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The new press secretary at the White House—appointed by U.S. President Joe Biden this week and set to take over for current press secretary Jen Psaki next week—is raising concerns with some in the pro-Israel community for her previous work with anti-Israel organizations.

A stampede broke out at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv when American tourists tried to take an unexploded shell through security as a 'souvenir', local media reports.

Hundreds of protesters took part in a rally at Wells & South Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago in protest of the recent Israeli raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Al-Quds.

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NYU Law Students for Justice in Palestine accused Israel of being an “apartheid regime” and said the violence by a presumed Palestinian gunman was “a direct result of the Israeli occupation.”

Israeli and Chinese companies sued, claiming the decision to block Chinese bids for the project was based on illegal US pressure.

The teach-in was co-hosted by the Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP) and Students for Prison Education, Abolition and Reform (SPEAR) and focused on the Caterpillar machinery referendum that students will begin voting on this week. 

Tzedek Chicago was founded seven years ago, in part, to create a Jewish community free from a strong attachment to Israel.

“We don’t want no two states, we want all of it,” and “No justice, no peace," chanted the students as they marked 'Land Day'.

Members of the Palestine Solidarity Committee hold signs and banners during a protest against the Israeli Block Party event in Austin on Tuesday. Protesters gathered near the McCombs School of Business across the street on Speedway from the Israeli Block Party event.

The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) has voted in favour of a resolution condemning Israel for its 'systematic violations' against Palestinians and calling for boycotts, divestments and sanctions against Israeli institutions.

Supermodel Bella Hadid doubled down on her criticism of Israel in her cover story for Vogue magazine’s April issue, when asked about accusations of antisemitism for participating in a rally that called for the end of the Jewish state.

Fifty members of Congress have signed a letter in an attempt to prevent the planned displacement of 38 Palestinian families near Jerusalem.

B’nai Brith Canada urges McGill University in Montreal to withdraw funding from Students’ Society after it votes to adopt “Palestine Solidarity Policy”.

"I do worry about these exchanges between Iran and Israel, because many times our forces are at risk, whether in Iraq or in Syria. So that, in fact, does concern me," Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie said.

You can add Russia to the list of countries that Rep. Ilhan Omar opposes sanctioning while supporting sanctions against Israel.

The US called on Zionist regime to join sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, a US official said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports.

The US has demanded that Israel should take a clearer position on the Russian war in Ukraine, Israeli media outlets have reported.

Iran has strongly denounced recent comments by an American senator who encouraged Israel to assassinate more Iranian scientists, saying the remarks amount to incitement to terrorism, which is a flagrant violation of international law.

An American university has returned a $5 million donation intended for an Israel Studies Program after the donor learnt that it was headed by a scholar who criticised Israel's attacks on Palestinians last year.

Global Ministries, a North American Christian mission, has described Zionist regime as an apartheid state, with the Palestinian people denied equal access to water, jobs, the ability to travel, etc.

Democrat representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused Zionist regime of putting Palestinian children in cage-like prisons during a campaign rally for Greg Casar, who is running for Congress in Texas.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and U.S. President Joe Biden held a phone conversation on Sunday over Iranian nuclear and other international issues, the prime minister's office said in a statement.

In an upcoming interview with Middle East Eye, the secretary-general of Amnesty International, Agnes Callamard, slams the US’s condemnation of Amnesty over its report labelling Israel an "apartheid" state.