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Driving democracy to the ground: Don't make it harder for Israelis abroad to vote – opinion

If Diaspora Jews are called back to serve in the IDF when war breaks out, the same logic should apply when Israeli elections near – they should return to vote for their country

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.
Pro-Palestinian student protesters set up a tent encampment at Columbia University on April 24, 2024.

Columbia students drop divestment demand as new Israel program set to open

Leading figures at the conference

Israel Securities Authority Chairman: “Regulation is stuck. The market and the public can't wait."

DEGANYA ALEF & BET: Plowing a field, 1945.

After 100 years, Israel's kibbutzim are still adapting to war, change, and an uncertain future


Europe is again failing the Jews: Campus antisemitism reaches Maastricht and beyond - opinion

Maastricht is not the outlier. It is the European Columbia, an institution that traded enlightenment for tribalism, critical thinking for fashionable activism, and universal human rights for purges.

SYRIAN ZIONIST Mohammed Sadek shows support for Rawan Osman on the day of her speech at Maastricht University on March 12, in Maastricht, Netherlands.

Columbia ends uncertainty with Trump deal, head says

Columbia said it also agreed to settle investigations brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for $21 million

 Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside the main campus of Columbia University during the commencement ceremony in Manhattan in New York City, May 21, 2025.

Columbia University, Trump administration reach deal over funding

In a statement, the university said will pay a $200 million fine over three years to settle allegations that it failed to do enough to stop the harassment of Jewish students on campus.

 Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside the main campus of Columbia University during the commencement ceremony in Manhattan in New York City, May 21, 2025.

Columbia University disciplines dozens of students for pro-Palestinian library protest

Following the protest, the university began an investigation into rules violations, banned participants from the campus and placed them on interim suspension, it said.

 Pro-Palestinian protesters take part in a demonstration at Butler Library on the Columbia University campus in New York, U.S., May 7, 2025.

'I hate this selective conversation': Mahmoud Khalil 'refuses to condemn' Hamas in CNN interview

During the CNN interview, Khalil said, "It’s disingenuous to ask about condemning Hamas while the Palestinians are the ones being starved now by Israel."

Protestors gather to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil at Foley Square on March 10, 2025 in New York City. Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist arrested Saturday, received a temporary reprieve from deportation.

Columbia adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism, ADL programming amid battle with Trump admin.

Columbia's Interim President Claire Shipman stressed that there was "no place for intimidation, hateful language, or targeting of Jews or Israelis at Columbia."

 Protesters supporting Mahmoud Khalil march in Manhattan the day after a US immigration judge ruled that Columbia student Khalil, who led pro Palestine student protests on campus last spring, can be deported, in New York City, New York, US, April 12, 2025.

US Republicans grill university leaders in latest House antisemitism hearing

Many of the reps. echoed President Donald Trump's recent attacks on universities, and questioned whether the presidents were doing enough to protect Jewish students.

 Demonstrators in support of Gaza raise red hands behind Rabbi Mark Goldfeder, CEO of National Jewish Advocacy Center, a witness at the House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on "Antisemitism on College Campuses", on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 15, 2024.

Zohran Mamdani’s father calls suicide bombers ‘soldiers,’ intifada ‘meaningful’

Mahmood Mamdani, the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University, is one of The Gaza Tribunal’s 29-member advisory policy council.

 Zohran Mamdani reacts next to his parents Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair and wife Rama Duwaji during a watch party for his primary election, which includes his bid to become the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor in the upcoming November 2025 election, in New York City, US, June 25, 2025.

'They want to make an example out of me': Mahmoud Khalil sues Trump admin. over arrest - CNN

“From the moment that I was detained, I knew that I would eventually prevail,” he said. “What I simply did is protesting a genocide.”

 Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil gestures next to his wife Dr. Noor Abdalla and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) at Newark airport, a day after he was released from immigration custody, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., June 21, 2025.

Mahmoud Khalil seeks $20 million from Trump administration over immigration arrest

A DHS spokesperson called Khalil's claim "absurd" and said the Trump administration acted well within its legal authority to detain Khalil.

Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil gestures as he is released from immigration custody in Jena, Louisiana, U.S. June 20, 2025.