Faculty members at Morehouse College, one of the country&#8217;s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), are worried about a planned commencement speech by President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> planned for next month amid student protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
Kendrick Brown, the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the college in Georgia, wrote an email to staff that said he &#8220;received an inquiry from concerned faculty about rumors they were hearing about President Biden’s selection as the 2024 Commencement speaker,” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-speak-morehouse-college-commencement-rcna148870" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to NBC News</a>.
A virtual meeting was planned for Thursday &#8220;to extend an opportunity for faculty with different perspectives on the selection of our Commencement speaker to ask questions and make comments,&#8221; Brown wrote, adding that students &#8220;also will engage&#8221; with college President David Thomas. He concluded, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/joe-biden-morehouse-college/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per CNN</a>, &#8220;Please know going into this conversation that the College does not plan to rescind its accepted invitation to President Biden.&#8221;
The speech is <a href="https://twitter.com/Morehouse/status/1782917316457488412" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scheduled</a> to happen on Sunday, May 19, on the college&#8217;s Century Campus. It would come as Biden is running for another term in the White House and polls show that young, black voters are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-campaign-performs-damage-control-as-black-voters-break-away" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not as energized</a> about him as they were in 2020 and may be warming up to former President Donald Trump. Biden also has plans to <a href="https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-04-23/west-point-biden-commencement-cadets-army-13634051.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speak</a> at West Point&#8217;s graduation on May 25.
Morehouse students <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19sfxl1eZWg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who spoke with WXIA-TV</a>, an NBC affiliate in Atlanta, shared mixed reactions to the commencement speech plans. One sophomore reportedly told the news outlet that he does not support the president speaking at the college, citing the Biden administration&#8217;s support of Israel amid its months-long fight against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. &#8220;At the end of the day, this is kind of like something that&#8217;s on his political agenda to kind of maybe get more young, black voters,&#8221; he added.
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As reported by <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/biden-speak-morehouse-commencement-election-year-spotlight-front-109536560" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Associated Press</a>, Morehouse alumni circulated a letter that was critical of the decision to let the president speak, alluding to the U.S. stance in the Israel-Hamas conflict. The letter said Morehouse should &#8220;reconsider its attachment&#8221; to Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who attended the school and held the stance that &#8220;war is a hell that diminishes&#8221; humanity, if it does not rescind its invitation to Biden.
Anti-Israel protests have sprung up on college campuses around the country, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/demand-a-refund-critics-slam-columbia-univ-as-anti-israel-protests-force-hybrid-classes-until-years-end" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Columbia University</a>, leading to arrests and suspensions. Biden <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/22/biden-condemns-anti-semitic-protests-and-absence-of-palestinian-empathy-too-00153709" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters on Monday that he condemns the &#8220;anti-Semitic protests.&#8221; He added, &#8220;I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.&#8221;
Biden has been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/politics/biden-gaza-protesters.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confronted</a> by protesters at past events in the months since Hamas launched deadly attacks on Israel on October 7 of last year. One rally was repeatedly <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-interrupted-protesters-dozen-campaign-rally-rcna135372" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disrupted</a> by  protesters in January. In March, pro-Palestinian demonstrators interrupted the president&#8217;s remarks, leading Biden to say they <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/politics/biden-gaza-protesters.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;have a point.&#8221;</a>
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So far, the White House has not given any indication that Biden will skip the commencement speech at Morehouse. His deputy press secretary, Andrew Bates, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/joe-biden-morehouse-college/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters on Tuesday that the &#8220;president looks forward to speaking to graduates on their special day and thanking their parents, friends, and loved ones for all of their support.&#8221;

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) attempted to run defense for the anti-Israel protesters — a group that includes her daughter, Barnard student Isra Hirsi — and got hit with an immediate wave of backlash.
Omar, whose daughter was among the students who were suspended and detained for their participation in anti-semitic protests on Columbia University&#8217;s campus, defended the protests in an X post, claiming that the protests had been &#8220;co-opted&#8221; and that was the real reason they looked bad.
&#8220;Throughout history, protests were co-opted and made to look bad so police and public leaders would shut them down. That’s what we are seeing now at Columbia University,&#8221; Omar said. &#8220;The Columbia protesters have made clear their demands and want their school not to be complacent in the ongoing Genocide in Gaza. Public officials and media making this about anything else are inflaming the situation and need to bring calmness and sanity back.&#8221;
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Throughout history, protests were co-opted and made to look bad so police and public leaders would shut them down. That’s what we are seeing now at Columbia University. The Columbia protesters have made clear their demands and want their school not to be complacent in the ongoing…
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Omar&#8217;s efforts to spin the anti-semitic protests were quickly met with rebuttals from critics, many of whom pointed out the fact that protesters were on camera shouting and chanting slogans that called for the genocide of the Jews and the destruction of Israel.
&#8220;Inventing a conspiracy to blame the antisemitism and terror support of the protestors on police and others doesn’t work when everyone can see the truth &#8230;&#8221; AG (@aghamilton29) posted, adding, &#8220;It’s almost hilarious the extent to which the defenders of the antisemitic mobs at Columbia are completely reliant on pretending the numerous videos and the witness testimony from Jewish students simply don’t exist to preserve their narratives.&#8221;
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You realize there is video, right?
Inventing a conspiracy to blame the antisemitism and terror support of the protestors on police and others doesn’t work when everyone can see the truth… <a href="https://t.co/0F3KxVUWKc">https://t.co/0F3KxVUWKc</a>
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Rep. Anthony D&#8217;Esposito (R-NY) added, &#8220;Ilhan, there’s video. Lots of it. These antisemites don’t need police &amp; public leaders to make them look bad. They’re doing that all by themselves. Only demands should be: Hamas, surrender; Release the hostages.&#8221;
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Ilhan, there’s video. Lots of it.
These antisemites don’t need police &amp; public leaders to make them look bad.
They’re doing that all by themselves. 
Only demands should be: -Hamas, surrender. -Release the hostages. <a href="https://t.co/o6QUnNpFPZ">https://t.co/o6QUnNpFPZ</a>
&mdash; Anthony P. D&#39;Esposito (@ANTHONYDESPO) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANTHONYDESPO/status/1782522309170925942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Referencing Columbia&#8217;s move to remote learning on Monday due to the increased tensions on campus, Erielle Azerrad pointed out: &#8220;Jews are studying remotely because of Omar’s daughter.&#8221;
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Jews are studying remotely because of Omar’s daughter. <a href="https://t.co/Z1wgdsOT4t">https://t.co/Z1wgdsOT4t</a>
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&#8220;Nothing was co-opted here,&#8221; Pradheep Shankar said. &#8220;These idiots were always fascists and antisemites (including her daughter). Nothing has changed since the evening of 10/7. The Columbia protester demands are irrelevant, because they are nonsense, and they should ignored. Kick them out.&#8221;
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Nothing was co-opted here.
These idiots were always fascists and antisemites (including her daughter). Nothing has changed since the evening of 10/7. The Columbia protester demands are irrelevant, because they are nonsense, and they should ignored. Kick them out. <a href="https://t.co/j1cBe7DCM8">https://t.co/j1cBe7DCM8</a>
&mdash; Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D. (@neoavatara) <a href="https://twitter.com/neoavatara/status/1782455937762009393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Holds A Rally Demanding Democratic Leadership Censure President Trump Over Inciting Violence

Ilhan Omar Tries To Defend Columbia Protesters (And Her Daughter), And It Backfires Immediately

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Over the past several days, we have witnessed Columbia University, one of the oldest institutions of higher education in America, transform into a hellscape of virulent anti-Semitism masked under the thinly veiled guise of anti-Israel protests. 
The quad where I so fondly remember spending my days as an undergraduate is now home to a university-sanctioned encampment of hate, sequestering Columbia’s Jewish community into their dorm rooms — and even leaving campus entirely — in fear of their physical safety. New York Mayor Eric Adams’ <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1782169502118969434">offers</a> to activate the NYPD to dispel the pro-Palestinian mob have fallen on deaf ears with university administrators, including President Minouche Shafik. Unfortunately, this unfolding chaos is just a new chapter of anti-Semitism that has long been embedded in the culture at Columbia and other elite universities nationwide.
As an American Jew, I was proud to serve as president of Columbia’s largest pro-Israel group, then known as LionPAC, during my junior year in 2010-2011. My tenure involved routinely responding to a variety of protests against the Jewish state. Mock “apartheid walls” and cardboard cutouts of Israeli tanks were erected on Low Steps. Holocaust deniers, hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine, spoke freely under the infinite confines of “academic freedom”. And students simply trying to walk to class were subjected to “die ins” on College Walk, where anti-Israel activists donning fake IDF uniforms and machine guns would pretend to slaughter Palestinians, who would lay lifeless on the ground for minutes on end. These charades were no surprise at a university that hosted one of the world’s most prolific Holocaust deniers, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and tenured Professor Joseph Massad, who <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/content/just-another-battle-or-palestinian-war-liberation/38661">called</a> Hamas’ October 7th slaughter of innocent Israeli Jews a “stunning” and “astonishing” display of “Palestinian resistance”.
In other words, today’s protests are a natural manifestation of Columbia’s seemingly limitless tolerance for anti-Semitism. There is ample room for reasonable debate about the war between Hamas and Israel and the Israeli government’s policies vis-à-vis Palestinians. That is not the goal of these demonstrations. Jewish students are being verbally assaulted with calls to “go back to Europe,” and rather than clearing the encampment, Columbia has instead cancelled in person classes to the detriment of all students.
In my experience, Columbia’s pro-Israel faculty have always eschewed public activism out of fear of professional exile or termination. Columbia Business School assistant professor Shai Davidai, who has been heroically outspoken about the horrific conditions on campus and the administration’s abject failure to protect students, on Monday was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-israel-professor-denied-entry-at-columbia-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied entry</a> to campus. Meanwhile, anti-Israel professors are allowed to freely celebrate terrorism and promulgate genocide with little to no repercussions.
At best, Columbia’s feckless administration is demonstrating a shocking inability to distinguish between free speech and hate speech. At worst, they are complicit in an egregious, coordinated effort to harass and bully Jewish students to flee campus altogether — a tactic employed from time immemorial against the Jewish people.
President Shafik’s young tenure at the helm of Columbia will be defined by what she does next. She can either continue to protect those espousing unfettered anti-Semitism, imperiling the safety of its students and their ability to attend classes. Or she can use this moment to send a message that those who call for genocide against the Jewish people will not enjoy safe harbor at Columbia.
This week, Jews around the globe will come together to celebrate Passover by retelling the story of the ancient Israelites’ enslavement and exile in Egypt. Now is the moment to prove that the suffering of our ancestors was not endured in vain. The Jewish people must remain steadfast and resolute against those who seek our destruction.
I commend the bravery of Professor Davidai and those Jewish students on campus who refuse to be intimidated by these hateful masses. The answer is not to retreat, but no student should ever be forced to choose between their physical safety and attending classes. President Shafik must allow the NYPD to disperse these mobs, arrest those who refuse to leave, and restore order to an institution that once stood as a hallmark of America’s promise.
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Michael Shapiro, Columbia University Class of 2012, is a former communications advisor and speechwriter for House Speaker Paul D. Ryan.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Pro-Palestinian Protests Continue At Columbia University In New York City

I Used To Run Columbia’s Pro-Israel Group. This Anti-Semitism Is Nothing New.

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A pro-Israel professor at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/columbia-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Columbia University</a> declared on Monday that he was denied entry while making his way to lead a sit-in at the campus site where anti-Israel demonstrators have set up camp.
Shai Davidai, an assistant <a href="https://business.columbia.edu/faculty/people/shai-davidai" target="_blank" rel="noopener">professor</a> in the Management Division of Columbia Business School, can be seen in one video posted to social media <a href="https://twitter.com/luketress/status/1782407863282926014" target="_blank" rel="noopener">telling onlookers</a> outside a gate that the university had deactivated his ID card.
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Columbia has deactivated Shai Davidai’s ID, he is blocked from campus <a href="https://t.co/38pIgdDFf3">pic.twitter.com/38pIgdDFf3</a>
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In another, Davidai confronted Columbia University COO Cas Holloway, who responded by telling Davidai that he would be allowed to hold his own demonstration on the Math Lawn, which is separate from the lawn where pro-Palestinian protesters have set up their so-called <a href="https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/04/19/gaza-solidarity-encampment-enters-third-day-following-mass-arrests/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Liberation Zone.&#8221;</a>
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&quot;You can not let people who support Hamas on campus, and me, a professor, not on campus &#8211; let me in!&quot; &#8211; Shai Davidai shouted outside of the Columbia University gates attempting to go inside the &#39;Liberated Zone&#39; encampment with his supporters.
Video by <a href="https://twitter.com/yyeeaahhhboiii2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@yyeeaahhhboiii2</a>… <a href="https://t.co/zE25gzzUJm">pic.twitter.com/zE25gzzUJm</a>
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&#8220;Earlier today, [Columbia University] refused to let me onto campus. Why? Because they cannot protect my safety as a Jewish professor. This is 1938,&#8221; Davidai <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaiDavidai/status/1782432139474043117" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X.
The Daily Wire reached out to Columbia University seeking comment.
Last week, students began to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/us/columbia-university-protests-classes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">erect tents</a> on a central campus lawn at Columbia and insisted they would not leave until the university meets their demands, including divestiture from companies that have ties to Israel, according to The New York Times. Police arrested more than <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/nyregion/arrested-columbia-students-suspended.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 students</a> for refusing to leave and the participants also face suspensions, but the protest activity has persisted for nearly a week.
Holloway <a href="https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/news/enhanced-safety-measures-morningside-campus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> &#8220;enhanced safety measures&#8221; on Sunday that included an increase in police patrols, private security, and tighter ID checks at campus security to address the &#8220;gathering of large crowds on campus and around the Morningside perimeter are causing considerable disruption and distress.&#8221;
After a campus rabbi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-rabbi-warns-of-extreme-antisemitism-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-asap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> Jewish students to go home due to the &#8220;extreme antisemitism and anarchy&#8221; that the university and New York Police Department could not contain, Columbia shifted to remote learning on Monday before the Passover holiday was set to begin at sundown.
&#8220;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,&#8221; Columbia University Minouche Shafik said in a statement. &#8220;Faculty and staff who can work remotely should do so; essential personnel should report to work according to university policy. Our preference is that students who do not live on campus will not come to campus.&#8221;
Over the weekend, Davidai shared to X a message that he sent to university leadership stating that he planned to go to campus on Monday and sit &#8220;peacefully right in the center of the illegal encampment that you have allowed the pro-Hamas mob to establish in the middle of campus.&#8221;
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The message, which was included in a screen grab, said several Jewish and Israeli students, faculty, and staff would join him. Davidai said he was requesting a police escort of at least 10 officers. New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov <a href="https://twitter.com/InnaVernikov/status/1782042799418040826" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to the post by tagging the New York City Police Department and saying that she is &#8220;requesting escort for this group and will make an official request.&#8221;
On Monday, before the confrontation on campus, Davidai posted a response he received from Holloway saying that his event could be held on the Math Lawn and that public safety officers would be present for Davidai and his students.
Davidai <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaiDavidai/status/1782376296984547635" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the response was &#8220;nothing more than a continuation of six months of gaslighting and degrading the Jewish community of&#8221; Columbia University and <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaiDavidai/status/1782376674530570610/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">encouraged</a> people to bring Israeli and American flags in an effort to create a &#8220;safe space for Jewish and Zionist students on campus and standing up against terrorism.&#8221;
The National Review <a href="https://twitter.com/zach_kessel/status/1782438104277590089?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> a different message that Holloway emailed to Davidai earlier in the morning on Monday that said the professor was &#8220;not permitted to enter the West Lawn&#8221; while citing &#8220;the obvious risk to the safety of students and other members of our community.&#8221;

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A top House Republican is calling on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/columbia-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Columbia University</a> in New York City to expel any students and faculty members found to have been harassing Jewish students as pro-Palestinian protests take place around the school&#8217;s campus.
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the Education and the Workforce Committee, <a href="https://edworkforce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=410478" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent a letter</a> on Sunday to Columbia University President Minouche Shafik demanding action. On Monday, the Ivy League school moved to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge?topStoryPosition=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remote learning</a> after a rabbi for Columbia and its partner school Barnard College <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-rabbi-warns-of-extreme-antisemitism-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-asap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> Jewish students to go home due to the &#8220;extreme antisemitism and anarchy&#8221; that the university and New York Police Department could not contain.
&#8220;I am gravely concerned by the ongoing chaos at Columbia University caused by the radical, unlawful Gaza Solidarity Encampment, which has now entered its fifth day,&#8221; Foxx said, adding later, &#8220;Multiple Jewish students have already sought shelter off-campus. Columbia’s continued failure to restore order and safety promptly to campus constitutes a major breach of the University’s Title VI obligations, upon which federal financial assistance is contingent, and which must immediately be rectified. If you do not rectify this danger, then the Committee will not hesitate in holding you accountable.&#8221;
The New York Times reported that students <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/us/columbia-university-protests-classes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">erected tents</a> on a central campus lawn at Columbia and insisted they would not leave until the university meets their demands, including divestiture from companies that have ties to Israel, which is fighting a war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip after Hamas committed deadly attacks in Israel on October 7 of last year and took people hostage.
“The encampment and related activities have resulted in widespread antisemitic harassment and intimidation, assaults, frequent celebration of terrorism, and major disruptions of Columbia’s learning environment,&#8221; Foxx said, continuing later, &#8220;The Committee is aware of multiple Jewish students seeking shelter off-campus due to their well-founded fears regarding their physical safety and continuing to be subjected to what is clearly a hostile environment.&#8221;
Examples included: &#8220;Protestors screamed &#8216;go back to Poland!&#8217; and &#8216;yehudim, yehudim [which translates to Jews, Jews]&#8217; at Jewish Columbia students trying to leave campus&#8221;; protesters shoving a student who attempted to recover a stolen Israeli flag that they tried to burn and screaming at him, &#8216;You&#8217;ve got blood on your hands!'&#8221;; and a protester &#8220;immediately outside Columbia’s gates shouted at two Jewish students, &#8216;Never forget the 7th of October. That will happen not one more time, not five more times, not 10&#8230;100…1000…10,000&#8230;The 7th of October is going to be every day for you.&#8221;
Last Wednesday, during testimony before Foxx&#8217;s committee, Shafik <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/antisemitism-on-college-campuses-columbia-university-president-shafik-testifies-before-congress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified</a> that anti-Semitism has &#8220;no place on our campus&#8221; and was &#8220;personally committed to doing everything I can to confront it directly.&#8221; On Thursday, Shafik <a href="https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/news/letter-nypd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> police in a letter that all university students participating in the encampment have been informed they were suspended as they were not authorized to be on university property and were trespassing.  Police have arrested more than <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/nyregion/arrested-columbia-students-suspended.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 students</a> at Columbia University for refusing to leave. Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and a Barnard student, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/photos-show-ilhan-omars-daughter-arrested-for-refusing-to-leave-anti-israel-encampment-at-columbia-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detained</a> and later said she had been suspended along with others over their activism.
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“This situation is unacceptable, and it is imperative that Columbia’s leaders restore order and safety without further delay, in line with their commitments before the Committee at its April 17 hearing,&#8221; Foxx said in her letter.  &#8220;Columbia is failing to deliver on these commitments, as Jewish students are being harassed, assaulted, threatened, and intimidated to the point where they are departing campus for safer environments.&#8221;
Foxx said the &#8220;students, faculty, and staff responsible for this mayhem, including members of the groups Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Columbia University Apartheid Divest, and Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, repeatedly and flagrantly have violated multiple University rules, and in many cases, federal law. The University must decisively hold them accountable in a manner commensurate with the severity of their offenses, including expulsion and termination of employment.&#8221;

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

House Education Chair Demands Columbia University Expulsions

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Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested at Yale University in Connecticut on Monday, police said, making for another law enforcement crackdown on an anti-Israel demonstration at an Ivy League school in the past week.
Anthony Campbell, the chief of the Yale Police Department, <a href="https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/04/22/live-police-begin-arresting-pro-divestment-protesters-on-beinecke-plaza/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the Yale Daily News</a> that 40-45 people had been detained and charged with trespassing, a Class A misdemeanor.
Police had warned the protesters on Sunday night that they would be arrested if they did not vacate Yale&#8217;s Beinecke Plaza where they had set up tents, Campbell added.
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Meanwhile, hundreds of protesters blocked off a local intersection, but a New Haven police officer <a href="https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/04/22/live-police-begin-arresting-pro-divestment-protesters-on-beinecke-plaza/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the Yale Daily News that</a> there were no plans for arrests so long as there was &#8220;no violence or threats or anything like that.&#8221;
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The more than 300 protesters continue to block the intersection. There were more than 40 officers on the scene; they have now almost all entered the Schwarzman Center rotunda and are not allowing students inside. <a href="https://t.co/DcS22fqqrs">pic.twitter.com/DcS22fqqrs</a>
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Protesters have reportedly been demanding Yale divest from military weapons manufacturers and chanting in solidarity with the Palestinians as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
University President Peter Salovey issued a <a href="https://president.yale.edu/president/statements/our-commitment-campus-safety-peaceful-assembly-and-civil-discourse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">message</a> on Sunday stating that Yale would &#8220;pursue disciplinary actions&#8221; for those found to be violating the school&#8217;s policies.
&#8220;Putting up structures, defying the directives of university officials, staying in campus spaces past allowed times, and other acts that violate university policies and guidelines create safety hazards and impede the work of our university,&#8221; Salovey said.
He added, &#8220;We are continuing to speak with students who are participating in protests so they understand the disciplinary consequences of actions that violate Yale’s policies.&#8221;
Salovey also said that most of the students have been protesting peacefully but noted that he was &#8220;aware of reports of egregious behavior, such as intimidation and harassment, pushing those in crowds, removal of the plaza flag, and other harmful acts.&#8221;
Yale University &#8220;does not tolerate actions, including remarks, that threaten, harass, or intimidate members of the university’s Jewish, Muslim, and other communities,&#8221; Salovey said.
&#8220;The Yale Police Department is investigating each report, and we will take action when appropriate, including making referrals for student discipline,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We are providing support to affected students.&#8221;
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Similar demonstrations are taking place on other university campuses across the United States, including at the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/mit-emerson-college-students-pro-palestinian-camps-columbia-university-protests-israel-gaza-war/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> and other Boston-area institutions.
At Columbia University in New York City, police have arrested more than <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/nyregion/arrested-columbia-students-suspended.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 students</a> for refusing to leave an encampment. On Monday, Columbia moved to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remote learning</a> to &#8220;deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps,&#8221; the school&#8217;s president said.
Over the weekend, President <a href="https://twitter.com/HerbieZiskend46/status/1782166786563092763" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>, House Speaker <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1782164781002113290" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson (R-LA)</a>, New York City Democratic Mayor <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1782169499774377999" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a>, and other leaders issued statements condemning acts of anti-Semitism that have been witnessed on campus and beyond.

Sterling Divinity Quadrangle, Yale Divinity School, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Police Arrest Dozens Of Anti-Israel Protesters At Yale

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Columbia University in New York City moved to remote learning on Monday because of safety concerns stemming from pro-Palestinian protests that have unsettled the Ivy League school&#8217;s <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2024/04/for-the-first-time-people-were-truly-afraid-antisemitism-hits-boiling-point-at-columbia-university/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jewish population</a> as the Passover holiday is set to begin.
Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University, announced the move in a <a href="https://president.columbia.edu/news/statement-columbia-university-president-minouche-shafik-4-22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> calling for a &#8220;reset&#8221; after a rabbi for Columbia and its partner school Barnard College <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-rabbi-warns-of-extreme-antisemitism-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-asap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> Jewish students to go home due to the &#8220;extreme antisemitism and anarchy&#8221; that the university and New York Police Department could not contain.
&#8220;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,&#8221; Shafik said early Monday morning. &#8220;Faculty and staff who can work remotely should do so; essential personnel should report to work according to university policy. Our preference is that students who do not live on campus will not come to campus.&#8221;
Shafik said school officials will try to resolve the situation in the coming days. &#8220;That includes continuing discussions with the student protestors and identifying actions we can take as a community to enable us to peacefully complete the term and return to respectful engagement with each other,&#8221; the president added.
Shafik also claimed in her statement that tensions at her school &#8220;have been exploited and amplified by individuals who are not affiliated with Columbia who have come to campus to pursue their own agendas.&#8221;
The New York Times reported that students have <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/us/columbia-university-protests-classes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">erected tents</a> on a central campus lawn at Columbia and insisted they would not leave until the university meets their demands, including divestiture from companies that have ties to Israel, which is fighting a war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip after Hamas committed deadly attacks in Israel last October and took people hostage.
Over the past week, police arrested more than <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/nyregion/arrested-columbia-students-suspended.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 students</a> at Columbia University for refusing to leave. Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and a Barnard student, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/photos-show-ilhan-omars-daughter-arrested-for-refusing-to-leave-anti-israel-encampment-at-columbia-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detained</a> and later said she had been suspended along with others over their activism.
CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper reported on Sunday that Rabbi Elie Buechler, who is <a href="https://columbiabarnardhillel.org/staff/elie-buechler/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">part</a> of the Orthodox Union&#8217;s Jewish Learning Initiative On Campus and works with the Hillel group for Columbia and its partner school Barnard College, warned students to stay home.
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In response to “horrific” scenes of antisemitic harassment at and around campus, the Orthodox Rabbi at Columbia/Barnard sent a WhatsApp message to more than 290+ Jewish students this morning recommending that they go home until it’s safe again for them on campus: <a href="https://t.co/uqAntEICLv">pic.twitter.com/uqAntEICLv</a>
&mdash; Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1782045735736820222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;What we are witnessing in and around campus is terrible and tragic,&#8221; Buechler wrote. &#8220;The events of the last few days, especially last night, have made it clear that Columbia University’s Public Safety and the NYPD cannot guarantee Jewish students’ safety in the face of extreme antisemitism and anarchy.&#8221;
He continued, &#8220;It deeply pains me to say that I would strongly recommend you return home as soon as possible and remain home until the reality in and around campus has dramatically improved. It is not our job as Jews to ensure our own safety on campus. No one should have to endure this level of hatred, let alone at school.&#8221;
Tapper said Buechler&#8217;s warning was sent to 293 primarily Orthodox Jewish students as a personal message in response to the &#8220;just horrific&#8221; videos of &#8220;protesters on campus calling for Jews to be killed, just off campus Jews being yelled at to &#8216;go back to Poland,&#8217; text messages I&#8217;m getting constantly from Jewish students about how unsafe they feel.&#8221;
Over the weekend, President <a href="https://twitter.com/HerbieZiskend46/status/1782166786563092763" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>, House Speaker <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1782164781002113290" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson (R-LA)</a>, New York City Democratic Mayor <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1782169499774377999" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a>, and other leaders issued statements condemning acts of anti-Semitism that have been witnessed on campus and beyond.
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Cas Holloway, chief operating officer at Columbia University, <a href="https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/news/enhanced-safety-measures-morningside-campus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Sunday &#8220;enhanced safety measures&#8221; that included an increase in police patrols, private security, and tighter ID checks at campus security to address the &#8220;gathering of large crowds on campus and around the Morningside perimeter are causing considerable disruption and distress.&#8221;
Shai Davidai, an assistant professor in the Management Division of Columbia Business School, <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaiDavidai/status/1782376674530570610/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> plans on social media to have a peaceful sit-in on Monday morning at the so-called &#8220;Liberation Zone&#8221; where protesters have set up camp. He encouraged people to bring Israeli and American flags in an effort to create a &#8220;safe space for Jewish and Zionist students on campus and standing up against terrorism.&#8221;

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators support “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” at Columbia University

Columbia University Moves To Remote Learning As Campus ‘Rancor’ Puts Jewish Students On Edge

Columbia University Moves To Remote Learning As Campus 'Rancor' Puts Jewish Students On Edge

An Orthodox rabbi at Columbia University urged Jewish students on Sunday to go home for their own safety following displays of &#8220;extreme antisemitism&#8221; around the New York City campus.
CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper reported Rabbi Elie Buechler, who is <a href="https://columbiabarnardhillel.org/staff/elie-buechler/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">part</a> of the Orthodox Union&#8217;s Jewish Learning Initiative On Campus and works with the Hillel group for Columbia and its partner school Barnard College, sent the message amid <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/columbia-university-protests-pro-palestinian-gaza-cease-fire-day-5/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">protests</a> in and around the Ivy League school in response to the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
&#8220;What we are witnessing in and around campus is terrible and tragic,&#8221; Buechler wrote. &#8220;The events of the last few days, especially last night, have made it clear that Columbia University’s Public Safety and the NYPD cannot guarantee Jewish students’ safety in the face of extreme antisemitism and anarchy.&#8221;
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In response to “horrific” scenes of antisemitic harassment at and around campus, the Orthodox Rabbi at Columbia/Barnard sent a WhatsApp message to more than 290+ Jewish students this morning recommending that they go home until it’s safe again for them on campus: <a href="https://t.co/uqAntEICLv">pic.twitter.com/uqAntEICLv</a>
&mdash; Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1782045735736820222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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He continued, &#8220;It deeply pains me to say that I would strongly recommend you return home as soon as possible and remain home until the reality in and around campus has dramatically improved. It is not our job as Jews to ensure our own safety on campus. No one should have to endure this level of hatred, let alone at school.&#8221;
Tapper said Buechler&#8217;s warning was sent to 293 primarily Orthodox Jewish students as a personal message in response to the &#8220;just horrific&#8221; videos of &#8220;protesters on campus calling for Jews to be killed, just off campus Jews being yelled at to &#8216;go back to Poland,&#8217; text messages I&#8217;m getting constantly from Jewish students about how unsafe they feel.&#8221;
As protest activity <a href="https://abc7ny.com/columbia-university-protests-3-people-arrested-during-continued-demonstrations-at-morningside-heights-campus-in-nyc/14708208/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stretched into the weekend</a>, Buechler added in his message, &#8220;I thought it important to state the severity of the situation.&#8221;
During the protests over the past week, police arrested more than <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/nyregion/arrested-columbia-students-suspended.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 students</a> at Columbia University for refusing to leave a pro-Palestinian encampment. Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and a Barnard student, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/photos-show-ilhan-omars-daughter-arrested-for-refusing-to-leave-anti-israel-encampment-at-columbia-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detained</a> and later said she had been suspended along with others over their activism.
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In a statement, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik <a href="https://president.columbia.edu/news/statement-columbia-university-president-minouche-shafik-4-18" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> she authorized the New York Police Department to clear an encampment from campus out of &#8220;an abundance of concern for the safety of Columbia&#8217;s campus&#8221; after students ignored notices of violations of rules and policies.
Shafik testified to Congress on Wednesday that anti-Semitism has &#8220;no place on our campus&#8221; and was &#8220;personally committed to doing everything I can to confront it directly,&#8221; adding that it &#8220;became clear&#8221; after Hamas attacked Israel in October that &#8220;these horrific events would ignite fear and anguish across our campus.&#8221;
Shai Davidai, an assistant professor in the Management Division of Columbia Business School, shared to X a message he sent to university leadership stating that he planned to go to campus on Monday and sit &#8220;peacefully right in the center of the illegal encampment that you have allowed the pro-Hamas mob to establish in the middle of campus.&#8221;
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I just send this message to the leadership at <a href="https://twitter.com/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Columbia</a> University. 
I am going to be on campus Monday morning and I am requesting police escort. 
Police escort for simply going to my own place of work. <a href="https://t.co/akhKvDPi5m">pic.twitter.com/akhKvDPi5m</a>
&mdash; Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaiDavidai/status/1782029397718892739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The message, which was included in a screen grab, said several Jewish and Israeli students, faculty, and staff would join him. Davidai said he was requesting a police escort of at least 10 officers.
New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov <a href="https://twitter.com/InnaVernikov/status/1782042799418040826" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to the post by tagging the New York City Police Department and saying that she is &#8220;requesting escort for this group and will make an official request.&#8221;
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ilhan-omar-is-enormously-proud-of-daughter-who-was-arrested-at-anti-israel-protest">Ilhan Omar Is &#8216;Enormously Proud&#8217; Of Daughter Who Was Arrested At Anti-Israel Protest</a>

Pro-Palestinian activists protest outside Columbia University

Columbia Rabbi Warns Of ‘Extreme Antisemitism,’ Advises Jewish Students To ‘Return Home ASAP’

Columbia Rabbi Warns Of 'Extreme Antisemitism,' Advises Jewish Students To 'Return Home ASAP'

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The daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Isra Hirsi, was suspended from Barnard College for taking part in the anti-Israel protests at its partner school, Columbia University, she announced in a social media post.
“I’m an organizer with CU Apartheid Divest<a href="https://twitter.com/ColumbiaSJP"> @ColumbiaSJP</a>, in my 3 years at<a href="https://twitter.com/BarnardCollege"> @BarnardCollege</a> i have never been reprimanded or received any disciplinary warnings,” Hirsi <a href="https://twitter.com/israhirsi/status/1780980484203327780" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>. “I just received notice that i am 1 of 3 students suspended for standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a genocide.”
In a follow-up <a href="https://twitter.com/israhirsi/status/1780980485679641037" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a>, Hirsi admitted that she took part in the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” which consists of protesters with tents occupying part of the university’s campus, a violation of school rules.
“Those of us in Gaza Solidarity Encampment will not be intimidated,” Hirsi said. “We will stand resolute until our demands are met. our demands include divestment from companies complicit in genocide, transparency of<a href="https://twitter.com/Columbia"> @Columbia</a>’s investments and FULL amnesty for all students facing repression.”
Barnard College <a href="https://barnard.edu/news/community-update">released a statement </a>confirming that students were suspended and more will be if they refuse to leave.
&#8220;This morning, April 18, we started to place identified Barnard students remaining in the encampment on interim suspension, and we will continue to do so,&#8221; the statement by the college&#8217;s senior staff said. &#8220;We have temporarily restricted access to certain outdoor spaces on our campus.&#8221;
Yesterday, Omar tweeted that she hopes the students who were being threatened with arrest and suspension are not “criminalized,&#8221; without disclosing that her daughter was one of the students. It&#8217;s unclear whether she was aware of her daughter&#8217;s participation.
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Columbia has always had an incredible history of students fighting for a more just world and it’s good to see that tradition continue. As NYPD surrounds young activists, I hope their concerns are heard by school administrators and they not be criminalized. In solidarity ✊🏽 <a href="https://t.co/UV8k3xltKT">pic.twitter.com/UV8k3xltKT</a>
&mdash; Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1780663997361983668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Columbia has always had an incredible history of students fighting for a more just world and it’s good to see that tradition continue,” the Congresswoman tweeted. “As NYPD surrounds young activists, I hope their concerns are heard by school administrators and they not be criminalized. In solidarity.”
Another Columbia student announced her suspension on Columbia’s Students for Justice in Palestine Instagram. 
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“Stay tuned for action items on supporting suspended students, two of which have been evicted from housing,” the group posted.
After being threatened by their administration, the students encouraged others to protest outside of the school in solidarity. Many agitators heeded the call and showed up, lit flares, and some were arrested, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-israel-agitators-light-flares-columbia-university-occupation">Fox News reported</a>.
Columbia’s president along with other representatives of the university testified before Congress on Wednesday, claiming that they are taking steps to improve the climate on campus.
Columbia University did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This article has been updated to include a statement from Barnard College.

College Suspends Ilhan Omar’s Daughter For Participating In Anti-Israel Protest At Columbia

Google fired 28 employees on Wednesday after they occupied an executive’s office in California and protested in the company’s New York building to demand the company stop doing business with Israel.
“They took over office spaces, defaced our property, and physically impeded the work of other Googlers,” Google vice president of global security, Chris Rackow, wrote in a company-wide memo. “Their behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive, and made coworkers feel threatened.” 
The protesting employees were initially placed on administrative leave while an investigation took place, and others <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/google-employees-arrested-while-occupying-ceos-office-with-anti-israel-demands">were arrested</a> after refusing to leave for more than eight hours.
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UPDATE: Google fired 28 of the protesting employees, according to a company wide memo by Google VP of global security Chris Rackow.
“If you’re one of the few who are tempted to think we’re going to overlook conduct that violates our policies, think again.” <a href="https://t.co/6FhPmK214J">https://t.co/6FhPmK214J</a> <a href="https://t.co/zjP25LzWnn">pic.twitter.com/zjP25LzWnn</a>
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The protests <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/google-employees-occupy-office-of-boss-until-contract-with-israel-is-dropped">were announced</a> in internal emails to employees that shared a list of demands, including that Google drop its $1.2 billion contract with Israel for Project Nimbus, a cloud-computing project of the Israeli government.
“Behavior like this has no place in our workplace and we will not tolerate it,” Rackow continued. “It clearly violates multiple policies that all employees must adhere to &#8230; we are a place of business and every Googler is expected to read our policies and apply them to how they conduct themselves and communicate in our workplace.”
<div id="attachment_725397" style="width: 862px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-725397" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-725397" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-16-at-10.01.08%E2%80%AFPM-852x576.png" alt="" width="852" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-16-at-10.01.08%E2%80%AFPM-852x576.png 852w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-16-at-10.01.08%E2%80%AFPM-300x203.png 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-16-at-10.01.08%E2%80%AFPM-768x519.png 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-16-at-10.01.08%E2%80%AFPM.png 1322w" sizes="(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px" />Google employees getting arrested in the company&#8217;s Sunnyvale, CA office for occupying the office of an executive to call for the company to terminate a contract with Israel.</div>
 
Rackow stated that most of Google’s roughly 180,000 employees “do the right thing,” adding a warning: “If you’re one of the few who are tempted to think we’re going to overlook conduct that violates our policies, think again.”
The protesting employees who occupied the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian livestreamed their protest on Twitch which showed them getting arrested by police after refusing to leave.
“It’s getting kinda late,” the man says. “I wanted to ask you, you know, to cooperate, you’ve been placed on admin leave and we’d like to see if you’d just voluntarily [leave] it’s been a while. Can you do that for us?”
<div id="attachment_724495" style="width: 525px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-724495" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-724495" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Cover-images-13-515x576.png" alt="" width="515" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Cover-images-13-515x576.png 515w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Cover-images-13-268x300.png 268w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Cover-images-13.png 717w" sizes="(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px" />Letter sent to Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, demanding the company drop its contract with Israel.</div>
When he threatens to call law enforcement, employees state that they understand. Seconds later, police walk into the office and detain them all before the livestream cuts off.
The demands made by protesters included that Google cease all “business with the Israeli apartheid government and military,” stop the “harassment, intimidation, bullying, and silencing” of Palestinian and Muslim employees, and address the “health and safety crisis” among workers who are rattled over their labor being used to “enable a genocide.”
The terminations appear to be Google’s first hard steps to clamp down on the apparent rampant anti-Semitism throughout Google’s workforce. In February, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kill-all-jews-google-grapples-with-internal-anti-semitism-in-months-since-hamas-attack">reported</a> on internal anti-Semitic incidents taking place at Google, including the words “kill all Jews” found written on a bathroom wall inside its offices, and a Jewish employee being assaulted by anti-Israel protesters on one of their campuses. The Daily Wire also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-google-employees-hijack-international-womens-day-event-to-bash-israel">reported</a> that a group of employees attempted to hijack an International Women’s Day event to bash Israel.
<div id="attachment_724479" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-724479" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-724479" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Cover-images-11-1024x576.png" alt="" width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Cover-images-11-1024x576.png 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Cover-images-11-300x169.png 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Cover-images-11-768x432.png 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/Cover-images-11.png 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Google employees in New York and California protested the company&#8217;s Project Nimbus contract with Israel.</div>
Now-former Google employee Kate Sim who sent an email to thousands of employees announcing her participation in the protest was also fired, according to her Twitter.
“Terminated worker here,” she tweeted. “Listen when employers tell you exactly who they are. McCarthyism is alive and well. Look how terrified they are of worker power Solidarity always we&#8217;ll keep us safe when we fight together.”
In her email, Sim accused Google leadership of lying about the purpose of Project Nimbus and profiting off of genocide.
“Our execs have blatantly lied to us, as they continue war profiteering from this AI-powered war – a deplorable use of innovative technology condemned by UN experts,” Sim wrote, adding that in the last six months, she “saw how AI-powered military technology are killing children at an unprecedented scale.”
Zelda Montes, who also sent an email announcing protest participation was also fired, according to sources.
<div id="attachment_725391" style="width: 608px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-725391" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-725391" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/IMG_7141-598x576.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/IMG_7141-598x576.jpg 598w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/IMG_7141-300x289.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/IMG_7141.jpg 613w" sizes="(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px" />Former Google employee Zelda Montes announced plans to participate in an anti-Israel protest in an email sent to thousands of coworkers.</div>
No Tech for Apartheid, the organization that helped organize the protests, called the terminations “illegal” and said workers who did not participate in the protest were also fired. 
“<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Google/">Google</a> just fired over two dozen workers, including those among us who did not directly participate in yesterday’s historic, bicoastal 10-hour sit-in protests,” the group <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C54qFvUtuzY/?img_index=3">wrote on Instagram</a>. “This flagrant act of retaliation is a clear indication that Google values its $1.2 billion contract with the genocidal Israeli government and military more than its own workers.”
The group denied accusations of harassment and called Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Kurian “genocide profiteers.”
“The truth is clear: Google is terrified of workers coming together and calling for accountability and transparency from our bosses,” the group continued. “They are choosing to reveal the falsity of Google’s ‘open culture’ in order to get rid of a threat. The corporation is trying to downplay and discredit our power.”
The group added that the firings will not stop them, and “only serve as further fuel for the growth of this movement.”
“Make no mistake, we will continue organizing until the company drops Project Nimbus and stops powering this genocide,” the statement concluded.
A spokeswoman for Google denied the claim that employees who did not participate were fired.
&#8220;Every single one of the twenty-eight people whose employment was terminated was personally and definitively involved in disruptive activity inside our buildings,&#8221; the spokeswoman told The Daily Wire. &#8220;We carefully confirmed every single one (and then actually reconfirmed each one) during our investigation. The groups were live-streaming themselves from the physical spaces they had taken over for many hours, which did help us with our confirmation. And many employees whose work was physically disrupted submitted complaints, with details and evidence. So the claims to the contrary being made are just nonsense.&#8221;
The spokesperson said Project Nimbus is for &#8220;for workloads running on our commercial cloud by Israeli government ministries, who agree to comply with our <a href="https://cloud.google.com/terms" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cloud.google.com/terms&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1713649295858000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0BIigGIHPtWSc1bJy9oNHC">Terms of Service</a> and <a href="https://cloud.google.com/terms/aup" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cloud.google.com/terms/aup&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1713649295858000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1-2N1cHN6PzH_zD9rq5R0C">Acceptable Use Policy</a>.&#8221;
&#8220;This work is not directed at highly sensitive, classified, or military workloads relevant to weapons or intelligence services,&#8221; she added.
This article has been updated to include a statement from Google.

Google Announces Firing Of 28 Anti-Israel Employees For Protesting In Scathing Memo

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On Tuesday, the GOP-led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> passed a resolution declaring the slogan &#8220;From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free&#8221; is anti-Semitic and must be condemned, the latest in a series of measures designed to express support for Israel.
Lawmakers approved the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/883/text?s=1&amp;r=87" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a>, which also says the slogan is &#8220;divisive and does a disservice to Israelis, Palestinians, and all those in the region who seek peace,&#8221; by a <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll134.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">377-44 vote</a> with bipartisan support.
Forty-three Democrats and one Republican — Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) — opposed the resolution. Nine members did not vote, while one — Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) — voted &#8220;present.&#8221;
Rep. Anthony D&#8217;Esposito (R-NY), a <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDesposito/status/1779993750552318142" target="_blank" rel="noopener">staunch</a> Israel ally who <a href="https://desposito.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-anthony-desposito-introduces-resolution-formally-condemning-river" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> the resolution, said in floor remarks that activists who recite the slogan are anti-Semitic and only &#8220;masquerading&#8221; as pro-Palestinian advocates.
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🚨BREAKING: My legislation CONDEMNING the slogan, “from the river to the sea, ‘Palestine’ will be free” has passed the House.
These antisemitic activists want nothing more than the destruction of Israel &amp; the Jewish people inside it.
America will always <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithIsrael?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithIsrael</a>.🇮🇱🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/OfIgUI3QII">pic.twitter.com/OfIgUI3QII</a>
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&#8220;This slogan communicates one thing and one thing only,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It is not human rights. It is certainly not peace. It is the violent destruction of the state of Israel and the Jewish people that live within it.&#8221;
The vote took place a little more than six months into Israel&#8217;s fight against Hamas in the Gaza Strip following the group&#8217;s deadly terrorist attack on Israeli soil.
Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who is the sole Palestinian American member of Congress and is part of the leftist &#8220;Squad,&#8221; was among the 43 Democrats who opposed the resolution.
&#8220;We are seeing the same &#8216;messaging&#8217; bills on the floor every single week,&#8221; Tlaib said in a post to X on Tuesday. &#8220;These bills are just an attempt to distract from the genocide in Gaza. I am not voting for any of these bills while the genocide of Palestinians continues.&#8221;
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We are seeing the same &quot;messaging&quot; bills on the floor every single week. These bills are just an attempt to distract from the genocide in Gaza. I am not voting for any of these bills while the genocide of Palestinians continues.
&mdash; Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRashida/status/1780300028852002859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The House voted to censure Tlaib last year over her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-house-votes-to-censure-democrat-rashida-tlaib-for-supporting-genocide-of-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comments</a> regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict. One part of the measure rebuked Tlaib for &#8220;falsely describing &#8216;from the river to the sea&#8217; as &#8216;an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence&#8217; despite it clearly entailing Israel’s destruction and denial of its fundamental right to exist.&#8221;
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House lawmakers have done more than just pass resolutions tied to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnson-led-house-passes-resolution-in-support-of-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel-Hamas conflict</a>. They also passed a bill that would have provided Israel $14.3 billion in emergency aid with an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offset. However, the legislation was <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/senate-blocks-14-3-billion-in-aid-for-israel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blocked</a> in the Democrat-controlled Senate last year.
Now, after Iran launched a drone and missile attack on Israel over the weekend, the House is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-proposes-separate-bills-on-israel-and-ukraine-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poised to consider new legislation</a> meant to provide assistance to Israel and other foreign causes. The chamber also <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/16/congress/house-iran-pushback-bills-israel-attack-00152601" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> a raft of Iran sanctions measures.

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Google employees who occupied the California office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian for more than eight hours to demand the company stop doing business with Israel were arrested late Tuesday.
The employees broadcast their protest on a “notech4apartheid’ Twitch livestream. The video showed they given the opportunity to leave voluntarily, and then arrested by police after refusing to do so.
In the stream, a man is seen approaching the protesters to notify them that they were put on administrative leave and asking them to leave. 
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BREAKING: Google employees were arrested after occupying their boss&#39;s office for more than 8 hours to demand that the company sever ties with Israel.
WATCH: <a href="https://t.co/W4WQO8NNgH">pic.twitter.com/W4WQO8NNgH</a>
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“It’s getting kinda late,” the man says. “I wanted to ask you, you know, to cooperate, you’ve been placed on admin leave and we’d like to see if you’d just voluntarily [leave] it’s been a while. Can you do that for us?”
When he threatens to call law enforcement, employees state that they understand. Seconds later, police walk in the office and detain them all before the livestream cuts off.
The protests <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/google-employees-occupy-office-of-boss-until-contract-with-israel-is-dropped">were announced</a> in internal emails to employees that shared a list of demands, including that Google drop its $1.2 billion contract with Israel for Project Nimbus, a cloud-computing project of the Israeli government.
Demands also include that Google cease all “business with the Israeli apartheid government and military,” stop the “harassment, intimidation, bullying, and silencing,” of Palestinian and Muslim employees, and address the “health and safety crisis” among workers who are rattled over their labor being used to “enable a genocide.”
Organized by <a href="https://www.notechforapartheid.com/">No Tech for Apartheid</a>, the protesters claim they will remain in the office until Google drops Project Nimbus and heeds the other demands.
Anti-Semitism appears to be rampant throughout Google’s workforce. In February, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kill-all-jews-google-grapples-with-internal-anti-semitism-in-months-since-hamas-attack">reported</a> on internal anti-Semitic incidents taking place at Google, including the words “kill all Jews” found written on a bathroom wall inside its offices, and a Jewish employee being assaulted by anti-Israel protesters on one of their campuses. The Daily Wire also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-google-employees-hijack-international-womens-day-event-to-bash-israel">reported</a> that a group of employees attempted to hijack an International Women’s Day event to bash Israel.
“By choosing to provide the Israeli government and military with our powerful cloud computing and AI technologies, we have continuously enabled Israel’s apartheid state in Palestine and ongoing genocide in Gaza,” the protesters write in a letter to Kurian. “Years of being silenced, ignored and lied to by leadership has confirmed to us as workers that our concerns will not be heard without significant action, and as you read this, we are sitting in the office of Thomas Kurian, the CEO of Google Cloud, until our demands are met.”
Protests also took place at other Google offices in New York City, San Francisco, and Seattle.

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