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The masked anti-Israel rabble-rousers who stormed Columbia University’s library dished out flyers lionizing alleged Palestinian terrorist Bassel al-Araj as a “militant intellectual,” The Post has learned.
The pamphlets were masterminded by the notorious radical activist organization, Unity of Fields, sources told The Post.
“Basil was an intellectual, a militant intellectual. In fact, he was so much so to the point where ‘The Militant Intellectual’ is always understood to refer to him specifically,” the booklet gushed, misspelling his name.
The Palestinian activist, who Israeli officials alleged was part of a terrorist cell planning to carry out attacks on Israeli targets, was killed by Israel Defense Forces in a 2017 raid in the West Bank.
During Wednesday’s chaos at the Ivy League school, the mob of protesters also draped a large sign bearing the alleged terrorist’s name over bookshelves.
Unity of Fields, formerly known as Palestine Action US, is the same group behind the twisted anarchist how-to guide that started circulating among Columbia students earlier this year.
That “underground manual” offered up a step-by-step guide on how to sow chaos and destruction — including the need to buy sledgehammers with cash and consider blocking a targeted building’s pipes with concrete “for a messy surprise.”
Meanwhile, roughly 80 agitators were arrested during Wednesday’s disorder — as the elite school faced yet another chaotic day on its Morningside Heights campus.
Footage obtained by The Post showed the unruly demonstrators defacing the library walls, hanging Palestinian flags and marking tables with colored tape as they chanted and beat drums.
Two school safety officers were injured in the ordeal, sources said.
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