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Elizabeth Warren to Speak at Anti-Israel Conference Hosted by Group Accused of Promoting Terrorism

US Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) asks questions during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 13, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis

US Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is set to speak at an anti-Israel conference hosted by a group accused of promoting terrorism next Tuesday, raising questions about the lawmaker’s stance on the Jewish state.

The Palestine Digital Activism Forum, which will feature Warren as a keynote speaker, is an annual event run by 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media. According to the conference itinerary, Warren’s speech will be on “how to protect the public and develop ethical AI [artificial intelligence].”

NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem-based research institute, has tracked 7amleh’s activities for several years, finding that the organization has celebrated terrorism, promoted the demonization of Israel, and supported the rollback of social media efforts to combat antisemitism.

In the wake of the Palestinian terror group Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel, several high-profile members of 7amleh expressed support for Hamas, whose fighters murdered 1,200 people and abducted over 250 others as hostages during their onslaught.

On Oct. 7, 7amleh board member Neveen Abu Rahmoun endorsed Hamas’ violent acts of murder and abduction as legitimate “resistance” on Facebook.  

“The Palestinian resistance is imposing a new stage since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa flood operation [Hamas’ name for the Oct. 7 attacks] by resistance fighters infiltrating into numerous Israeli neighborhoods in the settlements, by creating points of contact, and by firing rockets of the resistance,” Rahmoun posted. “Israel, in its turn, is constrained by this and has announced a state of high mobilization for war. The message of the resistance is clear, it has started and it shall escalate and shall impose a new reality.”

On Oct. 9, the organization’s project coordinator, Mohammad Badarneh, expressed approval of the Hamas massacre on Facebook, seemingly encouraging more Palestinians to participate in terrorism against Israel. 

“The ‘only important’ value of a human being living under occupation is the extent of his resistance to that occupation, in all possible means,” Badarneh said. 

On Oct. 12, Jalal Abukhater, 7amleh’s Advocacy Manager, lambasted Zionism as an inherently racist and genocidal ideology. 

Europe exported an ideology of ethnic-supremacy prone to commit genocidal violence.. all the way to our blessed little land. They called it Zionism, and it is ceaseless,” Abukhater posted on X/Twitter.

Roughly 45 percent of Israeli Jews are Mizrahi — Jews who trace their ethnic origins to the Middle East and North Africa. Meanwhile, 21 percent of Israel’s population identifies as Arab. Conversely, Arab and Muslim countries in the region expelled roughly 900,000 Jews between 1920-1970.

Prior to the Oct. 7 massacre, Ahmad Qadi, 7amleh’s “monitoring and documentation officer,” voiced public approval of violence against Israeli Jews.

In response to a Jan. 2023 terror attack against a Jerusalem synagogue which left seven Israeli civilians dead, Qadi posted on Facebook, “For decades, the Israeli criminal entity has been… sowing seeds of despair and doubt in the effectiveness of resistance. Even until now, the Israeli war machine has not been able to see the truth — that every Israeli crime is met with greater determination for sacrifice, broader resistance, and an untamed determination to victory.”

Qadi also posted pictures from the 2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack in which four Jews were murdered. Glorifying the attacks, Qadi wrote, “I have been wishing for pictures like these for a while, and I still wonder — of what these men are made of?! #deeply_exciting.” He then added, “‘Heroes,’ ‘Men of Palestine,’ Congratulations and mercy for all the resistance fighters and martyrs. Our loyalty is to whomever resists and to all who defend the honor of the Palestinian people and its nation.”

On Nov. 1 of last year, 7amleh released a 13-page report downplaying the proliferation of antisemitism online following the Oct. 7 terror attacks against Israel. Critics argued the report was a veiled attempt to thwart efforts to remove antisemitic and pro-terrorism material on social media under the guise of “​​protecting the human rights of Palestinians in the online space.”

We are also gravely concerned about the significant and disproportionate censorship of Palestinian voices, which severely restricts freedom of expression and access to information, more direly so with journalists and human rights defenders. This is compounded by the one-sided and context-lacking portrayal of the region’s situation by mainstream media,” the report read. 

Warren’s decision to speak at an anti-Israel conference could indicate a broader shift in the lawmaker’s views on Israel. In March, the progressive senator called for a “ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas, an act that would leave the terror group in control of Gaza. That same month, she joined a letter urging US President Joe Biden to stop arms shipments to Israel.

While speaking at the Islamic Center of Boston in April, Warren suggested that Israel’s military response targeting Hamas in Gaza could be tantamount to a “genocide.” On Monday, she referred to the Israeli military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Hamas’ last major stronghold in the Palestinian enclave, as an “assault.”

Warren did not respond to a request for comment for this story.

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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War

Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.

Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.

“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”

GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’

Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.

“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.

“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.

“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.

After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”

RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL

Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”

Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.

“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”

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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests

A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco

Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.

People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.

“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”

Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.

On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.

Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.

On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.

“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.

Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.

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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan

Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.

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