A Jewish Yale University student was jabbed in the eye with a flag pole by an anti-Israel protester on Saturday night, Sophomore Sahar Tartak told The Jerusalem Post.
Tartak, a history student and editor-in-chief of the Yale Free Press, had attempted to film the pro-Palestinian protest encampment set up on the campus.
The visibly religious Jewish student and her friend were immediately met with a wall of five activists each, who did not allow them to pass.
“One of them takes their Palestinian flag and waves it in my face and then jabs it in the face,” said Tartak.
Tartak reported the assault to campus police, but she is unaware of any action taken besides calling an ambulance for her. She was discharged from the hospital and will not suffer permanent damage. Mentally, however, Tartak said, she was in an “awful” state.
Returning to campus has become a daunting prospect, as she says, “All these students know who I am.”
Support for terrorists at protest
The protesters had pushed Tartak and her friend repeatedly, and she noted signs of Walid Daqqah, the recently deceased terrorist who was part of a cell that kidnapped, tortured, and murdered IDF soldier Moshe Tamam in 1984.
Tartak said that she told officers that they should disband the encampment, but they responded that they needed authorization.
Tartak noted that the police were outnumbered, with only 7 officers to police hundreds of activists.
Yalies for Palestine and American Muslims for Palestine Connecticut said on social media that they had succeeded on Saturday because no arrests had been made during their protests, which began on Friday in response to attempts to remove a similar encampment at Columbia University.
“These students are violating every policy in the books; they should have been disbanded immediately,” said Tartak. “These students have taken over campus, and it’s an intimidation tactic.”