US law enforcement foils plot to assassinate Palestinian American activist

US law enforcement foils plot to assassinate Palestinian American activist Man was arrested in connection with plan to assassinate Nerdeen Kiswani, following sting by undercover NYPD officer Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Law enforcement officers foiled a plot to assassinate New York-based Palestinian American activist Nerdeen Kiswani and arrested a 26-year old man in connection with the plan. Kiswani wrote in post on X that late on Thursday, the FBI joint terrorism taskforce informed her that a plot against her life was “about to” take place, and that agents had conducted an operation in Hoboken, New Jersey, in connection to it. According to a criminal complaint unsealed on Friday and a Department of Justice press release , Alexander Heifler, 26, was arrested on Thursday night on charges of unlawfully possessing and making firearms. The complaint describes a weeks-long sting by an undercover officer who, at one point, infiltrated a group video call in which Heifler asked for assistance with “molotovs”. Heifler later met with the undercover officer on multiple occasions, at one point telling him that he had an address for the “victim”, which the complaint does not name. The officer was at Heifler’s residence when he assembled about eight molotov cocktails on Thursday. Jessica Tisch, the NYPD commissioner, confirmed that the undercover agent worked for the department. “Our undercover officer identified and tracked the threat – first online and then in person – allowing us to disrupt the planned attack, take Heifler into custody, and ensure that no one was harmed,” she wrote. An NYPD official told the Guardian the officer worked for the department’s racially and ethnically motivated extremism unit. Kiswani did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Guardian. An attorney for Heifler could not be immediately identified. Heifler had planned to leave the country shortly after the foiled attack, according to ...