Samidoun

Government & Politics

Federal government is ‘urgently’ trying to dissolve B.C.-based terror group Samidoun, Joly says ‘It is completely unacceptable that any organization listed as a terrorist entity ... continues to exist as a federally registered not-for-profit organization,’ Joly wrote

September 11, 2025   

(National Post) The Canadian government is “urgently” looking for a way to dissolve the not-for-profit status of Samidoun, a Vancouver-based anti-Israel organization that has been [designated] as a terror group, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly announced on social media on Thursday. “It is […]

Demonstrations

Group calls for ban on display, distribution of terror symbols, literature Current laws don't specifically criminalize displaying or distributing materials promoting [outlawed] terror groups

September 8, 2025   

(Toronto Sun) With anti-Israel activism within Canada showing no sign of diminishing, one group is urging the government to close loopholes in Canada’s terror laws. In a new initiative, Canadian Women Against Antisemitism (CWAA) want sections of the Criminal Code of Canada […]

Demonstrations

Same network, new names: Terror front Samidoun secretly operates in US, Canada via proxies post-ban Most of the terror front's proxies were formed to have the same anti-Zionist, anti-US, Marxist-Leninist mission that defined Samidoun’s activism.

September 4, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) The United States and Canada banned the terrorist front group Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in October 2024, but the organization has continued to operate freely in these countries through a network of agents, shell organizations, and newly created proxy […]

Alcohol & Drugs

Hezbollah, other terror groups actively fundraising in Canada: government report Lebanese terror group Hezbollah is active in Canadian drug, stolen car trade, says new Department of Finance report

September 4, 2025   

(Toronto Sun) Canada’s “open and accessible” financial sector is vulnerable to terror groups looking to finance their overseas operations, a new government report details. The report, entitled 2025 Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks in Canada, was quietly released by […]

News: Europe

Activist from terrorist-linked group joins latest Gaza flotilla with Greta Thunberg Abubakra is one of the founders of Masar Badil, as well as the coordinator for the Madrid chapter of the Samidoun Prisoner Solidarity Network.

August 31, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) An activist with an organization designated by Israel as a terrorist front group is participating in the newest flotilla launched by activists on Sunday to break the blockade around Gaza. Jaldia Abubakra embarked from Barcelona on a ship, according to […]

Government & Politics

Samidoun still active as not-for-profit corporation despite feds’ terror designation Vancouver-based organization was listed as terrorist entity under Criminal Code of Canada in 2024

August 26, 2025   

(Toronto Sun) Despite declaring a Vancouver-based “sham charity” a terrorist organization nearly a year ago, Canada still refuses to revoke its status as a not-for-profit corporation. In October 2024, former public safety minister Dominic LeBlanc listed Vancouver-based Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network […]

Academics & Education

Major European universities foster ‘climate of fear’ for Jewish students, report finds A comprehensive study details the normalization of antisemitism, glorification of terror, and widespread Holocaust distortion across campuses in nine countries.

August 26, 2025   

(Israel Hayom) A new report published by B’nai B’rith International, the European Union of Jewish Students, and the German think tank Democ found that in nine of Europe’s key countries there is “a climate of fear and exclusion at European universities.” The […]

Academics & Education

Cotton to IRS: Investigate terrorist-supporting Palestinian Youth Movement The group maintains ties to terror orgs and is illegally receiving tax-exempt donations, Arkansas senator says

August 22, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) on Friday formally petitioned the IRS to investigate the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) — a “virulently antisemitic” activist group that released maggots into Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hotel room last year — for potential […]

Crime

Berlin police arrest nearly 200 at pro-Palestinian protest Demonstrators chanted slogans glorifying Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and denying Israel’s right to exist.

August 20, 2025   

(European Conservative) A pro-Palestinian demonstration near the German Chancellery on Monday night ended with 188 arrests after protesters chanted slogans glorifying Hamas leaders and rejecting the existence of Israel. According to Berlin police, around 150 demonstrators marched from a protest camp on […]

Clerics & Preachers

Belgium revokes refugee status of Samidoun head Mohammed Khatib Samidoun itself released a statement on Thursday confirming the news, and informing of Khatib's intention to appeal the decision to the Council for Asylum and Immigration Proceedings.

August 7, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) The Belgian Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) has revoked the refugee status of the European head of the pro-Palestine group Samidoun. Former secretary of state for asylum and migration Nicole De Moor (CD&V) requested […]

Government & Politics

Samidoun added to Belgium’s extremism [watchlist], first [step] towards ban According to Israel’s National Bureau for Counter-Terror Financing, Samidoun plays a leading role in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’s (PFLP) anti-Israel propaganda efforts, fundraising and activist recruitment.

July 4, 2025   

(European Jewish Press) The Belgian federal government has announced that the pro-Palestinian organization Samidoun will be added to the OCAD database — Belgium’s official registry for tracking terrorism, extremism, and radicalization, a move which is seen as a first step towards a […]

Demonstrations

Brussels mayor told of pro-terror content of Samidoun’s Resistance Festival prior to event This comes despite Mayor Spinette of Saint-Gilles claiming that 'the information in our possession did not allow for a priori prohibition without jeopardizing freedom of expression.'

June 19, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) The mayor of the Brussels municipality in which Samidoun’s reenactment of the October 7 massacre took place had been informed before the day of the event’s expected nature, despite claiming there was no indication that such scenes would occur. This […]

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 […]

Demonstrations

Pro-Palestinian activists dress as Hamas, re-enact Oct 7 massacre in Brussels Israel’s ambassador to Belgium, Idit Rosenzweig-Abu, posted a video on X, saying she 'just couldn’t believe it’s real, but it is.'

June 9, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) Pro-Palestinian activists dressed as Hamas terrorists reenacted the October 7 massacre in central Brussels during the third annual Samidoun-organized “Resistance Festival,” which ran from June 6 to Sunday, June 8. Videos from the event show masked men in keffiyehs and […]

Crime

Jewish groups call on crown to take action against terror leader Samidoun leader Charlotte Kates used the D.C. murders of two Israeli embassy workers as a call for action against supporters of Israel

May 25, 2025   

(Toronto Sun) Canadian Jewish groups are calling on the B.C. Prosecution Service to follow through with charges against a Canadian terrorist group leader, particularly after recent social media posts glorifying the gunman who killed two Israeli embassy workers. Charlotte Kates, a leader […]

Government & Politics

Belgian MP Sam van Rooy: ‘Europe must wake up to the threat of radical Islam’ 'Israel is fighting Islamic jihad more than any other country. We should realize that and support them. After they take Jerusalem, the next target will be Rome.'

April 30, 2025   

(JNS) Belgian Member of Parliament Sam van Rooy issued a stark warning on Monday about the future of Europe, arguing that rising Islamic extremism and unchecked immigration are threatening democratic values across the continent. “We want to remain a democratic society, but […]

Academics & Education

Yale derecognizes Students for Justice in Palestine chapter after group blocks Jewish students’ access to parts of campus The Ivy League university also promised that student agitators would face 'immediate disciplinary action'

April 23, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Yale University stripped the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter, Yalies4Palestine, of its status as a recognized student group on Wednesday after it established a short-lived encampment. The decision may give insight into how Yale president Maurie McInnis, […]

Demonstrations

‘They walk our streets’: Hezbollah instills fear in Spanish Jews as gov’t fails to confront terror cells The arrest of three suspects accused of building exploding drones in the city center has raised alarms about terrorist activity and rising antisemitism in Europe

April 4, 2025   

(Media Line) Spanish police arrested three individuals in Barcelona on April 1 for allegedly manufacturing exploding drones on behalf of Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based group designated as a terrorist organization by both the United States and the European Union. The arrests took place […]

Academics & Education

Yale Law School terminates scholar amid terrorist link allegations, cites ‘refusal to cooperate’ Three weeks after first being put on administrative leave, Yale Law School is terminating Helyeh Doutaghi’s employment, citing her refusal to cooperate with the process.

March 28, 2025   

(Yale Daily News) Three weeks after being placed on administrative leave, Yale Law School is terminating associate research scholar Helyeh Doutaghi’s contract, citing her “refusal to cooperate.” Doutaghi was put on “immediate administrative leave” on March 4, following allegations that she is […]

Academics & Education

Columbia activists worked with Hamas, captors told rescued hostage Shlomi Ziv Shlomi Ziv's Hamas captor told him that Hamas provided financial support to CUAD and the Columbia AMP/NSJP affiliates for the encampment.

March 25, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) Hamas kidnappers told rescued hostage Shlomi Ziv the terrorist organization had operatives on American campuses, according to a Monday lawsuit by October 7 victims, with the terrorists showing him articles and photographs of Columbia University protests. In a lawsuit filed […]

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” […]

Cemeteries & Funerals

Community calls for action after the Canadian director of a terror group attended the funeral of Hezbollah’s leader in Beirut Charlotte Kates of Samidoun travelled to the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated by Israel.

March 19, 2025   

(Canadian Jewish News) The director of Vancouver-based Samidoun — which is listed as a terrorist entity by Canada and the United States — travelled to Beirut last month to attend the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah. While this may have provoked outrage in […]

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 […]

Clerics & Preachers

Global Imams Council calls on Canada to stamp out Islamic extremism With the approach of Ramadan, the imams and Spadina-Fort York MP Kevin Vuong said more needs to be done to stamp out Islamic extremism in Canada

February 27, 2025   

(Toronto Sun) With Canada turning a worrying blind eye towards Islamic extremism, a group of imams are taking a stand against dangerous ideologies. Speaking at a press conference on Parliament Hill on Thursday, Spadina-Fort York MP Kevin Vuong called on both government […]

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

Terrorists use AI on social media to incite attacks against Jews in U.S., report finds Canadians are also susceptible to tactics used by terrorists online. 'There’s no differentiation just because we have a physical border,' says Marc Ginsberg, founder of the group behind the report

February 6, 2025   

(National Post) A new report says that terrorist groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda use AI on social media to inspire lone wolf attacks against the Jewish community in the United States. But Canadians are not exempt from this kind of targeted […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]