Ilhan Omar, daughter appear at Columbia University encampment amid nationwide anti-Israel protests

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and her daughter, Isra Hirsi, appeared Thursday astatine an anti-Israel encampment that was acceptable up connected Columbia University's field successful New York City.

Photos from the duo's quality connected Columbia's field showed a smiling Omar lasting alongside her girl arsenic they interacted with different radical who were participating successful the demonstration's efforts connected campus.

Omar's accomplishment connected the school's field comes arsenic several colleges and universities astir the United States brace for what is yet to travel arsenic much and much anti-Israel protests expanse the nation.

Hirsi announced past week successful a station connected societal media that she had been suspended from Barnard College for her engagement successful anti-Israel demonstrations connected Columbia University’s campus. Law enforcement sources aboriginal confirmed to Fox News that Hirsi had been arrested and issued a summons for trespassing.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and her daughter, Isra Hirsi, were spotted successful New York City connected Thursday mingling with individuals astatine an anti-Israel encampment that was acceptable up connected Columbia University's campus. (Getty Images, Fox News)

Omar praised her daughter pursuing the suspension, saying she was "enormously proud" of Hirsi for lasting "against genocide."

"She has ever led with courageousness and compassion, from organizing a statewide schoolhouse locomotion retired connected the 20th day of Columbine astatine the property of 15, to starring the biggest younker clime rally astatine our nation’s Capitol astatine 16, and present pushing her schoolhouse to basal against genocide," Omar wrote successful a station to X. "Stepping up to alteration what you can’t tolerate is wherefore we arsenic a state person the close to speech, assembly, and petition enshrined successful our constitution."

Dozens of anti-Israel activists began demonstrating astatine Columbia University past week, creating a radical of encampments connected the main tract successful protestation of Israel's warfare against Hamas. Fiery protests person continued with calls for an intifada and the decease of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Omar, whose views connected Israel person been repeatedly criticized by her Republican colleagues successful Congress, suggested Wednesday that the Gaza cease-fire encampments astatine Columbia University are being "co-opted and made to look bad" by nationalist officials and members of the media.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar's daughter, Isra Hirsi, left, said Thursday she was suspended from Barnard College pursuing her engagement successful an anti-Israel protestation connected Columbia University’s field successful New York City. (Getty Images)

"Throughout history, protests were co-opted and made to look atrocious truthful constabulary and nationalist leaders would unopen them down. That’s what we are seeing present astatine Columbia University," Omar wrote connected X.

"The Columbia protesters person made wide their demands and privation their schoolhouse not to beryllium complacent successful the ongoing Genocide successful Gaza. Public officials and media making this astir thing other are inflaming the concern and request to bring calmness and sanity back."

Social media videos from the anti-Israel objection that’s been staged for days connected Columbia’s field amusement activists cheering connected the deaths of Israeli soldiers and showing enactment for Hamas. Jewish students person reported feeling unsafe connected field and shared stories of being verbally and physically assaulted.

Columbia University, wherever students person acceptable up an encampment to protestation the actions of Israel, is shown successful New York connected April 24, 2024. (Getty Images)

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"They were pushing and shoving me… They threw rocks astatine my face. At that moment, my beingness was wholly threatened. And determination was nary information authorization connected campus," 1 pupil told NY1 over the weekend.

Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.