A University of Pennsylvania student said she felt “so empowered and happy” that Palestinian independence was within reach on the same day Hamas militants invaded Israel and massacred 1,400 people, mostly civilians, according to a video.
The clip, circulating online and shared by Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres, shows the back of a woman, reportedly a junior at an Ivy League university, wrapped in a keffiyeh as she speaks passionately into a microphone before a crowd of people at a professional party. Palestinian demonstration in Philadelphia.
He asked rallygoers to remember the photo of Palestinians tearing down the barbed wire fence between Israel and Gaza, as well as other “joyful and powerful images that emerged from the glorious October 7,” when bloodthirsty Hamas terrorists crossed the border into Israel and shot dead dozens of families in their homes and hundreds of young people at a music festival.
He asked the cheering crowd to keep the images in their minds and remember how they felt when they saw the images and heard the news for the first time.
A UPenn student is seen speaking fondly about the “joyful” images of massacred Israelis from “glorious October 7.”
He felt “happy” to hear the news of the dead Jews in Israel.
In what appears to be a call for violence, he tells the crowd to “keep that feeling in… pic.twitter.com/pdygANFmtY
– Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) November 6, 2023
“I remember feelings so empowered and happy, so sure that victory was close and so tangible,” he said. “I want all of you to keep that feeling in your hearts. Never let go. Channel it through every action you take. Bring it to the streets.
“Take to the streets every day and never let them feel like you are silently accepting this genocide,” the student said of Israel’s relentless airstrikes.
Israel’s bombing has killed more than 10,000 Palestinians, including more than 4,100 children and 2,640 women, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry.
The speaker only mentioned two images: a photo of men and boys smiling while sitting atop an Israeli military jeep captured by “freedom fighters” and the image of a bulldozer crossing “the deadly border.”
However, Torres added a comment stating that the student spoke “fondly about the ‘joyful’ images of massacred Israelis” and that she was happy to hear the news that thousands of Jews in Israel were dead.
“This is not a patient in a psychiatric hospital. This is an Ivy League student,” he tweeted.
The speaker asked those attending the rally to remember the “joyful and powerful images that emerged from the glorious October 7.” The Philadelphia Palestinian Coalition
The Post could not confirm whether the person in the video is a UPenn student.
A university spokesman declined to comment but referred to the president’s recent comments denouncing anti-Semitism at a trustees meeting.
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magil acknowledged a rise in anti-Semitic acts on campus, including “swastikas and hate graffiti,” as well as “widely circulated, video-captured chants at protests glorifying anti-Semitic crimes.” Hamas terrorist atrocities, celebrating and praising killing and kidnapping.” of innocent people, and that calls into question Israel’s very right to exist.”
Magil said she was disgusted, horrified and angry.
“I personally condemn these hateful – hateful – anti-Semitic acts and words, which are nothing more than inhumane,” he said at last Friday’s meeting. “And I assure you that Penn has and will continue to investigate any acts of hate on our campus and will take full action in accordance with our policies and laws.”
A UPenn spokesperson declined to comment on the video.Shutterstock
His comments came two days after more than two dozen members of Congress sent him a letter condemning the university’s alleged failure to quickly and unequivocally condemn the Hamas attack.
On Monday, several UPenn employees received anti-Semitic emails threatening violence against members of the university’s Jewish community, including Penn Hillel and Lauder College House.
University public safety officials did not find any credible threats and have increased security around campus.
The university notified the FBI about the possible hate crime and is investigating the threats.
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