Pro-Palestinian protests as students return to Columbia University
Pro-Palestinians protesters gathered outside Columbia University as new students arrived on campus on Sunday
The protest comes months after Columbia University dismantled the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the university which sparked similar protests on campuses around the world.
The protest also comes as Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, who spoke out against the protests, recently stepped down to take up a new role in the UK government’s Foreign Office
Explosion reported on bus in occupied West Bank
The Israeli military said there has been an explosion on a civilian bus near the Palestinian village of Marah Rabah in the occupied West Bank.
“The bus was damaged. There were no casualties,” the military said in a post on X. Israeli forces have set up roadblocks in the area and are hunting for the suspects, it added.
The military did not provide further details.
Marah Rabah is near the illegal Israeli settlements of Gush Etzion and the city of Bethlehem.
Ugh, back to the eighties. Bombs on busses. The situation continues to devolve.
