Anti-Israel protesters successfully hold one-day “encampment” Columbia University In New York City, students from other elite schools across the United States began holding their own marches and sit-ins.
Whereas some democrats Attempts have been made to describe these protests as “mostly peaceful”, with participants often repeating hateful and anti-Semitic slogans that call for the death of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others who support Israel.
“We are Hamas!” Participants were heard shouting, referring to the terrorist group that carried out the deadliest terrorist attack in Israel’s history. “Netanyahu, Netanyahu… You cannot hide. We accuse you of genocide.” The same mantra is echoed with the name of President Biden.
The nationwide movement is steadily gaining momentum and has spread to other schools as well. Similar anti-Israel demonstrations have been seen at Columbia, Yale, MIT, UC Berkeley, University of Southern California, Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, Northwestern University, Vanderbilt University, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina, University of Virginia, and other locations.
For a week, anti-Israel students occupied a central lawn of the Columbia University campus in New York City. “We are Hamas!” Some students shouted. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
At Columbia and other schools, participants were heard shouting:
“No more money for Israel’s crimes.”
“We will liberate Palestine in our lifetime.”
“Say it loud and say it clearly…liberation is here.”
“Free, Free Palestine.”
“From sea to river, Palestine will live forever.”
“Colombia, you will see, all our people will be free.”
“It’s right to rebel…the NYPD can go to hell.”
“It is right to rebel…Israel can go to hell.”
“The Intifada Revolution…there is only one solution!”
The demonstrations in Colombia were seen as Sub center The ongoing movement became so tense that Columbia President Minouche Shafik alerted students that all in-person classes would be held virtually through the end of the semester.
Shafiq and school officials are in talks with the anti-Israel group to vacate the premises and ensure members participating in the demonstration are are actually colombia Student.
These students and those at other elite colleges have demanded that their respective schools stop doing business with Israel or the US Department of Defense, which gives money to the Jewish state. Specific demands vary from campus to campus but generally include: the school stop doing business with military weapons manufacturers that are supplying weapons to Israel, or investing college endowment funds with money managers. Shut down those who profit from Israeli companies or contractors.
Anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University in New York City on April 20, 2024. Students there and at other elite colleges have demanded that their respective schools stop doing business with Israel. (Leonardo Munoz/AFP via Getty Images)
Anti-Israel students formed a “Gaza solidarity camp” and participated in hateful chants following mass arrests by the New York Police Department on April 19, 2024. (Selcuk Acre/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Holocaust survivor Tova Friedman told “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday that she was “scared” for America by the “hate” spewed by such a mob.
“It’s like a cancer. If you don’t stop it quickly, it metastasizes. It will kill the body. It’s killing our country,” he told Fox News on Tuesday.
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She added, “When I came to America at 11:30, it felt like I had arrived in the promised land and it was a wonderful experience. And here it is today. I’m shocked, I’m sad, I’m scared.” I’m scared for America, I’m scared for the Jews and it’s very painful for our youth.”
Massacre survivor Tova Friedman told “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday that she was “scared” for America by the “hate” unleashed by the mob. (Charlie Tribleau/AFP via Getty Images)
Friedman also made a sobering prediction of what such demonstrations could lead to if school administrators allowed them to grow.
“If it’s not addressed, if they don’t think about it, what will be the end product? What is the end product of any hatred and prejudice? It’s death for somebody. It could be their own death. ” Death to his opponents. Because we didn’t stop Hitler, as we had the chance during Kristallnacht, we could have stopped it, but nobody did, so I ended up in Auschwitz, and a million and a half Jewish children were murdered,” he said.
“This kind of behavior and anger and hatred can only end in tragedy,” he said. “Tragedy for everybody. Not just tragedy for the Jews, God forbid tragedy for ourselves, because this is going to be a terrible conflict. We have to find a way to stop this.”
Franklin Graham, evangelist and son of the late Billy Graham, echoed those sentiments on social media.
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“I agree,” he wrote in a post on Facebook. “When Tova walked out of Auschwitz as a little girl, she thought she would never again experience the hatred of anti-Semitism. But it is here, right in our faces. The world must be alerted to the dangers of this stale hatred. Need to wake up. Tova is right – it’s like a cancer, if you don’t stop it quickly, it will kill.”
During ongoing talks with Columbia administrators late Tuesday evening, students said they would stop using hate language in their chants. students are protesting Israel’s war with Hamas In Gaza, in which thousands of Palestinian civilians have reportedly been killed.
Fox News’ Taylor Penley contributed to this report.
