Naheda Dahleh

On March 30, 2024, Dahleh was arrested for blocking an interstate highway at an anti-Israel rally and march held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The protest was titled: “MARCH WITH PALESTINE FOR LAND & LIBERATION / LAND DAY 2024,” and was co-organized by PSL Philly.

During the protest, 350 PSL members reportedly “rushed” onto the highway and disrupted traffic. The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) arrested 67 protesters for disorderly conduct.

At the rally, protesters held a banner that said: “Israel is a terrorist organization.” They also chanted: “Brick by brick, wall by wall, apartheid has got to fall!”

On March 31, 2024, Dahleh tweeted: “including me!” in response to a tweet by anti-Israel activist James Ray that said: “Protestors were kettled by the Philadelphia Police Department today after trying to block a highway during a Palestine protest. The kettling led to 50 arrests. 50.”

On the same day, PSL Philly wrote on Instagram: “During the march, a group of protesters managed to march on I-676 westbound, shutting down traffic for two hours, before being denied exit and arrested by the Philadelphia Police Department and Pennsylvania State Police.”

Dahleh commented: “so proud and so honored to struggle with these incredible and brave comrades.”

Dahleh also commented: “PPD, KKK, IOF THEYRE ALL THE SAME! in the face of extreme and unwarranted police repression, we stand tall in our solidarity with palestine. so incredibly proud of my comrades for such a strong action.”

On March 2, 2024, Dahleh blocked [00:00:24] interstate traffic and spoke at an anti-Israel rally and march that began at Philadelphia’s City Hall.

On March 2, 2024, PSL Philly organized a rally and march at Philadelphia’s City Hall. PSL Philly’s Instagram post promoting the event said the rally was organized to demand “Hands off Rafah!”, “Ceasefire Now!” and “Stop the genocide!”

In 2024, the Gazan southern city of Rafah was the last reported remaining stronghold for Hamas’ military battalions and its leadership.

During the march, Dahleh blocked [00:00:24] traffic on the Ben Franklin Bridge, the city’s main bridge between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and chanted [00:00:24] through a microphone: “Shut it down! Shut it down!”

Other anti-Israel protesters also blocked traffic on the bridge, which reportedly shut down interstate traffic for half an hour.

On the bridge, protesters chanted: “Whose bridge? Our bridge!” They also chanted: “PPP, KKK, IDF, they’re all the same!”

On January 30, 2024, Dahleh blocked [00:00:04] traffic while leading an anti-Israel rally held at the entrance to the Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard) headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Vanguard is an American investment management company.

On January 30, 2024, PSL Philly and the PSL chapter in Chester County, Pennsylvania (PSLChesco) held a rally titled: “VANGUARD INVESTS IN GENOCIDE.” The rally was organized to protest Vanguard’s investments in companies that do business with Israel.

At the rally, anti-Israel protesters reportedly “arrived at the front gate of Vanguard’s campus at around 8:00 AM when commuters were beginning to arrive” and blocked the entrance.

Dahleh blocked [00:00:04] the entrance to Vanguard and chanted through a megaphone: “Vanguard, Vanguard, you can’t hide! We charge you with genocide!”

Anti-Israel protesters at the rally held a PSL banner that said: “STAND WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE’S RESISTANCE / END U.S. SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL!” Another sign said: “Stand with Palestinian People’s Resistance! / STOP U.S. FUNDING OF ISRAELI APARTHEID.”

Dahleh retweeted an October 27, 2023 tweet that said: “... palestinians have every right to defend themselves (by any means necessary) from the terroristic ethnostate that disguises itself as ‘the only democracy in the middle east.’ palestinian resistance will outlast this regime.”

Dahleh retweeted a November 10, 2023 tweet that said: “The PFLP said this war will end with victory for the Palestinian resistance. They have confidence in their strategy and goals and call on us to keep voicing our solidarity with Palestine and our dissent against the zionists. They Have Hope. So Should We. Palestine will be Free.

Dahleh retweeted a February 16, 2024 tweet that included a video with English captions of Abu Obeida, the official spokesman for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.

The tweet that Dahleh retweeted said: “How will they defeat a nation who’s resistance lives in its heart?… the Palestinian resistance continue and will continue to confront a criminal nazi army…and inflict unprecedented losses on the enemy army in the history of our people’s devotion.’”

Dahleh retweeted a February 25, 2024 tweet that said: “Ghassan Kanafani: ‘Zionism as a reactionary ideology fitted exactly the ambitions of British colonialism in that period and later with American imperialism.’”

As of June 2024, Dahleh’s Twitter background image included graffiti depicting Leila Khaled painted on Israel’s security barrier with the words: “DON’T FORGET THE STRUGGLE.”

On December 31, 2023, Dahleh tweeted: “2024 to liberation.” Dahleh’s tweet included [image 4] a photo depicting a teenager throwing a rock with the words: “Don’t beg for sympathy from a cruel world, rise and resist.”

Dahleh retweeted an April 1, 2024 tweet that said: “We call on the free people of the world and the masses of our Arab and Islamic nation to rise up, and provide all forms of support and backing to our Palestinian people and their resistance, until the aggression is broken and our people's aspirations are achieved.”

Dahleh retweeted an April 13, 2024 tweet that said: “...colonialism only yields when confronted with greater violence. Idk what you thought liberation would entail. This is it. The last 6 months, upon decades of armed confrontation and resistance— it’s what was always going to liberate Palestine.”

Dahleh’s retweet was referring to the April 14, 2024, Iranian missile attack on Israel, which took place during Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists. At the time of the missile attack, it was still April 13, 2024, in the U.S.

Also as of June 2024, Dahleh’s Twitter bio said: “...from the river to the sea- i am palestinian.”

Dahleh retweeted a February 12, 2024 tweet that said: “inshallah [God willing] we all witness the downfall of israel in our lifetime.”

Dahleh retweeted an October 27, 2023 tweet that said: “Zionists are not worth engaging with. They need to be treated like it’s the 80s and they’re White South Africans. They should be treated as pariahs and social outcasts with no acceptance anywhere. To be a Zionist is to forfeit any legitimacy and respect.”

Dahleh retweeted an October 22, 2023 tweet that said: “Hamas made 1 apparent mistake; they overestimated the humanity of the Zionists. But the Zionists are exposing themselves by showing how inhumane they are.”