Masked protesters at Columbia University on Wednesday brought a storm at the school’s main library building, which distributed flyers and honored Basel al-Araj. The protesters, part of a group part, is allegedly associated with the radical activist network unity of the fields, renamed the reading room “The Basel al-Araj Popular University”. The protesters passed around the pamphlets, describing Al-Araj as “extremist intellectual”, the post reported. Flyers had factual errors, including a mistake of his name.“Tulsi was an intellectual, a militant intellectual. In fact, he was so much at that point that the ‘militant intellectual’ is always understood to refer to him specially,” the booklet read.Who was Basel al-Araj?
- Basal al-Araj was one
Palestinian worker And the author is known for his participationAnti -possession protest , - He often participated in non -violent demonstrations against Israeli’s separation wall and settlement expansion, according to Al Jazeera.
- In April 2016, the Palestinian Authority arrested him and five others on charges of placing weapons unlicensed and allegedly planning attacks on Israeli goals.
- During his detention, Al-Araj and others staged a hunger strike, claiming that he was tortured. He was released nine days later without formal allegations.
- After his release, Al-Arj hid. In March 2017, Israeli forces tracked him to Ramallah and killed him during a raid on the house where he was living. Israel claimed that he was part of a terrorist cell -prepared attacks.
