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2024-05-09: News Headlines

The Peoples Art Institute, Left Voice. (2024-05-09). The People's Art Institute Denounces Police Attack On Student Encampment. popularresistance.org The People's Art Institute, constituted by SAIC students, announced our encampment situated in the AIC's North Garden, on Saturday morning, May 4, at 11: 30 A.M. The goals of the encampment were clear: to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and to demand SAIC and AIC divest from entities profiting off of the occupation and genocide in Palestine. | Students began setting up and by 12: 05 P.M., CPD was onsite and an arrest warning was issued. CPD started kettling protestors on the sidewalk at the corner of Monroe and Michigan and removed them from the North side of the garden with extreme force.

WSWS (2024-05-09). University students protest against Gaza genocide across Europe. wsws.org Inspired by anti-genocide protests on campuses across the United States defying a nationwide crackdown coordinated by the Biden administration that has led to thousands of arrests, students are occupying university halls and facilities across the continent.

WSWS (2024-05-09). Australian youth and students call for immediate release of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk. wsws.org "Alongside Bogdan's arrest, students protesting against Israel's genocide in Gaza are being suppressed around the world."

Phil Pasquini (2024-05-09). GW Encampment Shut Down by Police; Students Arrested. indybay.org Pro-Palestinian student protesters and others at the George Washington University tent encampment were arrested after failing to leave university property in an early morning coordinated police action. Around 03: 30 after having been warned to leave the university property and threatened with arrest for failure to do so, a coordinated police action by campus police and 500 Metro DC officers began clearing the area at University Yard (U-Yard).

bwitanek (2024-05-09). Immediate Release: CAIR-NJ Welcomes Teaneck Arrest of Man Who Allegedly Threatened Pro-Palestinian Protester with a Knife. fightbackbetter.com CAIR-NJ Welcomes Teaneck Arrest of Man Who Allegedly Threatened Pro-Palestinian Protester with a Knife (NEWARK,‚ÄØNJ, 5/08/2024) —‚ÄØThe New Jersey chapter of…

newarab (2024-05-09). Extremist rabbi's cousin charged with ramming Gaza protester. newarab.com A New York real estate developer was charged with felony assault after police said he hit a woman with his car during a pro-Palestine demonstration led by students connected to the Reuven Kahane, 57, was arrested Tuesday morning after driving his car into a 55-year-old safety marshal for the protest, according to witnesses and a New York police department spokesperson. | The woman, who was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, was also arrested, but charges of criminal mis…

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2024-05-07: News Headlines

Staff (2024-05-07). Headlines for May 7, 2024. democracynow.org Israel Begins Ground Invasion of Rafah After Hamas Agrees to Ceasefire, Israel Used U.S. Weapons in Lebanon Attack That Killed 7 Health Workers, Students Continue Gaza Solidarity Protests, Defying Arrests, Suspensions, Harvard and MIT Students Defy Deadlines for Ending Protests, Receive Faculty Support, SUNY Purchase Agrees to Student Demands; Columbia Cancels Commencement Ceremony, Gaza Solidarity Encampments Form in Copenhagen, Barcelona; French High Schoolers Join Movement, Belgian Police Arrest 132 Climate Activists During Act of Peaceful Civil Disobedience, Bomb Attacks on IDP Camps In Democratic Republic of…

Amy Goodman (2024-05-07). Jewish Prof Body-Slammed by Police Tells Biden to Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism. truthout.org Gaza solidarity protests continue at college campuses across the nation — as does the police crackdown. This comes as more than 50 chapters of the American Association of University Professors have issued a statement condemning the violent arrests by police at campus protests. At Dartmouth College last week, police body-slammed professor and former chair of Jewish studies Annelise Orleck to the… |

latintimes (2024-05-07). Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Protest Outside The Met Gala. latintimes.com Protesters in New York converged near the Met Gala on Monday in a rally against the ongoing war in Gaza, leading to several arrests, police said.

Michael Schwalbe (2024-05-07). University Leaders are Teaching Us How Holocausts Happen. counterpunch.org Most people, reasonably fearing arrest and its potential consequences, are then less likely to protest, less likely even to speak out. They look away from the violence, foreign and domestic, carried out by their government. They avoid asking how universities, supposedly society's institutional stewards of humane values, might be complicit in the violence. Later, after many innocents have been murdered, they will claim ignorance about what was going on.

Staff (2024-05-07). "Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism": Police "Body-Slam" Jewish Dartmouth Prof. at Campus Gaza Protest. democracynow.org Gaza solidarity protests continue at college campuses across the nation — as does the police crackdown. This comes as more than 50 chapters of the American Association of University Professors have issued a statement condemning the violent arrests by police at campus protests. At Dartmouth College last week, police body-slammed professor and former chair of Jewish studies Annelise Orleck to the ground as she tried to protect her students. She was charged with criminal trespass and temporarily banned from portions of Dartmouth's campus. She joins us to describe her ordeal and respond to claims conflati…

Dan La Botz (2024-05-07). Pro-Palestine Student Protests Spread Despite Repression. internationalviewpoint.org Thousands of students at dozens of campuses across the United States participated in April and continue today to join in pro-Palestine protests leading in some cases to brutal police repression, arrests, and suspensions or expulsions from the university. | – | / |

newarab (2024-05-07). Israeli settlers attack Gaza aid convoy, destroy food. newarab.com Around 250 The protesters blocked traffic in Latrun, a small illegal settlement close to Jerusalem, before breaking into the trucks and throwing their contents on the floor despite attempts by the police to reopen the road. | Six people were arrested, the Israeli police announced on Tuesday. | A group called the "Order 9 movement" had announc…

newarab (2024-05-07). Gaza at the Gala: Palestinian activists arrested outside Met. newarab.com Dozens of Hundreds of protesters marched through the city in a rally named 'The Day of Rage', called for by the pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime, starting at Hunter College to the Metropolitan Art Museum where the high-profile charity event was held. | A…

newarab (2024-05-07). Dutch police arrest 125 at pro-Gaza encampment in Amsterdam. newarab.com Dutch police arrested around 125 Police said the crackdown was "necessary to restore order" at the Netherlands' elite university, which follows a wave of campus protests in the US last month. | Videos from the protest in Amsterdam show p…

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2024-05-03: News Headlines

Staff (2024-05-03). Headlines for May 3, 2024. democracynow.org Israel Continues Air Assault on Rafah, Killing Young Children, Ahead of Its Planned Ground Invasion, Palestinian Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh Dies in Israeli Prison; Released Detainee Describes Horror of Arrest, ICC Warns Netanyahu's Comments Threaten "Independence and Impartiality" of Court, Student Protest Movement for Gaza Gains Steam Despite Police Crackdown, Biden's Dismissal as "Chaos", French Students Escalate Their Gaza Solidarity Protest, Pentagon Concedes U.S. Drone Strike in Syria Killed Civilian Farmer, U.S. Accuses Russia of Using Chemical Weapons in Ukraine, Imposes New San…

Michael Arria (2024-05-03). 'I was arrested for trespassing on my own campus': an Emory student on the school's Gaza protest. mondoweiss.net David Meer was arrested during the brutal police raid on the Gaza solidarity encampment at Emory University in Atlanta. Meer talks to Mondoweiss about his arrest, the broad Palestine coalition on campus, and why he became involved.

ecns.cn (2024-05-03). NYPD raids building occupied by protesters at Columbia, make arrests. ecns.cn Hundreds of New York Police Department officers wearing riot gear filed into a building late Tuesday that was taken over by pro-Palestinian protesters on the Columbia University campus earlier in the day and began making arrests.

(2024-05-03). CPJ calls on authorities to allow journalists to safely cover US campus protests. Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director

teleSUR (2024-05-03). Over 2,000 Pro-Palestine Activists Arrested So Far in the US. telesurenglish.net The anti-war protests at over 30 American universities and colleges were going on Thursday, with further discontent sparked by the police's heavy-handed enforcement. According to the latest tally by The Associated Press, over 2,000 people have been arrested nationwide. | RELATED: | On Thursday, more than 200 people were arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest camp on campus, after refusing to leave the area as requ…

Princess Harmony (2024-05-03). End all criminalization of sex work, including the "Nordic Model" workers.org Sex work is a spectrum, a spectrum consisting of work such as erotic dancing, nude modeling, pornography, web camera modeling, sugaring (also called sugar dating, where money or material items are exchanged for sex and/or companionship) and full service street or escort work. Black Sex Worker Liberation March, New York . . . |

Princess Harmony (2024-05-03). Commentary: End all criminalization of sex work, including the "Nordic Model" workers.org Sex work is a spectrum, a spectrum consisting of work such as erotic dancing, nude modeling, pornography, web camera modeling, sugaring (also called sugar dating, where money or material items are exchanged for sex and/or companionship) and full service street or escort work. Black Sex Worker Liberation March, New York . . . |

MEE staff (2024-05-03). Egypt: At least 120 arrested for support of Palestine. middleeasteye.net Egypt: At least 120 arrested for support of Palestine | Egyptian authorities holding 90 people in pre-trial detention since Gaza war began, says rights group | | Egyptians take part in a pro-Palestine demonstration outside the Syndicate of Journalists in downtown Cairo on 18 October 2023 (AFP/Khaled D…

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg (2024-05-03). 2,000 Campus Protesters for Gaza Have Been Arrested. Momentum's Only Building. globalresearch.ca

The Independent (2024-05-03). Over 200 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at UCLA. independent.co.ug LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | Over 200 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested Thursday morning as police moved to dismantle an encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), one of the top public universities in the United States, U.S. media reported. The number of protesters at UCLA arrested by California Highway Patrol officers now stood …

Dan La Botz (2024-05-03). Pro-Palestine Student Protests Spread Despite Repression. internationalviewpoint.org Thousands of students at dozens of campuses across the United States participated in April and continue today to join in pro-Palestine protests leading in some cases to brutal police repression, arrests, and suspensions or expulsions from the university. | – | / |

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-05-03). Más de dos mil arrestos por protestas en universidades de Estados Unidos. radiohc.cu La Habana, 3 may (RHC) A más de dos mil asciende el número de personas que hasta hoy fueron arrestadas desde el inicio hace dos semanas de las protestas pro palestinas en universidades de Estados Unidos.

teleSUR, SH (2024-05-03). Más de 2.000 manifestantes pro palestinos arrestados en EE.UU. telesurtv.net A pesar de las protestas en las universidades contra el apoyo de EE.UU. a Israel, el presidente Joe Biden, ha condenado las manifestaciones en centros universitarios.

newarab (2024-05-03). Pro-Gaza US college encampments close as Israel bombs Rafah. newarab.com More More than 2,000 protesters have been arrested over the past two weeks as

newarab (2024-05-03). Prisoner families staging sit-in arrested in Bahrain. newarab.com Riot police arrested a number of people staging a sit-in protest outside According to the London-based non-profit organisation, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), the protest was peaceful but was quickly dispersed. | The protest was launched at around 10 a.m. Bahrain local time, with the families chanting for the release of prisoners, some of whom they say were on death row. | "At least two women were arrested, and later calle…

presstv.ir (2024-05-03). US violently clears pro-Palestine camp as student arrests reach 2,200. presstv.ir US riot police have dismantled a pro-Palestinian protest camp at the University of California at Los Angeles, a day after it was attacked by pro-Israel supporters.

hindustantimes (2024-05-03). USA Anti-Israel Campus Protest: Hundreds Arrested In Police Crackdown At UCLA; Biden Reacts | Gaza. hindustantimes.com

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2024-04-29: News Headlines

Staff (2024-04-29). US Regime Arrests Presidential Candidate Involved in Pro-Palestine Protest. orinocotribune.com Jill Stein, Green Party candidate in the upcoming US presidential elections, was arrested for participating in a protest against the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip. | Jill Stein, 73, was arrested on Saturday, April 27, on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where students are holding demonstrations in support of Palestine. | Police officers took the presidential candidate to a van after she refused to leave the university campus. As part of this demonstration, another 80 people were also arrested. | Stein declared, "We are here with WashU students, defending our constitutional…

Staff (2024-04-29). Headlines for April 29, 2024. democracynow.org Ceasefire Talks Resume Amid Expected Israeli Ground Invasion of Rafah, Israeli Airstrike Kills Daughter, Grandson and Son-in-Law of Acclaimed Poet Refaat Alareer, Police Arrest 275+ Campus Protesters as Student Uprising for Gaza Shows No Sign of Slowing Down, Protesters Outside Lavish WH Correspondents' Association Dinner Highlight Massacre of Gaza Reporters, U.S. Decides Not to Sanction Israeli Military as Officials Warn Blinken U.S. Weapons Used Unlawfully, NYT: ICC Could Order Arrest of Netanyahu for Israeli Crimes Against Gaza, Israel Arrests Rabbis Attempting to Bring Aid into Gaza; Gaza Freedom Flotil…

Paul Craig Roberts (2024-04-29). Conservative Texas Republicans Align with Zionism. thealtworld.com The conservative Republican Governor of Texas has equated student protests of Israel's slaughter and genocide of the Palestinian to anti-semitism: | On Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Greg Abbott vowed that the arrests of protesting students would continue until the crowd dispersed. "These protesters belong in jail. Antisemitism will not be tolerated in Texas. Period. Students joining in hate-filled, antisemitic protests at any public college or university in Texas should be expelled," said Abbott. | From the conservative Republican governor's standpoint, it is OK for Israel to slaughter the Palestinians but not OK for…

Kelly Hayes (2024-04-29). Berkeley's Free Palestine Encampment Draws on Legacy of Palestinian Protests. truthout.org Following the arrest of over 100 students at Columbia University on April 18, Palestine solidarity encampment protests have multiplied across the US. Police crackdowns have occurred at other schools as well, including Northeastern University in Boston, where about 102 protesters were arrested. Officials at Northeastern claimed that the protest had been "infiltrated" by organizers who had "no… |

Democracy Now! (2024-04-29). Police Arrest 275+ Campus Protesters as Student Uprising for Gaza Shows No Sign of Slowing Down. pressenza.com Police across the United States made at least 275 arrests over the weekend as campus protests against Israel's assault on Gaza continue to spread. | In Boston, police detained about 100 people after students set up a Palestine solidarity encampment on the campus of Northeastern University. The school justified the raid, citing what it called "virulent antisemitic slurs" after someone chanted "Kill the Jews" at the encampment. But video and eyewitness testimony revealed the antisemitic chant was actually done by a counterprotester holding an Israeli flag. | The group Huskies for a Free Palestine said, "The only pe…

Alex Shams (2024-04-29). They Risked Their Lives for Freedom in Iran. Now They Fear Israel's Bombs. truthout.org In fall 2022, they were on the streets of Tehran facing down Iranian riot police. Chanting "Woman, Life, Freedom," their voices captured the world's attention — until their friends were shot, loved ones arrested, and they were forced to run for their lives. Less than two years later, those same protesters now face a very different kind of danger. Having survived waves of domestic repression… |

Zack Linly (2024-04-29). White Supremacists March Freely In Charleston While Cops Attack, Arrest Pro-Palestinian College Protesters. newsone.com Tension comes between students of City College of New York and police as the students camp on the campus and take part in Gaza protest against Israeli attacks in New York City on April 25, 2024. | Source: Anadolu / Getty | Over the weekend, members of the white supremacist group

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-04-29). Canada: Calls for Invoking War Measures Act Against Pro-Palestine Protests. libya360.wordpress.com Marthad Shingiro Umucyaba The colonial empire strikes back. Mass arrests and martial law are now openly being called for by the reactionary Zionist forces in the colonial periphery of Canada and the United States of America, in coordinated fashion with the ramping up of repressive tactics by the state, against pro-Palestine youth. The Sith lords…

Alexandra Jacobo (2024-04-29). Violent arrest of Emory Professor spotlights brutality of police crackdown on campus protests. nationofchange.org Emory University incident raises alarms: Academic community questions police response to peaceful campus protests amid growing national debate on academic freedom and civil liberties.

Kate Litman (2024-04-29). The Weekly Round-Up: Coroner criticises indeterminate prison sentences and hundreds of protest arrests made in the US. ukhumanrightsblog.com In UK News At the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Scott Rider, the coroner described Rider's treatment in prison as "inhumane and indefensible". Rider died by suicide in June 2022 after serving 17 years of an "imprisonment for public protection" (IPP) sentence, a form of indeterminate prison sentence. A few weeks before …

channelnewsasia (2024-04-29). Singapore football association considers fitting referees with body cameras to tackle abuse. channelnewsasia.com Out of 14 disciplinary cases that the Football Association of Singapore dealt with last year, 10 involved verbal abuse or violent conduct towards referees.

ecns.cn (2024-04-28). Pro-Palestinian protesters dig in on campuses. ecns.cn Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses throughout the U.S. extended into the weekend, some universities moved to shut down encampments, and police continued to arrest protesters.

Dan La Botz (2024-04-29). Pro-Palestine Student Protests Spread Despite Repression. internationalviewpoint.org Thousands of students at dozens of campuses across the United States participated in April and continue today to join in pro-Palestine protests leading in some cases to brutal police repression, arrests, and suspensions or expulsions from the university. | – | / |

teleSUR, JCM (2024-04-29). Cientos de estudiantes arrestados en EE.UU. por protestas a favor de Gaza. telesurtv.net En los últimos días, los campus universitarios de Estados Unidos se han convertido en escenarios de violentos ataques policiales contra estudiantes.

presstv.ir (2024-04-29). Over 900 arrested at anti-war protests in US universities since April 18. presstv.ir At least 900 protesters have been arrested since the launch of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on university campuses across the US, a report says.

presstv.ir (2024-04-29). Hundreds of students arrested as Gaza war campus protests spread in US. presstv.ir Hundreds of students protesting the Israeli war on Gaza have been arrested and subjected to expulsion across universities in the United States.

presstv.ir (2024-04-29). 900 arrested at anti-war protests in US universities since April 18. presstv.ir At least 900 protesters have been arrested since the launch of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on university campuses across the US, a report says.

presstv.ir (2024-04-29). Hundreds of students arrested as Gaza war campus protests spread in US. presstv.ir Hundreds of students protesting the Israeli war on Gaza have been arrested and subjected to expulsion across universities in the United States.

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