An Egyptian company is profiting to the tune of $2 million per day from desperate Palestinians fleeing Israel’s war on Gaza. An investigation by Middle East Eye reports Hala Consulting and Tourism Services holds a monopoly on transfer services at the Rafah crossing, currently the only exit for Palestinians in Gaza. The company charges a [&h...
Washington, United States – AFP President Joe Biden broke his virtual silence Thursday on the nationwide Gaza campus protests, saying the United States was not authoritarian but insisting “order must prevail.” In a televised address from the White House, Biden added that there was “no place” for anti-Semitism on u...
Los Angeles police forcibly removed a free-Palestine camp at UCLA, dismantling tents and arresting protesters, causing widespread outrage. The selective police action came a day after masked supporters of Israel attacked the camp. LA police did not stop the attackers until 3 a.m., failing to protect non-violent protesters. The university ca...
NEW YORK – AFP Students in New York have condemned the police raid on Columbia University campus by police. “Columbia and the cops collaborated to brutalize my classmates in the dark for standing up for what is right,” Columbia University student Maryam Alwan said at a news conference alongside other students, a day after New...
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS – AFP Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have expanded their peace camp against genocide by Israel in Gaza after they said negotiations with the school had gone nowhere. MIT is among several universities where students are calling on administration to divest from Israel. “We saw wha...
A group of religious scholars and Imams has issued a statement in support of the student encampment movement across American campuses in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The group has commended the students for their bravery in holding universities accountable, saying they are following the tradition of resistance that ended Jim Crow laws a...
New York, United States – AFP Dozens of helmeted police flooded Columbia University’s campus in the heart of New York City on Tuesday to evict a building occupied by pro-Palestinian student protesters and detain demonstrators. Police climbed into Hamilton Hall via a second floor window they reached from a laddered truck, before lea...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said that $267 million in its funding was still suspended over unfounded allegations of some UNRWA staff participating in the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. The accusations in January led to many donors freezing some $450 million in funding at […]
Jerusalem – AFP Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that the Israeli military will launch a ground offensive in Rafah “with or without” a deal with Hamas. “The idea that we will halt the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question. We will enter Rafah and we will eliminate […]
The Hague, Netherlands The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled against issuing emergency measures to halt German arms exports to Israel. Presiding Judge Nawaf Salam delivered the verdict, expressing deep concern over the dire conditions in Gaza. He said the court by 15 votes to one finds that the circumstances are not such as [&hel...
