What to know about the ICC, which had former Philippine president arrested The court handles the most serious offences, like genocide and war crimes The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025
US Uses AI to Ban Student Visas Over 'Hamas Support'—Here's What You Need to Know The US is using AI to revoke student visas over alleged 'Hamas support'—a controversial move raising concerns over free speech and immigration rights. International Business Times UK · Mar 12, 2025
Wife of detained pro-Palestinian Columbia student calls for his release as protesters are arrested in New York Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by ICE agents despite being a legal resident The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025
White House pressures Columbia University as it seeks to deport pro-Palestinian activists The White House complained that Columbia University is refusing to help federal agents find people being sought as part of the government’s effort to deport participants in pro-Palestinian demonstrations The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025
The Israel-Hamas Conflict Convinced College Adminstrators To Turn Away From Politics, New Report Shows Just eight colleges had official neutrality policies before the attack. By the end of 2024, it was almost 150. Reason · Mar 11, 2025
A new definition of antisemitism from Universities Australia is attracting criticism – two historians explain why Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7 2023, and Israel’s war in Gaza, there has been a sharp increase in antisemitic incidents, some of these occurring at Australian universities. The war’s ongoing reverberations have led to renewed controversy over the question of when criticism of Israel and support for… The Conversation · Mar 11, 2025
Dozens of colleges in Trump administration’s crosshairs for ‘anti-semitism’ after Trump administration yanks $400m from Columbia Department of Education warned colleges and universities across the country of the financial repercussions of what they characterize as failing to protect Jewish students The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025
Alleged Hamas supporter remanded into custody after small-boat crossing Abu Wadee appeared at Manchester Magistrates’ Court accused of entering the UK illegally Evening Standard · Mar 11, 2025
Ann Coulter questions effort to deport foreign students protesting Israel: ‘Isn’t this a violation of the First Amendment?’ Right-wing pundit’s comments come after arrest of pro-Palestinian protester at Columbia University The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025
Can green card holders in the U.S. be deported? The Trump administration is threatening to deport Mahmoud Khalil and lawful permanent residents demonstrating support for Palestine The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil’s treatment should not happen in a democracy The Columbia University graduate’s arrest is an attempt to destroy free thinking while murdering due process The Guardian - US · Mar 11, 2025
UN-backed rights experts hear Palestinians' allegations of abuse in Israeli custody during the war Palestinians have described alleged abuses by Israeli forces and settlers to independent U.N.-backed human rights investigators during hearings on the treatment of detainees during the war in Gaza The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025
Inside Gaza, where electricity has been cut off by the Israelis Locals tell of hospitals paralysed, food prices soaring and people forced to burn rubbish to cook food The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil, the Great Rorschach Test Plus: Ukraine attacks Russia with drones, Newsom's revisionist history, and more... Reason · Mar 11, 2025
The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025 Middle East latest: Israeli fire kills 4 Palestinians in Gaza Strip, 3 in the occupied West Bank Israeli fire has killed four people and wounded 14 in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours even as a fragile ceasefire with Hamas has largely held
The Guardian - US · Mar 11, 2025 As Jews celebrate Purim, let us end the slaughter in Gaza committed in our name Our refusal to reckon with the dark side of Purim reflects a refusal to reckon with the dark side of ourselves
The Guardian - US · Mar 11, 2025 Department of Education to lay off nearly half its workforce – as it happened Education secretary Linda McMahon announced hundreds of staff were subject to the ‘reduction in workforce’. This blog is now closed.
Al Jazeera · Mar 11, 2025 UNRWA chief warns of ‘deepening hunger’ in Gaza as Israel blocks all food With Israel’s complete blockade on Gaza approaching 10 days, Philippe Lazzarini says aid is being ‘weaponised’.
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025 Trump warns that ICE arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia University will be ‘first of many’ Student leader accused immigration officials of conducting ‘open repression of student activism and political speech’
Reason · Mar 10, 2025 The Case Against Deporting Immigrants for "Pro-Terrorist" Speech [Updated] It's both unjust and unconstitutional.
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025 Fear on Columbia campus as Trump admin arrests student for deportation over Gaza protests Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident, was detained at his university-owned residence on Saturday evening by immigration authorities
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025 Harvard hits pause on hiring after Trump slashes funding at fellow Ivy League school Columbia The Trump administration pulled $400 million in grants and contracts from Columbia University last week over its demonstrations in defense of Gaza
Reason · Mar 10, 2025 Is it Constitutional To Deport Immigrants for Political Speech? President Donald Trump has begun kicking immigrant “Hamas sympathizers” out of the U.S.
Salon · Mar 10, 2025 Trump promises more protester arrests Trump celebrated the arrest of Mahmoud Kalil, a former student at Columbia University, in a post to Truth Social
Latin Times · Mar 10, 2025 Musk Blames X Outage on 'Massive Cyberattack' as Billionaire's Brands Continue to Be Targets Elon Musk has blamed recent X outages on a "massive cyberattack" as the billionaire's brands continue to be targeted in attacks around the world.