Reuters: NAACP asks Biden to halt weapons to Israel as he seeks to shore up Black voter support
June 7th, 20240 On Thursday, the NAACP urged President Biden to "indefinitely" halt all weapons deliveries to Israel and pressure the U.S. ally to end its war in the Gaza Strip, sending a reminder that his support for Israel could hurt him among Black voters in November's election. The NAACP's call was a rare instance of the influential civil rights...
Protesters demand Wayne State University divest from companies supporting Israel and refrain from prosecuting students
June 7th, 20240 DETROIT – Dozens of professors, employees, alumni and students at Wayne State University protested on Tuesday evening against the forced removal of a student encampments and the dispersal of the pro-Palestinian protest on Thursday, May 30. An open letter sent to the university’s administration and Board of Governors asked them to...
Muslim nurse in New York fired after calling Israel’s war in Gaza a “genocide”
May 31st, 20240 A New York City hospital fired a Palestinian American Muslim nurse after she called Israel's war in Gaza a "genocide" during an acceptance speech for an award for her work with bereaved mothers who lost their children during pregnancy and childbirth. A spokesperson for the hospital, NYU Langone Health, said on Thursday that labor and...
The untold ICC story: How the Global South helped Palestine challenge Western Institutions
May 31st, 20240 Even the most optimistic of political analysts did not expect that the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor would be uttering these words: “I have reasonable grounds to believe that Benjamin Netanyahu... and Yoav Gallant... bear criminal responsibility for... war crimes and crimes against humanity...” Aside from...
Veteran State Department official resigns: The Biden administration “twisting the facts” on Gaza
May 31st, 20240 A career State Department official has resigned from her post under the Biden administration on Tuesday after disagreeing with a U.S. report that concluded Israel was not impeding on aid flow into Gaza. Stacy Gilbert, who served as the senior civilian-military advisor to the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration...
Hamtramck City Council passes boycott, divest and sanction resolution against Israel
May 31st, 20240 The Hamtramck City Council passed Resolution 2024-51 to boycott, divest and sanction Israel 4-0 at its meeting on Tuesday evening. The only entirely Arab American city council in the country became the first in Michigan and one of the first around the nation to join the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement. “The BDS...
AI Image “All Eyes on Rafah” goes viral on Instagram with 45 million shares
May 31st, 20240 An AI-generated image bringing attention to the attack on Rafah has gone viral, with nearly 45 million Instagram users sharing the image on their accounts. Celebrities, including Gigi and Bella Hadid, Dua Lipa and Nicola Coughlan, also shared the post. The AI image read "All Eyes on Rafah" in large letters surrounded by what seems to be...
Nakba resurrected — how the Gaza resistance ended segmentation of Palestine
May 24th, 20240 Inadvertently, Israel has pressed the reset button on its war with the Palestinian people, taking back the so-called conflict to square one. Save a few self-serving Palestinian officials affiliated with the Palestinian Authority (PA), most Palestinians do not seem consumed with the return to the peace process, or even engaged in...
Western powers and the paradox of freedom and self-determination
May 24th, 20240 This Wednesday saw three European nations formally announce their recognition of a Palestinian state — a momentous decision that elicited swift condemnation from Israel and commendation from Palestinians. Ireland, Norway and Spain's declarations represent the latest diplomatic setback for Israel, which faces increasing international...
“Israel must be stopped” in Gaza, South Africa tells World Court
May 17th, 20240 THE HAGUE – On Thursday, South Africa urged the U.N.'s top court to order a halt to Israel's offensive on Rafah, saying attacks on Gaza city "must be stopped" to ensure the survival of the Palestinian people. South Africa's ambassador to the Netherlands, Vusimuzi Madonsela, asked judges to order Israel to "immediately, totally and...
Dartmouth College students speak out about their pro-Palestinian protests; city of Hanover passes ceasefire resolution
May 17th, 20240 Several protests on Dartmouth College's campus have sparked, with a more recent one leading to 90 arrests, including students, faculty and community members. The university, located in Hanover, New Hampshire, has seen student protesters' presence grow on campus to voice their support for the Palestinians and call for...
Detroit will host People’s Conference for Palestine from May 24-26 at Huntington Place
May 17th, 20240 DETROIT – Organizations, collectives, movement leaders, trade unionists, community members, students and intellectuals, artists and cultural workers, and activists will convene in Detroit from May 24-26 for the People’s Conference for Palestine. The conference comes as Israel’s brutal genocide in Gaza completes seven months, with...
Palestinians mark 76 years of their dispossession, the Nakba, as more catastrophe unfolds in Gaza
May 17th, 20240 On Wednesday, Palestinians marked the 76th year of their mass expulsion from their country, Palestine — what is now Israel — an event at the core of their national struggle. But in many ways that experience pales in comparison to the calamity now unfolding in Gaza. Palestinians refer to it as the Nakba, Arabic for catastrophe....
A West Bloomfield doctor is stuck in Gaza after completion of medical mission
May 17th, 20240 A doctor from West Bloomfield is trapped in Gaza after completing a medical mission at the European Hospital in Al-Fakhari, about seven miles from Rafah. Dr. Ammar Ghanem, a critical care and pulmonary physician and father of three, is currently stuck in a region destroyed by war. Trapped among desolation, he and an international team...
Tensions rise between University of Michigan officials and pro-Palestinian student activists
May 17th, 20240 Photos and story by Andrew Mullin ANN ARBOR – The student encampment at the University of Michigan entered its fourth week on May 13, continuing despite the end of the semester, rising concerns about police raids and university pushback. The Gaza solidarity camp at the University Diag currently stands with dozens of tents, with......
More than 500 Oxford faculty and staff endorse Gaza solidarity encampment
May 17th, 20240 OXFORD, U.K. – On Tuesday, just over a week since the establishment of Oxford’s “Liberated Zone” for Gaza, more than 500 members of the faculty and staff at the University of Oxford have now pledged their support in writing for the solidarity encampment and its demands. More signatures are being added in support daily. The...
More than 100 faculty and staff at Wayne State University support student protesters
May 10th, 20240 A previous version of this article cited a version of the 2003 BOG bylaws and said the president, chair and vice chair of the Board sets the agenda 14 days before the meeting. The updated 2021 bylaws state in section 1.1.3 that the president, chair and vice chair of the Board set the agenda within five days of the meeting. More than......
Educate, don’t intimidate: Reimagining campus responses to protests
May 10th, 20240 By Morhaf Al Achkar, MD, PhD* In recent weeks, university campuses across the United States have transformed into epicenters of political activism. Sparked by the ongoing conflict in Gaza, students have established pro-Palestine encampments, seeking to express solidarity and raise awareness. Rather than engaging with these peaceful...
Who are Israel’s main weapons suppliers and who have halted exports?
May 10th, 20240 The United States has suspended a shipment of weapons to Israel, including heavy, bunker-busting bombs Israeli forces have used in their war against Hamas militants in Gaza that have killed nearly 35,000 Palestinians in seven months. President Biden acted in the face of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to pursue a...
Biden says U.S. won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah
May 10th, 20240 President Biden said that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there. On Wednesday Biden said in an interview with CNN that the U.S. was still committed to Israel’s defense and would supply...
Gaza needs minimum 16 years to rebuild lost homes, U.N. says
May 8th, 20240 GENEVA – Rebuilding Gaza's shattered homes will take at least until 2040, but could drag on for many decades, according to a U.N. report released on Thursday. Nearly seven months of Israeli bombardment have caused billions of dollars in damage, leaving many of the crowded strip's high-rise concrete buildings reduced to heaps, with a......
Nearly 2,200 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. college campuses
May 8th, 20240 Police have arrested nearly 2,200 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, sometimes using riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang devices to clear tent encampments and occupied buildings. One officer accidentally discharged his gun inside a Columbia University...
Pro-Palestinian students protests and encampments spread across major Canadian universities
May 8th, 20240 TORONTO — Quebec Premier Francois Legault said on Thursday the encampment at Montreal's McGill University should be dismantled as more students erected pro-Palestinian camps across some of Canada's largest universities, demanding they divest from groups with ties to Israel. The Canadian protests come as police have been arresting......
Major events in Pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. universities
May 8th, 20240 Pro-Palestinian protests demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from companies linked to Israel have spread across U.S. universities in the two weeks since Columbia University administrators called in police to dismantle an encampment on their New York City campus. Below is a timeline of significant events in the biggest wave of...
“Our anger is righteous”: Hear students at U of M’s Gaza solidarity encampment in their own words
May 8th, 20241 By Andrew Mullen For months, student activists at the University of Michigan have called for their school to cut financial ties to the state of Israel, only to be met with rejection from university officials. However, the students refuse to be ignored. Following the lead of activists at Columbia University and other schools across the......
