The pro -Israel group says it has a “deportation list” and sent “thousands” of names to Trump officials Mahmoud Khalil
A group of extreme right that claimed the credit for the arrest of a Palestinian activist and the permanent resident of the United States, which the Trump administration is seeking to deport the claims that it has submitted “thousands of names” for similar treatment.
Betar us is one of the number of right -wing groups supporting Israel that supports the administration’s efforts to deport international students participating in the pro -Palestinian university protests, and it is an escalating effort this week with the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, an activist who recently completed graduate studies in Colombia.
This week, Donald Trump said that the arrest of Khalil was just “the first to come.” Betar Us quickly postponed social media to demand credit to provide Khalil’s name to the government.
Betar, which has been classified An extremist group by the Anti -Distorting Association (ADL), Jewish victory group, He said on Monday She “was working on deportations and will continue to do so,” and warned that the voltage would extend beyond the immigrants. “It is expected that homogeneous citizens will start during the month.” (It is very difficult to cancel American citizenship, although Trump has Shown The intention to try.)
The group collected the so -called “deportation list” by naming individuals who believe in the United States in visas and participated in the protests supporting the Palestinians, claiming that these individuals are “terrifying America.”
A spokesman for Betar, Daniel Levy, said in a statement to the Guardian newspaper that Betar presented “Thousands of Names” from students and faculty members who believe they are visas from institutions such as Colombia, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California University, the University of Siraches and others for representatives of the Trump administration.
The group claims to have “documents, including tapes, social media and more” to support their actions. She claims to share names with many high -ranking officials, including Foreign Minister, Marco Rubio; White House Internal Security Adviser, Stephen Miller; The Public Prosecutor, Bam Bondi, is among others.
The White House and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not answer questions about whether they were working with Betar or other groups to determine students to deport.
Ross Glick, who was the CEO of the American Chapter in Betar until last month, told the Guardian that the list began to be formed last fall. He pointed out that when they started collecting names, it was not clear who would be the next president, but the change in departments was useful for their initiative.
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump has repeatedly pledged to deport Foreign students Participate in the protests supporting the Palestinians in universities, and many Expressions of Hamas’s support. Last week, it was reported that the US State Department plans to use artificial intelligence to determine foreign students for deportation.
The arrest of Khalil last week, who held the position of a major negotiator in the Solidarity camp in Gaza at the University of Colombia, is in line with Trump executive This aims to combat anti -Semitism. escort Fact paper The administration has pledged to cancel student visas for those who were identified as “sympathetic to Hamas” and the deportation of those who participated in the “pro -jihadist protests”.
After the elections, Glick He said he met the legislators in the Capitol HillIncluding Democratic Senator John Vitirman and Republican Senator Assistants, Ted Cruz and James Lanford, they all support efforts.
In a phone call this week, Glick said that Khalil discussed Cruz in Washington, DC just a few days before his arrest.
Cruz’s office did not respond to a request to comment on the meeting with GKK.
Glick said that individuals were identified in the Betar list through advice from students, faculty and employees in these universities, as well as social media research. He also claimed that he had received support from “collaborators” who use “face -based technology” to help identify demonstrators who can even identify people who wear face covers. He refused to clarify the specific technology used.
GKKK said that in recent months, messages from students, professors and university officials have been overwhelmed by the country, all of whom communicate to provide it with information about the identities of the demonstrators. He said that he examined the legitimacy of these tips and that he believed that Khalil and other demonstrators supporting the Palestinians were “strengthening the judiciary and destroying and criticizing Western civilization.”
Glick Khalil described it as a “work.” When asked about who was a worker, he answered: “Well, that must be determined.”
Khalil is held at the Louisiana detention center after being transferred from New York. His detention is challenged in the Manhattan Federal Court.
This arrest sparked anger and warning from the advocates of freedom of expression who see the transition to the deportation of Khalil as a flagrant violation of his rights to freedom of expression, and on Wednesday, the protests erupted outside the Manhattan Court, where hundreds of people were calling for his freedom.
Betar is not alone in its efforts to support the Trump deportation campaign, the effort of the American Jewish Jewish department who claim the name of the administration in their name.
In the days before his arrest, the videos that included Khalil and others began a sit -in in Barnard against the expulsion of two students, separating Israel, to spread on social media.
Supporting social media accounts, including Davidai Tea, Voice Assistant Professor at Colombia’s Business College, which was temporary temporary Prevented From the campus last year after the school said it had repeatedly and repeatedly harassed university employees, Select Khalil and Rubio tagged In the jobs you urge to cancel his visa and deport.
The video of the first time circulated by Canary Mission, an online database that publishes the names and personal information of people who consider it hostile to Israel or anti -Semitism, with a main focus on those in universities throughout the United States.
When Khalil, the Canary mission was arrested He said It was a pleasure that we were subjected to the hatred of Mahmoud Khalil, which led to such severe consequences, “adding that he had” more Colombia’s news on its way. “
Monday afternoon, Mission Canary has been released video Naming five other students and faculty members is believed to be deported.
It was revealed this week Olive Khalil was sent via e -mail to Columbia University a day before his arrest, a young woman and told the university’s temporary president that he was subjected to a “non -human Doxxing campaign” in that week. Under the leadership of Davidi and David Leader, a Colombia student.
Khalil said: “Their attacks have incited a wave of hatred, including calls for the deportation and threats of death.”
He added: “I could not sleep, for fear that the ice or the dangerous individual will come to my home. I need legal support urgently, and I urge you to intervene and provide the necessary protection to prevent further damage.”
In another email, it was reported that Khalil was martyred to threaten after BetarThe group claimed that he said: “The Zionists do not deserve to live.” Khalil denied “unambiguously” saying that.
In this post, beetar books This ice was “familiar with the title of his home and his existence” and said that he “provided all his information to multiple contacts.”
After the arrest, Caroline Levitt, a White House spokeswoman, said that the University of Colombia had given “the names of other individuals who participated in the activity supporting enthusiasm”, but said that the school “refuses to help the Ministry of National Security in determining the identity of these individuals on the campus.”
“A moment of account”
The arrest of Khalil Jewish Jews, many of whom were strongly condemned the arrest of the activist.
The ADL group, a group describing its focus as combating anti -Semitism and all forms of hatred, which is also known to see the campus protests as anti -Semitism, is escalating and said that it appreciates the “extensive and germinal Trump administration group to confront the campus hostility.
The group said: “It is clear that any deportation procedure or a green card or a visa must be taken into account with the protection of the required legal procedures.” He added: “We also hope that this procedure will be a deterrent to others who may consider breaking the law on the campus of universities or anywhere.”
But many prevailing, progressive, and measurable Jewish groups condemned the administration’s actions as a serious violation of freedom of expression.
“It is possible and necessary both to confront and address the crisis of anti -Semitism, on the campus and through our societies, without giving up the basic democratic values that allowed Jews, and many others, to flourish here,” He said Amy Sivalnick, President of the Liberal Jewish Council for Public Affairs.
in letter On Thursday to the US Department of Internal Security, several groups, including the New York Jewish agenda, said: A Alliance for Jewish Renewal, North America, Honim Darr, and others, that it is “very annoyed by the circumstances surrounding anxiety and detention by Mahmoud Khalil.”
The groups said: “Regardless of the content of Mr. Khalil’s speech, we believe his belief that his arrest does nothing to make the Jews safer.” “In the past, laws and policies that limit the right to freedom of expression are often used against the Jewish community, and we are concerned that we see signs that they are practiced against Muslim and Arab minority societies and others now.”
David Maires, distinguished professor and president of Sadi and Ludwig Khan in the Jewish history at the University of California Los Angeles, told the Guardian newspaper that he believed that the Trump administration was controlling action and arming “anti -Semitism for political gains.”
“I think in the end, [the administration] Interested in something greater than defending Jewish students, he is really interested in bringing the university to its knees as a way to remove a major liberal actor from the American political game.
Mairz described Betar’s decision to collect a list of people to be deported as “terrifying” but “not a complete surprise”, given what Betar represented historically, which he called “embracing Jewish fascism.”
“I find that it is important, not Jewish and cooperating to depict lists of people who fail to fulfill a political test.”
It is believed that universities should resist pressure from the government and support the principles of fairness and democracy.
He said, “It is a moment of calculating the place where the values of the individual lie,” he said.
“If universities advance, this removes a very important location of free and open thinking from American political conversation. I think this will be very fate for this country, and it is another step in moving towards a fully authoritarian system.”