Ilhan Omar's daughter, Isra Hirsi, boasted about being so 'hyper ...

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The daughter of Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar — kicked out of her college dorm at prestigious $90,000-per-year Barnard last week following her arrest for protesting against Israel — has previously boasted of her pride in being “hyper-woke”.

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During a Ted Talk in February 2020, Isra Hirsi, 21, told the audience she had become known as “token activist, the politically correct (PC) police, and the angry black girl” for “always” speaking up against “something offensive or problematic”. “

“I would say something all the time and kids in my classes used to get super annoyed at me pointing out everything even if it was slightly sexist…but I was proud of it,” she said during the talk she titled “the angry black girl”.

Isra Hirsi is paraded onto an NYPD bus after being arrested, along with more than 100 other anti-Israel protesters on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Matthew McDermott for NY Post

“Eventually people got really annoyed of me being hyper-woke.

“The titles kept coming in and I really claimed the title of being ‘the PC Police’.”

Hirsi, a member of the anti-Israel student group Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), said she wanted to “use the hyper-woke part of my personality to do some real change”.

“So I joined everything: climate stuff, gun violence prevention,” she explained.

“I felt like I had to and because it also became my brand. I would call out injustices. When you join so many white-dominated groups you feel really alienated.”

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What to know about the antisemitism controversy at Columbia University: Columbia University president Minouche Shafik was accused of “gross negligence” while testifying before the House Education and Workforce Committee about antisemitic incidents at the school and pro-Palestinian indoctrination. Shafik defended the school’s response after Oct. 7, but refused to tell lawmakers at the hearing if the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is antisemitic. A report from the Ivy League school’s Task Force on Antisemitism found “repeated violations by student groups” at Columbia after the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks in Israel. Ahead of the hearing, Jewish students told The Post that they have been targeted and witnessed antisemitism at the Morningside Heights campus. The Columbia University Jewish Alumni Association told The Post that the college’s administrators must “do their job” in reining in unauthorized student protests. Shortly after the Oct. 7 attacks, more than 100 Columbia professors signed a letter defending students who support the “military action” by Hamas. In February, an antisemitic poster depicting Israel as a skunk appeared on campus — which experts liken to a propaganda poster used by the Nazis in World War II. An unsanctioned “Resistance 101” event was held on campus in March by a Palestinian activist with alleged ties to a group labeled a terror organization by the US. Four students who participated were later suspended by Columbia.

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Columbia University president Minouche Shafik testifying at a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on April 17, 2024. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana While the congressional hearing was in progress, Columbia students erected 60 tents on campus to demand that the university divest from Israel. One of the leaders of the protests, Ilhan Omar’s daughter, Isra Hirsi, was suspended from Barnard College — a women’s college affiliated with Columbia. Shocking video footage captured a protester near the university declare, “We’re all Hamas” and “Long live Hamas” Wednesday. Another protester was arrested Wednesday night for repeatedly hitting and scratching an NYPD cop, according to law enforcement officials.  On Thursday, more than 100 other protesters were arrested after Shafik announced the campus’s closure. Columbia canceled in-person classes on April 22 as the protests continued. Israeli-born professor Shai Davidai was barred from campus after he attempted to lead a pro-Jewish rally. Every New York House GOP lawmaker demanded that Shafik resign immediately for failing to crack down on the “large unauthorized antisemitic riot” on campus. Columbia University’s Jewish Alumni Association also called for Shafik’s resignation.

Hirsi didn’t immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

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Hirsi was one of more than 100 anti-Israel protesters arrested by New York police on the campus of Columbia University last Thursday for refusing to clear out from a tent encampment on the Ivy League school’s campus.

Hirsi’s mother has since spoken out about her daughter’s arrest, saying she is “enormously proud” of her for taking a stand. Instagram/Isra Hirsi

Isra Hirsi (right), her mother and their family.

Hirsi said she was held in custody for roughly eight hours, then complained about not getting support from her Barnard, which informed her she had been suspended the same day.

“I was a little bit frantic, like, where am I going to sleep? Where am I gonna go?” she told Teen Vogue after learning she’d been evicted from campus housing and banned from using the dining hall.

“And also all of my s—t is thrown in a random lot. It’s pretty horrible.”

Follow The Post’s coverage of the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University: Columbia cancels in-person classes to ‘reset’ as anti-Israel protests raise tensions Columbia’s most outspoken critic of anti-Israel protesters, Prof. Shai Davidai, refused entry to campus for pro-Jewish rally Elise Stefanik, all NY House GOP lawmakers demand Columbia President Minouche Shafik resign immediately Columbia Jewish alumni demand firing of president Shafik for failing to protect students on campus

The disgraced student appears to still have the unwavering supporte of her Democratic “squad” member mom, who posted she is ” enormously proud” of her daughter.

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In a statement on Sunday, CUAD distanced itself from what it said were “media distractions focusing on inflammatory individuals who do not represent us”.

“Our members have been misidentified by a politically-motivated mob,” the CUAD statement said.

The 21-year-old was one of more than 100 people arrested and summoned for trespassing by NYPD officers. Instagram/Isra Hirsi

“We have been doxxed in the press, arrested by the NYPD [New York Police Department], and locked out of our homes by the university.

“We have knowingly put ourselves in danger because we can no longer be complicit in Columbia funnelling our tuition dollars and grant funding into companies that profit from death.”

The group is seeking to get the university to divest stocks, funds and endowments from companies which invest in Israel, including Caterpillar, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Elbit Systems, Mekorot, Hapoalim, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin.

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