US President Joe Biden signs into law a $95bn aid measure that includes $26bn for Israel and $1bn in humanitarian assistance to Gaza.
Israeli government spokesman David Mencer says it is “moving ahead” with its planned military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
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Attempts to stop student-led protests at US universities unprecedented, professor says
Rebecca Karl, a professor of history at New York University (NYU), says previous protests at Columbia University in the past were “quite confrontational”, but were still “nothing like this”.
New York City police arrested dozens of student protesters on NYU’s campus earlier this week, who were demonstrating in support of Palestinians.
Karl was a student at Columbia University, and says she has been a faculty member with NYU for many years.
Protests against Israel’s continuing assault on Gaza have taken place at several US universities, most notably at New York City’s Columbia University, where more than 100 students who gathered at the school’s campus have been arrested.
“There have been a number of protests, there have been a number of confrontations that have been dealt with by universities in ways that stress that we are not a violent institution,” she told Al Jazeera.
“But I’m personally very concerned,” she said.
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