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☆ Citadel CEO Ken Griffin says the anti-Israel college campus protests are just 'performative art'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Anti-Israel protesters are just engaging in a form of performance art, says Citadel CEO Ken Griffin. Griffin said he was pausing his donations to Harvard over its approach to on campus antisemitism. AdvertisementCitadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin, 55, isn't a fan of the anti-Israel protesters that have taken over American college campuses. That's just anarchy," Griffin said of the student protesters. Griffin's criticisms of student protesters highlight the huge influence that Corporate America has on higher education.

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☆ Opinion: Winds of fate confront Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. To Trump’s delight, the top court’s session dimmed the chances the federal case will go to trial before the election. (Trump has denied the affairs with Daniels and McDougal and has pleaded not guilty to the hush money charges. Here’s why we should tune in anyway 04:27 - Source: CNNAs SE Cupp noted, “Trump and Biden debated twice in 2020. Chris Pizzello/Invision/APCNN anchor Victor Blackwell is a fervent Beyoncé fan but her foray into country music didn’t initially grab him.

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☆ Left-wing AOC was with her fiancé at a Brooklyn cinema when pro-Palestine supporters accosted her, demanding she say the word 'genocide'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had just left the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Brooklyn with her fiancé earlier this week when she was accosted by a group of Pro-Palestinian protesters. Just say the word. I need you to understand that this is not OK."She responded that she had said that it was a genocide. AdvertisementIn a virtual town hall around the same time, AOC responded to a constituent who said the US was "funding a genocide." A Jew and a liberal Zionist, Sanders was asked by Novara Media in February if he would call what is happening in Gaza a genocide.

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☆ An NYU cancer doc fired over Israel-Hamas war posts accuses the medical center of using him as a 'sacrificial lamb'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An NYU Langone Health cancer doctor has filed a lawsuit against the medical center. Benjamin Neel alleges that he was wrongly fired over posts he made related to the Israel-Hamas war. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA renowned Jewish cancer biologist who was recently fired from NYU Langone Health has filed a lawsuit against the medical center, alleging that it used him as a "sacrificial lamb" by axing him over posts he made on social media related to the Israel-Hamas war. "Nonetheless, Dr. Ben Neel, as a leader at our institution, disregarded these standards in a series of public social media posts and later locked his Twitter/X account," Ritea said.

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TORONTO (AP) — Author Sarah Bernstein won the Scotiabank Giller Prize on Monday for her novel “Study for Obedience.”The Montreal-born, Scotland-based author accepted the $100,000 award remotely from Scotland, where she had a baby just 10 days ago. Her novel is about a young woman moving to the remote north where after her arrival, a series of inexplicable events occur. The 100,000 Canadian dollar ($72,000 U.S.) Giller prize honors the best in Canadian fiction. Political Cartoons View All 1244 ImagesThe celebrations were also interrupted early in the broadcast when several anti-Israel protesters jumped onstage. The Giller was created in 1994 by late businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller.

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☆ Bill Ackman's 3,138-word letter to the president of Harvard shows he's not slowing down in his fight against antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Bill Ackman sent a 3,138-word letter to the president of Harvard on November 4. On Saturday, Ackman took to X — the platform formerly known as Twitter — to share a 3,138-word letter he sent to Harvard President Claudine Gay. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn the letter, Ackman outlined a seven-step plan that he says Harvard can take to reduce antisemitism on campus. Please see my below letter to the President of Harvard University sent today:November 4, 2023Dear President Gay,I am writing this letter to you regretfully. "I would be delighted to help in any way that I can to enable you to succeed in this mission and as Harvard's president.

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☆ Opinion: The shocking resurgence of antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

She is a weekly opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. Frida Ghitis CNNA few of the rioters carried Palestinian flags, underscoring the obvious link between the attack and the war between Israel and Hamas. In terrifying scenes, the rampaging crowd, some shouting “Allahu akbar,” surrounded passengers, pressuring them to prove they were not Jewish. Universities have become hotbeds of antisemitism, with Jewish students fearing for their safety. (Police have since arrested a Cornell student after he allegedly threatened to kill Jewish students.)

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Some pictures posted online also appeared to show Israeli soldiers waving an Israeli flag deep inside Gaza. Israel has accused Hamas of locating command centres and other military infrastructure in Gaza hospitals, something the group denies. Israel has tightened its blockade and bombarded Gaza since Hamas gunmen stormed across the border into Israel on Oct. 7. CALLS FOR A PAUSEThe stepped-up attacks by Israel coincided with a mounting international outcry for a "humanitarian pause" to allow aid in. [1/5]Plumes of smoke rise during Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, October 29, 2023.

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☆ Kremlin: Dagestan airport violence result of 'outside influence'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

People walk as Pro-Palestinian protesters storm an airport building, in Makhachkala, Russia, October 29, 2023, in this screengrab taken from a video obtained by Reuters. Video Obtained by Reuters/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that the storming of an airport in the capital of the southern Russian region of Dagestan by an anti-Israeli mob on Sunday was the result of "outside influence". In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "It is well known and obvious that yesterday's events around Makhachkala airport are largely the result of outside interference, including information influence." He did not specify who the Kremlin believed had engineered the violence, or why. Russia's interior ministry said on Monday that 60 people had been arrested after hundreds of anti-Israel protesters stormed the airport in Makhachkala on Sunday, shortly after a plane from Israel arrived.

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☆ Russian security forces remove pro-Palestinian protesters from Dagestan airport
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Grigory Dukor Acquire Licensing RightsOct 29 (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters on Sunday stormed Russia's Dagestan airport in Makhachkala where a plane from Israel had just arrived, forcing Russian security forces to close the airport and divert flights while removing the demonstrators. Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsia security forces had removed the group by 10:20 p.m. Moscow time (1920 GMT). The passengers on the plane were "in a safe place", security forces told Reuters. Israel urged Russian authorities to protect Israelis and Jews in their jurisdictions following the reportA statement by the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said the Israeli ambassador in Moscow was working with Russian authorities. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was appalled by the events in Dagestan, blaming the events on Russia's official messages about Israel.

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☆ Jewish Students, Stand Tall
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A man draped in an Israeli flag walks through a group of anti-Israel protesters in University District, Wash., Oct. 13. Photo: Chin Hei Leung/Zuma PressAnti-Semitism has reared its hideous head at many American universities, and now, as Dovid Efune notes in “Give Me The Biggest Kippah You Can Find” (Houses of Worship, Oct. 20), some Jewish students are voicing concern about their safety. Don’t cave to the loud and brainwashed. I’d encourage those students to think about it this way: If you lived in Israel right now, instead of facing loud chants, hateful placards and indifferent administrators, you would be facing rockets—and worse. Israelis your age are in a fight for their lives, while all you have to do is hold your head high and fight back with your words.

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☆ Pro-Israel protesters in London demand Hamas release hostages
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] A demonstrator waves the Israeli flag as thousands pack London's Trafalgar Square, Britain October 22, 2023 to demand the liberation of the more than 200 hostages taken by Hamas in its incursion into southern Israel on October 7. REUTERS/Yann Tessier Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - About 20,000 people rallied in London's Trafalgar Square on Sunday to demand the release of more than 200 hostages taken by Hamas during their Oct. 7 incursion from Gaza into Israel in which 1,400 Israelis were killed. Ayelet Svtizky described how Hamas had entered her mother's home as she was speaking on the phone to her. "The third picture they uploaded to my mum's Facebook story with a Hamas gunman in the background. The rally followed a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Saturday in which an estimated 100,000 people marched through the centre of London.

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☆ Pro-Israel Protesters in London Demand Hamas Release Hostages
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON (Reuters) - About 20,000 people rallied in London's Trafalgar Square on Sunday to demand the release of more than 200 hostages taken by Hamas during their Oct. 7 incursion from Gaza into Israel in which 1,400 Israelis were killed. Waving the blue and white Israeli flag adorned with the Star of David, several participants wept as the names of hostages were read out to the crowd. Ayelet Svtizky described how Hamas had entered her mother's home as she was speaking on the phone to her. "The third picture they uploaded to my mum's Facebook story with a Hamas gunman in the background. The rally followed a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Saturday in which an estimated 100,000 people marched through the centre of London.

Persons: David, Ayelet Svtizky, Yann Tessier, Paul Sandle, Nick Macfie Organizations: Star, Hamas, London's Metropolitan Police Locations: London's, Gaza, Israel, London

☆ Israel Protesters Clash With Police, Doctors Strike After Judicial Overhaul Vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

McSpaghetti? Inside McDonald’s International Menu StrategyWhile McDonald’s is well known for its burgers across the world, it has menu items in other countries that you won’t find anywhere else. Here’s how the fast-food chain crafts its unique global menus and why localizing them is key to its success. Illustration: Annie Zhao

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