Zach Sage Fox, known for his pro-Israel stance, recently ventured into challenging territory by posing as an antisemite near Barnard College in New York City.
Although he did not enter the campus premises, Fox engaged in conversations with multiple students in the vicinity, later describing his observations as “shocking” in an interview with Fox News Digital.
The video capturing his interactions has gained significant traction on Instagram, receiving more than 24,000 likes. Through his conversations, Fox managed to elicit candid responses from the students regarding their viewpoints on the Israel-Hamas conflict and the Jewish community. He emphasized that the footage provides a raw glimpse into the unfiltered opinions of these individuals, “without the keffiyehs on.”
“It was just shocking how much I uncovered in such a small period of time,” Fox told Fox News Digital, noting that the students were unafraid of supporting antisemitism. Fox noted that he only met them seconds before they “just poured out all this antisemitism.”
After speaking with students, Fox said that “Jews have just become target number one at this school.”
When speaking about this student, Fox said that he was stunned when she called herself a “queer for Palestine” but could not seem to explain why she supported a movement that actively persecutes gay people.
Fox said these anti-Israel students “don’t actually want to free Palestine from Hamas.” He told Fox News Digital that he found Hamas supporters while interviewing people near the Ivy League campus. In the video that was posted, one unidentified female said there are “students who are more sympathetic to Hamas.”
In addition to the anti-Israel students, Fox spoke with some Jewish students while undercover. One of the students who is featured in the video said he felt unsafe at Columbia.
“My takeaway is that it just feels like Barnard because it is, you know, seen as this female institution. I think it is more poisoned with a lot of this DEI propaganda that really has turned Jews into a full-on White colonizer class,” Fox told Fox News Digital.
The NYPD clears anti-Israel demonstrators from Barnard College after a group of student protesters occupied Milstein Library on March 5. (Â Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The pro-Israel influencer told Fox News Digital that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives must be ended because he believes they are “intellectually poisoning students.” He praised the Trump administration’s efforts to root out DEI from the federal government.
Fox admitted that his own views on DEI had changed since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks. He said that he was someone who did not see the harm that DEI initiatives could do until this past year and a half.Â
“It is such a disservice to intellectual thinking and free thinking,” Fox told Fox News Digital.
In addition to ending DEI initiatives, Fox believes mask bans should be in place, with exceptions for medical reasons. Fox says that forcing students to go unmasked would put an end to the building takeovers and disruptive anti-Israel demonstrations seen on campuses across the country over the last year and a half.
