| Name: | Yasmeen Mashayekh, Student, University of Southern California |
| Twitter handle: | @YFalasteen |
| On Twitter since: | May 2020 |
| Twitter follower count as of April 2022: | 973 |
| Notable because: | She’s posted threats and incitement against Jews, including, “I want to kill every motherf*cking Zionist” |
Summary
In 2021, while a student at the University of Southern California, Yasmeen Mashayekh posted a series of Tweets under the handle @YFalasteen, in which she said:
- “I want to kill every motherfucking Zionist” (source)
- “Yes I fucking love hamas now stfu” (source)
- “Zionists are going to fucking pay” (source)
Each of these Tweets is an egregious violation of Twitter’s policies.
The disclosure of Mashayekh’s Twitter activity, by watchdog Canary Mission, and USC’s decision to take no punitive action against her — especially since was on the USC Viterbi Graduate Student “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” committee — gained significant coverage in certain sectors of the media:
USC student ‘diversity’ senator facing backlash for anti-Israel tweets – NY Post, December 18, 2021.
USC in Free Speech Furor Over Student Who Tweeted ‘I Want to Kill Every Motherf-cking Zionist’ and More – LA Magazine, December 17, 2021.
USC administration’s response to anti-Semitism comes under the microscope – Jewish News Syndicate, December 30, 2021.
Despite Mashayekh’s clear-cut violations of its policies, as of April 12, 2022, Twitter allows her account to remain active.
Here’s a video summary of Mashayekh’s Twitter activity by Canary Mission: