Plot to firebomb Palestinian activist's home disrupted by NYPD undercover operation

A New Jersey man who planned to firebomb the home of a prominent Palestinian activist was arrested Thursday following a weekslong undercover operation led by the New York City Police Department, officials said. The target of the plot was Nerdeen Kiswani, an outspoken Brooklyn-based Palestinian activist who co-founded the group Within Our Lifetime. Kiswani, 31, said she received a call from a law enforcement official late Thursday informing her that “a threat on my life was about to take place, and that they had apprehended the threat.”