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Amanda Janoo

Governor of Vermont (2026 candidate; Democratic nominee) · Vermont (statewide)
Research date: 2026-10-26

The sources reviewed document a reported affirmative response to a Palestinian liberation organization’s candidate survey and reported fundraising support for Mohsen Mahdawi’s legal defense. The survey’s linked response summary was not readable in the browser, so the response is attributed to the newspaper that reported it. No relevant public positions were verified in the examined sources on Israel or Jewish causes beyond these findings.

Findings

Palestine, BDS, Apartheid-Free Communities, Israeli organizations

questionnaire · 2026-09-17

The Middlebury Campus reported that Janoo answered affirmatively to all five questions in the Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation’s State Candidate Survey. The article describes the survey as covering adoption of the Apartheid-Free Communities framework, rejection of funding from Israeli organizations, and support for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, among other questions. This is a report of questionnaire responses, not a direct quotation of her answers.

““answered affirmatively to all five””

Organizing Vermont: Palestinian Solidarity Work with Wafic Faour ↗

The Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation’s survey page links to a response summary, but the linked Google Drive document displayed only a loading page in this review. The Middlebury Campus article is the accessible source for the reported answers; the exact wording of each question and response could not be independently checked.

Palestinian activist, legal defense, humanitarian and civil-liberties context

context · 2026-09-17

The Middlebury Campus reported that Janoo contributed to fundraising for the legal defense of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Vermont resident and Palestinian activist facing deportation proceedings. The article attributes this account to organizer Wafic Faour and does not describe the contribution as a statement about Israeli policy or as a position on the broader conflict.

““contributed to fundraising for the legal defense””

Organizing Vermont: Palestinian Solidarity Work with Wafic Faour ↗

The article does not specify the form or amount of the contribution. It reports support for a person’s legal defense; it does not establish a position on other Israel-Palestine issues.

Research coverage

  1. Identity and Vermont candidacy: Vermont Secretary of State, 2026 voter guide PDF, https://outside.vermont.gov/dept/sos/Elections_Division/voters/voter_guide/072081.pdf; candidate profile, BallotReady, https://www.ballotready.org/people/amanda-janoo; campaign site, https://www.janooforvt.com/.
  2. Searched name variants and the six requested topic groups across indexed web results, including Israel/Israeli/Zionism; Gaza/Palestine/genocide/apartheid/war crimes/settlements; Jewish/antisemitism/synagogue/Holocaust; Hamas/October 7/hostages/ceasefire; boycott/BDS/divestment/sanctions/arms embargo/recognition; and support for Israel, Jewish causes, interfaith solidarity, donations, and events.
  3. Reviewed the public campaign website: https://www.janooforvt.com/. BallotReady lists campaign Facebook and Instagram pages at https://www.facebook.com/JanooForVT/ and https://www.instagram.com/janooforvt/; direct page fetches were throttled. Searches for indexed public social material did not verify additional relevant posts. This does not cover private posts, login-only timelines, or inaccessible archives.
  4. Checked the Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation candidate-survey page, https://www.vermontcpl.org/politics, and its linked summary document, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zvO6WMDxz5UA93DRUJ-EhAjTfpsmYz-s/view?usp=sharing. The document was not readable in the browser; the accessible report of Janoo’s answers is cited in the finding.
  5. Searches included news and opinion domains and terms for VTDigger, Seven Days, The Commons, Vermont Journal, and Vermont Daily Chronicle. The relevant verified material found in this focused search is documented above; no relevant position was verified in the other examined results.

Limitations

  1. The survey summary document was not readable in the browser, preventing independent verification of its exact questions and answers.
  2. Facebook and Instagram page fetches were throttled. Only publicly indexed material was considered; private posts, login-only timelines, and inaccessible archives were not searched.
  3. This was a bounded search of accessible and indexed sources, not an exhaustive review of every public record or social post.

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