WATCH: MIT prof lets anti-Israel student hijack classroom
The student alleges that MIT, Israel, and the United States are complicit in 'genocide,' as he proceeds to pull out a Palestinian flag and scream, 'free, free, Palestine!'
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During a week that saw MIT President Sally Kornbluth unwilling to clarify for Congress if calling for the killing of Jews violated campus guidelines, a video posted to X on Dec. 6 appears to show a pro-Palestine protester temporarily taking over an MIT math class.
In the footage, the instructor yields time to a student who claims to be participating in a “walkout” in opposition to the “genocide of Gaza” and “MIT silence.” The student alleges that MIT, Israel, and the United States are complicit in ‘genocide,’ as he proceeds to pull out a Palestinian flag and repeatedly scream, “free, free, Palestine!”
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F*cking hell.
This is @MIT
President #SallyKornbluth was questioned by congress yesterday as we all saw.
This MIT Maths professor just lets a student take over his class.
“Can I just finish this equation?” - he asks the student.
Noticed how the kid looks like the professor… pic.twitter.com/G8kHDmUijO— Kosher Kockney (@KosherKockney) December 7, 2023
After allowing the student to address the class, the instructor appears either unwilling or unable to stop the interruption.
On Dec. 5, MIT President Sally Kornbluth said during a congressional hearing that, “I have not heard calling for the genocide of Jews on our campus.”
On Nov. 7, Campus Reform reported that Jewish MIT student activist Liyam Chitayat blamed the school’s seemingly “neutral” response to the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel. Chitayat also recalled hearing anti-Semitic phrases on campus by pro-Palestine students like, “From the river to the sea” and “Intifada.”