Share:
Philip Nguyen
Philip Nguyen participated in an anti-Israel event at in Santa Clara, California, in 2024.
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.
After the Hamas terror attacks of October 7, 2023, the watermelon quickly gained popularity among anti-Israel activists as a symbol of support for "resistance" against Israel. The four colors of a watermelon match the colors of the Palestinian flag. It has been depicted in art, used on flags at protests and posted as emojis online.
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. It is often expressed by showing a key symbol or emoji. International law mandates no absolute right of return and UN Resolution 194, which defined principles for “refugees wishing to return to their homes,” was rejected by all Arab nations following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
