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Hamas is reviewing an Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as possible Rafah offensive looms
The Hamas official gave no details of Israel’s offer but said it was in response to a proposal from Hamas two weeks ago.
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George Washington students protest war in Gaza despite suspension warning
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are spending a second night camped out at George Washington University. The students and supporters have spent the last two days calling for the university to divest their financial interests in Israel.
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Pro-Palestinian students remain at GW encampment
Pro-Palestinian students and protestors at The George Washington University in D.C.’s Foggy Bottom created an encampment Thursday morning in support for Gaza and have remained there.
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Columbia protesters say they're at an impasse with administrators and will continue anti-war camp
Columbia University students who inspired pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the country said Friday that they have reached an impasse with administrators and intend to continue their encampment until their demands are met.
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GW students continue pro-Palestinian protest after deadline to move encampment
Pro-Palestinian protesters are still onsite at George Washington University, despite the school ordering the group to move. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Egypt sends delegation to Israel, its latest effort to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas
Egypt has sent a high-level delegation to Israel with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza. At the same time, Egypt warned that a possible Israeli offensive focused on the southern city of Rafah on the border with Egypt could have catastrophic consequences to regional stability. As the war drags on and casualties mount, there is...
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Protestors' encampment remains on GW quad after deadline
Pro-Palestinian students and protestors at The George Washington University in D.C.’s Foggy Bottom created an encampment Thursday morning in support for Gaza and have remained there into Friday morning, defying an order by campus police to move to another area. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Chef José Andrés says aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes represented the ‘best of humanity'
The founder of World Central Kitchen says the seven aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes represented the “best of humanity.” Celebrity chef José Andrés spoke before mourners at Washington National Cathedral who gathered on Thursday. He detailed the contributions of the workers, saying they were in Gaza so that hungry people could eat. Israeli drone strikes killed the seven during...
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GW students continue protest after deadline to move encampment
George Washington University students demonstrating for a ceasefire in Gaza remain after a deadline to move their encampment passed. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.
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Pro-Palestinian students set up encampment on GW campus
George Washington University students demonstrating for a ceasefire in Gaza set up an encampment on campus. News4’s Aimee Cho reports the students say they’re prepared to be arrested.
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USC cancels graduation ceremony and dozens are arrested on other campuses as anti-war protests grow
The University of Southern California canceled its main graduation ceremony and dozens more college students were arrested at other campuses nationwide Thursday as protests against the Israel-Hamas war continued to spread.
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College protesters are demanding schools ‘divest' from companies with ties to Israel. Here's what that means.
In addition to a cease-fire in Gaza, protesters on college campuses across the country are calling on their schools to divest from all financial support of Israel.
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Pro-Palestinian protest begins at George Washington University
The words “Liberation Camp” are written in chalk on the campus’s brick sidewalk.
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‘No peace on stolen lands': Pro-Palestinian students still at GW encampment after deadline to move
Pro-Palestinian students and protestors at The George Washington University in D.C.’s Foggy Bottom created an encampment Thursday morning in support for Gaza and have remained there into Friday morning, defying an order by campus police to move to another area.
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Hamas releases video of Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
The 23-year-old Israeli American angrily asks Netanyahu’s government to “bring home” the hostages in the video released Wednesday.
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Johnson: ‘The cherished traditions of this university are being over taken by radical and extreme ideologies'
House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke at Columbia University on Wednesday as pro-Palestinian protests broke out across the country.
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Police tangle with students in Texas and California as wave of campus protest against Gaza war grows
Police tangled with student demonstrators in Texas and California while new encampments sprouted at Harvard and other colleges as school leaders sought ways to defuse a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests.
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AU, UMD students protest war in Gaza: The News4 Rundown
Students at American University and the University of Maryland protested the war in Gaza Tuesday. Also in The News4 Rundown: How work on Metro’s Purple Line will impact commuting on Metro’s Red Line this summer.
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‘We chose to be loud': Pro-Palestinian students demonstrate at American U, UMD
“When we’re accepted into American University, they want leaders on campus, and when we as leaders protest and do acts like this, they can’t stand it … can’t stand to see us stand up for all the things happening in the world and in our country,” said Arusa Islam, junior vice president for AU’s student government.
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Protests over Gaza spread to DC-area campuses
D.C.-area college students are standing in solidarity with students from Columbia and New York universities who have been staging encampments and demonstrations against Israel’s war with Hamas. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.