US law enforcement foils plot to assassinate Palestinian American activist [View all]

Source: The Guardian

US law enforcement foils plot to assassinate Palestinian American activist

Nerdeen Kiswani, founder of Within Our Lifetime, says FBI told her plot against her life was ‘about to’ take place

Alice Speri
Fri 27 Mar 2026 17.41 GMT
First published on Fri 27 Mar 2026 17.23 GMT

Federal US law enforcement has foiled a plot to assassinate New York-based Palestinian American activist Nerdeen Kiswani.

Kiswani wrote in post on X that late on Thursday, the FBI joint terrorism taskforce informed her that a plot against her life was “about to” take place, and that agents had conducted an operation in Hoboken, New Jersey, in connection to it.

A federal law enforcement official and an attorney for Kiswani told the New York Times that the FBI said one or more people had been arrested in connection to an imminent attempt on her life. They reportedly did not identify the suspects or their motive.

The FBI and Kiswani did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Guardian.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/27/fbi-foils-plot-assassinate-palestinian-american-activist-nerdeen-kiswani