DOJ pressed by legal group to make pro-Palestinian activists register as foreign agents

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EXCLUSIVE — The Department of Justice should force anti-Israel activists behind protests boosting Hamas after its Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack to register as foreign agents, according to a conservative legal group.

America First Legal, a group led by former Trump administration officials, sent a petition on Friday to the DOJ’s national security division requesting that it enforce the Foreign Agents and Registration Act on pro-Palestinian groups and their leaders. Those groups include Americans for Justice in Palestine Educational Foundation, also known as American Muslims in Palestine, and its director, Osama Abuirshaid.

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