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Leslie Rivas
Leslie Rivas participated in an anti-Israel event in San Jose, California, in October 2023.
The profilee's activism occurred during Israel’s war against Hamas, 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, Leslie Rivas' LinkedIn profile said Rivas had worked as a security professional at GardaWorld, located in San Jose, California, since March 2023.
End The Israeli Genocide Of Gaza
View EventDate: Oct. 29, 2023
Organizers: svfpalestine, HERO Tent, PSL Bay Area, JVP Bay Area, FRSO, SJSU SJP
Location: San Jose City Hall, San Jose, CA
The Instagram post promoting the event said: "FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE! END U.S. AID TO ISRAEL!" One of the co-hosts was a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
“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.
Among Palestinians and anti-Israel activists, the term “resistance” is a euphemism for nationalistic terror and is used to glorify and encourage anti-Israel and antisemitic violence.
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.
