Ayah Awwad

Ayah Awwad

Ayah Awwad participated in an anti-Israel event in Palo Alto, California in 2024.

The profilee's activism occurred during Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, which Israel launched after the October 7, 2023, terror attacks when Hamas murdered nearly 1,200 Israelis, injured thousands and kidnapped hundreds.

As of July 2025, Ayah Awwad’s Linkedin profile said she had worked as a physician assistant at One Community Health, located in Sacramento, California, since June 2025.

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Date: Sept. 28, 2024

Organizers: Vigil4Gaza, CAIR-SFBA, HEAL Palestine, AMP

Location: Palo Alto, CA, City Hall

Event Flyer: Instagram

The event was in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. The outcome of the movement's goals would result in Israel's destruction. Within hours of the October 7, 2023, terror attacks, the BDS movement renewed its call for an anti-Israel boycott.

One of the organizers posted a video on Instagram of the event, with a pro-BDS song as the soundtrack. Captions to the video accused [00:00:18] Israel of "colonialism," and showed speakers in front of a large banner that said [00:00:01]: "FREE PALESTINE."

“Free Palestine!” is a chant used to call for Israel's destruction, acting as a shorter version of "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free!" It was shouted during multiple deadly attacks on pro-Israel activists in 2025 in America. It has been used to vandalize synagogues and other Jewish buildings, and has been described as a "battle cry for the death of Jews.”