Ali Abunimah calls for another intifada to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict. The most recent intifada (2000-2005) consisted of Palestinian-Arab terrorists murdering hundreds of Jewish and Arab civilians.i Abunimah’s support of another intifada signifies his support for violence against civilians.

● While talking about Jews as a minority in a “one-state solution,” Abunimah notes that “coercion is necessary” and also acknowledges that “we couldn’t rule out some disastrous situation” for the Jewish people.ii ○ Abunimah admits to supporting a “solution” that would devastate the Jewish people. ● Abunimah continuously calls for the annihilation of the Jewish state and Jewish self-determination.iii

ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA ZOA CAMPUS [email protected] ○ He repeatedly confirms his support for a mass migration of Arabs living in nearby countries to Israel and he boasts that this would end Israel’s existence as a Jewish state. ○ The U.S. State Department defines this as an act of anti-Semitism,iv as it denies the Jewish people their right to self-determination.

● Ali Abunimah compares Zionism to the Holocaust. ○ Zionism is the movement to create a Jewish state in the historic Jewish homeland and to create a safe-haven for the Jewish people. The Zionist movement has been alive and strong for nearly 2,000 years (since the destruction of the Second Temple), as Jewish culture has revolved around returning to Jerusalem since then. ○ The Holocaust was a time of racism, terror, and the genocide of the Jewish people. ● Abunimah equates terror, death, racism, and destruction with a nationalist movement designed to create a safe-haven for the Jewish people.

i Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism since September 2000” 2013 ii The Electronic Intifada. “Israeli Jews and the one-state solution.” Ali Abunimah. November 10, 2009. & “US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. “Q and A with Ali Abunimah: (BDS) Conference keynote speaker at Hampshire College.” Marcy Newman. November 26, 2009. iii “The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict: The Evidence.” Constantine Kaniklidis. 2013 iv US Department of State. “Defining Anti-Semitism.” June 8, 2010.

ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA ZOA CAMPUS [email protected]