Anti-Israel demonstrators near Columbia University could be heard shouting pro-Hamas slogans this week as they prepared to demonstrate on a private campus.
“We are Hamas!” one aggressive demonstrator was caught on video shouting. Someone asked her, “Are you Hamas, wow! What are you? Are you Hamas?” and she replied: She replied, “We’re all Hamas, pigs!”
Another person could be heard chanting “Long live Hamas!”
On Thursday, more than 100 anti-Israel protesters were arrested after setting up a camp on campus, which continued on Friday.
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Anti-Israel demonstrators shouted pro-Hamas slogans at Columbia University this week. (FNTV)
“No president has done more to combat anti-Semitism than this president,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Friday in response to a Fox News question about protesters chanting “We are Hamas.” ” he said.
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New York City Police Department officers patrol as pro-Palestinian demonstrators demonstrate outside the Columbia University campus on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in New York City. Several students were arrested as police cleared an encampment on the campus lawn. (Peter Garber, Fox News Digital)
“This is the first president in office who was very clear about why he ran because of what he witnessed in Charlottesville,” Jean-Pierre said. “Let’s not forget the anti-Semitism, the bigotry, the hatred that we saw on the streets of Charlottesville. As I said earlier, that was one of the reasons he decided to run. No president has done more to fight anti-Semitism than this president.”
She added: “When our national strategy targets Jews because of their beliefs and identity, or when Israel is singled out for reasons of anti-Jewish hatred or hatred, it is anti-Semitism. , making it clear that it is completely illegal,” he added. , completely unacceptable. ”
The FBI declined to comment when asked by Fox News Digital if it plans to investigate people it claims are members of Hamas, a group designated by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization.
New York City Police Department officers patrol as pro-Palestinian demonstrators demonstrate outside the Columbia University campus on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in New York City. Several students were arrested as police cleared an encampment on the campus lawn. (Peter Garber, Fox News Digital)
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Columbia University is the latest university to face an escalation of anti-Israel protests since the Israel-Hamas war began in October with unprovoked attacks by Hamas against Israel.
