A former campaign organizer for Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been charged over alleged terror threats she made against a Jewish high school.
Iman Abdul, who previously worked as a youth organizer for AOC, was arrested on Friday for allegedly urging her 25,000 social media followers to “attack” the Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences in Manhattan Beach.
“If anyone needs a public school in NYC to attack for whatever reason … Lexus driving Israhell (sic) loving Zionisits (sic) all attend here,” she wrote in a social media post, which has since been deleted.
“They’ve all gone on ‘Birthright,’” she added added, referencing a program that provides free 10-day trips to Israel for young Jews.
The post in question showed the location of the school on Google Maps so that her followers could locate it.
According to The New York Post, officers from the New York Police Department (NYPD) took Abdul into custody at her Brooklyn residence on Friday.
She was later charged with making her making terror threats, aggravated harassment, threatening mass harm, and endangering the welfare of children
In the summer of 2018, she was involved in the Democratic primary campaigns of progressive figures Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and state Senator Julia Salazar, even serving as a paid canvasser for Salazar.
Abdul’s post was first flagged by the online campaign group StopAntisemitsm, who said she should be “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
NYC resident Iman Abdul takes to Instagram inviting people to attack a Jewish school.
This incitement against Jews, specifically minor children, must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. https://t.co/iaX8CPa1ZO pic.twitter.com/WDN7O3jI75
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) August 7, 2025
She later messaged the group directly, where she denied having made physical threats of violence.
“I never called for an attack on the school in the sense of mass organization or not even individual people attacking individuals, that’s literally stupid,” she wrote.
“I called for an attack on the school, the Zionist institution funded by our public dollars … we have every right to verbally attack the school.”
Iman, who states she is from Lebanon, admits to calling for an attack on the school.
Iman also works at AM PM gallery, with minors. Voice your concerns here: [email protected] pic.twitter.com/j5cpVDxDkb
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) August 7, 2025
She has since deleted all her social media accounts and is expected in court at a later date.
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