Iran's Khamenei pens open letter to anti-Israel US campus protesters, urges them ‘to become familiar with Quran’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran's Khamenei pens open letter to anti-Israel US campus protesters, urges them ‘to become familiar with Quran’

Hindustan Times  

In a rare move, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei voiced his support for anti-Israel protestors on US college campuses, claiming that they are “on the right side of history.” Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hailed the US campus students for their "honorable struggle" against the ruthless government, which according to him backs Zionists. Iran's Khamenei has one advice for US student protestors The Islamic fundamentalist dictator went on to praise certain student protestors who have received "support & solidarity" from their "professors" as a "consequential development" for the anti-Israel movement. US reacts to Khamenei's post Reacting on the 85-year-old radical cleric's post, End of Wokeness wrote: “Imagine telling someone 10 years ago that the Iranian Supreme Leader would be thanking a bunch of blue-haired atheists at Columbia.” “Drop dead,” commented Republicans against Trump. Rep. Brian Mast chimed in, “If the Ayatollah of Iran is praising you, you are definitely on the wrong side of history.” A March report by the United Nations Human Rights Council revealed that top Iranian officials, including the Supreme leader, "encouraged, sanctioned, and endorsed violations of human rights" in regime's repression on nationwide demonstrations caused by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in moral police custody in September 2022.

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How pro-Hamas protests unfolded on US campuses – and why it could be a problem for Britain
2 months, 2 weeks ago

How pro-Hamas protests unfolded on US campuses – and why it could be a problem for Britain

The Telegraph  

“We saw during the last academic year that student activists in the UK are quick to copy some of the protests seen on American campuses,” says Dave Rich, head of policy at the Community Security Trust. The then communities secretary Michael Gove said the encampments were “alive with anti-Israel rhetoric and agitation” that was “deeply, profoundly intimidatory to Jewish students …

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei holds a rifle by his side for sermon as he rants that Israel 'will not last long' and hails October 7 massacre
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei holds a rifle by his side for sermon as he rants that Israel 'will not last long' and hails October 7 massacre

Daily Mail  

Iran's supreme leader held a rifle by his side as he addressed worshippers in Tehran in a rare public sermon, days after Iran's missile attack on Israel. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei holds the barrel of a rifle in his left hand Khamenei addressed Arab nations in Arabic as he spoke from Tehran on Friday Iranian worshippers gathering near …

Opinion: Can legitimate campus protest be distinguished from antisemitism? This guide aims to help
3 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Can legitimate campus protest be distinguished from antisemitism? This guide aims to help

LA Times  

After one of the most tumultuous years in the modern history of the university, this new academic year brings a sense of trepidation and even dread for students, staff, faculty and administrators. Some students and faculty members at colleges across the country expressed support for the attack or refused to condemn it, leaving many Jews on campus feeling deeply vulnerable. …

Insiders reveal radical promise Trump made at meeting of pro-Israel donors
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Insiders reveal radical promise Trump made at meeting of pro-Israel donors

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump told a roomful of donors that he has plans to expel student demonstrators from the United States, insiders at the meeting told the Washington Post. As soon as they hear that, they’re going to behave.” He also praised the NYPD’s crackdown on Columbia University protesters, and urged police forces elsewhere to take similar action. “Speaking to …

International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests
7 months, 1 week ago

International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests

Al Jazeera  

Reliant on visas to remain in the US, foreign students face heightened consequences for involvement in campus protests. “I considered the encampment to be ‘high risk’.” He instead opted to be a lead negotiator for Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a student group pushing school administrators to sever ties with Israel and groups engaged in abuses against Palestinians. “It was ridiculous …

Navigating the Gaza crisis from afar
7 months, 1 week ago

Navigating the Gaza crisis from afar

China Daily  

A projection of US President Joe Biden is seen on the wall of George Washington University during the students encampment protest on May 7. Even as a young Chinese person working and living far away from the Middle East and the US, I find it hard not to be concerned when hundreds of thousands suffer from a dire lack of …

Opinion: Today’s protests are tamer than the campus unrest of the 1960s. So why the harsh response?
7 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Today’s protests are tamer than the campus unrest of the 1960s. So why the harsh response?

LA Times  

Critics of the recent student protests have often erred by comparing them to the mass demonstrations against the Vietnam War that rocked U.S. college campuses more than half a century ago. Today’s student movement against the Gaza War is far smaller and much less disruptive than the campus antiwar protests of the 1960s. The contrast makes it impossible to escape …

Some colleges begin taking tougher stance on pro-Palestinian protests
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Some colleges begin taking tougher stance on pro-Palestinian protests

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday after administrators who had initially adopted a permissive approach said the protest had crossed a line and caused growing concerns about safety. “The protesters’ cause is important — bringing attention to the killing of innocent people,” university President Michael Roth wrote to the campus community …

US campus protests of Israeli ‘genocide’ offer hope to students from Gaza
7 months, 2 weeks ago

US campus protests of Israeli ‘genocide’ offer hope to students from Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Student protests in the United States have caught the attention of students from Gaza, giving them hope for the future. “Even if the protests don’t change the situation for us now, we know that it will help us in the long run.” Al-Kurd says she lost 250 members of her family since Israel launched its war on Gaza. “He had …

Watching the watchdogs: How US media weaponised campus protests coverage
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Watching the watchdogs: How US media weaponised campus protests coverage

Al Jazeera  

A great, novel experiment in political physics is under way in the United States, as the unstoppable moral force of youth-led protests against Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza runs into the immovable object of the American power elite’s support for it. In this clash, two critical forces have been weaponised: the US mainstream media that heavily disseminates Israeli propaganda and …

Pro-Palestinian campus protests go global, Houthis extend offer to students suspended amid US crackdown
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian campus protests go global, Houthis extend offer to students suspended amid US crackdown

Live Mint  

Pro-Palestine protests broke out in several countries this week as the war in Gaza neared its seventh month. Protests have also spread to neighbouring Canada and Mexico with many urging the government to break diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv. Demonstrations and sit-in agitations are also underway on college campuses across large swathes of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The …

US campus protests updates: Police clear pro-Palestine UCLA camp
7 months, 3 weeks ago

US campus protests updates: Police clear pro-Palestine UCLA camp

Al Jazeera  

Like those in the US, the encampment at Canada’s McGill University has struck a chord – both with the students and wider community members who support the protesters, and with the pro-Israel politicians and groups that have vehemently denounced them. Some supporters say the encampments have stirred such strong reactions because they are highlighting stark inconsistencies: governments that say they …

'We're not an authoritarian nation where we silence people': Biden defends pro-Palestine protests at colleges
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'We're not an authoritarian nation where we silence people': Biden defends pro-Palestine protests at colleges

India TV News  

US President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the right to protest but insisted that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face unrest over the war in Gaza. Republicans have tried to turn the scenes of unrest into a campaign cudgel, and Biden said he rejected efforts to use the situation to “score political points.” “This isn’t a …

US advocacy groups back Palestine solidarity campus protests amid Gaza war
7 months, 3 weeks ago

US advocacy groups back Palestine solidarity campus protests amid Gaza war

Al Jazeera  

Washington, DC – Dozens of faith, civil rights and progressive groups in the United States have expressed solidarity with university students protesting against US support for Israel amid the war on Gaza. ‘Violent response’ The protests started to gain momentum earlier in April at Columbia University in New York, where students continue to face arrests after the college administration called …

Why are students protesting across U.S. campuses? | Explained
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why are students protesting across U.S. campuses? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On April 18, more than 100 pro-Palestinian protestors who were camped out in tents in Columbia University, New York, were arrested by the police. Since then, similar encampments and protests have risen across U.S. campuses, including in New York University, Yale University and the University of Texas. These protests peaked last week when students of Columbia …

Bernie Sanders issues scathing statement directed at Netanyahu
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Bernie Sanders issues scathing statement directed at Netanyahu

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is pushing back after Israeli Prime …

Are US campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza going global?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Are US campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza going global?

Al Jazeera  

Clashes between students and police officers have been reported all over the United States during intensifying university protests. The Warwick students have demanded that the university divest from companies that they have identified are funding “genocide” perpetrated by Israel, Warwick’s student-run newspaper, The Boar, reported. On Wednesday, police broke up the Sciences Po demonstration after the institute made “numerous attempts” …

Jewish student protesters say Columbia’s pro-Palestine demonstrations aren’t antisemitic
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Jewish student protesters say Columbia’s pro-Palestine demonstrations aren’t antisemitic

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s crazy how bad faith that …

US universities rocked by pro-Palestinian protests amid Israel-Hamas war: ‘Anti-Semitic hate on college campuses is...’
7 months, 4 weeks ago

US universities rocked by pro-Palestinian protests amid Israel-Hamas war: ‘Anti-Semitic hate on college campuses is...’

Live Mint  

Student anger with university officials and law enforcement fueled worsening tensions on several US campuses Tuesday after days of pro-Palestinian protests that have triggered mass arrests and shut down classes. "Students have the right to protest, but they are not allowed to disrupt campus life or harass and intimidate," Columbia's vice president of public affairs Ben Chang told reporters Monday. …

Biden tries to navigate the Israel-Hamas war protests roiling college campuses
8 months ago

Biden tries to navigate the Israel-Hamas war protests roiling college campuses

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Student protests over the war in Gaza have created a new and unpredictable challenge for President Joe Biden as he resists calls to cut off U.S. support for Israel while trying to hold together the coalition of voters he’ll need for reelection. The White House, in a message Sunday to mark the Passover holiday, denounced what it …

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US universities, target financial links with Israel
8 months ago

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US universities, target financial links with Israel

India TV News  

Washington: The arrest of 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Columbia last week has sparked a wave of similar protests across several American colleges and universities as the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the besieged Gaza Strip continues, leading to a debate on where to draw the line between allowing free speech while maintaining free and inclusive campuses. The Columbia University has cancelled …

Pro-Palestine protests sweep across US colleges, with dozens of students arrested at Yale, NYU and Columbia
8 months ago

Pro-Palestine protests sweep across US colleges, with dozens of students arrested at Yale, NYU and Columbia

ABC  

In short: Dozens of students at Columbia, Yale and New York University have been arrested for protesting the war in Gaza. Dozens of students at Columbia, Yale and New York University have been arrested for protesting the war in Gaza. Student protests in the US over the war in Gaza have intensified and expanded over the past week, with a …

Columbia, NYU, Yale on the boil over Israel’s war on Gaza: What’s going on?
8 months ago

Columbia, NYU, Yale on the boil over Israel’s war on Gaza: What’s going on?

Al Jazeera  

Classes will be held virtually on Monday amid mounting tension between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters, days after more than 100 students were arrested. On Sunday, a prominent rabbi linked to New York’s Columbia University and its affiliated Barnard College, Elie Buechler, urged Jewish students at the institution to stay home due to “extreme anti-Semitism” on the campus. At Columbia, the …

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep U.S. college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia
8 months ago

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep U.S. college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia

LA Times  

A woman walks by a Yale sign reflected in rainwater on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn., in 2021. Robert Kraft, who owns the New England Patriots football team and funded the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life across from Columbia’s campus, said he was suspending donations to the university. Nicholas Baum, a 19-year-old Jewish freshman who lives …

Tensions running high at East Coast campuses over protests around Israel-Hamas war
1 year, 1 month ago

Tensions running high at East Coast campuses over protests around Israel-Hamas war

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Administrators of MIT suspended a number of students Thursday from the prestigious technology school after Israel-Hamas war protesters took over a prominent building for much of the day and then some refused to leave by a set deadline. But after hearing concerns including visa issues, Kornbluth said they would be “suspended from non-academic campus activities.” It was unclear …

US campus protests: Students say how the Israel-Hamas war is impacting them
1 year, 1 month ago

US campus protests: Students say how the Israel-Hamas war is impacting them

CNN  

CNN — Students have held hundreds of protests and counterprotests on college campuses since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israelis and Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza in response. On October 7, when, like many people around the world, Abuhashim still didn’t know the scale of the Hamas attacks in Israel, she was already “really, really worried,” she said. “I feel …

‘Career on the line’: US students fear job backlash for protesting Israel
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Career on the line’: US students fear job backlash for protesting Israel

Al Jazeera  

Pro-Palestinian students say the threat of losing future opportunities has had a silencing effect on their activism. “Any graduate students who support Palestine have to come to a decision on whether or not they’re willing to put their future career on the line before they speak up,” she told Al Jazeera. “We’re seeing Palestinian students being threatened with violence and …

Column: Campus rallies inspired by Israel-Hamas war aren't just pro-Palestinian. They're anticolonial
1 year, 2 months ago

Column: Campus rallies inspired by Israel-Hamas war aren't just pro-Palestinian. They're anticolonial

LA Times  

Abe Baker-Butler, a junior at Yale University, was working on an essay in the library on Oct. 7 when his phone began buzzing and wouldn’t stop. As president of the American Jewish Committee’s Campus Global Board, Baker-Butler was receiving texts from Jewish college students around the world, some of whom he had met during his most recent visit to Israel …

Tensions surge at US universities as students rally over Israel-Hamas war
1 year, 2 months ago

Tensions surge at US universities as students rally over Israel-Hamas war

Al Jazeera  

Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israel protests have come head to head on some campuses, raising concerns over student safety. “I’ve had multiple people tell me, like, to go f*** myself or go f***ing die,” one Arab-American graduate student at Harvard University told Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity. “It’s not just any one group,” the board member, who asked not to be …

‘Bullying’ campaign after US graduate speech criticises Israel
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Bullying’ campaign after US graduate speech criticises Israel

Al Jazeera  

Politicians from both US major parties unite in condemning CUNY Law graduation address by young woman critical of Israeli policies. Mohammed went on to say: “Israel continues to indiscriminately rain bullets and bombs on worshippers, murdering the old, the young, attacking even funerals and graveyards as it encourages lynch mobs to target Palestinian homes and businesses.” Her accusations seem to …

Iranians mark Jerusalem Day to support Palestinians
1 year, 8 months ago

Iranians mark Jerusalem Day to support Palestinians

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Tens of thousands of Iranians, some chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” marched in the capital of Tehran on Friday to mark Jerusalem Day, an annual show of support for the Palestinians. Since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, the rallies marking what is also known as al-Quds Day have typically been held typically held on …

Iranians mark Jerusalem Day to support Palestinians
1 year, 8 months ago

Iranians mark Jerusalem Day to support Palestinians

The Independent  

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Iran's President tries to assuage anger as protests continue
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran's President tries to assuage anger as protests continue

The Hindu  

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on October 4 appealed for national unity and tried to allay anger against the country's rulers, even as the anti-government protests that have engulfed the country for weeks continued to spread to universities and high schools. Mr. Raisi acknowledged that the Islamic Republic had “weaknesses and shortcomings,” but repeated the official line that the unrest sparked …

Iran's supreme leader blames US, Israel for anti-hijab protests
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran's supreme leader blames US, Israel for anti-hijab protests

India Today  

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded publicly on Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn what he called “rioting” and accuse the United States and Israel of planning the protests. Speaking to a cadre of police students in Tehran, Khamenei said he was “deeply heartbroken” by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa …

Iran’s supreme leader breaks silence on protests, blames US
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran’s supreme leader breaks silence on protests, blames US

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded publicly on Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn what he called “rioting” and accuse the United States and Israel of planning the protests. Speaking to a cadre of police students in Tehran, Khamenei said he was “deeply heartbroken” by …

Breaking his silence on mass protests, Iran’s supreme leader blames the U.S.
2 years, 2 months ago

Breaking his silence on mass protests, Iran’s supreme leader blames the U.S.

LA Times  

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded publicly Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn what he called “rioting” and to accuse the U.S. and Israel of planning the unrest. Speaking to a cadre of police students in Tehran, Khamenei said he was “heartbroken” by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police …

Iran’s Khamenei blames Israel, US in first comments on protests
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran’s Khamenei blames Israel, US in first comments on protests

Al Jazeera  

The supreme leader calls the anti-government protests, which began after the death of Mahsa Amini, ‘riots’. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has blamed the United States and Israel for protests that have gripped the country for more than two weeks, accusing the countries of trying to stop Iran’s “progress”. “In the accident that happened, a young …

Israel 'not a country, but a terrorist base against Palestine', says Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei
3 years, 7 months ago

Israel 'not a country, but a terrorist base against Palestine', says Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei

Firstpost  

Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei made the remarks during a speech on Al-Quds Day, an annual show of solidarity with the Palestinians, which is seen in Israel as an expression of hatred and anti-Semitism Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday called Israel “not a country, but a terrorist base” during a speech on Al-Quds Day, an annual show …

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