Defining the News
CAMPUS UNREST. Pro-Palestinian student protesters lock arms at the entrance to Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, on Wednesday in New York City. Dozens of helmeted police flooded Columbia University’s campus in the heart of New York City to evict a building occupied by pro-Palestinian student protesters and detain demonstrators.
At the University of California, Los Angeles, hundreds of police emptied a camp, tearing down barriers and detaining more than 200 protesters. Brown University in Rhode Island reached an agreement with students to remove their camp from the grounds in exchange for it considering divesting from “companies enabling and profiting from the genocide in Gaza.”France
Outside the nearby Sorbonne University, the Union of Jewish Students in France set up a “dialogue table” on Friday. French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday condemned the university blockades at Sciences Po and other French universities that “prevented debate.”Police intervened on Friday to evacuate protesters outside Humboldt University in central Berlin.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Democratic lawmakers tell Biden evidence shows Israel is restricting Gaza aidA letter from 86 House of Representatives Democrats says the Israeli government had resisted repeated US requests to open enough sea and land routes for aid to Gaza
Read more »
Colombia’s president says country will break diplomatic relations with Israel over Gaza warBOGOTA, Colombia—Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday announced his government will break diplomatic relations with Israel effective Thursday in the latest escalation of tensions between the countries over the Israel-Hamas war. Petro again described Israel’s siege of Gaza as “genocide.
Read more »
Blinken in Israel to push for a cease-fire in Gaza as humanitarian crisis intensifiesUNITED STATES Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel on Wednesday for meetings with Israeli leaders and told the country’s ceremonial president that “the time is now” for a cease-fire deal in the war in Gaza.
Read more »
UN warns Israel assault on Gaza’s Rafah on ‘immediate horizon’UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls on states with influence over Israel 'to do everything in their power' to prevent an Israeli assault on Rafah in southern Gaza, where more than 1.2 million displaced Gaza Palestinians are sheltering
Read more »
Israel concerned over possible ICC arrest warrants related to Gaza warThe ICC - which can charge individuals with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide - is investigating Hamas' October 7 cross-border attack and Israel's devastating military assault on Hamas-ruled Gaza
Read more »
Israel concerned over possible ICC arrest warrants related to GazaIsrael is concerned that the International Criminal Court could be preparing to issue arrest warrants for officials on charges related to its devastating military assault on Gaza.
Read more »