The Rise In Anti-Semitism & Hatred of Israel (Consolidated)

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Pro-Palestinian Agitator Screams in Pain as Police Remove Device He Attached to Himself on Highway

By Johnathan Jones, The Western Journal
Apr. 16, 2024 6:40 pm

A video of one of the pro-Palestinian protesters who shut down the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and I-880 in Oakland on Monday is going viral.



A clip shared by the official X account of the California Highway Patrol showed one agitator screaming in apparent pain as officers cut a piece of concrete reinforcement he had held onto in order to make his removal more difficult.



The video shows the CHP officers ordering the man to simply let go of the rebar, which he refused to do.



It was not immediately clear if the man was on the Golden Gate Bridge or was part of a blockage of the Bay Area’s Interstate 880.



“Let go of the rebar,” one officer off-camera told the man.



Another officer pleaded repeatedly for the man to simply “let go” as he screamed in agony.



“Ohh! Ahh,” the man shouted. “They’re twisting [my hand] for no reason. … Stop! …. Stop squeezing my hand and twisting it!”



While refusing to let go of the metal, the protester shouted, “You’re hurting me!”

The man was asked if he needed medical assistance after he was handcuffed.



CHP officials said of the incidents on the roadways and the Golden Gate Bridge closure, “This is unlawful and will not be tolerated. Arrests were made and the CHP is recommending charges.”



The agency also made it clear in a statement posted on Facebook that officers made every effort to clear the protesters and free traffic as quickly as possible.



The man was one of around 40 anti-Israel protesters who were arrested after they shut down the iconic bridge and highway, KNTV reported. Twenty-six people were detained for their actions on the bridge.



Per KTVU, the protesters used a technique called “the sleeping dragon.”



On the bridge, “protesters used their cars, with chains concealed with pipes, to connect themselves to each other,” which took police over four hours to clear. While on the I-880, some of the protesters attached themselves to large barrels filled with concrete, which took seven hours to clear.



KNTV spoke to a number of the protesters who said they shut down the highway and bridge in order to compel the federal government to stop offering military aid to Israel.



Those behind the blockages are facing conspiracy charges.



Some of the protesters will also be charged with false imprisonment for trapping commuters on the bridge from about 7:30 a.m. local time until well into the afternoon.



Their actions occurred just two days after Iran launched hundreds of missiles and suicide drones at the Jewish state on Saturday.



Israel has been fighting the Islamic terror group Hamas in an all-out war since last October when militants based in Gaza murdered at least 1,200 of its citizens and took over 200 hostages.


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Pro-Palestinian Agitators Attempting to Block Miami Road Find Out Things Are Different in Florida



By Michael Schwarz

April 16, 2024 at 7:59am


Left-wing activists’ extreme narcissism always leads them to the same conclusion: You have no rights that they must respect.



The latest example occurred Monday in Miami, Florida, where police arrested seven pro-Palestinian protesters for obstructing traffic, according to WSVN.



That police response in Miami contrasted with the situation in some of America’s most liberal cities on Monday.



In northern California, for instance, pro-Palestinian protesters shut down both San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge and I-880 in nearby Oakland.



That particular demonstration of pathological narcissism occurred as part of a coordinated, nationwide, pro-Palestinian protest timed to coincide with the April 15 deadline for filing federal taxes, per WSVN.



Protesters objected to Americans’ tax dollars helping to fund Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Thus, those protesters decided to create a traffic snarl-up along roads leading to airports and other major destinations.



In other words, between their confiscatory federal government and their left-wing activist neighbors who have nothing better to do than make other people’s lives miserable, millions of ordinary Americans must have interpreted Monday’s confluence of events as yet another reason to feel besieged on all sides by sinister actors who ignore their rights and treat them with contempt.



Bryan Griffin, Communications Director for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, posted a 39-second video of the police response in Miami on the social media platform X.

The video showed police carrying at least six protesters who had decided to block traffic by lying down in the road. Protesters did not forcibly resist but did allow their bodies to go limp. No doubt the police officers appreciated having to pick up the protesters by their limbs and carry the dead weight.



“In Florida, we drag these people out of the road and arrest them,” Griffin posted.

All Americans have a right to engage in political speech, no matter how repugnant their views might be.



The exercise of that right, however, depends on a reciprocal acknowledgment of the equal rights of others. Freedom and the rule of law cannot coexist otherwise.



Related: Pro-Palestinian Valedictorian Enraged After Her Speech Is Cancelled - 'The University Has Betrayed Me'

In short, left-wing narcissists reject these principles.



As they see it, their moral superiority entitles them to speak where and when they wish while silencing you. If you object to being silenced, or if you simply refuse to indulge them, they accuse you of violence.



Likewise, as they showed again on Monday, they believe that their moral superiority entitles them to act in whatever way they wish while hindering your freedom of action.



Because they view all of human affairs through the simplistic, Marxist, oppressor-oppressed dichotomy and because they claim to speak and act on behalf of those whom they have identified as oppressed, left-wing narcissists enjoy the luxury of showcasing their presumed moral superiority without troubling their own consciences.



The nature of the alleged oppression — to say nothing of its authenticity — makes no difference. Today, activists scream about Gaza. In 2020, they screamed about “systemic racism” during the Black Lives Matter riots. And many of the same people participated in both waves of protests.



In sum, left-wing narcissists do not block traffic on major roads because their causes demand such action. They do it because, as they see it, you have no rights that they must respect.



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Susan Sarandon Joins Anti-Israel Protesters Outside Columbia University

ELIZABETH WEIBEL
19 Apr 2024

Actress Susan Sarandon joined anti-Israel protesters assembled outside of Columbia University a day after more than a hundred pro-Palestinian activists were arrested.



In video footage posted to X, Sarandon was seen wearing a letter jacket with characters from The Simpsons and leading a group of protesters in a chant as they repeated after her.



In November 2023, Sarandon received backlash after making a comment at a pro-Palestinian rally that Jewish people were “getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country,” in response to a rise in antisemitism.



As a result of her comment, Sarandon was dropped by her agency, United Talent Agency.



Sarandon could be heard saying Friday as a crowd of protesters repeated:



….That it is very important to have their voices heard. And, that it is their right in a democracy, especially in a place of education, and supposedly higher thoughts. To be attacked with racism and intolerance is not acceptable. There are many, many people who stand with you. You must know that you inspire so many people. People who are afraid, people who are old and afraid, are looking to you and your voices, and your organization, and your tenacity, and your kindness to make a difference in the situation. You give me hope, to me and so many people, and in the end, the truth will win.

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters reportedly remain encamped on Columbia University’s lawn on Friday, even after hundreds of protesters had been arrested the day before, according to CNN.



Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) daughter, Isra Hirsi, was among the students who were arrested and given summonses for trespassing.



Prior to being arrested, Hirsi had revealed on X that she was among the students who had been suspended from Barnard College over her involvement in the anti-Israel encampment set up on the south lawn of Columbia University.

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Anti-Israel Protesters at Columbia Chant Pro-Terror Slogans

JOEL B. POLLAK
21 Apr 2024

Protesters at Columbia University chanted explicitly pro-terror slogans this week, calling for the killing of Israeli soldiers, as they occupied the campus illegally — even after a wave of arrests by the New York Police Department.



The video of the pro-terror chants, some of which were in Arabic, was captured by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Demonstrators called for Israeli soldiers to be killed and for Palestine to be “Arab” — free of Jews.

Similar videos circulated on social media showing other radical slogans, often Islamic in nature, being chanted:

A photo emerged of one pro-Palestinian protester explicitly calling for the murder of pro-Israel counter-protesters, who were carrying American and Israeli flags.

The protests coincided with the congressional testimony last week of Columbia University President Nemat Shafik and other university officials about the problem of antisemitism on campus. All of them admitted it was a problem — but could not explain the lenient treatment given to students and others who had violated university policies.



Columbia has been a hotbed of student protest since the 1960s, when it was the first university at which students occupied an administration building to protest the Vietnam War. But it has been a specific center of anti-Israel radicalism since the era of radical Palestinian intellectual Edward Said, who worked at Columbia as a professor.



Despite being located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a disproportionately Jewish (and Dominican) area of Manhattan, Columbia has seen explicitly antisemitic protests since the Hamas terror attacks of October 7. On Friday, an Israeli professor posted video of Islamic prayers at the protests, suggesting the religious core of the demonstration.



The standoff at Columbia is expected to continue into this week.


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Anti-Israel Protesters Place Tents in Encampment on Columbia University Lawn
ELIZABETH WEIBEL
21 Apr 2024



Anti-Israel protesters reportedly placed tents on the lawn of Columbia University in New York City days after others were removed by law enforcement officials.



Video footage posted to X on Sunday recorded pro-Palestinian protesters gathered on the lawn of the university, with tents and signs that said, “End the Siege on Gaza Now,” “While You Read, Gaza Bleeds,” and “Admitted Students Enroll in Revolution.”



Various groups of protesters could be seen in the video setting up and moving their tents across the lawn.

Students were reportedly informed by the university that they would be allowed to “stay in tents on the lawn for a week.”



This decision comes after Columbia University President Minouche Shafik released a statement on Thursday that she had “authorized the New York Police Department to begin clearing the encampment” from the university’s South Lawn.



In a statement, Shafik wrote:



This morning, I had to make a decision that I hoped would never be necessary. I have always said that the safety of our community was my top priority and that we needed to preserve an environment where everyone could learn in a supportive context. Out of an abundance of concern for the safety of Columbia’s campus, I authorized the New York Police Department to begin clearing the encampment from the South Lawn of Morningside campus that had been set up by students in the early hours of Wednesday morning.



The statement from Shafik comes after more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters involved in the encampment were arrested on Thursday.



Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MO) daughter, Isra Hirsi revealed on social media on Thursday that she had been among the students who were suspended from Barnard College in relation to her involvement in the anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University.



Hirsi was also among the protesters who were arrested on Thursday in relation to the anti-Israel protest at the university.



Since Hamas, a U.S.-designated Islamic terror group attacked Israel by land, sea, and air on October 7, leaving more than 1,200 Israelis dead and more than 200 people taken as hostages, anti-Israel protests have increased throughout the United States and globally.



Breitbart News reached out to Columbia University for a statement but did not receive a response by the time of publication.

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Yale Student Protesters Rip Down US Flag on Campus – Harass Jewish Students – Form Human Chains and Block Them During Protest, Blast “F*ck Israel!” From a Boombox in Their Ears (VIDEO)

By Jim Hoft
Apr. 21, 2024 7:20 pm




Leftist Yale students form a blockade and shadowed a Chassidic Jewish at the campus on Saturday night. This echoed the antisemitism in Europe before WWII.


A Jewish Chassidic Jewish student was harassed and shadowed by radical leftists on campus on Saturday night.



The pro-Palestinian protesters were singing a peace song as they harassed this young Jew.

This is at Yale University.



Oli London explained — The chilling act of antisemitism echoes 1939, when Nazi’s blocked Jewish students from entering Vienna University- simply because they were Jews.

The Yale leftists also tore down a US flag on campus – cheering as it hit the ground.



Via Sahar Tartak.

Jews on campus are regularly confronted with anti-Jewish and anti-Israel displays.

“F**k Israel! Israel a b*tch!” – A Jewish student accosted with a boombox at the Yale protest last night.

The enlightend Yale protesters would not allow Jewish students to walk freely in their protest area on campus.

Another human chain was formed blocking the Jewish student on campus.

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Columbia Rabbi Tells Jewish Students to Leave for Their Own Safety

JOEL B. POLLAK
21 Apr 2024389


An Orthodox rabbi who serves the Jewish community at Columbia University sent a message to Jewish students this weekend urging them to leave campus for their own safety in the midst of pro-terror, pro-Palestinian demonstrations.



Columbia’s Orthodox rabbi, Elie Buechler, told students that university and city police forces could not protect them, and that Jewish students “should return home as soon as possible and remain home until the reality in and around campus has dramatically improved.”

As Breitbart News reported, Columbia’s campus has been occupied by anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian students who are chanting explicitly pro-Israel slogans. Numerous reports and videos have been shared of explicit taunts against Jews.

The videos posted last night on Columbia University’s Chabad are shocking.

Columbia, long a hotbed of anti-Israel activism, has faced even more extreme protests since the Hamas terror attack of October 7. The administration has suspended some organizations, banned some students from campus, and even brought the New York Police Department onto campus last week to clear an illegal encampment, but the radical protests have continued. (Some students have only received written warnings despite defying university rules.)



The antisemitism at Columbia has drawn international condemnation, including from the president of Israel:

The White House also condemned the antisemitism at Columbia — notably, without also condemning “Islamophobia” at the same time:

Breitbart News has reached out to Rabbi Buechler for comment.



Columbia is on the Upper West Side of New York, long considered a heavily Jewish area. New York also experienced the worst act of radical Islamic terror in the history of the world just before most of today’s students were born.

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Columbia Moves to Virtual Classes as Pro-Palestinian Protests Erupt

SIMON KENT
22 Apr 2024

Columbia University canceled all in-person classes Monday as pro-Palestinian protests continued to rock the Ivy League institution.



The move came hours before the evening start of the Jewish holiday of Passover.



Last week, police arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia who had set up an encampment on the New York City campus, as Breitbart News reported.



Police held the anti-Israel protesters on a charge of criminal trespass. They were reportedly detained with no resistance.



Columbia President Minouche Shafik said in a note addressed to the school community Monday she was “deeply saddened” by what was happening on campus, according to the Independent.

“To deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps, I am announcing that all classes will be held virtually on Monday,” Shafik said.



She said faculty and staff should work remotely, where possible, and that students who didn’t live on campus should stay away.

Shafik said the Middle East conflict is terrible and that she understands that many are experiencing deep moral distress.



“But we cannot have one group dictate terms and attempt to disrupt important milestones like graduation to advance their point of view,” Shafik wrote.






For the fifth day, pro-Palestinian students occupy a central lawn on the Columbia University campus, on April 21, 2024 in New York City. Earlier in the week over 100 students were arrested by the police and suspended by the university for demonstrating . (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)






“Gaza Solidarity Encampment” demonstration is held on South Lawn of Columbia University campus with more than 100 students on April 17, 2024. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)



A working group of deans, school administrators and faculty is looking to find a resolution to the university crisis, noted Shafik, who didn’t say when in-person classes will resume.



On Sunday the White House issued a statement in response to the ongoing anti-Israel protests and encampment taking place at Columbia, describing them as being, “Antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous.”



White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates issued a statement acknowledging that American citizens have the “right to peaceful protest,” while adding “calls for violence and physical intimidation” against the Jewish community are unacceptable.


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Anti-Israel Protesters Arrested at New York University


ELIZABETH WEIBEL
22 Apr 2024

Anti-Israel protesters involved in an encampment at New York University (NYU) were arrested on Monday evening.



Officers from the New York Police Department (NYPD) reportedly began making arrests amongst a crowd of anti-Israel protesters around 8:30 p.m., according to the New York Times.



The arrests reportedly came after officials from NYU warned protesters they could face potential consequences “if they did not leave” the campus plaza, according to the outlet.



Officers reportedly moved in to make arrests after university officials said the anti-Israel protesters had broken through barricades and were acting in a “disorderly, disruptive, and antagonizing manner.”



Video footage posted to X shows police officers dressed in riot gear attempting to clear protesters out.

The arrests at NYU came as anti-Israel protesters at Yale University were arrested on Monday morning in relation to their involvement in an encampment on the university’s campus.



Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters, including Isra Hirsi, Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) daughter, were arrested on Thursday in relation to their involvement in an encampment that had been established on the lawn of Columbia University on Wednesday morning.



Several pro-Palestinian student organizations at the University of North Carolina, Boston University, and The Ohio State University have also held anti-Israel rallies and protests in support of the anti-Israel encampment started at Columbia University.



People rally on the campus of Columbia University which is occupied by pro-Palestian protesters in New York on April 22, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)



The White House issued a statement on Sunday labeling the anti-Israel protests “Antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous.” President Joe Biden issued a separate statement addressing the anti-Israel protests and the “alarming surge of Antisemitism” happening in “schools, communities, and online.”



In his statement, Biden continued to label the anti-Israel protests as being “blatant Antisemitism” that is “reprehensible and dangerous.”


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Columbia Denies Campus Access to Jewish, Pro-Israel Professor

JOEL B. POLLAK
22 Apr 2024

Prof. Shai Davidai, a Jewish Israeli who has led counter-protesters against anti-Israel demonstration at Columbia University, was denied access to the main campus on Friday, ostensibly for his own safety from an anti-Israel mob.



The New York Post reported:



Israel-born Shai Davidai, an assistant professor at Columbia Business School and an outspoken supporter of the Jewish state, was told that his ID had been “deactivated” — even as a massive new tent city sprang up on the Morningside Heights campus with some 200 protesters — all of whom would have had to use their Columbia IDs to get in.



He said administrators told him they banned him from campus because they could not ensure his safety.



University administrators turned a blind eye to the new protest camp — days after calling the NYPD to break up a previous protest and haul away the protesters.



As Breitbart News has reported, Columbia has been a hotbed of explicitly pro-terror and antisemitic rhetoric. A local rabbi told Jewish students to return home for their own safety, and classes were moved online on Monday.



A growing chorus of legislators, including Rep. Richie Torres (D-NY), said that if Columbia President Minouche Shafik could not protect students from the illegal protesters, she should resign.

The presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennyslvania have also resigned due to their perceived failures to stop antisemitism on their campuses.


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NYU Calls for NYPD to Regain Control of Escalating Anti-Israel Protests on Campus

Frank Bergman
April 23, 2024 - 11:26 am\



New York University has requested support from NYC police as anti-Israel protests on campus have spiraled out of control.



Like similar protests on campuses across the country, the leftist demonstrations have been descending into violence and anti-Semitism.



After an anti-Israel protest escalated at NYU on Monday, the college required New York City police to bring the crowds under control.



The university released a statement explaining while it supports students’ rights to protest, safety remains its priority.



This comes after the NYPD arrested several activists following a request from NYU for police to clear Gould Plaza.



Violent protesters were refusing orders to leave the area.



Police noted that many of those arrested from the crowds had no affiliation with the university.



“Today’s events did not need to lead to this outcome,” NYU spokesperson John Beckman said in a statement.



Mass arrests began around 8:30 p.m.


Within an hour, the demonstration had largely fizzled out.



The university is one of several campuses nationwide that has been embroiled in protests against Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.



Roughly 50 anti-Israel protesters started a demonstration on the plaza in front of the business school Monday morning without notice or authorization from NYU, according to Beckman.



The university closed access to the plaza, placed barriers, and emphasized that it would not allow additional protesters to join the demonstration.


The school said the issue was already “considerably disruptive of classes and other operations in schools around the plaza,” Beckman said.



“Nonetheless we made no move to clear the plaza at that point because high among the University’s aims was to avoid any escalation or violence,” Beckman said.



“So, the University was deeply disturbed when, early this afternoon, additional protesters, many of whom we believe were not affiliated with NYU, suddenly breached the barriers that had been put in place at the north side of the plaza and joined the others already on the plaza.



“This breach was in violation of directions from Campus Safety Officers and in violation of multiple University rules.”



“This development dramatically changed the situation,” he continued.



“We witnessed disorderly, disruptive, and antagonizing behavior that has interfered with the safety and security of our community, and that demonstrated how quickly a demonstration can get out of control or people can get hurt.”



The university told protesters that they needed to leave the plaza by 4 p.m. for there to be no consequences from the school or police.



Many protesters still refused to leave, and the university was made aware of “intimidating chants and several anti-Semitic incidents.”



In response to these reports and safety issues raised by the breach, the university requested assistance from the NYPD.



The NYPD initially urged people on the plaza to leave peacefully before ultimately making several arrests.



“We will continue to support individuals’ right to freedom of expression, and, as we have said since October, the safety of our students and maintaining an equitable learning environment remain paramount,” Beckman said.



Beckman was referring to the initial response to protests following Hamas terrorists’ October 7 attack against Israel.



The Oct. 7 assault triggered the ongoing war in the Middle East.   

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Anti-Israel Mob Assembles Outside Home of Chuck Schumer, Arrests Begin Almost Immediately (VIDEO)

By Mike LaChance
Apr. 23, 2024 10:20 pm



An anti-Israel mob formed in front of the New York home of Senator Chuck Schumer tonight and the protesters were arrested almost immediately.



Funny how quickly arrests can be made in a case like this depending on who is being threatened.



Jewish students don’t get this kind of swift protection. Neither do conservative Supreme Court justices.



Breitbart News reports:



Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters gathered outside of Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) home in Brooklyn, calling for the United States to “stop arming Israel.”



Video footage posted to X showed what appeared to be hundreds of protesters gathered in the street outside of Schumer’s home for a “Seder in the Streets” on the second day of the Passover Jewish holiday.



A seder is a Passover holiday meal, which includes songs, stories, reading, and eating special foods, along with other traditions. For those who live in Israel, it is held on the first night of Passover, but for those outside of Israel, it is held on the first two nights of Passover…



Officers from the New York Police Department were captured on video telling protesters outside of Schumer’s home that they were “blocking vehicular traffic” and would be arrested for disorderly conduct if they did not “move and get onto the sidewalk.”



Here’s a clip of the protest:

Here’s a clip of police preparing to make arrests:

Schumer has tried repeatedly to appease the radical left on this issue. It clearly hasn’t worked.

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Texas State Troopers Lay Down the Law, Forcefully Disperse Pro-Hamas Protestors at University of Texas at Austin (VIDEO)

By Cristina Laila
Apr. 24, 2024 3:20 pm



Violent, pro-Hamas protests erupted at universities across the US on Wednesday after Columbia University was shut down and forced to go online due to pro-Palestinian riots.



Texas state troopers were deployed to the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday and forcefully dispersed pro-Hamas protestors.



Texas isn’t messing around. They won’t allow what happened to Columbia University to happen in Texas.



The far-left Hamas supporters stormed the college campus calling for a ceasefire and for UT Austin to boycott businesses and divest from Israeli-based companies.



The Texas state troopers laid down the law and made arrests.



WATCH:

Pro-Hamas protestors are setting up tents on the South Lawn. They are trying to set up an encampment. Law enforcement is having a hard time breaking it up.



WATCH:

Texas Department of Public Safety announced their presence is criminal trespass and anyone who doesn’t leave will be arrested.

Newsweek reported:



Texas state troopers descended on a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Texas at Austin campus on Wednesday afternoon.



In an Instagram post, the Palestine Solidarity Committee, an organization “dedicated to organizing for Palestinian liberation and right to return,” with a location in Austin, posted its plans to establish “the Popular University” at the UT Austin campus on Wednesday.



According to the post, supporters were going to “reclaim our space” by walking out of class at 11:40 a.m. and meeting at Gregory Plaza. Students were instructed to then march to occupy the lawn. They were told to bring blankets, food, face masks and energy.



The demonstration’s aim was to urge UT Austin to “divest from death” and follows similar protests that have occurred at Columbia University in New York City. More than 100 pro-Palestinian student demonstrators have camped out on Columbia’s main lawn to protest the war and demand that their school divest from companies with ties to Israel.

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Cal Poly Humboldt Pro-Palestinian Students Occupy Campus Building, Attack Police (Video)

By Margaret Flavin
Apr. 24, 2024 2:00 pm



Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata, California, has closed its campus through Wednesday after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied and barricaded themselves inside Siemens Hall Monday evening, where students also attacked police officers.



Humboldt for Palestine shared their “demands” on Instagram:



Breaking! Cal Poly Humboldt students have taken Siemens Hall in solidarity with students across the nation occupying campuses for Palestine. Their demands as we understand them are as follows:

1. For CPH to disclose all holdings and collaborations with the zionist entity.

2. Academic Boycott, cut all ties with israeli universities.

3. Divest from all ties to the zionist entity including companies complicit in the occupation of Palestine.

4. To drop all charges and attacks on student organizers.

5. An immediate ceasefire and end to the occupation of Palestine. Students are requesting support as follows: Bodies to join them in the occupation of Siemens hall.



Students, faculty, and community members to immediately call the university and UPD and pressure them to deescalate, allow the students to protest peacefully. You can contact UPD at 707-826-5555 and demand these students are allowed to express their first amendment rights!



Ultimately, the building was shut down after they did not leave, Aileen Yoo, a university spokesperson, told SFGATE.



The university is “concerned about the safety of students who remain in the building” and is asking them to leave, Yoo said.



A video shared on X shows students inside the building screaming at police before beginning to attack them. One student, holding a large water bottle, begins hitting police repeatedly.

Officials at Cal Poly Humboldt confirmed to SFGATE that three students were arrested in connection to the protest.



At approximately 8:30 p.m. Monday, the university announced that the campus would be closed through Wednesday because it believes the protest is a “dangerous and volatile situation.”



“The University is deeply concerned about the safety of the protestors who have barricaded themselves inside the building,” the statement read. “The University is urgently asking that the protestors listen to directives from law enforcement that have responded and to peacefully leave the building.”



Watch:





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REPORT: Anti-Israel Protesters Planning to ‘Shut Down’ the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday

By Mike LaChance
Apr. 24, 2024 10:20 pm



The White House Correspondents’ Dinner or ‘Nerd Prom’ is happening this weekend on Saturday night. This is the night where a bunch of DC and NYC journalists get together with Democrats and make fun of Republicans for a few hours.



According to new reports, the anti-Israel mob is also planning to attend the event, which could be very interesting.



Most of the journalists who will be attending are ideologically aligned with the protesters, so there shouldn’t be any problems, right?



The Washington Examiner reports:



Pro-Palestinian protests aim to ‘shut down’ Biden, journalist ‘Nerd Prom’



Pro-Palestinian groups and journalists are readying a rally to shut down the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday at the Washington Hilton over the Biden administration’s handling of the Gaza-Hamas crisis.



“Shut down the White House Correspondents’ Dinner,” one group, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, said in an online message. They are calling for protesters to gather down the street from the hotel two hours before the glitzy dinner begins.



Another group, the Committee to Protect Journalists, is urging a boycott by White House reporters who suspend their arms-length relationship with Biden aides for a night of elbow rubbing at the so-called “nerd prom.”



“The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is an embodiment of media manipulation, trading journalistic ethics for access. For journalists to fraternize at an event with President Biden and Vice President Harris would be to normalize, sanitize, and whitewash the administration’s role in genocide,” said the committee.



Check out the poster below:

Code Pink is pushing this because of course they are.

Most journalists don’t seem to have a problem with these protesters taking over college campuses, so they should have no problem with the same thing happening at their event.



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Harvard Yard Invaded by Anti-Israel Encampment; ‘Intifada Revolution’

\JOEL B. POLLAK24 Apr 20244


Anti-Israel protesters invaded Harvard Yard on Wednesday, the second day of Passover, setting up an encampment and chanting “intifada revolution,” provoking an angry response from Jewish leaders concerned for student safety.

Harvard Chabad rabbi Hirschy Zarchi posted a statement on Instagram:



I’m hearing from first-year students who, while studying for exams in their dorm room, are being confronted with terrifying chants of globalize the Intifada – a call for the murder of Jews. I’m now receiving calls from their parents who are frightened to learn that Hamas supporters are being allowed to camp out in Harvard Yard – in brazen defiance to the university’s explicit guidelines – and are chanting in support of terrorism and call for the murder of Jews.



The last two nights at the Harvard Chabad Seder table, along with Jews around the world, we read the words of the Passover Haggadah

how “in each and every generation they rise up against us to destroy us. And the Holy One, blessed be He, rescues us from their hands.” That those who seek the destruction of the Jewish people are receiving support from Harvard students and other university students around the country – as we heard today from Hamas, should shake every moral person to their core.



We call on University leadership to remove these Jew haters and Hamas lovers who are continuously and brazenly violating university code of conduct, not to mention their own humanity.



Harvard had locked the gates of the historic Yard earlier in the week, restricting entry to those with Harvard ID’s. There were enough of those on Wednesday to launch a planned rollout of tents and other camping equipment.



In addition to demanding that Harvard divest from Israeli companies, the protesters were reportedly upset about the suspension of the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) for earlier, unauthorized protests.



As Breitbart News reported earlier this week, the PSC was suspended for a protest last Friday in solidarity with anti-Israel students at Columbia University. It was told that additional violations would lead to the group being banned.



The Harvard Crimson noted that university administrators asked the protesters to keep quiet between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Protesters also warned each other about automatic sprinklers set to go off during the night.

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Columbia U. Prof Calling for Police Escort amid Anti-Israel Protests Was a ‘Defund the Police’ Advocate

ALANA MASTRANGELO
24 Apr 2024

A Columbia University professor is speaking out against anti-Israel protestors and calling on police to protect him. The professor, however, has a history of anti-police activism.



On Monday, Columbia Business School assistant professor Shai Davidai, who is Jewish, attempted to lead counter-protestors against an anti-Israel demonstration known as a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” but was denied access to campus after his ID was deactivated, according to a report by Columbia Daily Spectator.



As Breitbart News reported, the professor was also denied access to the university’s main campus on Friday, ostensibly for his own safety from an anti-Israel mob.



On Sunday, Davidai sent an email to Columbia administrators, including University President Minouche Shafik, warning them that he planned on arriving to campus on Monday to sit in the middle of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment and called on the school to provide him with a police escort while he did so.



“Last I checked, I am still a professor at Columbia University,” Davidai began in his email, which he shared in an X/Twitter post.

“Therefore, I plan to go tomorrow, Monday morning, and sit peacefully right in the center of the illegal encampment that you have allowed the pro-Hamas mob to establish in the middle of campus,” the professor continued.



Davidai then accused university administrators of “completely fail[ing] to protect the safety of Jewish students,” adding that he is therefore “requesting approval to have a police escort of at least 10 cops with me.”



The professor indicated that he wanted his police escort to consist of officers from the New York Police Department, adding, “I would ask for escort from the school’s Public Safety, but they have proven themselves useless versus these mobs, and I do not want to put their lives at risk.”



“We will be coming. I am an employee and they are your students. You have a responsibility to protect our physical safety,” Davidai concluded in his email.



While the professor is demanding that law enforcement protect him, Davidai has made anti-police remarks in the past, accusing officers of using their weapons “disproportionately on black men.”



“Aren’t you worried that the evil racist police will shoot people?” author and filmmaker Mike Cernovich asked Davidai in the comment section of his post, sharing an April 2021 post from the professor, in which he wrote, “Lawmakers give police offers the ammunition which they then use disproportionately on Black men. Should we hold lawmakers accountable?”

Davidai, meanwhile, is currently under investigation by the university due to allegations of harassing students. The professor has more than 50 complaints against him, Shafik said, according to a report by CNN.



But Davidai told CNN that he has never called out a student by name, only “pro-Hamas” student organizations and professors.



“They’re investigating me for the entire reason this hearing was held in the first place,” he said. “Columbia is investigating me for my social media tweets and only my social media tweets.”



As Breitbart News reported in October, Davidai called Shafik a “coward” while blasting the university for failing to respond to “pro-terror student organizations” on campus in the wake of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel.



On Tuesday, Davidai addressed “all the journalists” reaching out to him for comment in an X/Twitter post, in which he likened Columbia University to Nazi Germany.



“I promise, I will try to get back to each and every one of you,” he wrote. “In the meantime, I want you to consider this: To the best of my knowledge, the last time that a professor was denied access to their own university for being Jewish was Nazi Germany.”

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These morons are too stupid to realize that if they were to go to Gaza or any other Muslim area they'd either be beheaded or thrown off a tall building! 


“If you’re a drag queen and you know it, shout, ‘Free Palestine’”

A woman must not put on man's apparel, nor shall a man wear woman's clothing; for whoever does these things is abhorrent to Hashem your God.

DEUTERONOMY

22:5

(THE ISRAEL BIBLE)



oADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ

ANTISEMITISM

APRIL 25, 2024






If you lack the resources to instill morally confused messages in your children, Valley Families for Palestine can help you. The Connecticut River Valley grassroots organization offers lots of family-fun activities like “Queer Storytime for Palestine,” “Coloring Action Pages,” and a 5 K “family-friendly walk or run” for UNRWA.



The storytime was deemed to be a raging success.



“We came together today in joy and solidarity and learned some important lessons about being ourselves, using our voices to speak out against injustice, and being fabulous while we do it,” the group’s Instagram stated.



The Stop Anti-Semitism Movement posted a video of the event to Twitter, noting, “The harsh reality? Members of the LGBTQ+ community are often murdered in Gaza and other Palestinian areas such as Ramallah.”

The storytime event had children dress in Palestinian attire and wave the Palestinian flag and the transgender flag. Lil Miss Hot Mess, a drag queen (a man dressed in woman’s attire), led the event. He read from his book, “ The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish,” after which he led the children in the chant, “If you’re a drag queen and you know it, shout, ‘Free Palestine.’”



His stage name reflects his personal life. Born Jewish and named Harris Kornstein, Hot Mess is a university professor with a PhD in media studies from NYU. He has published in academic journals on subjects like “drag pedagogy” and digital drag performance.



But on one thing, Lil Miss Hot Mess is unequivocal: his support for President Joe Biden, though his support for the Democratic administration is more than a bit mercenary. Last year, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) gave a $60,000 grant to Kornstien for a project titled “Enchanting Technology: Obfuscation, Play, and Other Queer Strategies for Countering Surveillance Capitalism”. The project explores “digital enchantment,” which the author describes as “a framework that explores how diverse queer and trans users subvert and expand traditional approaches of privacy by creatively exploiting the features of mainstream technologies and creating their own platforms.”



Sarah Prager, one of the organizers, seems equally confused. In a recent article in Prism Reports, she quoted transgender Palestinian poet and activist Yaffa as saying that “Israeli genocide on Gaza has killed every LGBTQIA+ person they knew in Gaza before Oct. 7 and every LGBTQIA+ person in they connected with after Oct. 7.”



Implicit in this statement is the bizarre claim that the IDF is targeting homosexuals in Gaza. Prager notes the obvious contradiction: that homosexuality is accepted in Israel. But this, she claims, is a “propaganda tool” used by Israel referred to as “pinkwashing.”



An article in the New Yorker described a storytime in 2016 at which Hot Mess called for the children in the audience to chant, “When I grow up, I want to be a drag queen.” The audience did not respond.



While most people would see a clear conflict between values that espouse homosexuality and transvestism, the “Queers for Palestine” movement remains strong. In fact, articles 258 and 263 of the draft penal code, in 2003, for Palestine, contained “provisions that criminalize adult consensual same-sex conduct” which includes punishment of up to five years in prison for a male who “commits the act of sodomy with another male”.



In contrast, homosexuality is accepted in Israel. As a result, in June 2022, Israel began issuing work permits for gay Palestinian refugees who had been granted asylum and those “fleeing domestic violence.” The Israeli LGBT organization The Aguda stated in 2013 that around 2,000 Palestinian homosexuals live in Tel Aviv “at any one time.”



Prominent ex-Muslim author and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, in a recent exclusive interview with UnHerd, a website for which she is a columnist, slammed the pro-Palestinian sub-movement “Queers for Palestine.”



“It would be funny, you know? It’s just material for comedy if it wasn’t so [stupid],” Ali said. “The Islamic Republic of Iran is in place, Hamas was actually governing Gaza, and what were they doing to homosexuals?” she asked.



”They throw them from tall buildings,” she said. “Families, if you’re a Muslim family and within your family, there’s someone who’s suspected of being gay, it’s the obligation of the family to commit honor killing. So it doesn’t even go as far as the government and tribunals and trials. But when that happens, it’s done quite publicly, and it’s done in the most gruesome fashion,” Ali said.



“So ‘queers for Palestine,’ I think, is another manifestation of how our society is really becoming stupid.”



If the movement appeals to you, be forewarned: an event held last month by Valley Families for Palestine cautioned that masking is mandatory.

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Leftists Admit They Have No Idea What They’re Protesting against at NYU Anti-Israel Demonstration

Frank Bergman
April 25, 2024 - 3:12 pm


A pair of leftist protesters were asked what they were protesting against during an anti-Israel demonstration at New York University (NYU) but admitted that they had no idea.



A video of the admission has gone viral on social media after it was shared by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.



In the video, a young woman at Monday night’s NYU protest struggles to answer when asked what the “goal” of the demonstration was.



“I think the goal is just showing our support for Palestine and demanding that NYU stops — I honestly don’t know all of what NYU is doing,” she tells the interviewer.



“I really don’t know,” she admits.



“I’m pretty sure they are…”



She then asks her friend for help in explaining.



“Do you know what NYU is doing?” she asks.



They both admit they have no idea.

“I wish I was more educated,” the friend, who is wearing a Covid mask outdoors, admits.



“I’m not [educated] either,” the first woman adds.



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The interview was an excerpt from Giuliani’s livestream show, “America’s Mayor Live.”



Political strategist Ted Goodman, who produces the former NYC mayor’s show, said his team captured the video while interviewing protesters outside NYU’s campus in lower Manhattan on Monday evening.



In a longer version of the clip, the protester identifies herself as a Fordham University student who traveled to Columbia and NYU to support the protests.



In a statement about the video, Giuliani said:



“The young woman in this video is the perfect example of the modern American Left and their indoctrination of young people.



“They don’t know what they’re doing and are serving as tools to something much more sinister.



“She’s just one of many examples of the deterioration of our education system here in America.”



Protests were still being held on the NYU campus on Wednesday after students staged a walkout the day before.



On Monday night, over 100 protesters were arrested after a night of violence.



On Wednesday, pro-Hamas agitators at the school demanded an “intifada revolution.”



The “protesters” held up pictures of Islamic Jihad terrorist Yacoub Qadri.



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Pro-Hamas Agitators at Florida State Receive Much-Needed Sprinkler Shower with Help from Fed-Up Student

By Cullen Linebarger
Apr. 25, 2024 5:40 pm

Things went south in a hurry for roughly 40 pro-Hamas protesting students at Florida State University Thursday morning, but they probably smell a little bit better after receiving a much-needed shower via the sprinklers.



As the Tallahassee Democrat reported, members of Tallahassee Students for a Democratic Society set up an encampment on Landis Green to protest Israel’s justifiable actions against Hamas. Other local organizations, such as The Freedom Road Socialist Organization, the Tallahassee Community Action Committee, and the Tallahassee Dissenters, reportedly joined the protest as well.



But campus police forced them to remove their tents, which were set up for only five minutes on the grassy space predawn due to a university rule that bars camping on university lands, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.



“As an educational institution, Florida State University welcomes free inquiry, diverse thought, and rigorous debate,” FSU spokesperson Amy Farnum-Patronis told the outlet. “However, these expressions must comply with university regulation and the law.”



During the protest, the sprinklers unexpectedly turned on while the students protested, leaving them soaking wet. The agitators claimed the university deliberately set them off to discourage their protest.



A FSU spokesperson denied this saying the sprinklers turning on was a coincidence and “happens throughout the day.”



But an even more humorous thing happened when they tried to cover up the sprinklers.



One student fed up with the loony left clowns occupying the FSU campus noticed foul-smelling pro-Hamas losers trying to avoid a sprinkler shower and quickly rectified the problem.



WATCH:

Here are two heartwarming photos showing the results of this student’s and school administrators'(accidental?) efforts:





Credit: Alicia Devine/ Tallahassee Democrat




Credit: Jackie Llanos of the Florida Phoenix


Despite the shower, The Tallahassee Democrat reports the protest carried on while FSU law enforcement stuck around to ensure the gathering did not get out of hand.

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Leftist Columbia Student Protest Leader: ‘Zionists Don’t Deserve to Live’

Frank Bergman
April 26, 2024 - 4:25 pm


A radical leftist student leader of Columbia University’s anti-Israel “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” has openly declared that “Zionists don’t deserve to live.”



The statement was made by pro-Hamas protest organizer Khymani James, who claims to “use he/she/they pronouns.”



He made the comments about Zionists during a meeting with university officials which he live-streamed on social media.



In the video, James is speaking with members of Columbia’s Center for Student Success and Intervention office.



During the meeting, James likens Israelis to Hitler and the Nazis before declaring that “Zionists don’t deserve to live.”



“What is a Zionist? A White supremacist,” James said.



“So let’s be very clear here,” James also said in the video.



“I’m not saying that I’m going to go out and start killing Zionists.



“What I’m saying is that if an individual that identifies as a Zionist threatens my physical safety in person, i.e., puts their hands on me, I am going to defend myself.


“And in that scenario, it may come to a point where I don’t know when to stop.”



In a speech to the camera, James said Zionists should “not exist.”



“I feel very comfortable, very comfortable, calling for those people to die,” James asserted.



“Be grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists,” he said at another point.


“I’ve never hurt anyone in my life, and I hope to keep it that way.”



James also claimed that Zionists have a hateful ideology, likening them to “Nazis.”



“There should not be Zionists anywhere. Zionists or Nazis,” James said.



“And so if we can agree as a society, as a collective, that people, that people, that persons, some persons, need to die if they have an ideology that results in the death of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, if there are people like that who exist, shouldn’t they die?”



“Why would we want people who are supporters of genocide to live? I’m confused!” James said.



“Zionists, along with all white supremacists, need to not exist, because they actively kill and harm vulnerable people,” James said.



“They stop the world from progressing.”



WATCH:

A spokesman for the office reportedly told the Daily Wire that James may face disciplinary measures for the statement.



“While we do not comment on individual cases when there are violations of student conduct policies, they are reviewed and disciplinary measures are applied,” the spokesman said.



James, a junior at Columbia, has been recently quoted in outlets such as CBS News and The New York Times as a spokesman for the anti-Israel protests at Columbia.



In 2021, he was profiled in the Boston Globe at age 17 about his “confrontational” approach to fighting “injustice.”



On the day after Hamas’s massacre of more than 1,000 Israelis, James began his anti-Israel activism on X.



“Free Palestine” he declared while terrorists were still in civilian communities in southern Israel.

The comments from James come after a viral video emerged showing two leftist protesters admitting they have no idea why they are demonstrating against Israel.



As Slay News reported, the video shows a young woman at Monday night’s NYU protest.



She struggles to answer when asked what the “goal” of the demonstration was.



“I think the goal is just showing our support for Palestine and demanding that NYU stops — I honestly don’t know all of what NYU is doing,” she tells the interviewer.



“I really don’t know,” she admits.



“I’m pretty sure they are…”



She then asks her friend for help in explaining.



“Do you know what NYU is doing?” she asks.



They both admit they have no idea.



“I wish I was more educated,” the friend, who is wearing a Covid mask outdoors, admits.



“I’m not [educated] either,” the first woman adds.


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Student Leader of Columbia University Encampment Says ‘Be Grateful That I’m Not Just Going Out and Murdering Zionists’ (VIDEO)

By Mike LaChance
Apr. 26, 2024 9:00 pm

If you want to know how insane the student protests of Israel have gotten on some college campuses, look no further than Columbia Student Khymani James.



James is the reported leader of the encampment at the far left school and was recently caught on camera saying some pretty shocking and potentially violent things. He has since tried to backtrack on these comments but they are out there for all to see.



One has to wonder at this point, what someone has to do in order to get expelled from Columbia.



The Daily Wire reported:



‘Zionists Don’t Deserve To Live’: Meet The Leader Of Columbia University’s Anti-Israel Encampment



One of the most vocal student activists leading the anti-Israel Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University, Khymani James, openly stated in an live-stream of an official university inquiry in January that “Zionists don’t deserve to live.”



James, who states in the hearing that he goes by “he/she/they” pronouns, live-streamed his meeting with Columbia’s Center for Student Success and Intervention, where he doubled down on an Instagram post that sparked the report. In the report, which he reads aloud at the start of the meeting, James warned Zionists who may want to “meet up and fight” and that he “fights to kill.”



“Do you see why that’s problematic in any way?” a Columbia employee asked James during the hearing, to which he responded: “No.”



James, a junior and spokesperson of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group, has been the visible face of the protests that have garnered national attention. He appears to still be a student at the university, and has been one of the key organizers of the encampment.



Watch the two clips below:

The liberal media is trying to save him.

These are the people Biden wants you to pay student loans for.



Higher education in America is beyond reform.



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Cal Poly Humboldt Shuts Down After Pro-Hamas Activists Occupied the President’s Office (Video)

By Kristinn Taylor
Apr. 27, 2024 4:00 pm


Cal Poly Humboldt, located on the coast in Arcata, about 280 miles north of San Francisco, shut down its campus on Friday after pro-Hamas/Communist activists took over President Tom Jackson’s office and set up an ‘occupy zone.’ One of the buildings was renamed “Intifada Hall” by the terrorist supporters. The school will be closed through May 10 with classes held online. Humboldt, which is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), reports it has 5,858 undergraduate students with fulltime tuition and fees for the year costing $7,864.



The office of Cal Poly Humboldt President Tom Jackson was vandalized by Hamas supporters who occupied Siemens Hall, screen image via Ryan Burns/YouTube, April 27, 2024.


The school has acknowledged outside actors are in involved, saying, in a statement Wednesday (scroll down to April 24 at link), “There are unidentified non-students with unknown intentions, in Siemens Hall. This creates an unpredictable environment. In addition, all entrances to the building are barricaded, creating a fire hazard. Adding to health and safety concerns, many toilets are no longer working.”



The San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday about 100 tents are spread around the occupied campus, “UPDATE: About 100 tents covered the lawns adjoining Siemens Hall and extended across the Cal Poly Humboldt campus Saturday as Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest in defiance of the university’s orders to leave Friday evening.”

Videos posted online show the takeover of the campus by pro-Hamas activists using Antifa tactics like using ‘riot shields’ to defend against police actions. Earlier in the week there were violent clashes with police on campus. (Police withdrew after battling the activists for several minutes.)

Video posted Friday of riot shields being put together at the ‘occupied’ zone’.

Photos posted Friday:

Video posted Saturday by “Stu” shows the aftermath of the takeover of the Siemens Hall administration building housing the president’s office. Property destruction, trash and graffiti–lots of graffiti, “BREAKING: A look inside “Intifada Hall” at Cal Poly Humboldt. Students have “occupied and barricaded” two buildings and have encamped around them.”

More video posted by Ryan Burns from the Lost Coast Outpost shows what the pro-Hamas activists did to the president’s office:







Lost Coast Outpost filed a report on the occupation with photos and more videos that can be read at this link.



Cal Poly Humboldt issued statements Friday closing the campus and offering amnesty from arrest and mitigation of disciplinary action for those who left by 4 p.m. The statements were posted on the school’s “Emergency” page.



Campus Closed Through the End of the Semester, Remote Instruction and Work Continue

April 26, 2024 – 12:30pm

Campus is now closed through May 10, and work and academic instruction will be remote as individuals continue to occupy Siemens Hall and Nelson Hall East. More details to follow about campus operations and remote work.



The occupation of Siemens Hall and Nelson Hall East is causing ongoing inability to open other campus facilities. Since Monday night, protestors have attempted several times to break into multiple locked buildings with the intention of either locking themselves in, vandalizing, or stealing equipment. Vandalism and theft have continued across campus.



Campus Offers Chance to Leave Buildings with No Immediate Arrest

April 26, 2024 – 2:10pm

As part of an ongoing and urgent effort to protect life and safety in the ongoing crisis of occupied buildings, Cal Poly Humboldt is offering any of those currently in the buildings the opportunity to leave with a guarantee of no immediate arrest. This does not, however, eliminate University conduct-related sanctions or legal implications.



Those who walk out peacefully by the deadline will not be immediately arrested and will be able to leave campus without being arrested. In addition, voluntarily departing in this way will be considered as a mitigating factor in University conduct processes and may reduce the severity of sanctions imposed.



This offer is open until 4 p.m., Friday, April 26. (Later extended to 5 p.m.)



The offer applies to both students and non-students who are currently occupying buildings and illegally camping around them.



The individuals inside the buildings were told about this opportunity earlier today. They are also being notified by email and other communications channels.



A number of individuals have continued to occupy Siemens Hall since Monday, and have made efforts to occupy other buildings on campus. While the situation is largely stabilized, there is continuing destruction of property and other lawlessness in the central part of campus. This has caused complex operational challenges that require the closure of other facilities on campus. The occupation is having a negative impact on other students, who are trying to complete classes at the end of the semester



The Cal Poly Humboldt campus is closed through the remainder of the semester, and work and instruction continue to be remote.



The school responded earlier Friday to the pro-Hamas activists’ list of demands which can be read at the “Emergency” page. The school would not commit to total amnesty:



4. Drop charges against and halt the harassment of student organizers by law enforcement.



University policy and conduct violations will follow established procedures, and there will be consequences for actions that violate policy or law. However, students who elect to evacuate the building and support efforts to clear the building will have their actions considered as a mitigating factor within those processes.



Background on Cal Poly Humboldt via Wikipedia (excerpt):



California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt or Humboldt[Note 1][7]) is a public university in Arcata, California. It is one of three polytechnic universities in the California State University (CSU) system and the northernmost campus in the system.



The main campus, situated hillside at the edge of a coast redwood forest, overlooks Arcata, much of Humboldt Bay, and the Pacific Ocean. The college town setting on the California North Coast, 8 miles (13 km) north of Eureka, 279 miles (449 km) north of San Francisco, and 654 miles (1053 km) north of Los Angeles is notable for its natural beauty. It is the most westerly four-year university in the contiguous United States. Humboldt is a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI).



The university is divided into three colleges: the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; the College of Natural Resources and Sciences; and the College of Professional Studies.[6] It offers 58 bachelor’s degree programs, 14 master’s degree programs, 76 minors, and 4 credential programs.[3] Cal Poly Humboldt does not offer doctoral degrees.



The wave of pro-Hamas protests is being orchestrated by a global anti-Western Civilization alliance of Communists and Islamists. While issue is Gaza, as the saying goes, ‘the issue is never the issue, the issue is the revolution.’



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George Washington University Anti-Israel Protestor Carries Sign Calling for “Final Solution” Against Jews

By Margaret Flavin
Apr. 27, 2024 2:00 pm

An unidentified anti-Israel protester was photographed at George Washington University (GWU) with a sign calling for the “final solution,” echoing the Nazi plan to exterminate all Jews.



The man was seen carrying a large Palestinian flag with a sign using the verbiage of Adolf Hitler to describe his plans for the “annihilation of the Jews” as anti-Israel protesters on Thursday occupied GWU’s campus.





Image: @zach_kessel/X

The New York Post reports:



The school said Friday that the remaining protesters “and any who attempt to join them are trespassing on private property and violating university regulations.”



“We are aware that individuals who are not GW students have joined the protest, and we have taken steps to restrict access to University Yard,” said the uni.



“We continue to work with the [Metropolitan Police Department] to ensure the safety and security of our campus.



“We are aware that individuals who are not GW students have joined the protest, and we have taken steps to restrict access to University Yard.



“We will pursue disciplinary actions against the GW students involved in these unauthorized demonstrations that continue to disrupt university operations.”, which is working with police said.”

NGO Monitor provides extensive research on the NGO network that is orchestrating the antisemitic incitement on American college campuses.

In the wake of October 7, the exponential rise in antisemitic violence, incitement, intimidation, and harassment on and around campuses in the United States is not the product of spontaneous protests of individuals. Rather, they are tightly coordinated and well-funded by a network of radical and often antisemitic non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Within Our Lifetime, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and Samidoun. Under the guise of human rights and justice, these NGOs work to undermine the economic, military and other ties between US and Israel, and to besiege and divide the US Jewish community.



All of these groups have supported and justified the October 7th massacre, as well as other attacks. Many of the NGOs in the network are directly linked to designated Palestinian terror organizations.



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Officers Arrest 102 Anti-Israel Protesters on Northeastern University Campus
AMY FURR
27 Apr 2024



Police arrested approximately 100 people at an anti-Israel encampment on Saturday at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.



The news comes as similar demonstrations regarding the war between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group take place across the country.



In Boston, police gathered inside Shillman Hall before deploying around the Centennial Common and instructing the protesters to leave the area, NBC Boston reported, noting that Northeastern University deemed the protest a violation of the student code of conduct.



Video footage posted on Friday shows students at the encampment, and WCVB said the group was calling for “the disclosure and divestment from any Israeli corporations by the university”:






The NBC report said many of the demonstrators said they were willing to be disciplined by the school.



“Mass State Police said 102 people were arrested and face trespassing and disorderly conduct charges and are being transported to the Suffolk County House of Correction to be booked and processed,” the outlet stated.



According to the university, about 100 individuals had been detained, and those apprehended without identification were arrested.



Aerial video footage shows officers surrounding the encampment on Thursday, per CBS Boston:






Anti-Israel protesters also set up an encampment Thursday at George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC, Breitbart News reported:



The DMV Coalition of Students for Justice in Palestine organized a “joint encampment” that was established on GWU’s campus in University Yard on Thursday morning, according to an Instagram post from Students for Justice in Palestine at GWU (SJPGWU), a student organization.



“As our people discover mass graves of our martyrs in Gaza, it is our moral imperative to disrupt business as usual for an end to institutional cooperation in genocide,” SJPGWU wrote, referring to a “mass grave” hoax that has circulated in recent days.



On the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) campus on Friday, approximately one dozen activists shoved Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Joel B. Pollak out of their anti-Israel encampment.



Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart News



Following the incident, Pollak addressed members of the media at the scene, telling them, “This is the First Amendment, and all of you [journalists] should be in there, refusing to let them assault journalists.”



“This is a violation of the First Amendment. They claim they stand for freedom in Palestine, but they’re violating the most basic freedoms of the United States Constitution,” he added.

Additional video at link