Anti-Israel mob unfurls jihadist banner at Washington University as Green Party presidential candidate is arrested - while Harvard students raise Palestinian banner instead of the US flag

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested Saturday at Washington University in St. Louis as campus chaos related to the Israel-Hamas war spreads across the country.

Stein, 73, and members of her campaign staff joined pro-Palestinian protests at the college in St. Louis, Missouri when the 2024 candidate got into a scuffle with law enforcement. 

Students at WashU are among those engaging in nationwide campus protests over their college's ties to the war in Gaza. 

Stein also joined protesters at Columbia University on Friday, where anti-Israel demonstrators have taken over campus with an encampment that they refuse to breakdown despite threats from the college.

At Harvard, students were seen taking down a US flag and replacing it with a Palestinian flag.  

Their actions mirror those of students at other elite universities, like Harvard, where the American flag that flies on the main campus has been replaced by a Palestinian flag. 

Jill Stein (center) and her campaign staff were arrested at anti-Israel protest on Washington University's campus in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday

Stein tussles with law enforcement who were pushing back protesters with a bike

The anti-Israel encampments have spread from New York City to Los Angeles

As the Passover holiday continues, the encampments ramp up their intensity

Stein, a presidential longshot, claims Columbia is writing a 'blank check' to fund the war in Gaza because its endowment includes investment in Microsoft, which sells computers to the Israeli Defense Force. 

Several videos posted to X over the weekend show Stein joining the demonstration.

One clip shows the politician physically pushing back against police using a bike to push the protesters into a contained area.

Along with Stein, the others arrested with her team include campaign manager Jason Call and deputy campaign manager Kelly Merrill-Cayer.

Squad-member Cori Bush also voiced her support for protestors in her home-state on Saturday evening.

'Solidarity with anti-war student activists at WashU,' she wrote followed by a black fist and the Palestinian flag.

'As students exercise their right to protest, I urge university & local authorities to allow these courageous students & community members to continue their practice of non-violent civil disobedience.'

Bush, who is facing a fierce inter-party challenge ahead of July 25th primary, has spent the last several months battling a DOJ investigation into her alleged financial corruption.

Several colleges across the country are experiencing massive anti-Israel protests amid the ongoing war in Gaza. Specifically, the pro-Palestinian students are protesting their universities' ties with Israel.

The most extreme protests are taking place at Columbia University in New York City, where hundreds set up an encampment on campus and forced suspension of in-person classes. Columbia's endowment includes investment in Microsoft and Amazon, which both conduct business with Israel.

Counter protestors take on the pro-Palestinian activists at UCLA

Pro Palestine and pro Israel groups are expected to continue clashing at the ceasefire encampment on UCLA's campus

Stein (left)  links arms with Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier (second from right) and Aldermanic President Megan Green (right) as she engages in pro-Palestinian protest at WashU in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday

Activists confront two counter protesters wearing an Israeli flag as students and activists continue protest near an encampment at University Yard at George Washington University, where there has been an especially charged wave of anti-Semitism 

Activists and students protest near an encampment at University Yard at George Washington University, as student activists have joined campuses across the United States that have started encampments to call on their universities

An activist uses a megaphone during a protest near an encampment at University Yard at George Washington University

Before being cuffed, Stein took a video describing her actions.

'We're standing here with the students at WashU standing up for our constitutional rights, standing up for the American people who want an end to this genocide now,' she said in a selfie-style video.

'Police are gathered here,' she added, panning to an image of a full-force of law enforcement, 'and we're going to stand here in line with the students.'

In the background of the video, the college students are heard chanting, 'Hold the line.'

'Jill and others were attempting to deescalate with police before they began arresting people,' a post from Stein's X account claims:.

Holding a megaphone in her hands but speaking without it, Stein said to law enforcement: 'We can avoid the embarrassment and the humiliation that will come down on this administration if it attacks peaceful demonstrators who are simply calling for peace and human rights and the end to a genocide that the American people abhor.'