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Marc Lamont Hill
Marc Lamont Hill blamed Israel for Hamas war crimes against Israelis civilians, including mass murder, torture, rape, beheading of babies and kidnapping of the elderly, carried out on October 7, 2023.
Hill has promoted antisemitism, supported a terrorist, celebrated violence and glorified terrorists. Hill was fired from CNN in November 2018 after he used [00:20:47] language associated with the destruction of Israel, while speaking [00:00:01] before the United Nations (UN).
Hill also spoke at the pro-Hamas encampment at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), called the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment.”
Hill has carried out activism with multiple anti-Israel groups including Addameer and the campus group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). He has also spoken at events hosted by the anti-Israel groups American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR).
Hill participated [00:02:24] in an anti-Israel activist trip with Dream Defenders (DD) in January 2015, as well as 2016.
He has demonized [00:31:08] Israel, idolized a domestic terrorist, honored violent activists and is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Hill has also spread [00:01:49] bigotry, as well as hatred of America and defended a professor who declined to write a recommendation letter for a student to study abroad in Israel.
As of November 2023, Hill was listed on the City University of New York (CUNY) website as the “presidential professor” for the Urban Education department at CUNY’s Graduate Center. He was appointed in August 2023. Before teaching at CUNY, he had taught at Temple University (Temple) since 2017, and prior to that, he had taught at Morehouse College (Morehouse) and Columbia University (Columbia).
As of October 2023, Hill was still listed on the Temple website as a “Professor (by courtesy)” and the “Steve Charles Chair in Media Cities and Solutions” at the Lew Klein College of Media and Communication.
As of October 2023, Hill’s Facebook page said he was a host at BET NEWS. In 2005, he received a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). He was also listed as part of the “Class of 2000” from both Temple and Morehouse.
In November 2017, Hill opened a cafe in Philadelphia called Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books.
As of May 2025, Hill’s Facebook page said he was located in New York, New York.
On October 28, 2023, following a massacre of 1,400 Israeli Jews by the terror group Hamas, Hill was a featured speaker at an anti-Israel rally in Philadelphia organized by the Philly Palestine Coalition.
At the rally, Hill said [00:00:46]: “The truth is that history didn’t start on October 7.” He later said [00:01:39]: “For 100 years there’s been a settler-colonial project. For 75 years, there’s been ethnic cleansing.” Israel was founded 75 years earlier, in 1948. Hill also said [00:05:56]: “We demand a ceasefire now! But the work doesn’t stop there. We demand decolonization. We demand an end to the occupation!”
In the same speech, Hill also said [00:04:13]: “I can’t get free until you [Palestine] get free! As long as our police are training Israeli officers and as long as Israeli officers are training our officers, we will live in hyper security states that treats every Brown person, every Black person as an outsider, as a threat, as somebody worthy of death. We got to end the Deadly Exchange.”
In 2017, anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) launched the “Deadly Exchange (DX)” campaign, which accused American Jewish organizations of promoting human rights abuses. JVP also released a video that blamed [00:04:04] U.S.-based Jewish organizations for violence that occurs against Black and Brown communities, immigrants and activists in the U.S.
Hill continued [00:04:52]: “Tonight we demand a ceasefire [between Israel and Hamas]...Tonight we demand that no more hospitals [in Gaza] are crumbled…It is a violation of human decency!”
On October 17, 2023, the terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fired rockets at Israel from Gaza, one of which misfired and fell on the parking lot of the al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital. Initial media reports blamed Israel. Following the incident, U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib immediately accused the Biden administration of funding Israel’s “genocide” of Palestinian people.
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, approximately 2,900 heavily armed Hamas terrorists breached Israel’s border with Gaza. They executed numerous war crimes on civilians, including mass murder, beheadings of children, rape of men and women, torture, kidnappings and mutilation.
Hamas broadcast videos of their butchery on social media, often to victims’ accounts for families to see. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.” As of November 10, 2023, approximately 1,200 Israelis, the vast majority of them civilians, were murdered during the attacks. Hamas kidnapped 242 Israelis, including at least 30 children. At least 3,500 people were wounded, many severely.
A terrorist detained by Israel admitted he raped an Israeli woman when he broke into a kibbutz house during the October 7, 2023 attack. In March 2024, a former hostage of Hamas publicly stated she was sexually abused and tortured while in captivity.
For more information on the October 7, 2023 terror attacks, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., Canada, European Union, Israel and other countries. Founded in 1987, it has killed thousands of Israeli civilians through mass shootings and suicide bombings. Hamas has also kidnapped children, families and the elderly and held them hostage in Gaza. It has desecrated [slide 7] dead bodies and launched numerous rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.
On March 8, 2016, Hill shared to Facebook an article featuring an interview with Louis Farrakhan.
In the article, Farrakhan said: “The Satanic Jews and their Allies fear being exposed and that is the role of the Messiah, to reveal the Man of Sin. When He comes, He has to expose those forces, those wicked ones that have caused the blood shedding and the mischief that’s going on in the world … Once the world sees this Synagogue of Satan as it really is and knows the players, they fear what will happen to them. The world will turn against them and that is happening now as we speak.”
Louis Farrakhan has been the leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI), which is considered the “largest Black nationalist organization in the U.S.,” since 1977. Farrakhan spreads antisemitism and anti-white theology. He has referred to white people as “devils” and labeled [00:01:52] Jews “termites.” He has also said [00:00:01]: “The satanic Jews…control everything and mostly everybody."
On August 9, 2016, Hill posted to Instagram a photo of him and Farrakhan. He wrote: “Been blessed to spend the last day with Minister Louis Farrakhan. An amazing time of learning, listening, laughing, and even head nodding to music. God is Great."
On August 20, 2018, Hill shared to Facebook a post that accused Zionists of “stealing the land” and of “cultural thefts.” The post also described Teaneck, New Jersey, which has a large Orthodox Jewish community, as a “little Zionist shtetl.” Shtetl is a Yiddish word used to describe a small town with a large Jewish population.
As of October 2020, Hill had expressed support for Ali Jiddah at least 14 times on social media and actively assisted in running a 2016 fundraiser for him.
Ali Jiddah is a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist who spent 17 years in Israeli prison after blasts from four hand grenades he planted in downtown Jerusalem injured nine people, in 1968.
On October 18, 2016, Hill posted to Facebook a GoFundMe page in support of Ali Jiddah.
In the post, Hill praised Jiddah for being “instrumental in the struggle for Palestinian liberation” and said he “personally” dictated the fundraising page’s letter. Hill also guaranteed “that all funds get to him immediately” and that he would “personally match all funds raised until we reach the goal.”
On July 5, 2018, Hill posted to Instagram a photo of him and Jiddah, whom he praised as a “true revolutionary.”
On February 21, 2019, Jiddah was featured [00:00:01] on Facebook in the trailer for the documentary film, titled: “Black in the Holy Land.” Hill was director and executive producer for the film.
On October 30, 2015, Hill posted to Instagram a photo of a new tattoo he got which portrayed a man masked in a keffiyeh and holding a rock.
Although romanticized as a form of “popular resistance,” rock throwing remains a deadly form of violence.
On January 23, 2017, Hill tweeted: “...I think that resistance (not terrorism!) is an acceptable response to military occupation.”
On September 28, 2018, Hill appeared [00:00:04] in a YouTube video from the USCPR 2018 National Conference. During the opening plenary session, Hill said [00:30:59] that people should not “romanticize non-violence.”
Hill continued [00:31:32]: “To me, ‘Hands Up Don’t Shoot’ was always problematic, ‘cause this isn’t the posture I want to have against a violent state. If I’ma do this, I ain’t trying to be like this, I’m going, I’m going Leila Khaled style, right? But. Yeah, yeah, I know, I’m probably fired right now. But, f**k it, might as well get it done then, right? Might as well go all the way.”
Leila Khaled is a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970. As of 2017, Khaled was a member of PFLP's Political Bureau. Khaled has said that the second intifada failed because it was not violent enough, advocated [00:36:07] for the use of children in terror activities and compared Zionists to Nazis.
On June 28, 2020, Hill appeared in a YouTube video where he said [00:22:47] that ongoing riots after the death of George Floyd, a black man who was arrested and killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, were “significant” and “valuable.”
Hill then said [00:23:31]: “Getting the nation to stop and pay attention often requires the spectacle, the spectacle of violence. Right? I’m not talking about killing people. I’m not even talking about doing harm to people. I’m talking about even, like, tearing up a store.”
Hill continued by equating rioters to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama in 1965 and said [00:23:42]: “Martin Luther King leveraged the spectacle of violence to get America to pay attention. The only difference is Martin King said that we’re going to strategize so that we get beat … the idea of being on Pettus bridge was, you know, that if we protest here, that these police will come and harm us and that America will see how brutal...”
On January 5, 2015, Hill posted to Instagram a mural of terrorist leader Marwan Barghouti painted on Israel’s security barrier. Hill wrote: “Art as Resistance.”
Marwan Barghouti is currently serving five consecutive life sentences for his role in suicide bombings and shooting attacks that killed five Israelis during the second intifada. Barghouti led the Palestinian Authority (PA) terrorist Tanzim force and founded the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. He also financed the guitar-case bomb used in the Sbarro Cafe massacre, where 15 civilians were killed and 130 injured.
Israel’s security barrier, 97 percent of which is a low chain-link barrier, was built as a deterrent to Palestinian terror attacks. The concrete portions of the fence were built in response to Palestinian sniper attacks.
On October 13, 2015, Hill wrote an article for the Huffington Post titled: “Why Every Black Activist Should Stand With Rasmea Odeh.” Hill called Odeh a “venerable woman” and a “Palestinian freedom fighter.”
He defended Odeh regarding her immigration fraud conviction, writing: “This is why Odeh is appealing the conviction, and why I am supporting her.”
Rasmea Odeh was a key military operative [00:02:08] with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization. In 1969, she masterminded a PFLP supermarket bombing that killed two college students. She also attempted to bomb the British consulate in Jerusalem. Odeh later moved to the United States but was deported to Jordan in 2017 for immigration fraud.
On November 28, 2018, Hill gave [00:00:01] a speech at the UN that resulted in his termination from CNN (Cable News Network) the following day.
During the speech, Hill said [00:20:46]: “So as we stand here on the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the tragic commemoration of the Nakba, we have an opportunity to not just offer solidarity in words, but to commit to political action, grassroots action, local action, and international action that will give us what justice requires. And that is a free Palestine from the river to the sea.”
“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free” is a chant used [00:02:47] to call for the elimination of the State of Israel. It has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state. In April 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the chant as antisemitic.
In the same UN speech, Hill claimed [00:16:19] that Israel practices “ethnic cleansing.” He later said [00:17:38]: “Radical hope is a belief that despite the odds, despite the considerable measures against justice and peace despite the legacy of hatred and imperialism, and white supremacy, and patriarchy, and homophobia, despite the systems of power that have normalized settler colonialism, despite these structures, we can still win, we can still prevail.”
On November 29, 2018, CNN fired Hill from his position as a contributor, following the controversial comments he made at a special meeting held at the UN for “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.”
On November 29, 2018, Temple announced that Hill would retain his position at the university despite the controversy.
That same day, Hill tweeted: “In my speech, I talked about the need to return to the pre-1967 borders, to give full rights to Palestinian citizens of Israel, and to allow right of return. No part of this is a call to destroy Israel. It’s absurd on its face.”
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.
On May 6, 2024, the Philly Palestine Coalition posted a flyer on Instagram promoting Hill as a speaker at the encampment. The text beside the post said: “TONIGHT @ 7:30 PM
Meet us at the UPenn encampment at 34th & Walnut to hear guest speaker @marclamonthill
Bring your fellow comrades, a blanket, and support the movement
/ Hands off Rafah/ End the Siege on Gaza.”
The watermelon has been appropriated by terrorists and anti-Israel activists as a symbol of Palestinian "resistance" to "Israeli occupation," as it shares the Pan-Arab colors. It gained widespread popularity and usage following the Hamas terror attacks of October 7, 2023.
As of the same date, Hill was featured in another post on Instagram speaking at the same event, saying [00:00:33]: “...this is a principled struggle against Zionism.” He continued [00:02:31]: “...the opposition didn't start on October 7th, they’d love you to believe that the opposition started on October 7th…”
On April 25, 2024, anti-Israel activists from Penn, Temple University and Drexel University set up the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" on the Penn campus to protest Israel's war against Hamas.
The encampment was one of over 140 pro-Hamas and anti-Israel college encampments set up in North America, and over 20 more globally, in the spring of 2024. The first began on April 17, 2024, at Columbia University. The encampments were unofficially known as the “student intifada,” borrowing a term associated with terrorist violence.
Protesters harassed Jewish students, blocked Jews from campus facilities and shouted anti-Semitic slogans. They occupied campus grounds, in many cases illegally, caused property damage, violently took over buildings, celebrated terrorism and promoted the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Activists set up encampments to oppose Israel’s right to wage war against the Hamas terror group following October 7, 2023, when Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 people, including 32 American and 8 Canadian citizens. Hamas also kidnapped 252 people, including 11 Americans and the bodies of 2 murdered Canadians. As of May 26, 2024, 125 hostages remained in Hamas captivity.
For more information on the October 7, 2023 terror attacks, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
On July 26, 2018, Hill posted to Instagram an image promoting a July 31, 2018 event in Jerusalem that featured him and Sahar Francis, the General Director of the Ramallah-based group Addameer.
Addameer is an NGO that advocates on behalf of prisoners held in Israeli jail, including many terrorists such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) recruiters Mohammad Allan and Khader Adnan. Addameer’s senior leadership includes [pp. 29-35] senior Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorists like Khalida Jarrar, whom Addameer also advocates for. In 2021, Israel officially designated Addameer as a terror organization.
On August 2, 2018, Hill posted to Instagram two videos and two photos from the July 31, 2018 event with Francis. In the first video, he praised [00:00:38] Addameer as “a group that’s committed to freedom fighting.”
In the Instagram post’s second video, Hill said [00:00:22]: “To talk about state violence, to talk about mass incarceration, to talk about land theft, to talk about unchecked power, to talk about white supremacy, to talk about capitalism is to talk about the existence of a settler-colonial state which is what we are in right now.”
On April 30, 2018, Hill wrote on Facebook about a talk he gave at an SJP event that discussed “displacement and settler colonialism in relation to the occupation of Palestine and gentrification in Philadelphia.”
On August 27, 2017, Hill posted to Instagram a video featuring BDS movement founder Omar Barghouti. Hill wrote: “Sitting down with Omar Barghouti, discussing academic boycotts. I always learn something new when I talk to him.”
Marwan Barghouti is currently serving five consecutive life sentences for his role in suicide bombings and shooting attacks that killed five Israelis during the second intifada. Barghouti led the Palestinian Authority (PA) terrorist Tanzim force and founded the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. He also financed the guitar-case bomb used in the Sbarro Cafe massacre, where 15 civilians were killed and 130 injured.
On May 18, 2016, Hill posted to Instagram a video that featured Barghouti speaking to a DD delegation. Hill said Barghouti spoke about “the fallacy of the ‘academic freedom’ argument” against BDS.
Barghouti said [00:00:06]: “So pressure your god d***n institution to stop its complicity and then we’ll stop boycotting you! So they, in order not to lose the privileges of our whites, the Jewish Israelis, we cannot call for a boycott for our basic rights, basic rights, all rights that were denied because of the apartheid and occupation system. So, that’s a failure in this argument. You’re concerned about the master’s privileges, not the slaves’ actual profound rights, profound fundamental rights.”
On January 13, 2015, Hill appeared [00:02:24] in a Vimeo video from the northern Israeli city of Nazareth during a pro-BDS trip to Israel with DD. He said [00:02:38]: “We came here to Palestine to stand in love and revolutionary struggle with our brothers and sisters. We come to a land that has been stolen by greed and destroyed by hate.”
Hill continued [00:02:50]: “We come here and we learn laws that have been co-signed in ink but written in the blood of the innocent. And we stand next to people who continue to courageously struggle and resist the occupation. People continue to dream and fight for freedom. From Ferguson to Palestine, the struggle for freedom continues.”
On February 6, 2021, Hill spoke in an online panel discussion where he said [00:02:32]: “Black Lives Matter very explicitly is talking about the dismantling of a Zionist project, dismantling of a settler-colonial project and very explicitly embracing BDS.”
Hill also said [00:00:17]: “At the analytical level, we understand that we can’t dismantle white supremacy or imperialism section-by-section. These systems don’t have passports or visas. They don’t stop at borders. These are international, transnational movements and so there’s no way to stop a settler colonial movement in Palestine and not be mindful of its relationship to a settler-colonial project in New Zealand or Australia or the United States.”
On June 5, 2020, Hill wrote on Facebook against Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream doing business in Israel and implied that Israel practices “White Supremacy.”
On January 25, 2019, Hill tweeted: “a key argument for the Jewish state is that if provides safety for Jewish brothers and sisters around the diaspora. If that state is unstable because of the conflict it has impact for the whole world.”
On September 28, 2018, Hill claimed [00:31:08] in a YouTube video that Israel was “poisoning” Palestinian water.
On July 6, 2018, Hill posted to Facebook a photo of two Israeli border policemen, including one who is an Ethiopian Jew. He wrote: “Though I see it every day, I still shake my head when I see African police and soldiers. Standing on the frontlines of empire while experiencing second class citizenship.”
On June 30, 2018, Hill posted to Facebook an event notice that showed a series of maps that are reminiscent of misleading maps that claim that lands once controlled by Britain, Egypt and Jordan as autonomous “Palestinian land,” were purportedly stolen by Israel.
In February 2016, publisher McGraw-Hill Education recalled copies of a college-level textbook that contained the fraudulent maps. In October 2015, the United States cable news network MSNBC apologized for airing a similar series of maps and retracted them.
On May 15, 2018, Hill wrote on Facebook: “This is not about religion. It's about land theft, expulsion, and ethnic cleansing by foreign settlers to indigenous land.” He also falsely claimed: “That said, every major Palestinian organization has acknowledged Israel's right to exist.”
One way anti-Israel activists spread anti-Semitism is by denying [00:17:45] Jewish history, with the aim of delegitimizing restored Jewish sovereignty, attacking Israel’s legitimacy and portraying Jews as foreign to the Land of Israel.
On May 4, 2018, Hill posted to Facebook an image promoting an anti-Israel event he was scheduled to speak at called: “Palestine Lives: Resisting Settler Colonialism Since 1948,” making reference to the year Israel was founded.
On April 23, 2018, Hill spoke at AMP’s 2018 banquet in New Jersey. In a video from the event posted to Facebook, Hill said [00:12:47]: “The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee said that Israel is wrong, that Zionism is an evil … Let us continue to fight, let us continue to dream and believe that we can come home again, that violence can defeat, can be defeated, excuse me, although violence can defeat too.”
Hill then claimed [00:13:43] that “Jerusalem is under attack” and “under siege.” He concluded [00:14:01] with his desire that “Palestine will once again be returned to its rightful owners.” He also praised [00:05:13] “peaceful protesters” who attempted [00:05:24] “a return to land march” on the Israeli-Gaza border.
Throughout 2018, Hamas organized and funded the “March of Return” riots where tens of thousands of Palestinians approached the Israel-Gaza border, attempting to breach Israel’s security fence. They sent explosive devices into Israel, shot firearms and threw projectiles at Israeli soldiers, necessitating the use of live fire in response.
One Hamas leader declared [00:00:30]: “We will take down the border and we will tear out their hearts from their bodies.” The riots intended to highlight the “right of return,” a Palestinian demand long discredited as a way to destroy Israel.
On May 24, 2017, Hill claimed on Facebook that Israel has practiced “settler-colonialism” and “ethnic cleansing.”
On June 7, 2016, Hill tweeted: “Israel is very much, by definition, an apartheid state.”
On May 15, 2016, Hill wrote on Facebook against the “Nakba” and said: “We must fight against the illegal Israeli occupation. We must reject the settler-colonial project.”
The term “Nakba” is generally translated as “catastrophe” in Arabic, referring to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by drawing a comparison to the Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, meaning “catastrophe.”
On August 2, 2015, Hill tweeted: “I believe that Israel occupies Palestine. That's a fact. Not antisemitic.”
On February 17, 2017, Hill published an article in the Huffington Post titled: “Why I Applaud The NFL Players Who Spoke Out Against Israel,” where he promoted BDS. Hill wrote: “More than a decade ago, Palestinians called on allies around the world to support their struggle for freedom, justice and equality by using boycotts, divestments and sanctions (BDS) to pressure Israel to respect international law.”
In August 2016, BDS leader Ilan Pappé admitted that BDS was not initiated by a “call” from Palestinian civil society; rather, it was initiated by a small number of radical anti-Israel extremists.
On February 15, 2017, Hill tweeted: “i have some thoughts. I think BDS is a good first step, but so much more is needed. We need international pressure.”
On April 23, 2016, Hill posed in a Facebook photo holding a sign in support of a BDS campaign that called on the American Anthropological Association (AAA) to boycott Israeli academic institutions.
On January 21, 2015, Hill tweeted: “I support BDS in Israel because it's the best remaining option to end the longest occupation in modern history.”
As of October 2020, Hill has shown support for domestic terrorist Assata Shakur at least 110 times on social media.
Assata Shakur was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper and wounding another in 1973 while a member of the separatist Black Liberation Army (BLA). She escaped from prison in 1979 and fled to Cuba in 1984, where she resided until her death in September 2025. She was listed on the FBI Most Wanted Terror List under her legal name, Joanne Deborah Chesimard.
The BLA was a violent “Nationalist/Separatist” group with the stated goal to “take up arms for the liberation and self-determination of black people in the United States.” They wanted to create a country called the Republic of New Afrika out of five U.S. states in the American South. The group was active from 1970 to 1981 and its members were involved in bank robberies, the murder of police officers and other crimes.
On July 16, 2020, Hill posted to Instagram a series of photos of Shakur, where he called her “Mama Assata” and “one of our most treasured Freedom Fighters.”
Hill’s post began: “Thinking about Assata Shakur on her 73rd birthday. She wrote the second book that changed (and saved) my life. She taught me about the value and power of Freedom Dreams. She showed me the beauty of struggle.”
On July 16, 2018, Hill posted to Instagram photos of Shakur and wrote: “Thinking about Assata Shakur on her 71st birthday. She wrote the second book that changed (and saved) my life … Thank you Mama Assata. Wishing you 100 more years! #palenquequeen #handsoffassata #freeallpoliticalprisoners #everysingleone.”
On July 16, 2017, Hill posted to Instagram photos of Shakur and wrote: “Thinking about Assata Shakur on her 70th birthday. She wrote the second book that changed (and saved) my life … Thank you Mama Assata. Wishing you 100 more years! #palenquequeen #handsoffassata #freeallpoliticalprisoners.”
On July 16, 2015, Hill posted to Instagram a photo of him with a tattoo of Shakur on his right shoulder.
On December 31, 2014, Hill posted on Facebook a quote attributed to Shakur that said: “Part of being a revolutionary is creating a vision that is more humane. That is more fun, too. That is more loving. It's really working to create something beautiful."
On July 16, 2010, Hill wrote on Facebook: “Giving thanks to the Creator for the life of Assata Shakur, who celebrates her 63rd born day today.”
On September 27, 2009, Hill tweeted: “Assata Shakur is an American hero & freedom fighter. I'll always stand next to her. Also, a review of the facts shows that SHE IS INNOCENT.”
On August 1, 2020, Hill posted to Instagram an image (third image in the post), honoring Mutulu Shakur.
Mutulu Shakur, brother of Assata Shakur, was a Black Liberation Army (BLA) member convicted for his involvement in a 1981 Brinks robbery where two police officers and one Brinks security guard were murdered. He was also involved in the 1979 prison break of his sister and fellow BLA member Assata, who was jailed for the murder of a police officer in 1973.
On February 19, 2020, Hill posted to Facebook a petition in support of Mutulu Shakur.
On September 29, 2014, Hill posted to Facebook in support of Sundiata Acoli.
Sundiata Acoli was convicted of killing a New Jersey State trooper and wounding another in 1973. One of Acoli’s accomplices was fellow Black Liberation Army (BLA) member Assata Shakur.
On January 17, 2017, Hill said [00:01:49] on CNN that black leaders on the National Diversity Coalition for Trump are “mediocre negroes.”
On March 1, 2017, Hill tweeted: “i never said the people who met with trump were mediocre negroes. I was referring specifically to the diversity council.”
On September 14, 2019, Hill tweeted: “Bruh..: The Caucasity of it all....,” in response to a video of a white sports commentator arguing against college athletes getting paid.
“Caucasity” can be defined as “the audacity of white people. Meaning, the willingness to take bold risks only white people feel safe doing.”
On September 9, 2017, Hill posted to Instagram of him wearing a sweatshirt that said: “Make America Not Racist For the First Time.”
On July 10, 2019, Hill tweeted: “ ... America was founded on white supremacy.”
On June 24, 2019, Hill tweeted: “Reparations is an attempt to repair the lingering social, cultural, and economic damage of slavery, which is directly tied to America’s original sins of white supremacy & racial capitalism. It addresses the root cause. Therefore, it is radical.”
On September 19, 2018, Hill shared to Facebook an article about John Cheney-Lippold titled: “U. of Michigan Professor Refuses to Recommend Student Whose Destination Is Israel.” Hill wrote: “Good for this professor. (I hate this bogus headline.)”
Cheney-Lippold sparked major controversy in September 2018, when he declined to write a recommendation letter for a student to study abroad in Israel.
In an October 3, 2018 letter, the University of Michigan disciplined Cheney-Lippold by issuing a number of sanctions, including ineligibility “for a salary increase for the 2018-2019 academic year.” Further, Cheney-Lippold’s sabbatical eligibility and credits were frozen for two years “until the Fall 2020 semester.”
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.
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