In Texas, pro-Palestine university protesters clash with state leaders | Israel War on Gaza News

In Texas, pro-Palestine university protesters clash with state leaders | Israel War on Gaza News

Austin, Texas – “It didn’t feel real.” That’s how Alishba Javaid, a student at the University of Texas at Austin, describes the moment when she saw roughly 30 state troopers walk onto the campus lawn. Javaid and hundreds of her classmates had gathered on the grass, in the shadow of…

World Press Freedom Day: Gaza conflict deadliest for journalists | Freedom of the Press News

World Press Freedom Day: Gaza conflict deadliest for journalists | Freedom of the Press News

Every year on May 3, UNESCO commemorates World Press Freedom Day. It is being marked today at a particularly perilous time for journalists globally, with Israel’s war on Gaza becoming the deadliest conflict for journalists and media workers. “When we lose a journalist, we lose our eyes and ears to the outside…

Gaza will need largest post-war reconstruction effort since 1945, UN says | Israel War on Gaza News

Gaza will need largest post-war reconstruction effort since 1945, UN says | Israel War on Gaza News

UN Development Programme official estimates post-war reconstruction will cost between $40-50bn. The level of destruction in Gaza has not been since World War II, according to a United Nations official who estimated that post-war reconstruction could cost up to $50bn. “We have not seen anything like this since 1945,” Abdallah…

How a Gaza protest at Indiana University became a battle for free speech | Israel War on Gaza News

How a Gaza protest at Indiana University became a battle for free speech | Israel War on Gaza News

The sun was casting shadows onto the green grass of Dunn Meadow at Indiana University Bloomington, as a line of police carrying batons and shields moved forward. Across from the police stood a daisy chain of protesters, their arms linked in front of a newly established pro-Palestine encampment. The cluster…

Colombia to cut diplomatic ties with Israel over Gaza war, Petro says | Israel War on Gaza News

Colombia to cut diplomatic ties with Israel over Gaza war, Petro says | Israel War on Gaza News

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a staunch critic of Israel’s war in Gaza, says the Israeli government is ‘genocidal’. Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced plans to cut diplomatic ties with Israel over its war in the Gaza Strip, which human rights advocates and other experts have warned could amount to…

US advocacy groups back Palestine solidarity campus protests amid Gaza war | Israel War on Gaza News

US advocacy groups back Palestine solidarity campus protests amid Gaza war | Israel War on Gaza News

Washington, DC – Dozens of faith, civil rights and progressive groups in the United States have expressed solidarity with university students protesting against US support for Israel amid the war on Gaza. The groups – which include the Working Families Party, IfNotNow Movement, Sunrise Movement, Movement for Black Lives, and…

Gaza war protesters disrupt Paris’s Sorbonne University | Israel War on Gaza News

Gaza war protesters disrupt Paris’s Sorbonne University | Israel War on Gaza News

Protesters angry over Israel’s war on Gaza have gathered at Sorbonne University in Paris, chanting “Free Palestine” at the university’s gates while some students set up tents in the courtyard. Days after similar protests at the elite Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), Monday’s gathering at the Sorbonne was…