'Masar Badil' Activist George Qarmout at New York World Workers Party Forum: Hamas's Focus on Palestinian Needs Paved the Way for October 7; We Need to Follow the Example of Hamas, Houthis, North Kore

Memri

21-03-2025

George Qarmout, an activist with Masar Badil, which is closely linked to U.S. designated terror organizations Samidoun and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), spoke at the New York World Workers Party Black History Forum on February 20, 2025. He discussed how the October 7 attacks and the release of hundreds of prisoners were made possible by Hamas's efforts to meet the primary needs of Palestinians before engaging in armed struggle. He encouraged participants to follow the examples set by Hamas, the Houthis in Yemen, North Korea, Venezuela, and Cuba before embarking on a "full revolution."
Khaled Barakat, the Canadian leader of Masar Badil, was designated by the U.S. and Canada on October 15, 2024, for being among the leaders of the PFLP, a U.S. designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. In the same statement, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (Samidoun) as a "sham charity" used to fundraise internationally for the PFLP. Barakat is the founder of Samidoun, and his wife, Charlotte Kates, serves as the International Coordinator of the organization.