30/04/2024 07:01
The Guardian
The US president made the comments in a call with Egypt and Qatar’s leaders as Hamas considers its response to the latest ceasefire proposalSee all of our Israel-Gaza war coverageIn the US, protesting students at Columbia University have occupied one of the campus buildings, Hamilton Hall. Social media pictures appear to show they have hung a sign from the window renaming it Hind’s Hall, after 6-year-old Hind Rajab.In February, Rajab was found dead inside a car surrounded by her dead relatives in the Tel al-Hawa area of Gaza City days after an ambulance crew had been dispatched to her aid after she had managed to make a phone call pleading for help.Columbia community members took back Hamilton Hall just after midnight. This escalation represents the next generation of the 1968, 1985, and 1992 student movements which Columbia once repressed yet celebrates today.Protesters have voiced their intention to remain at Hind’s Hall until Columbia concedes to Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD)’s three demands: divestment, financial transparency, and amnesty. We reiterate that CUAD’s encampment is a peaceful form of protest as demonstrated over the last 12 days. Continue reading...
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