#pro-palestine-campus-protests

#pro-palestine-campus-protests

The University of Victoria said it has reached out directly to students who have links to Iran to offer support on a case-by-case basis, including special bursary funding and lifting holds on registration related to overdue tuition.

There's a chilling effect on not just my academic freedom, but that of my colleagues; anyone who dares to speak out against the war and against aggression.

"You would constantly be checking the news, making sure your parents are safe, calling your parents. There's so much uncertainty in day-to-day life in Palestine, and it often left me battling with my own thoughts here in Ireland."

The goal of suppressing all protests is apparent in these principles: 'Actions taken beyond making one's thoughts heard or read... do not constitute speech and expression protected by these Principles.'

Taybeh, a small hilltop town in the heart of the West Bank, is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, now feeling under siege and fighting for its existence.

Mearsheimer argues that the idea that the US and Israel are making a safer, more stable Middle East is ludicrous, emphasizing that the real threat comes from their collaboration.

Othman Atta, executive director of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, stated, 'This is a man who came to the United States and kind of lived the American dream. And they are trying to tarnish his image. They're trying to target him.'

Campaigners believe Qesser Zuhrah was arrested due to an Instagram story that allegedly encouraged people to take direct action, highlighting concerns over freedom of expression.

This is not a time to be timid; it's not a time to be overly cautious. With the state of the country, the state of the world right now, we all need to find ways in which we can leverage what power we have to fight back. Almost a year into the grueling legal process, Feder told Truthout she remains committed to fighting the repression she faced.

What America and Israel are doing in their aggression against the countries of the region is not a war of a military nature, but a senseless war, said Dhirgham Samir, a demonstrator in his 40s.

The U.S. and Israel are carrying out an unprovoked, illegal bombing campaign on Iran. This war serves no one but a tiny elite and oil executives.

The data, painstakingly gathered and verified by ELSC, reveals the operation of a system, not something which is centrally directed, of course but something which is organic, multipolar, self-reinforcing and mutually exacerbating. A system which seeks to raise intolerably the personal cost to any individual who speaks or acts in light of their conscience seeks to reduce civil society's capacity to call out genocide and to demand at the same time robust action by our governments.

Tens of thousands of people have gathered around the world for al-Quds Day, an annual event on the final Friday of Ramadan demonstrating solidarity with Palestine and opposition to Israeli occupation. Rallies took place across numerous countries, including Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia, Kashmir and Yemen.

Israel limits the ability of teachers from the West Bank to travel to occupied East Jerusalem. At least 25,000 students in occupied East Jerusalem are taking part in a strike after Israel prevented access to teachers from the occupied West Bank. The strike was called by the General Secretariat of Christian Educational Institutions in Jerusalem and later joined by all private schools in East Jerusalem.

Today Americans are getting a taste of what Palestinians have experienced for decades: state terror. The escalation of state violence in the United States has been unprecedented. In the span of three weeks, two people were shot dead in Minneapolis during anti-immigration raids. Both were branded domestic terrorists. Meanwhile last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents used five-year-old Liam Ramos as bait to get his asylum-seeking father to come out of their home;