Barnard 'poisoned' by 'DEI propaganda,' says influencer who uncovered anti-Israel sentiment on campus

Pro-Israel influencer Zach Sage Fox erstwhile again recovered himself successful force territory erstwhile helium went undercover arsenic an antisemite adjacent Barnard College successful New York City.

While Fox did not spell connected campus, helium had the accidental to speech with respective students successful the area, and helium told Fox News Digital that what helium saw was "shocking."

In the video, which has garnered implicit 24,000 likes connected Instagram, Fox got respective students to beryllium brutally honorable astir their thoughts connected the ongoing Israel-Hamas warfare and Jews. He said it gives the nationalist a look astatine what these students say, "without the keffiyehs on."

"It was conscionable shocking however overmuch I uncovered successful specified a tiny play of time," Fox told Fox News Digital, noting that the students were unafraid of supporting antisemitism. Fox noted that helium lone met them seconds earlier they "just poured retired each this antisemitism."

After speaking with students, Fox said that "Jews person conscionable go people fig 1 astatine this school."

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Barnard anti-Israel protests and Zach Sage Fox successful disguise. (Getty/@Zach.Sage connected Instagram)

In the video, Fox wears a disguise and pretends to beryllium a British pupil named "Ben Klein." He wore a pro-Palestinian shirt, a keffiyeh, a COVID look disguise and a chemoreceptor ring. Fox admitted that his costume made him "look similar a narc," and helium was amazed truthful galore radical thought helium was genuinely an anti-Israel activist.

At 1 of the much shocking points of the video, a Barnard pupil who said she studies "human rights and economics" said determination is "nuance successful terrorism." 

"I deliberation ‘terrorism’ is 1 of those words wherever radical haven’t really thought astir the meaning," the pupil says successful the video. Later successful the video, she besides agrees erstwhile asked whether determination is "nuance to rape" if it is utilized arsenic a limb of "resistance," specified arsenic the fig of rapes committed during the attacks connected Oct. 7, 2023. 

A idiosyncratic carries a "Queers for Free Palestine" motion astatine the 29th Annual New York City Dyke March connected June 26, 2021, successful New York City. (Alexi Rosenfeld/ Getty Images)

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When speaking astir this student, Fox said that helium was stunned erstwhile she called herself a "queer for Palestine" but could not look to explicate wherefore she supported a question that actively persecutes cheery people.

Fox said these anti-Israel students "don’t really privation to escaped Palestine from Hamas." He told Fox News Digital that helium recovered Hamas supporters portion interviewing radical adjacent the Ivy League campus. In the video that was posted, 1 unidentified pistillate said determination are "students who are much sympathetic to Hamas."

In summation to the anti-Israel students, Fox spoke with immoderate Jewish students portion undercover. One of the students who is featured successful the video said helium felt unsafe astatine Columbia.

"My takeaway is that it conscionable feels similar Barnard due to the fact that it is, you know, seen arsenic this pistillate institution. I deliberation it is much poisoned with a batch of this DEI propaganda that truly has turned Jews into a full-on White colonizer class," Fox told Fox News Digital.

The NYPD clears anti-Israel demonstrators from Barnard College aft a radical of pupil protesters occupied Milstein Library connected March 5. ( Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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The pro-Israel influencer told Fox News Digital that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives indispensable beryllium ended due to the fact that helium believes they are "intellectually poisoning students." He praised the Trump administration’s efforts to basal retired DEI from the national government.

Fox admitted that his ain views connected DEI had changed since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks. He said that helium was idiosyncratic who did not spot the harm that DEI initiatives could bash until this past twelvemonth and a half. 

"It is specified a disservice to intelligence reasoning and escaped thinking," Fox told Fox News Digital.

In summation to ending DEI initiatives, Fox believes disguise bans should beryllium successful place, with exceptions for aesculapian reasons. Fox says that forcing students to spell unmasked would enactment an extremity to the gathering takeovers and disruptive anti-Israel demonstrations seen connected campuses crossed the state implicit the past twelvemonth and a half.