Published by GB News (US) Columbia University students will attend classes virtually on Monday as officials hope to deescalate tensions on the campus following pro-Palestine protests. President at the New York City university Nemat Minouche Shafik said the university was cancelling in-person classes on Monday while denouncing antisemitic language and intimidating and harassing behaviour. It […]
Published by The Daily Caller Jewish Yale University student Sahar Tartak was reportedly “jabbed” in the eye with a Palestinian flag pole Saturday night while reporting on a pro-Palestine protest at the school’s campus. Tartak, who is the editor-in-chief of the Yale Free Press, posted to X (formerly known as Twitter) claiming that she had
Published by HNGN United States President Joe Biden has condemned pro-Palestinian activists for acts of “blatant” antisemitism during protests at Columbia University against the war in Gaza. Biden’s remarks came hours after a statement by the White House denouncing “physical intimidation targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community.” In a statement released on Sunday in
One Life is a film about the selfless heroism of Nicholas “Nicky” Winton (1909-2015), a self-effacing humanitarian. He directed the rescue of 669 Jewish children in Prague in 1938. The story moves soul searchingly back and forth between the events of 1938 and 1988 when Winton was honored by a BBC television special that brought together, a reunion of sorts, of several hundred rescued children, their children and grandchildren. [Oliver Pollak]
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Published by DPA International Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a video address ahead of the Jewish Passover holiday, said Israel will soon deliver more painful attacks to the Palestinian Islamist Hamas group in Gaza. In a Sunday video address, Netanyahu announced “further painful blows” against Hamas, saying “this will happen shortly.” Israel has been
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Published by DPA International People in the West Bank launched a general strike on Sunday in protest against Israel’s killing of Palestinians in a refugee camp in Tulkarm and in the Gaza Strip. The Fatah movement, among other groups, had called for the strike. According to eyewitnesses, there was hardly any traffic on the streets
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Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], April 21 (ANI): Israeli war Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz joined a growing chorus of criticism by fellow politicians over US President Joe Biden’s administration decision to impose sanctions on a unit of Israel Defence Forces, calling it a ‘dangerous precedent’. He said it ‘conveys the wrong message’. https://twitter.com/gantzbe/status/1781785299724403053
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked US lawmakers after they voted in favor of aid packages for their countries. The two leaders statement came after the US House of Representatives approved a USD 95.3 billion foreign-aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and other American allies on Saturday. [ANI]
Published by HNGN More than 100 people were arrested and issued summonses for trespass this week after protesters established an encampment at New York City’s Columbia University in support of Palestinians in Gaza. New York Mayor Eric Adams said on Thursday (Apr. 18) that the demonstrators occupied the space on the university’s South Lawn for
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Published by RBC-Ukraine (UK) Military officials from Israel and the US have denied involvement in the strike on an Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces military base near Baghdad, according to the US Central Command. “We are aware of reports claiming that the US conducted airstrikes in Iraq today. Those reports are not true. The US has
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Published by RBC-Ukraine Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, downplays the scale and consequences of the airstrike on the country’s territory, which occurred on the night of April 19, and states that Tehran is investigating the incident, according to NBC News and Reuters. According to the official, the drones took off from Iranian territory and flew
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Published by Radar Online Chelsea Handler’s comedy show at Richmond, Virginia’s Altria Theater on Friday night was interrupted multiple times by pro-Palestinian protesters, RadarOnline.com has learned. Several attendees were removed from the venue for disrupting the show, and ABC 8 News WRIC Richmond reports that one person was arrested. “Palestinian babies — you’re a genocide
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Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives passed legislation Saturday to provide key aid to Ukraine and Israel, and bolster Taiwan while also threatening a ban on TikTok if it fails to divest from Beijing. The bills, passed in a rare Saturday session, were approved in quick succession by
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Published by RBC-Ukraine (UK) Near Baghdad, a strong explosion occurred at a military base used by the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, according to Reuters. It is noted that the explosion was quite powerful, and the incident occurred late on Friday. Reuters, citing military sources, reports that the military base where the explosion occurred is used
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