For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, Agence France-Presse, and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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FROM MAY 2 Hamas is sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks in the latest sign of progress, by Bassem Mroule, Lee Keath and Sam Mednick | AP BEIRUT — Hamas said Thursday it was sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks, in a new sign of progress in attempts by international mediators to hammer out an agreement between Israel and the militant group to end the war in Gaza. The stakes in the cease-fire negotiations . . . READ MORE . . .
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Fresh chaos, arrests on U.S. college campuses as police flatten camp at UCLA, by Lisa Rby Lisa Richwine and Arlene Washington | Reuters LOS ANGELES — Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges on Thursday, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities this week. READ MORE . . .
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French police evacuate pro-Palestinian students from Sciences Po after overnight sit-in, by Clotaire Achi, Benoit Tessier and Tassilo Hummel | Reuters Police in Paris entered France’s prestigious Sciences Po university today and removed student activists who had occupied its buildings overnight in protest against Israel’s conduct in its war against Hamas in Gaza. Unlike on some college campuses across the United States, the French . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.S. university protests over the war in Gaza galvanize other demonstrations. Reported by Willem Marx, Eleanor Beardsley and Eyder Peralta | NPR Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been taking place on university campuses around the world since last October. Morning Edition focuses on three countries: the United Kingdom, France and Mexico. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 34,622. From AFP. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said today that at least 34,622 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory during almost seven months of war between Israel and Hamas. The tally includes at 26 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to . . . READ MORE . . .
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Biden calls for peace after tense pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses. Reported by Michel Martin and Tamara Keith | NPR President Biden finally broke his silence on student protests over the Israel-Hamas war and conditions in Gaza, an issue that has caught him in a political bind. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM MAY 2 Biden denounced ‘chaos’ when speaking on student protests. Reported by Deepa Shivaram | NPR President Biden broke his silence on student protests that have roiled college campuses, denouncing “chaos” and antisemitism and saying the protests were not affecting his policy on the Middle East. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Britain sanctions Israeli groups, individuals for violence in West Bank. From Middle East Monitor. Britain today imposed sanctions on two “extremist” groups and four individuals in Israel whom it blamed for violence in the West Bank, its latest package of measures against Israeli settlers, Reuters reports. Britain’s Foreign Office named . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 2 Colombia’s president says country will break diplomatic relations with Israel over war in Gaza. From AP. BOGOTA — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday announced his government will break diplomatic relations with Israel effective Thursday in the latest escalation of tensions between the countries over the Israel-Hamas war. READ MORE . . .
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Israel FM criticises Colombia’s president. Middle East Monitor. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has criticised Colombian President Petro Gustavo after he announced that he would cut diplomatic relations with Israel due to the genocide it is carrying out in Gaza. “History will remember that Gustavo Petro @petrogustavo decided . . . READ MORE . . .
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La estrecha relación en defensa de Colombia e Israel, en juego por ruptura de relación, por Astrid Suárez | AP BOGOTÁ — La decisión de Colombia de romper relaciones con Israel y calificar a su gobierno de “genocida” por sus acciones bélicas en la Franja de Gaza agravó la tensión bilateral que ya arrastraba episodios de fricción en los últimos meses por los pronunciamientos del presidente colombiano Gustavo Petro sobre . . . LEA MÁS . . .
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