PBS Falsely Says There’s No Evidence Arrested Pro-Hamas Student Is Pro-Hamas

As Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil faces deportation for his part in pro-Hamas, anti-Semitic protests, PBS News Hour would have its viewers believe that he is just a victim of a presidential administration that doesn’t like having its opinions challenged. On Monday’s episode, William Brangham falsely claimed there’s no proof to support the allegations against him.

Brangham began, “This arrest is part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on anti-Semitism, particularly on college campuses, which were convulsed by protests last year during the height of the Hamas-Israel War. But officials have offered no evidence that Mr. Khalil broke any laws while at Columbia. And, today, crowds gathered in New York City to protest his arrest.”

Introducing his quest, Brangham continued, “For more on this, we are joined again by Abed Ayoub. He’s the national director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee… We should say that a judge has ordered that Mr. Khalil cannot be deported until further court proceedings play out. And a hearing about his arrest is scheduled for later this week. But when you first heard about this seizure by immigration officials, what was your reaction?”

Ayoub naturally replied, “Look, the initial reaction was one of concern, deep concern, and disappointment, and concern not just only for Mahmoud, but concern for this country, that we are now going down a path where speech and expression is being criminalized this way. And this should be alarming for all Americans, not only those that are standing up for Palestine and Palestinian rights. This is an alarming happening right now in this country.”

Brangham then reported on a Truth Social post from President Donald Trump where he “wrote that ICE apprehended Mr. Khalil because he is — quote — ‘a radical foreign pro-Hamas student’ and that he’s just one of many at Columbia and at other colleges,’ the president alleged, who have engaged in — quote — ‘pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity.’” […]

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