One of the NYU students who ripped down posters of Israeli hostages has been revealed to be a former intern for the Anti-Defamation League.
(Article republished from ThePostMillennial.com)
Over 200 people have been taken hostage by the terrorist organization Hamas. Over 1,400 people in Israel have been killed since Hamas terrorists invaded the Jewish state on Oct. 7.
HORRIFYING- NYU students walking around campus removing posters featuring missing Israelis being held in Gaza by Hamas terrorists.
The lack of humanity by your students is not only heartbreaking but extremely concerning @nyuniversity@NYUCampusSafetypic.twitter.com/BmTs1OzGF2
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) October 17, 2023
Yazmeen Deyhimi, a junior at the university, admitted to tearing apart banners that were posted outside NYU’s Tisch Hall after being caught on video, according to the New York Post.
UPDATE: The two woman ripping down posters of kidnapped Israelis taken into Gaza by Hamas at NYU yesterday have been identified as Hafiza Khalique (left) and Yazmeen Deyhimi (right).
Yazmeen Deyhimi has deleted both of her IG and Twitter accounts; her LinkedIn is still live and… https://t.co/h9IgxFeBuT pic.twitter.com/G7BAToZRi1
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) October 17, 2023
She was identified by her fellow students after the video went viral, with users across social media calling for NYU to punish the students. Her accomplice was identified as Hafiza Khalique who serves as a Muslim Youth Leadership Council Member at Advocates for Youth. The third student in the video has not yet been identified.
Deyhimi stated on her now-deleted LinkedIn profile that she is an advocate against Muslim bigotry and spent a summer working with the ADL as a CSC Education Intern.
You can’t make this up! One of the students at @nyuniversity who ripped down posters of the hostages taken by Hamas terrorists has the @ADL in her Linkedin bio. She worked for them. @JGreenblattADLhttps://t.co/pHHxhnaQkXpic.twitter.com/j946jrO75Q
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 17, 2023
A spokesperson for the organization told the New York Post, “After review, we can confirm that one of the participants was part of an ADL high-school level summer internship in 2019. We fully condemn her actions and hope that the apology she issued is the first step towards working to repair the harm and deep hurt her actions caused.”
The ADL then scrubbed any mention of the intern from its website, including a blog post announcing her as one of the 12 student leaders joining the program in which Deyhimi was described as “extremely passionate about fighting racial profiling and championing gender equality.”
BREAKING: The @ADL just scrubbed their website to remove information about their intern who was filmed ripping down posters at @nyuniversity of the hostages taken by Hamas terrorists. @JGreenblattADL
This is the before and after https://t.co/HeZ28l5tvT pic.twitter.com/5snlN2T2Cv
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 18, 2023
The ADL still has Chaya Raichik, the Jewish woman behind the popular account Libs of Tiktok, who helped expose the organization's former intern, listed in its “glossary of extremism.”
The @ADL still has me listed in their “glossary of extremism” because I think men can’t get pregnant but they won’t list their intern who was filmed ripping down posters of missing Jews who Hamas terrorists took hostage!
Really makes you think… @JGreenblattADL https://t.co/KfSVUowc1r pic.twitter.com/JIyuw8mzGH
— Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) October 18, 2023
Deyhimi, an activist who is “extremely passionate about fighting racial profiling,” admitted what she did in an Instagram post after the video circulated on social media.
She wrote in a now-deleted post, “I have found it increasingly difficult to know my place as a biracial brown woman, especially during these highly volatile times.”
Yazmeen Deyhimi has issued an apology. pic.twitter.com/kyK9E47qMl
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) October 18, 2023
“I have felt more and more frustrated about the time we currently find ourselves in, and misplaced that anger into actions that are not an accurate representation of who I am as a person,” she added.
“In this age of social media and digital footprint, these moments of anger are selfish and self-absorbed, and not reflective of who I am as a person or who my family had raised me to be.”
Deyhimi was also previously featured in a New York Times article in December 2022 about style choices of NYU students clubbing inside the basement of a shuttered barbershop.
NYU has not said if Deyhimi or her accomplices will face any disciplinary action.
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