The Department of Justice confirmed it has evidence that an antisemitic activist who protested against Israel on Columbia University’s campus had a direct link to Hamas.
Tarek Bazrouk, 20, a New York native who has been indicted for three federal hate crimes against Jews, was “a member of a chat group that received regular updates from Abu Obeida,” the official spokesperson for Hamas’ deadly al-Qassam Brigades, the New York Post revealed in an exclusive report.
“As alleged, on three separate occasions, Tarek Bazrouk deliberately targeted and assaulted Jewish victims at protests relating to the Israel/Gaza war,” U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York stated. “Despite being arrested after each incident, Bazrouk allegedly remained undeterred and quickly returned to using violence to target Jews in New York City.”
The Department of Justice stated:
According to court documents, pursuant to judicially authorized warrants, law enforcement subsequently searched a cellphone used by Bazrouk. Evidence from that device revealed Bazrouk’s anti-Semitic bias and his support for anti-Jewish terrorist groups including Hamas, demonstrating his motivation for repeatedly assaulting Jewish victims. In text messages, for example, Bazrouk identified himself as a “Jew hater,” labeled Jews as “worthless,” extorted “Allah” to “get us rid of [Jews],” called an acquittance [sic] a “F***ing Jew,” and told a friend to “slap that b***h” in reference to a woman with an Israeli sticker on her laptop. Bazrouk also told a friend that he was “mad happy” to have learned that certain of his family members overseas are part of Hamas.
“He also had a picture of Obeida and one of an individual waving a Hamas flag, and an al-Qassam Brigades meme, which reads: ‘By God I would not trade the Al Qassam Brigades for the world and everything in it. May God be pleased with them and allow them to break the wicked enemy through him,’” the Post noted, adding, “Prosecutors also claimed that Bazrouk had traveled to the West Bank and Jordan for approximately three weeks in September and October 2024, which also poses questions regarding what he was doing there.”
When Barzouk was arrested, federal agents discovered $750,000 in cash in a safe at his home. His attorney insisted the money was likely profit from his job at a smoke shop.
In March, Mahmoud Khalil, a green card-holding Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The Student Workers of Columbia labor union describes Khalil as a “lead negotiator” and called on Columbia to reinstate its “Sanctuary Campus Policy” after reports of ICE accessing multiple buildings at the school Friday and Saturday.
Students at Columbia took the lead in the nationwide pro-Palestinian encampments last spring that led to almost 2,000 arrests across the country. (RELATED: Is Columbia University The Epicenter Of Antisemitism In America?)
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Hamas owns Columbia Univ
Regarding my previous comment to another story, I was able to reach ColumbiaHatesJews.com by typing in the URL. It was the link within the story that was defective.
Why am I not surprised, our prestigious universities have gone to hell!