Sam Herrmann

Sam Herrmann participated in an anti-Israel rally during Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists, launched after the October 7, 2023, terror attacks.

Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped hundreds more that day. For more information, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.

As of February 2025, Sam Herrmann was listed on the Penn website as a PhD student in the Department of Religious Studies.

As of the same date, Sam Herrmann's X page said he was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date: October 16, 2023

Organizers: Penn Against the Occupation (PAO)

Location: Van Pelt Library at Penn, Philadelphia, PA

Event Flyer: Instagram

On October 16, 2023, Penn professors and students staged a “walkout” in support of the Hamas terror attack against Israel nine days earlier. The aim of the event was to “protest the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza and stand in solidarity with Palestine.”

The protest, which was organized by Penn Against the Occupation (PAO), was titled: “Collective Walkout for Palestine,” where participants walked out of classes to the on-campus rally.

One professor led [00:00:03] the chant: “When people are occupied, resistance is justified!” Palestinians and anti-Israel activists often use the term “resistance” as a euphemism for nationalistic terror and to glorify anti-Semitic violence.

Another professor claimed [00:00:07] Israel “desecrates the memory of the Nazi Holocaust,” and at least one speaker accused [00:00:48] Israel of “genocide.”

Sam Herrmann participating in the anti-Israel "Collective Walkout For Palestine" protest, Philadelphia, PA, October 16, 2024. Source: Flickr.

Close-up of Sam Herrmann at the same event. Source: Flickr.

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