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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Stephanie Ebbert |Deirdre Fernandes
Seven people targeted in recent weeks were flagged on a list compiled by Betar, including two from New England — Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was seized in late March, and Columbia University activist Mohsen Mahdawi, who was detained in Vermont on Monday. It is unclear to what extent — if at all — the administration relies on the lists from Betar or Canary Mission, another pro-Israel group, which has been collecting names of such protesters for about a decade.
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Stephanie Ebbert |Deirdre Fernandes
When a shooting broke out at a pro-Israel rally in suburban Newton in September, a Zionist group rushed to fan the flames and called for a boycott of the city. Two months later, Betar US took aim at Memphis, demanding that the murder of an Israeli-born locksmith be investigated as a hate crime. Now, the US chapter of the century-old Zionist group is engaged in its most audacious gambit — attempting to steer government deportations of foreign students who have advocated on behalf of Palestinians.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Stephanie Ebbert |Deirdre Fernandes
After Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk was apprehended Tuesday evening, the 100-year-old Zionist organization Betar US said it had handed the government her name. “She was on our list,” the organization posted on the social media platform X, with a video of Öztürk’s arrest on the streets of Somerville.
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Stephanie Ebbert
After a state investigator found he had used his position to “unjustly enrich himself” to the tune of $180,000, Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria is facing a fresh challenge from city councilors asking whether he has been using other city funds for personal benefit.
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Stephanie Ebbert
Already under pressure to repay $180,000 in city funds that the state’s inspector general said were improperly paid to him, Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr. could face demands to surrender a significantly larger sum that he won in a recent legal settlement. Three months ago, DeMaria announced the owner and publisher of a local newspaper had agreed to pay him $1.1 million to settle a defamation claim.
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Everett, MA Mayor DeMaria conflict of interest allegations probed #mapoli https://t.co/Gqqe4Vbjsq via @BostonGlobe

Everett Mayor DeMaria used his position to unjustly enrich himself: Massachusetts Inspector General https://t.co/H5kD5Uq7S4 via @BostonGlobe

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