Lawsuit alleges anti-Israel group leaders are ‘Hamas’ foot soldiers in New York City’

UCLAstudentEliTsivescommentsonongoingantisemiticrhetoriconcollegecampusesandhowhebelievestheproblemshouldberesolved. AlawsuitfiledintheSouthernDistrictofNewYorklastmonthclaimstheleadersofseveralradicalanti-Israelgroupsinvolvedin18monthsofdisruptive,violentandantisemiticprotestsoncampusesandinthestreetsofNewYorkCityare“accountableforaidingandabettingHamas’continuingactsofinternationalterrorism.” InpurportedviolationoftheAntiterrorismActandtheAlienTortStatue,thedefendantsaresaidtohave“actedasHamas’footsoldiersinNewYorkCity,”andmayhavehadforeknowledgeofthedesignatedforeignterrororganization’sdevastatingOct.7attacks. DefendantsinthecaseareWithinOurLifetimeanditsfounderNerdeenKiswani,ColumbiaStudentsforJusticeinPalestine(SJP)anditsrepresentativeMaryamAlwan,Columbia-BarnardJewishVoiceforPeace(JVP)anditsrepresentativeCameronJones,andColumbiaUniversityApartheidDivest(