{"id":2236829,"date":"2024-05-03T18:47:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T22:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/docs-show-federal-agents-monitored-pro-anti-israel-protests-cited-concerns-that-yale-is-pro-hamas\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T18:49:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T22:49:05","slug":"docs-show-federal-agents-monitored-pro-anti-israel-protests-cited-concerns-that-yale-is-pro-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/docs-show-federal-agents-monitored-pro-anti-israel-protests-cited-concerns-that-yale-is-pro-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal agents monitored both pro and anti-Israel protests, citing concerns about Yale being &#8220;pro-Hamas."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fdocs-show-federal-agents-monitored-pro-anti-israel-protests-cited-concerns-that-yale-is-pro-hamas%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=2236829&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/better-than-expected-u-s-economy-added-638000-jobs-in-october-unemployment-dropped-to-6-9\/\" title=\"Better Than Expected: U.S. Economy Added 638,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Dropped to 6.9%\">federal government<\/a> closely monitored pro- \u200band anti-Israel protests nationwide,\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-health-nominee-mum-on-taxpayer-funded-abortion\/\" title=\"Biden Health Nominee Mum On Taxpayer Funded Abortion\">expressing concerns<\/a> about Yale University&#8217;s alleged &#8220;pro-Hamas&#8221; stance. \u200bDocuments obtained and reported \u200cby Bloomberg reveal intense\u2064 surveillance by the Federal Protective Service \u200c(FPS), part of the \u2062Department of Homeland Security, following \u200dthe Israel-Hamas war in October. Specific attention was drawn to a pro-Israel rally at Yale, highlighting worries of Yale&#8217;s alleged pro-Hamas leanings.  <\/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<p>A trove of public documents revealed that the federal government has kept close tabs on pro- and anti-Israel protests across the country and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reduces-support-for-s-arabia-in-another-boon-to-iran\/\" title=\"Biden reduces support for S. Arabia in another boon to Iran\">cited concerns<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/yale-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yale University<\/a> was \u201cpro-Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The documents, obtained and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2024-05-03\/israel-hamas-war-protesters-targeted-by-dhs-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on by Bloomberg, reveal that agents with the Federal Protective Service (FPS), a law enforcement agency under the purview of the Department of Homeland Security, closely surveilled the wave of protests that came in the wake of the war between Israel and Hamas, which began after the terrorist organization\u2019s attack on October 7.<\/p>\n<p>One October 13 email concerning a pro-Israel demonstration at Yale University cited concerns that the institution is \u201cpro-Hamas.\u201d The email from the FPS investigator explained that he had received a call from a United States Marshal informing him of a pro-Israel rally that was scheduled for the same day. \u201cI checked in with New Haven PD and received the same information and will be on the scene,\u201d his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-pac-urges-lib-donors-to-sign-thank-you-card-for-scandal-plagued-lincoln-project\/\" title=\"\u2018Progressive\u2019 PAC Urges Lib Donors to Sign Thank-You Card for Scandal-Plagued Lincoln Project\">email reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe concern is that Yale University is pro Hamas,\u201d the inspector wrote before also adding \u201cat this time there is no credible threat. As more information comes in I will advise.\u201d It is not clear if the FPS inspector was citing his own concerns, those of local authorities, or those of the protesters.<\/p>\n<p>The FPS monitored a number of different protests for and against Israel. A series of communications show that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">federal agents<\/a> were worried that demonstrations could attract racially motivated violent extremists and become violent. On one occasion, agents warned a Biden administration official of demonstrations set to take place in October from \u201cthe same two groups that led to the ~50 arrests (and 500+ not arrested) at the WH yesterday and shutdown several entrances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese organizers keep rotating between USG locations, and the missile incident at the Gaza hospital has started inflaming tensions obviously,\u201d the email read.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The communications came months before protests at universities across the country descended into violence. Students at Columbia University occupied a building on the campus and barricaded themselves inside and had to be removed from the premises by the New York Police Department.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mass arrests at Columbia as the NYPD physically removes and flushes out protesters from Hamilton Hall.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sXsH32XCQ5\">pic.twitter.com\/sXsH32XCQ5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1785493838561436111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Protests also turned violent at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) as pro- and anti-Israel protesters <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raw_News1st\/status\/1785608364120052116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clashed<\/a> on campus before police arrived at the scene. Protesters also attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DisasterTrackHQ\/status\/1786034189780897892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hold off police<\/a> who attempted to enter and break up their encampment on the UCLA campus.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public documents disclosed extensive federal monitoring of pro- and anti-Israel protests nationwide, highlighting worries about Yale&#8217;s &#8220;pro-Hamas&#8221; stance. Bloomberg&#8217;s report on the obtained documents sheds light on the Federal Protective Service&#8217;s scrutiny of the issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":503,"featured_media":2236830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Untitled-design-94-e1714770092914.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2236829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Untitled-design-94-e1714770092914.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/503"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2236829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2236830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2236829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2236829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2236829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}