Ilhan Omar's daughter says she was suspended from college after pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia
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NEW YORK — Rep. Ilhan Omar's daughter says she was one of three students suspended from Barnard College following a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University on Thursday.
Isra Hirsi wrote on X that she is an organizer with Columbia University Apartheid Divest, which is advocating for the university to divest from "companies complicit in genocide."
"I just received notice that I am 1 of 3 students suspended for standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a genocide," she wrote on Thursday morning.
An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night while coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington. The Black Hawk helicopter was carrying a crew of three. Officials said early Thursday that everyone on board both aircraft is believed dead, which would make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly a quarter century.