PFLP

Academics & Education

Yale Law School scrubs references to administrator who is member of US-sanctioned terror financier Helyeh Doutaghi spoke at a Samidoun-sponsored event in Iran honoring Lebanese terrorist

March 6, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Yale Law School’s Law and Political Economy Project, an initiative funded by the left-wing William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, quietly deleted online references to its deputy director, Helyeh Doutaghi, who is also a member of the U.S.-sanctioned terrorist fundraising entity […]

Academics & Education

Yale Law School scholar is member of US-sanctioned terror fundraising organization Helyeh Doutaghi, deputy director of Yale Law School’s Law and Political Economy Project, placed on 'immediate administrative leave' as university investigates allegations

March 4, 2025   

(Free Beacon) A research scholar at Yale Law School also moonlights as a member of a U.S.-sanctioned terrorist fundraising entity, according to web postings reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. Those postings reveal that Helyeh Doutaghi, the deputy director of Yale Law […]

Cemeteries & Funerals

These Canadians went to the funeral for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon Among thousands of mourners packed into Lebanon’s largest sports arena was Charlotte Kates, the Vancouver-based co-founder of Samidoun

February 24, 2025   

(National Post) At least three Canadians were present at the recent funeral of the assassinated leader of Hezbollah — including the Vancouver-based founder of the designated terrorist group Samidoun. On Sunday, thousands of mourners packed into Lebanon’s largest sports arena for the […]

Demonstrations

Activists warn of emerging terror-linked group in Germany Activists and lawmakers have called on Germany and Europe to ban Masar Badil, a group that promotes 'armed struggle,' commended the October 7 massacre, and maintains ties with Hamas and PFLP.

February 18, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) Hamas officials starring in online sessions, summer camps for youth promoting radicalizing ideologies, and protests calling to “defeat the European Union” — all of these are led on European soil by Masar Badil, an emerging organization with ties to officials […]

Academics & Education

Georgetown Law event with PFLP terror group member postponed The university told Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) it is conducting a ‘serious investigation’

February 10, 2025   

(Jewish Insider) A discussion scheduled for Tuesday at Georgetown University Law Center featuring a convicted member of the U.S.-designated terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is being postponed so that the university can “conduct a serious investigation,” Jewish Insider […]

Academics & Education

Georgetown Law student group to host convicted member of PFLP terror group The school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter plans to host a discussion with Ribhi Karajah, who was imprisoned in Israel for failing to disclose his prior knowledge of a deadly terror attack

February 5, 2025   

(Jewish Insider) A member of the U.S.-designated terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who failed to disclose to authorities his prior knowledge of the 2019 bombing that killed an Israeli teenager is scheduled to speak at a Georgetown University […]

News Media

WaPo issues ‘clarification’ acknowledging it cited sanctioned terror financier in piece on ‘Palestinian prisoners’ 'A previous version of this article referred to Samidoun as an activist network that supports Palestinian prisoners'

January 28, 2025   

(Free Beacon) The Washington Post quietly amended a piece on “Palestinian prisoners” to note that the original version cited the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network without mentioning that the group is sanctioned in the United States for funding the Popular Front for […]

Academics & Education

Washington Post cites sanctioned terror financier Samidoun in sympathetic piece highlighting ‘Palestinian prisoners’ freed In one case, WaPo described the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror org as a 'small leftist armed group'

January 27, 2025   

(Free Beacon) The Washington Post cited the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, an anti-Semitic organization under U.S. sanctions for providing material support to terrorists, in a sympathetic piece highlighting the “Palestinian prisoners” freed as part of the Israel-Hamas hostage deal. The Post described […]

Academics & Education

Man convicted of deadly synagogue bombing in France not teaching at Carleton this semester In the fall, Hassan Diab taught a course that referenced his own Canadian extradition case. Carleton said this week he no longer works there

January 10, 2025   

(National Post) Hassan Diab, the Ottawa sociology professor who was convicted in absentia in 2023 of a deadly synagogue bombing in France, is “not currently employed” at Carleton University, the school says. In the fall, Diab taught a course at Carleton called […]

Demonstrations

New Palestinian terror group’s flag displayed New Year’s Eve in Toronto The flag emblazoned with two war guns represents the Lions' Den, a group that has reportedly carried out more than 100 terror attacks

January 2, 2025   

(Toronto Sun) Toronto Police are now investigating after [a] troubling flag emblazoned with two M4 carbine guns that represents a known Middle East terror group was displayed at a downtown rally on New [Year’s] Eve. “The Hate Crime Unit is investigating this […]

Internet

Germany turned blind eye against PFLP website run on German servers, report reveals The German company that provides [servers] to the PFLP admitted to BR24 that it had done so, and that it had taken appropriate action.

December 12, 2024   

(Jerusalem Post) The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was operating its website with the help of German and Canadian servers until mid-October 2024, German public broadcaster BR24 revealed following an investigation. An IT expert confirmed the findings. According to […]

Legal

French court orders release of Lebanese militant imprisoned since 1984 for Paris killings Georges Ibrahim Abdallah was convicted over 1982 murders of two foreign diplomats in Paris

November 15, 2024   

(National-UAE) A French court on Friday ordered the release of pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, jailed for 40 years after being convicted over the killing of two foreign diplomats, prosecutors said. The court said Abdallah, first detained in 1984 and convicted […]

Crime

Hamas tied to Amsterdam pogrom, Israeli officials say A Dutch Palestinian group is identified as the primary organization behind the coordinated attack on sports fans, among others associated with PFLP.

November 13, 2024 and   

(Israel Hayom) Israeli intelligence officials have identified Dutch organizations with Hamas ties as primary instigators of last week’s disturbances in Amsterdam, according to a report released Wednesday by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs. The report details how several local organizations allegedly utilized […]

Interfaith

Soros-backed dark money giant bankrolled the fiscal sponsor of US-designated terror financier Samidoun, tax forms show Tides Foundation’s donors include George Soros and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

November 13, 2024   

(Free Beacon) The Tides Foundation, a left-wing dark money giant backed by George Soros and other progressive billionaires, bankrolled the fiscal sponsor of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, an anti-Semitic group sanctioned in the United States for providing financial support to […]

Academics & Education

Columbia student group rejects Veterans Day to hold ‘Martyrs Day’ event 'A day to honor the patriotism, love of country, and sacrifice of those martyrs,' writes anti-Israel group Columbia University Apartheid Divest

November 11, 2024   

(Free Beacon) Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), the infamous anti-Israel student group, protested Veterans Day by hosting a “Martyrs Day” event honoring “those martyred by the Israel-US war machine.” In an Instagram post, CUAD, which has celebrated Hamas terrorists and praised attacks […]

Academics & Education

Terrorist convicted of murdering 4 in Paris synagogue is lecturer at Canadian university Dr. Hassan Diab was convicted in France and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of four people, including one Israeli, in a terrorist attack in Paris in 1980

November 3, 2024   

(Ynet) Dr. Hassan Diab, a Lebanese terrorist with Canadian citizenship, who was convicted in a French court and sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in a terrorist attack on a synagogue in Paris 44 years ago, accepted a teaching position at […]

Government & Politics

UN official withdraws from Montreal conference featuring Canadian leader of Samidoun terror group An updated list of individuals participating in the inaugural 'Coordinating Council 4 Palestine' conference has removed Albanese's name as the keynote speaker on Saturday evening

November 1, 2024   

(National Post) United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese has withdrawn from a Montreal conference featuring Charlotte Kates, the founder of Samidoun, a designated terror group. An updated list of individuals participating in the inaugural “Coordinating Council 4 Palestine” […]

Demonstrations

When does free speech cross the line into breaking U.S. anti-terrorism laws? Former federal officials say the FBI should open a criminal investigation into a New Jersey native who leads a pro-Hamas nonprofit group. Civil rights advocates say she’s engaged in political speech.

November 1, 2024 and   

(NBC) Charlotte Kates, a New Jersey native and Rutgers Law School graduate who co-founded the pro-Hamas organization Samidoun, has become the focus of an ongoing legal debate: When does free speech cross the line into breaking federal anti-terrorism laws? Over the last […]

Government & Politics

Controversial UN official to speak at Montreal event featuring leader of designated terror group Charlotte Kates is on a panel at the 'Coordinating Council 4 Palestine' conference and Francesca Albanese will give the concluding keynote address

October 31, 2024   

(National Post) Francesca Albanese, the embattled United Nations special rapporteur overseeing the Palestinian territories, is set to headline a Montreal event featuring Charlotte Kates, a leader of Samidoun, a designated terror group. The inaugural “Coordinating Council 4 Palestine” conference will be held on […]

Academics & Education

Who is Samidoun’s Charlotte Kates, the face of Canada’s newest terrorist entity? Kates made headlines in the spring after Vancouver police arrested her for praising the October 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel as 'heroic and brave'

October 19, 2024   

(National Post) It was September 2000, and Charlotte Kates was in college when violence erupted in the West Bank and Gaza. It was the beginning of what would become known as the second intifada — a violent uprising whose Arabic name means […]

Demonstrations

Samidoun on terror radar of watchdog groups for years Described as a 'sham charity' that fundraises for terrorist groups, Samidoun was declared a terrorist entity by Canada and the U.S. this week

October 16, 2024   

(Toronto Sun) Wednesday’s joint declaration of Vancouver-based Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network as a terrorist entity by both Canada and the United States was a long time coming, says one prominent terror watchdog. Gerald Steinberg, president of the Jerusalem-based research institute NGO […]

Academics & Education

The US sanctioned an anti-Israel group for backing terrorists. Months ago, its leaders were hobnobbing with Columbia University students Samidoun, an arm of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, props up anti-Israel campus activism

October 15, 2024 and   

(Free Beacon) The U.S. Department of Treasury, in a joint action with the Canadian government, sanctioned the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and one of its leaders for providing material support to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a […]

Academics & Education

Pro-Hamas group that helped organize college protests is a ‘sham charity,’ Treasury says In an interview with NBC News earlier this month, a co-founder of the group known as Samidoun called Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel 'a brave and heroic operation.'

October 15, 2024 , and   

(NBC) A pro-Hamas organization that has helped organize protests on American college campuses is a “sham charity” that fundraises for a terrorist group, the Treasury Department said Tuesday. In a joint action by the U.S. and Canadian governments, the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner […]

Demonstrations

Canada designates Samidoun a terrorist entity after ‘death to Canada’ chant 'The listing of Samidoun as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code sends a strong message that Canada will not tolerate this type of activity'

October 15, 2024   

(National Post) Samidoun, a Vancouver-based anti-Israel organization, has been designated as a terror group in both Canada and the United States. “The listing of Samidoun as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code sends a strong message that Canada will not tolerate […]

Demonstrations

Samidoun doubles down, says ‘death to Canada’ an accurate summation of its goals 'We acknowledge that the community was shocked by the phrase, and the burning of the Canadian flag ... Yet, we at Samidoun stand by this phrase as the call to action that it is'

October 14, 2024   

(National Post) After Samidoun was roundly condemned for chanting “death to Canada” at a Vancouver rally celebrating the one-year anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attacks, the anti-Israel group has doubled down on the slogan, saying it’s an accurate representation of what […]

Government & Politics

Dutch lawmakers call on gov’t to ban terror-linked Samidoun NGO 'Organizations like Samidoun, which spread antisemitism and glorify terror, do not belong in the Netherlands,' sponsors of the resolution said.

October 9, 2024   

(JNS) The Dutch House of Representatives approved a resolution on Tuesday calling on their government to designate the Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network as a terrorist organization and ban its activities in the country. The measure, submitted by opposition lawmakers from the […]

Demonstrations

Liberals ‘considering all options’ over pro-terror group Samidoun; Poilievre vows to ban it Poilievre's promise follows calls from national Jewish advocacy organizations

October 8, 2024   

(National Post) The federal Liberal government says it is “considering all options” when it comes to listing the group Samidoun as a terrorist entity, which Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre vowed on Tuesday to do, should his party form the next government. Poilievre’s […]

Crime

Vancouver pro-Palestinian leader praises ‘heroic’ October 7 massacre on Iranian TV Charlotte Kates is the coordinator of the Vancouver-headquartered Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network

August 15, 2024   

(National Post) Charlotte Kates, the international coordinator for Samidoun, appeared on Iranian television to discuss her arrest at the hands of Vancouver police, and reiterated her statements about the “brave, heroic” October 7 terror attack on Israel. Kates, who’s also the coordinator […]

Clerics & Preachers

PFLP-affiliated NGO leader ‘extremist hate preacher’ may be kicked out of Belgium 'The asylum procedure is for those fleeing war or unjust persecution. There is no place for people who pose a danger to society,' said Belgian immigration minister.

July 18, 2024   

(Jerusalem Post) A leader in an NGO affiliated with a Palestinian terrorist group may have his refuge[e] status in Belgium revoked over his extremist activism, the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network said in a statement on Tuesday. Samidoun Europe coordinator Mohammed Khatib […]

Academics & Education

IRS under pressure to pull tax-exempt status for pro-Hamas groups fomenting unrest Network of groups that encouraged BLM riots now bankrolling anti-Israel violence, Jim Banks says

July 2, 2024   

(Free Beacon) The IRS is under renewed congressional pressure to pull the tax-exempt status for several key U.S.-based nonprofits that are fomenting pro-Hamas protests across the country just years after they played a leading role in the anti-police riots that erupted as […]

Demonstrations

Hezbollah, Hamas terror banners flown openly at NYC pro-Palestinian protest WOL leader Nerdeen Kiswani was flanked by a banner of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades spokesperson Abu Obaida. At least three Hezbollah flags, four Hamas flags, and one Lions' Den [flag] were present.

June 30, 2024   

(Jerusalem Post) Multiple flags and banners of terrorist organizations were flown at a New York City anti-Israel protest against President Joe Biden on Friday, according to videos published by Within Our Lifetime. At the Manhattan Center, WOL leader Nerdeen Kiswani was flanked […]

Academics & Education

Daughter of ‘Palestine Chronicle’ editor works for American Muslims for Palestine Anti-Israel org is facing lawsuit alleging it provides 'substantial assistance' to Hamas

June 11, 2024   

(Free Beacon) The daughter of Palestine Chronicle editor in chief Ramzy Baroud works for American Muslims for Palestine, a leading anti-Israel group that has defended Hamas terrorism and spearheaded anti-Semitic campus protests — activism that prompted Israeli terror victims to sue the […]

Crime

‘Long live October 7’ chanted in defiance of Vancouver police, calls for global intifada sound Masir Badil Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement leader and alleged PFLP operative Khaled Barakat led the Canadian crowd in chants of 'long live October 7.'

May 31, 2024   

(Jerusalem Post) A protest in Vancouver praised the October 7 massacre as the beginning of a global intifada on Monday, in support of an anti-Israel [activist] who had been arrested and was facing possible charges after glorifying the pogrom and advocating for […]