Unfortunately, all the noise about campus violence is overshadowing Hamas holding hostages, both dead and alive. It was just confirmed that Dror Or, who was captured on 10/7, is dead and his body is being held hostage by the terrorists. Hamas released another propaganda video showing hostages American Keith Siegel, 64, and Omri Miran, 46. It's been over 210 days that men, women, and children have been held by the terrorists; and Israel is being bombarded daily by missiles from Hamas and Hezbollah. Israel has given Hamas a week to strike a deal or Rafah offensive will begin. Reminder: Hamas has never honored a ceasefire.
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CNN described UCLA as having "mostly peaceful protests" until counter protestors arrived. That's a flat out lie! Jewish students were assaulted and blocked from attending classes. Jewish students at NYU are being told to shelter in place. At Columbia U, Israeli activist, Yosef Hadad was beaten. The failure of campus presidents, administrators, and governors is stunning. Now, anti-Israel and antisemitic activists are targeting university presidents. My hope is the federal govt./dept of ed will enforce Title VI violations. The Dept of Ed has three in investigation at Columbia, the latest is following a complaint of anti-Palestinian discrimination.
The NGO Network Orchestrating Antisemitic Incitement on American Campuses https://www.ngo-monitor.org/reports/ngo-network-orchestrating-antisemitic-incitement-on-american-campuses/
Pro-Palestine campus group behind Columbia University protests received over $3million a year in funding from 'charities' linked to Hamas
Greenberg Traurig, National Jewish Advocacy Center, Schoen Law Firm, and Holtzman Vogel Represent American and Israeli Victims of Hamas Oct. 7 Terrorist Attack in Lawsuit Against AJP Educational Foundation, Inc. a/k/a American Muslims for Palestine and National Students for Justice in Palestine https://www.gtlaw.com/en/news/2024/05/press-releases/greenberg-traurig-national-jewish-advocacy-center-schoen-law-firm-and-holtzman-vogel-represent-american-and-israeli-victims-of-hamas
The Do-It-Yourself Occupation Guide was posted on Instagram, originally penned by the group Palestine Action US, which featured the hashtag “EscalateForGaza.”
ASU officials said most of the 69 people who were arrested for setting up an encampment at the Tempe campus overnight were not students, staff or faculty. https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/police-remove-pro-palestinian-protesters-from-asu/75-7aef3345-782e-47ee-bf17-104ffe86784b
At Columbia University and CCNY, nearly half the protesters were not students https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/college-protests-israel-palestine-war/?id=109734946
This is a link to a UCLA parent's call to the police.
No Joke: Iranian University Offers Scholarships as Safe Haven to US Students Expelled Over Protests
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China has rejected the US request to suspend the purchase of Iranian oil.
EU sends aid to Lebanon amid Syrian migrant surge to Cyprus
Egypt Is Obliged to Let Gaza Refugees In https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/30/gaza-refugees-egypt-border-palestine/
Germany's Ambassadors have been in the news lately because they've been attacked in Ramallah and Pakistan. Note: the German diplomat and EU's Ambassador to the Palestinians, Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff, performed the first paragliding flight ever in Gaza in July 2023! (Visegrad24 reported this in Oct 2023).
Iranian Women Sexually Assaulted and Beaten in New Morality Police Crackdown - Akhtar Makoii (Telegraph-UK)Iran Has Built a Global Financial Network to Bypass Sanctions - Gianluca Pacchiani (Times of Israel) Sanctions against Iran have largely been ineffective because they remained on the declarative level but were often not implementedPassage of anti-LGBTQ+ law in Iraq draws diplomatic backlashIraq repatriates nearly 700 more citizens linked to ISIS from a Syrian camp https://apnews.com/article/camp-syria-iraq-repatriations-islamic-state-361d3681dafa51dc8150e3e0dbe6499dUnearthing the Story Behind the Gazan Mass Graves Gazans Vent Anger Against Hamas (Financial Times-UK)
(Red Cross) ICRC Head of Office posts Hamas propaganda, says “f*** neutrality” https://unwatch.org/icrc-head-of-office-says-f-neutrality-in-leaked-facebook-postsHamas propaganda gets a pass from media watchdogsPA’s 3 “models of inspiration” murdered over 167 Israelis Russia is trying to exploit America's divisions over the war in Gaza
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna149759
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna149759
Rafah operation is essential for Saudi normalization
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/rafah-and-riyadh-defeating-hamas-is-essential-for-normalization-analysis-798977 I keep hearing Israel must make concession for peace with the Saudis, but I believe that's BS. It's just US policy.
Europol Says Turks Involved with the Most Threatening Criminal Networks in Europe https://nordicmonitor.com/2024/04/europol-says-turks-among-the-most-threatening-criminal-networks-in-europe/Only Two U.S. Missile Interceptors Succeeded in Iran Attack (Jerusalem Post) Only two out of eight U.S. interceptors succeeded in hitting Iranian missiles during the drone and missile attack that targeted Israel on April 13, Israel Army Radio reported on Wednesday. Over 90% of Israeli interceptors hit their targets.Israel Replaces U.S. Patriots with David's Sling (Globes) While each PAC-3 interceptor costs $6 million, David's Sling interceptors cost $700,000.Congress threatens ICC over Israeli arrest warrants We live in a world where Assad doesn’t get an ICC arrest warrant for committing a massacre with chemical weapons, where UN verdict against Hezbollah killing of Hariri remains outstanding and so does UNSC resolution 1701, where China gets away with internment of a population in the 100s of thousands, they've not condemned Hamas or Sinwar, but then only an elected government in Israel gets chased. Note the U.S. has never greenlit International Criminal Court arrest warrants even for oppressive dictators.
An interesting read: The Decolonization Narrative Is Dangerous and False 
