CNN host Dana Bash on Monday morning condemned the “dangerous” anti-Israel protests occurring on college campuses.
New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers on Thursday removed a group of pro-Palestinian protesters camping in tents at Columbia University, but only protesters Continue I will protest in a few days. Bash told a CNN panel that the protests were “anti-Semitic,” described them as a “canary in the coal mine,” and said the United States was “in a very difficult situation.”
“I would go further. It’s hardly anti-Semitism, it’s anti-Semitism,” Bash said. “This is what’s on display right now, but the roots of this kind of, uh, evolution from A to B go back thousands of years. And this is, frankly, a canary in the coal mine. It is the root cause of anti-Semitism that emerges in societies where democracy, in this case, tends to be in great difficulty.”
“That’s how I like to look at this and replace Jews with any other minority group here,” she continued. “And what will the country as a whole do? They will be furious, and rightfully so. It’s not just about Palestinian rights. received a letter reporting that they had sent a Jewish student saying, “It’s not safe here.” It arrived yesterday morning. And this person’s daughter has heard things like, “You’re a Nazi.” Things like, “Now go kill yourself,” and worse. It’s not a protest. That’s harassment, and it’s one step away from violence. ”
“And the fact that these Jewish students feel so unsafe, and it comes down to it coming home from class where they don’t necessarily have to be policed, that’s why it’s so dangerous. The fact that it is so organized is dangerous,” Bash said. (Related: Columbia University president appears to mock ultra-liberal students after Republican lawmaker asks question at public hearing)
Columbia University President Dr. Nemat “Minoush” Shafik was gunned down by House Republicans during Wednesday’s election. hearing The title is “Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University’s Response to Anti-Semitism.” The rise in anti-Israel protests surfaced following the attack on Israel by the Islamic terrorist organization Hamas on October 7, 2023.
