A two-hour anti-Israel diatribe was began by a pro-terror fanatic at a Columbia University event, weeks before protests became violent: “There is nothing wrong with fighting for Hamas.”

Charlotte Kates, international coordinator of Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, spoke for two hours straight to the most ardent anti-Israeli activists at Columbia and its sister college, Barnard. She said, “These are the people who are on the front lines defending Palestine and fighting for its liberation.”

In a talk titled “Resistance 101,” Kates—who was alluding to the terrorist group that killed hundreds of Israelis in broad daylight on October 7—as well as her spouse, Khaled Barakat, addressed participants in the Columbia University Apartheid Divest Group.

Khaled Barakat, along with his wife, Charlotte Kates, gave a Zoom presentation called “Resistance 101” to Columbia students last month in which they praised Hamas.

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This event organized by a small group of fanatically anti-Israel Columbia students was addressed by a senior member of a prohibited terror group and his wife, who said there is “nothing wrong” with being a Hamas fighter. The group massacred hundreds of Israelis on Oct. 7.

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During the “Resistance 101” lecture, Barakat and Kates advised the Columbia students to continue their protests in spite of the media.

Barakat reminded them, “Every protest in New York matters more than all this nonsense that happens in mainstream media.” “Now more than ever, your work is crucial to the resistance in Gaza.”

Speaking during the meeting on behalf of Samidoun, the “Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network,” were Kates and Barakat.

As it turns out, Barakat is a prominent member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a recognized terrorist group intimately associated with Hezbollah and Hamas that has carried out a number of operations against Israeli civilians.

Charlotte Kates, international coordinator of Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, told students, “These are the people who are on the front lines defending Palestine and fighting for its liberation.”

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Pro-Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani (left), founder of Within Our Lifetime, one of the sponsors of the event, said during the event that she was “sitting in Columbia University.”

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A 2014 attack on a Jerusalem synagogue by assailants brandishing meat cleavers claimed responsibility for the deaths of four rabbis, three of whom were Israeli Americans.

The PFLP was involved in the atrocities on October 7 and had killed an Israeli girl, 17, while she was climbing.

Furthermore, Samidoun has spent years advocating for Ahmad Sa’adat’s release. Sa’adat was the PFLP’s leader and was responsible for a number of deadly acts, including suicide bombings.

Barakat and Kates did not address the realities of life in the Gaza Strip, where Hamas persecutes LGBT Palestinians and kills its adversaries without even the appearance of trials, while teaching the students at the $60,000-per-year Ivy League college on “resistance.”

Barakat omitted to disclose that his antisemitic outbursts in 2020 resulted in a years-long ban from visiting Germany.

Aidan Parisi, 27, a student at Columbia’s School of Social Work, was suspended after the “Resistance 101” event but has remained defiantly on campus, continuing to take part in the protests.

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Aidan Parisi, whose mother is longtime State Department officer Elizabeth Daugharty, took this selfie on the Columbia campus.

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According to the Middle East Media and Research Institute, a Washington-based research organization, Barakat remarked in 2013 that “the Israelis and the Nazis are almost identical in terms of the way they look at the victim.” The German authorities banned him for making such a derogatory statement.

Not only have Barakat and Kates, an American with a law degree from Rutgers who now resides in Vancouver, Canada, virtually materialized at Columbia.

According to a social media post, Kates hailed the October 7 pogrom as a “pivotal” occasion for Hamas’ armed branch during a “teach-in” at CUNY in November.

Students who have emerged as major players in the nationwide demonstration that started last Thursday and has left Jewish students feeling afraid were the ones who arranged the “Resistance 101” workshop.

During the event, Nerdeen Kiswani, the founder of Within Our Lifetime and a well-known pro-Palestinian activist, stated that she was “sitting in Columbia University.”

Since the incident on October 7, Within Our Lifetime has publicly backed Hamas at many demonstrations held in New York City, and it has formally approved the attack on Israel.

Columbia University Apartheid Divest, the organization that invited the member of the terror group, is not formally connected to the university.

It originated from Students for Justice in Palestine, which the institution suspended in November last year.

Columbia’s student organizations are not dependent on faculty support, in contrast to many other institutions.

But the institution did take action against some of the “Resistance 101” organizers, at least at first. They were suspended for hosting an event without authorization when the Barnard Center for Research on Women refused to allow it to take place there.

Maryam Alwam, 21, who’s studying comparative literature at Columbia, was suspended after the “Resistance 101” event and arrested last week.

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Alwan wrote on X that “Columbia University may have devolved into a fascist police state, but it cannot arrest our joy,” after being removed from the Columbia lawn by the NYPD last week.

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It’s unclear if the student organization realized it was inviting a person affiliated with a banned terrorist organization.

The Post has identified three of the suspended students: Maryam Alwan, 21, a senior studying comparative literature; Cameron Jones, 19, of Jewish Voice for Peace, who will graduate in 2026; and Aidan Parisi, 27, a postgraduate social work student.

The precise number of pupils that received suspensions is unknown. Six had been reprimanded, but four had been readmitted, according to the Columbia Spectator. However, on Tuesday, Stanley Cohen, the students’ attorney, told the Village Sun that there were really sixteen, of whom had their suspensions removed.

Samidoun has campaigned for years for the release of Ahmad Sa’adat, the PFLP’s leader who oversaw years of murderous attacks, some of them suicide bombings.

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Parisi, a native of Washington, DC, and a former student of the University of California, San Jose, utilizes the pronouns they/them.

Elizabeth Daugharty, 60, is their mother. She is a seasoned official with the US State Department and one of three officials who oversee the government’s global efforts to ensure the safe use of nuclear energy.

Parisi phoned back when The Post approached them for comment, accusing The Post of “stalking” and said we had no right to speak with them. Despite the fact that the Palestinian struggle is cruel to LGBTQIA persons, Parisi remained silent on the matter.

The radical Columbia students heard from Barakat about “resistance,” but not about his ties to Hamas and the reality of life under its regime, including persecution of LGBT people.

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This was the scene Tuesday at Columbia, where Palestinian symbols are at the center of the anti-Israel protest, despite Hamas’ record as mass murderers.

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Parisi wrote on X on Monday, under the name “It’s Aidan bitch.” “What these universities don’t understand is that you can suspend us, evict us, fire us, arrest us, do whatever to us, but we will not stop fighting for Palestine,” Parisi said. “Your oppression has only strengthened our will to achieve emancipation. We shall never fail as long as Palestine serves as our compass.

Alwan, a Palestinian American who could not be reached for comment, was also unbowed in the face of arrest.

She wrote, “Columbia University may have turned into a fascist police state, but it cannot arrest our joy,” on social media last week after the NYPD forcibly removed her off the Columbia lawn.

Jones, a history and urban studies sophomore, describes himself as the Jewish Voice’s “lead organizer”

Parisi wrote on X on Monday, under the name “It’s Aidan bitch.” “What these universities don’t understand is that you can suspend us, evict us, fire us, arrest us, do whatever to us, but we will not stop fighting for Palestine,” Parisi said. “Your oppression has only strengthened our will to achieve emancipation. We shall never fail as long as Palestine serves as our compass.

Alwan, a Palestinian American who could not be reached for comment, was also unbowed in the face of arrest.

She wrote, “Columbia University may have turned into a fascist police state, but it cannot arrest our joy,” on social media last week after the NYPD forcibly removed her off the Columbia lawn.

Jones, a history and urban studies sophomore, describes himself as the Jewish Voice’s “lead organizer.” for Peace. He went to Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in Manhattan and was among the students arrested last week.

Cameron Jones, 19, is a member of the Jewish Voice for Peace and says he will fight to his “dying breath” for the Palestinians. He appeared in a video on Al Jazeera earlier this year.

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Jones said earlier this year to Al Jazeera, “I have immense privilege as a Jewish person.” “I will therefore fight until the day I die, even if it means sacrificing my future, if I know I’m improving the lives of the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank even by the smallest amount.”

Catherine Elias, a graduate student at the School of International and Public Affairs, was one of the other main organizers of the group behind “Resistance 101.” She told Hyperallergic last week that “we have created this encampment in honor of the martyrs in Gaza, following in the footsteps of all those before us,” as the NYPD moved in on the Columbia campus and arrested over 100 protestors.

It’s not known if she was suspended.

Columbia graduate student Layla Saliba was also an organizer of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group.

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Layla Saliba, a second postgraduate in social work, was also involved in organizing the Columbia University Apartheid Divest organization.

She said on X, “like I’m not even scary, I’m just a tired grad student,” in response to Jewish students who expressed their dread during the anti-Israel demonstrations.