Within Our Lifetime

Within Our Lifetime - United For Palestine
PurposeAnti-Zionist activism
Location
Founder and chair
Nerdeen Kiswani
Websitewolpalestine.com

Within Our Lifetime - United For Palestine (WOL),[1] is a pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist activist organization primarily active in New York City. The group has been one of the key organizers in the city's ongoing Israel-Hamas war protests.[2][unreliable source?]

The organization was founded and is currently led by the Palestinian-American Muslim Nerdeen Kiswani.[1] They are based out of Bay Ridge, a neighborhood in Brooklyn that is home to the majority of Palestinians in New York City.[3][4]

WOL organizes around four principles: the Palestinian right of return, anti-Zionism, the Palestinian right to resist, and internationalism.[5] While the organization is centered around Palestinian liberation, they are also generally anti-imperialist.[5]

WOL has been condemned by local and national politicians (including Eric Adams and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) for its support of Hamas.[6][7][8] One member of WOL attacked a Jewish counterprotestor, Matt Greenman, in 2022.

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  3. ^ Guerguerian, Amba; Guerra, Elias; Constantine, Neil (2023-11-21). "Palestine Protests Footage from Over the Weekend". The Indypendent. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  4. ^ Ibrahim, Ismail (2023-11-02). "Prayer and Protest in Bay Ridge's Little Palestine". Curbed. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  5. ^ a b "Points of Unity - Within Our Lifetime". 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  6. ^ "NYC protesters wave terror group flags, call for intifada outside Nova massacre exhibit". Times of Israel. 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  7. ^ Moshtaghian, Artemis; Sylla, Zenebou (2024-06-12). "NY governor calls vandalism at the homes of Jewish board members of the Brooklyn Museum 'an abhorrent act of antisemitism'". CNN. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  8. ^ "What is Within Our Lifetime, the anti-Israel group behind the protests at the Nova exhibit?". The Jerusalem Post. 20 June 2024.