Zoom Bans Planned Webinar By 'Masar Badil' Organization, Led By U.S.- And Canada-Designated Terrorist And PFLP Top Member Khaled Barkat

On March 16, 2025, the website of the organization Masar Badil claimed that a planned webinar, set to take place on Zoom on March 14th, was blocked by the platform. Masar Badil is lead by Khaled Barakat, a senior official with Designated Terror Organization Popular Fron for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), who was also Designated a terrorist himself by the U.S. and Canada in October 2024.[1]

Masar Badil has been using the Zoom platform to conduct interviews and conferences with the officials of Iran-backed jihadi organizations and international activists, livestreaming the meetings and later posting them to the Masar Badil website. For example, see the following MEMRI reports:

In September Livestream With Hamas Spokesman, PFLP-Affiliated Canadian 'Masar Badil' NGO Continues To 'Amplify Voices' Of Top Terrorists, Incite Protest Escalation – In English And Spanish; Participant Charlotte Kates, Coordinator Of Designated Terrorist Front Samidoun: Activists Must 'Escalate Struggle' To Remove Hamas, PFLP, Hizbullah From Western Terror Lists

'Masar Badil' Organization, Led By Canada-Based Former PFLP Member And Samidoun Affiliate Khaled Barakat, Hosts Interview With Nasruddin Amer, Official In The Specially Designated Global Terrorist Organization Ansar Allah – Houthis – Who Calls October 7 'A Great Victory,' Says 'Our War With Israel And The U.S Is Continuous... Our Struggle With Them Is An Existential Struggle'; You Can Support The Resistance With 'Marches And The Occupation Of Spaces In Universities, Taking To The Street Regularly'

Top Hamas Official Ghazi Hamad In Interview With Pro-Palestinian NGO 'Masar Badil': Protests In West Are 'Much Appreciated,' 'Very Effective'; We Coordinate 'With All The Parties, Not Only With The Resistance Factions In The Region'; 'We Will Never Recognize Israel'; We Have Met With 'Leftist Parties'; Since October 7, 'We Were Able To Expand The Area Of Confrontation With The Enemy' And 'Move In So Many Wide Areas, Politically, Diplomatically, Media-Wise'; 'The World Is Becoming More Pro-Palestinian'