A group of US veterans shared their disgust at the wave of anti-Israeli protests spreading across college campuses.
“They are a disgrace to the United States of America. Burning flags, speaking against the country. They are not happy here? Deport them like anyone else if they are not American. C “It’s a shame and a disgrace,” he said. George, a World War II veteran, said “Fox and Friends” THURSDAY.
“These veterans died and were injured and everything else, so they could protest the United States of America and burn flags and everything else. A total shame.”
ANTISEMITIC AGITATORS: WHAT PROTESTERS AT ELITE AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES SCREAM
After protests rocked the Columbia and Yale campuses, demonstrations broke out Wednesday at the University of Texas-Austin and the University of Southern California.
Anti-Israel agitators gather on the campus of Columbia University in New York on Monday, April 22, 2024. The university announced that all classes would be held virtually today in response to ongoing protests on campus. (Pierre Gerber)
The USC protest, called the “Solidarity Occupation of Gaza,” began Wednesday morning and was one of many such protests taking place on college campuses across America.
The Los Angeles Police Department arrived on campus around 4 p.m. after the agitators refused to follow the university’s request to leave the area, Capt. Kelly Muniz said on X, formerly Twitter, Wednesday evening.
After hours of clashes with campus police and the LAPD, the protest ended with the arrest of 93 people for trespassing.
“They’re all nasty people, very nasty people. They have nothing better to do with their lives than say that. It’s so disgusting,” another veteran told Lawrence Jones at the Eagle Diner in Warminster, Wash. Pennsylvania, about 30 miles north. from Philadelphia.
UT-Austin Saw a similar demonstration. About 100 protesters gathered on campus Wednesday to take part in an unruly anti-Israel demonstration.
The noisy protests invited hundreds of spectators, some of whom joined in anti-Israel chants on the school’s south lawn.
At least 20 people were arrested.
As protests intensified and spread to more campuses, two veterans called protesters “terrorists” for their support of Hamas as well as anti-American and anti-Israeli rhetoric.
“They are… self-proclaimed terrorists. Every single one of them,” one veteran said.
“I believe in the First Amendment. However, there are constraints. And the people protesting are terrorists, in my opinion,” said another, adding that’s not what he fought for .
University leaders, local law enforcement and state officials attempted to quell the protests. Hundreds of arrests have been made on American campuses this week alone. Some campuses have even closed their doors or moved all classes online due to the unrest.
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One veteran, however, suggested that the students be expelled for participate in demonstrations.
“They should be deported, those who are the children who go to school. All those who came on a foreign visa should be deported and they should be deported. And the agitators should not only be arrested, but also prosecuted and be given time,” the veteran reasoned.
“The only thing that’s going to stop this is they have to pay for it.”
Fox News’ Elizabeth Pritchett, Andrea Vacchiano and Bryan Preston contributed to this report.
