#MuhammadMugheir, of the #Gaza Civil Defence, showed journalists videos of relatives as they identified the remains of their loved ones among the hundreds of bodies that have been exhumed, including with signs of #torture and #execution. #Israel

[Warning: Video blurs the worst parts but images may still be very upsetting]

WATCH: Hundreds of bodies have been recovered from mass graves in Gaza
https://aje.io/84b476?update=2860822

Young people, in particular, are following the #Israel-#Hamas war on social media, and many are horrified by what they see.

They’ve also grown up with protest movements — #OccupyWallStreet, #BlackLivesMatter, the Parkland, Fla., students’ gun control campaign — as the backdrop of their lives. #VietnamWar

Opinion | The Ghost of the 1968 #AntiWarMovement Has Returned
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/opinion/chicago-dnc-antiwar-protests.html

The historical precedents are becoming more overt. In 1969, #Harvard called in the #police to clear #AntiWar protesters, as #Columbia had done a year earlier. Both events produced pictures of bruised and bloodied students.

In May 4, 1970, an incident seared in the #US national memory, the #NationalGuard at #KentStateUniversity in Ohio opened fire on students protesting the war,killing 4. #Israel

Echoes of #VietnamEra as pro-Palestinian student protests roil US campuses
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/28/us-student-protests-gaza-israel

#KualaLumpur - #KFC has reduced its operations in #Malaysia, shuttering more than 100 restaurants temporarily after months of a persistent #proPalestine boycott of #US-linked businesses triggered by the ongoing war in #Gaza. #Israel

KFC shutters over 100 restaurants in #Malaysia amid pro-Palestine boycott
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/kfc-shutters-over-100-restaurants-in-malaysia-amid-pro-palestine-boycott

Secretary of State #AntonyBlinken urged #Hamas to accept what he said was an “extraordinarily generous” proposal for a truce and hostage release agreement.

The diplomatic push comes as protests against #Israel’s actions rock college campuses across the U.S. and as Israel fears its leaders could soon face arrest warrants from the #InternationalCriminalCourt. #TheHague

U.S. pushes Hamas to accept cease-fire before Israel Rafah invasion
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-cease-fire-hostage-deal-antony-blinken-saudi-rcna149747

The Israeli prime minister has good reason to worry, and the defenses he has offered so far are unlikely to help him. #Israel #Gazs #TheHague

What will happen if the #ICC charges #Netanyahu with #WarCrimes? | Kenneth Roth
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/29/netanyahu-icc-war-crimes

Hundreds of #NewYorkCity police officers entered #ColumbiaUniversity on Tuesday evening to clear an academic building taken over by #ProPalestinian students the day before, as tensions surrounding the students’ campus encampment for #Gaza have roiled the New York school for two weeks. #Israel

Dozens arrested at Columbia University as New York police disperse Gaza protest | #USCampusProtests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/30/new-york-police-columbia-university-student-protests

#NYPD officers move on to campus on Tuesday evening to clear out #HamiltonHall building taken over by protesters, with reports of more arrests at City College of #NewYork.

Hamilton Hall was one of several buildings occupied during a 1968 #CivilRights and #AntiVietnamWar protest on the campus. #Israel

Dozens arrested at #ColumbiaUniversity as New York police disperse #Gaza protest | #USCampusProtests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/30/new-york-police-columbia-university-student-protests

Aerial footage from the broadcaster #KABC showed people wielding sticks or poles to attack wooden boards being held up as a makeshift barricade to protect #ProPalestinian protesters, some holding placards or umbrellas. At least one firework was thrown into the camp. #Israel

Violence erupts at #UCLA campus between rival #Gaza protest groups | #LosAngeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/may/01/violence-erupts-ucla-university-campus-clashes-rival-gaza-protest-groups

At least one high school starts encampment protest in solidarity with #Gaza. Students at #Iowa City’s #CityHigh are planning to host a school strike on Friday. #Israel

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/01/columbia-university-protest-live-updates-nypd-new-york-police-enter-campus-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-latest-news?page=with%3Ablock-663247878f084fb5cf82abca#block-663247878f084fb5cf82abca

The policies of #JoeBiden and #Democrats towards #Israel, which have prompted thousands of students across the country to protest, could affect the #YouthVote for Biden and hurt his re-election chances, experts have warned, in what is already expected to be a tight election.

What do the #US campus protests mean for Joe Biden in November? | #USElections2024
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/may/01/university-protests-presidential-election-biden-youth-vote

A #UN agency said on Thursday that rebuilding #Gaza will cost an estimated $30bn to $40bn and require an effort on a scale unseen since the second world war, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). #Israel

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/02/middle-east-crisis-israel-gaza-hamas-war-lebanon?page=with%3Ablock-6633a0398f08ce8daad57a1a#block-6633a0398f08ce8daad57a1a

The board specifically recognized the work of #StudentJournalists at #ColumbiaUniversity, where the Pulitzer prizes are located, for documenting the events on campus as #NewYorkPolice raided student-led encampments on 30 April. #Israel #Gaza

#PulitzerPrize board recognizes work of US student journalists covering protests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/01/university-protests-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-arrested-latest-news?page=with%3Ablock-6633ca0e8f08715725f7b563#block-6633ca0e8f08715725f7b563

They weren't able to stop the #AntiVietnamWar protests way back when either. #Israel #Gaza

US campus arrests pass 2,000 – report
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/01/universityop-protests-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-arrested-latest-news?page=with:block-6633dc0f8f082dacd4220720#block-6633dc0f8f082dacd4220720

Israeli foreign minister #IsraelKatz accused #Erdoğan of acting like a “dictator” after #Bloomberg cited two senior Turkish officials saying that #Ankara had significantly ramped up restrictions first brought in last month, halting all imports or exports as of Thursday.

#Turkey reportedly halts all trade with #Israel over war in #Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/02/turkey-reportedly-halts-all-trade-israel-war-gaza

The Columbia president #MinoucheShafik's reputation is toast. End of the road for her.

This is a clear warning by the DOE to other university presidents to remain even handed.
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The #DepartmentOfEducation (DOE) announced on Thursday that it will be investigating #ColumbiaUniversity for anti-Palestinian #discrimination against students. #Israel #Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/01/university-protests-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-arrested-latest-news?page=with:block-6633eff38f08715725f7b715#block-6633eff38f08715725f7b715

According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (#CPJ), at least 97 members of the #press have been killed since the war broke out in October, 92 of whom were #Palestinians. #Israel #Gaza

#UNESCO awards its world #PressFreedom prize to all #PalestinianJournalists
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240503-unesco-awards-its-world-press-freedom-prize-to-all-palestinian-journalists

Schools join #Northwestern and #Brown in arriving at agreements with students to dismantle #ProPalestinian encampments.

The peaceful resolutions are in contrast to the scenes at other universities in the #US where pro-Palestinian protesters have been met with #PoliceViolence. #Israel

#Rutgers and #UniversityOfMinnesota reach resolutions with #Gaza protesters | US campus protests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/02/rutgers-university-of-minnesota-protest-agreement

Great article. These kids are incredible 👍
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Over 50 schools. Nearly 2,000 arrests. One canceled graduation ceremony — so far.

We’re in the midst of the most widespread campus unrest since the 1960s, sparked by the war between #Israel and #Hamas.

What’s Really Happening on #CollegeCampuses, According to #StudentJournalists
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/03/college-campus-protests-israel-gaza-student-journalists-00155672

The largest union of #AcademicWorkers, which represents more than 48,000 graduate student workers throughout the #UniversityOfCalifornia system, will hold a #StrikeAuthorization vote as early as next week in response to how universities have cracked down on students’ #Gaza protests. #Israel

Union plans strike vote over crackdown on University of California #GazaProtests | US campus protests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/02/university-of-california-union-strike-vote-gaza-protests

#WASHINGTON, #USA – A deep #GenerationalDivide, #AntiWar protests on college campuses, and a looming Chicago #DemocraticConvention invite comparisons between today’s protests against #Israel’s attacks in #Gaza and the movement against the #VietnamWar.

EXPLAINER: How #USCampusProtests over Gaza differ from Vietnam war era
https://www.rappler.com/world/us-canada/explainer-how-united-states-campus-protests-gaza-differ-vietnam-war-era/

The cabinet vote came after #Israel’s parliament passed a law allowing the temporary closure in Israel of #ForeignBroadcasters considered to be a threat to #NationalSecurity during the war in #Gaza.

With foreign journalists banned from entering Gaza, #AlJazeera staff based in the #GazaStrip have been among the few reporters able to cover the war on the ground.

Israeli cabinet moves to close Al Jazeera's local operations in Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/05/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-hamas-truce-talks-benjamin-netanyahu?page=with%3Ablock-66375cbe8f082c8a32eaa483#block-66375cbe8f082c8a32eaa483

#Israel’s armed forces have issued a call for residents and displaced people of “eastern neighborhoods of #Rafah” to evacuate, a day after Israeli leaders reiterated a promise to launch an attack on the southern city. #Gaza

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/06/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-today-rafah-evacuation-gaza-israel-hamas-war-palestine?page=with%3Ablock-6638617f8f08cb3df581ad8c#block-6638617f8f08cb3df581ad8c

#Israel has been telling #GazaResidents to evacuate to the #AlMawasi “humanitarian zone”, a narrow strip of barren coastline at the southernmost end of the territory, since the war broke out in #Gaza.

Despite its designation as a safe zone by the Israeli military, al-Mawasi has not been spared the violence.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/06/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-today-rafah-evacuation-gaza-israel-hamas-war-palestine?page=with:block-66386b228f08cb3df581add7#block-66386b228f08cb3df581add7

Witnesses described frightened families leaving the city on foot, riding #donkeys or packed with their belongings into overloaded #trucks on Monday.

Overnight Israeli air strikes had reinforced “panic and fear”, prompting more to heed the instructions to move.

Thousands of Palestinians evacuate eastern #Rafah amid Israeli attack threat | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/06/israel-military-eastern-rafah-evacuation-gaza

The move comes after hours of whiplash in the #Israel-#Hamas war, with the militant group on Monday saying it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari mediated cease-fire proposal. Israel, meanwhile, insisted the deal did not meet its core demands. #Egypt #Qatar

Israeli forces take control of the #Rafah crossing with Egypt
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/07/1249550208/israel-gaza-rafah-crossing

People gathered in #Malaysia's capital Tuesday urge the government to expel “murderous arms dealers” that supply weapons to #Israel from a defense exhibition this week. More than 1,300 companies from 60 nations are participating in the Defense Services Asia and a concurrent National Security Asia exhibition. #LockheedMartin #Gaza

Protests in Malaysia over presence at defense show of Western firms supplying weapons to Israel
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/protests-in-malaysia-over-presence-at-defense-show-of-western-firms-supplying-weapons-to-israel/vi-BB1lWRXo?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

The board notes that in all three cases, #Meta found that the posts didn’t violate its policies around promoting #violence, #HateSpeech or #TerroristContent. The #OversightBoard says it will “consider how Meta should moderate the use of the phrase given the resurgence in its use after October 7, 2023, and controversies around the phrase’s meaning.” #Israel #Gaza

Meta’s Oversight Board will rule on ‘from the river to the sea’
https://www.engadget.com/metas-oversight-board-will-rule-on-from-the-river-to-the-sea-100041727.html