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Oct 18, 2024 | 
publicbooks.org | Nancy A Khalil |Levi Vonk |Charlotte Rosen
This essay was originally published in Middle East Eye. As the school year begins, universities across the United States are confronting their policies on free speech, protest and freedom of assembly. Some are revising these policies to include swift consequences for those who dare to follow what have been student protest norms for decades. Similar threats loom for university staff and faculty—not only those who protest, but even some who simply speak out.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
publicbooks.org | Benjamin VanWagoner |Nancy A Khalil |Charlotte Rosen
At exactly 9 a.m, on April 22, 2024, I sent an email to the two sections of my Literature Humanities course at Columbia University: “Dear all,” it began, “I am so pissed at the unholy marriage of force and impotence [in] Columbia’s administration.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Maysa Mustafa |Nancy A Khalil
Cornell University in New York suspended on Monday an international student for his participation in a pro-Palestinian action at the university’s career fair at The Statler Hotel in Ithaca. Momodou Taal is a Cornell African studies PhD student and a graduate leader of the Coalition for Mutual Liberation (CML) on campus. He was temporarily suspended for his involvement in pro-Palestinian organising and the university’s Gaza solidarity encampment during the spring semester.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Nancy A Khalil
The managers of the University of Virginia’s (UVA) multi-billion-dollar endowment announced on Friday that they will not divest from Israel, a decision taken despite a February referendum passing a pro-boycott, divestment and sanctions resolution targeting Israel. Students and faculty had been engaged in a divestment campaign since the fall of 2023, among many other college campuses.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Nancy A Khalil |Yasmine El-Sabawi
When the student encampment in support of Gaza was dismantled at Brown University in Rhode Island back in April, it was incumbent upon one request from protesters: that the university hold a vote to divest from companies engaged in Israel’s human rights violations against Palestinians.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
juancole.com | Nancy A Khalil |Juan Cole
( Middle East Eye ) – As the school year begins, universities across the United States are confronting their policies on free speech, protest and freedom of assembly. Some are revising these policies to include swift consequences for those who dare to follow what have been student protest norms for decades. Similar threats loom for university staff and faculty – not only those who protest, but even some who simply speak out.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Dania Akkad |Nancy A Khalil
Guardian reports that a review found that British-made weapons may have been used in the violation of international humanitarian law 2 September 2024 16:40 BST ago The UK government has reportedly suspended 30 arms export licences to Israel following a review under the new Labour government which found that British-made weapons may have been used in the violation of international humanitarian law in Gaza.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Nancy A Khalil
Health officials are trying to vaccinate children amid Israel’s war on Gaza and the spread of the highly contagious virus A health worker administers the polio vaccine to a Palestinian child in Zawayda, Gaza in September 2024 (AFP) 2 September 2024 17:52 BST ago Israel’s war on Gaza has seen the emergence of polio among Palestinians during the past few weeks.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Nancy A Khalil
Airports, schools, banks and hospitals across Israel have closed, as its largest trade union called for a one-day strike to protest over the government’s failure to secure a hostage deal. Histadrut announced a nationwide strike as public anger escalated following the discovery of the bodies of six Israelis taken captive by Hamas in Gaza over the weekend.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Nancy A Khalil
As the school year begins, universities across the United States are confronting their policies on free speech, protest and freedom of assembly. Some are revising these policies to include swift consequences for those who dare to follow what have been student protest norms for decades. Similar threats loom for university staff and faculty - not only those who protest, but even some who simply speak out.
