In first interview since release from federal detention, Mahmoud Khalil says detainment ‘felt like kidnapping’

In his first interview since being released from federal detention Friday, pro-Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil told the New York Times that his three-month detention “felt like a kidnapping.” “All the ‘Know Your Rights’ information and fliers I read and familiarized myself with were useless,” Mr. Khalil told the Times. “There are no rights in […]

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Man arrested after Jewish Rep. Max Miller reports being run off the road in act of ‘blatant antisemitic violence’

An Ohio man was arrested after allegedly attempting to run Jewish Republican Rep. Max Miller off the road Thursday. Miller said the man had threatened him and called him a “dirty Jew” while displaying a Palestinian flag during the road rage incident. Feras S. Hamdan, 36, was arrested on charges of aggravated menacing after turning […]

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Over half of Jewish students at Columbia experienced discrimination and exclusion after Oct. 7, survey shows

Nearly two thirds of Jewish students at Columbia University reported not feeling accepted for their religious identity during the school year that included Hamas’ attack on Israel, compared to 15% of students overall, according to a report released this week. Jewish students were by far the most likely to report that political conversations about controversial […]

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NYPD investigating ‘Check your beeper’ threat to Muslim mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani

The New York Police Department is investigating threats received by mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, including one featuring an apparent allusion to an Israeli attack on Hezbollah last year. On Thursday, Mamdani’s campaign shared a voicemail that it received this week. It came as Mamdani, who is Muslim, drew criticism over his comments about the pro-Palestinian […]

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