How much money did the NYPD waste quashing student protests?
New York (The Intercept): In the early hours of April 30, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced that negotiations with student protesters had failed. She ordered the students, who were demanding that the school divest from Israel, to disband their encampments and end their protests.
ISRAELI MILITARY REFUSERS APPEAL TO BIDEN: “STOP ARMING ISRAEL’S WAR”
Washington (The Intercept): Tal Mitnick and Sofia Orr -two Israeli teenagers who are in prison for refusing to serve in the Israel Defense Forces- sent a letter to President Joe Biden, beseeching him to use his power to stop Israel’s war on Gaza, including through placing conditions on military aid.
New York Student Protesters denied water and food in jail
New York (The Intercept): Students arrested during the police crackdown on protests at universities in New York City last week were denied water and food for 16 hours, according to two faculty members at Columbia University’s Barnard College who collected reports from students who were inside.
Leaked NYT Gaza memo: avoid «genocide», «ethnic cleansing» and «occupied territory»
New York (The Intercept): Amid the internal battle over the New York Times’s coverage of Israel’s war, top editors handed down a set of directives.
