Imam Tom Facchine At Staten Island Islamic Center: The nation of Israel must be abolished – we cannot settle for anything less; Allah will topple the Zionist regime within a decade.
During a May 21, 2025 panel discussion titled The Nakba Never Ended at the Muslim American Society (MAS) Staten Island Center, Imam Tom Facchine of Utica, New York stated that the pro-Palestine movement must unify around the message that Israel must be abolished.
He said that advocating for a “generic freedom” is not enough—the “nation of Israel must be abolished,” and declared: “We cannot settle for anything less.”
Facchine claimed that Zionists will not stop until they “change the Quran,” and added: “It’s everything or nothing.”