Campus activists are amplifying material traced to Hamas, and a recent study documents how official terror messaging is being circulated on mainstream platforms and among U.S. student groups.

Campus protests are no longer just chants and signs; they are routing propaganda from terrorist organizations into American social feeds, according to a new examination of activist activity. The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism found that material tied to Hamas is being shared across platforms and sometimes reposted by student groups. That pattern should alarm anyone who cares about safety and the integrity of civic discourse on campus.

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Activists on Big Apple college campuses are among those in the US who are peddling propaganda directly from Hamas that “encourage[s] acts of violence against Jews,” a terrifying new study has found.

“Protestors and activists are not merely praising the activity of terror groups; they are actively sharing their official propaganda, disseminating communiqués, videos, and other materials directly onto mainstream platforms,” wrote the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism in its study titled, “Digital Couriers: How U.S. Anti-Israel Activists Amplify Terror Propaganda on Mainstream Platforms.”

The distribution of such hate on Telegram and other social-media platforms, including X and Instagram, since the Palestinian terror group Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel “shows the increased normalization of rhetoric and messaging from terror organizations that overtly encourage acts of violence against Israel and Jewish people,” the report said.

The New York Post reports this material is “picked up from official channels and platforms” of Hamas and affiliated groups, and identifies Resistance News Network as one outlet passing it along. Resistance News Network is described as a “radical antisemitic, anti-Zionist” Telegram channel that “promotes violence against Israel.” That channel reportedly has more than 150,000 subscribers, amplifying reach well beyond a handful of fringe accounts.

The ADL study and subsequent reports document specific cases where campus groups reposted or translated messaging that originated with Hamas media channels. The Bronx Anti-War Coalition is cited for reposting a Hamas poster and a caption by rapper Jonathan Azaziah on Global Resistance News in March 2025, including the line, “The day Israel is wiped off the face of the planet, we will sing, cheer, rejoice, and dance the night away.” Those are not abstract slogans; they celebrate violence and radical aims.

Several student chapters across major universities appear in the examples, showing a pattern rather than isolated incidents. Barnard protesters circulated an English translation of a document attributed to Hamas’ “media office” that sought to justify the October 7 attack, and CUNY John Jay’s Students for Justice in Palestine shared an Instagram image attributed to Hamas Al Qassam Brigades that read, “We are coming like thunder, making a time of glory.” These reposts normalize violent rhetoric in spaces meant for learning, not indoctrination.

Other incidents named include the University of Illinois group sharing a video allegedly from a Hamas attacker inside an Israeli home with the caption, “Under the feet of the Mujahideen [those engaging in jihad], on this day,” and the UC Davis SJP chapter posting a quote from Abu Obaida on the first anniversary of the attack: “A year has passed since the most successful and professional commando operation of the modern era.” When student organizations echo those phrases, they cross from protest into active transmission of propaganda.

This is more than bad optics; it’s a security and moral problem that Democratic leaders and campus administrators must answer for. Universities have a duty to protect students and the surrounding communities from material that encourages violence, yet many institutions have been slow or unwilling to act. The political cost of turning a blind eye is rising as these stories become harder to ignore.

Conservative observers argue that the left’s broader tolerance for radical campus activism helped create this moment by prioritizing grievance politics over law and order, and that enabling rhetoric from violent groups is a predictable result. “That was exactly our thinking. Unfortunately for the Democrats, the cat’s out of the bag. They created an antisemitic monster they can no longer control.” That blunt assessment will resonate with voters worried about campus safety and ideological extremism.

Whatever one’s view on the underlying conflict, the evidence that official terror messaging is being propagated through student networks demands a firm response. Schools should have transparent processes to review and remove material that clearly advocates violence, while public officials ought to press platforms and campus leaders to stop serving as amplifiers. Allowing propaganda to spread unchecked undermines free speech in practice and endangers people in reality.