Columbia University Jihadi Had Direct Ties to Hamas’ Deadly al-Qassam Brigades Militant group: DOJ

A Columbia protester had a direct link to Hamas’ military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades. Tarek Bazrouk identified himself as a “Jew hater,” labeled Jews as “worthless,” extorted “Allah” to “get us rid of [Jews],” called an acquittance a “F—ing Jew,” and told a friend to “slap that bitch” in reference to a woman with an Israeli sticker on her laptop, according to court documents.

Bazrouk is accused of three separate attacks against Jewish people in the city.

This wasn’t a protest.
This was terror on campus.

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BREAKING: Columbia protester Tarek Bazrouk—indicted on 3 federal hate crime charges—was linked to Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades and allegedly plotted to set a Jewish student on fire, according to federal documents.

We were told these protests were “peaceful.” That lie ends now. pic.twitter.com/7IXdkj1V3k

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) June 4, 2025

Columbia protestor had direct link to Hamas’ deadly al-Qassam Brigades militant group: DOJ

By Megan Palin, NY Post, June 4, 2025:

A “Jew hater” who protested against Israel on Columbia University’s campus and contemplated setting a student on fire allegedly had a direct link to Hamas’ deadly al-Qassam Brigades militant group, The Post can reveal.

Tarek Bazrouk — currently awaiting trial charged indicted on three federal hate crimes against Jewish people — was “a member of a chat group that received regular updates from Abu Obeida,” the official spokesperson for the brigades, according to allegations in federal documents.

The accusation is the first evidence of an agitator receiving information directly from Hamas and taking action during protests on the University campus.

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This is who gets into Columbia University. Not your child, these monsters.

Bazrouk is accused of three separate attacks against Jewish people in the city.

While on Columbia’s campus during protests in April 2024, Bazrouk allegedly texted a pal saying he lit a flare and considered lighting someone on fire, but that there were “too many” people around for him to take on, otherwise he “would’ve hurted (sic) them.”

Bazrouk, a US citizen born and raised in New York, was also arrested next to the campus in December 2024 for one of the three attacks against Jewish people he stands accused of.

At the time NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said “professional outside agitators” were behind the escalated protests, which at one point saw an illegal takeover of one of the university’s buildings.

Columbia University said they have no record of Bazrouk being on their campus and wanted “to be clear that this individual is not affiliated with our University in any way,” adding the college “strongly condemns antisemitism.”

In Gaza, Hamas have previously taunted Israeli hostages by boasting their tentacles are everywhere and “bragged about having Hamas operatives on American university campuses,” specifically showing now freed hostage Shlomi Ziv photos of antisemitic protests at Columbia, according to a lawsuit.

Bazrouk’s cellphone was “littered with pro-Hamas and pro-Hizballah(sic) propaganda,” showing his “support for organizations that have murdered thousands of Jews and Israelis, killed and wounded US citizens and repeatedly avowed that they want to destroy both the United States and Israel,” federal prosecutors allege.

The phone was found to have a picture of late al-Qassam Brigades founder, terrorist Yahya Sinwar, who is credited as the architect behind the Oct. 7th 2023 massacre against Israel. He was killed in 2024.

He also had a picture of Obeida and one of an individual waving a Hamas flag, and an al-Qassam Brigades meme, which reads: “By God I would not trade the Al Qassam Brigades for the world and everything in it. May God be pleased with them and allow them to break the wicked enemy through him.”

Also included are quotes from text messages in which Bazrouk allegedly identified himself as a “Jew hater,” labeled Jews as “worthless,” extorted “Allah” to “get us rid of [Jews],” called an acquittance a “F—ing Jew,” and told a friend to “slap that bitch” in reference to a woman with an Israeli sticker on her laptop, according to court documents.

Bazrouk also told a friend that he was “mad happy” to have learned that certain of his family members overseas are part of Hamas, the filing claims.

Prosecutors also claimed that Bazrouk had traveled to the West Bank and Jordan for approximately three weeks in September and October 2024, which also raises eyebrows regarding what he was doing there.

Federal prosecutors told The Post they could not go into more detail than what was included in their indictment against Bazrouk, as they build their case against him.

Bazrouk’s defense attorney, Andrew Dalack, told The Post he rejects any connection between his client and Hamas, or any other terror organization, but did not comment further.

Bazrouk’s alleged crime streak stretches back to the same month as the Columbia building takeover. On April 15, 2024, he allegedly assaulted three Jewish people at a Gaza war protest outside the New York Stock Exchange.

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