‘Political arrest’ of Palestinian academic in Israel marks new civil liberties threat
by The Guardian
The Guardian— University and colleagues condemn detention of law professor, the first time an academic has been held over speech related to workThe arrest and interrogation of a leading Palestinian legal scholar based at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem marks a new threat to civil liberties in Israel, her legal team and employer have said.Prof Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian was detained by police on the afternoon of 18 April over comments made on a podcast more than a month earlier and held overnight in...
TheHill—International court pushes back on ‘threats’ as it weighs Israel-Hamas arrests. The International Criminal Court (ICC) pushed back against “threats” Friday as it faces intense pressure following reports of possible arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas officials over their conduct in the Oct. 7 attack and war in Gaza that has followed. A number of pro-Israel U.S. lawmakers and the Biden administration have urged the ICC
Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Israel backers attack pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA; NYC police arrest 300 at Columbia. LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK >> Supporters of Israel attacked a pro-Palestinian protest camp at the University of California in Los Angeles today, hours after New York City police arrested some 300 protestors, as days of mounting tensions on some U.S. college campuses boiled over.
Drudge Report—Hope for new Israel-Hamas cease-fire piles pressure on Netanyahu as Gaza war nears 7-month mark. Tel Aviv — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was under rising pressure Monday from all sides over his country's ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Far-right members of Netanyahu's own cabinet have threatened to drop their support for his coalition government if he accepts a cease-fire deal with Hamas, but the U.S. and many Israelis are pushing him to strike an agreement to bring the remaining hostages home from Gaza and wind down the devastating war in the Palestinian...