Lameess Mehanna
Overview
Lameess Mehanna spread hatred of Israel during its war against Hamas terrorists and called for the elimination of Israel in December 2023.The Hamas terror attacks left over 1,200 Israelis dead, hundreds kidnapped and thousands wounded. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.”
As of January 2024, Mehanna was an activist [00:08:15] with PYM and affiliated with the People’s Forum.
As of January 3, 2024, Mehanna, who also goes by Lameess M. Mehanna, was listed online as associate director of undergraduate career development at the Center for Career Education at Columbia University (Columbia), New York, New York.
As of the same date, Mehanna was also listed online as having graduated from Syracuse University (SU) in Syracuse, New York, with both a master’s and a bachelor’s degree.
Spreading Hatred of Israel during Its War against Hamas
On December 8, 2023, Mehanna spoke [00:08:15] as an activist for the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) at an anti-Israel rally in New York, New York. The rally was organized by the People’s Forum.Mehanna, wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh around her neck, said [00:08:33]: “Comrades, this week we…saw people [in Gaza] by the thousands…lined up just to get a bag of flour. We saw our men in Gaza being stripped naked and rounded up, kidnapped and taken away. We continue to see bodies mutilated and…hospitals completely out of work…the infrastructure of Gaza being demolished in front of our eyes.”
Mehanna added [00:09:25]: “And we’ll never forgive the world for the images we’ve been forced to show the world. Because we are a dignified people!”
Next, Mehanna said [00:09:56]: “This is the moment the Zionist enemy [Israel] is known for what it truly is. This is the point of no return…we will organize…We will not let anything break us…We will march forward until there is a free, free Palestine! This is the moment that the entire world will know!”
Zionism is the belief that Jews have the right to self-determination in their own national home, and the right to develop their national culture. Zionism is a core part of the identity of most Jews.
Mehanna continued [00:10:41]: “The capitalist imperialists that live here in this city, in this country, they will not go to sleep!”
Mehanna then led the crowd in chanting [00:11:09]: “Free, free Palestine! Free, free, free Palestine!”
Calling for the Elimination of Israel
On December 31, 2023, Mehanna featured as a speaker at an anti-Israel protest in New York, New York. The protest, called: “Shut It Down For Palestine,” was co-organized by the People’s Forum, PYM and a coalition of other anti-Israel groups.At the rally, Mehanna said [video 1, 00:00:41]: “We can make sure that it is etched in the books of history that 2023 was the beginning of the end for the Zionist entity [Israel].”
Later, Mehanna said: [video 1, 00:02:01]: “We don’t just want a ceasefire [between Israel and Hamas]. We want an end to the occupation.”
Mehanna then called [video 2, 00:00:01] for the “end to the siege on Gaza and end to all Western aid and complicity in the State of Israel.”
Israel and Egypt implemented a UN-approved [pp. 39–41] joint blockade of the Gaza Strip in 2011 to stop Hamas from acquiring more sophisticated rockets. Hamas went around the blockade by smuggling weaponry through tunnels under the Philadelphi corridor separating Gaza from Egypt.
“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.
Featured Speaker at 2025 People’s Conference for Palestine
Lameess Mehanna was listed as a speaker at the 2025 People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit, Michigan.Speakers for the 2025 conference, the theme of which is “Gaza is the Compass,” include two terrorists released from Israeli prisons, as well as anti-Israel political figures Linda Sarsour, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and pro-Hamas activist Mahmoud Khalil.
PYM
In 2012, the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM USA) released a statement saying: “Our liberation...will be gained with the path that was written with the blood of our martyrs. We reaffirm that the only path that we are concerned with is the path that explicitly heads towards the liberation of our land and the return of our people to Palestine.”
PYM organized rallies demonizing Israel where it displays propaganda posters supporting the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and compared Israel to Nazi Germany.
On October 25, 2015, PYM called to support “intifada” during a period when Palestinian radicals across Israel stabbed and hacked to death scores of Israeli civilians. PYM alleged that “Al-Aqsa Mosque has been the target of particularly brutal assaults” and that “... arbitrary killings are committed daily by the Zionist military and settlers.”
On November 10, 2015, the PYM Facebook page displayed a photo of masked Palestinian radicals throwing rocks and firing rocks from slingshots. That photo was used to promote at least 25 anti-Israel rallies across the globe on or around November 29, 2015 under the banner of “Transnational mobilization for Palestinian resistance.”
On November 30, 2015, PYM displayed a photo on Facebook from one of the rallies showing a sign in support of PFLP member Khalida Jarrar, who confessed to inciting violence and calling for terrorists to abduct Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers.
Another sign showed support for PFLP Secretary-General Ahmad Sadat, who was convicted for the 2001 assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze'evi.
Social Media and Weblinks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lameess.mehannaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/_lam40/ [Private]
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