The wife of a man convicted of terrorism-related charges was spotted sitting among the tents of anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University who have occupied parts of campus for nearly two weeks.
New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday that the husband of a woman spotted at the demonstration had been “arrested for and convicted for terrorism on a federal level.” Adams also said at a press conference on Wednesday that “outside agitators” were influencing the Columbia demonstration, which ultimately led to a large group of people taking over Hamilton Hall on the school’s campus before NYPD officers cleared them out and arrested dozens of people on Tuesday night.
While Adams did not name the terrorist or his wife, Sami Al-Arian had posted on social media that his wife, Nahla, had joined the anti-Israel protesters at Columbia…
