Open Letter to elected official and law enforcement
I am writing to urgently bring to your attention a coordinated campaign of targeted harassment, intimidation, and doxxing directed at Jewish individuals and businesses by an entity operating on social media under the name "PNN" or "Palestinian News Network."
This group and its associated individuals have established a deeply disturbing pattern of premeditated behavior. They actively seek out Jewish and Zionist individuals—often while they are simply dining in restaurants or patronizing local establishments—to corner, confront, and harass them on camera. These ambushes are deliberately designed to incite fear, provoke reactions, and compromise the physical safety of innocent civilians.
Furthermore, these confrontations are purposefully weaponized for online engagement. The resulting videos are broadcast to massive audiences to generate clicks and shares, directly monetizing the harassment. Crucially, this group routinely posts the personal information of the individuals they target, subjecting their victims to severe secondary harassment, cyberbullying, and the very real threat of physical violence from online extremists.
The freedom of speech does not extend to the targeted harassment, intimidation, and doxxing of private citizens based on their religion, ethnicity, or perceived political beliefs. By systematically ambushing individuals in public spaces and broadcasting their identities to incite hostility, PNN is operating with complete impunity and crossing the line into unlawful harassment, menacing, and potential bias-motivated crimes.
It is unacceptable that this entity has been allowed to continue these activities without facing legal consequences. No community should be forced to endure coordinated intimidation while simply going about their daily lives.
We formally request that local and state law enforcement agencies, in coordination with the relevant elected officials, immediately launch an investigation into the activities of PNN (Palestinian News Network) and its affiliated content creators. We urge you to examine these incidents for violations of harassment, stalking, and hate crime statutes, and to take decisive action to protect the Jewish community from further targeted aggression.
Action must be taken before this escalating pattern of intimidation results in tragic physical violence. We expect a prompt response and tangible steps to ensure the safety and civil rights of all constituents in our community.
@FBI @FBIDirectorKash @FBI_Response @NYPDPC @NYPDSpecialops @NYPDHateCrimes