Sarsour, a well-known anti-Israel activist, has been accused of inflammatory antisemitic rhetoric by mainstream Jewish groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law.

For example, Sarsour banned Jewish women from the Women’s March in 2017, contending that Zionism is incompatible with feminism. She has called Zionism “creepy.” And she supports the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, whose goal is to eliminate the State of Israel.

Sarsour has also said that the strategy Muslims should take against Israel must avoid “humanizing” Israelis (the “oppressors”). She has led anti-Israel protests in which she led chants to block weapons sales to Israel. She has also said she would be proud to die a martyr.