22-05-2025
Party For Socialism And Liberation, Linked To Perpetrator Of Terror Attack On DC Jewish Event For Young Professionals That Killed Two Israeli Embassy Employees, Was Among The Endorsers Of The May 2024
On May 21, 2025, a shooting attack took place outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where the American Jewish Committee was holding an event for young professionals. Two employees of the Israeli Embassy were shot dead in the attack. The accused suspect, Elias Rodriguez, who yelled "Free Palestine!" as he was apprehended, has been linked to the anti-U.S. extremist Party for Socialism and Liberation.
Against this backdrop, MEMRI is re-releasing its October 29, 2024 Inquiry & Analysis report on the "People's Conference for Palestine," held in Detroit, Michigan on May 24-26, 2024, an event closely tied to U.S.-designated Palestinian terrorist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The conference was endorsed by the Party for Socialism and Liberation, among many other pro-jihadi groups, and featured an in-person speech by U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich), along with a pre-recorded video message by Dearborn, Michigan Mayor Abdullah Hammoud. The Party for Socialism and Liberation was listed as an endorser on the conference website.[1] For the full list of endorsers, see Appendix below.
The Party for Socialism and Liberation was listed as an endorser on the conference website.
Notably, on May 22, the Party for Socialism and Liberation published a post on X denying any connection to the DC shooting.[2] It wrote: "We reject any attempt to associate the PSL with the DC shooting. Elias Rodriguez is not a member of the PSL. He had a brief association with one branch of the PSL that ended in 2017. We know of no contact with him in over 7 years. We have nothing to do with this shooting and do not support it."
The following is the MEMRI Inquiry and Analysis report on the conference, originally published on October 29, 2024.
Another Jihadi Coverup In Michigan: The 3-Day 'People's Conference For Palestine' In Detroit – Sponsored By Pro-Jihadi U.S. Muslim Groups, Livestreamed, And Widely Shared Online – Where Speakers Openly Praised 'Heroic' October 7 And Called For Escalating Armed Resistance – Is Largely Overlooked By Dearborn And Detroit Media, Despite The Participation Of U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Dearborn Mayor Hammoud, High-Profile Jihadi Members Of Designated Terror Groups
The "People's Conference for Palestine," held in Detroit, Michigan on May 24-26, 2024, was closely affiliated with the U.S.-designated Palestinian terrorist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). It featured an in-person speech by U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich), along with a pre-recorded video message by Dearborn, Michigan Mayor Abdullah Hammoud.
The conference's keynote speaker was Sana' Daqqa, widow of terrorist Walid Daqqa who died of a terminal illness while serving a life sentence in an Israeli prison.[3] Daqqa was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) cell of Arab Israelis that in 1984 kidnapped IDF soldier Moshe Tamam, gouged out his eyes, and castrated him before shooting him dead. Also speaking at the conference was current PFLP member Wisam Rafidee.[4]
Many of the conference speakers openly lauded the Palestinian armed resistance and the "heroic" scenes of October 7, calling for its global escalation to "involve the whole of society on all levels." Taher Herzallah of American Muslims For Palestine (AMP) was cheered loudly when he stated that "some people here today will not be here next year, because liberation struggle requires sacrifices." Another speaker read a poem honoring the slain PFLP spokesman.
Although the event was streamed live on YouTube and was widely publicized across social media, it received no local television coverage in Detroit or in Dearborn. This was despite many newsworthy aspects of it: the participation of not only a Member of Congress but also of prominent figures in local government and political activists; its endorsement by dozens of organizations; and the open support for terrorism expressed by the speakers and attendees. Only one print piece focused exclusively on the conference,[5] and a few others briefly mentioned it.[6]
This is part of what appears to be a longtime media coverup by Dearborn-area and Detroit media, who gloss over the clearly evident support for terrorist groups in the city. It is only national media coverage that forces the hand of city and state politicians, senators, and Members of Congress to finally take notice of the open support for Hamas, Lebanese Hizbullah, and Iran that is rampant across southern Michigan.
Such was the case with the most recent Quds Day rally in Dearborn, where on April 5, 2024 attendees chanted "Death to America!" (See also the MEMRI TV compilation titled "Dearborn And Detroit Imams And Protests Prior To And Following October 7 Hamas Attack: Dearborn Is 'A City Of Resistance,' President Biden Is 'A Cancer In Our Country'; October 7 Is 'One Of The Days Of God'; 'Dismantl[e] The Terrorist Racist State Of Israel'; 'Start Normalizing Jihad'; 'Warmest Congratulations To Our Very Special Leader Imam [Iranian Supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei' For October 7 Attack; The Jews 'Control People's Resources Through Tricks And Deception.'"
Rep. Rashida Tlaib at the People's Conference For Palestine In Detroit
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud Addresses The Conference In Pre-Recorded Message: "Greetings From The Capital Of Arab America... We Are With You And Are Always Fighting For A Free Palestine"
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud addressed the conference in a pre-recorded video message.[7] In it, he said:
"Hello and As-salamu alaykum. This is Abdullah Hammoud, mayor for the city of Dearborn, Michigan. I want to welcome you all here to the great state of Michigan and I hope you take the time to come out to the city of Dearborn, Michigan – the capital of Arab America – where we are home to the largest per capita Arab population across our country. This is a beautifully diverse community. A community that's currently grieving because of the conflict that is unfolding overseas. And so, although I could not be there with you in person, I want to extend this heartfelt greeting to let you know that we are with you and always we are fighting for a free Palestine."
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud pre-recorded a message addressing the conference.
Click below to view Hammoud's message:
The keynote speaker at the conference was Sana' Daqqa, widow of "martyr" Walid Daqqa, who was part of a PFLP cell who kidnapped IDF soldier Moshe Tamam in 1984, gouged out his eyes, and castrated him before shooting him dead.[8]
The conference website listed the following groups as part of its steering committee: Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), The People's Forum, Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, Palestinian Feminist Collective, ANSWER Coalition, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC), International Jewish Anti Zionist Network, Writers Against the War on Gaza, Healthcare Workers for Palestine, Palestine Popular University, Palestinian American Women's Association, National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression.[9]
Among the conference endorsers listed on the website are: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC); Code Pink; Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran; Dearborn Blog; Doctors Against Genocide; Feminists For Justice In/For Palestine; Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network; Students For Justice In Palestine branches: UT Dallas, BMCC, Santa Cruz, Michigan Dearborn, Wayne State University.[10] See Appendix for full list of endorsers.
Conference Website Raises Funds For 'Palestinian Youth Movement' (PYM) – One Of Its Sponsors
The conference website's "Donate" page allows visitors to donate to the Palestinian Youth Movement via credit card, Google Pay, or Apple Pay.[11] The page notes that it also accepts checks, explaining: "Payable to 'Honor the Earth' and mailed to 1430 Haines Ave STE 108 #225, Rapid City, SD, 57701. Please indicate PYM in the memo line." The Palestinian Youth Movement's website, which does not appear to have been updated since 2022, highlights opening chapters in the U.S., U.K. Sweden, and Italy.[12]
Screenshots from the Palestinian Youth Movement website's landing page. The site does not appear to have been updated since 2022.
The "Donate" page on the website allows visitors to donate funds to one of the conference sponsors, Palestinian Youth Movement.
The following are MEMRI TV clips of statements made at the conference.
U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib At People's Conference For Palestine: By Attacking The Authority Of The ICC
U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) Addressed President Biden in her May 25, 2024 talk at the People's Conference for Palestine in Detroit. Mohammed Nabulsi, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement, introduced Tlaib. Later in the program, he said that the chief target of the pro-Palestinian organizations should be President Biden and his administration. He said that their short-term goal should be to get the Biden administration and the Democratic Party to stop their support of "this genocide." Nabulsi said: "I believe our fundamental role is to generate political and social crisis within the American ruling class."
Mohammad Nabulsi: "We will be joined by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib"
Rashida Tlaib: "I love you"
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"President Biden, I hope you hear us loud and clear. Attacking the authority of the International Criminal Court and interfering in their legal processes is nothing more – nothing more – than an attempt to prevent the genocidal maniac Netanyahu and his senior Israeli officials from being held accountable for those crimes against humanity.
"You are an enabler, President Biden. The International Court of Justice just ruled that the Israeli government must stop its invasion of Rafah, but President Biden says what's happening in Rafah is not a genocide.
"Where's your red line, President Biden? This is not even consistent with his own views on international law in the past. For he would sit there on a call and said, 'Putin must be held accountable at the ICC.' But he shields the murderous war criminal Netanyahu and the Israeli government."
[...]
Nabulsi: "So, I think we need to be clear. The chief target has been the Biden administration.
"Because ultimately, the Biden administration – and to extent the Democratic party – is the primary vessel that controls the policies and the decisions that actually impact our people.
[...]
"The short term, most immediate goal, is to get the Biden administration and the Democratic party to end its trajectory in support of this genocide. And we don't do this because we have faith in them, we don't do this because we believe there is some way we can alter their conscious, make them more moral actors, appeal to their moral sensibilities, that's not why. We do this because, ultimately, they control the levers of power, and we need those levers to be lifted off our people and eyes.
"Now, for me what does that mean? How are these tactics tied to targeting the Biden administration and the Democratic party? I believe our fundamental role is to generate political and social crisis within the American ruling class. Thank you."
Sara Kershnar Of The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network Speaking To The People's Conference For Palestine In Detroit: We Support The Armed Struggle; For The Future Of Humanity And The Survival Of This Planet, Israel Must Be Dismantled
Radical anti-Zionist activist Sara Kershnar of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network was met with cheers and applause at the People's Conference for Palestine in Detroit when she said that "it is crucial" for the future survival of humanity that Israel and Zionism are dismantled. The crowd cheered in response to her statement that Zionism is the most antisemitic movement and booed Christian Zionists. Kershnar described Zionism as a "ruling class white movement of European Jews who wanted access to power and capital." She expressed her support of Palestinian armed struggle, and she continued to say that Zionism and the State of Israel have nothing to do with Jewish safety, valuing Jewish life, or any life, or the survival of this planet. Sara Kershnar spoke on the third day of the conference on May 26, 2024.
To view the clip click below:
Sara Kershnar: "This has been a marathon of eight months, but for many of us, a lifelong struggle to dismantle Zionism and the State of Israel. The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network approaches the work first and foremost following the demands for the full liberation of Palestine, from the River to the Sea. And we stand in our own history when we do that. We stand in our own history of resistance to genocide, including the right to resist, and armed resistance as part of that history. And in that way, we are unequivocally with the resistance in Palestine.
[...]
"It is crucial to the future of humanity and the very survival of the planet that we dismantle Zionism.
[...]
"There is no going back. From here Israel is going to fall.
[...]
"Zionism is really the most antisemitic movement, and partners with the most antisemitic regimes and parties. That includes white supremacist organizations in this country. Proud Boys, Steve Bannon, the Trump regime. It also includes Christian Zionists, who are the largest Zionist population in the United States.
[...]
"It goes back to the character of the Zionist movement which was very much a ruling class, white movement of European Jews who wanted State power. Who wanted access to that power and capital. And so, for our movement, it feels very important that we recognize that it has never had... for the Zionists, for the U.S. and its allies, it has never had anything to do with Jewish safety. Has never had anything to do with valuing Jewish life and of course it has nothing to do with valuing any life or the actual survival of this planet.
[...]
"And then I wanted to speak to anti-Zionist Jews who are here or elsewhere. We have to keep decentering the conversation of Jewish safety. We have a responsibility to stop the weaponization of antisemitism. It is a betrayal of our history. It is itself antisemitism, because it allows these governments to claim Jewish safety when all they care about is their own agenda. But that is not the center of anti-Zionist struggle. The center of anti-Zionist struggle is the dismantling of it.
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"And so, as Jewish people who are committed to collective liberation, there is one choice. And we invite you to join us in dismantling Zionism before it continues to do so much damage not only in Palestine, but all over the world. That is not our legacy. And what we need to do is come together and create a different legacy in solidarity with out anti-Zionist brothers and sisters. Thank you."
Speakers Laud 'Scenes Of Our Heroic People Breaking Down The Siege' On October 7, Armed Resistance, Call For Palestinian Struggle To 'Involve The Whole Of Society On All Levels' At Detroit 'People's Conference For Palestine', Attended By Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, And PFLP Member Wisam Rafidee
In a panel titled "Palestinian Resistance and the Path to Liberation" held at the People's Conference for Palestine in Detroit, speakers glorified armed resistance against Israel, the October 7 attacks, smuggling sperm from security prisoners in Israeli jails, and the forced evacuation of Israelis from Northern Israel.
Sarah Abdelshamy, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement in Montreal was the moderator of the session. Abdelshamy described the scenes of October 7 as "scenes of our heroic people breaking down the siege that has suffocated the Gaza Strip." She said that the struggle for Palestinian liberation from the River to the Sea is one that involves the "entire Palestinian society."
Abdaljawad Omar, a Palestinian writer and professor of philosophy and culture at Birzeit University said that without the events of October 7, current "political possibilities" like the student movement, the recognition of a Palestinian state and the legal proceedings of the international Criminal Court (ICC) and international Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague would not exist.
Ashraf Taher, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement from Britain explained that the Palestinian masses and resistance are "one and the same." He added: "Liberation only comes from armed struggle." He praised Palestinian terrorist Odei Tamimi, who in October 2022 carried out a shooting attack at Shuafat checkpoint in East Jerusalem, killing female soldier Noa Lazar.
Tara Alami, a Montreal-based Palestinian writer and activist, lauded Palestinian security prisoners smuggling sperm out of Israeli jails, as in the example of terrorist Walid Daqqa, whose wife was the keynote speaker at the conference. The audience applauded as she discussed the Iranian drone attack against Israel on April 14, the escape of six Palestinian terrorists from Megiddo Prison in 2021, and the forced evacuation of 250,000 (sic) Israeli civilians from northern Israel.
Another speaker on the panel was Rajab Abdelhaq, the co-founder of the Quds News Network. Abdelhaq has been a featured speaker at MAS Youth Center in Brooklyn and MAS Staten Island Islamic Center.
To view the clip click below:
Sarah Abdelshamy: "In the past eight months, we have seen incredible images of victory from witnessing the families of political prisoners reunite with and embrace their loved ones for the first time in years, to scenes of our heroic people breaking down the siege that has suffocated the Gaza Strip for more than 17 years.
"At the heart of the strategy for Palestinian liberation is the conviction that in order to be victorious, the struggle must transform and involve the whole of society on all levels, and indeed the story of our struggle is one that has always involved the entirety of Palestinian society.
[...]
"It has also shown that this is a protracted people's war of liberation and that the only one that is capable of sustaining it is the Palestinian resistance, which will continue to fight until liberation from the River to the Sea."
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Abdaljawad Omar: "One of the most pervasive attacks against all forms of resistance – especially armed resistance – is the claim that Palestinians' use of armed resistance destroys the possibility of solidarity and tarnishes the image of our people. They say it diminishes our chances for support for our rightful cause. This narrative, echoed even some of our own intellectuals, must be addressed.
"Firstly, without the events of October 7th, regardless of our feelings of those events, the political possibilities we now witness would not exist. The rise of the student movement in the United States in North America and Europe, with demands for divestment and boycott of academic institutions, the recognition of the Palestinian state, the moves by the ICC and ICJ, and the significant shift in global opinion, none of these would have come to pass.
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"No single moment has opened so many doors of political possibility like the events that transpired after October 7th. Secondly, the discourse of human rights and victimhood will only envoke pity. Pity is a fragile and feeble foundation for political movements. Our strength does not lie in eliciting pity, but in inspiring various acts of resistance, through various forms of resistance.
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"But let's look at the scene after October 7th. Israel has tarnished its image as a democratic and liberal society in the midst of a sea of monsters. In fact, the world has come to recognize Zionism in its horror.
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"October 7th and the promise for liberation it holds would not have manifested in our conference today, in our gathering today. Without the capacity to resist and its regeneration through time, there would have been no story, hero, hope, or future to dream of."
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Ashraf Taher: "Another really beautiful example is the example of Odei Tamimi. Odei was a young Palestinian from the Shuafat Refugee Camp in Jerusalem, who performed what we would call a 'low lying operation' in October 2022.
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"He was embraced by the community, hidden, and kept away from the occupation's grasp.
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"And while the masses relies on the resistance, and the resistance relies on the masses, it is also important to understand that the resistance and the masses are one in the same. Actually, to bring you to the current moment, Gaza is where the popular cradle is the strongest, and it is precisely for this reason that Gaza is placed under siege.
[...]
"We know from the history of Haiti, from Vietnam, and Algeria, that liberation only comes from armed struggle."
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Tara Alami: "Sperm smuggling is a revolutionary process through which people within the Zionist dungeon are able to transgress the literal walls of these colonial dungeons, and conceive a child with their partner on the outside. Right now, there are over a hundred Palestinian children that have been born through this revolutionary process. One of them, of course, is the daughter of our revolutionary martyr Walid Daqqa, who this room is named after.
[...]
"A few weeks ago, when Iran had sent drones to the occupied 1948 lands, and, you know... In the same night, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank literally broke through the Beit El apartheid crossline. And it's also how six Palestinian political prisoners were able to dig their way through one of the highest security Zionist prisons, to escape for even just a few days, and to reproduce this revolutionary consciousness among the masses.
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"And so along with these transformations happening in the Palestinian collective psyche, Zionist settlers dialectically experienced their own collective transformation as well, and it's evidenced most recently by the over 250,000 Zionist settlers who had evacuated the north of occupied Palestine."
At Detroit 'People's Conference For Palestine' Moustafa Barghouti, Secretary General Of Palestinian National Initiative And Member Of PLO Central Council Praises October 7 Attacks, Adds: Resistance In All Its Forms Is Our Right, Our Way; Taher Herzallah Of American Muslims For Palestine (AMP): Some People Here Today Will Not Be Here Next Year, Because Liberation Struggle Requires Sacrifices; Other Speaker Quotes Poem Honoring Slain PFLP Spokesman
At the People's Conference for Palestine held on May 26, 2024 in Detroit, Taher Herzallah, the associate director for outreach and grassroots organizing for American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) said: "The gloves are off." He explained that some people in the room will not be at the conference the following year, because the liberation struggle requires sacrifices. Herzallah also said that the long tentacles of Zionism have reached deep into the American heartland. AMP is currently under investigation by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability for its ties to Hamas via its financial sponsor, Americans for Justice in Palestine and links to the Holy Land Foundation.
Yara Shoufani of the Palestinian Youth Movement and a PhD student at York University, quoted from a poem written in honor of Ghassan Kanafani, spokesman of the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who was killed in 1972: "You were the homeland, you were the revolution, you were the pen and the gun." She added: "Welcome to the struggle, we fight until victory."
Moustafa Barghouti, secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative and a member of the PLO Central Council said, that in all its forms, resistance is the right, the way, and the guarantee to succeed in the future of the Palestinians. He added that regardless of the sacrifices, what we have seen since October 7 is a return to the root of the Palestinian problem.
To view the clip click below:
Yara Shoufani: "Our struggle is a long struggle, and one that stands on the shoulders of thousands of martyrs and thousands of fighters who have committed and who are committing their lives to lay the ground for the revolution we see ahead of us today. It is in this tradition that we convene here and commit ourselves to the road ahead.
"After the martyrdom of Palestinian intellectual and revolutionary Ghassan Kanafani, a poem written in his honor notes: 'And the homeland, which you were far from, you were the closest of people to it. The homeland in which you should have been living, was living in you. You were the homeland. You were the revolution. You were the pen and the gun.
[...]
"Welcome to the conference and welcome to the struggle. We fight until victory!"
Moustafa Barghouti: "Al Aqsa... Al Aqsa Flood, which came on the seventh of October, actually represented a continuation of true, new kind of uprising that started in 2015 in the occupied territories.
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"Regardless of how much sacrifices we have to make, in reality, what we have seen since the seventh of October is a return to the roots of the issue. To the roots of the problem. To the roots of why we are suffering as Palestinians.
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"In all its forms, resistance is our right. Resistance is our way. Resistance is our guarantee to succeed in our future."
Taher Herzallah: "We know that Zionism has killed us, has displaced us, has destroyed our lives in Palestine. And the long tentacles of Zionism have always reached deep into the American heartland. Like no other place in the world, Zionism has penetrated the depths of American society, economics, and politics, for decades. But it makes sense though. It makes sense because without America, there would be no Zionist project. At its core, the Zionist settler colonial project is based on the white European settler colonial project of North America.
[...]
"The world has changed in ways that does not suit them. And they're going crazy realizing that they have spent all these years and billions of dollars to prop up this project of theirs, and they are still losing. They're losing a public narrative battle. They're losing their ability to control us. And this means that now the gloves are off. And quite frankly, anything is possible.
"I caution you of the days to come, because they will not be easy. There are people among us today who might not be with us next year at this conference. And this is the reality. Because the liberation struggle requires sacrifice, and I know everybody here is prepared to make that sacrifice."
Activists At 'People's Conference For Palestine' In Detroit Emphasize Solidarity Between North Korea And Palestinians: DPKR Has Never Recognized The Zionist Tumor; To Hell With Democracy, We Must Bring Down This Empire With One Million Cuts; Chant: Long Live The Intifada! We Will Return To Haifa, Jaffa, The Galilee
At the closing session of the People's Conference for Palestine on May 26, 2024 in Detroit, Nadya Tannous, the general-coordinator of the Palestinian Youth Movement said: "We will not be distracted by […] a tiny concession – because we want the whole thing. It would be a dishonor for our people to accept anything less than that." The crowd chanted that they will return to Safed, Jaffa, Acre, Haifa, the Galilee, Lod, and Ramle.
Ju-Hyun Park of Nodutol for Korean Community Development said that "the DPRK has never once recognized the Zionist tumor that goes by the name of Israel." Park, who uses the pronoun 'they,' added that PFLP founder George Habash received training in Pyongyang. Mohammed Nabulsi of the Palestinian Youth Movement said: "They tell us they want us to say democracy. We want to save our people. To hell with their democracy!" Manolo De Santos, the founder and executive-director of The People's Forum Participants, which purportedly has financial ties with the Chinese Communist Party, said: "We have to bring down this empire with one million cuts."
To view the clip click below:
Mohammed Nabulsi: "They tell us they want us to save democracy. We want to save our people! To hell with their democracy!"
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Crowd: "With our soul and our blood, we will redeem you, Al-Aqsa! With our soul and our blood, we will redeem you, Al-Aqsa!"
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"Intifada, Intifada! Long live the Intifada!"
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Ju-Hyun Park: "Zionism is using a very old playbook, but they have not learned the lesson that America has refused to learn, which is that that playbook doesn't work. After all those bombs, the DPRK – North Korea – is still standing to this day. After all the bombs, after all the massacres in Gaza, the Palestinian resistance is still there, in fact it is stronger. It has never been clearer than now that Zionism is not burying Gaza, they are simply digging their own grave. When we talk about our shared solidarity, what we mean is joint struggle. We don't just mean that we believe the same things. We don't just mean that we feel for each other. The DPRK has never once recognized the Zionist tumor that goes by the name of Israel. Throughout its history, the solidarity between the Korean and the Palestinian people has not only been moral but material. Where did George Habash receive his training? It was in Pyongyang."
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Manolo De Los Santos: "Regardless of what our enemies say or don't say, we know more than ever that the Palestinian movement in the United States is serving as an anchor for our larger mass anti-imperialism movement."
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"We have to bring down this empire with one million cuts, and those one million cuts have to come from every sector of struggle in this room."
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Nadya Tannous: "We don't want recognition for the crimes against our people. We want justice, freedom, liberation, and we will not get distracted by a shortcoming, or a small offer, or a tiny concession – because we want the whole thing. It would be a dishonor to our people to accept anything less than that."
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Woman: "I will return!"
Crowd: "Return!"
Woman: "To Jaffa and Acre!"
Crowd: "Return!"
Woman: "To Safed and Ramle!"
Crowd: "Return!"
Woman: "To Jerusalem!"
Crowd: "Return!"
Woman: "To Hebron!"
Crowd: "Return!"
Woman: "To the Galilee!"
Crowd: "Return!"
Woman: "To Lod and Acre!"
Crowd: "Return!"
Woman: "To the Galilee!"
Crowd: "Return!"
Woman: "To Gaza!"
Crowd: "Return!"
Woman: "To Ramle!"
Crowd: "Return!"
Woman: "To Haifa and Jaffa!"
Crowd: "Return!"
Woman: "To Ramle!"
Crowd: "Return!"
Appendix: Endorsers Listed On The Conference Website
The conference's website listed the following as endorsers:[13]
18 MILLION RISING
27TH LETTER BOOKS
99 COALITION
ACADEMICS FOR PALESTINE-CONCORDIA
ACRO PALESTINE SOLIDARITY
ACTIONS4PALESTINE
AF3IRM
AFTER EMPIRE
AL FRENTE DE LUCHA
AL HUB CHICAGO
AL- QUDS OPEN UNIVERSITY
AL-HADAF KC
ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY
ALL-AFRICAN PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY PARTY (GC)
ALLIANCE OUVRIÈRE
AMERICAN MUSLIMS FOR PALESTINE
AMERICAN-ARAB ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE (ADC)
ANAKBAYAN USA
ANARRES NATURAL HEALTH
ANIMAL RIGHTS FOR PALESTINE
ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE COUNCIL
ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
ARAB AND MUSLIM ETHNICITIES AND DIASPORAS STUDIES PROGRAM, SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
ARAB STUDENT UNION-CRESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
ARIZONA PALESTINE SOLIDARITY ALLIANCE
ARIZONA PALESTINE SOLIDARITY ALLIANCE (APSA)
ARMOR COALITION
ART FORCES
ARTISTS AGAINST APARTHEID
ARTIVISTS OF IOWA
ASSOCIATION OF PALESTINIAN ARAB CANADIANS
ATHENS AGAINST APARTHEID
ATLAS OF BLACKNESS
AUSTIN WITH PALESTINE
AUTONOMOUS TENANT UNION NETWORK
AUTONOMOUS TENANTS UNION NETWORK
BANGLADESHI-AMERICANS FOR POLITICAL PROGRESS
BAYAN USA
BEN DUARTE BUILD/DESIGN
BETHLEHEM ASSOCIATION
BLACK ALLIANCE FOR PEACE
BLACK DOG BOOKS AND RECORDS
BLACK EDUCATION MATTERS
BLACK LIVES MATTER–CANADA
BLACK TRANS TRAVEL FUND
BLACK WOMEN RADICALS
BORDER AGRICULTURAL WORKERS PROJECT
BORDERLANDS FOR EQUITY
BORICUAS CON PALESTINA
BROTHERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB
BROWN BRUHA
BUTEEKH.
CAIRO COFFEE
CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR WOMEN PRISONERS
CALIFORNIA LATINAS FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
CANADA CHINESE FRIENDSHIP PROMOTION ASSOCIATION
CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (CUPE) 1281
CARDS BY DÉ
CATALYST PROJECT
CATHOLICS 4 PALESTINE
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY LIBERATION COLLECTIVE
CEASEFIRE NOW COVINGTON (KY)
CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
CENTER FOR POLITICAL EDUCATION
CENTRAL AMERICAN DISRUPTION
CENTRAL FLORIDA QUEERS FOR PALESTINE
CENTRO MULTICULTURAL LA FAMILIA
CHICAGO YOUTH FOR JUSTICE
CHINA-US SOLIDARITY NETWORK
CHRISTIANS FOR A FREE PALESTINE
CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR PALESTINE
CLEVELAND PALESTINE ADVOCACY COMMUNITY
CLIMATE MOBILIZATION PROJECT
COALITION FOR POLICE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
COALITION TO DEFEND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, INTEGRATION & IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, AND FIGHT FOR EQUALITY BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY (BAMN)
CODEPINK
COLECTIVA FEMINISTA EN CONSTRUCCIÓN
COLORADO PALESTINE COALITION
COMMITTEE OF ANTI-IMPERIALISTS IN SOLIDARITY WITH IRAN
COMMITTEE OF ANTI-IMPERIALISTS IN SOLIDARITY WITH IRAN (CASI)
COMMUNITY LIBERATION PROGRAMS
COOPERATION JACKSON
CRAIGAVON TRADES COUNCIK
CT PALESTINE SOLIDARITY COALITION
DEARBORN BLOG
DEARBORN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, LOCAL 681
DECOLONIZING SEXUALITIES NETWORK
DEGROWNYC
DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
DETROIT & MICHIGAN CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD
DETROIT CELTIC SUPPORTERS CLUB
DETROIT JERICHO MOVEMENT
DETROIT MLK DAY COMMITTEE
DETROIT WILL BREATHE
DETROIT YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE
DIASPORA PA'LANTE COLLECTIVE
DISSENTERS
DOCTORS AGAINST GENOCIDE
ENGINEERS AGAINST APARTHEID
ESPACIO MIGRANTE
ESPY COFFEE
EYEWITNESS PALESTINE
FACULTY FOR PALESTINE
FEMINISTS FOR JUSTICE IN/FOR PALESTINE
FIFTH SUN PROJECT
FIRE THIS TIME MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
FRANCES M. BEAL, EMERITUS, THIRD WORLD WOMEN'S ALLIANCE
FREE DEMOCRATIC PALESTINE MOVEMENT
FREEDOM FLOTILLA COALITION
FREEDOM ROAD SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION - MICHIGAN
FREEPALESTINEKC
FRIENDS OF GHASSAN KANAFANI
FRIENDS OF SABEEL NORTH AMERICA - MICHIGAN
FRIENDS OF SABEEL NORTH AMERICA (FOSNA)
FRIENDS OF THE CONGO
FURDOSE
G-REBLS
GABRIELA USA
GARAGE CULTURAL
GAZA'S CHILDREN
GENDER JUSTICE LA
GENERAL BAKER INSTITUTE
GENERAL STRIKE U.S. MI CHAPTER
GENERAL STRIKE US MICHIGAN CHAPTER (GSUS - MI)
GENESEE VALLEY CITIZENS FOR PEACE
GLOBAL PEACE ALLIANCE BC SOCIETY
GLOBAL SOLIDARITY NETWORK SEATTLE
GLOBAL WOMEN'S STRIKE
GOURMET ISLAND BISTRO
GRADUATE EMPLOYEES' ORGANIZATION (GEO3550) AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
GRAN VARONES
GRASSROOTS AL-QUDS
GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE
GROWING LIBERATION
HARRIET TUBMAN CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
HEALED HELPING HANDS L.L.C.
HEALING OUR HOMELAND
HEALTH WORKERS ALLIANCE FOR PALESTINE (HAP)
HERE4THEKIDS
HINDUS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
HITA LITEKYAN
HONOR THE EARTH
HOSPITALITY FOR HUMANITY
HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FOUNDATION
HYDRA MUTUAL AID FUND
HYPE ATHLETICS
IMAM JAMIL ACTION NETWORK
INCITE! PALESTINE FUND
INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE
INDIGENOUS IDAHO ALLIANCE
INDWELL PLLC
INSTITUTE FOR THE CRITICAL STUDY OF ZIONISM
INTERNATIONAL MANIFESTO GROUP
INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL ON US IMPERIALISM: SANCTIONS, BLOCKADES, AND ECONOMIC COERCIVE MEASURES
INTERRELIGIOUS FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION/PASTORS FOR PEACE
INTERRELIGIOUS TASK FORCE ON CENTRAL AMERICA
ISLAMIC CONGREGATION OF LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE
ISLAMIC HUMANITARIAN SERVICE
JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE
JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
JEWS AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY UCSC
JEWS SAY NO TO GENOCIDE
JISOOR
JUDGING BY THE COVER: A BOOKSTORE
JUSTICE, UNITY, & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
JUSTICE4PALESTINE-LA
KAIROS USA
KALLPAWAN
KASHMIR GULPOSH
KEEP BEYOND
KOLLECTIV
KONA 4 PALESTINE
LAAL
LABOR FOR PALESTINE
LABOR FOR PALESTINE LOS ANGELES
LABOUR FOR PALESTINE - CANADA
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SOLIDARITY NETWORK
LATINAS EN PODER
LATINXS FOR PALESTINE
LAVENDER PHOENIX
LETTERS FOR PALESTINE
LIBERATION FARM
LITTLE INDIAN GIRL COLLECTIVE
LOS RONDEROS DE LAS REDES
M5 PRODUCTIONS
MAINE COALITION FOR PALESTINE
MAINE VOICES FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS
MAKING MENSCHES
MALAYA MOVEMENT USA
MALCOLM X CENTER FOR SELF DETERMINATION
MALDEN FOR PALESTINE
MAMAS ACTIVATING MOVEMENTS FOR ABOLITION AND SOLIDARITY (MAMAS)
MARCH 4 BLACK WOMXN SAN DIEGO
MARIÅNAS FOR PALESTINE
MARIPOSA HABITAT NURSERY AND STAFF.
MASAR BADIL - THE PALESTINIAN ALTERNATIVE REVOLUTIONARY PATH MOVEMENT
MATIKA MŌ PARETINIA
MCGILL COLLECTIVE FOR GENDER EQUALITY
MEDIA DECOMPRESSION COLLECTIVE
MERAJ PUBLISHING
MICHIGAN ACTION ON CUBA COALITION
MICHIGAN DISTRICT COMMUNIST PARTY USA
MICHIGAN GENERAL DEFENSE COMMITTEE
MICHIGAN PEACE COUNCIL
MICHIGAN SOCIAL WORKERS FOR PALESTINE
MICHIGAN SOLIDARITY BAIL FUND
MIDEAST:JUSTPEACE - TRAVERSE CITY
MIGRANT ROOTS MEDIA
MINNESOTA ANTI-WAR COMMITTEE
MINNESOTA PEACE ACTION COALITION
MISSISSIPPI RISING COALITION
MISTUDENTSDREAM
MOBILIZATION AGAINST WAR & OCCUPATION (MAWO)
MONDOWEISS
MONSOON ASIANS & PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN SOLIDARITY
MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOR PALESTINE
MORATORIUM NOW! COALITION
MOTHERFUL
MOTHLIGHT MICROCINEMA
MPOWER CHANGE
MPOWER CHANGE ACTION FUND
MUSLIM ALLIANCE FOR SEXUAL AND GENDER DIVERSITY MASGD
MUSLIM COUNTERPUBLICS LAB
MUSLIMS FOR JUST FUTURES
NATIONAL IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY NETWORK
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD AT DETROIT MERCY LAW
NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDIES ASSOCIATION
NDN COLLECTIVE
NEBRASKANS FOR PEACE: PALESTINIAN RIGHTS TASK FORCE
NEVADANS FOR PALESTINIAN LIBERATION
NEW ENGLAND MUSLIM CENTER
NEW GENERATION FOR PALESTINE
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FOR SOCIALISM
NEW OBSERVATIONS MAGAZINE
NEW YORK ASSOCIATION FOR GENDER RIGHTS ADVOCACY
NEW YORK EDUCATORS FOR PALESTINE
NEW YORK PEACE COUNCIL
NODUTDOL FOR KOREAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
NOMUNOMU
NORTH ALABAMA PEACE NETWORK
NORTHWEST OHIO PEACE COALITION
NYC NETWORK OF WORKER COOPERATIVES
OF—NO NATION
OHIO PEACE COUNCIL
ORANGE COUNTY FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
ORGANIZACIÓN BORICUÁ DE AGRICULTURA ECOLÓGICA DE PUERTO RICO
PAKISTANI STUDENT ASSOCIATION WSU
PALESTINE DIASPORA MOVEMENT
PALESTINE FOUNDATION INC
PALESTINE HURRA COLLECTIVE NASHVILLE
PALESTINE SOLIDARITY WORKING GROUP
PALESTINEQUEBEC
PALESTINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER
PALESTINIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATION OF UTAH
PANHANDLE FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION
PEACE DAY ASHEVILLE
PEOPLE FOR PALESTINE
PEOPLE'S RESPONSE NETWORK (PRN)
PFC
PHILADELPHIA IRISH AGAINST OPPRESSION
PHILADELPHIA TENANTS UNION
PINK FLAMINGO DETROIT
PM PRESS
PORTUGAL THE MAN
PRIMAVERA ZUR
PROGRESSIVE PEOPLES ACTION
PROJECT 1948
PROJECT SOUTH: INSTITUTE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF POVERTY & GENOCIDE
PROJECT WATERMELON
PRUTEHI LITEKYAN SAVE RITIDIAN
PUNTOROJO COLLECTIVE
QUEER ASIAN SOCIAL CLUB
QUEER FOLK®, INC.
RESISTANCE ART
RESPOND CRISIS TRANSLATION
RESUMEN LATINOAMERICANO
RISE FOR PALESTINE
ROCKLAND FOR PALESTINE
SAG-AFTRA & SISTER GUILD MEMBERS FOR CEASEFIRE
SAGE STITCHES SHOP
SAINT LOUIS INTERFAITH COMMITTEE ON LATIN AMERICA
SAMIDOUN PALESTINIAN PRISONER SOLIDARITY NETWORK
SAMIDOUN PALESTINIAN PRISONERS SOLIDARITY NETWORK
SANTA FEANS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
SAVAGE DAUGHTERS
SCIENCE AND NONDUALITY
SEED THE COMMONS
SEEDING SOVEREIGNTY
SILK ROAD MUSIC
SISTAHS TALKIN' BACK-ORGANIZATION FOR BLACK STRUGGLE
SOCIALIST PARTY OF AMERICA
SOLIDARITY PUBLICATIONS
SONOMA COUNTY FOR PALESTINE
SOUQ APPAREL
SOUTH TEXANS FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
SOUTH WARREN ALLIANCE OF RADICAL MOVEMENT
SOUTHERN ANTI-RACISM NETWORK
SOUTHERN VERMONT FOR PALESTINE
SOUTHWEST ASIAN & NORTH AFRIKAN - LOS ANGELES (SWANA-LA)
SPHR MCGILL
ST PETE FOR PEACE
START:EMPOWERMENT
STRIKE FOR OUR RIGHTS
STUDENTS ALLIED FOR FREEDOM AND EQUALITY (SAFE) - UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANS CHAPTER OF STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE (SJP)
STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE AT UNC CHAPEL HILL
STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE AT UT DALLAS
STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE BMCC
STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE SANTA CRUZ
STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE-UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN
STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE PALESTINE WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
SURVIVED & PUNISHED - CALIFORNIA
SURVIVED AND PUNISHED NATIONAL
SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES PEACE CENTER AND GALLERY
TAKE ON HATE
TEACHERS UNITE
TECH FOR PALESTINE
THANK GOD FOR ABORTION
THE ARABIC LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CLUB UM DEARBORN
THE ART & POLITICS OF JUSTICE & JOY
THE BORI COLLECTIVE
THE DIASPORA PSYCHOLOGIST
THE KEY PALESTINE
THE LAWYERS GUILD SHOW
THE LECTURE SERIES ON PALESTINE AT UM-DEARBORN
THE LIBERATION COLLECTIVE
THE LIBERATION MARCH
THE LILY AND EARLE M. PILGRIM ART FOUNDATION
THE PALESTINIAN ASSEMBLY FOR LIBERATION
THE PEOPLE'S POTATO
THE POLIS PROJECT, INC
THE SHIFT
THE WELLNESS LIBRARY
THERAPIN*Y & DR. THERAPINAY
TORONTO FORUM ON CUBA
TRACE PRESS
TRAUMA INFORMED SAN JOSE
TRINOSOPHES
U.S. LABOR AGAINST RACISM AND WAR
UE LOCAL 256 - MIT GRADUATE STUDENT UNION
UNIÓN DEL BARRIO
UNION OF PALESTINIAN AMERICAN WOMEN
UNITED GRADUATE WORKERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO UE LOCAL 1466
UNITED UNION OF ROOFERS, WATERPROOFERS AND ALLIED WORKERS LOCAL 36
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY, STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG CENTRE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
USA PALESTINE MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK
USA-PALESTINE MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK
USPCN
VEGAN ACTIVIST ALLIANCE
VEGANS FOR PALESTINE
VETERANS FOR PEACE
VIRGINIA DEFENDERS FOR FREEDOM, JUSTICE & EQUALITY
VISUALIZING PALESTINE
W.O.M.A.N., INC.
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE
WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY BLACK STUDENT UNION
WBAI RADIO, NEW YORK
WESPAC FOUNDATION, INC.
WHERE THE METALS MEET
WILDSEED CENTRE FOR ART & ACTIVISM
WILPF WOMAN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM
WINCHESTER4PALESTINE
WISCONSIN BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE MOVEMENT
WOMAN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE & FREEDOM (WILPF).
WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE GLOBAL WOMEN'S STRIKE
WORLD BEYOND WAR
XICANX INSTITUTE FOR TEACHING & ORGANIZING
YALE LAW STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
YALE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
YALIES4PALESTINE
YEMENI LIBERATION MOVEMENT
YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE OF CANADA - LIGUE DE LA JEUNESSE COMMUNISTE DU CANADA
YOUNG FEMINIST PARTY
YSA DEARBORN
