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Nick Hutchinson
Nick Hutchinson participated in a pro-Hamas rally during Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists, launched after the October 7, 2023 terror attacks.
Hamas murdered nearly 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped hundreds more that day. For more information, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
Nick Hutchinson is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
As of January 2025, Nick Hutchinson was listed online as a clinical coordinator in the Homeless Health Initiative program at Resources for Human Development (RHD) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date: December 16, 2023
Organizers: JVP Philly: a chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Philly Palestine Coalition (PPC), CAIR Philly: a chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Location: City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Event Flyer: Instagram
On December 16, 2023, anti-Israel activist groups held a pro-Hamas march and rally titled: “Flood Philly For Gaza.” Protesters repeatedly chanted in support of terrorism, called for Israel’s destruction and also spread hatred of the Philadelphia police.
The language of “flood” is a reference to Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the name Hamas used for their terror operation on October 7, 2023. It is a reference to the allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque. This accusation 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.
At the protest, Nick Hutchinson held a sign in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement that said: "
Free Palestine! / Lift The Siege Of Gaza! / Boycott Israeli Apartheid!"
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.
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by pro-terror activist Omar Barghouti in 2005 to turn “Israel into a pariah state, as South Africa once was.” Barghouti has also called for Israel's destruction and the BDS movement demands would result in that same goal.
BDS initiatives include calling on institutions and individuals to divest from Israeli-affiliated companies, promoting academic and cultural boycotts of Israel, and organizing anti-Israel rallies, protests and campaigns.
The movement’s most notable achievement has been infiltrating university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, student governments propose resolutions to boycott or divestment from Israel or Israeli-affiliated entities. BDS activity is often aggressive and disruptive. It has been noted that universities that pass BDS resolutions see a marked increase in anti-Semitic incidents and pro-terror activism on campus.
