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Demonstrators attend a protest in Timers Square, following the arrest by US immigration agents of Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University, in New York City, March 15, 2025.

Mahmoud Khalil criticizes ICE detention in op-ed on Palestinian rights

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

Columbia protest leader arrested by DHS at citizenship interview

By MICHAEL STARR

Policemen arrest student during students and pro-Palestine activists protest across New York City demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student activist and recent Columbia graduate in the borough of Manhattan.

Authorities changing visas status of students at southern US universities due to Gaza stance

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Demonstrators attend a protest in support of Mahmoud Khalil outside the court in Newark, New Jersey on March 28, 2025

US immigration judge allows Mahmoud Khalil deportation case to proceed

By REUTERS

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) react during a campaign event at Dorton Arena, in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. November 4, 2024.

Marco Rubio says Mahmoud Khalil’s 'otherwise lawful' actions undermine US antisemitism policy

By Grace Gilson/JTA

A PROTEST takes place following the arrest by US immigration agents of Mahmoud Khalil, at Columbia University, in New York City.

Government given one day to produce evidence for deporting Columbia University protester Khalil

By REUTERS

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 downplays campus antisemitism, accuses students of 'participating in genocide'

By Grace Gilson/JTA

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

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.

Stop defending Hamas supporters: Deporting Mahmoud Khalil defends nt'l security

By GREGORY LYAKHOV

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 issue: How Jews can pick sides in the antisemitism vs free speech debate

By ELCHANAN POUPKO

Muslim protestors 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, U.S., March 14, 2025.

The exploitation of academic discourse: A gateway to the spread of extremism

By SALEM ALKETBI

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

People rally against the detention by ICE agents of Hamas supporter and Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, on March 20, 2025. Media analysts who spew incorrect details proclaim violations of freedom of speech and the right to assembly, the writer claims.

Mahmoud Khalil can be deported. Arguments of free speech violations are simply wrong

By MICAH HALPERN

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

White house shares a photo of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student who was arrested over involvement with protests.

The case against Mahmoud Khalil: Bold legal precedent or executive overreach?

By Shira Dicker/The Media Line

Demonstrators hold placards as they protest on the day of a hearing on the detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, U.S., March 12, 2025.

The hypocrisy of the human rights industrial complex

A PROTEST takes place following the arrest by US immigration agents of Mahmoud Khalil, at Columbia University, in New York City.

Defending the rights of Mahmoud Khalil, even when we disagree with him

By SHERWIN POMERANTZ