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A Palestinian student at Columbia says the university’s response to protesters is disturbingly similar to tactics used by Israel’s military occupation of Palestinian land.
"People understand that this is an anti-colonial struggle and they are choosing to side with it, and that is a significant feat."
Palestinian writer
@m7mdkurd
says the movement for Palestinian liberation will not subside after the crackdown on activists at Columbia University.
Gaza’s Civil Defense says it is unable to reach an estimated 10,000 people under the rubble due to a lack of equipment, machinery and people to search through the houses and buildings destroyed by Israel's bombardment.
“The goal is just for NYPD to arrest as many pro-Palestinian students as they can.”
This Columbia student watched her friend get arrested when armed police stormed Hamilton Hall.
Around 300 protesters were arrested at Columbia for protesting genocide in Gaza.
“As soon as I pick up the needle and thread, I feel an immediate connection to Palestine.”
Here’s how Palestinians in the diaspora are using traditional embroidery as a form of resistance.
Pro-Palestinian college students across the U.S. have become the center of media attention, but they want people to remember what they’re protesting: Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
A Palestinian student at Columbia says the university’s response to protesters is disturbingly similar to tactics used by Israel’s military occupation of Palestinian land.
Columbia students reclaimed Hamilton Hall in honor of Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
It is not the first time students have occupied the building to make a stand.
Police forcibly removed a Muslim woman’s hijab at a Gaza solidarity protest at Arizona State University. At least three other women reportedly had their headscarves removed.
"There is no childhood for us these days.”
This displaced 15-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza searches for water daily to help her family of ten survive.
Over 50 U.S. journalism professors have urged The New York Times to conduct an independent review of its reporting that claimed Hamas weaponized sexual violence on Oct. 7.
AJ+ spoke to The Intercept’s Ryan Grim about how the widely discredited report came about.