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‘Pro-Palestine’ Activist Spewing Anti-Israel Rhetoric Identified as Hamas-Supporting CEO of US Medical Company
Saiaf Abdallah. Photo: Screenshot
A pro-Palestinian activist who was kicked out of a gym this week and arrested while wearing a shirt that said “Israel Kills Children” has been identified as a Hamas supporter and the head of a health-care company in Arizona.
The antisemitism watchdog group Canary Mission revealed in an Instagram post on Thursday that Saiaf Abdallah is the CEO of Voyage Medical Primary Care in Tempe, Arizona, a company founded in 2017. He has a “background in health care, vaccines, and clinical research,” and “holds a variety of seminars and educational classes to help the community better understand both vaccines and research,” according to the website for the health-care provider. He has been CEO of Voyage Medical since March 2023, according to his LinkedIn page.
According to Canary Mission, less than a month after the Oct. 7, 2023, deadly terrorist attack in Israel that was orchestrated by the Hamas terrorist organization, Abdallah tweeted, “Hamas is eating your b—ch a—s soldiers … Liberation is gonna get shoved down your f—kin throat.”
In November 2023, Abdallah was arrested for disruptive behavior at a pro-Palestinian protest at Arizona State University and banned from the school’s property for one year. He has a bachelor’s degree from ASU and a master’s degree from Grand Canyon University. In December of that same year, he voiced support for Palestinian “resistance” against the Jewish state and violence against Israel.
“I wish we could call on America to send the Palestinians more weapons,” he said. “I want America to send tanks and F-16s to the Palestinians. And rifles and AK-47s. Let them take up arms. That’s the truth. That’s what should be happening … cough up some money and give weapons to the Palestinians. Let them resist.”
Canary Mission shared details about Abdallah in an Instagram post as well as a video about the incident that took place at a gym in Gilbert, Arizona, recently while he wore an anti-Israel shirt. Abdallah responded to the post by Canary Mission, writing, “I’m on Canary? How come no one mentioned it?! I’m gonna get dressed up and celebrate.”
Abdallah shared on social media this week that he was kicked out of the Life Time gym in Gilbert and arrested when he disregarded demands by gym management to leave the facility. During the ordeal, Abdallah was wearing a shirt that said “Israel Kills Children.” He said when he arrived at the gym, a staff member asked him to take off the garment and he refused. Not long afterward, the gym’s manager told Abdullah he must leave the premises for not having “an active membership,” or the gym would call the police. When Abdallah refused, police officers arrived and arrested him for trespassing.
During the incident, he made anti-Israel comments to both the manager of Life Time gym and Gilbert police officers. “There’s a Holocaust going on in Palestine,” he claimed. “There are no more gyms left in Palestine, you guys bombed all of them. Free Palestine.”
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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.