U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., praised her daughter Friday, a day after the Ivy League college student was arrested in New York City while participating in an anti-Israel protest. "I am enormously proud of my daughter @israhirsi," Omar wrote on X. "She has always led with courage and compassion, from organizing a statewide school walk out on the 20th anniversary of Columbine at the age of 15, to leading the biggest youth climate rally at our nation’s Capitol at 16, and now pushing her school...
The daughter of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is in police custody in connection with protests at Columbia University on Thursday, law enforcement sources told Fox News. Isra Hirsi was in the custody of the New York Police Department, sources said. She was put into flex cuffs or zip ties and will face trespassing charges, according to sources. This story is breaking. Please check back for updates.
Isra Hirsi, the 21-year-old daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), is not happy that her actions have consequences.Last week, Hirsi was one of more than 100 students arrested for setting up and participating in the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" on Columbia University's campus. The anti-Israel protest remains ongoing, forcing Columbia to cancel in-person classes on Monday. The protest, moreover, is reportedly threatening the safety of Jewish students. On Sunday, Rabbi Elie Buechler, a prominent...
The student daughter of the Democrat Squad member was arrested on Thursday. Isra Hirsi has already been suspended by Barnard College for her role in the protest before she was handcuffed alongside more than 100 pro-Gaza students. Columbia president Nemat Shafik said they posed a 'clear and present danger'
Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) daughter was suspended from Barnard College amid anti-Israel activism, she said in a post on X. 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...
New York Police arrested more than 100 anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University this week as the Ivy League school president testified before a House committee on the campus response to antisemitism.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., 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. Omar questioned Columbia's president, Dr. Nemat "Minouche" Shafik, about a January incident that involved anti-Israel activists while they were protesting. The Squad member repeated an unverified claim –...
Isra Hirsi, daughter of progressive 'Squad' member Rep. Ilhan Omar, was suspended from her college for participating in an anti-Israel protest. 'Those of us in Gaza Solidarity Encampment will not be intimidated,' Hirsi posted
The daughter of US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Isra Hirsi, revealed Thursday she has been suspended from Barnard College over her involvement in anti-Israel protests on Columbia University’s c
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has claimed that the Thursday arrest of fellow "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter at anti-Israel protests at Columbia University was political payback for the congresswoman’s probing of the institution’s leadership the day before. Bowman said Omar, D-Minn., had questioned Columbia leadership’s commitment to "free academic expression" during a fiery congressional hearing on Wednesday and the following day her daughter, Isra Hirsi, was arrested. "The day after...
New York Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman rallied to the defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D., Minn.) daughter after she was suspended from school for her role in an anti-Israel protest that took the form of an Occupy Wall Street-style tent city at Columbia University.
Ilhan Omar's activist daughter Isra Hirsi is suspended from Barnard College for anti-Israel protests - Isra Hirsi, daughter of progressive “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar, has been suspended from her college for participating in an anti-Israel protest“Those of us in the Gaza solidarity camp will not be intimidated,” Hirsi wroteBy Jon Michael Raasch, political reporter on Capitol Hill, for Dailymail.Com Published: 12:51 EDT, April 18, 2024 | Updated: 1:33 p.m. EDT,...