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Columbia University protests see pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators clash

Politics

Columbia University protests: Protesters clash over controversial campus encampment in chaotic scene

Posted on April 26, 2024

Columbia University student sits before hostage posters

Columbia University student from Israel recounts encountering hate before and during encampment: ‘I have had people spit at me’

Posted on April 25, 2024

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QNS

Queens electeds offer contrasting viewpoints on pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia

House Speaker Mike Johnson at Columbia University

Politics

Columbia University protests: House Speaker Mike Johnson visits campus, calls for Shafik’s resignation amidst Pro-Palestine protest encampment

Posted on April 24, 2024

Negotiations between Columbia University

Columbia University protests: Admin gives students 48 hours to clear encampment, demonstrators agree to some concessions

Posted on April 24, 2024

Worker outside NYU amid protests there and Columbia University

World

Columbia University admin calls for outside agitators to vacate encampment while NYU barricades campus with plywood

Posted on April 23, 2024

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World

Columbia University and NYU protests: Over 130 arrested as NYPD clears out Gould Plaza occupation

Posted on April 23, 2024

Columbia University professor argues with administrator after being denied access

Columbia University protest: Professor organizing pro-Israel rally denied campus access as pro-Palestine demonstrators rebuff allegations of antisemitism

Posted on April 22, 2024

Politics

Why several NYC House members voted against funding to help defend Israel or Ukraine

Posted on April 21, 2024

Pro-Palestine protester arrested at Columbia University protest

Columbia University protest: Pro-Palestine students enter second day of occupation

Posted on April 18, 2024

Columbia University pro-Palestine protest

Politics

Columbia University students hold pro-Palestine protest on campus’ great lawn as president testifies on Capitol Hill about antisemitism

Posted on April 17, 2024

Cars drive by Lehman College on March 15, 2024.

Bronx Times

Lehman’s Institute for Literary Studies canceled a panel on the struggles for Palestine. What are the implications?

Devorah Halberstam and Rivkie Feiner speak at the ADL summit "Never is Now" about antisemitism in the Orthodox Jewish community. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann

Politics

Big hate in the Big Apple: Why New York City saw record levels of antisemitism last year, according to Anti-Defamation League

Posted on April 16, 2024

Dr. Peter Bonadie makes a point during a panel discussion, in February 2019, at Trinity Methodist Church on Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, on the ‘Currency of Freedom’ for Black History Month, organized by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ex-Teachers Association of New York.

Caribbean Life

Dr. Peter Bonadie: Israeli-Hamas War ‘a very deep spiritual problem’

Israel

Israel mobilizes air defenses after Iran fires more than 100 drones; U.S. stepping up support

Posted on April 13, 2024

Israel

Writers decline PEN America accolades over organization’s stance on Israel-Hamas war

Posted on April 13, 2024

Pastor Cornelius Olive plays the Q-Cord, in March 2020, as the United Vincie Cultural Group of Brooklyn hosts a very successful Prayer Breakfast to aid SVG health institutions.

Caribbean Life

Pastor Cornelius Olive stands strongly with Israel in war with Hamas

Hostage poster held up before crowd of people at rally in Manhattan

Hostage crisis: NYC calls for captives’ release from Gaza six months into Israel-Hamas war

Posted on April 7, 2024

Israel

Six months of anguish: Relative of hostage held in Gaza amid Israel-Hamas war speaks out on family’s painful ordeal

Posted on April 5, 2024

Israel

Biden tells Israel’s Netanyahu future US support for war depends on new steps to protect civilians

Posted on April 4, 2024

Jewish New Yorkers and allies rally in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza at the 100 Days in Captivity Demonstration calling for the release of the Hamas hostages.

Israel

Six months since Oct. 7: A hostage crisis and military strikes continue in Gaza

Posted on March 29, 2024

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Politics

Majority of American voters support Israel in the ongoing war, a new Harvard poll shows

Posted on March 28, 2024

Dr. Simeon A. King, pastor of Mission for God Evangelical Ministries.

Caribbean Life

Pastor Simeon King wants end to Israeli-Hamas War

Brooklyn Paper

Schumer says Israeli and Palestinian leaders are ‘major obstacles’ to peace in Middle East

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Israel

Itay Chen, Israeli American with ties to NYC, confirmed killed by Hamas on Oct. 7

Posted on March 13, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Activists call for cancellation of Brooklyn event promoting sale of Palestinian land in the West Bank

‘Bring them back home’: Thousands march around Central Park demanding safe return of all Israeli hostages

Posted on March 10, 2024

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Israel

Thousands attend ‘Never is Now’ summit in Midtown to battle antisemitism across the country

Posted on March 8, 2024

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Schneps Podcasts

Progressive and Zionist: Social Justice and Jewish Identity with Amanda Berman, Zioness

Met Council Food Ramadan

Brooklyn Paper

Met Council on Jewish Poverty to distribute $1M worth of halal food during Ramadan

Israel

Biden approves military air drops of aid into Gaza after chaotic encounter left dozens dead

Posted on March 1, 2024

Bishop Nelvern R. Samuel of the Love City Church, Inc.

Caribbean Life

Prayers for Jerusalem in Israeli-Hamas War must include points of intercession: Bishop Nelvern Samuel

gaza ceasefire protest

Brooklyn Paper

Citing Jewish values, local pols call for end to violence in Gaza, urge feds to push for swift end to war

Pastor the Rev. Dr. Neithe Soleyn delivers the sermon at the funeral service for Vincentian soccer star Elliott "Morey" Millington in August 2023.

Caribbean Life

Pastor Neithe Soleyn views Israeli-Hamas War from ‘prophetical, historical perspective’

Israel

Metro Philadelphia

Israeli basketball player works to combat antisemitism with sports, plans camp in Philly

NYPD makes arrest of demonstrator at pro-Palestine march

Israel

Midtown march sees cops, pro-Palestine protesters clash, leading to numerous arrests

Posted on February 4, 2024

Israel

UN’s top court refrains from ordering Gaza ceasefire, Urges Israel to limit civilian casualties

Posted on January 26, 2024

Pro-Palestine protesters in Manhattan

Columbia University chemical mystery: Police continue to probe foul-smelling attack on protesters

Posted on January 24, 2024

Rally to free the Israeli hostages

Israel

‘Bring. Them. Home. Now.’: New York officials demand Israeli hostages’ release while marking 100th day of their captivity by Hamas

Posted on January 15, 2024

UN rally demanding Israeli hostages be returned

‘Bring them home!’: Rally near UN marks 100 days of Israeli hostages held in captivity by Hamas

Posted on January 13, 2024

Pro-Palestine protesters block Brooklyn Bridge

Over 300 arrested as protesters blocked bridges and tunnels into Manhattan

Posted on January 8, 2024

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Israel

Pro-Palestinian protesters spark disruptions at JFK Airport

Posted on January 2, 2024

Palestine

QNS

26 Pro-Palestine protesters arrested for blocking traffic at JFK

Palestinian

QNS

Food or politics? Palestinian and Israeli restaurants in Queens choose both

World

‘Shutting it down:’ Pro-Palestine protest halts transportation and holiday shopping during Midtown demonstrations

Posted on December 18, 2023

Police officer in Times Square

Queens man indicted for assaulting Israeli tourist in Times Square as NYC antisemitic attacks continue to surge

Posted on December 5, 2023

Israel

Ceasefire breaks: Israel renews airstrikes in Gaza as week-long truce lapses

Posted on December 1, 2023

Pro-Palestine protesters at Rockefeller tree lighting

Rockefeller Center tree lighting interrupted by pro-Palestine protesters, leading to arrests

Posted on November 30, 2023

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