{"id":313983,"date":"2025-10-18T17:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T17:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/313983\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T17:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T17:52:14","slug":"bill-maher-questions-where-college-pro-hamas-protesters-went","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/313983\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher questions where college pro-Hamas protesters went"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Late-night host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/bill-maher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Maher<\/a> is questioning where all the college anti-Israel protesters went as the terror group Hamas continues its wave of violence, turning weapons against Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">On Friday\u2019s episode of &#8220;Real Time with Bill Maher,&#8221; the comedian asked his guest, billionaire businessman Mark Cuban, where &#8220;keffiyeh-wearing college kids&#8221; went now that Hamas is &#8220;shooting everybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where are the protesters?&#8221; Maher asked Cuban. &#8220;Suddenly, the keffiyeh-wearing college kids are very quiet,&#8221; the HBO host noted. &#8220;Shooting everybody,&#8221; Cuban answered and Maher repeated the sentiment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bill-maher-slams-democrats-like-kamala-harris-clintons-being-afraid-come-his-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BILL MAHER SLAMS DEMOCRATS LIKE KAMALA HARRIS AND THE CLINTONS FOR BEING &#8216;AFRAID&#8217; TO COME ON HIS SHOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His comments come after months of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/deafening-silence-free-palestine-movement-after-gaza-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">student-led anti-Israel demonstrations<\/a> on campuses across the country. Protesters often chanted anti-Israel slogans and clashed with police, with hundreds of arrests taking place. Some critics said their support of Palestinians blurred the line between anti-war activism and open support for Hamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/columbia-university-protest.jpg\" alt=\"Anti-Israel protest on Columbia University campus\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Students at Columbia University participate in an anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian protest. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Several students in the U.S. have been investigated for links to the terror group. President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for foreign students attending American universities to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/state-department-revokes-first-visa-foreign-student-linked-hamas-supporting-disruptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have their visas revoked<\/a> if they\u2019re found to support Hamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, as reports surface of Hamas turning its weapons on fellow Palestinians, Maher is questioning why those same protesters have gone silent.<\/p>\n<p>Footage has circulated online showing Hamas fighters allegedly executing Palestinians in Gaza City\u2019s main square. Reuters reported that Hamas killed at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/hamas-defends-executions-palestinians-after-trump-issues-stern-warning-terror-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">33 people in recent days<\/a> following the group\u2019s truce with Israel to pause fighting in the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/anti-israel-activist-mahmoud-khalil-claims-oct-7-terror-attack-desperate-attempt-gaza-heard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVIST MAHMOUD KHALIL CLAIMS OCT. 7 TERROR ATTACK WAS \u2018DESPERATE ATTEMPT\u2019 FOR GAZA TO BE HEARD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to condemn the footage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Columbia-University-protest-1.jpg\" alt=\"Protest outside Columbia University\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Anti-Israel protesters demonstrate outside Columbia University on Tuesday, Sep. 3, in New York City. (AP\/Yuki Iwamura)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/how-university-indoctrination-turned-deadly-why-one-scholar-says-its-only-getting-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOW UNIVERSITY INDOCTRINATION TURNED DEADLY, AND WHY ONE SCHOLAR SAYS IT\u2019S ONLY GETTING WORSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them,&#8221; he wrote online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maher went on to call out what he described as the &#8220;asymmetry of what goes on,&#8221; blasting the silence from protesters who once held anti-Israel demonstrations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The host previously criticized America\u2019s elite universities as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bill-maher-calls-universities-indoctrination-factories-partially-backs-trump-efforts-reform-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indoctrination factories<\/a>&#8221; back in August, noting that they\u2019d become anti-American.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Madison is a production assistant for Fox News Digital on the Flash team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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