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Judge lacked authority to release anti-Israel Columbia activist from ICE detention, appeals court rules

Mahmoud Khalil was released from immigration custody in June

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Former Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil is pictured in June 2025, two days after his release from US custody (Photo: Getty)

The Venezuelan president was seized by the US and taken to New York where he is standing trial on drugs, weapons and 'narco-terrorism' charges (Photo: Getty)

Nicolás Maduro: Who is the Orthodox Jewish judge overseeing trial of Venezuelan president’s trial?

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Claire Shipman, acting president of Columbia University, has apologised after it emerged she called for the removal of a Jewish member of the university's board (Image: Getty)

Columbia president tried to remove Jewish ‘mole’ on university board

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New York City mayoral candidate and Democratic State Representative Zohran Mamdani campaigns in New York City (Image: Getty)

Anti-Israel candidate Zohran Mamdani wins New York Democratic mayoral primary

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Court blocks deportation of Columbia Palestine protester Mahmoud Khalil

A federal judge ruled that the activist’s detention and deportation would cause him ‘irreparable harm’ and ‘chill’ free speech

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June 13, 2025 11:21

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's attempts to deport Mahmoud Khalil (Image: Getty)

Washington shooter fired 21 times in antisemitic double murder of Israeli embassy staff

The charge sheet against prime suspect Elias Rodriguez alleged that he followed Sarah Milgrim as she tried to crawl to safety and shot until his handgun ran out of ammunition

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May 23, 2025 09:52

Elias Rodriguez, key suspect in the Washington shootings, is detained at the scene while chanting 'free Palestine' (Image: X/@MrAndyNgo)

UN Security Council to discuss return of hostage bodies for first time since October 7

‘Israel is demanding something basic, moral, human—to return our boys and girls home,’ said Danny Danon, Jerusalem’s envoy to the UN

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May 15, 2025 13:34

The UN Security Council is set to discuss a resolution about the return of hostages' remains (Image: Getty)

NY Education Department apologises after antisemitic newsletter sent to public schools

The letter included a ‘toolkit’ instructing how to boycott pro-Israel organisations and accused the Jewish state of committing genocide

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April 11, 2025 14:28

New York car wash charged extra for Passover service because ‘their cars are so dirty’

The business was accused of tripling its prices for visibly Jewish customers

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April 1, 2025 13:52

A New York car wash has been accused of discriminating against Jewish customers by overcharging for Passover services (Image: Getty)

‘Hamas eats like kings while hostages starve,’ Eli Sharabi tells UN

The freed hostage addressed the UN Security Council

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March 21, 2025 11:08

‘Hamas eats like kings while hostages starve,’ Eli Sharabi tells UN

NYPD makes arrests as anti-Israel protesters hold sit-in at Trump Tower

The gathering was organised by the Jewish Voice for Peace group

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March 14, 2025 09:52

Demonstrators from the human rights organization Jewish Voice for Peace are detained by NYPD officers as they hold a civil disobedience action inside Trump Tower in New York on March 13, 2025. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Palestine protestors occupy Barnard building after students expelled

Demonstrators called for an ‘amnesty’ for the pair, who were accused of ‘harassing’ Jewish peers

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February 28, 2025 12:12

Pro-Palestine protestors occupied an administrative building at Barnard College in response to the expulsion of two students who disrupted a class on Israeli history (Image: JNS)

New York renames Manhattan street ‘Yad Vashem way’

Israel’s Holocaust museum will be permanently marked in the city

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January 31, 2025 11:20

Image caption: A ceremony marked the designation of Yad Vashem Way on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Jan. 30, 2025. Photo by Vita Fellig

Harvard adopts IHRA definition after settling antisemitism lawsuits

The agreement builds in protections against more contentious forms of Jew-hatred, including comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany

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January 22, 2025 10:52

Harvard University has settled a pair of lawsuits alleging antisemitic discrimination filed in the wake of pro-Palestine campus protests (Image: Getty)

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Latest from Vita Fellig

Judge lacked authority to release anti-Israel Columbia activist from ICE detention, appeals court rules

Nicolás Maduro: Who is the Orthodox Jewish judge overseeing trial of Venezuelan president’s trial?

Columbia president tried to remove Jewish ‘mole’ on university board

Anti-Israel candidate Zohran Mamdani wins New York Democratic mayoral primary

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Court blocks deportation of Columbia Palestine protester Mahmoud Khalil

Washington shooter fired 21 times in antisemitic double murder of Israeli embassy staff

UN Security Council to discuss return of hostage bodies for first time since October 7

NY Education Department apologises after antisemitic newsletter sent to public schools

New York car wash charged extra for Passover service because ‘their cars are so dirty’

‘Hamas eats like kings while hostages starve,’ Eli Sharabi tells UN

NYPD makes arrests as anti-Israel protesters hold sit-in at Trump Tower

Palestine protestors occupy Barnard building after students expelled

New York renames Manhattan street ‘Yad Vashem way’

Harvard adopts IHRA definition after settling antisemitism lawsuits