Lawsuit alleged student activists coordinated with Hamas on 10/7

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https://nypost.com/2025/03/24/us-news/hamas-hostages-families-sue-mahmoud-khalil-anti-israel-groups-for-aiding-and-abetting-terror-group/

The families allege that as Hamas launched its brutal attack, where the terror group killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 others, it put out a message abroad for it's supporters to "join the battle in any way they can."

The lawsuit accuses Khalil, Kiswani, Alwan and Jones of taking up the call and preparing to launch anti-Israel rallies at Columbia University.

"Associational Defendants have distributed pro-terror propaganda produced by and literally stamped with the logo of the 'Hamas Media Office,' " the filing claims.

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It also goes as far as to suggest that some of the defendants had prior knowledge of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack because of the Columbia SJP's inclusion in a signed statement supporting Hamas just hours before the massacre.

"Three minutes before Hamas began its attack on October 7, Columbia SJP posted on Instagram 'We are back!!' and announced its first meeting of the semester would be announced and that viewers should 'Stay tuned,'" according to the suit.

The plaintiffs ultimately alleged that every time Hamas and its allies would put out a call for action on social media, the student groups would answer, with the encampment at Columbia's campus and the Hamilton Hall takeover serving as prime examples.

The suit argues that the defendants are not protected under the constitutional right to free speech and protest, claiming their actions were coordinated with a foreign terrorist group.

"Associational Defendants are not independent advocates; they are expert propagandists and recruiters for international foreign terrorist organizations and nation-state proxies operating in plain sight in New York City." the lawsuit adds, claiming the defendants violated America's Antiterrorism Act.

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