Pro-Hamas activist who spoke at Columbia despite being banned from Germany is New Jersey communist who led chants of ‘long live October 7’ after massacre of 1,700 Israelis [Video]

10:30 EDT 01 May 2024, updated 12:18 EDT 01 May 2024

A pro-Hamas activist who spoke at Columbia despite being banned in Germany for supporting terror is a communist from New Jersey who openly supports the October 7 massacre of Israelis.

Charlotte Kates, a major figure in the pro-Palestine movement in colleges for over two decades, has been a constant presence at anti-Israel encampment at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

The New Jersey native is the international coordinator of Samidoun Prisoners Solidarity Network, a group with ties to the PFLP that is listed in Israel as a terror group and banned in Germany as such.

Kates, a lawyer, was seen on Friday in Vancouver praising the terrorist attack by Hamas, which left 1,700 Israelis dead and sparked the war in Gaza, where 30,000 Palestinians have reportedly been killed.

‘We say today, long live October 7!’ Kates yelled outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, calling the attack a show …