Samidoun
Samidoun, masquerading as a Palestinian prisoner advocacy group, is a dangerous organization with deep ties to terrorism. In October 2024, both the United States and Canada took decisive action by designating Samidoun as a terrorist entity, recognizing its true nature as a front for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a terrorist organization.
This designation exposes Samidoun’s deceptive facade as a “sham charity” that serves as an international fundraising arm for the PFLP. The group’s leadership includes known extremists with direct links to terrorist activities. Samidoun head Khaled Barakat is a senior PFLP member involved in establishing militant cells and motivating terrorist activity. His spouse, Charlotte Kates, another prominent Samidoun leader, has openly praised PFLP terrorists.
Samidoun’s actions go beyond mere advocacy, actively undermining peace efforts and promoting violence. The organization has consistently supported convicted terrorists, praised the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israeli civilians, and called for the end of the “Zionist project”.
Sources:
https://www.adl.org/resources/article/samidoun-what-you-need-know
ngo-monitor.org/ngos/samidoun/
https://ngo-monitor.org/reports/global-samidoun-network/
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2646
PALESTINIAN PRISONER SOLIDARITY NETWORK
What is Samidoun?
Samidoun is a US-based nonprofit organization that calls for releasing Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, many of whom are convicted terrorists. Leaders Charlotte Kates and Khaled Barakat are members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a US-designated terrorist organization.
Samidoun has hosted events featuring Palestinian terrorists such as Leila Khaled and has memorialized other infamous terrorists like Ghassan Kanafani.
Samidoun & Its Collaborators
Samidoun works with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), and the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM).
In August 2020, these organizations coordinated several “Day of Resistance” demonstrations that falsely conflated protests for racial justice in the US with displays of violence and acts of terrorism committed by Palestinian militant groups.
Vancouver Samidoun mural of Ghassan Kanafani, former PFLP spokesman. Photo Credit: Samidoun’s Facebook page, July 28th, 2022. Source: ngo-monitor.org/ngos/samidoun
