There were no placards, no bullhorns, no chants and no rallying speeches at a pro-Palestinian demonstration today. It was a “silent march” where participants walked through the neighborhood of Westwood handing out literature. The demonstrators, who were organized by the American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights (AAPER), a D.C. lobbying group, seek freedom for...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrival at the White House today was protested by several organizations sympathetic to the plight of Palestinians. Protesters assembled in front of the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard, an event that was coordinated with several others across the country. Netanyahu met with Obama to smooth out U.S.-Israeli relations that...
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In February, members of the Muslim Student Union, a student organization at UC Irvine, interrupted a speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren in protest of Israeli foreign policy. Now the university wants to suspend the student organization for a year, as well as have its members perform 50 hours of community service...
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