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Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
June 12, 2025, 10:36 am
Federal judge orders Columbia University protest leader to be released by Friday
The Trump administration is arguing that Mahmoud Khalil should be deported over antisemitism concerns
By Philissa Cramer (JTA)
Secretary Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver joint statements to the press in Jerusalem, Israel, February 16, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via Wikipedia).
April 14, 2025, 2:09 pm
Mahmoud Khalil’s ‘otherwise lawful’ behaviour undermines US policy against antisemitism
Rubio laid out the government’s case against Khalil in a memo ahead of a pivotal hearing set for Friday
By Grace Gilson (JTA)
Columbia's gates were closed to ID holders the week of University President Minouche Shafik's testimony in Congress. (Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA)
March 26, 2025, 11:44 am
Trump can’t deport Columbia undergraduate pro-Palestinian activist, Jewish judge rules
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald said the Trump administration had not shown that Yunseo Chung poses a foreign policy risk
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
March 19, 2025, 11:36 am
From jail, Mahmoud Khalil urges renewed student pro-Palestinian protests
The protest leader from Columbia University says he is a “political prisoner” since being arrested by ICE last week.
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
March 12, 2025, 7:34 pm
OPINION: The US green card is a privilege, not an inalienable right
Many of those who have passionately defended Khalil have been so conspicuously silent on the 59 hostages, writes Jonathan Harounoff
By Jonathan Harounoff
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
March 10, 2025, 5:20 pm
ICE arrests Palestinian protest leader at Columbia, in sharp escalation of campus actions
Jewish groups and leaders immediately spoke out both in favour and against the arrest
By Ben Sales (JTA)
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