Israel is constructing tunnels that Palestinians will be required to pass through in the heart of the West Bank, making large parts of the occupied territory accessible only to Israelis. The aim is to remove the Palestinian presence around Jerusalem. mondoweiss.net/2025/06/isra...
Respondent Name: OZTURK, RUMEYSA To: Rosenbluth, Martin Mark P.O. Box 786 Lumpkin, GA 31815 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW OAKDALE IMMIGRATION COURT A-Number: Riders: In Custody Redetermination Proceedings Date: 04/16/2025 ORDER OF THE IMMIGRATION JUDGE The respondent requested a custody redetermination pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1236. After full consideration of the evidence presented, the respondent's request for a change in custody status is hereby ordered: X Denied, because Danger and Flight Risk • Granted. It is ordered that Respondent be: • released from custody on his own recognizance. • released from custody under bond of $ • other: • Other:
An immigration judge within the Trump DOJ has denied bond to Rumeysa Ozturk, saying she’s a “danger and flight risk.”
Her “crime” is cowriting an op-ed urging her school to follow student resolutions to acknowledge the Palestinian genocide & divest from companies tied to Israel.
Vichy on the Hudson: Rashid Khalidi on Coumbia
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"In effect, the universities ceded the ground to Israel and its supporters, allowing them to paint the protesters as antisemites calling for the murder of Jews – and conveniently distract attention from the actual genocide unfolding in Gaza."
Adam Shatz on Columbia, liberals, spinelessness.
“We had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building and it’s now collapsed,” National Security Advisor Waltz wrote. “Excellent,” VP Vance replied.
‘The threat that this is “only the beginning” is broadcast loud and clear, together with the desire for “total victory”, which they appear happy to equate with the annihilation of Gaza’s population.’
Selma Dabbagh on Israel’s renewed strikes on Gaza: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Historical ethnography, use-value economies, the political consequences of public history: me interviewed by Christoph Brumann for our MPI house podcast about and around my book, Gleaning for Communism: The Soviet Socialist Household in Theory and Practice.
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