Trivializing the Holocaust
On October 22, 2012, Kollab tweeted: “After this debate, I have to watch a movie on the holocaust and write a paper on it. I am going to be brutally unsympathetic. #sorrynotsorry”
On October 11, 2012, Kollab tweeted: “If I have to write a paper about the holocaust, I’m going to bring palestine into it and my professor better like it.” Moe Hamdan responded: “make sure you mention the fact that ‘The Holocaust’ never happened.”
Kollab then tweeted back: “@MoeHamdan34 I think it did happen, it’s just exaggerated and the victimization of the jews (ignoring the others killed) is overdone.”
On October 9, 2012, Kollab tweeted: “Of course the only prejudice my class focuses on is US racism against African Americans and the Holocaust. Poor Jews. They’re so oppressed.”
On the same day, Kollab tweeted: “I don’t mean to sound insensitive but I have a REALLY hard time feeling bad about Holocaust seeing as the ppl who were in it now kill my ppl.”
On the same day, Kollab tweeted: “So hard for me to not roll my eyes when the prof was saying that for our midterm, we have to watch a movie about the Holocaust+write a paper.”
Defending Hamas
On July 21, 2014, Kollab tweeted: “Realize that Hamas was created in response to decades of brutal oppression with stated goal of ending that oppression.”
On July 25, 2014, after another Twitter user challenged Kollab’s claim and noted that Hamas’s charter “says their goal is to destroy Israel and all Jews,” Kollab replied: “@OphirEis Actually, stop exploiting the Holocaust to justify killing babies. Hamas says nothing about all Jews. It’s about injustice.”
On July 28, 2014, Kollab tweeted: “It shouldn’t even be big news that Hamas’ leader said that. Hamas exists bc of occupation. Hamas NEVER mentioned ‘all Jews worldwide’”
Articles 22 and 32 of the Hamas charter attacked Judaism and Zionism on a global basis. Article 28 claims: “Israel, Judaism and Jews challenge Islam and the Moslem people. ‘May the cowards never sleep.’”
On January 14, 2013, Kollab tweeted: “@kmoran98 Palestinians are Semetic so we can’t be anti-Semitic. And Hamas doesn’t hate Jews, Hamas wants to liberate their people.”
Supporting Terrorists
On August 29, 2017, Kollab tweeted: “This girl literally calls herself young kanafani imagine thinking you’re that revolutionary while posting selfies holy s**t.”
On December 5, 2013, Kollab tweeted twice in praise of terrorist Ghassan Kanafani.
On February 21, 2012, Kollab tweeted: “victory for #palestine today. our voices were heard and our demands met. khader adnan will be free and so will falasteen inshallah :)”
On February 19, 2012, Kollab tweeted: “#KhaderAdnan is dying so we can live. #Palestine #KhaderExists.”
Khader Adnan is a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization. A 2007 YouTube video showed Adnan praising and encouraging suicide bombings: “Who among you will carry the next explosive belt? Who among you will fire the next bullets? Who among you will have his body parts blown all over?”
Comparing Israel to Nazi Germany
On October 20, 2013, Kollab tweeted: “Tell me what makes Israel’s ‘we must remain a Jewish state’ obsession any less disturbing than Hitler’s obsession with a pure white nation.”
On May 9, 2013, Kollab tweeted one day earlier: “Adidas, Puma, and Hugo Boss were founded by Nazis. They made cool stuff so they couldn’t possibly be evil.
#IfTheWorldFollowedZionistLogic.”
The next day, she tweeted: “I just googled it. Zionists say you can’t boycott them bc they invent things.. so did lots of evil ppl. Idiots.”
On August 5, 2012, Kollab tweeted: “@ModernState a) jews aren’t a race b) zionists does not equal jews c) zionists are murderous 21st century nazis.”
On April 28, 2012, Kollab tweeted: “… It’s funny how zionists are trying to compare BDS with the Holocaust. If anything,you’re the nazis in the situation now.”
On February 12, 2012, Kollab tweeted: “israeli soldier added me on fb…he has an album of him in the army and one of him in poland crying about the holocaust. #hypocrisy.”
On February 6, 2012, Kollab tweeted: “‘@Dalia_xo: Zionist and their crocodile tears when they talk about the holocaust’ most annoying thing in the world.shut up nazis the sequel.”
On January 1, 2012, Kollab tweeted: “jewish settlers in palestine are the descendants of the nazis.”
On December 4, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “@ezeejaay @dotfuz shows how much you know.the first zionazi settlement was established in 1878.. WAY before the holocaust. educate yourself.”
On the same day, Kollab tweeted: “@Jewish_Hijabi so no, Palestinians will not try to expel all Jews. we have no problem with Jews, just murderous zionazis.”
On October 29, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “@viva_Israel @yelkhoudary typical nazi mentality. zionists are the spawn of hitler.”
On October 7, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “the US spent 1.4 trillion dollars on WW2 to defeat Hitler’s Nazi regime and has probably spent more funding Israel’s Nazi regime.”
On July 17, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “@Jew4palestine of course, holocaust was horrible. But it doesn’t give Israel excuse to do the same to #Palestinians.”
On July 6, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “there should one huge Arab. we would destroy the terrorist nazi state of #israel if we were truly unitebed.”
On June 26, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “@netanyahu shut up nazi”
Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories
On February 27, 2013, Kollab tweeted: “How can we be angry at misguided ppl in the West? The media and schools are the most powerful tools- both are full of Zionist propaganda.”
On July 28, 2012, Kollab tweeted: “@poetrazzete01 yup, zionist-owned media.”
On October 31, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “@MikeyChico Israel** runs America.”
Spreading Hatred of Israel
On August 16, 2017, Kollab tweeted: “Further proof that Israel is more about hatred and white supremacy than it is about world Jewry, in case you didn’t know.”
On January 1, 2017, Kollab tweeted: “Zionists will basically use every opportunity to use the words ‘Israeli’, ‘victim’, and ‘terrorist attack’ in the same sentence. “
On November 25, 2016, Kollab tweeted: “Every Palestinian get-together ever discussion topics include: Politics, religion, marriage, ye5reb bayt el e7telal [May he destroy the occupation’s house]”
On March 18, 2015, Kollab tweeted: “It’s amazing to me how absent the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians pre-1948 (what started it all) is from the ‘dialogue’ about the conflict.”
On June 24, 2014, Kollab tweeted a photo of Israeli soldiers grieving at the funeral of Yonatan Hadassi on July 20, 2006. Hadassi was killed the previous day in a battle with Hezbollah militants on the Lebanon border.
The photo Kollab tweeted featured a caption mocking the grief of Hadassi’s mourners, that read: “And after I shot his mother he threw a rock at me.” Kollab commented: “The struggle is too real out here.”
On March 17, 2014, Kollab tweeted: “Zionism: Exploiting actual suffering of Jews to further political gain at the expense of another people. What a disturbing ideology.”
On June 29, 2013, Kollab tweeted: “There’s actually nothing worse than a ‘sympathetic’ Zionist.”
On April 8, 2013, Kollab tweeted: “On Holocaust Remembrance Day, I feel for the victims whose deaths are sickeningly exploited to perpetuate ethnic cleansing today.”
On January 12, 2013, Kollab tweeted: “Anyone who says israelis are interested in peace is a lying scumbag. They don’t want anyone there except Jews, most preferably Ashkenazi.”
On November 18, 2012, Kollab tweeted photos from the Hindu genocide in East Pakistan in 1971, with the comment: “@DeStRoYeR3000x @WDammer William, are you SERIOUSLY debating that Islam is violent while israel does this?”
Kollab’s tweet that the victims photographed were Palestinians murdered by Israel.
On April 22, 2012, Kollab tweeted: “@Dilmunite @levantmelodies @madeinnablus we’re not comparing the #s of the holocaust to palestine. it’s the treatment of the ppl, inhumanity.”
On December 8, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “@IranianZionist @imNadZ jewish nationalism is just a term that makes zionism sound less blood-thirsty. nothing can justify israel’s actions.”
On November 2, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “@CptlConnection @lupefiasco Jews were not the only ones in holocaust. but they’re the only ones who are now slaughtering another people.”
On September 16, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “#LifeWouldBeBetter if #israel didnt exist.”
On July 6, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “@SalyaFalastenia yes inshallah! get rid of corrupt governments, focus on education and iman, become truly united, and Israel is no more :)”
On May 9, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “i cant sleep because im so annoyed of #israel’s existence. if i fail my final tomorrow, im blaming it on israel and obama’s stupid speech.”
Accusing Israel of Exploiting the Holocaust
On July 21, 2014, Kollab tweeted: “@KenScottE The favorite card of all Israel supporters is the Holocaust.”
On April 9, 2014, Kollab tweeted: “@hamzadawud you think? I feel like Israel will forever exploit the holocaust to further their political agenda :/”
On September 11, 2013, Kollab tweeted: “@NazzyCR7 Norm. Jewish. Constantly remind ppl of the Holocaust, relate those who did 9/11 to Nazis, justify Israel’s bloodlust. Disgusting.”
On June 26, 2013, Kollab tweeted: “Yet another way in which Israel and Zionists exploit the suffering of millions of Jews for their own murderous, selfish agenda.”
On January 13, 2013, Kollab tweeted: “#ZionistLies We are so hurt by the Holocaust.So much so that we’re going to exploit those ppl to further our own agenda of ethnic cleansing.”
On September 23, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “3 things every zionist MUST mention in every conversation: #iran, #giladshalit, and the #holocaust. perfect plan: induce fear and pity.”
On August 23, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “all they’re good at is crying.boohoo holocaust.boohoo we are always getting killed. garnering sympathy so they can kill as much as they want.”
Al Awda Activism
Kollab joined the closed Facebook group, “Al-Awda-Cleveland,” under her alias “Elle Kay,” on March 17, 2012.
On November 21, 2012, Kollab tweeted a photo from an Al-Awda protest in Cleveland against Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense (OPD) against Hamas and wrote: “Our protest for #Gaza today in Cleveland.”
On November 20, 2012, Kollab tweeted: “Protest tomorrow in Cleveland at Public Square, 4 pm in solidarity with #Gaza ! Be there or be square [ie. complicit to israeli war crimes].”
OPD was launched to stop Hamas rocket attacks from Gaza on Israeli civilians. From November 14 to November 21, 2012, Palestinian terrorist groups fired more than 1,506 rockets at Israel. The majority of those rockets struck Israel, damaging homes, schools and other civilian areas.
Human Rights Watch noted: “Palestinian armed groups made clear in their statements that harming civilians was their aim.”
Al Awda co-founder, Abbas Hamideh, led chants at the rally screaming[00:00:23]: “When people are occupied, resistance is justified” [00:01:39] and[00:03:36] “Israel is a terrorist state!” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Hamideh has confirmed this chant is a call to eliminate Israel.
Supporting BDS
On October 5, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “a girl in my class is drinking red vitamin water and I’m just imagining it to be blood. #kindacreepyiknow #cocacolaownseverything #BDS.”
On December 22, 2011, Kollab tweeted: “I love #BDS.”
On the same day, Kollab tweeted: “@EgyptoRican96 ew mcdonalds is disgusting and pays for the killing of palestinian children! boycott mcdonalds. #BDS.”
On March 6, 2013, Kollab tweeted: “‘@Tsharrafna: WOW. So impressed, such great news! #UCRdivest passed! Congratulations on the great work. #BDS’ yay!!!”
Anti-Jewish Social Media Connections
Kollab interacts with other Twitter users whose feeds are also replete with anti-Jewish hatred. Below are some representative connections and examples of social media posts evidencing their anti-Semitism:
Kollab has interacted for years on Twitter with Al Awda co-founder Abbas Hamideh, known for spreading anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel, denying Jewish history and supporting terrorism.
On October 10, 2016, Hamideh tweeted: “@ikhras you’re anti Semitic according to non Semitic shlomos from Poland .”
Hamideh was responding to another tweet praising a Palestinian terrorist for killing two and injuring six in a shooting at a Jerusalem light rail train station.
On May 26, 2016, Hamideh tweeted: “Zionism will end just like Nazism. You can have a chat with God afterward to guide you back to Poland, Russia or even Morocco #Palestine.”
On April 19, 2016, Hamideh denied the Jews’ historical connection to Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. He claimed on Facebook: “There is no Jewish history at the Al-Aqsa Compound. There’s nothing Jewish about the ‘Wailing Wall’ which is the side structure of Al-Aqsa. All that is fabricated.”
Kollab has also interacted on Twitter with anti-Semite and Holocaust denier Moe Hamdan.
On April 9, 2012, Hamdan tweeted: “@Michaellaax3 if you go to Starbucks your a jew Idc what you say n you will get knocked out.”
On October 11, 2012, when Kollab tweeted: “If I have to write a paper about the holocaust, I’m going to bring palestine into it and my professor better like it,” Hamdan responded: “@ellekay_ make sure you mention the fact that ‘The Holocaust’ never happened.”
Kollab is the sister of Ameed Kollab, whose Twitter feed is also filled with anti-Semitism. The two interact on social media.
On February 26, 2016, Kollab tweeted: “I have absolutely no problem with Jews, but Zionists are a whole other story. They are the cancer of the earth.”
On July 8, 2013, Kollab tweeted: “@MahdiJabr1 thirsty ass arabs jus lookin for easy hoes thats why they like jews.”
Kollab has interacted with Ahmad Jaber, who has spread anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry on Twitter.
On August 3, 2014 — responding to a tweet by the Jewish dating app Twitter account JSwipe, that read: “A Nice Jewish Girl On Every Swipe!” — Jaber tweeted: “@JSwipe go f**k urself u Zionist nazi murderers!”
On August 8, 2013, Jaber tweeted: “@rebel_flower_ @Suckerr_Free she looks amazing your such a hating a** Jew.”
BDS
The BDS movement was founded in 2005 by Omar Barghouti and asserts that it “works to end international support for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law.”
BDS initiatives include compelling institutions and individuals to divest from Israeli-affiliated companies, academic boycotts, anti-Israel rallies and protests.
The movement’s most notable achievement has been the infiltration of university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, backed by university anti-Israel affiliates, student governments have brought to vote on some form of boycott of — or divestment from — Israel and Israeli-affiliated entities. These resolutions, although non-binding, have been passed by student governments on numerous North American campuses.
BDS activity is often aggressive and disruptive. It has been noted that universities that pass BDS resolutions see a marked increase in anti-Semitic incidents on campus. In 2013, when the student government of the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) debated a BDS resolution, reports emerged of violent threats and the spitting on a student wearing a Star of David necklace. As a result, the student government chose to vote via a “secret ballot” in order to ensure its members’ safety.
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