Michelle Munjanattu

Michelle Munjanattu [Michelle Marie] has expressed support for terrorists and spread hatred of America and Israel. In April 2022, she was an activist with Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (Samidoun).

In October 2024, the US and Canadian governments declared that the Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (Samidoun) was a “sham charity” that served as an international fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group. In February 2021, Israel’s Ministry of Justice declared Samidoun to be a “terror organization,” accusing [p. 2] the NGO of operating “as an arm” of the PFLP.

In October 2023, Germany said it would disband Samidoun's German wing, with Reuters reporting that Germany's Interior Minister "said the international network works under the guise of a solidarity group for prisoners to spread anti-Israel and antisemitic propaganda.”

As of July 2021, Munjanattu was a member of the New York chapter of the pro-terror activist group Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition.

Munjanattu has fundraised for the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), a "coalition of American-based anti-Israel organizations that lobbies the U.S. Congress to adopt anti-Israel policies and end government support for Israel."

Munjanattu is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, and she has promoted the anti-Israel group CODEPINK.

As of August 2025, Munjanattu was listed as a senior manager of institutional giving at New American Leaders (NAL), located in New York, NY.

As of the same date, Munjanattu was also listed as a development manager at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a CIA-recognized Soviet-aligned front group.

In 2011 , Munjanattu taught at the An-Najah National University in the West Bank, where reportedly the year before "six members of the faculty...were arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces for being closely linked to a charity that is suspected of being a front for Hamas."

As of August 2025, Munjanattu was reportedly in a romantic relationship with David Duhalde, a leader in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

On November 3, 2023, during Israel's war against Hamas, Munjanattu claimed on Facebook that the "Great March of Return" was "nonviolent."

Throughout 2018, Hamas organized and funded the “March of Return” riots where tens of thousands of Palestinians approached the Israel-Gaza border, attempting to breach Israel’s security fence. They sent explosive devices into Israel, shot firearms and threw projectiles at Israeli soldiers, necessitating the use of live fire in response.

One Hamas leader declared [00:00:30]: “We will take down the border and we will tear out their hearts from their bodies.” The riots intended to highlight the “right of return,” a Palestinian demand long discredited as a way to destroy Israel.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis, kidnapped hundreds and wounded thousands. War crimes included mass rape and torture. Many Palestinian civilians participated in and supported the attacks, and Gazans working in the targeted Israeli communities gave intelligence to Hamas on where to strike.

For more information, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.

On April 21, 2022, Samidoun published an article on its website, titled: "New York demonstration takes the streets of Manhattan for Palestine."

Samidoun reported that Munjanattu spoke as its representative at an anti-Israel protest outside the Israeli consulate in Manhattan, New York.

The protest was co-organized by pro-terror organizations, such as Samidoun, Within Our Lifetime (WOL) and the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM).

In her speech, Munjanattu said: "Today marks the midpoint of 10 Days of Struggle for Palestinian Prisoner’s Liberation. Palestinian prisoners represent the Palestinian resistance- and our solidarity and support are key to upholding their leadership in the liberation struggle."

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 anti-Semitic violence.

Munjanattu then defended anti-Israel organizations that advocated for "the liberation of Lebanese struggler for Palestine, Georges Abdallah."

Georges Abdallah is a convicted Lebanese terrorist, reportedly a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and co-founder of the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions (LARF). He murdered an American military attaché and an Israeli diplomat in 1982.

Expressing Support for Terrorists

Hatred of America

Hatred of Israel

The BDS Movement

Social Media and Weblinks