A police state’: US universities impose rules to avoid repeat of Gaza protests
Students, faculty and advocates warn of chilling effect on free speech as schools across US introduce restrictions
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Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago calls the war in Gaza “genocidal”
The Democratic National Convention which is taking place this week in Chicago has placed the city’s mayor Brandon Johnson in a national spotlight. Johnson, a former schoolteacher and activist in the Chicago Teacher’s Union, has prepared the city not only for this week’s Convention but also for a week of protests focusing on the war in Gaza and the Biden administration’s continuing diplomatic, financial, and military support for the war.
Investigation Shows Settler Raid on Palestinian Village Took Place in Front of IDF Forces, Who Did Nothing
The soldiers ‘didn’t do anything to stop the pogrom,’ a senior defense official said, ‘they just stood there next to them, saw all of it [take place] and did nothing.’ The body of the Palestinian who was killed was taken for autopsy, but the results are inconclusive as to who shot him
We Served on Israel’s Sde Teiman Base. Here’s What We Did to Gazans Detained There
Hands and feet in shackles. Eyes blindfolded. No moving. No talking. And, sometimes, violent beatings. Days upon days, weeks upon weeks pass like this at the Sde Teiman facility for Hamas terrorists and Palestinian civilians from Gaza. These interviewees know. They served there
Senior diplomat resigns over UK’s complicity in ‘war crimes’ in Gaza
A senior British diplomat has resigned from the Foreign Office over the UK’s continued arms sales to Israel, which he said have “no justification”. Mark Smith, the head of Africa Programmes and Expertise Department and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, submitted a resignation letter entitled “FCDO complicity in War Crimes” reports revealed yesterday.
Pianist’s Melbourne recital cancelled after comments on Gaza journalists
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra apologises after Gilham’s recital and says his remarks were made without their approval
UK prosecutors drop case against academic over posts related to 7 October attack
Counterterrorism officers raided Amira Abdelhamid’s home after the University of Portsmouth referred her to Prevent
Four-day-old twins killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrike as father registered births
Mohamed Abuel-Qomasan’s wife and mother-in-law also killed in strike that hit home where they were sheltering
Haaretz Investigation: Israeli Army Uses Palestinian Civilians to Inspect Potentially Booby-trapped Tunnels in Gaza
‘Our lives are more important than their lives’: Gazans not suspected of terrorism are detained and sent as human shields to search tunnels and houses before IDF soldiers enter, in the full knowledge of senior Israeli officers, several sources say; IDF claims this practice is forbidden
‘The demolitions are equal to death’: the Palestinian families whose West Bank homes have been bulldozed
When Israeli security forces suddenly arrived with bulldozers and a demolition team to tear down Mahmoud Mahmud Jibril Nawaja’s house, they came with little explanation. “This land does not belong….