On June 25, 2024, the X account of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network advertised a livestream interview with Hamas political bureau member Ghazi Hamad, scheduled for June 29.[1] The X post provided a link to the Masar Badil website, where users can register for the event.[2]
Samidoun's post on X, advertising the live interview with Hamas official Ghazi Hamad
Masar Badil, or the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, is an Anti-Israel, pro- Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) NGO lead by Khaled Barakat, a Canada-based former PFLP official.[3] Barakat is married to Samidoun's International Coordinator Charlotte Kates, who was arrested in May 2024 by Canadian police after she delivered a speech at a rally in Vancouver, British Columbia, during which she expressed support for Hamas, the PFLP, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Lebanese Hizbullah and demanded that they be removed from Canada's terror list.[4]
The registration page on the Masar Badil website for the "webinar" with Hamas official Ghazi Hamad.
Samidoun regularly uses its X account to openly disseminate calls for "comprehensive escalation" of "global intifada" and besieging the White House.[5] This is not Samidoun's first platforming of a Hamas senior official. On May 26, Samidoun posted on its YouTube channel a recorded message from Hamas political bureau member Basem Naim, in which he addressed the participants of the Samidoun-organized "Resistance Festival" in Brussels, Belgium.[6] Earlier on May 5, the organization hosted an interview with Hamas Spokesman Osama Hamdan.
Samidoun's May 29 post on X calling for besieging the White House.
On X, Samidoun advertises a livestream interview with Hamas Spokesman Osama Hamdan
A June 5 statement of support for Yemen's attacks on U.S. and UK targets, signed by over 250 international jihadi and anti-Israel organizations was initiated and distributed by Samidoun and Masar Badil. Subsequently, the YouTube accounts of Samidoun and Charlotte Kates were blocked from the platform.[7]
Samidoun and its international coordinator Chrlotte Kates were blocked on YouTube after "severe and repeated violations" of the platform's "violent criminal organization policy" were found.
[1] X.com/SamidounPP/status/1805658751422414973, June 25, 2024.
[2] Masarbadil.org/en/2024/06/4852/, June 24, 2024.
[3] For more about Samidoun's ties to the PFLP, see MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11374 – Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network Affiliated With U.S.-Designated Popular Front For The Liberation Of Palestine (PFLP) Funnels Donations Through Non-Profit Organization Based In Tucson, Arizona, June 4, 2024.
[4] See MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11307 – In Speech Leading To Her Arrest, International Coordinator Of Samidoun Charlotte Kates At Vancouver Rally: Long Live October 7; Hamas, PFLP, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hizbullah Are Not Terrorist Groups, They Are Heroes, May 2, 2024.
[5] MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11374 – Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network Affiliated With U.S.-Designated Popular Front For The Liberation Of Palestine (PFLP) Funnels Donations Through Non-Profit Organization Based In Tucson, Arizona, June 4, 2024.
[6] See MEMRI TV Clip No. 11186 – Hamas Official Basem Naim's Message To Samidoun 'Resistance Festival' In Belgium: I Salute Each And Every One Of You; We Will All One Day Celebrate The Victory Of Our People, From The River To The Sea, May 26, 2024.
[7] See MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11421 – PFLP-Linked Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network Leads 250 International Pro-Jihadi, Anti-Israel Organizations In Statement Of Support For Yemeni Attacks On U.S. And UK Targets, Solidarity With Iran-Lead 'Axis Of Resistance'; Samidoun YouTube Channels Subsequently Blocked, June 26, 2024.
