Mahmoud Khalil sues Trump administration officials and pro-Israel groups for 'conspiracy'

Mahmoud Khalil sues Trump administration officials and pro-Israel groups for 'conspiracy' Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 07/14/2026 - 22:20 The suit also targets Canary Mission, Betar US and the Heritage Foundation think tank Mahmoud Khalil, accompanied by his wife Noor Abdalla, raises his hands as he arrives for a press conference outside the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York City, on 22 June (Kena Betancur/AFP) Off Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has filed a lawsuit against senior Trump administration officials, the Heritage Foundation, Betar, and Canary Mission, seeking damages for unlawful conspiracy, he said in a press conference on Tuesday. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Khalil's lawyers from Beldock Levine & Hoffman announced the lawsuit, alleging that these groups “sought to terrorize and make an example of” him and other non-citizen Palestinian rights activists "in an effort to intimidate and weaken the growing movement for Palestinian solidarity”. The lawsuit was brought under the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, according to CCR.