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Palestinians move patients from Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital after the Israeli military issued evacuation orders in an area east of Deir al-Balah, Gaza.

UN halts Gaza aid deliveries after Israeli military orders new evacuation amid polio vaccine push

CNN — The United Nations temporarily paused aid deliveries in Gaza on Monday over safety concerns after the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders, a senior UN official said, possibly complicating...

Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, group says

Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN July 30, 2024

(CNN) — Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in the Iranian capital Tehran, Iranian state media Press TV reported Wednesday, citing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Hamas...

People gather for a protest in support of Palestine after the May 4 Commemoration on May 4, 2024.

Kent State alumni join call for university divestment. Is it possible?

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter July 29, 2024

During this year’s May 4 Commemoration, returning alumni witnessed students protesting against the war in Gaza, prompting them to wonder how they could support the students’ cause. Ken Hammond,...

Hundreds arrested across campuses in the US, including UCLA and Columbia. Here’s what to know

CNN Staff, CNN May 1, 2024

Protests at times turned violent between pro-Palestinian protesters and Israel supporters at various campuses across the US overnight. Approximately 300 people were arrested by the New...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Palestine tents 2024 vs. Kent State flowers 1970

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Palestine tents 2024 vs. Kent State flowers 1970

Paul Keane April 30, 2024

There are similarities between the Kent State massacre 54 years ago this May 4 and the nationwide Palestinian protests of 2024, but thankfully no bullets and no funerals. So far. After the Kent State...

College campus protests highlight tensions in Biden’s coalition

Gregory Krieg, CNN April 30, 2024

CNN-- President Joe Biden’s hopes of recreating the coalition that lifted him to office in 2020 are coming under threat as the protest movement against Israel’s war in Gaza spreads across college...

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...