Middle East
On April 30, 1968, police flooded onto Columbia University's campus to end a demonstration students had staged — a scene that was eerily repeated 56 years later.
The alleged comments are not the first time that far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for executing Palestinian captives to manage overcrowding in prisons.
Police carrying riot shields burst into a Columbia University building that protesters took over. Meanwhile, violence broke out at UCLA overnight.
The secretary of state's comments come after President Joe Biden demanded Israel allow a larger, sustained flow of humanitarian assistance for Palestinians.
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The International Court of Justice said the request, which also asked for Germany to renew UNRWA funding, did not meet the legal conditions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to launch an incursion into a Gaza city sheltering hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
The United States is stepping up pressure for a cease-fire deal in Gaza.
The Hawaii lawmakers are the first to pass a cease-fire resolution.
Student activists defied a 2 p.m. deadline to leave an encampment of around 120 tents on the school’s Manhattan campus
The Vermont senator upped his rhetoric against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the U.S.-funded military offensive in the Palestinian enclave.