Former PM of Israel calls events ‘concerted and meticulous attempt at ethnic cleansing' against Palestinians The Israeli army entered Qusra after days of a settler siege on Palestinian homes in the area. Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA Israeli troops have forced two Palestinian families to leave their besieged West Bank homes, the day after a top Israeli commander personally promised he would end a violent settler campaign to drive them out. Israeli soldiers also took over eight other (…)

Q&A: STUDENT ACTIVISM ON American campuses in response to the war in Gaza has become a national debate over where to draw the line between political dissent and antisemitism. Even as many universities have moved to restrict, disperse or discipline protest activity, demonstrations — and the arguments about how to describe them — have continued, raising questions about free speech, campus safety and whether criticism of Israel is being conflated with anti-Jewish hatred. Jewish Voice (…)