As police raided student protest encampments at American universities with rubber bullets and tear gas,in Melbourne academics brought jam and scones.
Unrest at UCLA comes a day after police in riot gear stormed New York’s Columbia University,which has become the centre of America’s student uprising over the war in Gaza.
American universities are “walking a tightrope” as one of the nation’s most storied higher education institutions becomes the centre of a national student uprising.
For weeks,ceasefire talks have been at a standstill. Now,with the new proposal in hand,an Israeli delegation is on its way to Cairo.
The number of pro-Palestinian campsites have now been set up at four universities,prompting calls from Jewish groups for them to be dismantled.
Organisers of a controversial event at the University of Sydney have defended anti-Israel slogans chanted by primary school age children.
Israeli and foreign officials increasingly believe the International Criminal Court is preparing to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli and Hamas officials.
A “kids’ excursion” to the pro-Palestine encampment at the University of Sydney saw young children led to chant calls for “intifada”.
Hamas has released a new video that appeared to show two Israeli hostages who have been held in the Gaza Strip since the October 7 assault on southern Israel.
“We were attached to this baby in a crazy way,” her uncle said after his brother’s entire family was killed.
The two sides appear to be striking deeper and more effectively inside each other’s borders,while disputing their claims.