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Anna Betts

Trump calls arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil ‘first of many to come’

a composite image shows a person holding a sign that reads 'release Mahmoud Khalil now' and Mahmoud Khalil
The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate and pro-Palestinian activist, has prompted widespread outcry. Composite: Reuters

Donald Trump said on Monday that the arrest of a prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protests last year, was the “first arrest of many to come”.

“We know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump Administration will not tolerate it,” the US president wrote in a post on Truth Social.

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