“World leaders have called on Israel not to go ahead with a ground assault on the southern Gaza city, where 1.4M have sought shelter”:
As protests persist during graduation ceremonies …
- A Look at Commencement Ceremonies as US Campuses Are Roiled by Protests over the Israel-Hamas War (AP)
- Anti-war Protesters Leave USC After Police Arrive, While Northeastern Ceremony Proceeds Calmly (AP)
… the contrast between Harvard and Columbia demonstrates the wisdom of not calling in the police:
“Nahla Al-Arian lost more than 200 relatives in Israel’s attacks on Gaza. Then Eric Adams said she was the reason police raided Columbia”:
- NYC Mayor Smeared a Grandmother as an “Outside Agitator” to Justify NYPD Assault on Columbia (The Intercept)
“A source close to the families of those arrested suspects they may be held at an IRGC intelligence detention center”:
“Labour suffered key losses in areas with high Muslim populations due to controversies over the party’s stance on the Gaza war”:
“These protests [in the US] … made us happy by finding people from the west who stood with our cause … [But] at the same time it made us sad because our brothers in the Arab countries did not do what these people did”:
- ‘I Was Happy They Still Stand Beside Us’: Palestinians in Rafah on US Campus Protests (The Guardian)
“The measure will include closing Al Jazeera’s offices in Israel, confiscating broadcast equipment, cutting off the channel from cable and satellite companies and blocking its websites”:
- Israel Suspends Broadcasts of Al Jazeera (The Guardian)
Another in the long line of Palestinian peaceful resistance leaders faces Israeli violence:
- ‘Where Is the Palestinian Gandhi?’ (NY Times)
The “first university in the world was established by two Muslim women:”
- “Historical Amnesia” Obscures Forgotten Achievements of Muslim Culture (Ancient Origins)
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