Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, said she and fellow anti-Israel demonstrators were subjected to “physical harm” during a protest at Columbia University last weekend by protesters who sprayed them with “chemical weapons.” He claimed to have encountered
Columbia University has been caught up in protests against ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. Hirschi was suspended from Barnard College, one of Columbia University’s departments, and arrested by the New York Police Department for participating in an anti-Israel protest on Columbia’s campus. The NYPD claimed that she was among more than 100 people who were issued her citations for trespassing.
Hirsi and fellow protesters appeared on MSNBC’s “Ayman Mohieldin Report” on Saturday and were asked if student activists like themselves were being targeted for “solidarity with the Palestinians.” .
Hirschi claimed that anti-Israel demonstrators were “100% targeted.”
“Every time we have a protest, there are groups of anti-professors who bring in all their goods, flags, etc., but they are not seen as having an unauthorized protest, and many of us There is definitely hypocrisy here, as none of the students actually received a disciplinary warning, and the other organizers received one just for participating in these protests.” Told.
The daughter of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar claimed on MSNBC that she and fellow protesters faced “physical violence.”[] “Damage caused by counter-protesters spraying ‘chemical weapons’ on Columbia University campus.”
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She argued that such hypocrisy was especially striking given that counter-protesters used what she called “chemical weapons.”
“If you look at the students who have been sprayed with chemical weapons, we are not publicizing what happened to them, but rather the university is not publicizing what is happening with chemical weapons. We are actively discussing [Anti-Israel] The people who sprayed the chemical weapons physically harmed the students, and we didn’t do anything to physically harm the students, and yet the students came here and made it public. It’s on display,” she said.
As for the chemical weapons claim, Hirschi was likely referring to incidents involving “fart spray.” A Columbia University student who served in the Israeli military is suing the school after he was suspended for using a hazardous spray during an anti-Israel protest. The student also accused the school of selectively enforcing policies meant to protect students.
“As an expression of harmless speech, he sprayed into the air novel, non-toxic ‘fart’ sprays named ‘Liquid A-‘ and ‘Wet Farts,’ which he purchased on Amazon for $26.11,” the complaint states. Are listed. “Almost immediately, the University rushed to silence Plaintiff, placed him on interim suspension from the University, and issued a statement to the University community accusing Plaintiff of a hate crime and placing Plaintiff’s safety at grave risk. .”
The suit says Columbia remained silent when students asked the school for help after receiving anti-Semitism and death threats.
Anti-Israel agitators gather on the campus of Columbia University in New York City on Monday, April 22, 2024. The university announced that all classes will be held virtually today in response to ongoing demonstrations on campus. (Peter Garber)
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Omar herself brought up the incident at a Congressional hearing last week, claiming that students were “attacked with toxic chemicals and many were hospitalized.”
The protest also led to another physical altercation on campus.
Yosef Haddad, an Arab-Israeli journalist, IDF veteran, and activist who is not Jewish, was shoved and punched in the face when he asked a protester how he could “literally support terrorism.” He claimed to have been beaten.
This does not appear to be an isolated incident, as other violent anti-Israel assaults have occurred at elite US universities as well. Sahar Tartak, editor-in-chief of the Yale Free Press, claimed that he was singled out for covering protests at Yale University, even though he is “obviously Jewish.” After being separated from her friend and then surrounded by demonstrators, she said, “One of the students, whose face was covered with a keffiyeh, took a Palestinian flag he was holding, waved it in my face, “I hit him in the head,” he claimed. left eye. “
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Business professor Shai Davidai recently told Fox News Digital in response to the Columbia University protests.[Saturday]What we have seen is that a terrorist-supporting student organization has crossed the line into becoming an actual terrorist organization. ”
The breaking point for him was when anti-Israel demonstrators saw Jewish students holding placards that read “al-Qassam’s next target” and waving Israeli flags while singing. He claimed the video footage showed him pointing at the group. Al-Qassam is the military wing of the terrorist organization Hamas.
Davidai said on Monday that his key card had been deactivated and he was barred from entering the main campus.
Hannah Grossman, Emma Colton, Bradford Betz, Nikolas Lanum, Kristine Parks, Louis Casiano and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
