A self-proclaimed “Hamas fighter” who was busted for allegedly threatening to kill Jews at Cornell University will appear in court on Wednesday — though his arrest has provided little comfort to students who say they are still “furious” at the antisemitism they perpetrated. facing each other on campus.
Patrick Dai, 21, looks calm in glasses and a white T-shirt in a mugshot released Wednesday after he was identified as the person responsible for threatening to “shoot up 104 West,” a university dining hall that caters mostly to a kosher diet. and to “shrink the neck” of any Jewish man he met.
Dai, a junior majoring in engineering at the prestigious university, is expected to appear in federal court in Syracuse around 2:30 p.m. to face the charges, which could land him in prison for up to five years.
He is accused of making harassing online threats under usernames such as “Hamas Fighter,” “evil Jew” and “glorious Hamas,” according to the indictment, which alleges he posted threats to kill or injure others using interstate communications.
Patrick Dai in a mugshot provided by the Broome County Sheriff’s Office. Broome County Sheriff’s Office
He also allegedly threatened to “bring an assault rifle onto campus” and “rape and kill all the Jewish women before they give birth to more Jewish Hitlers,” according to the indictment.
Upon hearing the news about the statue, Josh Rosenheim, who works at the Center for Jewish Life on the Ithaca campus, said “the immediate reaction of students was horror and shock.
“In the last three weeks, we’ve all felt a lot of emotions,” he told Fox News Digital. “We are very sad, very sad, depressed, sometimes angry and a little scared.
“But this is the first time, I think, that the student was legitimately scared.”
Engineering student Sam Friedman also said the threat was “really … pretty nasty.
Netanel Shapira said it was “scary and sad that members of our own campus community could be so hateful.” Fox News’ Amanda Silberstein criticized a university professor who she said was spreading propaganda against Israel in response to Dai’s arrest. Fox News Federal law enforcement officials said Patrick Dai made a post threatening to “shoot up 104 West,” a university dining hall that caters mostly to a kosher diet, and to “snap the neck” of any Jewish man he meets.X/ cbouzy
“To see not just generic antisemitic sentiment, but antisemitic threats directly targeting a building that you frequent, I mean it’s appalling.”
One college girl, a sophomore studying biology, said she even ran away from campus after threats were made over the weekend.
Following Dai’s arrest for broadcasting threats to kill or injure others using interstate communications on Tuesday, Netanel Shapira said: “It’s scary and sad that members of our own campus community can be so hateful.”
“To see that a student believes and is willing to make a comment like this shows that anti-Semitism can happen anywhere and everywhere, even among our students.”
He added that it was “scary to think” that a student at an Ivy League school could “believe that.”
Jewish students on campus say they have faced antisemitism on campus since the war in Israel began.X / @samaberman
But Shapira and other Jewish students said his arrest brought little comfort, as they too have faced a professor who called Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel “exhilarating” and “energizing,” as well as a series of pro-Hamas demonstrations since the war began.
“It takes a really, really big toll on people’s mental health, whether it’s feeling personally unsafe on campus or not even being able to focus on things,” said a sophomore studying biology, who asked Fox News not to known.
“The first week when we came home, I couldn’t go to class. I can’t work,” he said. “I have to split to be here now. Like, otherwise, I really can’t function.”
Shapira also said the Jews “suffered this horrible genocide.
“Each of us … knows someone who was either taken hostage, killed or a soldier would defend the state of Israel.
Jewish Cornell students said they had “hate speech thrown at them [at us] on campus.”Lindsay France/Cornell Marketing
“And after experiencing something like that… [we have] Hate speech is thrown [at us] on campus, whether it’s from a professor or … from a student, I mean it’s horrible. There is no other way to put it.”
Amanda Silberstein went further — criticizing university professors who she said were spreading propaganda against Israel in response to Dai’s arrest.
“When it was discovered that the suspect was actually a fellow student at Cornell, rather than an anonymous individual with no connection to the university, the situation took on a heightened sense of reality.
“It is a clear admission that dangerous ideology and antisemitic rhetoric persist and spread.
“These include the spreading of falsehoods, the denial of atrocities, the tolerance of hate speech, the repetition of propaganda by some professors, and the falsehood that anti-Zionism is anything but a form of hatred against the Jewish community.”
Jewish students say they are scared by threats at the Center for Jewish Life.AP
When asked for comment by The Post, Cornell officials cited Vice President of University Relations Joel Malina as saying Tuesday.
He said in a statement: “We remain appalled by and condemn this horrific, antisemitic threat and believe it should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
“We know that our campus community will continue to support each other in the days ahead,” he said, adding that the school will maintain an “enhanced security presence on campus.”
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