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New York Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman, some members of "The Squad," were seen Friday mingling with anti-Israel agitators astatine Columbia University, wherever "support" was offered to those successful the encampment established to protestation the Israeli military's actions successful Gaza.
In 1 video shared connected societal media, a smiling Ocasio-Cortez is shown speaking with those wrong the encampment and offering her "support" for those who person go engaged successful the protest.
Photographs of Bowman besides circulated connected societal media, showing the cheerful New York Democrat listening to those who were taking portion successful the encampment protest. His quality astatine the schoolhouse came aft helium reportedly attended a Thursday evening Biden run fundraiser successful Westchester County, wherever helium was recognized for his attendance by the president.
The visits by Ocasio-Cortez and Bowman to Columbia's field successful New York City came 1 time aft Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar – different salient subordinate of the "The Squad" – traveled to the schoolhouse to amusement her enactment for the students who are taking portion successful a radical of encampments connected the main tract successful protestation of Israel's warfare against Hamas.
ILHAN OMAR, DAUGHTER APPEAR AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ENCAMPMENT AMID NATIONWIDE ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTS
‘Squad’ Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., were seen connected Friday mingling with anti-Israel agitators astatine Columbia University. (Getty Images)
Omar was joined successful her sojourn to the schoolhouse by her daughter, Isra Hirsi, who was suspended past week from Barnard College for her engagement successful anti-Israel demonstrations connected Columbia's campus.
The appearances by the 3 progressive "Squad" Democrats travel arsenic respective colleges and universities astir the United States brace for what is yet to travel arsenic much and much anti-Israel protests expanse the nation.
Ocasio-Cortez has been an ardent defender of those protesting Israel connected assemblage campuses successful antithetic corners of the United States. In a Tuesday station connected X, Ocasio-Cotez wrote, "Calling successful constabulary enforcement connected nonviolent demonstrations of young students connected field is an escalatory, reckless, and unsafe act. It represents a heinous nonaccomplishment of enactment that puts people’s lives astatine risk. I condemn it successful the strongest imaginable terms."
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., leaves Columbia University aft visiting the anti-Israel encampment connected April 26, 2024, successful New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)
Her rhetoric came arsenic chaos connected Columbia's field ignited concerns among the Jewish assemblage arsenic they feared for students' safety. One rabbi adjacent warned Jewish students to permission campus, cautioning that the NYPD "cannot warrant your safety."
Anti-Israel protesters, meanwhile, person been heard chanting "Al-Qassam, you marque america proud, termination different worker now!" "We accidental justice, you accidental how. Burn Tel Aviv to the ground!" and "Hamas, we emotion you. We enactment your rockets, too!"
Dozens of anti-Israel activists began demonstrating astatine Columbia University past week. (Peter Gerber)
Dozens of anti-Israel activists began demonstrating astatine Columbia University past week. Fiery protests person continued determination and astatine different schools crossed the country, with respective issuing 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.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and her daughter, Isra Hirsi, were spotted successful New York City connected Thursday during their quality astatine an anti-Israel encampment that was acceptable up connected Columbia University's campus. (Getty Images, Fox News)
"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.
Social media videos from the anti-Israel objection that has 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.
"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," one pupil told NY1over the weekend.
Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind, Taylor Penley and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
Kyle Morris covers authorities for Fox News. Story tips tin beryllium sent via email and connected X: @RealKyleMorris.
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