Mohamed Khalil
Overview
Mohamed Khalil was arrested and charged with “harassment, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstruction” during an anti-Israel incident in October 2023, where he tried to rip down posters raising awareness of Israeli civilians kidnapped by Hamas terrorists that month. The incident took place in New York, New York.On October 12, 2023, Khalid participated [slides 1 and 5] in an anti-Israel protest organized by the pro-Hamas student group Palestine Solidarity Alliance (PSA) of Hunter College (PSA Hunter College). PSA is an alternative name for Student for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
Hamas kidnapped the civilians, including women, children and the elderly, during a series of terror atrocities and war crimes that left over 1,200 Israelis dead, hundreds kidnapped and thousands wounded. Hamas executed the terror attacks on October 7, 2023. Other Hamas war crimes included mass murder, torture, rape and beheadings. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.”
Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., Canada, European Union, Israel and other countries. Founded in 1987, it has killed thousands of Israeli civilians through mass shootings and suicide bombings. Hamas has also kidnapped children, families and the elderly and held them hostage in Gaza. It has desecrated [slide 2] dead bodies and launched numerous rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.
In January 2024, Khalil was listed online as having been a sophomore during the 2021-2022 academic year at Hunter College (Hunter), which is part of the City University of New York (CUNY).
At one point, Khalil managed [00:01:07] to rip off part of a poster after the police had arrived.
Khalil also got into a scuffle with one of the men protecting the posters. During the scuffle, Khalil was arrested [00:01:25] by the police and later reportedly charged with “harassment, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstruction.”
The New York Police Department (NYPD)’s Hate Crimes Task Force reportedly opened an investigation into the incident, which took place in New York, New York.
During the protest, an anti-Israel protester held [slide 1] a sign that said: “[US President] Joe Biden is funding a GENOCIDE…”
On October 7, 2023, PSA posted on Instagram: “RESISTANCE IS THE ONLY ANSWER…” The post went on to praise Hamas’s attack on Israel as a “significant moment” quoting the commander-in-chief of the military wing of Hamas, who said: “Enough is enough. Today, the people reclaim their revolution, correct their course, and return to the path of the march of return.”
Among Palestinians and anti-Israel activists, the term “resistance” can be a euphemism for nationalistic terror. It is often used to excuse or even glorify anti-Israel and anti- Semitic violence.
October 31, 2023 - Ripping Down Posters of Israeli Civilians Kidnapped by Hamas
On October 31, 2023, Khalil attempted [00:00:17] to rip down posters meant to raise awareness of Israeli civilians kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. He wore a Palestinian keffiyeh and was blocked by a group of people who were putting up the posters and protecting the posters from being torn down.At one point, Khalil managed [00:01:07] to rip off part of a poster after the police had arrived.
Khalil also got into a scuffle with one of the men protecting the posters. During the scuffle, Khalil was arrested [00:01:25] by the police and later reportedly charged with “harassment, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstruction.”
The New York Police Department (NYPD)’s Hate Crimes Task Force reportedly opened an investigation into the incident, which took place in New York, New York.
10/12/2023 - Participating in an anti-Israel Protest
On October 12, 2023, five days after Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, Khalil participated [slides 1 and 5] in an anti-Israel protest at Hunter organized by the PSA Hunter College. He appeared [slide 1] on the right side of the screen, holding a Palestinian flag.During the protest, an anti-Israel protester held [slide 1] a sign that said: “[US President] Joe Biden is funding a GENOCIDE…”
On October 7, 2023, PSA posted on Instagram: “RESISTANCE IS THE ONLY ANSWER…” The post went on to praise Hamas’s attack on Israel as a “significant moment” quoting the commander-in-chief of the military wing of Hamas, who said: “Enough is enough. Today, the people reclaim their revolution, correct their course, and return to the path of the march of return.”
Among Palestinians and anti-Israel activists, the term “resistance” can be a euphemism for nationalistic terror. It is often used to excuse or even glorify anti-Israel and anti- Semitic violence.
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.
The same October 7, 2023, PSA post also demanded: “ALL educational institutions and organizations to stand up against the occupation and actively support the Al-Aqsa Flood initiative.” Hamas named their October 7 attack “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.”
Hamas intentionally targeted youth centers and elementary schools to execute and kidnap children. They also took stimulant drugs to give added energy to murder and maim. Nazis also took drugs during World War II to fuel their anti-Semitic massacres.
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, approximately 2,900 heavily armed Hamas terrorists breached Israel’s border with Gaza. They executed numerous war crimes on civilians, including mass murder, beheadings of children, rape of men and women, torture, kidnappings and mutilation. Hamas broadcast videos of their butchery on social media, often to victims’ accounts for families to see. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.”
As of November 10, 2023, over 1,200 Israelis, the vast majority of them civilians, were murdered during the attacks. Hamas kidnapped 242 Israelis, including at least 30 children. At least 3,500 people were wounded, many severely.
As of December 25, 2023, Hamas had fired over 10,600 missiles from Gaza at Israeli communities, with Hamas claiming 5,000 the day it launched the attack. While Hamas was the main group involved, members of other terror groups also joined in the atrocities.
Many Palestinian civilians, including women and children, also participated in the attack. In several instances, Gazans who worked in the targeted Israeli communities gave intelligence to Hamas on where to strike.
In a December 2023 poll, 57% of Gazans and 82% of Palestinians in the West Bank supported the terror attacks. 42% of Gazans were supportive of Hamas rule, up from 38% before the attacks, and 44% in the West Bank supported Hamas, up from 12%.
Hamas began by launching thousands of rockets at Israel and using motorized paragliders “to infiltrate Israeli territory and secure terrain.” Terrorist ground forces destroyed parts of the border fence with Gaza, murdering and kidnapping soldiers.
Terrorists then turned their attention to 22 communities around Gaza, where they went house to house to savagely murder, mutilate and kidnap anyone they found. They executed children in front of their parents and parents in front of their children.
Terrorists beheaded children and babies, and massacred entire families, burning some alive who hid in their homes. Hamas terrorists kicked around the heads of beheaded victims like soccer balls. Israelis as young as an infant of nine months and as old as 85 were kidnapped and taken forcibly to Gaza. Hamas has not allowed the Red Cross access to the hostages.
Over 360 unarmed young men and women were surrounded and slaughtered at one music festival alone. Bodies were publicly desecrated, with some dragged through the streets of Gaza, then beheaded.
Women were raped next to the bodies of dead friends. Some were raped and then shot in the head. Others, including young girls, were raped and murdered or mutilated in other ways. Israeli officials opened an unprecedented investigation into the widespread sexual assault. Forensic analysis of corpses showed evidence of torture and rape. Hamas terrorists said they were given explicit orders to carry out the atrocities, including chopping off legs and raping the corpses of murdered victims.
A terrorist detained by Israel admitted he raped an Israeli woman when he broke into a kibbutz house during the October 7, 2023 attack. In March 2024, a former hostage of Hamas publicly stated she was sexually abused and tortured while in captivity.
Hamas intentionally targeted youth centers and elementary schools to execute and kidnap children. They also took stimulant drugs to give added energy to murder and maim. Nazis also took drugs during World War II to fuel their anti-Semitic massacres.
The atrocities were acknowledged as the worst single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, including by U.S. President Joe Biden, who also compared Hamas to ISIS. Hamas attacked on the annual holiday of Simchat Torah, which that year was on Shabbat, the weekly Jewish Sabbath.
The Hamas atrocities against Israeli civilians are crimes against humanity according to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The mass murder generated great sympathy for Israel from many countries but led to countless celebrations among Palestinians and anti-Israel organizations in America that back the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Hamas called the October 7, 2023 terror attacks “Al-Aqsa Flood,” a reference to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy the mosque has been a pretext for Arab attacks on Jews long before Israel was founded in 1948. Such propaganda has led to multiple periods of violence against Israeli civilians.
SJP
SJP is a student organization engaged in anti-Israel activity on North American college and university campuses.
The first chapter of SJP was founded in 2001 at the University of California at Berkeley by Professor Hatem Bazian. Bazian has spread classic anti-Semitism, reportedly promoted religious anti-Semitism and defended the Hamas terror group. In 2004, Bazian called for “intifada” in America.
SJP organizes anti-Israel campaigns, including running annual Israel Apartheid Weeks, often in collaboration with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Muslim Students Association (MSA) campus chapters.
SJP has been a major force in pushing the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement on campuses. Chapters have initiated dozens of BDS resolutions in student governments, which have been proposed on or around Jewish holidays, a time when many Jewish students are off-campus.
SJP activists have reportedly physically assaulted, intimidated and harassed Jewish students, disrupted pro-Israel campus events and demonized pro-Israel campus organizations.
Chapters have often endorsed and campaigned for numerous terrorists and whitewashed terrorism.
- Status:
- Student
- University:
- Hunter
- Organizations:
- PSA,
- SJP
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- Last Modified:
- 05/04/2026
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