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Anas Alsous
Anas Alsous expressed support for Hamas terrorism, called for Israel’s destruction and participated in the pro-Hamas encampment at UofT in May 2024. The encampment was in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
On May 6, 2024, Alsous was featured [slide 1] in a photo from the UofT encampment wearing a keffiyeh. The post said: “Side by side, hand in hand. / That is how we will liberate us all 🔻.”
The inverted red triangle is a symbol showing support for Hamas and Palestinian terrorism. It was first used by Hamas during the October 7, 2023 Hamas terror attacks to signify an Israeli target.
UofT is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Anas Alsous’s Participation in the Pro-Hamas Encampment at the University of Toronto (UofT)
On October 7, 2023, the day Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, Alsous posted on Facebook: “...صباح الخير يا فلسطين يا شعب الجبارين [...Good morning, Palestine, the powerful people.].”
On October 7, 2023, Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis, kidnapped hundreds and wounded thousands. War crimes included mass rape and torture. Many Palestinian civilians participated in and supported the attacks, and Gazans working in the targeted Israeli communities gave intelligence to Hamas on where to strike.
For more information, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
On October 17, 2023, Alsous posted on Facebook: “✌️ألا إن نصر الله قريب بسم الله على غزة حتى يطمئن فؤادها
[Surely God's victory is near ✌️. In the name of God, on Gaza, so that its hearts are at peace.].”
Alsous’s post was in response to another post that said: “اذا صار النا اشي اشي تذكروا انهامن النهر الى البحر..
[If we become anything, remember that it is from the river to the sea ..].”
“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free!” is a chant used [00:02:52] to call for the elimination of the State of Israel.
On May 2, 2024, activists from the UofT Occupy for Palestine (Occupy UofT) group “stormed down” [00:00:24] the fencing around UofT’s Kings College Circle and set up a pro-Hamas encampment, which they called the “People’s Circle for Palestine.”
That day, Occupy UofT called on “community members to…help us defend our encampment” at an emergency rally in the evening. Protesters chanted [00:02:59] for “intifada” and celebrated “resistance” [00:02:45]. Both terms are calls for terrorism. The activists also chanted [00:01:28; 00:02:21] for Israel’s destruction multiple times.
One speaker, Nabil Jalbout, said [00:09:02]: “...we are not fighting for peace, we are fighting for liberation, because ‘peace’ is a white man's word.” Another speaker, Ahmad Jarrar Hajahmad, claimed [00:05:52]: “All these Israeli and Zionist entities fill all these politicians with money in their pockets…we already know who runs this system…”
Signs displayed at the encampment said: “LONG LIVE THE INTIFADA” and “LIBERATION FOR ALL REQUIRES RESISTANCE FROM ALL.”
On May 4, 2024, anti-Israel protesters at the encampment assaulted a Jewish man, punching him in the stomach as they forcibly took his Israeli flag. The attackers told the man [00:01:02]: “God bless the armed resistance,” and: “Go back to Europe!” They also reportedly called him “a “dirty Jew.”
Protesters “occupied” [00:00:17] the area from May to July 2024, despite UofT’s warning they were trespassing. The group said they would not leave until UofT divested from companies that “sustain Israeli apartheid, occupation and illegal settlement of Palestine” and terminated partnerships with Israeli academic institutions.
Following the October 7, 2023 massacre of nearly 1,200 Israelis, the inverted red triangle - 🔻- became a Hamas symbol. This symbol appeared on large signs at the encampment multiple times. Erin Mackey, one of the primary organizers, is openly pro-Hamas, having used the symbol in her activism. In addition, pro-Hamas marches that began in other parts of the city concluded at the encampment.
On July 3, 2024, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice issued an injunction at the request of UofT’s Governing Council, requiring students to clear the encampment. Occupy UofT dismantled the encampment and wrote [slides 5-6]: “We are just getting started…come fall, every incoming student will hear our message loud and clear…Whatever institution you have access to and influence over - you need to take this campaign there!” The statement concluded: “Long live the intifada.”
The encampment was one of over 140 pro-Hamas and anti-Israel college encampments set up in North America, and over 20 more globally, in the spring of 2024. The first began on April 17, 2024, at Columbia University. The encampments were unofficially known as the “student intifada,” borrowing a term associated with terrorist violence.
Protesters harassed Jewish students, blocked Jews from campus facilities and shouted anti-Semitic slogans. They occupied campus grounds, in many cases illegally, caused property damage, violently took over buildings, celebrated terrorism and promoted the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Activists set up encampments to oppose Israel’s right to wage war against the Hamas terror group following October 7, 2023, when Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 people, including 32 American and 8 Canadian citizens. Hamas also kidnapped 252 people, including 11 Americans and the bodies of 2 murdered Canadians. As of May 26, 2024, 125 hostages remained in Hamas captivity.
For more information on the October 7, 2023 terror attacks, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
In 2024, Alsous engaged [slide 1] in activism [slide 1] with the pro-terror activist groups Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
As of August 2024, Alsous’s LinkedIn profile said he was a project engineer at Starview Mechanical Inc.
Also as of August 2024, Alsous’s LinkedIn said had he graduated from Hashemite University (HU) with a bachelor’s degree in “Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering” in 2017. HU is located in Zarqa, Jordan.
As of the same date, Alsous’s LinkedIn said he was located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
