A brawl erupted at UCLA after a pro-Palestinian encampment was “forcefully attacked,” the school’s chancellor said.
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The Biden administration said it is evaluating proposals for helping Palestinians living in the United States who want to help their families get to safety.
Groups organized a “Walkout for Palestine” event in the amphitheater at UNLV, joining a growing list of groups protesting against the war in Gaza at college campuses.
Hamas wants assurances that the eventual freeing of all the hostages will bring the end of Israel’s offensive and its full withdrawal from Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
A Portuguese-flagged container ship came under attack by a drone in the far reaches of the Arabian Sea, authorities said.
The police action happened on the 56th anniversary of a similar police action to quash an occupation of Hamilton Hall by students protesting racism and the Vietnam War.
Although talks continue, Hamas has so far balked at a series of offers negotiated by Egypt, Qatar and the United States and agreed to by Israel.
Colleges around the U.S. implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday.
The attack happened off the coast of Mokha, Yemen, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said.
LOS ANGELES — Protests are roiling college campuses across the U.S. as upcoming graduation ceremonies are threatened by disruptive demonstrators, with students and others sparring over Israel’s military offensive in Gaza and its mounting death toll.
TEL AVIV, Israel— The White House on Sunday said President Joe Biden had again spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as pressure builds on Israel and Hamas terrorists to reach a deal that would free some Israeli hostages and bring a cease-fire in the nearly seven-month-long war in Gaza.
The University of Southern California’s president called recent controversies roiling the campus over the Israel-Hamas war “incredibly difficult for all of us.”
Yemen’s Houthi terrorists on Saturday claimed shooting down another of the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper drones.
As some students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at U.S. college campuses vowed to keep their demonstrations going, some universities moved to shut down encampments.