Arab plan for Gaza not ‘adequate’: State Department
US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce says the plan put forward by Egypt and Arab leaders for the post-war management of the Gaza Strip is not seen as “adequate” by the Trump administration.
“It’s about what are the details, what’s going to end – what’s going to be on the ground,” Bruce told a news conference, adding the US stance is Hamas “cannot exist in Gaza”.
“It is an impossible situation. It is monsters who are controlling and destroying Gazan lives and the lives of people around the region,” Bruce said, describing members of the Palestinian group with the same terminology used by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday.
“The approach now in this dynamic is that it has to be a new approach, and that is what President Trump has said from the beginning, that we’ve got to think differently.”
US cancels millions in grants, contracts to Columbia University over anti-Semitism charges
President Donald Trump’s administration has cancelled grants and contracts totalling $400m to the institution due to “inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students”, the Education Department said on Friday.
Columbia was at the centre of college protests in which demonstrators demanded an end to US support for Israel due to the civilian deaths and humanitarian crisis caused by Israel’s assault on Gaza.
There were allegations of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in protests and counterprotests. Columbia has previously said it made efforts to tackle anti-Semitism.
Yesterday, we reported that a new disciplinary committee at the university had initiated a flurry of cases against students who have expressed criticism of Israel.
‘They won’t silence us’: Israel tries to block No Other Land
The Israeli-Palestinian grassroots organisation Standing Together has denounced attempts by the Israeli government to prevent the screening of No Other Land, a film about the destruction of the occupied West Bank town of Masafer Yatta that won this year’s Oscar for best documentary.
“Since No Other Land won the Oscar, the Israeli government started to attack its creators and sent a direct threat to cinemas and cultural institutes not to screen it in Israel,” said Alon-Lee Green, the film’s co-director.
“As a response, Standing Together is organising dozens of public screenings across the country with thousands of Jews and Palestinians signing up. They won’t silence us. They won’t erase the struggle against the occupation.”
Since No Other Land won the Oscar, the Israeli government started to attack its creators and sent a direct threat to cinemas and cultural institutes not to screen it in Israel. As a response, Standing Together is organizing dozens of public screenings across the country with… pic.twitter.com/UVROqYxVNY
— Alon-Lee Green - ألون-لي جرين - אלון-לי גרין 🟣 (@AlonLeeGreen) March 6, 2025
