Ahmad Almallah
Overview
Ahmad Almallah led chants expressing support for terrorism and hatred of Israel at multiple anti-Israel rallies during Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists in late 2023. Almallah also attended the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) in 2024. During the same period, his Twitter photo was an image of a terrorist.Almallah co-organized one of the late 2023 rallies where he promoted terrorism, while at another rally, he called for Israel’s destruction. As of December 2023, he was listed online as a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn).
The late 2023 rallies occurred following a series of Hamas terror atrocities and war crimes against Israeli civilians, including mass murder, torture, rape, beheadings and kidnappings, which were executed on October 7, 2023.
The Hamas terror attacks left over 1,200 Israelis dead, hundreds kidnapped and thousands wounded. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.”
Hamas is a designated terrorist organization founded in 1987 that is dedicated to destroying Israel and killing Jews. Since 2001, Hamas has launched thousands of rockets at Israel and on October 7, 2023, Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped over 200 hostages, including children and the elderly.
In February 2025, Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine at Penn posted on Instagram [slide 1]: “Join us in celebrating the upcoming release of Ahmad Almallah’s new poetry collection…”
As of April 2025, Almallah’s university webpage said: “Ahmad Almallah grew up in Bethlehem, Palestine…”
12/3/2023 - Leading Protest Chants in Support of Terrorism
On December 3, 2023, Almallah reportedly led protesters at an anti-Israel rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in chanting: “There is only one solution, intifada revolution” and “Resistance is justified.”The term “intifada,” which translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection,” carries the connotation of violence. Palestinian intifadas waged against Israel have been marked since 1987 by hundreds of hijackings, shootings, stabbings, bombings and suicide missions.
Anti-Israel activists use the term “resistance” to refer to violence and terror perpetrated against Israeli civilians and their allies. It is used to glorify and encourage anti-Israel and anti-Semitic violence. Anti-Israel activists chant slogans such as: “Resistance by any means necessary!” and “Resistance is justified when people are occupied!” in response to terror attacks.
On December 3, 2023, anti-Israel activist groups held a rally titled: “Flood Philly For Gaza.” Participants chanted [00:00:01] in support of terrorism and called [00:00:01] for Israel’s destruction. Protesters also joined [00:33:31] speakers in denying Hamas war crimes. In the evening, the crowd gathered outside Goldie, an Israeli-owned falafel shop, chanting: “Goldie, Goldie, you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide!”
The language of “flood” is a reference to Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the name Hamas used for their terror operation on October 7, 2023. It is a reference to the allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque. This accusation has been a pretext for Arab attacks on Jews long before Israel was founded in 1948. Such propaganda has led to multiple periods of violence against Israeli civilians.
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, approximately 2,900 heavily armed Hamas terrorists breached Israel’s border with Gaza. They executed numerous war crimes on civilians, including mass murder, beheadings of children, rape of men and women, torture, kidnappings and mutilation.
Protesters reportedly held signs that read: "Cease Fire Now End the Israeli Occupation," as well as "End the Gaza Genocide" and "Stop the Slaughter.”
At the rally, Almallah read a poem he wrote titled: “A poem for Gaza, a poem for Palestine.”
Protesters at the rally chanted: “Smash the settler Zionist state," and "Long live the Intifada."
On October 18, 2023, Almallah led [00:41:43] protesters in chanting: “There is only one solution, intifada, revolution!” He also led [00:42:09] the chants: “Where people are occupied, resistance is justified!” and [00:41:22]: “Free, free Palestine!”
Almallah was quoted in an article about the walkout published in the Daily Pennsylvanian on October 19, 2023, as saying at the rally: “We are here to mourn, but we are here also to vow that we will take action, that we will hit the streets, that we will continue to protest.”
Almallah also indicated that he was an organizer of the anti-Israel rallies at Penn during Israel’s war with Hamas.
On October 18, 2023, Penn Against The Occupation (PAO) staged a “Vigil & Walkout For Gaza” at Penn to mourn Palestinian “martyrs.” The walkout featured speakers who accused Israel of committing “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing.” Protesters yelled [00:01:28] “shame!!” when the first speaker said some American leaders noted Israel “had a right to respond” to the Hamas terror attacks a week and a half earlier.
Protesters joined in pro-terror chants [00:41:43]: “There is only one solution! Intifada, revolution!” and [00:42:11] “Where people are occupied, resistance is justified!” They also chanted [00:42:36]: “Free, free Palestine!” Other speakers glorified [00:26:19] “martyrs” as models for “revolution” and “Palestinian liberation.” One speaker recited [00:31:16] a Hebrew prayer used to memorialize Jews murdered during periods of anti-Semitic violence in Europe, applying the prayer to the dead in Gaza.
At the rally, Almallah led [00:00:01] protesters in chanting: “[From the River to the Sea,] Palestine will be Free!” and the chant [00:00:04] “When people are occupied, resistance is justified!”
The language of “flood” is a reference to Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the name Hamas used for their terror operation on October 7, 2023. It is a reference to the allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque. This accusation has been a pretext for Arab attacks on Jews long before Israel was founded in 1948. Such propaganda has led to multiple periods of violence against Israeli civilians.
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, approximately 2,900 heavily armed Hamas terrorists breached Israel’s border with Gaza. They executed numerous war crimes on civilians, including mass murder, beheadings of children, rape of men and women, torture, kidnappings and mutilation.
Hamas broadcast videos of their butchery on social media, often to victims’ accounts for families to see. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.” As of November 10, 2023, approximately 1,200 Israelis, the vast majority of them civilians, were murdered during the attacks. Hamas kidnapped 242 Israelis, including at least 30 children. At least 3,500 people were wounded, many severely.
A terrorist detained by Israel admitted he raped an Israeli woman when he broke into a kibbutz house during the October 7, 2023 attack. In March 2024, a former hostage of Hamas publicly stated she was sexually abused and tortured while in captivity.
For more information on the October 7, 2023 terror attacks, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
10/25/2023 - Speaker at an Anti-Israel Rally
On October 25, 2023, Almallah reportedly spoke at a walkout organized by students from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and Drexel University (Drexel), demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.Protesters reportedly held signs that read: "Cease Fire Now End the Israeli Occupation," as well as "End the Gaza Genocide" and "Stop the Slaughter.”
At the rally, Almallah read a poem he wrote titled: “A poem for Gaza, a poem for Palestine.”
Protesters at the rally chanted: “Smash the settler Zionist state," and "Long live the Intifada."
10/18/2023 - Leading Pro-Terror Chants at Penn
Almallah called [00:41:43] for “intifada” and led [00:42:09] another pro-terror chat at a walkout held on the Penn campus.On October 18, 2023, Almallah led [00:41:43] protesters in chanting: “There is only one solution, intifada, revolution!” He also led [00:42:09] the chants: “Where people are occupied, resistance is justified!” and [00:41:22]: “Free, free Palestine!”
Almallah was quoted in an article about the walkout published in the Daily Pennsylvanian on October 19, 2023, as saying at the rally: “We are here to mourn, but we are here also to vow that we will take action, that we will hit the streets, that we will continue to protest.”
Almallah also indicated that he was an organizer of the anti-Israel rallies at Penn during Israel’s war with Hamas.
On October 18, 2023, Penn Against The Occupation (PAO) staged a “Vigil & Walkout For Gaza” at Penn to mourn Palestinian “martyrs.” The walkout featured speakers who accused Israel of committing “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing.” Protesters yelled [00:01:28] “shame!!” when the first speaker said some American leaders noted Israel “had a right to respond” to the Hamas terror attacks a week and a half earlier.
Protesters joined in pro-terror chants [00:41:43]: “There is only one solution! Intifada, revolution!” and [00:42:11] “Where people are occupied, resistance is justified!” They also chanted [00:42:36]: “Free, free Palestine!” Other speakers glorified [00:26:19] “martyrs” as models for “revolution” and “Palestinian liberation.” One speaker recited [00:31:16] a Hebrew prayer used to memorialize Jews murdered during periods of anti-Semitic violence in Europe, applying the prayer to the dead in Gaza.
10/16/2023 - Calling for Israel’s Destruction at Penn
On October 16, 2023, Almallah spoke at a walkout and rally held at Penn in support of Hamas terrorist war crimes, titled: “Collective Walkout for Palestine.”At the rally, Almallah led [00:00:01] protesters in chanting: “[From the River to the Sea,] Palestine will be Free!” and the chant [00:00:04] “When people are occupied, resistance is justified!”
“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free” is a chant used [00:02:47] to call for the elimination of the State of Israel. It has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state. In April 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the chant as antisemitic.
At the rally, Almallah also said [00:00:01]: “To this campus, to the world, no, no to genocide. I stand with Gaza. Gaza, Gaza, Gaza.”
Almallah said [00:00:32]: “We are always in this country making this Palestinian issue about anything else but the people who are always murdered, who are always oppressed, who are always victimized by an apartheid regime that has been…occupying them for 75 years. Shame!”
Almallah again accused [00:01:13] Israel of “genocide” and then said [00:01:25]: “Shame, shame on this country for standing with Israel, for giving it military aid at this time…” and [00:01:50] “Shame on anybody who is making this about anything else but the Palestinian…people who are being murdered.”
Almallah went on to say [00:03:27] that the Israeli army was “the most horrible regime on earth right now. Shame!”
Almallah then quoted [00:04:00] from an essay he wrote and said [00:08:23]: “They called the Palestinians human animals to justify this genocide.” Almallah was referring to an October 9, 2023 quote by Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant, who called the Hamas terrorists who perpetrated the October 7, 2023 atrocities as “human animals.”
On October 16, 2023, Penn professors and students staged a “walkout” in support of a Hamas invasion of Israel earlier that month, where Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 people and executed war crimes against civilians. One professor led [00:00:03] the chant: “When people are occupied, resistance is justified!” Palestinians and anti-Israel activists often use the term “resistance” as a euphemism for nationalistic terror and to glorify anti-Semitic violence.
Another professor claimed [00:00:07] Israel “desecrates the memory of the Nazi Holocaust” and “humiliates every Jewish person.” At least one speaker accused [00:00:48] Israel of “genocide.” Penn Against the Occupation (PAO) organized the protest, titled: “Collective Walkout for Palestine,” where participants walked out of classes to the rally on campus. The protest aimed to “protest the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza and stand in solidarity with Palestine.”
Almallah said [00:00:32]: “We are always in this country making this Palestinian issue about anything else but the people who are always murdered, who are always oppressed, who are always victimized by an apartheid regime that has been…occupying them for 75 years. Shame!”
Almallah again accused [00:01:13] Israel of “genocide” and then said [00:01:25]: “Shame, shame on this country for standing with Israel, for giving it military aid at this time…” and [00:01:50] “Shame on anybody who is making this about anything else but the Palestinian…people who are being murdered.”
Almallah went on to say [00:03:27] that the Israeli army was “the most horrible regime on earth right now. Shame!”
Almallah then quoted [00:04:00] from an essay he wrote and said [00:08:23]: “They called the Palestinians human animals to justify this genocide.” Almallah was referring to an October 9, 2023 quote by Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant, who called the Hamas terrorists who perpetrated the October 7, 2023 atrocities as “human animals.”
On October 16, 2023, Penn professors and students staged a “walkout” in support of a Hamas invasion of Israel earlier that month, where Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 people and executed war crimes against civilians. One professor led [00:00:03] the chant: “When people are occupied, resistance is justified!” Palestinians and anti-Israel activists often use the term “resistance” as a euphemism for nationalistic terror and to glorify anti-Semitic violence.
Another professor claimed [00:00:07] Israel “desecrates the memory of the Nazi Holocaust” and “humiliates every Jewish person.” At least one speaker accused [00:00:48] Israel of “genocide.” Penn Against the Occupation (PAO) organized the protest, titled: “Collective Walkout for Palestine,” where participants walked out of classes to the rally on campus. The protest aimed to “protest the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza and stand in solidarity with Palestine.”
Making His Twitter Photo an Image of a Terrorist
As of December 25, 2023, Almallah’s Twitter page photo was an illustration of Ghassan Kanafani.Kanafani was a leading member and spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) during the terrorist organization’s early years. Kanafani announced the PFLP’s responsibility for the Lod Airport Massacre of May 1972 and was linked to the airport attackers. The attack killed 26 people and wounded 80 others.
The PFLP is dedicated to the violent destruction of Israel. It is designated as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) by the United States. The EU, Canada, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Australia and Israel also list it as a terror group due to its history of carrying out assassinations, suicide bombings, hijackings and multiple murders.
Biographical Information
In October 2023, Almallah was reportedly a “Palestinian poet and artist in residence in the Creative Writing and English departments” at Penn.As of December 2023, Almallah was listed as a teaching faculty member in the Penn Department of English and the university’s Creating Writing Program.
Almallah reportedly received a PhD in Classical Arabic poetry from Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) and a master’s degree in poetry from Hunter College (Hunter).
As of November 2023, Almallah reportedly lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Social Media and Weblinks
Twitter:https://twitter.com/AbuhmeddiInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/insa_abuhmeddi/
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University Website:https://creative.writing.upenn.edu/people/ahmad-almallah
University Website 2:https://www.english.upenn.edu/people/ahmad-almallah
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