SUPER-UW, or Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return, was a registered student organization at the University of Washington (UW). Its online presence dates back to at least 2012, and for much of that time it focused on pro-Palestinian activism. After the October 7 terrorist attack and the war that followed, SUPER-UW became the central organizer of pro-Palestinian protests at UW. The university suspended the group in December 2024, after it mobilized support for a sit-in that ended in vandalism at the Husky Union Building. Its protests culminated on May 5, 2025, when demonstrators occupied UW's new engineering building overnight, citing Boeing's $10 million contribution to the building, and caused nearly $1 million in damage. The university permanently banned SUPER-UW that month and publicly addressed the ban in a July 2026 statement. Still, the group continues to present itself as a UW student organization across its social media.
Over the past few years, SUPER-UW's rhetoric and actions have shifted from mobilizing support for Palestinians to openly celebrating terrorism. The group has described October 7 as a "victory for the resistance," called Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar "our martyr leader," displayed a banner bearing an AK-47 on campus, and joined a coalition promoting a "LONG LIVE OCT 7th" walkout that reached K–12 schools across greater Seattle.
SUPER-UW's August 2026 campaign against an event hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle marked a clear shift in its tactics, from campus protest to targeting a Jewish community gathering at houses of worship. The private event, which had no connection to UW, featured Ira Kohler, a former IDF paratrooper whom the Federation described as part of the first unit to enter Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7. SUPER-UW posted Kohler's image beneath an inverted red triangle, a symbol Hamas has used to mark Israeli military targets. It also published every stop on his national book tour and urged "comrades from around the country" to "organize to resist this war criminal," without clarifying what that resistance should look like. The event was held at a synagogue. When the Federation moved it to a second synagogue, citing security concerns, SUPER-UW published the new address, mocked the relocation as cowardice, and declared "no peace for war criminals" in a post set to a song titled "Intifada." Neither post acknowledged that the venues were synagogues. When the event moved a third time and SUPER-UW had no address to share, the group told followers that "these zionists continue to cower and run. They should be scared!" Taken together, the posts amount to a sustained campaign to intimidate people attending a private event at a house of worship.
SUPER-UW has also aligned itself with groups the US government has sanctioned as fronts for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a designated terrorist organization. Masar Badil, which the Treasury sanctioned in August 2026, has publicly named SUPER-UW among its affiliated organizations and listed it as an endorser of its upcoming conference in Toronto. SUPER-UW's Instagram bio linked to Masar Badil until the sanctions, when the group removed the reference but kept its link to Masar Badil's youth wing, Tariq El-Tahrir. SUPER-UW has also co-hosted events with the Seattle chapter of Samidoun, which the Treasury designated in 2024 as a sham charity raising funds for the PFLP. It also featured Samidoun's European coordinator, Mohammed Khatib, as a speaker. Treasury sanctioned Khatib in May 2026.