Anti-Israel protesters who once more stormed Barnard School’s Manhattan campus this week handed out sick “Hamas Media Office” leaflets glorifying the Oct. 7 terror assaults.
The disturbing leaflets — together with one entitled “Our narrative… Al-Aqsa Flood,” the identify the Palestinian terror group gave to its brutal incursion of Israel — have been handed out by a few of the masked protesters who took over the Milstein Middle on Wednesday.
“Happening now: protesters at Barnard College are handing out pamphlets written by the Hamas Media Office justifying October 7th,” Elisha Baker, co-chair of Columbia College students Affiliation for Israel, wrote in a submit on X, sharing photos of the pamphlets.
“This is terrorist support in its rawest and most obvious form.”
Columbia Jewish and Israeli College students additionally shared pictures of “flyers authored by ‘Hamas Media Office.’”
“Still think they’re pro-peace? Still think they don’t support terror?” the scholar group requested.
“Barnard College and Columbia: it’s beyond time to take action.”
Protesters additionally hung up stickers calling for “Death to Amerika” [sic] and “Burn, Barnard Burn.”
Demonstrators stormed the Milstein Middle for Interreligious Dialogue on Broadway and 122nd St. shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday, in accordance with movies posted by a pro-Palestinian group with no ties to Barnard or its affiliate, Columbia College.
A puppet branded as Barnard President Laura Rosenbury was paraded earlier than being hung exterior the constructing by its neck, photos and video on Instagram confirmed.
The NYPD started eradicating protesters at round 5 p.m. after a false bomb risk. A number of demonstrators have been taken into custody after not complying with an order to maneuver a secure distance from campus, cops mentioned.
Rosenbury known as Wednesday drama “unacceptable” in an electronic mail to employees and college students late Wednesday confirming courses would resume as regular Thursday.
“The decision to request NYPD assistance was guided and informed entirely by the absolute obligation we have to keep every member of our community safe,” the faculty president wrote.
“Today has been unsettling and disturbing, and these continued disruptions take a toll on our community. The desire of a few to disrupt and threaten cannot outweigh the needs of the students, faculty, and staff who call our campus home. I urge us to come together.”
