Anti-Israel protesters who again stormed Barnard College’s Manhattan campus this week handed out sick “Hamas Media Office” leaflets glorifying the Oct. 7 terror attacks.
The disturbing leaflets — including one entitled “Our narrative… Al-Aqsa Flood,” the name the Palestinian terror group gave to its brutal incursion of Israel — were handed out by some of the masked protesters who took over the Milstein Center on Wednesday.
“Happening now: protesters at Barnard College are handing out pamphlets written by the Hamas Media Office justifying October 7th,” Elisha Baker, co-chair of Columbia Students Association for Israel, wrote in a post on X, sharing pictures of the pamphlets.
“This is terrorist support in its rawest and most obvious form.”
Columbia Jewish and Israeli Students also shared images of “flyers authored by ‘Hamas Media Office.’”
“Still think they’re pro-peace? Still think they don’t support terror?” the student group asked.
“Barnard College and Columbia: it’s beyond time to take action.”
Protesters also hung up stickers calling for “Death to Amerika” [sic] and “Burn, Barnard Burn.”
Demonstrators stormed the Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue on Broadway and 122nd St. shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to videos posted by a pro-Palestinian organization with no ties to Barnard or its affiliate, Columbia University.
A puppet branded as Barnard President Laura Rosenbury was paraded before being hung outside the building by its neck, pictures and video on Instagram showed.
The NYPD began removing protesters at around 5 p.m. after a false bomb threat. Multiple demonstrators were taken into custody after not complying with an order to move a safe distance from campus, cops said.
Rosenbury called Wednesday drama “unacceptable” in an email to staff and students late Wednesday confirming classes would resume as normal Thursday.
“The decision to request NYPD assistance was guided and informed entirely by the absolute obligation we have to keep every member of our community safe,” the college president wrote.
“Today has been unsettling and disturbing, and these continued disruptions take a toll on our community. The desire of a few to disrupt and threaten cannot outweigh the needs of the students, faculty, and staff who call our campus home. I urge us to come together.”
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