On August 15, Within Our Lifetime (WOL) marched roughly 70 blocks across New York City, boarding the subway en masse and resurfacing near Columbia University to join student protesters and implicitly call for conquest of Israel. Demonstrators displayed extremist symbols, including a Hezbollah flag, and vandalized a memorial near the mayor's mansion. WOL's leader, Nerdeen Kiswani, co-founded Students for Justice in Palestine and remains chairwoman despite multiple arrests. The U.N. has been a focal point for protests following a two-state conference, and Masar Badil urged Western supporters to besiege embassies and turn public spaces into confrontation points. City and university leaders must stay vigilant.
On August 15, members of Within Our Lifetime (WOL) marched some 70 blocks across New York City, starting at the United Nations and ending in Morningside Park. Along the way, they boarded the subway en masse and resurfaced near Columbia University to join student protesters and implicitly call for the conquest of Israel. One demonstrator waved a Hezbollah flag; others vandalized a memorial near the mayor's mansion.
The march showcased some of the pro-Palestinian movement's most radical elements and highlighted the threat they pose to public order. As the vandalism demonstrates, WOL and its associates have a long history of lawlessness, including property destruction and building occupation. As a new school year dawns and activists push for another round of campus protests, city and university leaders must remain vigilant.
Why the focus on the U.N.? One reason is a recent United Nations conference on a potential two-state solution to end the Israel-Hamas war. That conference prompted Masar Badil, an organization with close ties to the terrorist group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), to call on its supporters in the West to "take to the streets, besiege Zionist embassies, and turn every public square and city into a point of direct confrontation."
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