Ilhan Omar grills Columbia University President Nemat Shafik about protests on campus
US congresswoman Ilhan Omar grilled Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik on Wednesday about protests on campus and the broader hostile environment faced by students during at a House committee hearing that discussed Columbia University’s response to antisemitism.
Omar said she was “appalled” to learn that Columbia University suspended and evicted six students for their involvement in pro-Palestinian panel events on campus.
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Censorship is everywhere. No one can speak out against the genocide in Gaza without being labeled antisemitism.
Ok, tell them that's the Arabs are the real semites.
So true. In Canada ... Speaker of the House Ted Arnott banned the wearing of keffiyeh scarves in the Ontario legislature. There was no vote. There was no discussion. Mr.Arnott just decided, he, himself. Even Doug Ford (a man I have never agreed with and believe is a crook) disagrees with his decision. This is complete and utter madness!
If i would write a comment like yours.. yt blocks me again 24hrs…. But! Fully agree!
Perhaps had the British, French, Russians and United States actually not ignored the indigenous arab inhabitants of the former Ottoman Empire, now Palestine, before welcoming zionist jews into that area. Calling that "a land without people for a people without land" when in fact, it had been populated with Arabs, We most probably would not been in the quagmire we are in. Since the zionist jews are the transplanted invaders/occupying force in Occupied Palestine; it is incumbent upon the United Nations vis-a-vis Britain, France, Russia and United States to resettle those zionists to another location outside of Lebanon/Palestine. Saudi Arabia seems to have ample surplus land to resettle the total global Jewish population.
The irony here that Palestinians themselves are semites
I protested the war in Vietnam. I was called a traitor and a communist. If I was younger, I would protest the War against the Palestinians too!
Those are your issues
@@atticusfinch3931talk to your papa joe Biden.
@@Mrpotato-gs2ur go talk to your local draft board or did you miss that one too
@@atticusfinch3931 sad, are you butt hurt, stay home kid you know nothing.
@@atticusfinch3931 stay home kid, you know nothing. Typical Murican citizen
Ilhan Omar is a brave young woman who is threatened daily, God bless her for her courage.
Especially her courage to promote incest
She has no choice. The Americans aren't going to stop.
@@heidenburg5445 she has a choice, she could be a coward and just quit congress, but she cares more about people than her own safety. Ooh Rah !!!
she literally passed bills tht support Israel financially. Can y'all do any research at all? She js jumping on the bandwagon in front of y'all clowns
@@dalya1702how is she jumping on the bandwagon when she’s been calling out Israel from the day she joined politics. You people are so ungrateful. She has the most death threats because she stands up for Palestine. If you are referring to that one bill she voted yes because it included aid to Somalia. She recently voted NO on aid and weapons to Israel.
Discrimination to PRo PALESTINIANs people,
Rogue State!🇺🇸 Their government is a state sponsor of terrorism and genocide implies that decent citizens of America should get on board as well
🙋♂️ is that way you all have equal representation in congress? Or, is it the BILLIONS in foreign aid that have been mismanaged? How about evading the UN Security Council topic of conversation? Or, embedding HAMAS into UN agencies? Wow- so oppressed. Didn’t ISRAEL and the UN offered Palestinians statehood seven times? Lol so oppressed you had to turn down rights & recognition? The “narrative” comes straight from the Haniyeh horses mouth. And we see you. And we will be seeing you again in Nuremberg. Same enemy different uniforms.
Screw all pro Palestinians !
No, discrimination against students inciting violence. Some pro Palestinians were left alone because they were peaceful.
May the better one win. I do not care who cries the most.
Thank you my fellow Somali sister. This Somali-Canadian from Toronto is very proud of you and how you always stand for Palestinian brothers and sisters.
What are you doing in Canada a Christian country? Why aren't you in Somali to put your country in order? Plus your sister Ilham Omar? I think she can make a very good President for Somali and you her assistant. You will make Somali great like the countries you are living in.
When your Orangecon goes back to Germany, Pelosi to Italy and Biden likewise to Ireland, then YOU can talk to others about going back to somewhere.
@@ChakitoTolubecause your mum invited us. God bless your mum. Ask your mum why she raised a pathetic racist child.
@@ChakitoToluyou are not indigenous what are all Christians doing there cuz you all are immigrant just like outhers
@@ChakitoToluwho told you Canada is Christian country?
MY HEART IS PALESTINE , AS AN AFGHANI MY BLOOD BOILING TO SHAMELESS ISREAL.
Israel is a peaceful country
@@Peepaltree551hahaha....good one Hasbara
@@Peepaltree551You cannot be serious 😂
Oh, you mean your warmongers Israeli aparthied regime are the definition of terrorists and land stealer since 1947@@Peepaltree551o
@@Peepaltree551 if only that were true..
Will not ever send my American kids to a American university and colleges!
You are not an American. You are a immigrant from a OIC country
i will never ever step foot in america ever again
@@tal-lancer good for america...
@@prashanthalex7702 Better for his foot.
@@prashanthalex7702a country with the highest number of inmates. 😂
Don't send your kids to Columbia.
Or any of those colleges that suppress freedom of speech and support genocide.
Columbia university really has lost its prestige,,the quality of graduates is lower every year
How terrible and horrible AMERICAN DEMOCRACY ….
Usa is American but is not America.
Isreal paid for it,one by one they pay off politicians to support them and when they don’t they threaten them with smears and cancellation
@@DemosBrutus Nope....United states of israel
@@izalozmen744 ok, I buy it
In a democracy you are allowed to ask … grateful for it. Try Somalia…
Any discrimination against anyone is fully wrong. But most importantly, the Palestinian people protesting should not meet any hostility anywhere in the world
Crazy to think the style of occupation and dehumanizing happening in Palestine is being imported to US.
Your kidding right. It's the Palestinian protesters that are targeting jews.
Hear Hear!
unless they are inciting violence.
@@jpch8814 Which they are. And Plasticine is just an excuse.
STOP the Genocide Free Palestine 🇵🇸 🙏❤️🇬🇧
ইনশাআল্লাহ আল্লাহ ভরসা লা ই লা হা ইল্লাল্লাহ মুহাম্মাদুর রাসুলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়া সালাম ফ্রী ফিলিস্তিনি ❤❤❤
54 The Book of Tribulations and Portents of the Last Hour (18)Chapter: The Hour Will Not Begin Until A Man Passes By Another Man's Grave And Wishes That He Was In The Place Of The Deceased, Because Of Calamity(18)بَاب لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَمُرَّ الرَّجُلُ بِقَبْرِ الرَّجُلِ فَيَتَمَنَّى أَنْ يَكُونَ مَكَانَ الْمَيِّتِ مِنْ الْبَلَاءِ Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews. حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ - عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُقَاتِلَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ الْيَهُودَ فَيَقْتُلُهُمُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ حَتَّى يَخْتَبِئَ الْيَهُودِيُّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحَجَرِ وَالشَّجَرِ فَيَقُولُ الْحَجَرُ أَوِ الشَّجَرُ يَا مُسْلِمُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ هَذَا يَهُودِيٌّ خَلْفِي فَتَعَالَ
If you want to stop the genocide then complain to Hamas and the Palestinians.
The irony of your flags is astonishing. You realize Great Britain liberated the Jews because they were being massacred for praying in Jerusalem right?
Freedom of speech and press now 📣 FREE ASSANGE NOW ✊
Get a life😂
@@user-gs3uk8vh8owhy are you here then?
@@user-gs3uk8vh8oThe dead of the wars created by the U.S. no longer have lives to count.
@@DemosBrutus all bullshit
@@user-gs3uk8vh8o😭 how we funded the taliban and the people we fight now
The suspended students should be called back, and their suspension recalled.
They should be expelled not suspended.
Free Palestine.
From Islam 54 The Book of Tribulations and Portents of the Last Hour (18)Chapter: The Hour Will Not Begin Until A Man Passes By Another Man's Grave And Wishes That He Was In The Place Of The Deceased, Because Of Calamity(18)بَاب لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَمُرَّ الرَّجُلُ بِقَبْرِ الرَّجُلِ فَيَتَمَنَّى أَنْ يَكُونَ مَكَانَ الْمَيِّتِ مِنْ الْبَلَاءِ Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews. حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ - عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُقَاتِلَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ الْيَهُودَ فَيَقْتُلُهُمُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ حَتَّى يَخْتَبِئَ الْيَهُودِيُّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحَجَرِ وَالشَّجَرِ فَيَقُولُ الْحَجَرُ أَوِ الشَّجَرُ يَا مُسْلِمُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ هَذَا يَهُودِيٌّ خَلْفِي فَتَعَالَ
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
From hamas.
Free hostages
Why
WOW! THIS IS THE FIGHT OF OUR TIMES! COLONIALISM WILL END!!!
The sooner, the better. It was always wrong right from the start.
Jews lived on that land before Islam or Christianity existed so get off their land and stay off colonizer.
Well done . You can see Nemat squirming. She has no legs to stand on
first time a hypocritical and coporrupt m oh ammudun omar is dealing with another corrupt m ohammudun.
These same private investigators could not be brought in to investigate when chemicals were thrown at students. You sit here saying you won’t accept any “harassment against your students”!!.
Freedom of speech is seriously being challenged on Biden’s watch.😊
He's evil antiChrist
along with the entire idea of a country with a border. If there is no border there is no country. Every american citizen is checked atthe airport gate because we dont want another 9-11,except those who crossed the border without ID. free trip to anywhere in america? really not a word from any one, free of speech at work. If you say anything you are the biggest danger to democracy. The right to remain silent for you.
All my respect to this woman.The repression of dissent in universities is also happening more and more often in other countries.
Repression of dissent is here and now. Tyranny is on the march. Majority of Americans 🙈🙉🙊
That woman is not capable to be in charge of IVY league university she should reside immediately
Save freedom of speech Save democracy Save all people Save Gaza Free Palestine 🇵🇸♥️🍉✌️
Freedom of speech when it suits you. Palestinians have never known free speech. Gazans haven't had free press for 15+ years. Peace activists were imprisoned in 2020.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 No Ceasefire
Wtf is the point in "grilling" Shafik, she doesn't look to be the enemy. Furthemore she is not an assertive personality, as she herself admitted for having normalized being attacked as head of the university.
Columbia President is unconvincing and shows little concern about this serious issue. What a shame!
This the country hailed as land of democracy
Sounds like lots of repression going on for criticising Israel
It has been for many many decades.
I would actually say it's the other way around. You guys are just stuck in a tiny bubble.
Criticizing Israel is NOT the same as wanting to destroy the entire nation.
Criticism ≠ Calls for destruction
@@71suns HA HA HA HA
Well done Ilhan Omar 👏👏👏
When did defending Terroists become something to be proud of?
@@sundars8031 u mean the idf? Yeah yeah look how america is supplying them weapons to kill muss murders ur soooo.... right!!!!
@@sundars8031 if u call the resistant group as terrorist and how do u called idf? Hero? Give me a break!
@@shao1710 The army of a country is different from a terrorist group....Hamas and Hezbollah are extremists groups and nothing wrong in addressing them as Terrorists...Are ISIS, Taliban and Al Qaeda resistant groups ?....Hamas raped and killed women and have been keeping Israelis as hostages....They kill kafirs acoording to the teachings in their holy book...
@@shao1710 That makes no sense--no sense at all.
Regardless of how calm she seems, the act of condemning innocent people and suspending them until they can prove that they are guilty or not is unconstitutional.
After long time I’m so proud of her. May Allah SWT guide her to the right path
Maybe she is already on the right path?
@@MohaniNiza Not always as she support/promotes Qomu Lut which is forbidden in Islam. Also I think it was last year when she supported Israhell so they can get a lot of money and now they’re doing G3nocide with that money today to innocent 🇵🇸
@@halalpolice7544sis I actually did research and she did not vote for aid to Israel. It was a package that included aid to Somalia and 200 other countries. She probably voted yes for Somalia. Also there was a vote two months ago for Israel aid and she voted NO again. If you check her record she’s the most pro Palestine in congress. She even introduced a new bill gojng against the president stopping him from sending weapons. She’s not perfect but she’s better than the rest
@@yasminl8125 You’re right but she did actually say yes to 62B aid to Israhell in 2021(it was israhell alone to all that money and now we see the G3nocide). She also supports Qomu Lut. May Allah SWT guide her and us all to the right path.
@@halalpolice7544Everything the congresswoman is doing she does because of her deep commitment to truth, justice and she manages it using her intelligence, her common sense and she does it freely. I have never seen or heard that her functions in Congress are directed by any God of some fundamentalist religion.
this lady got it !! thank you for standing against the genocide !! free Palestine !!
Western justice works by skin color
Yes, all minorities are favored over all white people, and that is from, the Left.
You know so little about the world.
but u halal hypocrites are still enjoying life in the West and Europe?
Wake up and stand up against genocide and occupation free Palestine
i hope that those studens who were suspended and wont be allowed back till they "co-operate" take the college to court. a retired cop has 0 power.
A traitor is a million times worse than the enemy. We need to hold these Egyptian, Jordanian, Saudi, UAE & other traitors accountable as well...
Amen, brother. These regimes are the ones protecting Israel
At least Omar is trying to turn it around ❤
What has Omar done to improve Somalia?...How about the kidnap of girls in Nigeria?.Does she not care about what's happening in her continent??...She wants to join the Free Palestine movement to gain the support of radical Islamists and she might even be paid by them
Yah. I think turning around that diaper rag on her head will air out her smell some. Good point.
Yes she is one of the few who has the courage and morality to stand up to the AIPAC sell outs. I admire her. I wish she would run for president. The rabble that is running isn't worth voting for.
Well said Ilhan Omar!
❤❤❤
She's right.
shes wrong The Enemy within WELL DONE AMERICA
@@millwallholdings cry, cry, cry.
Sending greetings of solidarity to the students standing up for Justice for Palestine. From newzealand aotearoa. Never forget - telling truth is antisemetic.
My heart is in Palestine
WHY DONT YOU GO THERE THEN ?
@@millwallholdingswhy don’t you shut up?
@@reffzz u too m ohammudun, hypocrite y r u not in ga yza?
Thank you for speaking out against racism
Beautiful miss Omar standing up for justice
"bEAUTIFUL" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ~Specksavers
I'm SO GLAD I was TOO DUMB to go to college!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
It's nothing but an extended and expensive brain washing anyway. Being self taught is the best way and it's FREE.
My goodness suspended based on refusing to participate in an investigation holy sh
why most of israeli play victims cards
That's why they're very sensitive crybabies.
The Hypocrisy of Is-rae-lies
Tell me,do all muslim parents teach their children so much hate?I was in my country for 9-11,many horrible things were said about the muslim people,I always stuck up for them.Never again will I,they are filled with hate and play the victim.All this will turn against the muslim people.I hear what people say.
@@taliabraver ..9/11 done by CIA and israel
@taliabraver Maybe they play the victim because they ARE the victim. Tell me, would you be happy if you were bombed day after day, shot at, burned to death, and starved, you would still be okay? Maybe this HATE you suggest could Maybe POSSIBLY come from that? Not to mention Israel attacked Iran under no purpose except to destroy the embassy. Get your facts straight.
Free Palestine Love from Bangladesh
free them .. go there
I'm so proud of Ilhan Omar who stands up straight ❤❤❤ Keep voicing the voiceless, Allah SWT is with the brave and truthful. Respect from an Indonesian Muslim 🙏🏼🇲🇨
Thanks from 🇸🇴
Money is God when you have lost humanity and honor. God bless Palestinians and their supporters, Aameen 🤲❤
It’s happening on campuses across the country.
She actually did well, I applaud her
University President should be a politician, she avoids answering questions, can't say Yes or No 🙄
Every time you try to silence the voices of Palestine 🇵🇸 you only make us scream louder with no fear!!!
And we need to! Voices of and for the abuse and injustice has been silenced and intimidated by fear for 76 years. It is time to be fearless in using our voices.
@@oliveoil5789 Yes, Enough is enough! It will not go back to how it was, never again!
Stop the genocide Free Palestine 🇵🇸
First teach humanity...
Well Said llham Omar you are a very Smart young lady 👏 Speaking the Truth .FREEDOM for Palestine 🇵🇸
You could practically see the ancestors standing behind sister Ilhan keeping her steady. Well done Ms. Omar, well done. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
What’s that traitor doing in America?
The REAL TRAITORS are all the politicians on both the left and the right who have completely SOLD OUT for donations from AIPAC. Do some research and think for yourself FFS.
Shout out to Ilhan Omar 🇸🇱
hhhh
That’s not a Somali flag lol
@@AngryAmygdala exactly!
I absolutely despise this woman. For the life of me i can not believe she was actually voted in!! Hilarious...she was appalled!😂
DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS TO THESE UNIVERSITIES AND CHARGE THESE SOLE CALLED EDUCATORS. THEY NEED TO RESIGN.
You can't even spell.
@@kamsolusar8529 ohh great comeback, I didn’t realize this is English class. Most of us are here to just comment our opinions and couldn’t care less about our spelling or grammar on KZhead. Sucks to be you if it bothers you, and what did I spell wrong anyways? Please let me know I’ll try to be better next time your highness.
@kizzadawg22 I didn't know you were so fragile about universities.
@@kamsolusar8529 looks like you are the fragile one, instead of giving an insightful reply which could add something to the conversation you make a childish comment about spelling. Just made me laugh 😂😂😂. You didn’t tell me what I spelled wrong either by the way. I just like to get better so please help with my spelling.
You wrote “sole called” instead of “so called”
#freePalestine #feedPalestine
Oh wow, great PR for prospective foreign students that pay millions into these universities. Keep it up... 🤦♂️
Ilhan is really impressive.
For how she ignores the plight of girls in her country of birth...
@@MsBhappy whether she ignores it, or the fact her country of birth doesn't really have much of a government. It's very well for people like you judging sitting thousands of miles away, without an ounce of understanding of wider issues, just your narrow interests based agenda, but, those girls primary concern is being able to live, like everyone else. You start forcing cultural changes during already existing mess, you achieve nothing but further hardship for those you're trying to help. The West has gone through the various cultural evolutions from a position of prosperity, and relative peace, that's how most societies evolve, not during conflict. How about respecting human life, before crying about some entrenched cultural practices.
@@youknow6968 Who brainwashed that into you some college i suppose 🤣
@@millwallholdings no, your mamma, ask her 😘
@@youknow6968 sorry in bed at the moment with your ma so im "busy " No cloth on her head either 😄
Hypocrites...
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
❤ Free Palestine
was free meet their fucking god
She should be fired for order police onto her campus to crack down peaceful student. shameful to save her job.
Thank you for speaking up for the Muslim students.. and shame on this president .. racist we see you .. shame on Colombia university
Congrats Ilhan for defending terorists groups such as Hamas...She would keep mum on Hamas attacks and the Sydney Bishop attack,but play victim card out here... Typical Islamic behavior
Our blood is boiling at this moment. The racism and bigotry is the real problem in America. It always has and it always will.
She's amazing god bless her keep safe
A very smart and intelligent woman with very intelligent questions. Perfect!!!!
I am a Republican and Trump supporter, but she is absolutely right.
She is so pissed off because she can't fandom how pure US democracy is, very less hate atleast in university.
FREE FREE PALESTINE!! FREE PALESTINE!!!
you just have to respect her . the Amazing Ilhan Omar
Respect her for defending the atrocities of Hamas?... She is a terrorist sympathiser with good articulation Skills
This will go down in history as the AIPAC Inquisition
Respect For Ilhan Omar From Bangladesh 🇧🇩
She is so smart alhamdullilah
Well done senator! The truth must be spelled out ! No need for covering up atrocities committed at any institution or organisation! Students have their equal right to protest and show their solidarity with the Palestinians. They have to exercise their rights for freedom of speech and freedom of expression! No authority should exercise the rule to antagonise, harass, intimidate ], bully or silence protesters!! University must be a safe place to learn, grow and flourish! I 🎉❤❤
She isn’t a senator but a member of the house
That’s crazy that woman is telling an American woman to shut up…word!
God Bless Ilhan Omar What a courage.
It is time we elect our African brothers and sisters to leadership everywhere. They are outspoken and brave.❤❤❤
Keep fighting for freedom of speech. Greetings from Norway
Thanks to Mrs. Ilhan Umar for her mercy and compassion for the harassed innocent small Orphan children of Palastine. Congratulations.
America needs more leaders like Thank,s ilhan omer.
Beautiful Miss Omar standing out for justice and facing harassments and attacks with courage May Allah protect you from any evils May Allah bless you and keep you on the right path You are Beautiful and you have a Beautiful soul. Love you ❤❤❤❤❤ Free Palestine
You mean the broad who married her brother to get in our country???? 😆🤣😅😀😆
Ilhan Omar you rock!! Thank you!
shes sucks
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 God bless you for standing up. For the students protesting for peace
The same people who made America 😭 on September 11th. They are now bed partners with them.They will make you 😭 again
Free Palestine 🤲❤️🇵🇸
What a hypocrisy
The Columbia president needs to be removed. She has no business being on a college campus.
Well it's very easy to grill anyone when you're the one in power & backed up by the people in power. There is nothing heroic here.
She needs to be sacked for encouraging this behaviour.
Good job ilhan👍♥️
How on earth Omar who is anti USA can question anyone and in what capacity ?
Free Free Palestine
Thank You Ilhan Omar for all your efforts 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Activists expect and accept consequences to be active. That is how it works. If you don’t want to accept this fact stay neutral.
Stop the genocide!
Arab leaders must learn from Ilham.
We will always and forever stand with humanity, stand with Palestine.