The Palestinian Youth Movement is known to actively advocate against Israel. The group helped to promote a 2024 protest condemned by the Biden Administration in which the entryway to a Los Angeles synagogue was blocked. The protest later turned violent. During a rally in Washington, D.C., a PYM speaker emphasized that the “settler colonial project was in greater danger than before and scrambling in the face of the steadfastness of the Palestinians.” Banners at multiple PYM-sponsored rallies in Washington, D.C. proclaimed messages such as “Zionism equals fascism, Colonizers out DC.” and another rally featured a sign stating, “Congress is under Israeli territory.”

In June 2024 the DC Palestinian Youth Movement unleashed maggots and crickets into the Israeli meeting room of the Watergate Hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was staying while visiting to deliver a speech to a joint session of Congress. Members of the group also pulled fire alarms at the hotel. According to a social media post, the group’s objective was to ensure “Netanyahu has no peace.”