Protests have resulted in vandalism, harassment and assault and have been ‘dangerous for Jews,’ rabbi says
Within Our Lifetime (WOL), a radical anti-Israel group based in New York City, is among numerous organizations making headlines for open support of terrorist groups in the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attacks.
WOL’s online messaging outlines the radical beliefs uniting its members since the group’s founding in 2015. “We are anti-zionists (sic),” WOL states, elaborating that the “liberation of Palestine requires the abolition of zionism (sic).” WOL also supports resistance to “the violence of the U.S. empire at home and abroad,” advocates for “Palestinians’ right to return to their homeland in all of historic Palestine from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea,” and believes Palestinians have the right to “resist the zionist (sic) occupation by any means necessary.”
While WOL stridently believes that it is anti-Zionist and not antisemitic, experts say that the group’s actions have harmed and endangered Jews.