Lawsuit says Palestinian advocates at Columbia University further Hamas' propaganda

Source: Reuters

Lawsuit says Palestinian advocates at Columbia University further Hamas' propaganda

Jonathan Stempel
Mon, March 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM EDT 2 min read

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Organizers and supporters of pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University were sued on Monday in Manhattan federal court for allegedly functioning as Hamas' "propaganda arm" and "in-house public relations firm" in New York City and on campus.

The lawsuit was filed by nine U.S. and Israeli citizens who were victims of Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, including relatives of people murdered or taken hostage, and two affiliated with Columbia who reported mistreatment there.

They accused the defendants of having since 2023 coordinated their efforts with Hamas, which the U.S. State Department deems a terrorist group, to further its attacks, and said some defendants "on information and belief" had advance knowledge of the attack.

The defendants include Mahmoud Khalil, who helped lead the Columbia demonstrations and was a negotiator between university administrators and the student group coalition and co-defendant Columbia University Apartheid Divest.

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