Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Suspended from College over Anti-Israel Protest

Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), was handcuffed and led away from the site of an anti-Israel encampment on Columbia University’s campus by New York Police Department officers on Thursday, photographs show.

Hirsi was one of over 100 protesters cuffed and removed from the premises on Thursday afternoon after Columbia students occupied the university’s lawn for over 24 hours in violation of school policies, the New York Post reported, noting that NYPD officers in riot gear brought cuffed students — some of whom resisted detention — to corrections buses. NYPD reportedly warned the students that they would be arrested if they did not vacate the area.

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Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), was handcuffed and led away from the site of an anti-Israel encampment on Columbia University’s campus by New York Police Department officers on Thursday, photographs show.

Hirsi was one of over 100 protesters cuffed and removed from the premises on Thursday afternoon after Columbia students occupied the university’s lawn for over 24 hours in violation of school policies, the New York Post reported, noting that NYPD officers in riot gear brought cuffed students — some of whom resisted detention — to corrections buses. NYPD reportedly warned the students that they would be arrested if they did not vacate the area.