Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFP Free Palestine protests by students to demand that universities break ties with Israel over the Gaza war spread across Europe on Tuesday, with police breaking up demonstrations in the Netherlands, Germany and France. Students at some elite European universities, inspired by ongoing demonstrations at US campus...
Oil company ExxonMobil has said that it will not hire students taking part in Free-Palestine protests across US colleges. CEO Darren Woods said they would not be interested in recruiting students from the campuses where protests are taking place. Similarly, entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary has warned of AI’s capability to identify prot...
Israeli police raided the office of Al Jazeera television in Jerusalem and confiscated its equipment. Al Jazeera has an office in Israel and a team of correspondents working year-round. The move came shortly after a government decision to shut down the broadcaster. Israel does not give international journalists free access to Gaza and so far...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – Nearly 2,500 non-violent students staging demonstrations for a free Palestine have been arrested at US campuses, according to media outlets. In a report released Sunday by CNN, the number of arrests made since April 18 has surpassed 2,200, while the numbers released in a similar report by Fox News show the […]
ANKARA (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday condemned the closure of campus entrances at top universities by students protesting against Israeli attacks on Gaza. In an interview with La Tribune Dimanche and La Provence dailies, Macron condemned “with the utmost firmness” the blockades at universities. He said he was in favor...
PARIS (AA) – A Palestinian-British surgeon who served as a doctor soon after Israel began its current war on Gaza was prevented from entering France due to a ban on his entry to Europe imposed by Germany. At Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport, Ghassan Abu-Sitta wrote on X: “They are preventing me from entering France. […]
Tunis, Tunisia – – AFP Tunisian journalists and opposition figures have voiced alarm about a surge of prosecutions since President Kais Saied issued a decree outlawing what authorities deem to be “false news”. Rights groups and lawyers say the measure stifles dissent in the North African country that was the birthplace ...
Paris, France – AFP Police on Friday entered the Sciences Po university in Paris to remove dozens of students staging a pro-Gaza sit-in in the entrance hall, AFP journalists saw, as protests fired political debate about Israel’s war on Gaza. Demonstrations have struck education institutions in several French cities in recent weeks,...
Paris, France – AFP France’s prestigious Sciences Po university said it would close its main Paris site on Friday due to a fresh occupation of buildings by dozens of students advocating freedom of Palestine. In a message sent to staff on Thursday evening, its management said the buildings in central Paris “will remain closed ...
The U.S. House has approved the bipartisan Anti Semitism Awareness Act in a 320-91 vote. The legislation directs the Department of Education to adopt a controversial definition of antisemitism, sparking concern among progressive Democrats and far-right Republicans. Critics argue the bill wrongly conflates criticism of Israeli policies with hat...
