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On the Oxford Action for Palestine Solidarity Encampment
This morning, Oxford students set up the Oxford Action for Palestine Solidarity Encampment. Over 60 faculty and staff members have signed a letter in support. You can sign too, here:
Student protesters interrupt University of Michigan commencement
With some demonstrating in solidarity with Gaza and others with Israel, students waved flags and chanted slogans
New investigations in Gaza’s heritage landscapes: the Gaza Maritime Archaeology Project (GAZAMAP)
Decades of conflict in the Gaza Strip have contributed to widely documented cultural heritage destruction, demonstrating a need to monitor vulnerable sites and enhance the empirical base. This article describes how the Gaza Maritime Archaeology Project (GAZAMAP 2022–2023) was developed to monitor coastal and near-coastal sites, collaboratively. Owing to the unprecedented destruction of heritage since October 2023, GAZAMAP’s scope has fundamentally shifted.
UK surgeon who described Gaza ‘massacre’ denied entry to France
Ghassan Abu-Sitta, who was due to speak in French senate, is told Germany has enforced Schengen-wide entry ban
We Columbia University students urge you to listen to our voices
Please, listen to us – not political figures, radical fringes and misguided media
Immediate Action Needed to Ensure Independent International Oversight in Israeli Prisons and Detention Centers
Ramallah/Gaza, 2 May 2024 — Addameer, Al Mezan, Al-Haq, and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) express deep dismay at the news of the killing of 50-year-old orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh, while he was being held in Israeli custody.
Leading Gaza surgeon Adnan Al-Bursh dies in Israeli prison
A prominent surgeon in Gaza has died in an Israeli prison after being held for more than four months, according to Palestinian prisoners’ groups, which decried his death as part of a “systematic targeting” of health care workers.
Rashid Khalidi’s speech to Columbia students
This brilliant speech yesterday by Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, on the cowardice of the university administration in calling in police to arrest students will be cited throughout history -– and will inspire generations of students for decades to come.
The Distortion of Campus Protests over Gaza
How the Right Has Weaponized Antisemitism to Distract from Israel’s War
Featured image: Message projected on the building from which the students were violently evicted on the evening of April 30 by the New York police.