Anti-Israel mob unfurls ISIS banner at Washington University as Green Party presidential candidate is arrested - while Harvard students raise Palestinian banner instead of the US flag
Longshot 2024 Green Party hopeful Jill Stein joined pro-Palestinian protesters on Saturday. She and two of her staff were arrested in the demonstration at Washington University in St. Louis
By Katelyn Caralle
Daily Mail
Apr 28, 2024
Jill Stein (center) and her campaign staff were arrested at anti-Israel protest on Washington University's campus in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested Saturday at Washington University in St. Louis as campus chaos related to the Israel-Hamas war spreads across the country.
Stein, 73, and members of her campaign staff joined pro-Palestinian protests at the college in St. Louis, Missouri when the 2024 candidate got into a scuffle with law enforcement.
Students at WashU are among those engaging in nationwide campus protests over their college's ties to the war in Gaza.
Stein also joined protesters at Columbia University on Friday, where anti-Israel demonstrators have taken over campus with an encampment that they refuse to breakdown despite threats from the college.
The Palestinian flag was raised above University Hall at Harvard on Saturday before Harvard police officers removed it about one hour later.
At Harvard, students were seen taking down a US flag and replacing it with a Palestinian flag.
Their actions mirror those of students at other elite universities, like Harvard, where the American flag that flies on the main campus has been replaced by a Palestinian flag.
Stein tussles with law enforcement who were pushing back protesters with a bike
Stein, a presidential longshot, claims Columbia is writing a 'blank check' to fund the war in Gaza because its endowment includes investment in Microsoft, which sells computers to the Israeli Defense Force.
Several videos posted to X over the weekend show Stein joining the demonstration.
One clip shows the politician physically pushing back against police using a bike to push the protesters into a contained area.
Along with Stein, the others arrested with her team include campaign manager Jason Call and deputy campaign manager Kelly Merrill-Cayer.
Squad-member Cori Bush also voiced her support for protestors in her home-state on Saturday evening.
'Solidarity with anti-war student activists at WashU,' she wrote followed by a black fist and the Palestinian flag.
'As students exercise their right to protest, I urge university & local authorities to allow these courageous students & community members to continue their practice of non-violent civil disobedience.'
Bush, who is facing a fierce inter-party challenge ahead of July 25th primary, has spent the last several months battling a DOJ investigation into her alleged financial corruption.
Several colleges across the country are experiencing massive anti-Israel protests amid the ongoing war in Gaza. Specifically, the pro-Palestinian students are protesting their universities' ties with Israel.
The most extreme protests are taking place at Columbia University in New York City, where hundreds set up an encampment on campus and forced suspension of in-person classes. Columbia's endowment includes investment in Microsoft and Amazon, which both conduct business with Israel.
Stein (left) links arms with Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier (second from right) and Aldermanic President Megan Green (right) as she engages in pro-Palestinian protest at WashU in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday
Before being cuffed, Stein took a video describing her actions.
'We're standing here with the students at WashU standing up for our constitutional rights, standing up for the American people who want an end to this genocide now,' she said in a selfie-style video.
'Police are gathered here,' she added, panning to an image of a full-force of law enforcement, 'and we're going to stand here in line with the students.'
In the background of the video, the college students are heard chanting, 'Hold the line.'
'Jill and others were attempting to deescalate with police before they began arresting people,' a post from Stein's X account claims:.
Holding a megaphone in her hands but speaking without it, Stein said to law enforcement: 'We can avoid the embarrassment and the humiliation that will come down on this administration if it attacks peaceful demonstrators who are simply calling for peace and human rights and the end to a genocide that the American people abhor.'
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