Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein ARRESTED for engaging in anti-Israel protest on Washington University's campus

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, 73, was arrested Saturday at Washington University. 

Stein 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 Washington University 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 breakup despite threats from the college.

The 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.

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.

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.'