Within Our Lifetime
Pro-Palestinian activist group in New York City / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, which expresses support for the Palestinian right to resist against Israel,[2][3][4] has been one of the key organizers in the city's Israel-Hamas war protests,[5] alongside Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestinian Youth Movement, and Democratic Socialists of America.[3]
Purpose | Anti-Zionist activism |
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Location | |
Founder and chair | Nerdeen Kiswani |
Website | wolpalestine |
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.[6][7]
WOL organizes around four principles: the Palestinian right of return, anti-Zionism, the Palestinian right to resist, and internationalism.[8] While WOL is centered around Palestinian liberation, they are generally anti-imperialist.[8] The New York Police Department has deployed its Strategic Response Group and flown helicopters and drones at WOL protests since 7 October 2023, the day of the Hamas-led attack on Israel which started the ongoing war,[9] and banned their use of megaphones and air horns entirely.[10][5] Local publication Hell Gate has referred to this as an "escalating crackdown on pro-Palestine protests".[10]