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The incident helped catapult Piker to the forefront of the American anti-Zionist movement.

Even before Trump's victory last November, Betar had been using AI facial recognition technology and tip-offs to ascertain anti-Zionist protesters' identities, hoping that authorities would eventually vet and use the information to deport "despicable, egregious people who openly support Hamas and other terrorist organizations," spokesperson Daniel Levy said in a statement to Salon.

Pro-Palestinian activists argue that their protests are anti-Zionist, but not anti-Jewish, and that they are opposed to the state of Israel because of its actions against Palestinians.

Many of the members of the pro-Palestinian encampment were Jewish students who identified as anti-Zionist.

Meyerson-Knox also pointed to the Heritage Foundation's Project Esther, which outlines a detailed strategy to tamp down anti-Zionist and pro-Palestinian protest efforts it describes as antisemitic and bolster Americans' support for Israel.