Senate GOP chair launches probe into American Muslims for Palestine for 'alleged ties to Hamas'
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A Senate Republican has initiated an inquiry on Thursday regarding American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) due to suspicions of connections to Hamas and financial support for anti-Israel organizations on American college campuses, such as Columbia University.

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-La.) announced the investigation at the top of a hearing titled “Antisemitic Disruptions on Campus” — and named nine individuals with links to the US-designated foreign terror group who also boosted campus demonstrations.

“Today as chair of the health committee, I launched an investigation into the American Muslims for Palestine demanding answers about their activities on college campuses,” Cassidy said.


Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) asks questions during the confirmation hearing for Dr. Mehmet Oz before the Senate Finance Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-La.) announced the investigation in a Thursday hearing titled “Antisemitic Disruptions on Campus.” Getty Images

“This group’s leaders have ties to Hamas and helped create the group Students for Justice in Palestine,” he added. “I also requested information from the Justice Department and several universities on these groups.

“We must continue to build upon these efforts. As we saw at Colombia last month, pro-Hamas activists continue to wreak havoc on campuses,” he also said.

“Instead of standing up for Jewish students, too many university officials failed to respond or refused to even condemn these horrific occurrences.”

In a letter to AMP chairman Hatem Bazian, Cassidy listed the group’s troubling ties to Hamas as well as those of several of Bazian’s associates, citing research compiled by Foundation for Defense of Democracies senior vice president Jonathan Schanzer.

Those links include:


A rally held by American Muslims for Palestine calling for a cease fire in Gaza marches down Constitution Avenue from the Washington Monument in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2023.
“This group’s leaders have ties to Hamas and helped create the group Students for Justice in Palestine,” Cassidy said. REUTERS
  • Jamal Said: A featured speaker at AMP fundraisers who also helped bring in contributions to the Holy Land Foundation (HLF), a charity shuttered by the feds for funneling roughly $12.4 million to Hamas
  • Kifah Mustafa: Another AMP speaker and fundraiser for the HLF
  • Salah Sarsour: One of five members on AMP’s national board who purportedly helped fund HLF and Hamas military leader Adel Awadallah, killed in 1998 by Israeli forces
  • Mohammed El-Mezain: A 2023 speaker at an AMP-sponsored event and an ex-leader of HLF
  • Rafeeq Jaber: An AJP tax accountant and ex-president of the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), which was seeded with funding from Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook
  • Abdelbaset Hamayel: A former leader of IAP and rep for the tax-exempt group KindHearts, which was closed down due to ties with HLF and had its assets frozen by the Treasury Department
  • Sufian Nabhan: An ex-AMP national board member
  • Osama Abuirshaid: AMP’s executive director who interviewed Marzook for IAP

Cassidy also sent further letters to Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and university leaders at Columbia, Barnard, George Washington University and UCLA.

“Activity that threatens the safety of others is not constitutionally protected free speech, and conduct

that violates campus rules should not be tolerated,” he warned, highlighting the same ties between AMP and SJP.

“Reports of individuals with ties to terrorist groups or their affiliates engaging with students on college campuses are also cause for the highest alarm.”

The Louisiana Republican has asked for further records from each higher education institution by April 9.

The probe comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed by families of hostages held by Hamas who alleged that anti-Israel groups like SJP had “prior knowledge” of the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks.

The activist group proclaimed “we are back” in an Instagram post just hours before the deadly assault, according to the new lawsuit.

Reps for AMP did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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