Noura Erakat

“I insisted that I had a right to stay, they didn’t know what I was going to talk about, they were racially profiling me,”

Noura Erakat · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16

Erakat was forcibly removed from a Palm Beach county budget hearing after attempting to speak against the county's investments in Israeli bonds.

“It’s absolutely absurd that this is the reaction to a public hearing and that I would be charged for trespassing at a public hearing,”

Noura Erakat · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16

Erakat was charged with a trespass misdemeanor after being arrested at a Palm Beach county budget hearing where she attempted to speak against Israeli bond investments.

“They were about to shut down the whole process and make it impossible to deal with the Israel bonds issue as a public matter. We talk about fascism but to see it play out so vividly was what compelled me to stay in the room honestly.”

Noura Erakat · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16

Erakat described her motivation for staying in the hearing room as county officials sought to shut down discussion of the Israeli bonds issue.