Johar Ahmad

WOL’s “Points of Unity” states: “We defend the right of Palestinians as colonized people to resist the zionist occupation by any means necessary.”

As of February 2023, Ahmad used the handle “@jojo_biggs” on Instagram.

Also as of February 2023, Ahmad’s Facebook said he studied at the New York City College of Technology (City Tech). 

As of the same date, Ahmad’s Facebook indicated that he lived in Brooklyn, New York.

For more information, see the Canary Mission page Within Our Lifetime: The NYC Org Inciting Its Activists To Violence.  

May 20, 2021 - Violent Times Square Counterprotest

Ahmad participated [00:06:36] in a violent counterprotest and fled [00:11:16] from the police when they proceeded to arrest anti-Israel activists.

Earlier on May 20, 2021, Ahmad participated [00:06:36] in a violent counterprotest against a pro-Israel rally in Times Square. He could be seen [00:06:36] in a FreedomNewsTV Youtube video published May 20, 2021, on the left side of the screen wearing a black shirt with dark pants and a black and white patterned keffiyeh draped around his shoulders as he drank from a bottle of water.

 Running from the Police 

During the counterprotest, Ahmad ran [00:11:16] from the police after they began [00:09:23] arresting protestors who refused police instructions to disperse. He wore the same outfit described above.

Ahmad posted a video on Instagram the same day as the counterprotest of anti-Israel protesters chanting: “Allahu akbar [God is the greatest]” and“لا اله الا الله والشهيد حبيب الله [There is no God but Allah and the Martyr is a Beloved of Allah].” He wrote in his post: “FREEDOM IS TAKEN NOT GIVEN #FREEPALESTINE...”

The rally was held on the day a ceasefire was announced, ending Israel’s Operation Guardian of the Walls (OGW) in Gaza.

In May 2021, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists fired over 4,300 rockets from Gaza at major population centers in Israel. Israel responded by launching OGW, carrying out targeted military strikes in Gaza.

During the rally, anti-Israel activists pushed against a police barricade separating thetwo groups. The anti-Israel side crossed the barricade and marched toward the pro-Israel side, cursing at the pro-Israel activists.

After demonstrators threw projectiles, police proceeded to arrest several anti-Israel activists. Police declared the assembly to be “unlawful” and demanded that the crowd disperse or be arrested. Despite police warnings, some rioters reportedly continued throwing projectiles at police while others fled the scene. 

While police used bicycles to disperse the rioters and pursue a number of them, some anti-Israel activists overturned police barricades to obstruct the street. Others threw garbage bags filled with trash onto the street, while others dragged traffic barriers onto the street and overturned fencing.

May 18, 2021 - Joining a Violent Mob at a WOL Protest

Ahmad joined [00:02:22] a mob that violently attacked two men, one of whom held an Israeli flag. He also pushed [00:05:25] and breached [00:05:29] a police line as he participated in a WOL protest the same day.

Ahmad initially appeared [00:02:22] in a video of the attack, published on May 20, 2021, on the left side of the screen, wearing a red baseball cap, a black shirt and a black and white patterned keffiyeh on his shoulders while breaking past the other demonstrators.

The incident occurred on the same day as a WOL march that began at the Israeli consulate in Manhattan titled: “Emergency Rally to Defend Palestine.”