Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., used an Earth Day press conference to praise students for coming together and calling the ongoing protests taking over campuses "peaceful." The post AOC calls Columbia protests ‘peaceful’, despite rabbi warning Jewish students to stay home first appeared on WFIN Local News.
In his first in-depth interview with a U.S. network, Pope Francis called for peace in the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and said a “negotiated peace” is better than an ongoing conflict. “Please. Countries at war, all of them, stop the war. Look to negotiate. Look for peace,” the Pope said in an interview with
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton is facing backlash for a post on X that appears to encourage people to carry out violence against pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Since Israel initiated its bombardment of Gaza, following a Hamas-led terrorist attack on Oct. 7, Cotton has had no qualms airing his illiberal bigotry on the subject. The senator has advocated for Israel to “bounce the rubble” in Gaza, endorsing an indiscriminate bombing campaign by suggesting "anything that happens in Gaza is the...
MSNBC’s Joy Reid pulled out the head in the sand strategy for Monday’s edition of The ReidOut when discussing anti-Semitism being prevalent at Columbia University. During an interview with Rev. Mark Thompson and Maryam Alwan of Columbia’s chapter of Students for Justine in Palestine, Reid claimed she simply “didn’t hear it.” Addressing Thompson, Reid claimed that things at Columbia are fine, “I saw, Mark, these students singing and singing about peace and singing salaam, singing words of peace....
MSNBC’s Joy Reid pulled out the head in the sand strategy for Monday’s edition of The ReidOut when discussing anti-Semitism being prevalent at Columbia University. During an interview with Rev. Mark Thompson and Maryam Alwan of Columbia’s chapter of Students for Justine in Palestine, Reid claimed she simply “didn’t hear it.” Addressing Thompson, Reid claimed that things at Columbia are fine, “I saw, Mark, these students singing and singing about peace and singing salaam, singing words of peace....
Officers attended the scene twice in two days but said there were no criminal matters
Niamey, Apr 14 (Prensa Latina) Opposition to the stay of US troops in Niger is growing today in this Central African country, where hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of Niger´s capital to call for the departure of US troops. The post Hundreds protest in Niger calling for departure of US troops first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Israeli prime minister terms pro-ceasefire rallies ‘horrific’ as students demand universities divest from weapons makersThe Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday condemned pro-Palestinian protests at universities in the United States as “horrific”, saying the demonstrations “have to be stopped”, as he categorized students as antisemitic.There’s been rising tensions at campuses across the US as demonstrations began last week after students at Columbia set up encampments calling...
Pennsylvania Governos Josh Shapiro speaks with CNN’s Jake Tapper
The demonstrations in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, resulted in clashes that
The donor, who gave his name only as Elliot, told DailyMail.com he was a 76-year-old lawyer who'd been contributing to the university for years after studying at Columbia Law in the 1960s.
Los Angeles police officers arrived in riot gear at USC on Wednesday evening, arresting at least 35 people as they moved to clear an encampment at the center of campus formed in protest against the Israel-Hamas war. "Shame on you! Shame on you!" demonstrators chanted as police took away students and off-campus activists. The encampment in Alumni Park — where the university's main-stage commencement is scheduled to take place next month — went up before sunrise and grew by afternoon as students,...