The DC-based Jerusalem Fund will hold a panel on July 24 featuring former AJ+ journalist Sana Saeed and Mehdi Hasan-founded Zeteo correspondent Prem Thakker on "Western Media and Israel's War of Genocide on Gaza: Culpability or Ignorance.

2. Global Day of Fast for Gaza

Palestinian organizations in Chicago have declared a Global Day of Fast for Gaza on July 24 and a “day of action” on July 25.

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3. “Stop Starving Gaza” Protest in the U.K.

UK pro-Palestinian organizations will hold 6pm protest on July 25th in Downing Street, London. They call participants to bring "pots and pans" to highlight the "Gaza starvation," as part of the Day of Action. Similar events are expected to take place tomorrow across the UK and the US.

4. “Starvation in Gaza” Protest in Minnesota

Minnesota-area anti-Israel groups are holding a protest titled “Starvation in Gaza, hardship at home” on July 29 outside the offices of Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

June 25

Boston-area organizations will hold a "No War with Iran" rally on June 25, in front of Boston’s JFK Federal Building at noon.

2. “Legal Counterinsurgency” Webinar

June 26

CUNY for Palestine, National Lawyers Guild International, and others are holding a webinar on June 26, on "Legal Counterinsurgency and Repression of the Left" featuring a speaker from Palestine Action UK, which was banned in the UK earlier this week.

3. Law for Palestine Webinar with Francesca Albanese

July 2

Law for Palestine, Human Rights Watch and ICHR are holding an in-person event (which will be livestreamed on YouTube) from the 59^th session of the UN Human Rights Council on July 2. UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese and other speakers will discuss the economic responsibilities of third states considering the ICJ Advisory Opinion and the Genocide Convention.

Surge in Pro-Iranian Regime Rallies

As the Iran-Israel war intensifies, with Israel's military operation dubbed Operation Rising Lion, a series of upcoming events in the United States and Europe are highlighting the rise of political movements that increasingly align with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s geopolitical goals. These movements, fueled by anti-Zionist, anti-imperialist, and pro-terror sentiments, frequently position Israel and the United States as key antagonists in the ongoing conflict, reflecting a growing shift in political discourse around the Middle East.

Key Organizers and Ideological Cohesion

Groups such as National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), Unity of Fields (UoF), International Peoples' Assembly (IPA), Samidoun, Masar Badil, CODEPINK, and US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) are at the forefront. Their messaging frames Israel as an aggressor and the United States as complicit in regional destabilization, with solidarity for the Iranian regime presented as an extension of support for Palestinian liberation and broader anti-imperialist struggle.

Notably, organizations like UoF have openly declared allegiance to the Islamic Republic of Iran and the so-called "Axis of Resistance.”

Upcoming Events

United States

1. Oakland, California

• Stop Bombing Iran! Arms Embargo Now! Solidarity with March to Gaza

  • Date: June 16, 2025, 3:00 PM

  • Location: 19th & Broadway, Oakland, CA; march proceeds to Lake Merritt and ends at Rep. Lateefah Simon's office at One Kaiser Plaza

  • Organizer: CODEPINK

  • Focus: Demand an end to U.S. military aid to Israel, call for an arms embargo, and support humanitarian access to Gaza

2. San Francisco, California

• Stop Bombing Iran! Arms Embargo Now! Solidarity with March to Gaza

  • Date: June 20, 2025, 3:00 PM

  • Location: Israeli Consulate (456 Montgomery St.), Senator Alex Padilla's office, Senator Adam Schiff’s office

  • Organizer: CODEPINK

  • Focus: Echo calls for peace, aid access, and an arms embargo on Israel

3. New York City, New York

• Solidarity with Iran Rally

  • Date: June 16, 2025

  • Location: Times Square, 43rd St & 7th Ave, New York City

  • Organizer: Bronx Anti-War Committee

  • Focus: Express support for Iran in the context of recent hostilities and opposition to Israeli policies

Europe

1. London, United Kingdom

• Protests at Sites Supplying Israel's F-35 Fighter Jets

  • Date: June 17, 2025, 5:00 PM

  • Location:

  • Organizer: Palestine Solidarity Campaign

  • Focus: Arms embargo and ending UK complicity in Israeli military actions

2. Brussels, Belgium

• Red Line Protest for Gaza and Against War with Iran

  • Date: June 16, 2025,

  • Location: North Station to Place Jean Rey

  • Organizer: International Solidarity

  • Focus: Massive demonstration against Israel’s actions in Gaza and the escalation with Iran, drawing tens of thousands of participants

Strategic Implications and Evolving Tactics

The current protest landscape is marked by a deliberate alignment with Iranian state narratives and the broader "Axis of Resistance" agenda. The integration of LGBTQ+, feminist, and indigenous solidarity causes broadens the appeal and operational base of these movements. Their shift toward targeting financial and logistical infrastructure, rather than relying solely on street protests, reflects a maturing strategy designed to inflict direct economic and reputational costs on Western and Israeli interests.

The resilience and adaptability of these networks, even in the face of official designations and restrictions, underscore the need for a multifaceted approach to counter their influence. Monitoring and responding to this evolving landscape requires a nuanced understanding of both their ideological drivers and operational methodologies.

June 9

On June 9 at 6pm, PYM Toronto will host an emergency protest for the Madleen Freedom Flotilla that was intercepted by the IDF before arriving in Gaza.

2. Oldham Peace and Justice Vigil For Palestine

June 11

On June 11, Oldham Peace & Justice will host a weekly vigil at Oldham Peace Gardens calling to “stop arming Israel.”

3. All Out to Barbour’s Cut Protest

June 14

PYM Houston will demonstrate at the Barbour's Cut Terminal at the Port of Houston on June 14 as a Maersk ship allegedly carrying F-35 wings is scheduled to pass through.

June 8

Pal-Awda NJ and PYM will hold the “Gaza is Starving” emergency rally on June 8 in Brooklyn at 2 PM.

2. Anti-AIPAC Campaign

June 10

Former congressman Jamaal Bowman, IfNotNow's Eva Borgwardt, and others will participate in a panel on Zoom titled "Connecting the Dots: The Israel Lobby and Elections" on Tuesday, June 10.

4. National Convergence on Canberra

July 20-22

On July 20-22, Palestine Action Group will host a national rally at the Parliament of Australia in Canberra. The group is calling on the government to sanction Israel and is urging protestors from around the country to attend.

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June 1

On June 1 at 1-3pm, a boycott Chevon picket will be held in Oakland, California. The protest aims to target Chevron for its business ties with Israel.

2. San Fernando Valley Rally for Gaza

June 1

On June 1 at 11am-1pm, CODEPINK will host a rally in San Fernando Valley titled “Israel is Starving Gaza”.

3. Global March for Gaza

June 15

On June 15, NGOs around the world will participate in a “Global March to Gaza.” The Secretary-General of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, Yanis Varoufakis announced that activists are gathering in Cairo and will try to enter Gaza in order “to prevent the normalization of genocide, to shatter the West’s guilty silence”

May 25

On May 25, at 3pm, Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) Toronto will host an urgent mobilization for Gaza in uptown Waterloo, Ontario.

2. Rally for the “Stanford 12”

May 29

Stanford SJP will rally at the Palo Alto Courthouse on May 29 for the arraignment of 12 Stanford students arrested last year in connection with campus protests.

3. Philadelphia People’s Tribunal

May 31

Numerous organizations will hold a "Philadelphia People's Tribunal on War Crimes & Genocide in Gaza" on May 31 at the Friends Center.

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May 22

On May 22 from 12-5pm, the Boston Coalition for Palestine will host an emergency protest outside City Hall.

2. Eyewitness Palestine 2nd Annual Benefit

June 1

On June 1, Eyewitness Palestine will host its 2nd Annual Benefit Benefit in Chicago featuring the speakers Marc Lamont Hill, Mariam Barghouti, Rola Azar, and Said Rabieh.

3. USPCN Lecture at DePaul University

June 5

On June 5, DePaul University and USPCN will host the lecture “Stifling Dissent Using Racism”, which addresses “anti-Arab, anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian racism demonstrating their intimate relationship to US policies.”

May 21

On May 21, PYM, World Beyond War, and others are hosting a call for the launch of a "new phase of action" against Scotiabank, which invests in Elbit.

2. Palestine Action Protest for the “Filton 3”

May 20

On May 20, at 9:30am-2:30pm, Palestine Action will host a protest to stand by the “#Filton3” at their plea haring at Bristol Magistrates Court. The 3 were arrested after blocking the entrance of Elbit’s research and manufacturing hub in Filton, Bristol.

3. SJP to Protest NATO

May 25

On May 25, coalition of Midwest SJP chapters will protest against NATO in Dayton, Ohio, where NATO’s Spring Parliamentary Assembly will be held.

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May 17

The Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine, USPCN, AMP, SJP, and others will hold an “All Out for Nakba Day” protest on May 17 at Chicago’s Water Tower Park at 1PM.

2. Rally with Neturei Karta & AMP

May 18

AMP New Jersy, Pal-Awda NY, Jewish anti-Zionists Neturei Karta and others will hold the “No Parade for Genocide” rally on May 18 at 11AM on Madison Ave in NYC.

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3. IfNotNow Virtual Teach-In

May 20

IfNotNow LA will hold a virtual teach-in titled “Understanding Genocide” on May 20 at 7PM.

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May 15

On May 15 at 4:30pm, Boston Coalition for Palestine will host a march and rally for Nakba Day in front of MIT’s lobby.

2. CODEPINK Protests Lawmakers

May 15

On May 15 from 4-7pm, CODEPINK will host a protest against the congress member Julia Brownley and the assembly member Jaqui Irwin, over claims that they are “anti-Palestine.” The protest will be held in front of the building where Brownley and Irwin have offices.

3. “Nakba 77” National Demo in London

May 17

On May 17 at 10:30am, Palestine Solidarity Campaign will host a ‘Nakba 77’ National Demo in London.

4. “Nakba Day” Protest in Rome

May 17

“Nakba Day”: Assopace Palestina and others will be marking “Nakba Day” on May 17 at the Piazza Indpendeza in Rome.

May 5

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, NLG, and CUNY4Palestine will hold the webinar “The Gaza Freedom Flotilla and the Imperative for the Global Community to Act” on May 5 at 5 PM. Speakers include UN Special Rapp. on Food Michael Fakhri; Freedom Flotilla member Huwaida Arraf; and current Freedom Flotilla passenger Ann Wright. This webinar follows an alleged drone attack on the flotilla near Malta last Friday.

2. People’s Tribunal For Palestine

May 12

CUNY pro-Palestinian student groups plan to turn CUNY’s Board of Trustees public hearing on May 12 into a “People’s Tribunal for Palestine” to charge them with “genocide.”

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3. Nakba 77 Remembrance March

May 17

The United Liberation Front endorsed PYM’s “Nakba 77 Remembrance March” at the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 17 at 2 PM.

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4. “We Reject Zionism” Event

Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) will hold an “Intergenerational Nakba Panel” titled “We Reject Zionism” on May 18 at 4 PM at Houston’s Arab American Cultural Center.

April 25

On April 25, the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) will join the global call for action by participating in a global day of protest for Gaza.

2. Boycott Barclays Protests in the U.K.

April 26

On April 26, Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) is hosting a “Day of Action for Palestine” at various locations in the U.K. to boycott Barclays and demand they cut ties with Israel.

3. “Jews Against Deportation” Rally

May 4

Jewish anti-Zionist group IfNotnow will hold a “Jews against deportation” rally on May 4 at Los Angeles’ Grand Park.

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April 24

Adalah Justice Project, the Action Center on Race & the Economy and LittleSis will hold a webinar on April 24 at 6 PM to introduce their “Genocide Gentry” database, which provides data about the alleged connections between educational and cultural institutions and weapons companies.

2. Rally for Palestine at Washington Square Park

April 24

On April 24 at 1pm, the Downtown SJP Coalition will host a rally for Palestine in Washington Square Park. The group is also circulating a petition calling for the NYU administration to cease cooperation with ICE and declare NYU a sanctuary campus.

3. Palestine and the Axis of Resistance Event in New York

April 27

Black Intifada, Workers World Party and Bronx Anti-War will hold an event titled “Palestine and the Axis of Resistance” on Sunday, April 27, at an undisclosed location in Manhattan. The event will feature Laith Marouf, a director of the antisemitic Free Palestine Television and a senior consultant with the Community Media Advocacy Centre, and Iranian activist Abdolhamid Shahrabi.

April 10

CODE PINK is hosting a virtual event with the pro-North Korea organization Nodutdol on “The Poison of US Bases and Global Military Presence” on April 10 at 8 PM.

2. Law for Palestine Webinar on Weapons Transfers to Israel

April 10

On April 10, at 7 PM, Law for Palestine, in collaboration with ASCOMARE and The Independent Commission For Human Rights, will host a webinar discussing the legal obligations of states in regard to weapons and energy shipments to Israel. The event description accuses Israel of committing “genocide.”

3. Palestine Solidarity Campaign March in East London

April 12

On April 12, at 12 PM, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) will host a march in East London from Altab Ali Park to Wennington Green. The group is calling to “end the genocide” and “stop arming Israel.”

4. Within Our Lifetime Protest for “Palestinian Prisoners Day”

April 17

For “Palestinian Prisoners Day,” WOL is planning a “Free Them All: From Palestine to the U.S.” protest at the New York Stock Exchange on April 17 at 3 PM.

April 1

Boston-area organizations will protest in support of detained Turkish Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk on April 1 at the JFK Federal Building in Boston.

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2. Protest of John Sullivan Event at MIT

April 4

Boston-area anti-Israel organizations will protest a joint Harvard-MIT event with former NSA Advisor Jake Sullivan – who they call a “mass murderer” - on Friday (April 4) at the MIT Museum.

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3. USPCN Virtual Event for “Palestinian Prisoners’ Day”

April 12

U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) is hosting a virtual event featuring “former Palestinian political prisoners” on April 12 in honor of “Palestinian Prisoners’ Day.”

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March 30

Within Our Lifetime and others will protest a performance of Israeli singer Hanan Ben Ari on March 30 at 7PM at Kings Theatre in Flatbush.

2. JVP Webinar on “Rejecting Project Esther”

March 30

JVP is holding a webinar on March 30 at 7PM on “Rejecting Project Esther,” the Heritage Foundation’s plan to combat antisemitism.

4. CODEPINK LA Protest at Academy HQ

March 31

CODEPINK LA will protest outside the Academy HQ in LA tomorrow (Mar. 31), demanding that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences “speak out against the brutalization of Palestinian Oscar-winning director Hamdan Balla.”

5. Emergency Interfaith Vigil

April 3

CAIR Maryland, JVP DC, JVP Baltimore and others are holding an “emergency interfaith vigil” on April 3 in Annapolis to “demand an end to the Gaza genocide, defend Marylanders’ right to free speech, and oppose bills that would risk repression on campuses.”

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March 27

Protests supporting detained Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil will take place across the US on March 27 to coincide with his court hearing in Newark.

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2. “Die-In” for Gaza Protest

March 27

Harvard University pro-Palestinian groups are organizing a “die-in for Gaza” protest on March 27 at 11:30AM.

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3. Rally at NY Times Headquarters

March 27

PYM, WAWOG and other anti-Israel groups are organizing a rally in front of The New York Times HQ in NYC on March 27 at 5:30PM for Hossam Shabat, a Hamas member and journalist killed in Gaza earlier this week.

4. IfNotNow Hosts “Emergency Mass Call”

March 27

IfNotNow is hosting an “emergency mass call” today headlined “Jews Fight Back,” featuring Uncommitted Movement cofounder Abbas Alawieh and former Biden staffer Lily Greenberg.

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5. University of Toronto Hosts Event on “The Fabrication of Homeland Security”

April 2

On April 2 at 11:00AM, University of Toronto is hosting an event titled: “The Fabrication of Homeland Security: Tracing Police Entanglements Across India and Israel/Palestine”, featuring the speaker Rhys Machold. The event focuses on Machold’s book that asserts that homeland security was involved in the “Zionist colonization of Palestine” and efforts to “penetrate India.”

6. CODEPINK Webinar for “Disarming Earth Day”

April 3

CODEPINK is hosting a Zoom webinar headlined “Disarming Earth Day: Land, Imperialism, and the Cost of War” on April 3. The flyer features a call to “disarm the USA.”

March 27
Within Our Lifetime, Doctors Against Genocide and others will host an “emergency fundraising Iftar for Palestine” on Thursday (Mar. 27) at 6:30 PM in Midtown Manhattan. Speakers include Nerdeen Kiswani; Rohaan Gill, a WOL member arrested during an anti-Israel protest; and Anas Saleh, a protester who stormed a subway car in 2024.

2. Chicago Protest at Israeli Consulate

March 28
SJP, USPCN, PYM, ANSWER Coalition, and others will march in front of Chicago’s Israeli Consulate on Friday, March 28 at 4PM.

3. Cleveland "Flood the Streets for Palestine" - Land Day Protest

March 31
Cleveland anti-Israel organizations are calling to “flood the streets for Palestine” for “Land Day” at Public Square on Monday (Mar. 31) at 6PM.

March 24
PalAwda and AMP NJ will hold a protest to disrupt an Israeli real estate event on March 24th, at Hackensack Avenue (NJ).

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2. CODEPINK Student Lobby Day in Congress

March 27
CODEPINK are organizing a lobbying day in Congress on March 27, calling on students to "meet with staffers, and help push forward legislation like UNRWA refunding and the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval that can block weapons transfers to Israel."

3. Quds Day Protest Call from Samidoun-Affiliated Organizer

March 28
Jaldia Abubakra, official at terror designated Samidoun and PFLP affiliated Masar Badil called to organize mass protests on the Iranian-led Quds Day, on last day of Ramadan (March 28).

4. National "March for Palestine" in D.C.

April 5
A coalition of anti-Israel groups — including the CCP-affiliated People’s Forum, PYM, AMP, Al-Awda, JVP, ANSWER Coalition, USPCN, USCPR, AROC, and others — are organizing a large-scale “March for Palestine” in Washington D.C. The website for the event was registered by The People’s Forum.

5. Denver Protest Targeting Palantir

April 5
Denver Anti War Action (DAWA) is holding a protest against tech company Palantir, condemning the firm’s work on “AI weapons” and its contributions to what they describe as the “war machine.”