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Topic: Free Palestine

UK police arrest 4 after pro-Palestinian protests at an air base

According to officials, military planes were sprayed with red paint after 2 activists from the Palestine Action group broke into the air base in Oxfordshire on 20 June.

UN General Assembly to vote on immediate ceasefire in Gaza despite US, Israel opposing the move

US has warned that countries taking anti-Israel actions will be seen as acting against US foreign policy interests and could possibly face diplomatic consequences.

6 injured in Colorado after 45-year-old man throws firebombs at a crowd, shouts ‘free Palestine’

The man threw incendiary devices in Boulder where a demonstration to remember Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza was taking place. FBI investigating incident as act of terrorism.

Two Israeli embassy staff killed in Washington shooting outside Capital Jewish museum, suspect held

The suspect, tentatively identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, chanted 'Free Palestine,' in custody, police said and is under investigation for anti-Semitic terrorism.

Why Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is a rare case in US history

Khalil, a former Master's student at Columbia University, was arrested by the US immigration authorities for organising pro-Palestine protests. 

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march against Gaza war at Chicago’s Democratic Convention

According to an eyewitness, dozens of protesters, after hours of peaceful demonstrations, broke through part of the perimeter security fence, drawing riot police to the site.

US says won’t change Israel policy after air strike on Rafah camp

There is a real danger that Israel could become isolated from the international community because of the way it is conducting operations, said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.

‘We’re all judged by what we do at home’ — India’s dig as pro-Palestine student protests divide US

On Wednesday, university campuses from Massachusetts to California saw pro-Palestinian students facing arrests while voicing their opposition to the conflict in Gaza.

Plagiarism, ‘racial animus’, Zionism & Claudine Gay: Why Harvard’s first black president resigned

Gay was forced to resign due to allegations of plagiarism & how she dealt with supposed antisemitism, but process has been labelled a witch hunt by many.

Israel war on Gaza has gone beyond ‘right to self-defence’ to ‘responsibility to protect’

While ‘responsibility to protect’ strictly applies to regimes carrying out genocide against its own population, it's time to ask if it can't be applied in Gaza too, where Israel is bombing and forcibly evacuating people.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.