Bill Maher Blasts Silent ‘Keffiyeh-Wearing College Kids’ Following Hamas Killings
HBO host Bill Maher faced the sudden silence of college activists on Friday’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” as Hamas kills Palestinians in Gaza.
Maher asked his guest Mark Cuban about the disappearance of “college kids wearing keffiyehs” now that Hamas is “shooting everyone.” “Where are the protesters? » said Maher. “Suddenly, the college students who wear the keffiyeh are very silent. » Cuban agreed, responding “by shooting everyone”. Maher repeated the phrase.
The remarks follow months of student protests that have swept US campuses. Protesters chanted anti-Israeli slogans and clashed with police. Hundreds of people were arrested. Critics have argued that their Palestinian support was shifting from anti-war activism to support for Hamas. (RELATED: Hamas launches deadly attacks on rivals in Gaza City after peace deal)
Bill Maher asks where the “college kids wearing keffiyehs” have gone now that Hamas is “shooting everyone.”
“Where are the protesters?!” » Maher exclaimed.
MAHER: “Have you noticed that now that Hamas is back in power, what are they?
MARK CUBAN: “Shoot everyone. »
MAHER: … pic.twitter.com/wv2DX7NKnp
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Federal authorities have investigated several students for their ties to terrorist groups. President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for visas to be revoked for foreign students who support Hamas.
Recent footage shows Hamas fighters executing Palestinians in Gaza City’s main square. Reuters reported that Hamas had killed at least 33 people in recent days after agreeing to a truce with Israel.
Trump addressed the killings Thursday on Truth Social. “If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not foreseen in the agreement, we will have no choice but to go there and kill them,” he wrote.
Maher denounced “the asymmetry of what is happening” and criticized protesters for their silence after months of noisy demonstrations.
The comedian had already called elite American universities “indoctrination factories” in August, saying they had become anti-American.
