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CAM Monitoring Exposes Pervasiveness of Pro-Terror Instagram Content Spread by SJP

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Since last summer, the Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) by CAM has rigorously monitored Instagram content promoted by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and similar groups that glorifies, or presents sympathetically, U.S.-designated terrorist organizations, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

Extolling terrorism violates Meta’s community standards, and CAM has reported the posts in question to Meta, urging the social media giant to examine and take down the problematic content, and Meta has been responsive in some cases.

Recently, in the time period of Feb. 27-March 7, the ARC documented a flurry of posts violating Meta’s community standards, including several on March 7 lionizing Basel Al-Araj, a Palestinian terrorist killed in a shootout with Israeli police in 2017.

The posts from this nine-day period can be seen below, and are indicative of the disturbing extend of pro-terrorism content disseminated online by SJP and its ilk. CAM calls on Meta to continue enforcing its own Community Standards by removing such content, and also permanently ban SJP chapters that regularly peddle antisemitic hatred.

February 27, 2025:

  1. In its Story, SJP at Cal Poly Pomona said in reference to U.S. President Trump, “Step foot in [Gaza] and you’ll see that you won’t get far.” This is clearly a threat, violating Meta’s prohibition on “Coded statements where the method of violence is not clearly articulated, but the threat is veiled or implicit.”
  2. In its Story, National SJP promoted slides created by Georgetown Law’s SJP that express support for Ribhi Karajah, a PFLP member who served prison time in Israel for his role in a 2019 bombing in which a 17-year-old Israeli girl was murdered. Meta forbids “Glorification, Support, and Representation” of terrorists.
  3. In its Story, SJP at University of Pittsburgh shared an image of an article — a letter from the editors, which is not news reporting — that quoted PFLP founder George Habash. Meta forbids “Directly quoting a designated entity without caption that condemns, neutrally discusses, or is a part of news reporting.” The article is polemical and anti-Israel, signifying that the Habash quote is not accompanied by condemnations or neutral discussions.

March 3, 2025:

  1. In its Story, John Jay SJP shared an image of demonstrators wearing a Hamas headband. The caption of the original post slurs “Zionists in the US,” indicating that the image of the Hamas supporter is meant to glorify him. Meta forbids “Glorification, Support, and Representation” of terrorism.

March 7, 2025:

    1. In its Story, SJP at California State University, Fullerton shared a post glorifying Basel Al-Araij, whom Israeli police said in 2017 “directed [a terrorist] cell and was responsible for purchasing the weaponry.” Meta forbids “Glorification, Support, and Representation” of terrorists.
    2. In its Story, John Jay SJP shared a post glorifying Basel Al-Araij.
    3. In its Story, SJP at Loyola Marymount University shared a post glorifying Basel Al-Araij.
    4. In its Story, SJP at Seattle University shared a post glorifying Basel Al-Araij.
    5. In its Story, SJP at The New School shared a post glorifying Basel Al-Araij.
    6. In its Story, SJP at University of California, Santa Cruz shared a post glorifying Basel Al-Araij.
    7. In its Story, Palestine Solidarity Committee at University of New Hampshire shared a post glorifying Basel Al-Araij.
    8. In its Story, SJP at University of Wisconsin, Madison promoted a reading group dedicated to books authored by Ghassan Kanafani, member of the PFLP terrorist group. The original post markets the reading group as a “fundraiser for Palestinians,” indicating that the SJP chapter is not seeking to neutrally discuss Kanafani’s work but to promote and glorify it. Meta forbids “Glorification, Support, and Representation: of terrorists, “their leaders, founders or prominent members, as well as unclear references to them.”
    9. In its Story, SJP at University of Vermont shared a post glorifying Basel Al-Araij.

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