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☆ ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ Surges on Social Media After a Deadly Israeli Strike
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Ali Watkins | More About Ali Watkins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The slogan “All Eyes on Rafah” has ricocheted across social media this week following an Israeli strike in the Gazan city that killed dozens of civilians and provoked international outrage. It has periodically trended on social media, particularly as Israeli military attacks in the city — located in the southern Gaza Strip, along the Egyptian border — have escalated. Mr. Peeperkorn was speaking at a news conference as the Israeli military intensified its campaign in the southern Gaza strip. “All eyes are on Rafah,” Mr. Peeperkorn said at the time. The deadly strike in Rafah on Sunday was quickly denounced by world leaders.

Persons: Rik Peeperkorn, Peeperkorn, Mr, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Organizations: Hamas, Health, West Bank, Mr, International, Oxfam, Jewish, Peace Locations: Rafah, Gazan, Gaza

☆ Opinion | After College Presidents, Republicans Are Coming for Liberal Donors
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland this week, the Republican senator Josh Hawley demanded a federal investigation into dark money groups subsidizing “pro-terrorist student organizations” holding anti-Israel protests on college campuses. He cited Politico reporting linking big liberal philanthropies to some pro-Palestinian organizers. Open Society Foundations, for example, founded by the oft-demonized George Soros, has given grants to the anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace, which has an active university presence. That’s one reason I fear that the backlash to the pro-Palestinian campus movement — which includes lawsuits, hearings and legislation — could help Republicans wage war on progressive nonprofits more broadly. If they do, the right would be following a well-worn authoritarian playbook.

Persons: General Merrick Garland, Josh Hawley, George Soros, Hawley, “, Garland, Donald Trump, Trump, Rachel Kleinfeld, Kleinfeld, it’s Organizations: Politico, Society, Jewish Voice, Soros, Carnegie Endowment, International, Service, Carnegie Locations: Israel, Hungary

☆ Live Updates: Police Clear U.C.L.A. Encampment and Arrest Protesters
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Jonathan Wolfe | Mike Ives | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

But by Wednesday morning, the peace at the University of California, Los Angeles, had been shattered. Many critics were incredulous that even after officers with the Los Angeles Police Department arrived, there were no arrests or suspensions. Campus officials ordered protesters on Wednesday evening to leave the encampment or face arrest. Image A group of counterprotesters attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, on Tuesday night. seemed to wait too long to call in the Los Angeles police, whose officers did not arrive until after midnight.

Persons: fistfights, “, ”, Marie Salem, Mark Abramson, ANGELES Royce Hall Dickson, Ms, Salem, Aidan Woodruff, Mr, Woodruff, counterprotesters, Philip Cheung, Gene Block, Block, Israel counterprotesters, Karen Bass’s, Counterprotesters, Michael Nasir, Mary Osako, Katy Yaroslavsky, streetlight, Hussam Ayloush, Rob Bonta, Ayloush, Benjamin Kersten, Bella Brannon, Brannon, Jill Cowan, Shawn Hubler, Livia Albeck, Claire Fahy, John Yoon, Yan Zhuang Organizations: University of California, Student, The New York, The New York Times, Los Angeles Police Department, OF, ANGELES Royce Hall Dickson, ANGELES Royce Hall, ANGELES Royce Hall Dickson Court, ., Israel, Royce Hall, Los Angeles police, Police Department, Patrol, California, Credit, . Palestinian Solidarity, Jewish, Fairfax District, Jewish Federation Los, Los, Los Angeles Area, Islamic Relations, Jewish Voice, Peace Locations: Los Angeles, U.C.L.A, Israel, California, . Palestinian, counterprotesters, ”, Westside, Beverly Hills, Iranian, Gaza, Palestine

☆ Live Updates: Police Enter U.C.L.A. Encampment After Warnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Jonathan Wolfe | Mike Ives | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

A deal struck by Northwestern University officials and pro-Palestinian demonstrators brought an end to a protest encampment on campus but drew harsh criticism from Jewish leaders and students on Wednesday. The agreement, announced this week, included a promise by the university to be more transparent about its financial holdings. In turn, demonstrators removed the tent camp they built last week at Deering Meadow, a stretch of lawn on campus. The university did not commit to divesting from companies linked to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, a chief demand animating campus protests across the nation. But protest organizers at Northwestern said they saw transparency as a first step toward that goal.

Persons: ”, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, “, Hillel, Michael Schill, Schill, ” Paz Baum, Baum, Mr Organizations: Northwestern University, Northwestern, Educators for Justice, American Jewish Committee, Cook County Circuit Court, Jewish Voice, Peace, Brown University, Columbia University, University of California Locations: Deering, Gaza, Palestine, Northwestern, Cook County, New York, Los Angeles

☆ Israel backers attack pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, as NYC police arrest 300
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

US Police officers patrol on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), after clashes erupted in Los Angeles on May 1, 2024. Counter protesters attack a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) as clashes erupt, in Los Angeles on May 1, 2024. Some screamed pro-Jewish comments as pro-Palestinian protesters tried to fight them off. "They were coming up here and just violently attacking us," said pro-Palestinian protester Kaia Shah, a researcher at UCLA. NYPD officers arrest a student as they evict a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University, in New York City on April 30, 2024.

Persons: Etienne Laurent, Israel, Eric Adams, Kaia Shah, Benjamin Kersten, Charly Triballeau Organizations: US Police, University of California, UCLA, AFP, Getty, New York City, Reuters, New York, Columbia University, City College of New, Gaza, Students, Republican, Getty Images UCLA, Jewish, Peace, Police, Palestinian, Getty Images Columbia Locations: University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, New, Columbia, City College of New York, New York, Israel, Gazaand, New York City

☆ Opinion: I’m a Jewish student at Yale. Here’s what everyone is getting wrong about the protests
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Opinion Ian Berlin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Last week, I sat in Yale University’s Beinecke Plaza leading around 50 classmates in nigunim — wordless melodies from the Jewish Hasidic tradition — and other Jewish songs and prayers. As a fourth-year Yale student, I find this characterization to be deeply frustrating, as it could not be further from the truth. Indeed, Yale Jews for Ceasefire exists because of — not in spite of — our Jewish values. Our present moment is a precarious one for the Jewish people, fraught with disagreement about what our Jewish values mean to us. At Yale, organizers of all faiths continue to build a community that is dedicated to moving forward in collaboration with, not opposition to, Jewish students.

Persons: Ian Berlin, nigunim, Ian Berlin Ben Weiss That’s, ’, Joe Biden, —, Peter Salovey’s, Nachshon Organizations: Yale, CNN, Beinecke, Occupy Beinecke coalition, Columbia, Palestine, Jewish, Israel, Columbia University, UN, Central Locations: Beinecke, Israel, Gaza, New Haven, Beinecke Plaza, havdalah, Egypt

☆ Billionaire Columbia donor Leon Cooperman slams student protesters
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Leon Cooperman, a billionaire Columbia donor, weighed in on the crisis on the university's campus. Unlike the megadonor Robert Kraft, Cooperman said he's not pulling his donations. AdvertisementThe Wall Street titan Leon Cooperman is the latest billionaire to weigh in on student protests over Israel's war in Gaza. But unlike the megadonor Robert Kraft, Cooperman said he'd continue to give to Columbia even as he trashed student demonstrators. Kraft said he'd continue to support the school's Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life, which is named after him.

Persons: Leon Cooperman, Robert Kraft, Cooperman, he's, —, he'd, Israel, Turkey —, Nemat, Shafik, Peace —, Goldman Sachs, Kraft, megadonors, Marc Rowan, Lauder, Ronald Lauder, Les Wexner, Claudine Gay, Liz Magill Organizations: Service, CNBC, Columbia University, Columbia, Hamas, Capitol, — Columbia, Apartheid, Columbia Students, Justice, Jewish, Peace, New York City Police Department, Barnard College, Columbia Business School, Hunter College, Kraft, Patriots, school's Kraft Center for Jewish, Cooperman, Yale, New York University, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania Locations: Columbia, Gaza, Cooperman, Bronx, Israel, United States, Cyprus, Jordan, Turkey, Palestine

☆ Live Updates: Yale Students Arrested as Campus Chaos Spreads
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

Some reportedly shouted at Jewish students and made antisemitic statements. Still, some Jewish students who are supporting the pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus said they felt solidarity, not a sense of danger, even as they denounced the acts of antisemitism. Image Grant Miner, a Jewish graduate student at Columbia University, says he doesn’t feel unsafe on campus. Jewish students get harassed trying to leave @Columbia’s campus tonight. Image At the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on the Columbia campus, tents were crowded together Sunday night.

Persons: Eric Adams, ” Andrew Bates, Nemat Shafik, Minouche, “ Al, Adams, Grant Miner, Bing Guan, New York Times “, “, U2Ii5GTuLm — David lederer, @Davidlederer6, ”, Eliana Goldin, Aryeh, . Goldin, Samantha Slater, Shafik, Mr, Miner, ” Makayla, Gubbay, —, “ There’s, ” Ms, Elie Buechler, Rabbi Buechler, Hillel, ” Brian Cohen, Noah Levine, “ I’m, Xavier Westergaard, Sharon Otterman Organizations: Columbia, Jewish, White, New, ”, Columbia University, Credit, New York Times, Palestinian, Israel, University, New York Police Department, Barnard College, Gaza Solidarity, New York Times Students, Ivy League, Campus, “, Hillel, Broadway, Jewish Voice, Peace Locations: Upper Manhattan, New York City, American, Israel, Columbia, Poland, @Columbia’s, Europe, Chabad, Gaza, Palestine, Amsterdam

CNN —A rabbi associated with Columbia University’s Orthodox Union Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus recommended that Jewish students “return home as soon as possible and remain home” amid ongoing protests denouncing the war in Gaza and demanding the university divest from Israel. Recent events at the university “have made it clear that Columbia University’s Public Safety and the NYPD cannot guarantee Jewish students’ safety,” Buechler wrote in the message. By contrast, the campus Hillel said in a Sunday post on X that they “do not believe that Jewish students should leave” the campus. “Columbia students organizing in solidarity with Palestine – including Jewish students – have faced harassment, doxxing, and now arrest by the NYPD. These are the main threats to the safety of Jewish Columbia students,” Jonathan Ben-Menachem, a PhD student, told CNN.

Persons: CNN —, “, Rabbi Elie Buechler, Barnard Hillel, Jake Tapper, ” Buechler, Hillel, –, ” Jonathan Ben, Menachem, ”, ’, Yonah Hain, John Chell, Israel Organizations: CNN, Columbia, Orthodox Union Jewish Learning, Jewish, Public, “ Columbia University, University Administration, Broadway, NYPD, Jewish Columbia, “, Gaza Solidarity, Center, Columbia University, Columbia University Apartheid, –, Justice, Peace, Yale, Harvard, University of North, Boston University, International Court, United Nations ’ Locations: Gaza, Israel, of New York, Amsterdam, ”, Palestine, university’s, University of North Carolina, South Africa

☆ Takeaways from Joe Biden’s State of the Union address
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden delivered a raucous third State of the Union address, one that could be among the most important speeches he gives during his presidency as he turns toward reelection. The result was the most raucous State of the Union in years, with the House chamber brimming with election year frission. President Joe Biden holds a "Say her name Laken Riley" button while delivering the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 7. So it was unavoidable that Biden would face the issue during his State of the Union, whether he wanted to or not. And Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, prompted by the terror attacks of October 7, has generated a humanitarian crisis that is dividing Biden’s political coalition.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, Chip Somodevilla, –, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Laken Riley, Laken Riley ”, Saul Loeb, David, “, ” Biden, ”, it’s, Joe Biden's, Kent Nishimura, he’s, there’s, That’s Organizations: Washington CNN, Union, Trump Biden, Trump, NATO, Getty, Republicans, Social Security, Rep, Georgia Republican, Chamber, Biden, White, Jewish Voice, Capitol Locations: Thursday’s State, Russia, Washington ,, Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Washington , DC

☆ N.Y.C. Protest Calling for Gaza Cease-Fire Targets Pro-Israel Senators
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Hurubie Meko | Olivia Bensimon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More than a dozen people were arrested Thursday evening during a peaceful pro-Palestinian protest inside a Manhattan building where Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrats of New York, have offices. Those attacks killed at least 1,200 Israelis, according to Israeli officials; Israel’s subsequent military operation in Gaza has killed 29,000 Palestinians, according to Gazan health officials. The mounting death toll and humanitarian crisis in Gaza have prompted international calls for a cease-fire. By about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, several hundred protesters had gathered at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, in front of the United Nations headquarters, where the United States this week cast the lone vote against a resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. It was the third time the Biden administration had blocked similar resolutions, signaling its continued support of Israel.

Persons: Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Biden Organizations: Jewish Voice, Peace, United Nations Locations: Manhattan, New York, New York City, Israel, Gaza, Dag, United States

☆ New York Gov. Kathy Hochul apologizes for using Canada-Hamas analogy in defending Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Zenebou Sylla | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Kathy Hochul has apologized for remarks made earlier this week in which she suggested that Israel has the right to destroy Gaza in response to the October 7 attacks by Hamas. “If Canada someday ever attacked Buffalo, I’m sorry my friends, there would be no Canada the next day, right, right?” Hochul said at the UJA Federation of New York lawyers division annual event, referring to her hometown. New York state Assembly member Zohran Mamdani said on social media that Hochul was “justifying genocide, while laughing. Disgusting.”New York City Council member Shahana Hanif said she would not accept Hochul’s apology. Hochul ascended to the New York governor’s office in 2021, becoming the state’s first female governor.

Persons: Kathy Hochul, ” Hochul, Hochul, Hochul’s, @GovKathyHochul, Zohran Mamdani, ”, Shahana Hanif, “, ” Hanif, Andrew Cuomo, CNN’s Kaanita Iyer Organizations: CNN, New York Gov, Democratic, Canada, UJA Federation of New, Jewish Locations: Israel, Gaza, New York City, Hamas, Canada, Buffalo, UJA Federation of New York, ”, Buffalo NY, . New York, York, New York

☆ Pro-Palestinian Groups File Legal Action Against German Politician Over Gaza War
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Riham AlkousaaBERLIN (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian activists have filed criminal charges against a German politician for suspected incitement of hate and denial of war crimes in Israel's war in Gaza, they said on Friday. War in Israel and Gaza View All 209 ImagesThe charges against Volker Beck, a former member of parliament and the head of the German-Israeli Society, were brought by Palestinian solidarity groups Palestine Speaks and Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle East. "This is the first step in holding public figures who publicly make genocidal statements legally accountable," the group wrote on its Instagram. "There is no genocide in Gaza and I do not advocate genocide," he told Reuters, adding that he had filed complaints against the groups for defamation. "These people have a disturbed relationship with the rule of law if they believe that many complaints lead to more investigations."

Persons: Alkousaa, Volker Beck, Beck, Riham Alkousaa, Rachel More, Nick Macfie Organizations: Israeli Society, Palestine, Jewish, Reuters, Court Locations: Alkousaa BERLIN, German, Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Germany, Berlin, South Africa

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council overrode a mayoral veto on Thursday and approved a resolution that calls for a cease-fire in Gaza and for an end to U.S. military funding to Israel. Wazwaz said the Minneapolis resolution is unique because it calls for a complete end to U.S. aid to Israel. Minneapolis is the latest U.S. city to approve such a non-binding resolution, following Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit and San Francisco in recent months. According to the Associated Press on Thursday, the Palestinian death toll from the war has surpassed 27,000 people, the Health Ministry in Gaza said. The war began with Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault into Israel, in which militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted around 250.

Persons: Jacob Frey, “, Elliott Payne, Aisha Chughtai, Sana Wazwaz, Israel, Wazwaz, ‘, ”, Nat El Organizations: Minneapolis City, ”, Palestine's, Jewish, Peace's Twin, Jewish Voice, Peace, Associated Press, Health Ministry Locations: MINNEAPOLIS, Minneapolis, Gaza, U.S, Israel, Palestine's Minnesota, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, San Francisco

Lawmakers in more than a half-dozen U.S. states are pushing laws to define antisemitism, triggering debates about free speech and bringing complicated world politics into statehouses. Bill supporters say that more than 30 states have adopted the definition in some way over the years. Since the Israel-Hamas war erupted, several states have passed resolutions condemning Hamas and voicing support for Israel. Some protesters gathered in the capitol in Indiana this month before the House unanimously advanced a bill incorporating the definition there. How colleges are acting to prevent or stop antisemitism on campus has become a hot-button issue across the country.

Persons: ”, Esther Panitch, Brian Kemp, Kenneth Stern, Stern, “, Israel, Bill, —, Brian Hauss, they're, Fred Deutsch, Lara Freidman, Ruwa, Yaqoub Saadeh Organizations: Democratic, Georgia's, Republican Gov, Holocaust, Alliance, Bard Center, Jewish Voice, Peace, CAIR, Defamation League, Israel, U.S . State Department, American Jewish Committee, U.S . Congress, American Bar Association, ACLU, Rep, Republican, Foundation for Middle East, Georgia State Rep, Eastern Student Association, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania Locations: statehouses, Israel, Gaza, Georgia, Indiana, South Dakota, New York, Iowa, Virginia, U.S, Palestinian

☆ Black and Jewish Activists Have Allied for Decades. What Now?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Daniel Bergner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

The cover of that edition of S.N.C.C.’s newsletter called attention to police killings of Black men, with the headline: “Cops Run Wild. Where Will They Strike Next?” Black and Palestinian resistance to repression were bound together. The theology claims that an immense fraud has been perpetrated by Jews upon Black people. Yet in recent years, a new bond between Black and Jewish activists has emerged, catalyzed, in part, by the confluence of civil rights protests and attention to the Palestinian plight. The alliance is “growing and exciting,” Nyle Fort, a Black activist and assistant professor of African American and African diaspora studies at Columbia, told me.

Persons: Huey P, Newton, Louis Farrakhan, Satan ”, ”, Ye, “ I’m, Kyrie Irving, Jacob, Henry Ford, Mumia Abu, Jamal, Rather, Fort, Fort’s, “, ” Fort, Nehisi Coates, Coates, Abraham, zealots, Jim Crow, Morgan Bassichis Organizations: Black Panther Party, Black Power, Washington, ”, America, Columbia, West Bank, Dream, Israel, Fort, Jewish, Peace, Union Theological Seminary, Jewish Voice Locations: Black, Jersey City, Ferguson, United States, Palestinian, Israel, Washington, Manhattan, Aqsa, Jerusalem, Hebron

☆ 105 Democrats declined to vote for a resolution declaring 'anti-Zionism is antisemitism'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

105 Democrats voted no or "present" on a resolution that declared "anti-Zionism is antisemitism." Advertisement105 House Democrats on Tuesday declined to vote for a resolution condemning antisemitism, pointing to language that equates it with anti-Zionism. Nadler on Monday introduced his own resolution on anti-Semitism, arguing it goes further in mitigating the problem than the Republican-proposed resolution. Rep. Nadler: "The resolution states that all anti-Zionism is antisemitism. That's intellectually disingenuous or factually wrong…The authors if they were at all familiar with Jewish history & culture should know about Jewish anti-Zionism that was + is expressly not antisemitic."

Persons: Jerry Nadler, —, Nadler, cjTReBocKW, Prem Thakker, David Kustoff, Mark Pocan, Thomas Massie, Rashida, Massie, Greg Landsman, Landsman Organizations: Jewish House, Service, Democrats, Democratic, New, Defamation League, Israel, Jewish Voice, Peace, Monday, Republican, Rep, Republicans, House, Republican Rep, Jewish Locations: New York, Israel, Brooklyn, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio

☆ These 105 Democrats declined to vote for a resolution declaring 'anti-Zionism is antisemitism'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

105 Democrats voted no or "present" on a resolution that declared "anti-Zionism is antisemitism." Advertisement105 House Democrats on Tuesday declined to vote for a resolution condemning antisemitism, pointing to language that equates it with anti-Zionism. Nadler on Monday introduced his own resolution on anti-Semitism, arguing it goes further in mitigating the problem than the Republican-proposed resolution. Rep. Nadler: "The resolution states that all anti-Zionism is antisemitism. Nonetheless, 95 Democrats voted for the resolution anyway, including Rep. Greg Landsman of Ohio, one of more than two dozen Jewish House members.

Persons: Jerry Nadler, —, Nadler, cjTReBocKW, Prem Thakker, David Kustoff, Mark Pocan, Thomas Massie, Rashida, Massie, Greg Landsman, Landsman, Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, Gerry Connolly, Raul Grijalva, Pramila, Summer Lee, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Delia Ramirez, Bonnie Watson Coleman Organizations: Jewish House, Service, Democrats, Democratic, New, Defamation League, Israel, Jewish Voice, Peace, Monday, Republican, Rep, Republicans, House, Republican Rep, Jewish, New York Rep, Missouri Rep, Virginia Rep, Illinois Rep, Arizona Rep, Washington Rep, Pennsylvania Rep, Cortez of New York Rep, Minnesota Rep, Massachusetts, Michigan Rep Locations: New York, Israel, Brooklyn, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, Virginia, Chuy García, Alexandria, Cortez of, Minnesota, New Jersey

☆ Columbia administrators reportedly covertly changed the university's event policies just before suspending pro-Palestine student groups
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Columbia administrators quietly changed policies before suspending pro-Palestine student groups. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementColumbia University Administrators covertly changed events policies before suspending two pro-Palestine student groups, according to the university government. Gerald M. Rosberg, senior executive vice president of the university, informed the University Senate on Friday that university administrators had revised the policies without the knowledge of the senate, according to Columbia Spectator. According to Spectator, Columbia changed its events policy after student chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace protested on October 12.

Persons: —, Gerald M, Rosberg, SJP, Jeanine D'Armiento, David Lurie Organizations: Columbia, University Senate, Hamas, United, Service, Columbia Spectator, Palestinian Health Ministry, University of Pennsylvania, Spectator, Justice, Jewish, Peace, JVP, American Association of University Locations: Palestine, Israel, United States, U.S, Gaza, California, Columbia

Among the catalysts are Palestinian and Jewish-led groups that have been active for years in opposing Israeli policies toward the Palestinians and who now demand a cease-fire in Gaza. The groups have roots in a movement known as BDS, which calls for the boycott, divestment and sanction of Israel. That campaign generated heated rhetoric long before Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel launched its counteroffensive. Advocates wrote op-eds for campus newspapers with appeals to protect Palestinian human rights, often accusing Israel of colonialism and racism. Protests have led to disruptions on Capitol Hill, at a major train station in Chicago and New York City’s Grand Central Station.

Persons: Brant Rosen, IFNOTNOW IfNotNow, “ Young, ”, IfNotNow, ” Eva Borgwardt, ” IfNotNow, Ron Liebowitz, Brandeis, Ron DeSantis’s, Israel, Tom Horne, Hollingsworth, Crary, Anita Snow Organizations: Israel, New York, Grand, Station, Democratic, Committee, Jewish Voice, Peace, Twitter, Columbia University, Rabbinical, Defamation League, JVP, Zionist, “, Palestinian, JUSTICE, PALESTINE, Justice, Brandeis University, American Jewish, Brandeis, Republican Florida Gov, Virginia Attorney, Brown University, UNICEF, Amnesty International, Local, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Israel, Gaza, there’s, United States, Chicago, New, Washington, Palestine, U.S, Canada, ”, American, Toledo , Ohio, Virginia, Scottsdale , Arizona, Mission , Kansas, New York, Phoenix

☆ US Capitol police clash with protesters demanding Gaza ceasefire
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The protest was organized by three advocacy groups and held in an area near the U.S. Capitol. Protesters linked arms in front of the DNC building's entrance, where some sang: "Which side are you on?" "One person has been arrested for assault on an officer," Capitol Police said on social media. A DNC spokesperson said officials were monitoring the situation outside the DNC headquarters and were in touch with U.S. Capitol and local Washington police. Jewish Voice for Peace wrote on social media that the protesters had gathered to lay out candles for Palestinians killed during Israel's bombardment and to call for a ceasefire.

Persons: Sean Casten, Leah Millis, Dan Whitcomb, Rami Ayyub, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Police, Democratic National Headquarters, Democratic Socialists of America, IfNotNow, Jewish, Peace, . Capitol Police, Democratic National Committee, U.S . Capitol, Lawmakers, U.S . Capitol Police, Capitol Police, U.S, Capitol, Washington police, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, WASHINGTON, Washington, Gaza, U.S

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in the nation's capital responded Wednesday night to a protest outside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. Video posted on social media showed protesters shoving police officers and trying to grab hold of metal barricades as the officers moved in to make arrests. Protester Dani Noble said the demonstrators came to the DNC on Wednesday night to peacefully call on Democratic Party leadership to support a cease-fire in Gaza. “It is shameful the way that nonviolent protesters and members of our community were met with violence tonight. By that time, most of the leadership team, including House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, had already left.

Persons: ”, Dani Noble, Noble, Joe Biden, Rashida Tlaib, Tlaib, Brad Sherman, Capitol police “, Hakeem Jeffries, Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Michael Balsamo Organizations: WASHINGTON, — Police, Democratic National Committee, U.S . Capitol Police, DNC, Protesters, Jewish, Peace, Democratic Party, Democratic, House Democrats, American, West Bank, Metropolitan Police Department, Associated Press, —, Capitol police, Capitol Police, Capitol, Press Locations: Israel, Washington, Gaza, Philadelphia, D

As police officers guarded the wrought iron gates protecting Columbia University’s main campus on Tuesday evening, checking for student identification cards, a group gathered around a stone dais at the center of the quad. Roughly 400 students held Palestinian flags and handmade signs. Protesters took turns speaking into a microphone, criticizing the Israel-Hamas war, but also their own school over its decision to suspend two pro-Palestinian student groups through the end of the semester. “We’ve said it before, that our voices are louder and more powerful than the money that you receive, Columbia,” said Mohsen Mahdawi, a student and Palestinian refugee. Following their suspension, the groups released a joint statement on Instagram, accusing the university of “selective censorship” of pro-Palestinian groups and calling the move “an attack on free speech to distract from and enable Israel’s genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people.”

Persons: “ We’ve, ”, Mohsen Mahdawi Organizations: Columbia, Justice, Jewish, Peace Locations: Columbia, Israel, New York City, Palestine

More than 1,200 people in Israel died, most of them in the Hamas attack, and about 240 hostages were taken from Israel into Gaza by Palestinian militants. The army said Tuesday that it has captured Gaza’s legislature building, the Hamas police headquarters and a compound housing Hamas’ military intelligence headquarters. Israeli news sites showed pictures of Israeli soldiers hoisting the Israeli national flag and military flags in some of the buildings. The Israeli military did not give a reason for her death, while Hamas said she was killed in an Israeli strike. On Nov. 5, the Israeli military struck a car on the road between the southern Lebanese towns of Ainata and Aitaroun.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of Jewish peace activists and their allies converged at a major train station in downtown Chicago during rush hour Monday morning, blocking the entrance to the Israeli consulate and demanding U.S. support for an Israel cease-fire as battles rage in northern Gaza. Midwestern Jews and allies traveled to Chicago from Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois for the demonstration, organizers said. The Israeli consulate in Chicago is in a building connected to the Ogilvie Transportation Center, a major commuter rail station. The Chicago rally is unique from the previous Jewish Voice demonstrations because in the Midwest, “progressive Jewish communities are far smaller and separated by distance,” according to an emailed press release from organizers. “Trains continued to run throughout.”The Israeli consulate in Chicago did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Ben Lorber, “, ”, Clara Belitz, IfNotNow, Meg Reile, ___ Savage Organizations: CHICAGO, Ogilvie Transportation Center, Chicago, Jewish Voice, Peace, Chicago police, Jewish, Grand, Station, New York, Washington , D.C, Hamas, Metra, West Madison, “, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: Chicago, Israel, Gaza, Iowa , Missouri, Minnesota , Michigan , Indiana , Wisconsin, Illinois, Israeli, New York, Washington ,

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