The detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist involved in organizing at Columbia University, is the result of more than a year of pro-Israeli think-tank propaganda and lobbying efforts to tie the students to Hamas and erode free speech protections in the United States.
Columbia, which manages & awards the Pulitzer prize, put someone who advocated killing Arab civilians in a position of power, helping determine who in journalism is worthy of its highest award, and creating an atmosphere on campus that makes clear to its Palestinian students that they are unworthy of normal protections under the laws of war.
It is President Trump and his administration, beholden to the Israel lobby, that must be held responsible for every Palestinian death from here on out.
Professor John Mearshesheimer and Judge Napolitano (formerly of Fox News) are referring to the groups behind the effort to deport Columbia University’s Mahmoud Khalil, a legal US resident.
Two former US government officials rebut the pro-Israel group’s false claims and lay out the real cost of unconditional US support for Israel.
A coalition of pro-Israel groups are pressuring the US Treasury Department to sanction Palestinian human rights groups.
Jewish Insider says that the prospect that kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie may run for US Senate “is already generating fierce opposition from the local and national Jewish community.”
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