Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned Wednesday after a brief, tumultuous tenure that saw the head of the prestigious New York university face heavy scrutiny for her handling of protests and campus divisions over the Israel-Hamas conflict. The Ivy League school in upper Manhattan was roiled this year by student demonstrations, culminating in scenes of … Read more
Hamas on Tuesday named Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader in a dramatic sign of the power of the Palestinian militant group’s hardline wing after his predecessor was killed in a presumed Israeli strike in Iran. The selection of Sinwar, a secretive … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week is looming as a fraught one between the two allies, coming at a moment of extreme political flux in the United States and wariness among American leaders about Netanyahu’s history of interjecting himself into U.S. domestic politics. The main purpose of Netanyahu’s visit is a … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 22, 2024 7:30 am Updated July 22, 2024 11:27 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Israeli police say a Canadian citizen was killed Monday after threatening Israeli security forces with a knife near the Gaza border. The Israeli military says the man … Read more
Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel’s conflict with Hamas. More than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had camped out on … Read more
Israel advocates are asking the Federal Court to reverse Ottawa’s decision to continue funding the main United Nations agency supporting Palestinians. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is joining Canadians whose relatives were killed in the Hamas attack last October in asking Ottawa to stop funding UNRWA. A notice of application argues that allegations … Read more
