An October 7 Massacre conference is set to be held in Toronto in November, according to the Masar Badil Movement Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement Instagram account, hosted by a branch of an organization banned by Canada for being a terrorist group's front.
The Three Years of Al Aqsa Flood Conference, subtitled Resistance & Return From the Belly of the Beast, is being organized by Masar Badil, an organization closely linked to Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, which was listed by Canada as a terrorist entity for its close links to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist organization.
"2026 marks three years since one of the most courageous acts of resistance in our lifetimes: Al-Aqsa Flood Battle. This is the time for us in the Global North—particularly in occupied Turtle Island, the home of American and Canadian imperialism—to have a serious reckoning with this glorious feat, which took the theoretical notion of liberation and made it concrete," Masar Badil wrote on the conference website. "The brave efforts of the resistance continue to open up the possibility of return for the scattered Palestinian diaspora, who must now form a response to this newfound reality."
Masar Badil said it wanted to organize the event to "consolidate regional forces" and announced the conference on Nakba Day to make the day not just one of mourning but also one of reaffirming "Palestinian resistance."
"The Palestinian resistance and the regional network of the Axis of Resistance understand that the Zionist entity’s existence is a threat to the safety and sovereignty of the peoples of the region of West Asia and that armed resistance is the means by which this threat shall be neutralized," the website read.
Another topic that Masar Badil sought to discuss was the "repression" of groups that support Palestinian terrorist organizations, noting that a "member" of the Masar Badil organization, Samidoun, had been banned.
Conference endorsed by suspected Samidoun branches
The conference was immediately endorsed by several organizations suspected of being branches of the Samidoun network after being designated by both the US and Canada as a terrorist front in 2024.
Endorsers include Tariq El-Tahrir Youth and Student Network, the Masar Badil youth movement that previously launched a petition for the release of Capital Jewish Museum shooter Elias Rodriguez, and Nidal Seattle, run by Bissan Barghouti, the former head of Samidoun Seattle. Barghouti is also an executive member of Masar Badil. Another group was Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return, University of Washington, which has overlapping members and events with Nidal Seattle.
Al-Ahrar Palestinian Prisoner Support, which has a branch in New York and Toronto, and Basel al-Araj Prisoner Committee, named for a terrorist, are both closely aligned with Samidoun network organizations, coordinating with them when few others had heard of them.
Masar Badil leader Khaled Barakat was sanctioned by the US in 2024, along with Samidoun, for being a founder of the group and for being part of the PFLP's leadership abroad. Barakat is married to Vancouver resident Charlotte Kates, the Samidoun international coordinator.