According to a shocking video shared on Instagram, twisted anti-Israel protesters harassed Jewish Baruch College freshmen attending a welcoming event this week, brutally hurling abuse at them about the murder of six hostages by Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
“Where's Hersh, you ugly bitches? Take them home,” one protester yelled at the students, referring to Hersh Goldberg Pollin, the 23-year-old Israeli-American hostage who was one of six hostages killed by Hamas and found dead in Gaza on August 31.
The freshmen had been attending a Hillel College welcoming dinner at Mr. Broadway Kosher Restaurant in Midtown when a mob of about a dozen people shouted threatening messages, including “Don't go home tonight,” according to a post from the student group.
The Baruch College Students for Palestine Justice group, which according to university officials is not affiliated with the university, helped organize the hate festival and had called for “support” at the restaurant on Instagram in advance. The Jewish Telegraph reported..
According to social media posts, the SJP chapter called on CUNY to sever ties with Hillel International, which has 850 campus chapters.
The timid protesters, most wearing keffiyeh scarves covering their heads and faces, chanted “all Zionists are racists” and “CUNY, CUNY, you can't hide, you support genocide,” repeating left-wing lies that critics say ignore Hamas's responsibility for starting the war.
Some of them flashed the inverted triangle symbol used by Hamas terrorists to identify Israeli military targets.
“What do you think, Elijah Bratman? How many children did you kill today?” the group also chanted, calling out Hillel's executive director.
Baruch Hillel, which educates about 2,000 Jewish students, said the ugly incident was “a reality facing Jewish students on American college campuses today.”
“What was meant to be a warm welcome to new students at our annual welcoming dinner… was instead met with hatred,” the group posted on Instagram.
CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez said the university system is investigating the incident and will take appropriate disciplinary action.
“I was deeply disappointed to learn that protesters disrupted a Hillel welcoming dinner for students from CUNY and city universities, turning an event designed to help new students acclimate to college life into a hateful disruption that has no place in our city,” Rodriguez said in a statement.
“The safety of everyone in our community remains our number one priority,” he added.
A Baruch High School spokesman said in a statement that the school was “outraged by the language” used during the protest.
No arrests were made at the protest, which was dispersed by police, an NYPD spokesman said.
