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The U.S. says it won’t allow Mahmoud Abbas entry to the U.S., where he was set to attend a world leaders’ gathering in New York City at the United Nations, prompting a spokesperson for the Palestinian president to call for Washington to reverse its decision. Canada and several other countries have said they’re prepared to recognize Palestinian statehood at the meeting. CBC | World ...
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Freed Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil seizes new public platform amid efforts to deport him
Donald Trump’s fight with elite American universities was only a few days old when immigration agents arrested Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil at his Columbia University apartment last March. Khalil believes the U.S. government is trying to silence him, but has instead given him a bigger platform. CBC | World News
Read More »Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from U.S. immigration detention
A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to free former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from the immigration detention centre where he’s been held since early March while the Trump administration sought to deport him over his role in pro-Palestinian protests. CBC | World News
Read More »Mahmoud Khalil will fight ‘to the end’ after judge OKs deportation case, says lawyer
It’s been nearly 40 days since activist Mahmoud Khalil was arrested without charge in front of his pregnant wife and sent to an immigration detention facility, but his lawyer says he remains “very strong.” CBC | World News
Read More »Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil calls himself a ‘political prisoner’ after U.S. immigration arrest
Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University Palestinian graduate student who the Trump administration is seeking to deport for his role in pro-Palestinian protests, called himself a political prisoner on Tuesday, in his first direct comments since his detention. CBC | World News
Read More »Mahmoud Khalil, activist in Columbia student protests, detained by immigration agents
Federal immigration authorities arrested a Palestinian activist Saturday who played a prominent role in Columbia University’s protests against Israel, a significant escalation in the Trump administration’s pledge to detain and deport student activists. CBC | World News
Read More »Declaring Jerusalem capital would threaten peace process: Mahmoud Abbas
Trump may be poised to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, but Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned Sunday that American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would jeopardize the White House’s Mideast peace efforts. CBC | World News
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