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Muslim protesters pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, US, March 14, 2025.

Mahmoud Khalil: Columbia U. 'reminiscent' of Assad regime, 'manufactured' antisemitism 'hysteria'

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Columbia student demonstrators chain themselves to the gates of St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University to denounce the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil in New York City, US, April 2, 2025.

Anti-Israel activists chain themselves to Columbia gate demanding to know who reported Khalil

By MICHAEL STARR

People take part in a rally held by Jewish activists for freedom and democracy and against the detention by ICE agents of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil in New York City, March 20, 2025.

Columbia anti-Israel org. Instagram account disabled amid crackdown on university

By MICHAEL STARR

Students participate in a pro-Palestinian protest outside of the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023 in New York City.

Congressional committee demands five colleges explain anti-Israel protests

By MICHAEL STARR

A timed exposure shot of Columbia University's main academic library (and the largest building on campus), Butler Library, at dusk.

Will Columbia President Shipman's administration be successful?

Dozens of Harvard Medical School faculty and students protested outside of the school on March 15, 2024. They were protesting an event featuring the president of the American Medical Association, over the powerful physicians' group's repeated refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Trump administration to review nearly $9 billion in Harvard funding over campus antisemitism

By Grace Gilson/JTA

PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS hold a rally at Columbia University in New York City on the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack, last month.

US Senate committee investigating AMP for alleged Hamas connections

By MICHAEL STARR

A timed exposure shot of Columbia University's main academic library (and the largest building on campus), Butler Library, at dusk.

Columbia interim head steps down amid anti-Israel protest and rules rows

By MICHAEL STARR

Anti-Israel demonstration at Harvard University. Time for the local Jewish community and Jewish Harvard alumni to show our strength

How US college campuses became playgrounds for radical Islam

By ADAM MILSTEIN

People walk through Columbia University in New York City, U.S., September 4, 2024.

Columbia University interim president Katrina Armstrong steps aside

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Muslim protesters pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, US, March 14, 2025.

Columbia University protester Khalil remains jailed while judge weighs case transfer

By REUTERS

President Isaac Herzog, on the occasion of Antisemitism Awareness Week, hosted friends of Israel from across the world and held a panel with Jewish community heads about the realities of modern-day Jew-hatred.

'I understand your pain': Herzog hosts Jewish leaders on Antisemitism Awareness Week

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in New York City, US, August 25, 2024

Judge rules pro-Palestinian student and permanent US resident cannot be detained

By REUTERS

Students walk outside the Library of Columbia University in New York.

Columbia faculty groups sue Trump administration over funding cuts, academic demands

By REUTERS

People take part in a protest outside Columbia University following the school's concessions ot the Trump administration over pro-Palestinian protests, March 24, 2025 in New York City. (Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images)

For the first time, an undergraduate pro-Palestinian protester is facing deportation

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

A demonstrator wears a protective mask as protestors gather at the gates of Columbia University, in support of student protesters who barricaded themselves in Hamilton Hall, despite orders from university officials to disband or face suspension during the Israel-Hamas war, in NYC, April 30, 2024.

Which pro-Palestinian campus orgs. are accused of ties with Hamas?

PRO-PALESTINIAN demonstrators march outside the Israel Embassy in Washington, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, earlier this month. These calls demand that Israel stop attacking Hamas in Gaza but don’t mandate that Hamas stops fighting against Israel, the writer argues.

Pro-Palestinian student and permanent US resident sues to halt deportation

By REUTERS

A demonstrator holds a placard, ahead of a hearing on the detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, March 12, 2025.

US says Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil hid UNRWA work

By REUTERS