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...
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...
Students had pitched tents on New York City campus, demanding ceasefire and
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) told constituents Monday that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) only labels him anti-Semitic because the committee isn't allowed to call him "the N-word."
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.
Isra Hirsi, a junior at Barnard College, is an organizer with the student-led coalition Columbia University Apartheid Divest, which pitched dozens of green tents across the main lawn.
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.
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
In a speech to a group of religious broadcasters in February, Donald Trump promised to create a task force to counter "anti-Christian bias," which he said would investigate the "discrimination, harassment and persecution against Christians in America."
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...