Israel’s War on Gaza

Israel’s 2023 bombings and invasion of the Gaza Strip have cost thousands of Palestinian lives and displaced countless others. But the war didn’t start with Hamas’s October 7 attack. The Intercept’s coverage delves into Israel’s occupation, how the U.S. government enables its repression, and the free speech fight over pro-Palestine activism at home.

TOPSHOT - NYPD officers in riot gear march onto Columbia University campus, where pro-Palestinian students are barricaded inside a building and have set up an encampment, in New York City on April 30, 2024. Columbia University normally teems with students, but a "Free Palestine" banner now hangs from a building where young protesters have barricaded themselves and the few wandering through campus generally appear tense. Students here were among the first to embrace the pro-Palestinian campus encampment movement, which has spread to a number of universities across the United States. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

NYPD’s Raid on Columbia Cost Hundreds of Thousands in Overtime Alone. The Crackdown Will End Up Costing Millions.

Bryce Covert

- May 7

The last big protests cost $150 million in NYPD overtime — with tens of millions more in lawsuit settlements.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 30: Police arrest protesters during pro-Palestinian demonstrations at The City College Of New York (CUNY) as the NYPD cracks down on protest camps at both Columbia University and CCNY on April 30, 2024 in New York City. A heavy police presence surrounded both campuses on Tuesday as local law enforcement cleared tent encampments set up by pro-Palestinian protesters. Classes at both schools have been moved virtually to online learning in response to the recent campus unrest. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

After Raids, NYPD Denied Student Protesters Water and Food in Jail

Akela Lacy

- May 6

Two college protesters were placed in solitary confinement, according to Columbia professors who worked in real time to support jailed students.

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., speaks during a press conference at Columbia University on April 24, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests

Prem Thakker, Akela Lacy

- May 4

The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban.

Susheela Jayapal, a candidate for Congress in Oregon's Third Congressional District.

AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening in Portland’s Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Say

Ryan Grim

- May 3

The pro-Israel group is funneling money through a “pro-science” PAC, according to two members of Congress.

NYC Mayor Smeared a Grandmother as an “Outside Agitator” to Justify NYPD Assault on Columbia

Jeremy Scahill

- May 3

Nahla Al-Arian lost more than 200 relatives in Israel's attacks on Gaza. Then Eric Adams said she was the reason police raided Columbia.

Representative Jamaal Bowman, a Democrat from New York, during a House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Lawmakers on the education committee will grill the leaders of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about their responses to protests that erupted after the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. Photographer: Haiyun Jiang/Bloomberg via Getty Images

AIPAC’s Next Top Target? Rep. Jamaal Bowman

Akela Lacy

- May 3

The Israel lobby is expected to start a $20 million ad blitz backing its handpicked candidate against the incumbent Squad member.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 29: Columbia faculty members protect students in the Pro-Palestinian "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" in the West Lawn of Columbia University on April 29, 2024 in New York City. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched around the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" at Columbia University as a 2 P.M. deadline to clear the encampment given to students by the university passed. The students were given a suspension warning if they do not meet the deadline. Columbia was the first elite college to erect an encampment in support of Palestine with students demanding that the school divest from Israel amid the Israel-Hamas war, in which more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

From UCLA to Columbia, Professors Nationwide Defend Students as Politicians and Police Attack

Prem Thakker

- May 2

University faculty have put their bodies and livelihoods on the line amid a brutal, violent response to student protests for Gaza.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 30: Pro-Palestinian supporters confront police during demonstrations at The City College Of New York (CUNY) as the NYPD cracks down on protest camps at both Columbia University and CCNY on April 30, 2024 in New York City. A heavy police presence surrounded both campuses on Tuesday as local law enforcement cleared tent encampments set up by pro-Palestinian protesters. Classes at both schools have been moved virtually to online learning in response to the recent campus unrest. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.

Natasha Lennard

- May 1

When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.

Israeli Weapons Firms Required to Buy Cloud Services From Google and Amazon

Sam Biddle

- May 1

Google downplays its military work with Israel, but “Project Nimbus” documents tie the American tech giants to Israel’s deadly military capabilities.

Intercepted Podcast

Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for Genocide

Intercepted

- May 1

The famed scholar on why reducing Hamas to a terrorist label sanctions Israel’s war on Palestinians.

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