Palestinian Columbia Students SPRAYED With Toxic Chemicals At Campus Protest

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To hear the rest of the discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-daniel-97695284 Katie talks to Columbia grad student Layla Saliba about her experiencing getting sprayed with a hazardous chemical at a protest for Gaza and to Prem Thakker, a journalist at the Intercept who covered the incident and the university's inadequate response to it. Then Katie talks to journalist Daniel Boguslaw about the New York Times' decision to shelf a podcast about the alleged sexual violence committed by Hamas on October 7th, Western media's pro Israel bias and the way Israel censors Western media. Layla Saliba (she/her) is a Palestinian American graduate student at Columbia University. She is studying social work with a concentration in policy practice. She is passionate about disability justice and wants to make healthcare more accessible and affordable for everyone. She truly believes that a better world is possible for everyone and that is what guides her advocacy work. In her free time, you can find her feeding the NYC pigeons, reading, and spending time with friends. Prem Thakker is a politics reporter at The Intercept, and is a former reporter at The New Republic. His work has also appeared in The American Prospect, Washington Monthly, CNN podcasts, and his newsletter Better World. You can find him on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Daniel Boguslaw is an investigative reporter based in Washington, D.C. His interests include corporate corruption, congressional and White House investigations, American influence overseas, and organized labor. Prior to joining The Intercept, Daniel worked at the New Republic, The American Prospect, and as a firefighter in the Pacific Northwest. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: @kthalps