Undercover Sting Foils Assassination Plot Targeting Palestinian Activist in New York Area

U.S. law enforcement disrupted a weeks-long plot to assassinate New York–based Palestinian American activist Nerdeen Kiswani after an undercover operation led by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and NYPD. A 26-year-old suspect, Alexander Heifler, was arrested in Hoboken on firearms charges after an undercover officer on a group video call observed him seeking help with molotov cocktails and assembling eight of them; the officer was at Heifler’s residence when the weapons were prepared. Kiswani said agents told her the attack was imminent. The case highlights ongoing security concerns around activists in a charged political climate.