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Colleges rocked by unrest as pro-Palestinian protests spread

CNN--Pro-Palestinian protests continue to rock major American universities, prompting school officials across the country to take extraordinary steps to confront the growing crisis. Facing a seventh day...

Students at more universities announce solidarity rallies after 108 pro-Palestinian activists are arrested at Columbia

CNN -- Dozens of activists denouncing Israel’s war in Gaza remain camped out on the West Lawn of Columbia University on Friday, a day after New York City police arrested more than 100 people on suspicion...

US vetoes Palestinian attempt to gain statehood at the United Nations

Richard Roth, Jennifer Hansler, CNN April 19, 2024

CNN -- The United States on Thursday blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have recognised a Palestinian state. Twelve members of the Security Council...

More than 100 killed amid Israeli gunfire and panic at Gaza food lines, Palestinian officials and witnesses say

Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond, CNN March 1, 2024

CNN -- More than 100 people were killed amid devastating scenes in northern Gaza, where Israeli troops opened fire Thursday, triggering panic as hungry Palestinian civilians...

‘We were walking in water, sand, mud’: Palestinian women describe terror of 12-mile escape on foot from Gaza City

Abeer Salman, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN February 13, 2024

CNN -- After being trapped in a building for more than a week in a neighborhood of Gaza City besieged by Israeli troops, a group of Palestinian women told...

‘We are dying slowly:’ Palestinians are eating grass and drinking polluted water as famine looms across Gaza

Sana Noor Haq and Rosa Rahimi, CNN January 30, 2024

Hanadi Gamal Saed El Jamara, 38, says sleep is all that can distract her children from the aching hunger gnawing at their bellies. These days, the mother-of-seven finds herself begging for food on the...

Letter to the Editor: Good versus evil, or when impressionable minds are manipulated to raise antisemitism

Barry Dunietz January 29, 2024

This letter is written in response to an opinion letter, written by Destiny Torres, which was published on KentWired on Dec. 11, 2023. John Spencer, a retired U.S. army officer expert on urban warfare,...

Dozens of community members protest for Palestine in Cleveland

Destiny Torres, Reporter January 26, 2024

Traffic was stopped near the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland Friday, as a Pro-Palestinian march called for a permanent ceasefire to the Israeli-Hamas war and for city representatives to speak...

24 Israeli soldiers killed on deadliest day during Gaza combat

Amir Tal, Richard Allen Greene, CNN January 23, 2024

CNN-- Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting in southern Gaza on Monday, the military said, in the deadliest day for its troops inside the battered enclave since the war...

President Todd Diacon speaks during his online session, "Talking with Todd."

Diacon urges respectful free speech during ‘Talking with Todd’

Adriana Gasiewski, Staff Reporter November 30, 2023

With tensions rising from the Palestine-Israel war, Kent State President Todd Diacon took the time to explain the university’s core values of kindness, respect and free speech in this semester’s installment...

Hostage deal announcement between Israel and Hamas could come as soon as Tuesday

Becky Anderson, MJ Lee and Alex Marquardt, CNN November 21, 2023

  CNN -- Israel, Hamas and the US are on the cusp of reaching a deal that could be announced as soon as Tuesday for Hamas to release 50 women and children hostages that the militant...

Israel, Palestine and Me: Student forum setup before discussion on Nov. 16, 2023.

Student forum creates a safe space to talk about events in Gaza and Israel

Adrianna Quinlan and Vanessa Davidson November 17, 2023

Around 70 students attended the Israel, Palestine and Me: Students’ Forum for Reflection and Dialogue event on Thursday evening. They were able to discuss the current events happening in Gaza and Israel...