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Samidoun designated as a terrorist group by Canadian and U.S. governments
Ottawa’s decision was made jointly with counterparts in Washington, D.C.
October 15, 2024
“The listing of Samidoun as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code sends a strong message that Canada will not tolerate this type of activity, and will do everything in its power to counter the ongoing threat to Canada’s national security and all people in Canada,” he said in a statement.
Samidoun has been banned by Germany and Israel, and the Netherlands has held a vote to consider doing the same. The PFLP is banned in the United States and the European Union, as well as in Canada.
Samidoun has European chapters and affiliates in Sweden, France, Spain, Hungary, and Greece, and what appear to be at least two groups maintaining a presence in some form in Germany; there’s also an affiliated group in Brazil. North American chapters or affiliates include New York and New Jersey, the cities of Portland, Oregon, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, plus Canadian affiliate Anti-Imperialist Action Ottawa, and Samidoun’s Toronto chapter.
Scrutiny intensified over Samidoun’s status in Canada after the group organized protests to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. At one event in Vancouver, some demonstrators tried to set fire to a Canadian flag, calling, “Death to Canada, death to the U.S.A., and death to Israel.”
The same masked speaker who led that chant also told the crowd “we are Hamas, we are Hezbollah,” Global News reported. Vancouver Police are investigating that incident.
American authorities named Khaled Barakat, a Canadian citizen and Vancouver-based Samidoun organizer, as an affiliate of the PFLP and a leader involved in fundraising for the terror entity.
Recently, authorities in British Columbia were forced to lift bail conditions that had prevented Samidoun’s Vancouver-based director, Charlotte Kates—who is married to Barakat—from participating in any protests for a period of six months.
Source:
https://thecjn.ca/news/samidoun-terrorists/