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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Oct 7 hostage blasts 'terror sympathizers' who trapped her at event
About a dozen members of the University of Windsor's Palestinian Solidarity Group (PSG) surrounded the sole entrance and exit point at the venue, shouting 'Hamas is coming' as they intimidated attendees. 'I refuse to let terror sympathizers control the narrative,' Argamani said in a statement to X after the ordeal. Hamas came. Hamas kidnapped me. Hamas murdered my friends. But I won; I survived. Now, I speak for those who can't. I'll keep exposing Hamas' crimes and fighting for the hostages' release—including my partner, Avinatan.' Argamani's boyfriend, Avinatan Or (pictured together), remains in Hamas captivity, along with 49 other hostages. Organizers have decried the group's actions, insisting they were 'harassing' Argamani in an effort to silence her and pressure her to stop speaking out about the horrors she endured. Miriam Kaplan, who chaired the event, described the incident as 'a disgraceful attempt to intimidate a survivor.' She has called on the university to condemn the protest, maintaining: 'These students crossed the line from free speech into aggression.' No arrests were made, but Windsor Police said officers 'monitored the situation and ensured public safety' after receiving calls about a disturbance. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs said: 'Blocking a hostage survivor is unconscionable. This is not a protest but intimidation of a vulnerable witness to terror.' Argamani's presence at the event had been heavily promoted ahead of the incident. has contacted the school and PSG for comment. Argamani was rescued in a daring helicopter mission in June 2024 and has since gone on to become an outspoken survivor and critic of Hamas. She made it home just in time to say goodbye to her mom, who was dying of brain cancer. The brave survivor revealed she was held by a 'well-to-do' family but kept under armed guard, was rarely allowed to wash and never saw daylight as she was moved from house to house at night while dressed as an Arab in a bid to evade detection. Argamani was saved along with 21-year-old Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, who were also at the Nova Festival when Hamas militants struck. She became one of the faces of the October 7 tragedy after horrifying footage went viral of her being kidnapped and taken from the Nova music festival on a motorbike. In a heartbreaking love letter to her captive love Avinatan, 30, who she met at Ben-Gurion University four years ago, Noa wrote of the October 7 horror, describing it as: 'That moment which the whole world witnessed – the moment when my heart was torn apart and has never recovered since.' 'I always promised you that we would conquer the world together, that we would grow old together, that I would be by your side through thick and thin. At that moment on October 7, I fought until the last minute so that we could go through everything together, side by side. Unfortunately, those were the last moments I saw you. Unlike the thousands of people who were murdered since October 7, you can still be saved.' Pictured: In this image from video obtained by the AP, Avinatan Or, second left, and his partner, Noa Argamani, not pictured, are seized by members of the Hamas militant group during an incursion into Israel on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023.
National Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- National Post
Former Hamas hostage condemns anti-Israel protest blocking Canadian speaking event
A Hamas captivity survivor on a speaking tour in Canada this month said she won't 'let terror sympathizers control the narrative' after anti-Israel demonstrators allegedly blocked the exit of her venue last week. Article content Noa Argamani, 27, was in Windsor, Ont., as part of a Jewish National Fund (JNF) fundraising event at the University of Windsor, which reportedly attracted members of the school's Palestinian Solidarity Group. Article content On Saturday, Argamani shared an X post from FactsMatter describing the activists surrounding the building, 'blocking the only entrance and shouting at the Jewish attendees. In a brief video clip attached, a voice is heard shouting, 'Hamas is coming.' Article content Article content Hamas came. Hamas kidnapped me. Hamas murdered my friends. But I won; I survived. Now, I speak for those who can't. I'll keep exposing Hamas' crimes and fighting for the hostages' release—including my partner, Avinatan. I refuse to let terror sympathizers control the narrative. — Noa Argamani (@ArgamaniNoa) June 28, 2025 Article content The logo and username in the clip indicate it was a live broadcast from an account operated by the PSG. National Post is attempting to independently verify the source. Article content 'Hamas came. Hamas kidnapped me. Hamas murdered my friends. But I won; I survived,' wrote Argamani, who spent 245 days in captivity after being abducted from the Nova music festival during the terrorist organization's Oct. 7, 2023, insurgency. Article content The university student's abduction and that of her partner, Or Avinatan, were captured on video and released by Hamas on social media. Argamani was also seen in subsequent propaganda videos. Article content Article content She was rescued in June 2024, but Avinatan remains in captivity. He is listed in a medical report detailing the condition of living hostages released by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in June, per The Times of Israel, and described as suffering from weight loss and mental struggles. Article content 'I'll keep exposing Hamas' crimes and fighting for the hostages' release—including my partner, Avinatan,' wrote Argamani, who's been a prominent advocate for her fellow captives since finding freedom. Article content Article content Argamani was speaking at a Negev Event, named for the large desert region in southern Israel, where the goal was to raise money for the Ashdod Rehabilitation & Therapy Centre, 'a vital project that will serve trauma victims, children with disabilities, and pediatric cancer patients in southern Israel,' according to JNF. Article content Article content 'When Canadian campuses become no-go zones for Jews, when terror victims can't share their stories without facing mob intimidation, you're witnessing the normalisation of antisemitism,' she wrote. Article content The outlet also confirmed via the Windsor Police Service, who 'monitored the situation and ensured public safety,' that it was treated as a protest and no arrests were made. Article content
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Vigil planned to mark 77 years of 'ongoing catastrophe'
CARLISLE'S Palestinian advocacy group will hold a vigil to mark the 77th anniversary of an 'ongoing catastrophe' this weekend. The Carlisle and District branch of the Palestinian Solidarity Group (PSG) will be holding a Nakba vigil in Carlisle city centre on today, May 17, between 1pm and 2pm. The Nakba refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. According to Al Jazeera, between 1947 and 1949, at least 750,000 Palestinians from a 1.9 million population were made refugees, and 15,000 were killed. 'The Nakba, which is Arabic for 'catastrophe', has never ended,' said Fiona Goldie of the Palestine Solidarity Group Carlisle & District. The group is also encouraging consumers and retailers to make more ethical shopping choices (Image: Supplied) 'The people of Gaza are living through catastrophe and loss on an unprecedented scale. "A population which is over 50 per cent children and now mostly living in tents, is being hit by 200lb bombs. "The majority of fatalities are women, children, the disabled and the elderly. Added to that, we have the largest cohort of child amputees in history, and now, the enclosed population faces starvation as Israel has withheld import of food and water for over 10 weeks. "Farmland has been destroyed by war, fishing is banned (the Palestinians cannot access the sea without risk of being shot), and existing aid supplies have been depleted. Famine has set in. The scale of catastrophe in this current Nakba is unimaginable.' Earlier this year, members of the Carlisle PSG met with MP Julie Minns to discuss the British arms trade with Israel as well as continuing to highlight their campaign against James Croppers PLC in Burneside, calling for a 'withdrawal from their contracts producing material for F35 jet planes'. 'Julie Minns has told us that the government are opposed to expansion of hostilities in the West Bank, however, 45,000 Palestinians have been forced from their homes there in the past year, most of whom are descendants of those who were forced from their homes in the Nakba, from what is now Israel,77 years ago," Fiona added. "Some older Palestinians have gone through this twice- once as children, fleeing villages such as Lydda, and now as pensioners, forced from refugee camps in Jenin and Tulkarm, they have nowhere else to go. The Nakba is ongoing for Palestinians across the region. "We call on Cumbrian MPs to take action in Parliament to bring meaningful change for peace, immediately," she said. The group will continue to stage weekly Saturday gatherings in the city centre, from around Barclays Bank.
