The British chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement hosted a Summer School during which young participants chanted “we will crush Zionism” and “young people, rise up, our revolution is an Arab revolution”.
The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) is a grassroots movement that states it "organizes Palestinian and Arab youth to struggle for Palestinian liberation." It claims to draw inspiration from "Palestinian revolutionary history," with the focus on "working to liberate our people and land from the river to the sea."
The Summer School was held over the May bank holiday and brought together over 100 Arab youth. PYM's summer camp is held every two years.
"Together, we discussed what the last 2 years have looked like in our region, the current state of the Palestine movement in Britain and our role as diaspora youth in the next phase of our national liberation struggle," PYM's Instagram read.
Videos from the PYM's Instagram showed mass chants against Zionism and calling for revolution. There is also an image depicting young people watching a slide show with a quote from PFLP member Ghassan Kanafani.
Youth being radicalized
Kanafani was the spokesperson for the PFLP when they carried out the Lod airport massacre.
Concerns about the Summer Camp were compounded by a PYM football tournament for Palestine hosted last month, during which the coach could be seen wearing a T-shirt reading "48, the future is decolonial." Added to this, only two students wore jerseys with numbers on, the two numbers being '10' and '7 ', fuelling speculation that this was an intentional reference to the October 7 massacre.
Some expressed worries that youth are being radicalized under the guise of supporting the Palestinian cause.
Israel says Palestinian Youth Movement has close ties to terror organization
According to the Israeli government, PYM has close ties with the PFLP and Samidoun, a field group of the Popular Front recognized by Israel as a terrorist organization. In 2019, a French court, citing a 2015 report from the French General Directorate for Internal Security, claimed that Palestinian Youth Movement is “affiliated with the PFLP."
Additionally, a 2025 study series co-sponsored by PYM and the People’s Forum referred participants to a lengthy two-part article that praises “resistance to Israel” and sanitizes the October 7 attack.
PYM has been a key community organizer for the anti-Israel and anti-Zionist movement in the United States, alongside groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL).
Since the October 7 terror attack, PYM has co-sponsored at least 450 anti-Israel rallies in the United States.
On October 8, 2023, PYM co-hosted a protest in New York City with the PSL, where some PYM speakers and others praised Hamas’s actions.