On November 15, 2019, a pro-Gaza rally was held at Times Square in New York, NY. Nerdeen Kiswani of an organization called Within Our Lifetime led a chant that went: “There is only one solution: Intifada, revolution!” Husam Kaid of the City College, NY branch of Students for Justice in Palestine called for an Intifada in every classroom and in every college campus. He said: “We are going to shut down all the Zionist events [and] start an Intifada everywhere!” Sayel Kayed, a prominent NJ-based pro-BDS activist belonging to American Muslims for Palestine, said that Palestine has a God-given right to resistance and self-defense, that Palestinian resistance is not terrorism, and that Israel has no right to exist. For more from Sayel Kayed, see MEMRI TV Clip No. 6483.
Nerdeen Kiswani, Within our Lifetime: Intifada! Intifada!
Crowd: Intifada! Intifada!
Nerdeen Kiswani: There is only one solution…
Crowd: There is only one solution…
Nerdeen Kiswani: …Intifada, revolution!
Crowd: …Intifada, revolution!
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00:19 Husam Kaid, SJP City College, NY: There is only one solution: Intifada, revolution!
Crowd: There is only one solution: Intifada, revolution!
Husam Kaid: The Intifada does not have to be in Gaza or Palestine. We are going to have an Intifada in every classroom. We are going to have an Intifada on every college campus. We are going to shut down all the Zionist events.
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Just the other day, as Gaza was being bombed, the Zionist leader, the Consul General Dani Dayan, was invited to speak at Harvard Law [school], and 100 students walked out of his talk and they shut the whole event down. [We have] got to do that at every college campus. Let’s shut down all the Zionists and let’s start an Intifada everywhere we are.
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Sayel Kayed, AMP New Jersey: We are here today to let everybody know that Palestine has a right to defend itself. Palestine… We have a right to resistance. It is a God-given right.
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People ask: “Does Israel have a right to exist?” No! Israel has no right to exist on Palestinian land. Does Israel have a right to exist?
Crowd: No!
Sayel Kayed: Does Israel have a right to exist?
Crowd: No!
Sayel Kayed: Does Palestine have a right to resist it?
Crowd: Yes!
Sayel Kayed: Does Palestine have a right to resist it?
Crowd: Yes!
Sayel Kayed: Palestine is all of Palestine – from the river to the sea.
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It is not that complicated: Give us our land back and you will have peace. Otherwise, resistance until the end – until every inch of Palestine is free.
Free, free, Palestine!
Crowd: Free, free, Palestine!
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Sayel Kayed: Are we going to join the struggle?
Crowd: Yes!
Sayel Kayed: When Palestine resists, is that terrorism?
Crowd: No!
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