Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, one of the two Palestinian directors behind the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was detained Monday in the occupied West Bank by the Israeli military after he was attacked by settlers, according to his Israeli co-director and Jewish activists. Journalist Yuval Abraham, who co-directed “No Other Land,” wrote Monday on X that … Read more
More than 30 pro-Palestinian activists have filed a civil rights lawsuit against UCLA, alleging the university “repeatedly and systemically” violated the civil rights of protesters during demonstrations at the campus encampment last year. Plaintiffs said they were deprived of “their rights to assemble, speak, learn, and organize freely and safely” and left with “life-altering injuries … Read more
Nearly forty years ago, immigration officials in Los Angeles arrested eight young immigrants—seven Palestinian men and the wife of one of them, a Kenyan. The immigrants were mostly students. Two were permanent residents; the others were on student visas. They had been involved in pro-Palestinian activism. The government charged them all with being associated with … Read more
Columbia Univerity graduate Mahmoud Khalil and seven current students sued the school Thursday in a bid to block it from producing disciplinary records to a House committee as school officials said they were sanctioning students involved in pro-Palestinian rallies last spring. Khalil, a green card holder and Palestinian activist who played a major role in … Read more
