Editorial: UCLA has failed its students in not taking action to prevent violence between protesters and counter-protesters at the pro-Palestine encampment. dailybruin.com/2024/05/01/edi…

I’m as guilty as anyone of thinking of my Columbia University undergraduates as “kids.” But here is what I’ve seen them do in the last two weeks: (1/10)

Hamas needs to understand that a ceasefire that includes a ceasefire is unacceptable and will only prolong the war

I have been at Palestinian protest encampments in the West Bank that were attacked by settler mobs as soldiers watched (and then joined in) so what’s happening at UCLA is all kinda familiar.

This was my first thought while watching the horrifying footage from UCLA. Just like Israeli soldiers attacking Palestinians gives settlers permission to be violent, American police attack students, giving pro-Israel protesters permission to be violent.

CNN's Miguel Marquez: 'I've covered lots of this sort of stuff around the world, and i've never seen this many police moving into one area.'

Student journalists at WKCR-FM NY reporting that NYPD threatened arrest of student journalists and Columbia Journalism School Dean jelani cobb for leaving the Pulitzer Hall journalism department building for a better view of activity on the campus lawn

Grotesque that Shafik claims she had “no choice” when she chose to call in police.

US riot police are breaking into America’s Ivy League university in NYC while students protest about the deaths of fellow students, children and families in Gaza

Pro-Israel counterprotestors started tearing down UCLA encampment barriers and screamed 'Second nakba!' referring to the mass displacement & dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Per Los Angeles Times Safi Nazzal on the scene with another video:

The Gaza Civil Emergency Service has estimated that the bodies of a further 10,000 Palestinians are under the rubble of hundreds of destroyed buildings in the Gaza strip.

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik's letter to the NYPD

In response, Columbia University has fully locked down campus. We can’t get in to offices, students can’t get in to take exams. It’s clear that Columbia’s own measures are doing the most to disrupt student life right now.

A preliminary IDF investigation into the deaths of two Israeli reservists in Gaza found that they were killed by an IDF tank shell fired at the building in which they were staying due to a mistaken identification
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Shocking footage shows several officers at Washington University St. Louis beating a professor, slamming him, and dragging his limp body.
SIUE history professor Steve Tamari is reportedly hospitalized with broken ribs and a broken hand.
One doctor told him he's lucky to be alive.

I gave an update to Monocle Radio on the pier being built by the US off the coast of Gaza.

The Briefing: Vincent McAviney discusses how the US aid pier on the coast of Gaza will work, Haiti’s presidential vote, Brexit border checks and asylum arguments. Plus: the latest fashion news monocle.com/radio/shows/th…

Majority of sexual assault victims knew offender - CSO rte.ie/news/ireland/2…