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Annabel Ruth Russell-Pribnow
Annabel Ruth Russell-Pribnow [Annie Russell-Pribnow] was arrested and charged with rioting, trespassing, and damage to property during an anti-Israel protest at the University of Minnesota (U of M) during Israel's war against Hamas in the wake of the October 7, 2023 terror attacks on Israel.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis, kidnapped hundreds and wounded thousands. War crimes included mass rape and torture. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.” For more information, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
The protest was organized by the U of M Students for a Democratic Society (umnsds) and supported by Students For Justice in Palestine (sjpumn).
Russell-Pribnow has expressed support for terrorism, spread hatred of Israel and engaged [slide 3] in anti-Israel activism.
Russell-Pribnow is a supporter [slide 2] of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
On October 17, 2023, ten days after Hamas terrorists killed over 1,200 Israelis, Russell-Pribnow participated in an anti-Israel protest and called for Israel's destruction.
Russell-Pribnow graduated from the University of Minnesota (U of M) with a bachelor's degree in mathematical biology in 2024. U of M is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
As of January 2025, Russell-Pribnow's LinkedIn profile said Russell-Pribnow was located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
On October 21, 2024, Annabel Ruth Russell-Pribnow (Annie Russell-Pribnow) was arrested by the University of Minnesota (U of M) police department and charged with rioting, trespassing, and damage to property.
On the same day, U of M Students for a Democratic Society (umnsds) posted on Instagram: "SUPPORT STUDENTS OCCUPYING MORRILL HALL...to demand that the University of Minnesota DIVEST from the genocidal Israel and all weapon companies complicit...#palestine #divest #intifada." A flyer included in the post read: "UMN COMMUNITY OCCUPIES [sic] MORRILL HALL / RENAMES IT HALIMY HALL..."
The building takeover was organized by U of M's chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (umnsds) and supported by U of M's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (sjpumn), which posted on Instagram: "UMN STUDENTS OCCUPY HISTORIC MORRILL HALL FOR PALESTINE 
...UMN STUDENTS DEMAND COMPLETE DIVESTMENT FROM ISRAELI WEAPONS AND BONDS, ISRAELI UNIVERSITIES AND WEAPONS STOCK...LIBERATION IS NEAR !!"
The post included a video captioned: "UMN STUDENTS HAVE OCCUPIED MORRILL HALL !! !! !!" and showed a small group of students supporting the building takeover, led by a woman wearing a red keffiyeh and shouting into a megaphone while pacing back and forth in front of a large, green banner with white text that read: "MONEY FOR EDUCATION / NOT FOR BOMBS & OCCUPATION."
On October 21, 2024, CrimeWatchMpls posted on X: "...From the occupation of UMN campus." Included in the post were photos that showed the entrance and exit doors of Morrill Hall sealed shut with a metal bike lock and bungee cords, and blocked by furniture.
Also on October 21, 2024, a user posted on X: "Pro-Palestine protesters at the University of Minnesota have barricaded the entrances to Morrill, the administrative building." The post included a photo of students, faces hidden by keffiyehs wrapped around their heads, moving furniture down the building hallway. A second photo showed a doorway pulled shut by ropes and barricaded by furniture, which prevented staff from leaving the building, and damaged property.
On October 21, 2024, following the arrests, U of M issued a statement about the protest and arrests that said: "Once inside the building, protesters began spray painting, including covering lenses of all internal security cameras, breaking interior windows, and barricading the building’s entrance and exit points. The full extent of the damage is unknown. A number of staff were working in the building at the time, and several people were not able to exit...for an extended period of time. To ensure the safety of U of M employees in the building who were unable to exit, and in light of property damage sustained to the building, University of Minnesota Police Department [UMPD] was called to the scene...With necessary support from the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, UMPD...arrested 11 people..."
On October 30, 2024, Campus Reform reported that Annabel Ruth Russell-Pribnow was one of 11 "anti-Israel agitators" arrested on October 21, 2024 after taking over Morrill Hall at U of M on charges of "damage to property, riot, and trespassing."
Of the 11 protesters arrested, umnsds posted on Instagram that seven were found guilty.
On November 28, 2024, umnsds posted on Instagram: "U OF MN HALIMY HALL STUDENTS SUSPENDED FOR UP TO 2.5 YEARS!"
The post continued: "...the [7] students were found guilty on all charges...As punishment, the administration has decided that all 7 students must pay over $5,500 each in restitution and will be suspended starting January 1st..."
The post also stated that: "...the University "intends to withhold the transcripts of those arrested" and stated that "students have to do 20 hours of community service and write a 5-10 page essay about the 'difference between vandalism and protest.'"
On March 8, 2024, Russell-Pribnow shared on Instagram a poster from the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) that contained a photo that glorified terrorist Leila Khaled. Russell-Pribnow wrote: "Happy International Women's Day! Stand with the women of Palestine!"
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.
On December 2, 2023, Russell-Pribnow posted on Instagram: "Last minute made this print of Leila Khaled that I'll also be selling at the craft sale at 4200 Cedar tomorrow from 12-3 to fundraise for @umnsds!!!"
On October 17, 2023, ten days after Hamas terrorists killed around 1,200 Israelis, Russell-Pribnow participated in an anti-Israel protest organized by umnsds and called for Israel's destruction. During the protest, Russell-Pribnow held a sign that read: "FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA PALESTINE WILL BE FREE."
“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.
On November 16, 2023, Russell-Pribnow , by on Instagram a photo of anti-Israel activists at a protest holding a sign that read: "...STOP SUPPORTING APARTHEID ISRAEL! DIVEST MN FROM APARTHEID ISRAEL!" Russell-Pribnow wrote: "New protest poster."
On the same date, Russell-Pribnow also shared [slide 3] on Instagram a protest poster that read: "...STOP SUPPORTING THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS! DIVEST MN FROM APARTHEID ISRAEL!"
On April 26, 2024, during Israel's war against Hamas, The Minnesota Daily reported that Russell-Pribnow participated in an anti-Israel encampment at U of M and handed out "yellow posters with a design reading 'SETTLERS F—OFF, STOP THE ANNEXATION OF PALESTINE.'"
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.
On December 21, 2023, Russell-Pribnow wrote [slide 3] on Instagram: "I'm very honored to have been given the opportunity to design some billboards...in support of Palestine!...#freepalestine."
One of the billboards Russell-Pribnow designed read [slide 3]: "END U.S. AID TO ISRAEL!..." Another billboard read[slide 2]: "DIVEST MN FROM ISRAEL!"
On May 18, 2023, Russell-Pribnow posted on Instagram: "...I gave Chef Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela...diplomat, activist, and grandson of Nelson Mandela, one of my bandanas on behalf of @umnsds at an event...on his national tour raising awareness about the 75th anniversary of the Nakba." Russell-Pribnow is pictured standing in front of a banner that reads: "75 YEARS OF PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE..." and presenting the bandana to Mandela, who is wearing a keffiyeh and displaying the bandana.
The term “Nakba” is generally translated as “catastrophe” in Arabic, referring to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by drawing a comparison to the Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, meaning “catastrophe.”
The modern State of Israel was founded 75 years earlier, in 1948.
