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       Israel on the brink of Rafah invasion as Hamas prepares for full-scale attack

       Amid 40C heat, key players from the UN gathered in a tattered compound in Rafah to hear the organisation’s most senior security official brief them on what is expected to be a traumatic and bloody few upcoming weeks and months in southern Gaza.

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       Opinion | Israel Has a Choice to Make: Rafah or Riyadh

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       NBC News investigation reveals Israel strikes on Gaza areas it said were safe

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       Israel rebukes US calls for investigation into mass graves in Gaza

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       Pressure builds for colleges to close or shut down anti-Israel encampments amid death threats toward Jews

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       Members of the Squad, who face primary challenges because of their stance on Israel, scored their first victory. Here are the other races to watch.

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       Stanford students erect encampment to protest Israel's attacks on Gaza, demand university divestment

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       At Columbia, Pro-Israel Crowd Yells ‘Go Back To Gaza!’ At Pro-Palestinian Students

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   Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, the Red Sea to the south, Egypt to the southwest, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, and the Palestinian territories – the West Bank along the east and the Gaza ...

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   • Egypt sending delegation to Israel in hope of reaching cease-fire agreement with Hamas; AP explains

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     Egypt has sent a high-level delegation to Israel in the hope of reaching a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza. (April 26).

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     Egypt sending delegation to Israel in hope of reaching cease-fire agreement with Hamas; AP explains

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     Egypt has sent a high-level delegation to Israel in the hope of reaching a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza. (April 26).

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     Seniors who entered college in 2020 experiencing second wave of protests, turbulence

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     Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war are a part of a number of demonstrations roiling campuses from California to Massachusetts. While protests continue, students who are graduating this May were likely those who entered college in 2020 amidst the coronavirus pandemic and a summer of protests over the death of George Floyd. (April 26) (AP Video: Mark Vancleave)

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     College tent encampments protest Israel-Hamas war in Evanston, Ill., Los Angeles and Philadelphia

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     Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses across the U.S., including tent encampments at Northwestern University, University of California and University of Pennsylvania.

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     Mother of Israeli-American hostage speaks about hope amid her son’s captivity by Hamas

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     Rachel Goldberg-Polin told her son Hersh to stay strong in recorded messages after Hamas released a propaganda video of the Israeli-American hostage in captivity. She also shared a message to the leaders of Israel and Hamas, urging them to reach a deal for the hostages' release.

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     Campus protests rage across the nation

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     ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos reports on the growing amount of discord on college and university campuses across the U.S. amid the Israel-Hamas war.

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     Mother of Israeli-American hostage shown in Hamas video urges son to stay strong

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     The mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American man who was taken hostage by Hamas militants in their Oct. 7 assault on Israel, spoke to CBS News Thursday about a video released Wednesday by Hamas that appears to show her son in captivity. Debora Patta has more.

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     Hersh Goldberg-Polin's mother on Hamas video of son in captivity

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     A new video released by Hamas appears to show Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American hostage taken during the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel. His mother, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, tells CBS News' Debora Patta what it was like hearing her son's voice.

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     Calmer University of Texas protest after police and state troopers made dozens of arrests day before

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     The demonstration at the University of Texas in Austin was much calmer Thursday after the day before when law enforcement made dozens of arrests and forced hundreds of students off the school's main lawn during a protest over the Israel-Hamas war. (AP video: James Vertuno)

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     Pro-Palestine college protests: USC latest campus with student arrests

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     University of Southern California students are the latest to be arrested as students across the country protest against the Israel-Hamas war.

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     Campus protests spread across country

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     California, Texas, New York and Boston have all seen new waves of demonstrations amid the Israel-Hamas war, with up to 100 protestors arrested at Emerson College in Boston overnight.

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     Police arrest pro-Palestinians protesters LA campus

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     STORY: The protesters who surrendered peacefully to be arrested, joined students at several universities, including Columbia, Yale and New York University - that have taken part to protest Israel's military operations in Gaza in response to the deadly October 7th attacks by Hamas. On many campuses, protesters have set up unauthorized tent encampments to press their demands. Since Friday, hundreds of students and others have been arrested at Columbia, Yale and NYU, while critics, including prominent Republican members of the U.S. Congress, have stepped up accusations of antisemitism and harassment by at least some protesters.

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     Hamas official says group would lay down its weapons if a two-state solution is implemented

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     A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders. The comments by Khalil al-Hayya in an interview Wednesday came amid a stalemate in months of cease-fire talks. (AP video and production by Mehmet Guzel)

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     Parents say 'stay strong' after seeing son in Hamas hostage video

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     STORY: They called on all the countries involved in the negotiation between Israel and Hamas "seize this moment and get a deal done to reunite all of us with our loved ones and end the suffering in this region." The short video, which is undated, showed the 23-year-old missing his lower arm, which was blown off during the Hamas-led attack in October, but otherwise apparently healthy. His mother has been campaigning actively for the release of her son, who was abducted at the Nova music festival that was attacked by Hamas gunmen early on Oct. 7 and is one of 133 Israeli hostages still in captivity after more than 100 were released last year.

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     Eurovision host Sweden braces for anti-Israel protests

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     STORY: The Swedish city of Malmo is gearing up to host the Eurovision Song Contest against a backdrop of heightened security and planned protests over Israel’s participation. Eurovision is the biggest contest of its kind in the world. Two hundred million people are expected to tune in. And about 100,000 are expected to travel to Sweden’s third-largest city. Earlier this month, protesters denounced Israel’s participation in a protest outside Malmo’s City Hall. And multiple large pro-Palestinian protests are planned outside the contest venue. Protest signs are already up around the city. Malmo resident Orwa Kadoura is a Palestinian who is helping to organize protests. The feelings around Israel’s participation, he says, are difficult and multi-layered, including anger, sadness and a feeling of injustice. The European Broadcasting Union — or EBU — organizes the contest. It’s resisted calls for Israel to be excluded over the war in Gaza and says the event is non-political. Still, the EBU banned Russia in 2022 after several European public broadcasters called for the country to be expelled over its invasion of Ukraine. This time around, Israeli contestant Eden Golan will be under the spotlight, along with her song, “Hurricane.” Israel got the green light to compete after agreeing to modify the lyrics of its original song, “October Rain,” which the EBU said made reference to the October 7 Hamas onslaught in Israel. Organizers face the risk of protests escalating into violence, heightened terror threats in the country, as well as increased tensions with Russia after Sweden's NATO membership. Police say security will be tighter compared to the last time Sweden hosted the event in 2016. The contest’s executive producer Ebba Adielsson says her focus is on the visitors coming to Sweden from over 80 countries. “This is my focus and I really hope that people will feel this and be united by music." Those visitors will have to pass through airport-like security checks when entering venues. The contest takes place from May 7 to 11.

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     Protests around college campuses lead to arrests, shutdowns

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     As dozens more are arrested in college protests over the Israel-Hamas war, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shares the opinion of the Biden administration.

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     Germany to resume funding UNRWA Palestinian agency

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     STORY: Germany plans to resume funding of the UN Palestinian agency, or UNRWA. That's according to a statement from the country’s foreign and development ministries on Wednesday (April 24). Earlier this year, Israel accused hundreds of UNRWA staff of being military operatives in so-called terrorist groups in Gaza. A number of countries including the U.S. and Britain then paused payments to UNRWA, a severe blow to the agency that provides education, health and aid to millions of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. But a new report released on Monday concluded that Israel had not provided enough evidence to back up its claims. The review was led by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna, looking into UNRWA’s ability to ensure neutrality. "Overall, the findings of the review are that UNRWA has in place a very significant number of mechanisms and procedures to ensure compliance with the humanitarian principle of neutrality.” A separate UN probe is also investigating Israel’s accusation that 12 UNRWA staff took part in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks. Norway, which is a major donor to UNRWA, on Tuesday called on donors to resume funding, arguing that the donation cuts have put the population of Gaza at risk. Ten countries have resumed their donation following the review. The U.S., UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, and Lithuania have not yet done so. A U.N. spokesperson on Monday said UNRWA currently only had enough funding to pay for operations until June.

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     Gaza Strip could reach famine in six weeks, WFP says

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     STORY: "We are getting closer by the day to a famine situation," said Gian Carlo Cirri, Geneva director of the WFP. A U.N.-backed report published in March said that famine was imminent and likely to occur by May in northern Gaza and could spread across the enclave by July. On Tuesday, a U.S. official said the risk of famine in Gaza, especially in the north, was very high. Cirri was speaking at the launch of a report by the Global Network Against Food Crises, an alliance of humanitarian and development actors including United Nations agencies, the World Bank, the European Union and the United States. In its report, the network described the 2024 outlook for the Middle East and Africa as extremely concerning due to the Gaza war and restricted humanitarian access, as well as the risk of the conflict spreading elsewhere in the region. The United Nations has long complained of obstacles to getting aid in and distributing it throughout Gaza in the six months since Israel began an aerial and ground offensive against Gaza's ruling Islamist militant group Hamas. Israel has denied hindering supplies of humanitarian aid and blames aid agencies for inefficiencies in distribution.

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   • 02:23

     Universities move classes online as protests escalate

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     NYU ramped up security after clashes with police and Cal Poly Humboldt closed the campus after protests turned violent as demonstrations about the Israel-Hamas war continue across the country.

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     Pro-Palestinian protests spread to more US schools

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     STORY: Pro-Palestinian student protests expanded to more U.S. college campuses on Tuesday, after mass arrests at demonstrations among a handful of mostly East Coast schools in recent days. They're all responding to Israel’s war in Gaza, launched after a deadly October raid by Hamas Islamist militants. At University of California Berkeley – a school with a strong legacy of student activism– students erected a tent camp on Tuesday in solidarity with protesters at other schools. The demonstrations coincide with the week-long Jewish feast of Passover. “I’m here especially on the first day of Passover because I believe that in this moment where we celebrate the liberation of our people it is important to fight for the liberation of others.” The campus of Cal Poly Humboldt, a public university also in California, was shut down after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied a campus building. And at the University of Minnesota campus in St. Paul, police cleared an encampment after the school asked them to take action, citing violations of university policy and trespassing law. The new protests follow the arrest of more than 100 students at Columbia last week, and around 120 protesters on New York University's campus late Monday. NYPD said university authorities reached out for help, and protesters failed to clear by the deadline given by the university. New York Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday defended the actions of police, and also said that outside agitators had infiltrated the demonstrations. “We have identified individuals who don't attend the schools, who are on the campuses.” “They latch on to any protests to see our police officers having bottles thrown at them.” Adams joined in with Columbia administrators, state officials, some members of Congress and the White House in citing incidents of extreme rhetoric by Pro-Palestinian protesters, and allegations that Jewish students have been subjected to antisemitism and harassment. While student organizers from Columbia have acknowledged several such incidents, they maintain that quote "inflammatory individuals" do not represent their anti-war movement. The White House has said it is closely monitoring the situation on college campuses.

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     Columbia University students return for in-person classes

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     STORY: The school canceled in-person classes on Monday (April 22) in response to protesters setting up tent encampments at its New York City campus last week. Protests at Yale University, Columbia, New York University and other university campuses across the nation began in response to the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, following the deadly cross-border raid by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 and Israel's fierce response in the Gaza enclave controlled by Hamas. In an email to Columbia staff and students on Monday, Columbia President Nemat Minouche Shafik said the university was canceling in-person classes and moving to online teaching to "deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps." Last week, Shafik called in New York police to clear a tent encampment protesters had set up on Columbia's main lawn to demand the school divest from Israel-related investments, an unusual move condemned by some faculty. The school said the encampment violated rules. Police arrested more than 100 students from Columbia on Thursday (April 18) on charges of trespassing. Columbia and the affiliated Barnard College have suspended dozens of students involved in the protests.

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     AP explains: 200 days of Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip

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     AP explains: 200 days of Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip

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     Pro-Palestinian Protests Escalate at Columbia, NYU and Other Schools

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     University leaders struggled to contain pro-Palestinian protests on campus as tensions over the Israel-Hamas war intensified. Photo: Sarah Blesener for the Wall Street Journal

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     Dozens arrested at NYU pro-Palestinian protest

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     Students protests over Israel's war with Hamas have been spreading in New York and nationwide, with police taking 133 protesters into custody late Monday after a protest at New York University. (AP video: Noreen Nasir/Production: Vanessa A. Alvarez)

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     UN rights chief 'horrified' by Gaza mass grave reports

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     STORY: Palestinian authorities reported finding scores of bodies in mass graves at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis this week after it was abandoned by Israeli troops. Bodies were also reported at the Al Shifa site following an Israeli special forces operation. "We feel the need to raise the alarm because clearly there have been multiple bodies discovered," said Shamdasani, adding Turk said he had been horrified by the reported mass grave discoveries and the hospitals' destruction. "Some of them had their hands tied, which of course indicates serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and these need to be subjected to further investigations." She added that the U.N. human rights office was working on corroborating Palestinian officials' reports that 283 bodies were found at Nasser and 30 at Al Shifa. Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Emergency Service said on Tuesday that a total of 310 bodies had been found at one mass grave at Nasser so far and that two other graves had been identified, but not yet excavated. Israel's military and its diplomatic mission in Geneva were not immediately available for comment on the Jewish Passover holiday. Israel says Hamas militants use hospitals as bases and that its forces killed around 200 militants at Al Shifa and avoided harming any civilians.

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     Volunteers deliver food in Gaza as hunger strikes

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     STORY: The war between Israel and Hamas that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza and resulted in a severe humanitarian crisis has had "a significant negative impact" on the human rights situation in the country, the U.S. State Department said in its annual report on Monday. Israel launched its assault in response to a Hamas attack on October 7, in which Israel says 1,200 people were killed. Israel's commitments to improve aid access in the Gaza Strip have had "limited and sometimes nil" impact, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said last week as he pushed for urgent, meaningful and measurable progress to avert famine. Israel, which denies hindering humanitarian relief to Gaza, has said that aid is moving into Gaza more quickly. But the amount is disputed and the United Nations says it is still much less than the bare minimum to meet humanitarian needs.

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