Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2025. (Reuters/Hatem Khaled/File Photo)
Tlaib, herself, has been no stranger to criticism about her anti-Israel views either. She was censured in 2023 by her colleagues in Congress over alleged inflammatory rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war. The censure followed several comments from Tlaib that drew backlash, including her use of the phrase "From the river to the sea," a slogan that many Israel supporters consider a call for the destruction of Israel.
Tlaib also came under fire in 2023 for being part of a secret Facebook group for many years that glorified terrorists following the attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.
People march in support of Palestinians in New York on Oct. 8, 2023, after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a terror attack on Israel. (Bryan R. Smith / AFP)
Multiple university professors accused of antisemitism will also be at the event with Tlaib. One of them, Hatem Bazian, came under fire by his university, the University of California – Berkley, in 2017 after he shared an anti-Israel cartoon that drew widespread backlash for comparing Jews to Nazis, among other tropes.
"Mom, look! I is chosen! I can now kill, rape, smuggle organs & steal the land of Palestinians yay #Ashke-Nazi," read the caption of a political cartoon shared by Bazian, the chairman of American Muslims for Palestine and the co-founder of Students for Justice in Palestine.
The caption was layered over an image of an orthodox Jewish individual who was juxtaposed next to an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un wearing a kippah and other traditional Jewish garb. That photo was also layered with its own caption: "Donald Trump: Now my nukes are legal & I can annex South Korea & you need to start paying me 34 billion a year in welfare."
In 2015, Bazian, whose SJP group has fueled anti-Israel riots on college campuses, raised alarm bells when he called for an "intifada in this country that changes fundamentally the political dynamics in here," which is widely interpreted as calling for violence against Jews. He went on to say, "They're gonna say some Palestinian being too radical – well, you haven't seen radicalism yet."
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Another speaker at the event, journalist Eugene Puryear, has been slammed for trivializing Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attacks that killed over a thousand innocent Israelis.
"As you might have seen, there was some sort of rave or desert party where they were having a great time, until the resistance came in electrified hang gliders and took at least several dozen hipsters," Puryear said on Oct. 8, one day after the attack, according to a report from the Anti-Defamation League.
Linda Sarsour, who had to walk-back her remarks after stating Israel "is built on the idea that Jews are supreme to everyone else," and lost her seat on the board of the Women's March amid allegations of antisemitism, will make an appearance as well on Friday afternoon. Sarsour previously denied the allegations of antisemitism that came during her time with the Women's March.
Activist Linda Sarsour speaks at rally in New York City. ((Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)Imga)
"Ask them this, how can you be against white supremacy in America and the idea of being in a state based on race and class, but then you support a state like Israel that is based on supremacy, that is built on the idea that Jews are supreme to everyone else," Sarsour asked a crowd in 2019, according to Israeli news outlet Haaretz.
Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University student who the Trump administration tried to deport for allegedly inciting anti-Israel violence on his campus, will also be in attendance.
In addition to the speakers, the organizers added special programming geared for kids. "We're proud to introduce a two-day Children’s Program for ages 6–12, featuring engaging activities and an educational curriculum that explores Palestinian history, culture, and resistance," the conference's website says.
Fox News Digital reached out to the conference for comment on its list of speakers, but did not immediately receive a response. Fox News Digital also reached out to several of the speakers for comment but, with the exception of Arraf, did not immediately hear back.
Fox News' Cameron Cawthorne and Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report
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