Linda Sarsour

Linda Sarsour: Mamdani's biggest financial backer is Council on American–Islamic Relations

Sarsour asserted during a panel that the Unity and Justice Fund was controlled by Council on American–Islamic Relations and was a significant donor to Mamdani's campaign.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Activist Linda Sarsour speaks as protesters gather at Foley Square calling for the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 14, 2025.
Activist Linda Sarsour speaks while people participate a protest called March for Racial Justice in New York City

BDS activist Linda Sarsour helped foster Zohran Mamdani's rise to power

Linda Sarsour recently publicly endorsed Zohran Mamdani as her "favorite guy" and gave the maximum allowed donation amount to the New York City mayoral candidate's campaign.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
The White House is pictured in Washington D.C

White House appoints new associate communications director with history of anti-Israel comments

Tyler Cherry previously worked for Secretary Deb Haaland for three years, and started last week as the associate communications director at the White House.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A sign for Google Cloud offices is seen in Sunnyvale, California, U.S. on April 16, 2024.

Google fires 28 anti-Israel employees who occupied offices in protest

The protesters were arrested and put on administrative after refusing to leave Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s Sunnyvale office or the New York City Chelsea workspace.

|ByMICHAEL STARR

UMass Resistance Studies Initiative to host BDS panel discussion

84 groups pen letter querying use of UMass name when departments host political events.

NOVEMBER 6, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK
ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS with a ‘boycott Israel’ sign.

Radical anti-Israel activist endorses Bernie Sanders

Zahr is a staunch advocate of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and has campaigned against Israeli businesses in the US.

OCTOBER 12, 2019ByAARON REICH
AMERICAN-PALESTINIAN COMEDIAN Amer Zahr performs at the Movenpick Hotel in Ramallah on Sunday.

The Women’s March might finally be ready to take Jewish women seriously

It felt whiny, if not traitorous, to question and raise concerns when I was a proud feminist who agreed with so many of the overarching goals and objectives of the movement.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019ByEMILY SHIRE/JTA
Muslim American activist Linda Sarsour prepares to perform "Maghrib" sunset prayers during an immigration rally and Iftar "breaking fast" during the month of Ramadan outside ICE's New York field office at Foley Square in Manhattan, New York

Zahra Billoo kicked off Women's March board

After a series of allegedly antisemitic tweets arose, including one in which Billoo says "Israel commits war crimes and terrorism as a hobby," the Women's March voted her off its board.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019ByRACHEL WOLF
Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American Islamic Relations (San Francisco) addresses the audience during a panel discussion titled 'Dismantling All Forms Of Oppression' during the three-day Women's Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., October 28, 2017

Women's March board member, Zahra Billoo compares IDF soldiers to ISIS

Billoo tweeted that she doesn't "see the difference between American youth leaving the country to join ISIS or the IDF."

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019ByRACHEL WOLF
Women take part in a 'Day Without a Woman' march on International Women's Day in New York, U.S., March 8, 2017

Women's march board member calls Israel: "Racist state"

After the previous leaders resigned over allegations of antisemitism, one of the new board members goes against Israel on Twitter

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019ByJTA/JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
Linda Sarsour (center) leads during a ‘Day Without a Woman’ march on International Women’s Day in New York, earlier this month

New leadership in the Women's march of after accusations of antisemitism

The new leadership consists of 16 women of various diverse backgrounds and were elected by committee to lead the movement forwards

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Muslim American activist Linda Sarsour prepares to perform "Maghrib" sunset prayers during an immigration rally and Iftar "breaking fast" during the month of Ramadan outside ICE's New York field office at Foley Square in Manhattan, New York

Bernie Sanders chose Linda Sarsour: Can Jews overlook her views on Israel?

Is Bernie Sanders confident that enough Jewish Democrats will overlook Linda Sarsour and still support him?

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes the stage at a campaign rally in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., March 10, 2019.

Linda Sarsour: I would be proud to elect Sanders as the first Jewish president

Sarsour believes that Sanders will lead the way to a more "transformative foreign policy: one that is centered on peace and diplomacy."

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019ByZACHARY KEYSER
Activist Linda Sarsour speaks while people participate a protest called March for Racial Justice in New York City

Linda Sarsour claims ‘disgusting’ Zionists, Confederates protested her

AUGUST 27, 2019ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Activist Linda Sarsour addresses attendees at a vigil for Nabra Hassanen, a 17 year old teenage Muslim girl killed by a bat-wielding motorist near a Virginia mosque, Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 20, 2017.