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Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public on April 22 as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel’s war with Hamas. More than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had camped…
Outside Netanyahu’s house, demonstrators set fire to a symbolic seder table Caesarea, Israel: Israeli protesters burnt a symbolic Passover table outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house at the start of the Jewish holiday on Monday, accusing him of failing hostages in Gaza. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the gates leading to the house in the…
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Jewish people marked April 22 the start of Passover, a celebration of freedom, and around many holiday tables in Israel chairs stood empty for hostages still held captive in Gaza. The week-long Jewish festival, also known in Hebrew as the “holiday of freedom”, celebrates the Israelites’ liberation from Egyptian slavery, as told in the Bible….
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Palestinian children sit next to the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 18 people, including 14…
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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh resides in Qatar. Doha: Qatar’s warning that it was reassessing its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has raised concerns about the prospects for a ceasefire and the return of hostages. Since Hamas’s deadly October 7 attack on Israel sparked devastating retaliation against Gaza, Qatar has been an important…
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Trump has long boasted of having done more for Israel than any other US president. (File) At the start of Israel’s war with Hamas in October, Donald Trump loudly presented himself as the key US ally’s ultimate champion. But six months and more than 33,000 deaths in Gaza later, the Republican White House hopeful has…
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Netanyahu accused Iran of being behind several attacks against Israel “through its proxies”. (File) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel was “one step away from victory” in the Gaza war and vowed there would be no truce until Hamas frees all hostages. He was speaking in a cabinet meeting marking six months of…
The Hamas attack on October 7 resulted in the death of 1,170 Israelis and foreigners (File) Jerusalem: The bloodiest ever war in Gaza that broke out exactly six months ago has taken an appalling human toll. At least 33,175 people have been killed in the besieged Palestinian territory in Israel’s campaign of retaliation for the…
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Most of the 33,137 people who have been killed in Gaza. Jerusalem: The bloodiest-ever war in Gaza that broke out exactly six months ago has taken an appalling human toll. At least 33,137 people have been killed in the besieged Palestinian territory in Israel’s campaign of retaliation for the Hamas attack of October 7, according…
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A key Biden confidant had earlier urged him to use the leverage afforded by the huge military aid that Washington gives Israel – something Biden has resisted for the past six months. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 4 that U.S. policy on Israel depends on the…
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