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  • Columbia Suspends, Expels nearly 80 Students for Gaza Protest

    Columbia Suspends, Expels nearly 80 Students for Gaza Protest

    The statue of Alma Mater, on the steps of Columbia’s library, was soaked in red as the protests resumed. (Photo: via NationalSJP TW Page)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    In May, New York State Police stormed the university’s main library reading room to disperse the sit-in, resulting in the arrest of dozens of student protestors.

    Columbia University has suspended or expelled close to 80 students for participating in protests against Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on…

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  • Knesset Votes for Non-Binding Motion to Annex Occupied West Bank 

    Knesset Votes for Non-Binding Motion to Annex Occupied West Bank 

    Israeli soldiers demolish a Palestinian building in the so-called Area C, in the occupied West Bank. (Photo: via WAFA)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    The text of the proposal stated that the occupied West Bank is “an inseparable part of the historical homeland of the Jewish people.”

    The Israeli parliament (Knesset) voted on Wednesday for a non-binding motion for the agenda in favor of annexing the occupied West Bank.

    The motion was backed by 71 members of the 120-seat assembly…

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  • Jordan says 36-truck aid convoy allowed into northern Gaza amid Israeli siege – Middle East Monitor

    Jordan says 36-truck aid convoy allowed into northern Gaza amid Israeli siege – Middle East Monitor

    Jordan said Wednesday that a 36-truck aid convoy was allowed into the Israel-blockaded Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports.

    In a statement, the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization said the aid convoy entered northern Gaza via the Zikim border crossing.

    The aid will be delivered to the World Central Kitchen, a US-based organization operating in Gaza, the statement added.

    READ: UN official says at least 294 Palestinians killed by Israel while seeking aid in Gaza…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Syria turns to Turkey for military support as US envoy urges strategy rethink

    Syria turns to Turkey for military support as US envoy urges strategy rethink

    The move deepens Ankara’s influence with the new government as Kurdish forces in Syria’s northeast face new pressure to integrate with Syrian army.

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • The Disintegration of Syria’s Government and Israel’s Insidious Plot

    The Disintegration of Syria’s Government and Israel’s Insidious Plot

    Bedouin famiies leave Suweida. (Photo: via Syrian Ministry of Interior, via Wikimedia Commons)

    By Robert Inlakesh

    An Israeli agenda has been hatched inside of Syria and the new administration in Damascus is taking every step to accelerate it.

    What happened inside the Sweida Province over the last week has demonstrated that the new rulers of Syria simply have no power over the country and rely completely on outside help.

    The sectarian bloodshed in southern Syria, culminating in bloody…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • Israeli strikes kill 21 Palestinians, mostly women and children | Newsfeed

    Israeli strikes kill 21 Palestinians, mostly women and children | Newsfeed

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    Three Israeli strikes hit homes and a tent in Gaza City on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people, mostly women and children. The attacks come as the besieged territory faces extreme hunger and ongoing bombardment.

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  • Iran agrees to visit by UN nuclear watchdog team to Tehran – Middle East Monitor

    Iran agrees to visit by UN nuclear watchdog team to Tehran – Middle East Monitor

    Iran said Wednesday that it has agreed to a visit by a technical team from the UN nuclear watchdog to the capital, Tehran, Anadolu reports.

    “Iran has agreed to the visit of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s technical team to Tehran in the next two to three weeks, but they will not visit Iran’s nuclear facilities,” Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in statements carried by the Mehr news agency.

    During the visit, the framework of…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Scottish island community announces Israeli boycott over Gaza crisis – Middle East Monitor

    Scottish island community announces Israeli boycott over Gaza crisis – Middle East Monitor

    A remote Scottish island announced a full boycott of Israel in protest of the genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to media reports Wednesday.

    The Isle of Eigg, located off Scotland’s west coast and home to a community of around 120 residents, has declared its support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement — a global Palestinian-led campaign that seeks to end international support for Israel’s policies toward…

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  • Ukraine’s delegation arrives in Istanbul for talks, broadcaster reports

    Ukraine’s delegation arrives in Istanbul for talks, broadcaster reports

    KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s delegation for a third round of peace talks with Russia has arrived in Istanbul, Ukraine’s public broadcaster Suspilne reported on Wednesday, citing the foreign ministry spokesperson.

    (Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, writing by Max Hunder, Editing by Timothy Heritage)


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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Lebanese militant says ‘struggle’ helped him endure French prison

    Lebanese militant says ‘struggle’ helped him endure French prison

    Sitting near a poster of Che Guevara inside his French prison cell before his release this week, pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah said the “struggle” kept him going during his four decades behind bars.

    A court last week ordered the 74-year-old — who was jailed over the 1982 killings of two foreign diplomats in Paris — be released from the Lannemezan prison in southern France on Friday.

    Abdallah is one of the longest-serving prisoners in France, where most convicts…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com