Articles by Alana Goodman

Books

Mahmood Mamdani, credited with shaping son Zohran’s thinking, wrote of ‘moral equivalence’ between 9/11 and US war on terror Zohran Mamdani has said he edits his father's speeches and writings and has described his father as an intellectual influence

July 31, 2025   

(Free Beacon) New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s father wrote shortly after 9/11 that there was a “moral equivalence” between the al Qaeda attack and retaliatory U.S. bombing of Afghanistan. “There is an eerie similarity between the American bombing of Iraq […]

Academics & Education

Sham Palestinian charity sanctioned over work with Hamas has also partnered with elite US universities Addameer, now on the Treasury Department's list of terror financiers, has partnered with universities like Harvard, Yale, and Cornell to spread anti-Israel propaganda

June 12, 2025   

(Free Beacon) A sham Palestinian charity added to the U.S. terrorist sanctions list this week has worked closely with elite American universities — including Harvard, Yale, and Columbia — to promote anti-Israel propaganda. The U.S. Department of the Treasury said the West […]

Academics & Education

Mohsen Mahdawi, in deportation battle with Trump admin, bragged to neighbors about building guns for terrorists According to a 2015 police report and locals who spoke with the Free Beacon, the Columbia University activist said he 'like[d] to kill Jews'

May 7, 2025   

(Free Beacon) A Palestinian activist at Columbia University spooked neighbors in his small Vermont town by bragging about his hatred of Jews and his background of building weapons for terrorist groups, according to interviews and 2015 police records obtained by the Washington […]

Academics & Education

Dem senator visits detained Columbia activist who said he ‘can empathize’ with Hamas’s decision to massacre Jews 'I'm here with our friend from the Upper Valley,' Peter Welch tells Mohsen Mahdawi

April 22, 2025 and   

(Free Beacon) Sen. Peter Welch (D., Vt.) visited detained Columbia University activist Mohsen Mahdawi on Monday, calling him a “friend” and praising his work with “Jewish brothers and sisters” on Columbia’s campus. In the wake of Oct. 7, Mahdawi said he could […]

Academics & Education

CAIR seeks to block Columbia University from submitting SJP-related protest records to Congress The Ivy League school appears to be withholding information from federal lawmakers as a result of CAIR's suit

April 10, 2025   

(Free Beacon) The Council on American-Islamic Relations is seeking to block Columbia University from turning over records to Congress this week related to the pro-Hamas group Students for Justice in Palestine’s activities on campus, court filings reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon […]

Academics & Education

Foreign Cornell activist: Threats of deportation deprive my friends of their ‘rights to listen’ to my pro-Hamas rhetoric Momodou Taal, a British national, celebrated Oct. 7 and called on classmates to take their 'cue from the armed resistance in Palestine'

March 19, 2025   

(Free Beacon) A foreign graduate student and protest leader at Cornell University is suing the Trump administration over its executive order calling to expel pro-Hamas visa holders, arguing that the order has forced him to withdraw from “public engagement” and thus “deprived” […]

Government & Politics

Ex-USAID official says Biden ditched vetting reforms as his administration steered grants to terror supporters 'Vast sums of U.S. money have been diverted to fund terrorists in Gaza, Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan,' says Max Primorac

February 26, 2025   

(Free Beacon) The Biden administration ditched the first Trump administration’s U.S. Agency for International Development vetting reforms — and went on to send “vast sums of U.S. money” to Middle Eastern countries that ended up in the hands of terrorists, a former […]

Government & Politics

Biden renominates board member at anti-Israel group to Small Business Administration Senate Republicans blocked Dilawar Syed's nomination in 2021 over affiliation with anti-Israel group Emgage

January 3, 2023   

(Free Beacon) The Biden administration will renominate a board member at an anti-Israel group to help lead the Small Business Administration, one year after the nominee was blocked by Republicans, according to the Wall Street Journal. Dilawar Syed served on the board […]

Interfaith

‘Lady al Qaeda’ blamed Jews for her conviction. Her allies can’t figure why a gunman attacked synagogue in her name CAIR and Siddiqui attorney scramble to avoid blame for terrorist attack on Texas synagogue

January 17, 2022   

(Free Beacon) The Council on American-Islamic Relations denied any connection between the terror attack at a Texas synagogue and its campaign to free imprisoned terrorist Aafia Siddiqui, one day after a fanatical gunman took Jewish congregants hostage to demand Siddiqui’s release. CAIR […]