ANOTHER PRO-PALESTINE COLUMBIA STUDENT ARRESTED

The unjust 14 April detention of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University who holds US permanent residency, comes amidst growing international condemnation of Israel’s military onslaught in Gaza.

While the US has never been pro-Palestine by any measure, government suppression of domestic dissent inside the United States has escalated in recent years. Now, the Trump administration has unleashed a new phase, whereby the government is attempting to codify into law punishment for denouncing what many human rights groups have called Israeli apartheid and what the International Court of Justice (ICJ) finds as ‘plausible’ gen*cide. In November 2024, the International Criminal Court (ICC) also issued arrest warrants for Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his former minister of defence, Yoav Gallant.

Despite this, the US continues to back Israel by providing financial and military assistance, enabling the settler-colonial state’s almost 77-year occupation. Tel Aviv has received the most foreign funding from Washington since World War II. Plus, former US Secretary of State Alexander Haig (1924-2010) referred to Israel as 'the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk, does not carry even one American soldier, and is located in a critical region for American national security.' 

Video credits: @chrishelali (X), @mohsen.of.palestine (IG), @vtforpalestine (IG), @jeffkrasno (IG), @thenation

Sources

https://x.com/ChrisHelali/status/1911816880559431899

https://abcnews.go.com/US/columbia-student-mohsen-mahdawi-arrested-ice-naturalization-interview/story?id=120829883

https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-to-begin-screening-aliens-social-media-activity-for-antisemitism

https://runnermag.ca/2015/03/israel-is-americas-aircraft-carrier-in-the-middle-east