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Riot Police Storm US Colleges After Violent Protests Over Gaza War

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Riot Police Storm US Colleges After Violent Protests Over Gaza War

At Columbia and City University of New York, police cleared demonstrators out overnight Police deployed a heavy presence on US university campuses Wednesday after forcibly clearing away some weeks-long protests against Israel’s war with Hamas. Dozens of police cars patrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles campus in response to violent clashes overnight when…

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Rafah Offensive Will Happen With Or Without Gaza Truce Deal: Netanyahu

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Rafah Offensive Will Happen With Or Without Gaza Truce Deal: Netanyahu

Washington has heightened pressure on all sides to reach a ceasefire (File) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that the military would launch a ground offensive on Gaza’s far-southern Rafah city “with or without” a truce deal being negotiated with Hamas. The hawkish premier issued the warning despite strong concerns raised by top…

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Israelis Help Palestinians Hit By Settler Attacks

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Israelis Help Palestinians Hit By Settler Attacks

Rising settler attacks since the war in Gaza have sparked widespread alarm and condemnation. Tuwani: In a desert region of the occupied West Bank, Israeli activist Eyal Shani has fitted a tiny camera on his T-shirt to collect evidence of settler violence against Palestinian sheep farmers. Campaigners like Shani have been trying to protect Palestinians…

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US, Egypt “Hopeful” Of Gaza Truce As Envoys Meet In Cairo

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US, Egypt “Hopeful” Of Gaza Truce As Envoys Meet In Cairo

In February, Netanyahu said any truce deal would only delay — not prevent — a Rafah operation. Jerusalem: US top diplomat Antony Blinken said Monday he was “hopeful” Hamas would accept the latest proposal for a long-sought Gaza truce and hostage release deal as negotiators from the Palestinian group were due in Egypt. Egypt, Qatar…

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2 Israeli Ministers Oppose Gaza Truce Deal

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2 Israeli Ministers Oppose Gaza Truce Deal

Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been trying to mediate a new truce (File) Jerusalem: Two Israeli ministers publicly opposed a Gaza truce deal Sunday, saying Benjamin Netanyahu’s government had no right to exist if it failed to invade Rafah, Hamas’s last bastion in the Palestinian territory. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and war…

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Nemat ‘Minouche’ Shafik | A president under fire

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Nemat ‘Minouche’ Shafik | A president under fire

On April 17, students at Columbia University escalated their ongoing protests against the war on Gaza by occupying university lawns and creating a ‘Gaza solidarity encampment’. At about the same time, Columbia University’s first woman president Nemat ‘Minouche’ Shafik was attending a Congressional hearing before the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce wherein…

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100 Detained As Police Clear Pro-Palestinian Camp At Boston University In US

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100 Detained As Police Clear Pro-Palestinian Camp At Boston University In US

“Those who refused to disclose their affiliation were arrested,” the school said. Boston: Police in riot gear detained about 100 people as they cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at a Boston university Saturday, the latest in a series of clashes on US campuses triggered by protests over Israel’s war against Hamas. The action was taken after…

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Clearing Gaza Debris Could Take 14 Years: UN Official

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Clearing Gaza Debris Could Take 14 Years: UN Official

At least 34,305 Palestinians have been killed in the war so far. (File) The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official said on Friday. Israel’s military campaign against Gaza’s ruling Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has…

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Israel pummels Gaza after U.S. Congress approves military aid

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Israel pummels Gaza after U.S. Congress approves military aid

April 24, 2024 10:10 pm | Updated 10:10 pm IST – Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories Israel pounded Gaza with air strikes and artillery fire in its war against Hamas on Wednesday after the U.S. Congress approved $13 billion in military aid. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said the Senate’s approval of the aid package already…

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Gaza War Enters 200th Day As Fears Of Israeli Invasion Mounts

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Gaza War Enters 200th Day As Fears Of Israeli Invasion Mounts

Shelling and loud explosions were heard in southwest Gaza (File) Gaza: The Israel-Hamas war entered its 200th day on Tuesday with fears mounting of an Israeli invasion in the overcrowded south of the besieged Gaza Strip amid calls for hostages to be freed. The Israeli army carried out intense shelling overnight of Gaza City, AFP…

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