The families of hostages lured to Hamas on October 7, 2023 are suing Mahmoud Khalil, a protest leader at Columbia University where the terrorist attacks were detained, and several groups of students.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in Manhattan federal court, nominated Halil as one of the heads of anti-Israel protests that engulfed the Morningside Heights campus last year.
“The defendant in this case is Hamas' propaganda division on New York City and Columbia University campuses,” Suit said.
“Their self-proclaimed actions to promote their goals to support Hamas include the fear and assault of Jewish students, illegally taking over public and university property on Columbia campuses, causing damage and physical assault on Columbia University employees,” the family added.
The plaintiffs include six families of prisoners who remained in custody in Gaza. Some of the people released or rescued also participated in the lawsuits, including Iris Weinstein Haggai, daughter of the murdered Israeli-American Gad and Judy Haggai.
Together with Halil, the lawsuit nominated the Neldine Kiswani, Colombian student Mariam Alwan, Palestinian Justice, and the Jewish voice of Colombian Bernard, the case for the case of the Jewish voice of Colombian Bernard, the case for peace as peace.
Defendant's representative could not be contacted for comment.
The family claims Hamas launched a brutal attack, and terrorist groups killed around 1,200 people and lured 251 others, sending a message abroad for supporters to “enter the fight in the best possible way.”
The lawsuit accussed Halil, Kiswani, Alwan and Jones of taking on the call and preparing to launch an anti-Israel rally at Columbia University.
“The association's defendants distributed pro-caro propaganda produced and literally engraved by the logo of the Hamas Media Office,” the allegations argued.
The suit identifies the defendant with a member of Hamas' propaganda division. Their actions will recruit violent criminals to spread chaos and violence throughout the Big Apple and the United States.
It also suggests that some of the defendants had prior knowledge of the October 7 terrorist attack, as Colombian SJP in an incorporation of Hamas several hours before the massacre.
“Three minutes before Hamas launched its attack on October 7th, Columbia SJP posted on Instagram on “We Are Back!!.” The first meeting of the semester was announced, and the viewers should “continue to adjust,” according to the lawsuit.
The plaintiffs ultimately argued that whenever Hamas and its allies called for action on social media, a group of students responded that the acquisition of campus on Columbia's campus and Hamilton Hall serves as a major example.
The lawsuit argues that defendants are not protected under their constitutional rights of freedom of speech and protest, and that their actions are coordinated with foreign terrorist groups.
“The association's defendants are not independent advocates. They are experts, recruiters and proxies of nation-states operating prominently in New York City,” the lawsuit added, claiming that the defendants violated the American anti-terrorist law.
The lawsuit not only pays plaintiffs unspecified damages, but also seeks to have defendants charged with violating the law.
The filing comes when Khalil faces a new claim from the Department of Justice. This argued in court documents over the weekend that a Colombian graduate student, who is a green cardholder, should be deported for allegedly hiding ties with a controversial UN agency for Palestinian refugees. About his visa application.
