A Year Ago, Columbia Security Was Hands-Off at a Protest. Not This Time.
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A Year Ago, Columbia Security Was Hands-Off at a Protest. Not This Time.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A year ago, when masked pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, the sole public safety officer who was present left the scene after notifying her supervisor. On Wednesday, demonstrators who swarmed into the main library on campus were met with a…

U.S. to Downgrade Palestinian Affairs Office in Jerusalem, Officials Say
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U.S. to Downgrade Palestinian Affairs Office in Jerusalem, Officials Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In recent years, an office within the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem had a direct line of communication with Washington. That was meant to signal that the United States saw Palestinian issues as important, and considered the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip…

Opinion | This Is the Moment of Moral Reckoning in Gaza
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Opinion | This Is the Moment of Moral Reckoning in Gaza

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A full-blown humanitarian emergency in Gaza is no longer looming. It is here, and it is catastrophic. It’s been more than two months since Israel cut off all humanitarian aid and commercial supplies into Gaza. The World Food Program delivered its last stores…

Netanyahu Says Pounding Gaza Again Will Finish Hamas. Not Everyone Agrees.
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Netanyahu Says Pounding Gaza Again Will Finish Hamas. Not Everyone Agrees.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As Israel gears up to add tens of thousands of reserve soldiers to the battlefield in Gaza, the logic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be this: Victory against Hamas will come from an even bigger barrage of military might in the…

Poised to Expand Gaza Offensive, Israel Calls Up Thousands of Reserve Soldiers
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Poised to Expand Gaza Offensive, Israel Calls Up Thousands of Reserve Soldiers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Israel will mobilize thousands of reserve soldiers to bolster its campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the military announced on Saturday night, as the country appeared poised to expand its offensive in the Palestinian enclave. The move prompted fear in Gaza, where…

Opinion | The Jewish Students Caught Up in Trump’s Antisemitism Crackdown
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Opinion | The Jewish Students Caught Up in Trump’s Antisemitism Crackdown

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Given these figures, it’s not surprising that Jews have taken a leading role in the protests against Israel’s assault on Gaza. Eleven days after Oct. 7, 2023, progressive and anti-Zionist Jewish groups, including Jewish Voice for Peace, gathered roughly 400 protesters, many wearing…

Palestinian Leader Abbas Appoints Hussein al-Sheikh as Deputy Amid Succession Fears
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Palestinian Leader Abbas Appoints Hussein al-Sheikh as Deputy Amid Succession Fears

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Palestinian leaders in the Israeli-occupied West Bank met this week for the first gathering of its kind in years. Their mission: to allow Mahmoud Abbas, the aging Palestinian Authority president, to appoint a longtime loyalist to a newly-minted senior position. On Saturday night,…

Opinion | An Oscar for ‘No Other Land’ Didn’t Protect Hamdan Ballal
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Opinion | An Oscar for ‘No Other Land’ Didn’t Protect Hamdan Ballal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On March 2, I won an Academy Award for best documentary for a film I co-directed, “No Other Land.” It’s hard to put into words how that moment felt. It was one of the most incredible moments of my life. Three weeks later,…

Opinion | Israeli Dominance Will Make Mideast Deal-Making All the Harder
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Opinion | Israeli Dominance Will Make Mideast Deal-Making All the Harder

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Israel’s response to the Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, has fundamentally altered the Middle East balance of power in a way not seen since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. It is time to acknowledge that Israel now looks like the region’s hegemon….