A pro-Hamas group that led a riot at the University of Washington still operates despite the United States sanctioning its foreign affiliate as a front for terrorism.
Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return UW, or SUPER UW, called on Seattle locals in a September Instagram post to join an Oct. 7 protest marking three years of Israeli “genocide.” The group openly labels itself an ally of the U.S.-designated terrorist group Masar Badil and its youth branch, according to posts documented in a Friday report by George Washington University.
SUPER UW, which was active as early as 2012, gained attention in May 2025 for fomenting a UW building takeover that led to fire, vandalism, and arrests. The Treasury Department separately declared Masar Badil a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” in August over ties to an already-sanctioned international funding network for Palestinian …