Most House Democrats have been reticent on the antisemitic protests and encampments roiling college graduations this month, while a handful have vocally defended or even celebrated the student protests as displays of protected free speech.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, said she was proud of her daughter, a Barnard College student who was suspended for participating in illegal protests and who was among 100 people arrested after demonstrations at Columbia University in April. Throughout the months of campus protests, members of the progressive “squad,” Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Cori Bush of Missouri have applauded “courageous” anti-Israel student protestors while condemning efforts by university administrators and police to dismantle the encampments.

A RealClearPolitics analysis of Federal Election Commission data shows one possible reason most Democrats are trying to avoid the campus fray: House Democrats’ reelection campaigns have accepted $6.5 million from three major political families, which have helped bankroll several student groups participating in the protests. The family members cut most of those checks over the last two years, although some of the donations to longstanding House members came over the last decade.

The names are well-known among Democratic funding circles: Soros, Rockefeller, and Pritzker. Yet before the anti-Jewish protests swept college campuses over the last few months, their financial ties to the student groups were not widely known. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a member of the same wealthy Pritzker family, is not among the donors.

Several investigative media reports over the last month have uncovered the extensive financial ties between these families and student groups involved in organizing anti-Israel protests and activism across the country predating the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel and in its aftermath and during Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.

The donors to student groups include George Soros, a billionaire philanthropist and Democratic campaign contributor who helms the Open Society Foundation and his family members; the Pritzkers, the owners of Hyatt Hotels Corporation; and members of the famed Rockefeller family, including relatives of the wealthy American Banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller. The donations have either gone directly to student groups involved in campus demonstrations or to umbrella foundations and organizations, which have, in turn, channeled the funds to the protestors.

The House Democratic Congressional Committee and the House Majority PAC, which was founded by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and is directly affiliated with the House Democratic leadership, collected most of those funds, nearly $5.5 million by those two Democratic campaign entities alone, FEC records show.

“Popular University 4 Gaza” is a Telegram channel with over 8,000 subscribers and is run by members of NSJP, Palestinian Youth Movement and Writers Against the War on Gaza, according to a post on X, formerly Twitter. The channel’s admins distributed a document called the “De-Arrest Primer” on April 26 that provides tactics for resisting arrest, sometimes through violent means.

One tactic for obstructing arrests laid out in the document requires “pulling/pushing an officer off an arrestee and/or breaking their grip.” The document warns readers that the tactic can be “risky as it requires physical contact with an officer which could lead to assault on an officer charges.”

Freeing protesters from arrest can often be “well worth the risks,” as being arrested “can have drastic negative life altering affects [sic.], especially for targeted populations like people who aren’t white, Muslims, LGBTQ people and certain radicals,” the document argues.

Protesters are also taught to “hug” an arrestee from behind to pull them away from law enforcement, wrestle with police officers, open patrol car doors to free detained suspects and surround officers to demand they let arrested protesters go free.

“There’s plenty of excellent reasons to break the spell of self-policing and risk charges in order to fight back, especially when that antagonism can spread and shape the general disposition of a given movement for the better or even explode a situation into a deeper more affective rupture,” the document reads.

The post received more than 3,500 views and over 100 reactions on the Telegram channel.

“Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe! Learn these tactics to protect your comrades,” the text accompanying a link to the guide reads. It is unclear who authored the document.

NSJP is a pro-Palestinian organization that seeks “to elevate the student movement for Palestinian liberation to a higher level of political engagement,” according to its website. American and Israeli victims of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel are currently suing NSJP, alleging that the group has been working on behalf of Hamas by organizing protests in the wake of the attacks.

“Popular University for Gaza” is the name of a nationwide “coordinated pressure campaign” run by NSJP intended to force universities to divest from Israel, according to the organization’s website. NSJP student groups at dozens of universities have signed on to NSJP’s “popular university” campaign, and protesters at campuses across the United Stateshave dubbed their encampments the “Popular University for Gaza.”

NSJP supports over 350 pro-Palestinian student groups in North America and has provided consulting services to student organizers ahead of protests. The group also encouraged members of its sizable social media following to attend pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

A Telegram channel purportedly serving students at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, called “UIUC Encampment” also posted a link to the de-arrest guide, encouraging its audience to read it. The protesters held lessons on April 28 regarding “de-arrest” tactics, according to the channel.

The UIUC channel’s administrators shared day-to-day schedules for the university’s encampment, which included things like Islamic prayers, a “Covid safe” teach-in and film screenings. The protesters named their encampment the Popular University for Gaza, matching the name of NSJP’s Telegram channel and advocacy campaign.

More documents encouraging violence were shared by admins of the Popular University 4 Gaza Telegram channel.

“Flood the Gates: Escalate,” one of the documents, encourages protesters to “learn tactics to protect yourself and your comrades,” recommending “barricades, de-arrest, strategic formations and community defense” in order to resist police.

“We recognize that building an infrastructure of militancy for the larger struggle against imperialism and the establishment of a new world is the only effective route we can take,” it reads. The document explicitly rejects non-violent protesting, stating that “we are not naïve enough to think the revolution will come through ‘peaceful’ means or spontaneous uprisings without organized militancy.”

“We will not disavow any actions taken to escalate the struggle, including militant direct actions,” it says.

The document was published by Palestine Action US, the American branch of a United Kingdom-based anti-Israel group.

Another document, titled a “Do-It-Yourself Occupation Guide,” provides protesters with practical information on how to establish and defend on-campus occupations.

“We can no longer simply protest to demonstrate our rage; decades of activism have come to the point of an impasse,” the guide reads. “Instead, we must insist on the struggle for the satisfaction of immediate needs and desires.”

The guide recommends using bolt cutters, crowbars or angle grinders to break into buildings, providing specific techniques on using those tools to enter locked areas. The guide also provides readers with methods to barricade building entrances by jamming push bar doors, using cable locks, nailing doors shut and boarding up windows.

The document provides instructions on how to build corrugated metal banners, which function as six-foot-wide shields protesters can use to ward off police officers or others attempting to dislodge them from the building they are occupying.

The guide also condones vandalism, stating that “a group may decide it is better to destroy or vandalize a space than to return it to its usual role in good condition” and “the role of vandalism may be different in each situation, but it should not be disowned outright.”

The guide recommends that prospective occupiers lock down legal support, medics and a “propaganda team.” The propaganda team should prepare an initial press release before the occupation begins and handle media relations as it goes on, according to the document.

It is unclear who authored the document.

Pro-Palestinian encampments have cropped up at colleges and universities across the United States, with notable demonstrations occurring at Columbia University, Emory University and George Washington University

On May 1, the University of California, Los Angeles’ Students for Justice in Palestine chapter made a post to social media saying “we need bodies” to prepare for a confrontation with police, noting that activity was “high risk.” Protesters clashedwith police at UCLA during the early hours on May 2 as law enforcement made their way through dismantling the campus’ sprawling pro-Palestinian encampment, and 200 people were arrested, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Police arrested 42 masked individuals in a UCLA parking garage on May 6 for conspiring to commit a crime, and two were charged with obstructing a peace officer, according to a Los Angeles Police Department press release. The group had metal pipes, padlocks, super glue, bolt cutters and copies of the “De-Arrest Primer” and “The Do-It-Yourself Occupation Guide.”

Demonstrators at the University of Wisconsin- Madison were reportedly handing out printed copies of the de-arrest document before police dismantled their encampment on May 1, according to the MacIver Institute. Police arrested 34 people and eight officers were injured, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

The campus SJP chapter encouraged people through social media to defend the encampment as police moved in to clear it.

NSJP is a fiscally sponsored project of WESPAC, a liberal charitable foundation that has provided considerable support to pro-Palestinian activists since Oct. 7.

Fiscal sponsorship is an arrangement that allows an established nonprofit like WESPAC to process tax-deductible donations for allied groups without those groups themselves needing to register with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to the American Bar Association. NSJP, being a fiscally sponsored project of WESPAC, is not a distinct legal entity but rather part of WESPAC.

WESPAC, NSJP, the Palestinian Youth Movement, Writers Against the War in Gaza and Palestine Action did not respond to the DCNF’s requests for comment.

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At the University of Texas in Austin, police uncovered a cache of disturbing material hidden among art supplies at a protest encampment. The documents celebrated the death of innocent Jews and the destruction of Israel, including a piece that praised “over 2,300 rockets launched last year” at Israeli settlements.

Another document rejected peace and a two-state solution, calling for the complete liberation of the land “from the river to the sea.” Additionally, materials sourced from the “Resistance News Network,” a radical antisemitic Telegram channel promoting Hamas, were found on campuses in Illinois, New York, and California.

The materials also contained messages from recognized terrorist groups such as the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, threatening Israelis with violence. Experts have criticized the content as promoting extremism and the absolute elimination of Israel and Israelis through violence.

In addition to the propaganda, police found weapons, chains, and steel cables intended for barricading doors, and buckets of rocks and bricks to assault police. Of the 79 people arrested in connection with the UT protest, 45 had no affiliation with the university.

Similar situations have occurred at other campuses, with UC San Diego officials citing “significant dangers” in calling police to shut down an encampment where weapons, shields, and other tools for vandalism were found.

These incidents highlight a concerning trend of extremist and violent rhetoric and actions among some university protesters claiming to support Palestinian humanitarian rights.

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A new report from Politico Sunday revealed that donors like Bill Gates, George Soros, David Rockefeller Jr., and Nick Pritzker are supporting organizations like Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow, which have been responsible for many of the protests at college campuses. These groups, according to the outlet, are funded by the Tides Foundation which is funded by Soros and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Mega Democratic donors funding radical left causes though has been an obvious connection for many Republicans, who have repeatedly called out Soros and other donor ties for some time. In early April, the Daily Caller first obtained a copy of a letter from Republican New York Rep. Nick Langworthy to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which called on them to investigate Soros’ purchase of the nation’s second largest radio company, Audacy Inc. — another venture Soros has embarked on prior to the 2024 elections.

Since mid-April, pro-Palestine protests at U.S. college campuses have demanded that universities divest their funds from companies connected to Israel. While some may have had peaceful moments, many erupted into clashes between police and activists as they have violated schools’ policies by building encampments on campuses and vandalizing property.

Many Republicans since the beginning of the protests, which began at Columbia University, have called out Biden’s lack of leadership surrounding the issue. Nearly four days after the initial protests at Columbia, and nearly 100 arrests made at the time, Biden released a statement condemning the “harassment and calls for violence against Jews,” however, notably did not call out the school. (RELATED: Climate Activist And Liberal Billionaire Quietly Gobbles Up Rural Land)

While the shocking news is hitting Democrats, Politico’s piece was met with backlash, as users overwhelmingly agreed that the connection between the protests and far-left Democratic donors wasn’t surprising at all.

Not very surprising honestly

— Chad Gilmartin (@ChadGilmartinCA) May 5, 2024

It's crazy that pointing out these funders were behind things was a conspiracy theory just a few years ago. Now, Politico is reporting it.

— Rural Revolution (@pilgrimboy14) May 5, 2024

https://t.co/lcFwjW186t pic.twitter.com/9BGMhk6chM

— Rep. Mike Collins (@RepMikeCollins) May 5, 2024

This is actually the least “surprising” thing I have heard all year. https://t.co/GLIBYsrqml

— Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) May 5, 2024

pic.twitter.com/pJoMPZnnl2

— Joel Grus (@joelgrus) May 5, 2024

Wonder who is funding the campus protesters? It's exactly who you thought it was:

"The donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Gates, Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, according to a POLITICO analysis." https://t.co/8AEsVcoD8c

— Rep. Mary Miller (@RepMaryMiller) May 5, 2024

During an interview with Biden’s campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu, CNN host Jake Tapper pressed the Biden advisor on the connection between the donors and groups, asking if they should be funded.

“Politico has a story out this morning, noting that a lot of the multimillionaires and billionaires funding the most explicitly anti-Israel groups, ones that think Israel has no right to exist that are active on campuses, that these groups are funded by big Biden donors, the Pritzker’s, the Gates’, George Soros, David Rockefeller, Jr. Should they stop funding these groups? Are they causing unrest for the American people?” Tapper asked.

“Well, let me say this, I think that everybody, as the president has said, needs to kind of get focused in on the very core principles of what our Constitution allows and what our Constitution protects. And that is this, everybody has a right to protest, but they have to protest peacefully. If they’re protesting violently that has to end, there’s no place for that. There’s no place for anti-semitism. There’s no place for Islamophobia,” Landrieu responded.

During an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman questioned the protesters’ demands by pointing out that Hamas appeared to not be a hot topic for them. The Democratic senator echoed his statements online, quoting Politico’s piece and stating that the activists “should be demanding Hamas to release the hostages and surrender.”

Confirmed: the anti-Israel astroturfing of JVP/INN

Paid or not, protesters should be demanding Hamas to release the hostages and surrender. pic.twitter.com/DZJJPnr9Kf

— Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) May 5, 2024

Just four days ago, a Daily Beast report claimed that the connection between Soros and pro-Palestine protests on campus were the “target of right-wing conspiracy theories.” The article called out an interview from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on NewsNation, in which the lawmaker called for the FBI to be “all over” the protests, asking if they could have been funded by “George Soros or overseas entities.”

Another piece from a Washington Post columnist Phillip Bump, claimed that the idea of Soros’s Open Society Foundations (OSF) helping fund protests across the country is “so tenuous as to be obviously contrived.”

The president’s position has been at odds with a key voting bloc for Democrats, as many young voters have been behind calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict. While the issue is not fully attributed to Biden’s falling support with young Americans, it appears to be having an effect in Michigan, a state that voted for him in 2020 and flipped from its support of former President Donald Trump in 2016.

During the state’s primary this year, many Muslim Americans who once voted for Biden withheld their support due to the president’s position on the Israeli conflict. While Biden won the primary by 81.1%, an estimated 13.3% voted “uncommitted,” with protest voters claiming he is “funding war and genocide in Gaza.”

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The defendants, who filed a lawsuit against the Arizona Board of Regents, argued that their suspension from ASU was causing “irreparable harm” by preventing them from enrolling in classes. They also claimed that the suspensions violated their First Amendment rights.

Approximately 72 individuals, including both students and faculty, were arrested on Apr. 26 and taken into custody for continuing protests on the ASU campus. The Old Main lawn area was cleared overnight by police officers.

Judge John Tuchi ruled that the students had not provided enough evidence to support their claims of First Amendment rights violations. He also found that there was insufficient evidence of “irreparable harm” caused by the university’s suspension of the students. The trespassing charges at the center of the lawsuit have not yet been addressed in court.

Since the arrests, students and faculty have been protesting to demand that the university drop all charges against the protesters.

In a similar situation, the University of Arizona is also dealing with protesters occupying parts of its campus. University president Robert C. Robbins announced on May 1 that he had directed officials, campus police, and local law enforcement to enforce campus use policies and laws “without further warning.”

State troopers were seen on campus with pepper ball guns and gas masks, and arrests began later despite an initial 10:30 p.m. deadline for protesters to leave.

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Police have made more than 1,600 arrests in connection with the disruptive, illegal campus occupations since the first one began April 19 at Columbia University, according to an investigation by The Washington Stand. [The Associated Press on Thursday put the number of related arrests at over 2,000.}

Disturbingly, some universities are beginning to cave to protesters’ demands to restore order, even as campus protests become increasingly dominated by people who aren’t students.

The sheer number of anti-Israel campus protests and arrests makes it a bit bewildering to keep track of them all. As of Wednesday, there were at least 1,641 arrests and counting at 33 colleges and universities in 23 states, with at least three more schools threatening to make arrests and more pro-Hamas encampments cropping up daily.

Since so much media coverage obscures this point, it bears repeating that universities have not called in police to arrest protesters simply for exercising their right to free speech, or even for the vile, antisemitic content of that speech.

After asking law enforcement to intervene on two separate occasions, the University of Texas at Austin on Monday issued this representative statement: “Protests are allowed at the University of Texas. Since October and prior to April 24, no fewer than 13 pro-Palestinian free speech events were held on the UT campus, and four more demonstrations have been held since Thursday, largely without incident.”

No, protesters were arrested for deliberately breaking the rules: flouting curfews, setting up tents where no tents were allowed, intimidating other students and impeding their free access and education on campus, and defying orders from law enforcement.

In some instances, protesters broke into campus buildings and barricaded them against campus authorities, declaring that the buildings had been “liberated.” Thus, when protesters were arrested for trespassing, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest, they had no one to blame but themselves.

If anything, universities have been reluctant to arrest demonstrators, often waiting days before calling in police. Schools repeatedly pleaded with the lawless mob before authorizing arrests, and then only a fraction of those involved in the illegal encampments are arrested.

Thus, the 40 incidents in which campus demonstrators have been arrested represent only a small fraction of antisemitic activity on college campuses that has been met by a law enforcement response. With that said, here is a timeline of campus arrests since April 19:

Friday, April 19:

• A total of 108 activists were arrested at Columbia University after erecting a pre-dawn tent encampment. Several students were suspended. Several student organizers were briefly suspended, including the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. However, the encampment returned April 21.

Monday, April 22:

• A total of 133 activists were arrested at New York University after a large group, including non-students, illegally crossed police barricades.
• A total of 48 activists were arrested at Yale University, where pro-Hamas demonstrators intimidated Jewish students and struck one in the eye. The activists resisted a lawful order to disperse.
• Three activists were arrested at California State Polytechnic University at Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt) in a scuffle with police after protesters illegally occupied an academic building and barricaded it against police.

Tuesday, April 23:

• Nine activists were arrested at the University of Minnesota when police cleared another encampment at the Minneapolis campus.
• Two activists were arrested at the University of South Carolina for creating a disturbance after hours and then refusing a lawful order to disperse.

Wednesday, April 24:

• A total of 93 activists were arrested at the University of Southern California as police cleared an encampment. Activists, including many who weren’t students, struggled against police. At one point they surrounded a police vehicle until police let someone they had arrested go free.
• A total of 57 activists were arrested at the University of Texas at Austin after they refused to disperse and attempted to unlawfully erect an encampment. Nearly half (26) of those arrested were not affiliated with the university. The progressive local prosecutor subsequently dropped all charges against those arrested.

Thursday, April 25:

• Police arrested 108 activists at Emerson College in Boston when officers cleared an illegal encampment.
• Officers arrested 36 activists at Ohio State University when police cleared an illegal encampment. Only 16 were students; 20 were not affiliated with the university.
• Police arrested 33 activists at Indiana University at Bloomington when officers cleared an illegal encampment.
• A total of 28 activists were arrested at Emory University in Atlanta when police cleared an illegal encampment.
• Two activists were arrested at Princeton University when police arrived to clear an illegal encampment. After officers began making arrests, the rest of the occupiers voluntarily packed up their tents to avoid arrest.
• One activist, a grad student, was arrested at the University of Connecticut for assaulting an officer who was attempting to detain another student.

Friday, April 26:

• Police arrested 44 activists at the Auraria Higher Education Center, where they had illegally occupied campus buildings and damaged campus property. Auraria serves as a campus for the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and the University of Colorado Denver.
• Three activists were arrested at Arizona State University in connection with an illegal encampment that would not be cleared until the next day.
• Two activists were arrested at the University of Illinois when police cleared an illegal encampment. The two men, not students, were charged with “mob action.” One also was charged with obstructing a peace officer and the other with aggravated battery of a peace officer.

Saturday, April 27:

• 100 activists were arrested at the University of Washington, St. Louis when police cleared an illegal encampment. (This number seems suspiciously round, but efforts to obtain a more precise total bore no fruit; therefore, I will proceed as if this was the total.) Among those arrested were 23 students and four school employees, leaving approximately 73 not affiliated with the school. Jill Stein, the 2024 presidential candidate for the Green Party, was one of those arrested.
• 98 activists were arrested at Northeastern University in Boston at a demonstration that evidently crossed some lines. The demonstration was “infiltrated by professional organizers,” according to a school spokeswoman, which led the school to shut it down. Anyone who could produce a valid school ID card was not arrested. Among the 98 protesters who could not, 29 were students and six were school employees, leaving 63 not affiliated with the school.
• 69 activists were arrested at Arizona State University when police cleared an illegal encampment. Of the total of 72 arrested at ASU between Friday and Saturday, only 15 were students; 57 were unaffiliated with the school.
• 12 activists were arrested at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, when police cleared an illegal encampment and they refused to leave. The university expressed safety concerns over unaffiliated individuals joining the demonstration. Of those arrested, nine were students and three were unaffiliated with the school.

Sunday, April 28:

• Two activists were arrested at the University of Pittsburgh for illegally trespassing on a lawn.

Monday, April 29:

• 82 activists were arrested at Virginia Tech University after students illegally occupied a lawn. Fifty-three were students, leaving 29 who were not affiliated with the school.
• 79 activists were arrested at the University of Texas at Austin after they again attempted to erect an illegal encampment. Only 34 were students while 45 were not affiliated with the school.
• 20 activists were arrested at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland after students illegally erected tents during a protest.
• 19 activists were arrested at the University of Utah when police cleared an illegal encampment. Those arrested included four students, one school employee, and 14 unaffiliated individuals.
• 16 activists were arrested at the University of Georgia when police cleared an illegal encampment, . including 11 students and five unaffiliated individuals. The university subsequently suspended some of those arrested. “Personally, I did not expect to be suspended,” complained one suspended student, Zeena Mohamed. But college is supposed to be a place where students learn new things, after all.
• 13 activists were arrested at Princeton after protesters illegally occupied a campus building.
• 13 activists were arrested at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond when police cleared an illegal encampment. Six were students and seven were not affiliated with the school.
• Six students were arrested at Tulane University in connection with an illegal encampment. Only one was a student; the other five were not affiliated with the university.
• Three activists were arrested at the University of South Florida when the Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society held an unauthorized rally. The school’s SDS chapter had been suspended for causing a disruption on campus at a previous event.

Tuesday, April 30:

• 173 activists were arrested at the City College in New York (CCNY) when police were called because of “specific and repeated acts of violence and vandalism.” Both students and “unaffiliated external individuals” refused to leave. The New York Police Department cleared CCNY around the same time that they cleared protesters at Columbia University for the second time.
• 119 activists were arrested at Columbia University. Activists had illegally occupied the campus for more than a week, causing it to be closed. They recently broke into and barricaded a campus building, which they renamed and declared “liberated.” Police used a large truck to enter the building through a second-floor window.
• 36 activists were arrested at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after they refused to obey a lawful order to disperse. Demonstrators had taken down an American flag and replaced it with a Palestinian flag. Of those arrested, 13 were students and 23 were not affiliated with the university.
• 32 activists were arrested at Cal Poly Humboldt after they illegally occupied a campus building for more than a week. Those arrested included 13 students, one faculty member, and 18 unaffiliated individuals.
• 25 activists were arrested at the University of Connecticut when police cleared an illegal encampment.
• 16 activists were arrested at the University of New Mexico after they illegally occupied a campus building. Five of those arrested were students and 11 were not affiliated with the university.
• 14 activists were arrested at Tulane University when police cleared an illegal encampment. Two were students and 12 were not affiliated with the university.
• 10 activists were arrested at the University of South Florida after the SDS, the suspended student group, tried to stage another illegal encampment. Seventy-five to 100 protesters came equipped with wooden shields and umbrellas in an attempt to counter law enforcement’s anti-riot tactics, but they were ultimately unsuccessful.
• Nine activists were arrested at the University of Florida when police cleared an illegal encampment. One was charged with battery of a police officer.

Wednesday, May 1:

• 34 activists were arrested at the University of Wisconsin at Madison when police cleared an illegal encampment. Four were charged with resisting arrest and/or battery of a police officer.
• Activists were arrested overnight at the University of Arizona when police cleared an illegal encampment. At publishing time, it was not known how many activists were arrested. [Later reports said police made four arrests.]

There are several noteworthy trends in this progression: 1) universities are acting more quickly to disperse illegal encampments; 2) more universities are calling in police to make arrests; 3) the numbers of those arrested is dwindling; and 4) increasing attention is being drawn to the presence of outside agitators.

These trends suggest several developments. First, university administrators are watching what is happening at other universities. They are witnessing the recalcitrance of pro-Hamas activists, as well as the headaches and monetary damages they have caused at places like Columbia or Cal Poly Humboldt where they were not dealt with quickly.

Administrators also have witnessed the example of the University of Texas at Austin and other schools that have successfully prevented a campus occupation through vigilant policing. These factors motivate university administrators to put an end to protesters’ illegal occupation tactics.

Second, the force of the pro-Hamas wave has dwindled as it has expanded. Protests at elite, radically progressive schools had high energy and significant student involvement. But protests at smaller or less elite schools have seen less student enthusiasm. Arrests have been in higher numbers, and there has been a larger proportion of unaffiliated agitators.

Third, even the most radical protesters can behave rationally. Essentially, they would rather not face consequences for their actions—to the point that they are now begging for amnesty from the same administrators they just poked in the eye. It seems that students are making a risk calculation based upon how they believe law enforcement will respond.

Police have made the most arrests in progressive (that is, anti-law-enforcement) jurisdictions such as New York, Massachusetts, and California. But protests have been smaller across the South and Midwest, suggesting that fewer students are willing to risk arrest and prosecution for the thrill of camping on the university lawn. This also suggests that government officials should consider the incentives they create in how they respond to protests.

Fourth, outside agitators have become involved to an alarming extent. Police made arrests at 22 universities from Saturday to Tuesday; in 11 out of 12 instances where the numbers are known, they arrested more outsiders than students. In multiple instances, these outside agitators participated in illegally occupying campus buildings.

It is unacceptable that a handful of activists, with no connection to a university, can seize its property and hold it hostage to absurd demands.

Circumstances on many university campuses are developing rapidly, and more arrests could follow at any time. Johns Hopkins University has threatened police action against an illegal encampment on its Baltimore campus. Purdue University has threatened ringleaders of an encampment there with disciplinary action. Portland State University in Oregon has closed its campus due to protesters illegally occupying the campus library for two straight days.

As these will not be the last campus arrests related to pro-Hamas protests, neither were they the first. At Brown University, 41 students were arrested in December when they refused to leave a campus building. In March, four students at Vanderbilt University and 22 students and two faculty members at Cornell University were arrested for refusing to leave campus buildings.

The pro-Hamas, antisemitic protests on campus exploded in mid-April, around the Jewish holiday of Passover. The illegal occupation at Columbia gained the most attention, and campus occupations have expanded ever since.

But the activists have gone too far. Universities are fighting back with mass arrests.

The Biden Administration had ignored this campus chaos for nine days – until finally being politically forced to respond. Biden rightly emphasized that “violent protest is not protected – peaceful protest is.”

Unfortunately, he later wrongly identified the cause of the campus chaos: “There is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind, whether it’s antisemitism, Islamophobia, or discrimination against Arab Americans or Palestinian Americans.”

Are you kidding? Extreme far-Left radicals who are wreaking havoc. NYC Mayor Eric Adams claims that a high number of the protesters are not even students – they are outside agitators.

The Biden Administration is worried about losing the radical faction of their base – that’s why the President felt compelled to lump Jewish students in with Muslim students.

Yet these pro-Hamas rioters on college campuses hate Jews, hate Israel, and have chosen the violent events of October 7 as the jumping-off point to go to the streets. They are celebrating Hamas’ carnage against innocent women and children. Nothing even remotely similar is happening to Muslim students on college campuses in America.

The ACLJ fights daily for the free speech of all Americans. It’s a fundamental constitutional right that must be preserved. However, when you are spewing death threats and committing violence against Jewish students and supporters of Israel, a clear line has been crossed. When hundreds are being arrested, you don’t have a peaceful protest that’s protected by the Constitution.

Today’s Sekulow broadcast included a full analysis of President Biden’s politically motivated press conference about the pro-Hamas protesters.

Despite the alarming situation, Columbia University leadership reportedly “does not want NYPD on campus.” However, a noticeable police presence was observed outside the university’s gates, with officers beginning to make arrests on Monday afternoon.

Columbia University had previously suspended its Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter for staging an unauthorized “die-in” event in November. However, similar demonstrations have now spread to other prestigious institutions, including New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Emerson College.

At NYU, protesters set up tents and displayed signs with phrases such as “Honor the Martyrs of Palestine” and “We are all SJP.” The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Emerson College also experienced the establishment of anti-Israel encampments, with signs promoting the eradication of the Jewish state and calling for an end to financial support for Israel.

Columbia’s president testified before a House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing, alongside the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. The MIT president was the only one to retain her position after the trio failed to explicitly condemn calls for genocide during their testimony.

Rabbi Elie Buechler of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Learning Initiative at Columbia sent a message to nearly 300 Jewish students recommending they leave campus due to safety concerns. Yale University also experienced protests, with nearly 45 demonstrators arrested for trespassing and demanding Yale divest from companies doing business with Israel.

The protests have sparked a debate about the balance between free speech and the safety of Jewish students on campus. As tensions continue to rise, the situation at Columbia University and other elite institutions remains a matter of great concern.

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The pro-Palestinians are chanting “intifada revolution” and shouting “Allahu Akbar” outside the entrance to the World Trade Centre complex. They are sending the message very loudly about who they are. Hear them.pic.twitter.com/hLzM2ah91C

— Heidi Bachram (@HeidiBachram) December 29, 2023

Joel Mowbray, a former columnist for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a non-partisan institution focusing on national security and foreign policy, pointed out the protest flyer is full of hate:

Pro-Palestinian “protesters” are now openly embracing Hamas. Key word is “flood.” Hamas calls 10/7 massacres “Operation Al Aqsa Flood.” 

So “Flood JFK for Gaza” is an open support for Hamas’ campaign of raping, murdering and beheading Jews — and Muslims & Christians. Vile.

Pro-Palestinian "protesters" are now openly embracing Hamas. Key word is "flood." Hamas calls 10/7 massacres "Operation Al Aqsa Flood."

So "Flood JFK for Gaza" is an open support for Hamas' campaign of raping, murdering and beheading Jews — and Muslims & Christians. Vile. https://t.co/bGNnh8cWTD

— Joel Mowbray (@joelmowbray) December 29, 2023

Organized protesters are expected to arrive by foot and vehicles at JFK Terminal 4 (departures) around 1400 ET Monday. The terminal serves several international airlines, including El Al Israel Airlines Ltd.

“On New Year’s Day, pro-Hamas mobs plan on shutting down JFK airport, but don’t worry, New York’s governor @GovKathyHochul and @NYCMayor Eric Adams will be hard at work nursing their New Year’s Eve hangover. Once they’re over it, they’ll pretend it did not happen,” one X user said in response to the flyer.

On New Year’s Day, pro-Hamas mobs plan on shutting down JFK airport, but don’t worry, New York’s governor @GovKathyHochul and @NYCMayor Eric Adams will be hard at work nursing their New Year’s Eve hangover. Once they’re over it, they’ll pretend it did not happen. pic.twitter.com/uWSIhpRCqt

— Sam E. Antar (@SamAntar) December 31, 2023

Another person said: “Ah yes, disrupt people trying to get home for the holidays for your cause. I’m sure they will agree with you and support it now.”

Marxist groups appear to be funding these anti-Israel protests, as some point out. What’s troubling, just like when Marxist groups supported Black Lives Matter, the federal government appears to be ignoring these folks who are shutting down highways, bridges, business districts, and airports nationwide.

Though they no longer seem to put their names on these hateful fliers, it’s no surprise if divisive orgs like @nycDSA , @WOLPalestine , etc., still endorse these pro-terror “protests.” Defund THEM for supporting baby-beheaders—and toss OUT their “progressive” allies!

— barrymosk (@barrymosk) December 31, 2023

Last Wednesday, anti-Israel protesters blocked critical roadways to JFK.

JFK is blocked too! It’s a ceasefire now protest.

Folks, the best way to make somebody anti Palestine is to make him miss his flight.

I stay by my traditional stance: “do not block traffic”.

pic.twitter.com/VkrZwnyPeu https://t.co/EIqMd3rxv1

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) December 27, 2023

BREAKING: Pro-Palestine Protests Disrupt Major US Airports, JFK and LAX Causing Chaos.

Watch how quickly this would stop:

– Cut off social welfare for protesters who block streets
– Every protester should be arrested and heavily find
– Anyone who is non-citizen or green card… pic.twitter.com/OzvsEUDoYs

— I Meme Therefore I Am (@ImMeme0) December 27, 2023

The coordinating organizers are listed below

Any testiculated DA could shut it down before it happens and start filing RICO charges for what already happened in JFK recently

— Browsus Maximus (@DadlyDoNothing) December 29, 2023

Where is the Biden administration denouncing these rogue organized protesters shutting down critical infrastructure? There should be zero tolerance for any group attempting to disrupt airports. Maybe Biden’s federal government is too busy weaponizing agencies against Trump supporters to actually care about real threats to the nation.

They have learned how to game the system just like hordes of other illegal immigrants have.  We are literally committing national suicide, but as long as Joe Biden is in the White House our borders are going to continue to be wide open.

On Wednesday, pro-Hamas protesters blocked access to the largest airports in New York City and Los Angeles on “one of the busiest travel days of the year”…

Police arrested pro-Palestinian protesters that blocked entry to New York City’s John F. Kennedy airport and the Los Angeles International Airport on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Travelers were forced to get out of their cars and walk to the airport with their luggage in New York after activist demanding a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war blocked the road leading to one of the country’s biggest and busiest airports on Wednesday.

Port Authority Police Department were notified of the protest activity on the Van Wyck Expressway inside JFK airport around 11:30 a.m.

At one point the protesters on the Van Wyck Expressway were heard chanting “from the sea to the river”, which is essentially a call for genocide.

BREAKING
PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTERS
blocked the entrance to New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport is on one of the busiest travel days of the year. pic.twitter.com/CIX7rC5Kkf

— Fawad Rehman (@fawadrehman) December 27, 2023

In Los Angeles, things were even more chaotic. If you can believe it, protesters were actually trying to block the road to the airport “with cement blocks and other objects”…

The protest took a turn when the Los Angeles Police Department got involved around 9:30 a.m. when the group attempted to block the roadway with cement blocks and other objects. As officers moved in, the protesters took off running in different directions, while others were taken into custody.

Around noon, officials said an estimated 35 protesters were arrested.

This sort of chaos should not be happening at a major U.S. airport, but it is happening.

#BREAKING: LAPD are in Riot Gear as Pro-Palestine Protesters has blocked the entrance to the LAX Airport armed with Rocks and Throwing Cones and Construction Equipment
⁰#LosAngeles l #California ⁰⁰Currently Numerous law enforcement other agencies are currently on the… pic.twitter.com/zdEs2C1nXb

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) December 27, 2023

Sadly, this sort of chaos is starting to become quite common.

On Christmas Day, hundreds of radicals marched through Manhattan chanting “Christmas is canceled here”…

A pro-Palestinian demonstration on Christmas Day led to several arrests.

Six people were arrested as part of a protest of hundreds marching through Midtown chanting “Christmas is canceled here.”

Police say some of the protesters clashed with officers near Grand Central Terminal and Union Square, leading to six arrests for menacing officer, graffiti and disorderly conduct.

And earlier this month a large group of radicals actually stormed the Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill…

A protest for a cease-fire in Gaza led to over 40 arrests at the Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Monday, according to Fox 5 Washington D.C.

The pro-Palestinian protesters were demanding a cease-fire in Gaza while illegally demonstrating inside the Congressional space, according to authorities.

Just after 10 a.m., a Capitol spokesperson told Fox 5 that the demonstrators arrived, with one man even climbing a statue in the atrium, before being charged with resisting arrest.

I could go on and on, but I think that you get the point.

Over the past few months, there have been endless examples of pro-Palestinian extremists causing trouble.

But this is just the beginning.

Thanks to the very foolish policies of our leaders, there are now 49.5 million people living in this country that were not born here…

Nearly 50 million people living in the US were born in another country according to a shocking new report.

A new study by the Center for Immigration Studies found 49.5 million people — around 15% of the 330 million US population — were originally born in another country.

The report also states this percentage, the highest ever recorded since the nation’s founding, has increased during Biden’s presidency, which it attributes to migrants flooding into the country during the current border crisis.

If people come here legally and want to abide by our laws and integrate into our society, I have no problem with that.

Unfortunately, there are millions upon millions of immigrants that have come here that have no intention of following our laws or integrating into our society. Instead, they intend to change our society.

I wanted to know how many Muslims currently live in the United States, and so I asked Google. Google told me that there are 3.45 million Muslims in the United States, but that number is from 2017. So how large has that number become now? Is it five million? Is it even higher?

It is undeniable that radical Islam is rapidly growing in this country.  Earlier today, I was absolutely horrified to learn that a new poll has found that three out of ten Gen Z voters in the U.S. actually believe that Osama Bin Laden’s views were a “force for good”…

One in five young Americans has a positive view of 9/11 mastermind and Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, according to disturbing results of a DailyMail.com poll.

The alarming survey also found three in 10 Gen Z voters believe the views of the anti-Semitic terrorist leader who slaughtered thousands of innocent people were a ‘force for good’.

Are you kidding me? We are in so much trouble.

Bin Laden and others like him believe in global jihad.

They believe that Islam should conquer the entire world and that anyone that refuses to submit to their religion should be wiped out.

In nation after nation, Islamic extremists have become more and more demanding as their numbers have grown. We have seen this happen all over Europe, and now it is happening here.

These extremists bring violence with them wherever they go, and they are going to play a major role in the tremendous societal chaos that is ahead of us.

Sadly, very few are sounding the alarm, and our politicians continue to allow more radicals to pour into this country with each passing day.

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