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Barakat, when consulted about the pertinence of the “Ceasefire Now!” slogan used by people sympathetic with the Palestinian Liberation cause worldwide as well as by many governments around the world, commented that no one in Gaza demands ceasefire because that plays into the narrative of two equal forces in a battlefield, when in reality the Palestinian Resistance can not be equated to the Israeli occupation in any way militarily, politically, or morally. However, he added that we have to look at who are demanding ceasefire in Gaza. “There are those who want this massacre to end; they want this genocide to stop,” he commented, referring to the demonstrations held worldwide in solidarity with the Palestinian people in recent days. “On an international level, in demonstrations, when someone chants ceasefire and people repeat that, our role, I think, is actually not to say we don’t want ceasefire, but to explain that the content of this is to stop the aggression, the Israeli aggression, and to ensure that the Palestinian resistance comes out victorious.” “For national liberation movements, for people being subjugated to ethnic cleansing and genocide, if you ask them to stop their fire, it’s just misleading,” Barakat continued. “And to be honest with you sometimes some groups that would adopt the ceasefire slogan, I think they care about the Israelis captured in Gaza. If there were no Israelis captured in Gaza, they would probably not demand ceasefire. Then again, some groups want ceasefire because they really want ceasefire. They’re buying into this ceasefire narrative… It depends who is saying this and how they are saying this. But as a movement, I won’t adopt or condone this slogan.” Additionally he pointed out “we cannot adopt slogans that don’t have content and meaning… we have to start giving content to these slogans.”

Special Interview With Khaled Barakat: Gaza Demands End of Genocide, Not ‘Ceasefire’

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Terror Group Leader Who Trained Columbia Students on ‘Palestinian Resistance’ Attends Hezbollah Chief’s Funeral

Among a crowd mourning Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah's death and chanting "Death to Israel, death to America" in Beirut on Sunday was Cha

by Jessica Costescu

'The fact is that October 7 changed the world … we saw the potential of a future for Palestine liberated from Zionism,' Samidoun's Charlotte Kates told Columbia students

Jessica Costescu

February 25, 2025

Among a crowd mourning Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah's death and chanting "Death to Israel, death to America" in Beirut on Sunday was Charlotte Kates, a leader of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, which the United States sanctioned for providing financial support to terrorists. Just last spring, she was instructing Columbia University students on "Palestinian resistance" tactics.

Tens of thousands of black-clad mourners flooded the funeral at Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Lebanon’s largest sports arena. They vowed support for Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terrorist group that began attacking Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, in solidarity with its ally, Hamas, following the latter’s Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli civilians. Israel, in response to Hezbollah’s assaults, invaded Lebanon and killed Nasrallah on Sept. 27, 2024.

"It is such an honor to be here in Beirut today, one among a sea of over a million people in collective tribute, mourning, love and commitment to the road of resistance and liberation exemplified by Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Sayyed Hisham Safieddine," Kates posted to X on Sunday with photos of the crowd.

"The masses are truly out in the streets, affirming the indelible living legacy of the great anti-imperialist leader of our day, the great Arab and international revolutionary, the beloved speaker of truth and warrior of justice," Kates, Samidoun’s international coordinator, added.

In October, the United States sanctioned Samidoun and Kates’s husband, Khaled Barakat, for providing support to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a terrorist organization that participated in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack. Less than a year before Nasrallah’s funeral, Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD)—the Ivy League school’s most notorious anti-Semitic student group—invited Kates and Barakat, a PFLP member, to deliver speeches on "the fight for liberation," as part of a lecture titled "Palestinian Resistance 101." Shortly after the event, which the Washington Free Beacon attended virtually, Columbia student radicals launched the anti-Israel encampment and eventually stormed a campus building.

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Four Columbia students suspended, evicted from University housing following unauthorized ‘Resistance 101’ event

<i>Updated on April 5 at 6:12 p.m.</i>

BY SARAH HUDDLESTON, MAYA STAHL, AND CHRIS MENDELL

Columbia indefinitely suspended four students and gave them 24 hours’ notice of eviction from University housing on Wednesday night for their alleged involvement in an unauthorized March 24 “Resistance 101” event, according to a document obtained by Spectator and interviews with affected students.

The University initially suspended six students and notified them of eviction, but lifted sanctions on two students on Thursday, a Columbia College sophomore whose suspension was lifted told Spectator. The sophomore said he was not involved in organizing nor did he attend the event, but lives in the residence hall where the panel was held.

In a document from the Center for Student Success and Intervention obtained by Spectator, a suspended student received preliminary charges of disruptive behavior, endangerment, violation of law, violation of University policy, and “failure to comply.” The student was sanctioned with an “interim” suspension, making them unable to participate in classes and extracurriculars or enter campus without prior arrangements through public safety.

The charges pertain to violations of the Center for Student Success and Intervention’s “Standards and Discipline,” which were included in the document sent to the student.

“You may remain in your Columbia residence for 24 hours after which time your access to your residence and dining services will also be suspended,” the document reads.

Chief Operating Officer Cas Holloway announced on March 28 that the University “engaged an outside firm led by experienced former law enforcement investigators to conduct an investigation” into the “Resistance 101” event.

The “Resistance 101” event featured Khaled Barakat, who is allegedly a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which has been designated by the United States as a terrorist organization. Barakat has denied any affiliation with the organization. Holloway wrote in his statement that the University “immediately notified law enforcement” and “banned the outside speakers from campus.”

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Testimony (above) from the West Bank on the dwindling distinction between zionist settlers and soldiers. "When we talk about Israeli settlers, we are talking about settlers who are armed. I describe them as paramilitary, and they act under the full cover and support of the Israeli official army. An Israeli settler could enter his settlement and in ten minutes come out with his full military fatigues and his rifle. They are attacking Palestinians, burning their farms, burning homes, doing all that the Israeli army does, except they’re more dangerous because they have no official responsibility. So, to distinguish between a civilian settler and an army is just a joke. Every Israeli settler in our homeland is a legitimate target for our resistance, and this has to be very clear." -Khaled Barakat (PFLP leader)

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MAJOR VICTORY: Samidoun Listed As Terrorist Entity Following B’nai Brith Canada Advocacy - B'nai Brith Canada

October 15, 2024 OTTAWA – Following many years of relentless advocacy by B’nai Brith Canada, the Government of Canada on Monday listed Samid

OTTAWA – Following many years of relentless advocacy by B’nai Brith Canada, the Government of Canada on Monday listed Samidoun, a not-for-profit corporation based in this country, as a terrorist entity.

Canada’s decision to list Samidoun as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code was made in concert with the United States’ Department of the Treasury, which designated Samidoun as a “specially designated global terrorist” (SDGT) group on Monday.

“B’nai Brith has been campaigning for Canada to take this step for years,” said David Granovsky, B’nai Brith Canada’s Director of Government Relations. “By finally doing the right thing, Minister Dominic LeBlanc [Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs] has taken a bold step to uphold Canadian values and national security.”

Samidoun, also known as the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, has close links to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which has been listed as a terrorist group for decades. Charlotte Kates, Samidoun’s international coordinator, was recently arrested for openly expressing support for the Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel at a rally in Vancouver, where she and her husband Khaled Barakat, a self-admitted senior member of the PFLP, live.

“This is a decisive blow against the forces of hate and extremism,” said Richard Robertson, B’nai Brith Canada’s Director of Research and Advocacy. “The links between Samidoun and the PFLP, a listed terror entity, have long been undeniable. Samidoun’s ability to operate in Canada enabled it to use our country as a platform from which to incite hatred and support terror.

“The listing of Samidoun sends a clear message that there is no place in Canadian society for those who foment hate and promote terrorism. Canadian authorities will now be able to hold those who have used Samidoun as a vehicle through which to support the actions of terrorists duly accountable.”

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On Sunday, a group of keffiyeh-clad individuals huddled around a computer to discuss the "Palestinian resistance." Charlotte Kates, a member

by Jessica Costescu

"Columbia canceled the event, denying requests to use university space, as did Barnard," the spokeswoman told the Free Beacon. "Despite this, the event organizers held the event in a residence with an online option."

"We are investigating this matter and will not tolerate violations of university policy," the spokeswoman said.

Neither Barnard nor Columbia University Apartheid Divest responded to requests for comment.

The Sunday event featured a who's who of anti-Semitic activists. Kates serves as "international coordinator" of Samidoun, a group that advocates for "Palestinian prisoners," many of whom are convicted terrorists. In addition to its Israeli terror designation, Samidoun is banned in Germany over its support for Hamas terrorism.

Barakat, Kates's husband, has conducted interviews on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and Palestinian news sites describe him as a leader of the terror group. Israeli intelligence agencies say they have internal documents that cement his status as a PFLP terror leader.

Kiswani, meanwhile, has led pro-Hamas rallies in New York City through Within Our Lifetime, which she founded in 2015. Instagram removed the group's account last month after Kiswani used it to endorse Hamas's attack and advocate for "whatever means necessary it takes" to topple Israel.

During the event, Kates praised Iran as "a nation on the side of the Palestinian people, intervening and building a movement of resistance to free this entire region … from U.S. imperialism." She also advocated for a campaign to end America's list of designated terror organizations "entirely," saying the list stops Palestinian activists from staying "in contact" with foreign actors.

"It is important to popularize campaigns to … scrap the U.S. terror list entirely, or at the very least to get Palestinian, Lebanese, Yemeni, Filipino, and other revolutionary organizations off the terror list," Kates said. "Because that's a weapon that's being used against the Palestinian people, against the Arab people, and against the solidarity movement as a whole, and in order to kind of fundamentally deform the politics of the movement."

For his part, Barakat glowingly discussed the PFLP's wave of terrorism during the 1960s and 1970s. He specifically praised the terror group for hijacking airplanes, which he said "introduced the Palestinian questions to the world." Barakat falsely claimed the hijackings were done peacefully—in fact, PFLP hijackers killed at least two pilots and one Israeli passenger.

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Germany escalates attack on Khaled Barakat, Palestinian rights with four-year ban: Fight back against repression!

The German state has once again escalated its harassment and repression directed against Palestinian speech and advocacy

In the latest order issued by the Berlin immigration office, received yesterday, 9 March, German officials escalated their attacks on Palestinian writer and activist Khaled Barakat, ordering him officially expelled from Germany (even though he has not been living in Germany since August 2019) and banning him from entering the country for four years. Barakat and his lawyer are challenging the order in an appeal.

In addition to the political ban, residency denial and now exclusion imposed on Barakat, recent repressive attacks by the German state on Palestinian rights have included the deportation of Rasmea Odeh, the passing of an anti-BDS resolution in the Bundestag, the criminal prosecution of Palestinian and Israeli Jewish activists for interrupting a speech by a member of the Knesset, the forced resignation of the director of the Jewish Museum, the closing of the bank account of Jewish Voices for a Just Peace and the disinvitation of international artists who have taken a stand to support Palestinian rights. This continued targeting of Palestinian community organizing, Palestine solidarity and progressive activism comes even as the very real threat of far-right violence continues to threaten the lives of Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims and people of color throughout Germany, as reflected in the horrific racist attack in Hanau.

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Bring down the path of Oslo for the liberation of Palestine

The following article, by the international coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat, appeared first in Quds News Network (in Arabic)

By Khaled Barakat

With the announcement of the Trump “deal,” some are looking for a project to save themselves and their own interests while the Palestinian people are searching for a collective national salvation project for their homeland, their cause and their future. Tens of thousands of martyrs and around one million prisoners of struggle have been jailed in the enemy’s prisons since 1948. Our people have sacrificed everything that they have in order to remain and to preserve Palestine, the cause, the rights and the struggle. They have no choice but to continue the struggle, from generation until generation, until they achieve their full national goals and rights, their liberation.