Samidoun

October 7 Massacre conference to be held in Toronto by branch of banned terror group

The conference was immediately endorsed by several organizations suspected of being branches of the Samidoun network after being designated by both the US and Canada as a terrorist front in 2024.

Screenshot of the 'Resist and Return Conference 2026' website, May 17, 2026.
A Samidoun flag is flown at a Duisburg demonstration in Germany, October 9, 2023.

Canadian gov't dissolves Samidoun a year and a half after proscribing it as a terror organization

This screenshot shows the still active Facebook page of Samidoun Deutschland, the German chapter of the international Palestinian-rights activists group Samidoun, on November 03, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. The day before the German government announced it is banning Samidoun

Greece detains Samidoun Europe leader Mohammed Khatib, set to deport him from Crete

Demonstrators gather outside the UN Headquarters during a "Stop Starving Gaza" protest in New York City, July 29, 2025.

US politicians call for treasury to freeze assets of CCP-linked mogul tied to anti-Israel protests


Samidoun is now a designated terror group, but why does it matter? - opinion

They exist solely to advance the interests of terrorist groups and their backers, with little mind paid to the mass suffering events like October 7 give cause.

 PALESTINIANS TAKE part in a rally marking the 55th anniversary of the founding of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in Gaza City in 2022. Samidoun’s terrorist designation is for its role as ‘a sham charity’ for the PFLP, the writer notes.

Why did Canada delay designating Samidoun as a terror group?

Up until 15 October, Samidoun enjoyed non-profit status, providing fundraising opportunities and tax reductions.

 Samidoun has been designated by 5 countries thus far

US, Canada, designate Samidoun and leader Khaled Barakat as a terrorist org.

The official announcement decries the group and Barakat as fundraisers for the PFLP’s terrorist actions against Israel.

 A photo shows a flag of the pro-Palestine organization 'Samidoun' during a "in solidarity with Gaza" demonstration in Duisburg, western Germany, on October 9, 2023.

The Netherlands calls out Samidoun to stand up against terror- opinion

Groups like Samidoun are no different than the old brown shirts.

Dutch Parliament votes to designate Samidoun as terror organization

"Oganisations like Samidoun, which spread antisemitism and glorify terror, do not belong in the Dutch constitutional state."

 A photo shows a flag of the pro-Palestine organization 'Samidoun' during a "in solidarity with Gaza" demonstration in Duisburg, western Germany, on October 9, 2023.