#Yale Suspends Scholar After A.I.-Powered News Site Accuses Her of Terrorist Link

The deputy director of a liberal project at #YaleLawSchool was put on leave over allegations that she is linked to #Samidoun, a group the U.S. government has said funds terrorists.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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By Stephanie Saul
March 12, 2025 Updated 1:07 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/us/yale-suspends-scholar-terrorism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U4.VFme.ZrVrJQTmp5w2&smid=url-share

#DefendAcademicFreedom
#repression
#DefendFreeSpeech
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump
#media #news #press @palestine

A committee formed by Syria's new authorities to investigate a wave of deadly violence mainly in the Mediterranean heartland of the Alawite minority said the country was determined to "prevent unlawful revenge." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/12/world/syria-unlawful-revenge-committee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #basharassad #syria

White House says immigration officials are seeking more pro-Palestinian protesters

from #NPR #NationalPublicRadio [US]
March 11, 2025 5:31 PM ET
Elena Moore

The #WhiteHouse is defending the arrest of pro- #Palestinian protest leader and #ColumbiaUniversity graduate student #MahmoudKhalil, and says the #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity plans to arrest more protesters moving forward.

On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the decision to arrest Khalil, a green card holder who is of Palestinian descent, fell in line with President #Trump's recent executive order aimed at cracking down on antisemitism on U.S. campuses. The order allows the administration to revoke visas and deport international students if they're determined to be "pro-jihadist" or "#Hamas sympathizers."

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/nx-s1-5324749/mahmoud-khalil-palestinian-protests-arrests

#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#ReleaseMahmoudKhalil
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#USA #US #USPolitics
#news #press @palestine

Jonathan Cook: BBC’s ‘Road to Oct 7’ an Utter Travesty
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/10/jonathan-cook-bbcs-road-to-oct-7-an-utter-travesty/
The series serves Israel’s interest in reviving the genocide in Gaza and spreading Netanyahu’s ethnic cleansing operations to the West Bank. By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net There has been a prolonged furore over the BBC’s craven decision to ban a documentary…
#Politics #Commentary #Film #Gaza #Israel #Media #MiddleEast #Palestine #Propaganda #U.s. #ArielSharon #Bbc #DovWeisglass #EhudOlmert #Fatah #Hamas #InternationalCourtOfJustice(icj) #IsraeliPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahu #IsraeliSettlements #JonathanCook #MahmoudAbbas #Nakba #OsloAccords #PalestinianGenocide #TheGuardian

The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria's oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the Damascus government on Monday to join Syria's new state institutions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/11/world/politics/syria-president-kurdish-sdf-merge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ahmedsharaa #syria #middleeast #kurds

For many in the Palestinian territory of Gaza where Israel imposed a "complete siege" at the start of the war in October 2023, living without electricity had become the norm before the latest decision to cut supplies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/11/world/electricity-gaza-power-israel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

Some 80% of white, evangelical Christians voted for U.S. President Trump. Now, some want a policy change that could undermine a future Palestinian state: Israel's annexation of the West Bank. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/10/world/politics/christians-trump-israel-west-bank/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #westbank

Israel has ordered an immediate halt to the electricity supply in the Gaza Strip in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages, even as it prepared for fresh talks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/10/world/israel-gaza-electricity-truce-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #iran #lebanon #hezbollah

Syria's leader has vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar Assad against the country's new Islamist rulers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/10/world/syria-sharaa-assad-violence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #basharassad #ahmedsharaa #syria #middleeast

NEWS: Last night, the Department of #HomelandSecurity detained a #Palestinian who helped lead the #Columbia encampment.

Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.

His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.

https://zeteo.com/p/breaking-dhs-detains-palestinian