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American Muslims for Palestine is preparing to hold its 19th annual Palestine Convention near Chicago with an explicit focus on converting changing American attitudes toward Israel into political power. Announced speakers include Track AIPAC co-founder Cory Archibald, Palestine Chronicle editor-in-chief Ramzy Baroud, whose outlet published a correspondent identified by the IDF as a Hamas operative who held three Israeli hostages, and New Jersey Democratic congressional nominee Adam Hamawy.
AMP’s convention website says the November 26-28 gathering at the Tinley Park Convention Center is titled “Palestine: From Bearing Witness to Building Power.” The organization says “longstanding bipartisan support for Israel is fractured and on the verge of collapse” and calls on supporters to “pool our resources toward political and collective action.”
Adam Hamawy Volunteered With Charity Later Sanctioned Over Al-Qaeda Support
Convention speaker Adam Hamawy, a plastic surgeon and Democratic candidate for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District, volunteered in Bosnia in 1994 with the Benevolence International Foundation, according to Jewish Insider, which obtained a 1996 Newark Star-Ledger interview with him. Hamawy said he spent five weeks with the organization, including time in Sarajevo and Zenica, assessing medical needs and delivering supplies. New Jersey’s candidate list identifies him as the Democratic candidate in the November 3 election.
In November 2002, the U.S. Treasury designated BIF and related entities as financiers of terrorism under Executive Order 13224. Treasury said BIF had provided support for and maintained links to al-Qaeda and its operatives, including logistical support to Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, a Bin Laden lieutenant present at al-Qaeda’s founding.
Hamawy also traveled with Omar Abdel-Rahman, the “Blind Sheikh,” during a 1991 trip to Detroit, served as his translator at a press conference and testified on Abdel-Rahman’s behalf during his 1995 trial. Abdel-Rahman was convicted that year of participating in a conspiracy to carry out terrorist attacks in New York.
Palestine Chronicle Editor Ramzy Baroud’s Hamas Connections
Another announced speaker, Ramzy Baroud, is editor-in-chief of the Palestine Chronicle. The outlet published numerous articles by Abdallah Aljamal, whom the IDF and Shin Bet identified as a Hamas operative who held Israeli hostages Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov and Shlomi Ziv in his family home in Nuseirat.
Palestine Chronicle’s own website lists Aljamal as a Gaza-based contributor and archives articles published under his name immediately before the June 8, 2024 rescue. One of his articles was published on June 7, a day before Israeli forces rescued the three hostages from the Aljamal family home.
Baroud has also publicly discussed Hamas involvement within his extended family. In a 2026 interview with Chris Hedges, he described a relative from the al-Badrasawi branch of his family who became head of the Northern Command of Hamas’s Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Baroud said the relative later fought during the battle for the Shati refugee camp, fired on an Israeli tank and then “blew himself up.”
Baroud’s publisher identifies the relative as Ehab al-Badrasawi. His book, Before the Flood, follows the al-Badrasawi family across several generations. A Publishers Weekly review says Ehab joined Hamas after the death of his younger brother Wael and that the account moves toward October 7 as Ehab’s son and nephew also “join the fight.”
Baroud Participated in 2015 ‘Third Intifada’ Seminar Alongside Hamas Officials
Baroud also participated in a 2015 seminar titled “The Third Intifada: Prospects and Challenges.” X researcher Leslie Kajomvitz documented records of the seminar and the report that followed, which included Baroud, Hamas officials and Ramy Abdu, founder and chairman of Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
Abdu and Euro-Med have themselves been identified by Israeli authorities as having Hamas ties. Israel’s Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry said in May 2026 that Euro-Med was headed by a Hamas operative, while a 2013 Israeli Defense Ministry list identified Abdu as a “main operative” associated with institutions Israel considered Hamas fronts in Europe. Euro-Med has rejected Israeli allegations of political or organizational affiliations as false.
The 2015 seminar also included Salama Marouf, then a senior official in Gaza’s Hamas-run Government Media Office. The report produced following the gathering called for a new “counter-Palestinian media” with the “capabilities and competencies to challenge the prevailing narratives in Western media,” according to the material documented by Kajomvitz.
Track AIPAC Co-Founder Works for PAC’s Largest Vendor
The convention will also feature Cory Archibald, co-founder of Track AIPAC. The Washington Free Beacon reported that Archibald has described herself as a Marxist and a “long-time American expat” who spent approximately 20 years living in the Middle East and Europe and was residing in Germany.
Archibald founded Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, the political committee behind Track AIPAC. Federal Election Commission records identify Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption as an active hybrid PAC registered on May 16, 2024.
Campaign-finance records also show that the PAC’s largest operating vendor is a company where Archibald works. FEC-derived records covering January 2025 through October 14, 2026 list $213,987 in operating expenditures to C2G Strategies LLC. C2G’s website identifies Archibald as its Editorial Director and says she advises political candidates on communications, messaging and crisis management.
The PAC’s payments to C2G include recurring expenditures explicitly labeled as fundraising services. A February 2026 FEC filing reports a $16,272.73 payment for “Fundraising Services” on February 4 and a $5,371.22 entry for “In-Kind Fundraising Services” on February 11.
Track AIPAC also promoted a spreadsheet encouraging followers to boycott films and television projects associated with approximately 450 Jewish entertainment-industry figures who had publicly supported Israel, according to the Free Beacon. The outlet separately found that the X account now used by Track AIPAC previously operated as “California for Warren”, promoting Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 presidential campaign.
AMP’s convention website describes the November gathering as a transition from “bearing witness” toward building political power. “This is our moment,” the organization states.