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Philip Nguyen
Philip Nguyen participated in an anti-Israel event at in Santa Clara, California, in 2024.
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 November 2025, Philip Nguyen's LinkedIn profile said he had been working as a full-stack developer at Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), located in San Jose, California, since June 2023.
As of January 2026, Philip Nguyen's username on Instagram included a watermelon emoji.
The watermelon has been appropriated by anti-Israel activists as a symbol of Palestinian "resistance" to "Israeli occupation," as it shares the Pan-Arab colors. It has been depicted in art, used on flags at protests and posted online. It gained popularity following the Hamas terror attacks of October 7, 2023.
CAIR-SFBA 30th Anniversary Gala
View EventDate: Oct. 12, 2024
Organizers: CAIR-SFBA
Location: Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) chapter in the San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA) hosted the event.
At the event, activists with the anti-Israel group San Jose Against War promoted a petition that the group authored and was endorsed by CAIR-SFBA. The petition was in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and was titled: "SAN JOSE CITY COUNCIL: DIVEST FROM ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE AGAINST PALESTINE!"
The petition claimed multiple times that Israel was committing a "genocide" in its war against Hamas. It further accused Israel of "colonization" and called for a policy commonly known as the "right of return."
The “right of return” is a Palestinian demand discredited as a means to eliminate Israel. International law mandates no absolute right of return and UN Resolution 194, which defined principles for “refugees wishing to return to their homes,” was unanimously rejected by Arab nations following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
