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Two Jewish graduates of Columbia University snuck into the campus pro-Palestine encampment with Israeli flags and accused activists of ‘supporting radical Islamic terrorism’.
Isidore Karten and his friend, Tomer Brenner, who gained access to the encampment on Tuesday afternoon, also carried a poster with pictures of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas on October 7. They were confronted by protesters and asked to leave but refused and spent several hours in the encampment staging their own counter protest.
Both told DailyMail.com that the encampment should be immediately removed by university leadership and accused pro-Palestine activists of making Jewish students feel unsafe.
The encampment has been set up on the South Lawn of Columbia’s Upper West Side campus for around a week. Students involved in the action have refused to leave until the university commits to ending any investments which are linked to Israel.
NYPD cops stormed the grounds several days ago arrested more than 100 students involved in the protests but the encampment of nearly 100 tents has remained firmly in place.
Two Jewish graduates of Columbia University snuck into the campus pro-Palestine encampment with Israeli flags and accused activists of ‘supporting radical Islamic terrorism’
Isidore Karten and his friend, Tomer Brenner, who gained access to the encampment on Tuesday afternoon, also carried a poster with pictures of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas on October 7
They were confronted by protesters and asked to leave but refused and spent several hours in the encampment staging their own counter protest.
Some Jewish students have joined the encampment in support
Students, many wearing keffiyeh headscarves and face masks, have led chants including ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ - which Jewish groups say is anti-Semitic - and called for intifada, which means uprising.
Karten, who studied architecture and graduated in 2023, said: ‘What they are really doing is supporting Hamas. They are supporting radical Islamic terrorism.’
Brenner, 29, from Tel Aviv, who graduated in 2020, added: ‘We are seeing the flags and the symbols that are all about causing maximum
