Mahmoud Khalil
Mahmoud Khalil is a pro jihadis terror agitator on camous - Columbia University, propagating CUAD - which is pro Hamas, pro Oct 7 atrocities. 'His professional history is convoluted.' And has shadowy figures defending him. Hostage families sued Mahmoud Khalil and Columbia protest leaders for aiding Hamas.
Nabbed by ICE in March 2025. And a lefty judge called for his release in June 2025.
Sources
Mahmoud Khalil - Canary Mission.
PROFILE UPDATE - MARCH 12, 2025.
In March 2025, Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which reportedly revoked his student visa. A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said that Khalil "led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization."
Khalil has been leading anti-Israel protests at Columbia since at least October 12, 2023—just days after Hamas’ attack on Israel. That day, he led a rally where activists chanted “From the river to the sea,” a slogan condemned by the U.S. House of Representatives as antisemitic and used by Hamas to call for Israel’s destruction.
Khalil is a leader of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group (CUAD), the current home for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), after they were suspended for pro-terror activities. It is now a coalition of “over 80 student groups."
Khalil openly justified Hamas terrorism, speaking as a CUAD representative in a video posted on X. He stated, "We’ve tried armed resistance, which is legitimate under international law, but Israel calls it terrorism."
On October 7, 2024, the first anniversary of Hamas’ terror attack where they murdered 1,200 Israelis, Khalil held a leadership role in a CUAD-organized pro-Hamas protest at Columbia. The next day, CUAD defined this protest by their desire to "bring the war home"—a phrase tied to the movement's broader strategy of bringing about the downfall of the USA. For more information on their war on America, see Canary Mission’s campaign “Bringing the War Home.”
CUAD's members wrote on August 16, 2024, that they "must work hard to weaken US imperialism.” The New York Post also reported on March 9, 2025, that Khalil's group seeks the "total eradication of Western civilization."
On March 24, 2024, CUAD co-organized a pro-terror event titled “Palestinian Resistance 101,” featuring Khaled Barakat, a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a designated terrorist organization.
Khalil has acted as a lead negotiator for CUAD during several major incidents in 2024 and 2025.
Canary
MSM
What the media isn't telling you. CAMERA. 03.19.25.
AGITATION - EXTREMISM
“Unmasking a Pattern: Mahmoud Khalil and the Amplification of Campus Radicalism” – CAM (PDF). 03.2025.
LAWSUIT
Hostage families sue Mahmoud Khalil and Columbia protest leaders for aiding Hamas. JFeed. 03.25.25.
Columbia Activists, Including Mahmoud Khalil, Serve as Hamas's 'Propaganda Arm in New York City,' Lawsuit States. FreeBeacon. 03.25.25
BACKGROUND?
Who are the shadowy figures defending Mahmoud Khalil? 'His professional history is equally convoluted.' INN. 03.21.25.
Who is Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University agitator detained by ICE for deportation?
CUAD, which sympathizes with terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah and calls for the “end of Western civilization.”
According to his LinkedIn, Khalil briefly served as a political affairs officer with UNRWA — a UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees — which was stripped of tens of millions in federal funding after an explosive report that some of its members took part in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack against Israel in which 1,200 people were killed. NYPost 03.09.25.
Despite national outrage and ties to inflammatory campus protests.
Mahmoud Khalil Could Be 'Home' by Friday.
A federal judge in New Jersey has blocked the Trump administration's effort to deport Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, citing violations of his First Amendment rights. ... Department of Homeland Security and the White House, has said they will appeal the ruling... DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin asserted, “When you advocate for violence… you should not be in this country,” referencing Khalil's campus activism and association with anti-Israel protests.
JFeed. 06.12.25.
