Radical Democrat Ilhan Omar‘s (Minn.) daughter was suspended from Barnard College this week amid anti-Israel activism.
Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Omar, said Thursday that she has been suspended from Barnard College for her involvement in anti-Israel protests on Columbia University’s campus.
“I’m an organizer with CU Apartheid Divest Columbia [Student for Justice in Palestine], in my 3 years at Barnard College i have never been reprimanded or received any disciplinary warnings i just received notice that i am 1 of 3 students suspended for standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a genocide,” she said.
Dozens of anti-Israel activists began protesting Wednesday morning, creating an encampment on the main lawn in protest of Israel’s war against Hamas. The fiery protests went into the night with students calling for the death of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Students who are participating in the unauthorized encampment are suspended. We are continuing to identify them and will be sending out formal notifications,” Columbia University told Fox News Digital.
Barnard referred Fox News Digital to a statement they released Thursday.
“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,” the statement said. “Before noon on April 17, Columbia made multiple requests that students participating in the unauthorized encampment leave the lawn. A number of Barnard Senior Staff also went to the lawn to ask Barnard students participating in the encampment to leave and to advise Barnard students that they would be subject to sanctions at Barnard if they did not leave the encampment.”
The protest came after Columbia University President Minouche Shafik testified before lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday, where she was asked about antisemitism on school grounds.
According to Fox News, during the hearing, Rep. Omar sounded the alarm about what she called an “attack” with a “toxic chemical substance” at an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University during a congressional hearing Wednesday. However, according to court documents, the substance was a non-toxic flatulence spray called “Liquid A–” and “Wet Farts.”
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