A mischief charge has been withdrawn against a London doctor, known for his pro-Palestinian activism and humanitarian acts, who was accused of spraying ketchup on a city MP's riding office. Read More
Six Jewish hostages were murdered by Hamas two weeks ago, just before the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reached them, and a controversy has erupted in Israel about whether Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu should have done more to save them. But only among the ignorant and the credulous, because everybody else knew he never intended to save them. Read More
The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip since last October’s Hamas attacks on Israeli settlements will reach 40,000 people in the next week or so. (It’s back up around 50 to 100 civilian dead a day.) Read More
A new chapter has been written regarding how protest encampments come to an end. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted an injunction to the University of Toronto on July 2, which provides a justification for police action. University officials gave protesters until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3 to leave the site, and the encampment was dismantled before the deadline without any violence. Read More
For many university students, graduation is a moment years in the making, to celebrate the work they've put into getting their degree. Read More
Three weeks into a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on its campus, Western University is offering concessions to the protesters provided they dismantle their encampment and not disrupt June graduation ceremonies. Read More
On April 30, the New York City police department acted to evict pro-Palestinian protesters from occupying Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall at the request of university administration. Minouche Shafik, president of Columbia University, issued a statement explaining the action as the result of the “drastic escalation of many months of protest activity” that created “a disruptive environment for everyone.” Read More
Western University's campus was quiet Thursday morning, with all signs gone of a 12-hour pro-Palestinian protest that sprang up at the school a day earlier. Read More
The two sides have had their day in court, one day each, actually. The seventeen judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have now retired to consider what interim decisions they should make on South Africa's accusation that Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip amount to the crime of genocide. Read More