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Philadelphia café vandalized multiple times over support for Palestine, owner says
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The owner of Lombard Café in Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood, Jasmine Taibi-Bennoui, said she is frustrated and no longer feels safe after vandals hit her business multiple times within the past seven months. Taibi-Bennoui said she feels her support for Palestinians made her a target."I'm not OK with being constantly harassed," Taibi-Bennoui said. Taibi-Bennoui said the latest incident happened on Wednesday before 7:30 a.m.She said there was damage to the back door at the café. She also noticed the register had been tampered with but nothing appeared to be taken. Instead, Taibi-Bennoui said she found stickers indicating support for...
Don’t buy Rashida Tlaib & Co.’s lie: ‘From the river to the sea’ has always meant erasing Israel
In English, protesters call for Palestine to be free. But when their chants shift to Arabic, they often call for the whole of Palestine to be Arab — an explicit call to dismantle the Jewish state and dispossess its people. A video from February shows a crowd gathered on the steps of Harvard’s venerable Widener Library. A woman with a bullhorn is teaching the group to chant, “Min al-mayah lil-mayah, Falastin arabiyah!” The literal translation of that: “From the water [the River Jordan] to the water [the Mediterranean], Palestine is Arab!” At MIT last week, another bullhorn-wielding protester led the crowd in exactly the same chant, then improvised a...
Congress investigating UCLA over treatment of Jewish students amid pro-Palestinian protests
A congressional education committee is calling on the university to turn over documents regarding an "inadequate response to antisemitism and failure to protect Jewish students" amid violent clashes on campus.
U of M: Pro-Palestinian activists make ‘dangerous escalation’ by targeting regents’ homes
The homes of University of Michigan regents have become the latest front for protesters demanding the university divest from any companies doing business with Israel, a move university officials call a “dangerous escalation.” Early Wednesday morning, demonstrators appeared outside the Meridian Township home of Sarah Hubbard, chair of U of M’s Board of Regents, using […] The post U of M: Pro-Palestinian activists make ‘dangerous escalation’ by targeting regents’ homes appeared first on Michigan Advance.
Prosecutor: U-M protesters charged for alleged police assaults at sit-in
Prosecutor charges four people for alleged role at University of Michigan sit-in protest. Defendants are accused of assaulting or attempting to disarm police officers. Prosecutor declines to charge peaceful protesters but says more charges may still be forthcoming. Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit is charging four individuals for allegedly assaulting...
Doral walks back call for peace in Mideast after mayor notes ‘unintended consequences’
“While my actions were well intended, the process in which I’ve followed, and the final wording of the resolution .... was naive of me and fundamentally flawed,” Mayor Christi Fraga said.
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