Request for Investigation into Within Our Lifetime (WOL) and Al-Awda (Pal-Awda) Based on Violence, Intimidation, and Charitable-Oversight Concerns

Jan 14
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January 14, 2026

Attorney General Letitia James

Office of the Attorney General

The Capitol

Albany, NY 12224-0341

RE: Request for Investigation into Within Our Lifetime (WOL) and Al-Awda

(Pal-Awda) Based on Violence, Intimidation, and Charitable-Oversight Concerns

Attorney General James:

We write to request that the Office of the Attorney General immediately open an investigation into two New York-based organizations—Within Our Lifetime (WOL) and Al-Awda (the Palestine Right to Return Coalition)—based on the substantial and growing public record demonstrating that their activities present an acute public safety and civil rights threat to New Yorkers...

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