Hostage families file suit against Columbia protesters (including Mahmoud Khalil)

INN ^ | Mar 25, 2025 (M.E. time)

[Freeleesy]

Over ties to Hamas terror. Hostage families file suit against Columbia protesters. Families of hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 file lawsuit against Mahmoud Khalil and several student groups, accuse them of "aiding and abetting Hamas' continuing acts of international terrorism".

[Freeleesy]

Not a bad idea.

[GMThrust]

Finally a lawsuit I can get behind.

[Palio di Siena]

Filed in Manhattan?

[Freeleesy]

I presume

[TXBlair]

Good! If nothing else, I hope this dissuades other leftist idiots from their pro-Hamas actions.

[Freeleesy]

- The families argue that these protests helped amplify Hamas’ hostile rhetoric.

“Defendants in this case are Hamas’ propaganda arm in New York City and on the Columbia University campus,” the suit reads.

“Their self-described acts in furtherance of their goals to assist Hamas have included terrorizing and assaulting Jewish students, unlawfully taking over and damaging public and university property on Columbia’s campus, and physically assaulting Columbia University employees,” the lawsuit continues.

The plaintiffs include six family members of hostages who are still held in Gaza, as well as some hostages who were freed or rescued. Among the plaintiffs is Iris Weinstein Haggai, the daughter of Israel-Americans Gad and Judy Haggai, who were murdered in the attack and whose bodies are held by Hamas in Gaza, and three American IDF soldiers.

In addition to Khalil, the lawsuit also names Nerdeen Kiswani of Within Our Lifetime-United for Palestine, Maryam Alwan of Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, and Cameron Jones of Columbia-Barnard Jewish[sic] Voice for Peace...

The families contend that as Hamas carried out its brutal assault, it issued a global call for supporters to “join the battle in any way they can.” The lawsuit claims that Khalil, Kiswani, Alwan, and Jones answered that call by preparing for anti-Israel protests at Columbia University.

“Associational Defendants have distributed pro-terror propaganda produced by and literally stamped with the logo of the ‘Hamas Media Office,’” the filing alleges.

The lawsuit compares the defendants to members of Hamas’ propaganda division, claiming their actions helped recruit individuals to spread violence in New York City and across the U.S.

(Worth mentioning, that JVP, is not really Jewish. It's actually managed by Islamic Hatem Bazian, founder of SJP).

[Freeleesy]

FYI. This morning, the no.1 jihad-apologetic "lady" on the View, Sunny Hostin, propagated for "poor" Mahmoud Khalil... and that he was never charged...

[Schatze]

I love this part: "The lawsuit asserts that the defendants are not protected under the constitutional right to free speech and protest, as their actions were coordinated with a foreign terrorist group."

I hope the plaintiffs' lawyers can make this stick.

[Freeleesy]

I agree.

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Here is NYPost:

Hamas hostages’ families sue Mahmoud Khalil, anti-Israel groups for ‘aiding and abetting’ terror group.
By Ronny Reyes.
Published March 24, 2025.
[...]
Nerdeen Kiswani was accused of leading the most vocal support for Hamas as part of the Within Our Lifetime-United for Palestine group...

Maryam Alwan, of the Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, was accused of knowing about the Oct. 7 terror attack ahead of time...
https://nypost.com/2025/03/24/us-news/hamas-hostages-families-sue-mahmoud-khalil-anti-israel-groups-for-aiding-and-abetting-terror-group/

[monkeyshine]

What about intentional infliction of emotional distress? Could they argue that this support for Hamas prolonged the conflict and by showing Hamas support they were emboldened to keep hostages longer and in worse conditions? If the world spoke with one voice against kidnapping and marauding terror maybe Hamas would have backed down sooner. In their eyes with all their support in the west they may have felt more emboldened causing much more harm to all parties including the Palestinians.

Remember these protests started before Israel even buried their dead. The protests were coordinated; the op-Ed’s blaming Israel were published on Oct 8th. How could that be if there wasn’t some coordination?

[b4me]

Make them pay bigly! (individual protestors, schools and soros or whomever backed them to protest.)

[Kid Shelleen]

Give them the Alex Jones treatment.

[USCG SimTech]

Forcing “discovery” by both sides of the case which will uncover the funding streams for the left. The only way to avoid discover is to pay up, settle for huge $$$ out of court.

[MayflowerMadam]

“’poor’ Mahmoud Khalil... and that he was never charged...”

I think I’ve read that many/most of the J6 prisoners never were charged with any crime. Not positive that’s true, though.

[Freeleesy]

So it turns out the anti-Zionist Jewish Voice For Peace org is actually run by NON-JEWISH Hamas affiliated Hatem Bazian…!?

He thought he was logged into the JVP Twitter account when he replied to @jaketapper pretending to be a Jew… pic.twitter.com/pryzcOsx0w— A Jewish Resistance (@AJwshResistance) May 13, 2023

[Ex-Con777]

> Filed in Manhattan?<

If the jury is drawn from the Upper West Side and Upper East Side, Mahmoud is in a world of hurt.

EC

[Palio di Siena]

Seems like a big if. But let’s hope.