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This question has been in the news recently, in light of the recent House Committee hearings on "Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism." A few thoughts on my part: [1.] There's no "advocacy of genocide" exception to the First Amendment, or to the contractual promises of student free speech…

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says there's no safe haven in Gaza for civilians — not even U.N. shelters and “safe zones” designated by Israel

California Gov. Gavin Newsom won't host an in-person Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the state Capitol this year

While the world watches Israel's war with Hamas and the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, surely anything that eases tensions is to be welcomed? So why won't Israel's government call time on attacks by Jewish settlers in the West Bank, settlers who since October 7 have stepped up their push to…

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Al-Haq and Global Legal Action Network argue sales of British weapons could breach international law

Court documents reveal News Corp and ABC paid damages to former Liberal staffer; Israel says it is closing in on Hamas leadership

A plastic sheet rigged up as a tent, branches gathered from here and there to make a fire -- at the southern tip of Gaza, displaced Palestinians are settling in as best they can.

Attorney General Merrick Garland says the Justice Department is investigating the deaths and kidnappings of Americans during the Hamas attack against Israel on Oct. 7

Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the Met’s response had been ‘more clumsily than I would like’

Sigalit Cohen, whose son Eliya was kidnapped from the Supernova festival, has spent her time since campaigning for the hostages’ return