Anna Lippman
Anna Lippman’s Participation in the Pro-Hamas Encampment at the University of Toronto (UofT)
Anna Lippman participated in the pro-Hamas protest encampment at UofT in May 2024. Lippman was also arrested during her activism and she has spread anti-Semitism, expressed [photo 4] support for terrorists and promoted hatred of Canada online.
Lippman was reportedly arrested in April 2024 and “charged for conducting a disruptive protest” inside an Israeli-Canadian company in January 2024 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As of August 2024, she was a PhD student at York University (York).
On October 9, 2023, two days after Hamas terrorists murdered approximately 1,200 Israeli Jews, kidnapped hundreds and wounded thousands, Lippman participated in an anti-Israel rally held in Toronto, Canada.
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.
Lippman was charged with “forcible entry, mischief to property, member of an unlawful assembly, member of an unlawful assembly while masked, and failure to leave premises when directed.”
On October 9, 2023, two days after Hamas terrorists murdered approximately 1,200 Israeli Jews, kidnapped hundreds and wounded thousands, Lippman participated in an anti-Israel rally held in Toronto, Canada.
Pro-Hamas Encampment at the University of Toronto
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.
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.”
Background on Pro-Hamas Encampments
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.
Anna Lippman’s Arrest
In April 2024, Lippman was reportedly arrested and “charged for conducting a disruptive protest” after participating in an illegal protest in January 2024 in Toronto, Canada.Lippman was charged with “forcible entry, mischief to property, member of an unlawful assembly, member of an unlawful assembly while masked, and failure to leave premises when directed.”
Anna Lippman’s Anti-Semitism
On October 20, 2023, Lippman spread anti-Semitism as a rally speaker outside Canada’s deputy prime minister’s office. Lippman reportedly acted as a member of the anti-Israel group Independent Jewish Voices (IJV).During the rally, as a speaker, Lippman said [00:00:05]: “My friends, today and until Palestine is free, the Jewish community is with you. We are here right now! And we are here saying ‘never again’ means never again for anyone!”
The phrase “Never Again” is often deployed as a general declaration against genocide, invoking the Nazis’ war of extermination against the Jews.
The phrase “Never Again” is often deployed as a general declaration against genocide, invoking the Nazis’ war of extermination against the Jews.
Lippman continued and said [00:00:47]: “My family did not survive the Holocaust to enact another one on Palestinians!”
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Leila Khaled is a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970. As of 2017, Khaled was a member of PFLP's Political Bureau. Khaled has said that the second intifada failed because it was not violent enough, advocated [00:36:07] for the use of children in terror activities and compared Zionists to Nazis.
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) highlights as one possible contemporary example of anti-Semitism: “Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.” The U.S. State Department adopted the IHRA’s working definition of anti-Semitism in 2016. Over 40 countries have adopted the definition as well.
Anna Lippman’s Support for Terrorists
On July 18, 2024, Lippman shared [photo 4] on X a poster that showed terrorist Leila Khaled holding a firearm and wrote: “In Nablus the beauty of Palestinian life and resistance is everywhere..”Leila Khaled is a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970. As of 2017, Khaled was a member of PFLP's Political Bureau. Khaled has said that the second intifada failed because it was not violent enough, advocated [00:36:07] for the use of children in terror activities and compared Zionists to Nazis.
Among anti-Israel activists, the term “resistance” is a euphemism for terrorism and is used to glorify and encourage anti-Israel and anti-Semitic violence.
Lippman reposted on X a July 11, 2024 post that showed a photo of terrorist Leila Khaled with text that read: “If it does good for my cause, I’ll be happy to accept death.”
In June 2023, Lippman was a member of the anti-Israel group IJV and was a member of IJV Toronto in May 2022.
As of July 2024, Lippman was reportedly an organizer with Labour for Palestine and served as a representative in January 2024.
As of August 2024, Lippman was listed on York’s website as a student in its graduate program in sociology. As of the same date, Lippman’s LinkedIn profile said she had been a PhD candidate in sociology at York.
Also as of August 2024, Lippman’s LinkedIn said she had been working as a teaching assistant at York since September 2019.
York is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Anna Lippman’s Hatred of Canada
On October 29, 2023, Lippman wrote an article published in The Grind magazine in which she claimed Canada was an “imperial, colonial project.”Anna Lippman’s Anti-Israel Activism, Work and Education
Anna Lippman is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.In June 2023, Lippman was a member of the anti-Israel group IJV and was a member of IJV Toronto in May 2022.
As of July 2024, Lippman was reportedly an organizer with Labour for Palestine and served as a representative in January 2024.
As of August 2024, Lippman was listed on York’s website as a student in its graduate program in sociology. As of the same date, Lippman’s LinkedIn profile said she had been a PhD candidate in sociology at York.
Also as of August 2024, Lippman’s LinkedIn said she had been working as a teaching assistant at York since September 2019.
York is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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