Protesters at NYC public college hijack Zoom lecture with anti-Semitic rhetoric, Jewish students say

A required Zoom lecture at a public university in New York City quickly devolved into a pro-Palestinian protest, as several students and at least one professor hijacked the planned curriculum and read out what has been described as anti-Semitic tropes about the conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip.

During the organized intervention that some say resembled a "Zoom bombing," many of the nearly 200 participants in the class changed their backgrounds to Palestinian flags and their names to "Free Palestine: Decolonize." While protesters took turns reading out a manifesto, the chat section was also flooded with comments — one of which said that Israel uses the Holocaust as "a tool."  "They were totally and completely demonizing Israel, and I was so horrified, I was sick to my stomach. I was so taken aback, and to be honest this is the most anti-Semitic I’ve ever seen with my own," one Jewish student in the class, who wanted to remain anonymous, told Fox News. "There was absolutely no room for anyone to talk against what they were saying… There was absolutely no voice for anyone pro-Israel at all."  "The horrifying thing is that there were professors that were expressing their opinions on it," she added. "They’re supposed to be the mediators in the discussion, not the ones who are fueling the fire."