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From the river to the sea. Palestine will be free. Usa, you can't hide. Usa, you can't hide. We charge you with genocide. We charge you with genocide. From the river to the sea. Palestine will be free.

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More encampments popped up today. Princeton, Northwestern, Northeastern, George Washington University, and now, leaked group chats from a pro-Palestinian group shows that students at the University of Chicago plan to emulate the protest action at Columbia. Oh, goody. And as for all you soon to be grads at USC, well, you lost in-person classes during your freshman year because of COVID. Now, you're losing your in-person graduation because of these protests. The university announced today it's canceling its main commencement ceremony, citing safety concerns. In Cambridge, Harvard Yard is now closed for the rest of the week. At California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt shut down its entire campus for days. As we told you last night, Columbia University is going hybrid for the rest of the semester as administrators continue their negotiation with the student occupying force. This is insane. Joining me now, Erin McNulty, a pre-med student at Columbia who is suing the school, citing the school's failure to protect Jewish students, and Josh Shapiro, a student at George Washington University, Erin, let's start with you. Now, the protesters say this is just classic First Amendment issue here, and that the law enforcement and authorities are the problem, not them.

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Your response. I have to worry So I think this isn't an issue of free speech.

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What has happened recently is that we've seen that this speech has become discriminatory. It's become harassment, and it's kept us from studying and going to class, and it's really put our safety on the line.

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Well, Josh, tell us what's going on at GW, a campus I know very well, not too far from where I used to live. Tell us what went down today.

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I went to my first class this morning at 11:00 AM, and at first, there were only five or six, maybe a dozen tents there, and there weren't that many people. And by the time I left class, you could hear a chance of hundreds of people Now, I'd say there are 500 people at our... It's called the U-Yard, in one of our main yards. There's plenty of- Josh, do you get the sense that- A lot of chanting is very loud. Go ahead.

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Sorry.

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It's a lot of chanting. It's very loud.

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Josh, do you get the sense that- Some of the chants... Sorry. We have a delay here, Josh. Just let me ask a question, then I'm going to be quiet. Do you get a sense that most of the people at the protest really understand fully what they're protesting, what they want?

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No, I don't think everyone fully understands. I think most people are truly well-meaning people, and that they think they see an injustice in the world, and they think that they should fight that injustice. And I respect that. However, I think it's also important that because this is obviously one of the most politicized topics to ever face the media, that it's important for people to remember that before they go and they start a lot of crowds and go do a lot of chance, that they're probably seeing a lot of propaganda, especially my generation. Most people get their news from social media, which isn't exactly reliable. I feel like it's important that people remember that not everything that they're chanting for, they have a full comprehension of. For example, there was a chant about it was endorsing Intafada, which was a violent resistance, primarily against Israeli civilians, which is a whole point of the is that we're trying to minimize violence against civilians. I don't think a lot of people understand what Intafada is. I think before you chant and clap to endorsing Intafada, it's very important that you get a full scope of the picture, full context.

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That's what I have to say.

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Well, or maybe just go to class. Erin, Minnesota Congresswoman Elon Omar visited Columbia today and said it was an honor to be at the encampment claiming that the protests were joyful. She's in awe of their bravery and courage. So they're joyful and basically peaceful, and everyone should just chill out. Erin.

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I think that what we're seeing is not just academia failing. This is truly a betrayal of democracy. The fact that her daughter was suspended the other day and arrested and was in the first place back on campus, but that her mother then came to campus and glorified what is happening shows that she truly doesn't care about her democracy or Jews rights to education.

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Josh, do you feel safe on campus despite these big crowds that are forming?

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Physically, I feel safe. I haven't had any reason to believe that any of the people at any of the crowds have wanted physical harm towards me. But it's emotionally, it's pretty emotionally damaging whenever I want to go to a A Jewish event on campus for a Shabbat dinner. Every Shabbat dinner, we have to get our IDs checked, our name crossed off of a list. And many girls that bring purses get their purses checked with a baton by a guard outside of my Shabbat. And additionally, we have this event once per semester. It's called Mega Shabbat. We try to get as many Jewish students as we can into the University Student Center on campus. There are maybe 12 or 13 police officers there making sure that there are no people coming to protest us or harass us. Then additionally, on a couple...

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Josh, we got to roll, but you gave us some valuable information. Thank you both for giving us some insights tonight.

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We really appreciate it. We'll be right back. Hey, Sean Hannity here. Hey, click here to subscribe to Fox News YouTube page and catch our hottest interviews and most compelling analysis. You will not get it anywhere else.