US pushes for Gaza truce and hostage release as Blinken visits
April 28, 2024
 

Bloomberg News(TNS)US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will step up efforts to secure a truce in Gaza during meetings in the Middle East on Monday, in what could be a final chance to persuade Israel to call off an attack on Rafah.The White House said Sunday that Israel has agreed to hear out its concerns. Israel has “assured us that they won’t go into Rafah until we’ve had a chance to really share our perspectives and our concerns with them,” John Kirby, spokesman for the White House’s National Security Council, told ABC News. “So we’ll see where that goes.”Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged US President Joe Biden to intervene, telling a special edition of the World Economic Forum in Riyadh that the US “is the only country capable” of stopping an Israel invasion of Rafah.Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reviewed the talks on a hostage release and a Gaza cease-fire during a call on Sunday, according to a White House statement. Biden also “reiterated his clear position” on Rafah.“If there’s a deal, we will suspend the operation” in Rafah, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz told Channel 12 on Saturday,

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Columbia University threatens students occupying Hamilton Hall with 'expulsion'

 


Columbia University officials warned student protesters on Tuesday that those currently occupying Hamilton Hall "face expulsion."

In a message emphasizing that the top priority for the university is safety, university officials said that the anti-Israel protests will not be allowed to disrupt the work of the university in violation of school policies.

"We made it very clear yesterday that the work of the University cannot be endlessly interrupted by protesters who violate the rules. Continuing to do so will be met with clear consequences," university spokesman Ben Chang said in a statement.

"Protesters have chosen to escalate to an untenable situation — vandalizing property, breaking doors and windows, and blockading entrances — and we are following through with the consequences we outlined yesterday," he continued.

"Students occupying the building face expulsion."

Chang added that protesters were warned their actions violated university policies and said participants were given multiple opportunities to leave peacefully. Anyone who respected university policies would be allowed to finish the school year. Those that did not have now been suspended.

"Those students will be restricted from all academic and recreational spaces and may only access their individual residence. Seniors will be ineligible to graduate," Chang said. "This is about responding to the actions of the protesters, not their cause."

The disruptions to campus activities and "threatening environment" directed at Jewish students contributed to a "hostile environment" on campus in violation of Title VI, the university said.
Posted by Chris Pandolfo

They should send his sorry ass over there and tell him his new office is on the pier until the area is secure.  I'll bet it would become one of the safest places on earth within 48 hours.

The guy campaigned in all 99 Iowa counties without winning one of them.  Is this the support you reference? 

You mean that 20% number that keeps incovienently  popping up even after Tump secured the nomination over a month ago?
Face facts....  One in Five GOP voters do not like or want trump, even as a pseudo-incumbant.