Palestine News Network (PNN): Five Things to Know

1. Overview: Palestine News Network (PNN) is a network of people who harass strangers, often Jews, prodding them about their stance on Palestine. The group also expresses support for anti-Israel terror and violence.  

Individuals associated with PNN have a history of entering neighborhoods with significant Jewish populations, or approaching those attending Jewish or Israel-related events, where they shoot videos that walk the line between “interview” and provocation.

PNN also posts videos or other content celebrating the death of Israelis, the October 7 terror attacks, news of terror attacks in Israel, and expressing support for terror groups like Hamas and dictators, such as the former leader of Syria Bashar al Assad.

PNN has also posted in support of Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, an 18-year-old Egyptian national suspected of plotting a mass-casualty attack targeting the Israeli Consulate in New York. In December 2024, Iranian backed outlet HispanTV published a puff piece interview about the group as a part of a segment on “alternative voices for Palestine.”

2. Leadership: Ramsey Aburdene and David Wolf, who founded PNN in the aftermath of the October 7th terror attacks, routinely celebrate violence targeting Israel.

Ramsey Aburdene, who goes by Abu Rahss on social media, is an aspiring rapper and the founder of Forest Hills Tenleytown Music Group (FHTMG), a music production company. Approximately 10 years ago, he produced a hip-hop music video in North Korea. He also uses the FHTMG Instagram to promote PNN. A 2014 article in The Guardian described Aburdene as an investment banker, though more recent publications do not refer to him in this way.

Aburdene explicitly supports the October 7 terror attacks and terror leaders such as Yahya Sinwar, and says he’s told people for years to “stop condemning Hamas.”

Picture of Ramsey Aburdene (forefront) in a music video. (Screenshot/YouTube)

Aburdene has also posted antisemitic content on Facebook. In February 2024, he posted a photo of a person wearing a keffiyeh being cut up by a knife stylized as the Jewish Star of David (and a fork stylized as an American flag).

David Wolf is a Jewish man from New Jersey and an extreme anti-Zionist. He notably had his Star of David tattooed over with a Palestinian flag and often joins Aburdene at events. Wolf posted that they tried (unsuccessfully) to enter the November 2024 Stand Together event in Washington, D.C., honoring the first anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks, which they referred to as the “Stand Together Nuremberg bash.”   

Wolf celebrates Hamas leadership, such as spokesperson Abu Obeida and former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and lauds Hezbollah attacks.

A post from Aburdene's Facebook page depicting Hamas terrorists with the text, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has,” published on October 10, 2023. (Screenshot/ Facebook)

Additional leaders and supporters include Dr. Pressure, also known as Abdulrahman Abed, of Los Angeles, a frequent, vocal and enthusiastic PNN booster who occasionally assists with filming. He has posted on his Instagram that “there is absolutely no such thing as an ‘innocent Israeli,’” and claimed that Israel was the mastermind behind 9/11.

An Instagram post by David Wolf reading “Happy Veterans Day” with an image of Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida, November 2024. (Screenshot/Instagram)

Another PNN associate, Essa Ejelat, of New York, uses the names “PNN.virtual” and “Palestinians_united2,” to harass Israelis on video chats. Yoseph Haddad, an Arab Israeli and pro-Israel activist, accused Ejelat of assaulting him at a protest at Columbia in April 2024. Ejelat also has been arrested at least twice for his alleged unlawful behavior at protests. 

3. Tactics: PNN targets events and people they consider “pro-Israel,” including survivors of the 10/7 terror attacks

PNN associates have approached survivors of the Nova Music Festival, which was targeted on October 7, 2023, particularly at U.S. memorials for those killed. They were at the Los Angeles Nova Exhibition in November 2024, asking attendees if they supported “the killing of babies” and chanting, “Free Palestine.”  They harassed a Nova survivor outside the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles in December 2024, suggesting that he was lying about being shot at the festival. In a Twitter post, PNN describes Nova as happening "right outside the Gaza Concentration Camp.”

In May 2024, in Washington D.C., Aburdene approached U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (R-FL), a U.S. Army veteran and staunch supporter of Israel, asking where his legs went and if he had a red triangle “go over his head,” a reference to a Hamas symbol used in its propaganda videos to show an Israeli military target. Mast lost both of his legs in combat in Afghanistan.

In Los Angeles in December 2024, PNN approached two men, one of whom was wearing a “free the hostages” yellow pin and badgered them about their stance “on Palestine.” In the edited video of the encounter, PNN briefly flashes an inverted red triangle over the hostage pin. (Screenshot/TikTok)

PNN associates also harass attendees at pro-Israel events. In December 2024, PNN protested a Friends of IDF gala fundraiser in Los Angeles, filming individuals and calling attendees “baby killers.” Aburdene filmed himself harassing an elderly couple getting out of a car to attend an event at the Israeli embassy in Washington D.C., saying “Israel is going down the tubes, just like you two.” The post is dated November 29, 2024. 

What they are most notorious for, however, is approaching people at outdoor restaurants or patios to ask them about Palestine.  In November 2024, in Beverly Hills, California, PNN associates filmed themselves yelling that Israel is a “a Rothschild state,” not a Jewish state. They also focused on someone who was trying to eat, yelling at him that he is a baby killer and war criminal and has a “triangle on top of his head.”

4. Network: PNN content is shared by anti-Zionist activists around the world.

Anti-Zionist activists including prominent “anti-imperialist journalist” Benjamin Rubenstein shared PNN’s interaction with U.S. Congressman Brian Mast. Other well-known anti-Israel personalities have shared PNN content, including JVP Rabbinical Council member Rabbi David Mivasair, and Maram Susli, better known by her X handle “Syrian Girl,” a 9/11 “truther” who is a known source of disinformation about Syria, whitewashing former Syrian president Bashar al Assad’s numerous crimes against humanity.

Antisemitic conspiracy theorist and UK-based rapper Lowkey and notorious disinformation source Sulaiman Ahmed have also reposted PNN content.

The group has drawn criticism from pro-Israel advocates as well as anti-Zionists, who feel their tactics are overly aggressive.

5. Online impact and income streams: PNN accounts are frequently (and often only briefly) deplatformed by mainstream social media platforms. 

In an interview on June 27, 2024, Aburdene noted, “I had several ... Tik Toks… this is my fourth one and I just started this year in Instagram. They just deleted my second one this year so I'm on my third Instagram....” In an Instagram post showing PNN’s alleged metrics on TikTok, they claimed that between October 10-December 15, 2024, their posts racked up over 30 million views. They also claimed the group’s TikTok, created around September 2024, was the ninth one they’ve had to make; in December 2024, PNN announced that account had also been banned. Numerous personal accounts stand in when official PNN accounts are removed. 

PNN claims not to make any money from its social media.  The Instagram page “Gasrow, LLC” previously sold PNN merchandise on their website, and continues to do so on a TikTok shop. They claim all proceeds go to Gaza.

Abed (Dr. Pressure LA) has PNN subscriptions listed on his TikTok pages, which range in cost from around $5 to as high as $89. It is not clear how many people subscribe to these options or if Abed shares that money with PNN. The subscription includes virtual PNN “stickers,” and increased access to PNN creators.