{"id":2224606,"date":"2024-04-18T18:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T22:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaal-bowman-defends-ilhan-omars-daughter-after-suspension-for-her-role-in-anti-israel-tent-city-at-columbia\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T18:51:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T22:51:24","slug":"jamaal-bowman-defends-ilhan-omars-daughter-after-suspension-for-her-role-in-anti-israel-tent-city-at-columbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaal-bowman-defends-ilhan-omars-daughter-after-suspension-for-her-role-in-anti-israel-tent-city-at-columbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaal Bowman supports Ilhan Omar&#8217;s daughter following her suspension for involvement in anti-Israel tent city at Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjamaal-bowman-defends-ilhan-omars-daughter-after-suspension-for-her-role-in-anti-israel-tent-city-at-columbia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2224606&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Ilhan Omar&#8217;s daughter, Isra Hirsi, was suspended from Barnard \u200dCollege for participating in an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University known as an &#8216;indefinite occupation.&#8217; New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman defended her, claiming the suspension\u200d was retaliation rather than punishment. The incident unfolded after Rep. Omar questioned \u200bColumbia&#8217;s stance on academic expression during a\u2063 House committee hearing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Omar grilled Columbia president one day before her daughter, Isra Hirsi, was suspended for participating in \u2018indefinite occupation\u2019 of university property<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tL: Isra Hirsi and her mother, Rep. Ilhan Omar (Twitter\/@israhirsi), R: Jamaal Bowman (Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>New York Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman rallied to the defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Omar\u2019s daughter, Isra Hirsi, was suspended from Barnard College on Thursday for her role in the unsanctioned tent encampment\u2014which the protesters called an &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/peoplesdispatch\/status\/1780745652760109301?s=46&#038;t=yRFQgvXogFzhP2pNg7ZSIw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indefinite occupation<\/a>&#8221; of school property. The protesters were repeatedly warned that they were violating Columbia&#8217;s rules.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension came a day after Omar questioned Columbia president Minouche Shafik during Wednesday\u2019s House Education and Workforce Committee hearing. Omar on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ilhan\/status\/1780698365384388883?s=46&#038;t=yRFQgvXogFzhP2pNg7ZSIw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a> Shafik about Columbia\u2019s freedom of expression regarding the Israel-Hamas war on campus.\u00a0Bowman on Thursday claimed Hirsi\u2019s suspension was the result of retaliation, rather than punishment for breaking the rules.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The day after [Omar] questioned Columbia leadership&#8217;s commitment to free academic expression, the school suspended her daughter? It&#8217;s clear what is happening here. Our educational institutions should not be in the business of political reprisals,&#8221; Bowman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamaalBowmanNY\/status\/1781012538840306125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a post.<\/p>\n<p>Hirsi participated in an unsanctioned &#8220;Gaza Solidarity&#8221; tent encampment erected on Columbia\u2019s property, which organizers said would stay in place <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/taliaotg\/status\/1780778021466615916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">until<\/a> the Ivy League school met their &#8220;demands&#8221; to &#8220;divest&#8221; from companies that do business with Israel. The school warned protesters to clear the lawn Wednesday, but the students refused.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Police Department on Thursday began arresting demonstrators who were still present at the encampment. Samantha Slater, Columbia\u2019s director of communications for media relations, told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>, &#8220;Students who are participating in the unauthorized encampment are suspended. We are continuing to identify them and will be sending out formal notifications.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Barnard College did not respond to a request for comment regarding Bowman\u2019s accusation of &#8220;political reprisal.&#8221; The college told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>, &#8220;The College does not provide information about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omars-daughter-suspended-from-barnard-college-for-anti-israel-protests\/\" title=\"Ilhan Omar's daughter suspended from Barnard College due to involvement in anti-Israel protests\">confidential student conduct proceedings<\/a>.&#8221; However, the college pointed to a press release from Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Members of the Barnard Senior Staff provided participants in the unauthorized encampment with written warnings at approximately 7 p.m. on April 17. These written warnings stated that students would receive interim suspensions if they did not leave the encampment by 9 p.m. on April 17.\u00a0 This morning, April 18, we started to place identified Barnard students remaining in the encampment on interim suspension, and we will continue to do so,&#8221; Barnard College <a href=\"https:\/\/barnard.edu\/news\/community-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now and always, we prioritize our students\u2019 learning and living in an inclusive environment free from harassment. Given the evolving circumstances at Columbia and in the area, we are working to ensure the safety and well-being of the entire Barnard community. We have temporarily restricted access to certain outdoor spaces on our campus,&#8221; Barnard College continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m an organizer with CU Apartheid Divest @ColumbiaSJP, in my 3 years at @BarnardCollege I have never been reprimanded or received any disciplinary warnings. I just received notice that I am one of three students suspended for standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a genocide,&#8221; Hirsi wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/israhirsi\/status\/1780980484203327780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>. &#8220;Those of us in Gaza Solidarity Encampment will not be intimidated. We will stand resolute until our demands are met. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-show-ilhan-omars-daughter-arrested-for-refusing-to-leave-anti-israel-encampment-at-columbia-university\/\" title=\"Ilhan Omar's Daughter Arrested For Defying Eviction from Anti-Israel Site at Columbia University, Revealed in Photos\">demands include divestment<\/a> from companies complicit in genocide, transparency of @Columbia\u2019s investments and FULL amnesty for all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-suspends-ilhan-omars-daughter-for-participating-in-anti-israel-protest-at-columbia\/\" title=\"College Suspends Ilhan Omar's Daughter Over Participation in Anti-Israel Protest at Columbia\">students facing repression<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bowman&#8217;s defense comes amid his embattled primary race against pro-Israel challenger Westchester County executive George Latimer. Latimer was encouraged by local rabbis to run, citing Bowman&#8217;s hostility toward the Jewish state. In the wake of Hamas&#8217;s Oct. 7 attack, the two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-gop-reps-hit-with-5000-fines-under-new-house-security-policy\/\" title=\"Two GOP Reps Hit With ,000 Fines Under New House Security Policy\">-term congressman<\/a> has accused Israel of &#8220;mass murder,&#8221; &#8220;genocide,&#8221; and &#8220;ethnic cleansing.&#8221; Bowman finds himself <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/anti-israel-squad-member-jamaal-bowman-down-17-points-in-primary-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">17 points behind<\/a> Latimer according to a primary poll conducted by Democratic pollster Mark Mellman.<\/p>\n<p>At the hearing, Bowman <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-students-claimed-they-were-sprayed-with-an-israeli-chemical-weapon-it-was-actually-fart-spray-purchased-on-amazon-new-lawsuit-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grilled<\/a> Shafik about a debunked event where pro-Palestinian protesters were sprayed with &#8220;skunk,&#8221; a crowd-control chemical developed by the Israel Defense Forces, at a rally in January. The substance was revealed to be a harmless odorous &#8220;gag gift.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It appears to have been an odorous substance that was sprayed on demonstrators,&#8221; Shafik said in response to Bowman\u2019s question. &#8220;The individuals involved have been suspended from Columbia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bowman last week <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/jamaal-bowman-defends-union-fighting-subpoena-over-anti-israel-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questioned<\/a> the committee\u2019s intentions behind its investigations into anti-Semitism, accusing committee chair Rep. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.) of intimidating dissenting, anti-Israel voices such as the United Automobile Workers Local 2325 union which called for a ceasefire and accused Israel of genocide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chair Foxx\u2019s targeting of Local 2325\u2019s resolution vote is a blatant attempt to silence a union whose members voted overwhelmingly and democratically to take a political position with which she disagrees,&#8221; Bowman wrote. &#8220;Such intimidation tactics go far beyond the legitimate uses of the Committee\u2019s oversight power, and instead serve only to scare unions across the country from exercising their right to political expression for fear of unfair persecution.&#8221;\t<\/p>\n<p>Emma Simon, Bowman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-impeaching-incitement-to-canceling-conservatism\/\" title=\"From Impeaching Incitement to Canceling Conservatism\">deputy communications director<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/emmasimon1016\/status\/1778463412944609591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">echoed<\/a> Bowman\u2019s ire for Foxx, &#8220;A good reminder that chair Virginia Foxx is the worst!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bowman, who did not respond to a request for comment, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepBowman\/status\/1778462900568371264\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concluded<\/a> by comparing Foxx\u2019s investigations into anti-Semitism across academia and the workforce to &#8220;McCarthy-era repression.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day before Isra Hirsi, daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar, was suspended for joining an &#8216;indefinite occupation&#8217; at Columbia University, Rep. Omar questioned the university president. Jamaal Bowman, a New York Democratic congressman, supported Hirsi amid the incident. 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