- Isra Hirsi, daughter of progressive “Squad” representative Ilhan Omar, was suspended from her university for participating in an anti-Israel protest
- “Those of us in the Gaza solidarity camp will not be intimidated,” Hirsi said
The daughter of progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar was suspended from her college after protesting at an anti-Israel demonstration on the Columbia University campus, according to posts on her social media.
She posted that she was one of three students “suspended for showing solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide.”
His suspension comes as Columbia University has been rocked by pro-Palestinian protests over the past two days, leading to several arrests and fights.
“(I am) a CU Apartheid Divest organizer @ColumbiaSJP, in my 3 years at @BarnardCollege I have never been reprimanded or received any disciplinary warnings,” the Democrat’s daughter posted on X.
“I just received notice that I am one of three students suspended for showing solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide.”
“I am one of three students suspended for showing solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide,” the Democrat’s daughter posted on X.
Isra Hirsi (second from left) poses with her mother, Rep. Ilhan Omar (center)
“Those of us in the Gaza solidarity camp will not be intimidated,” another message from Hirsi said.
“We will remain resolute until our demands are met. our demands include divestment from companies complicit in genocide, transparency of @Columbia investments, and COMPLETE amnesty for all students facing repression.
In recent days, dozens of students have set up tents and camped on the university’s South Lawn, across from its iconic Butler Library.
About sixty tents dotted the lawn, some displaying two large signs declaring “liberated zone” and “Gaza solidarity camp.”
In a video from Wednesday, pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters clashed outside the school as one person shouted, “We are Hamas!” while a man with an Israeli flag on his back and a yamaka on his head walked past her.
At least five people were arrested this week as a fight broke out at the school just a day after the president was accused by congressional lawmakers of running a “hotbed of anti-Semitism and hatred.”
Columbia University President Nemat Shafik was accused of running a hotbed of anti-Semitism during a congressional hearing Wednesday on her handling of pro-Palestinian protests on campus.
Ivy League chief defended ‘peaceful’ protests and students’ right to free speech amid wave of anti-Semitic rhetoric since the start of the Gaza war that led to Harvard president’s resignation , Claudine Gay, and Yale President Liz Magill.
But House Republican Party Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., accused Columbia leaders of refusing “to enforce their own policies and condemn Jewish hatred on campus, thereby creating a fertile ground for anti-Semitism and a hotbed of support for terrorism from radicalized professors and professors.” students.’
“Those of us in the Gaza solidarity camp will not be intimidated,” Hirsi said.
Earlier Wednesday, hundreds of Columbia University students staged a sit-in on campus in a show of “solidarity with Gaza” hours before Shafik was due to testify before the College’s Education and Workforce Committee. the House of Representatives over rampant anti-Semitic remarks on campus.
But Shafik insisted she has worked aggressively to combat anti-Semitism on campus, including holding more than 200 meetings on the topic, hosting daily campus security team meetings and working with the New York Police Department and FBI when hate crimes occur on campus.
She said the “vast majority” of protests on campus have been “peaceful” and said the college is focused on respecting free speech, but “cannot and should not tolerate abuse of this commitment to harassment and discrimination.”
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