Hacker News with Generative AI: Palestine

'No Other Land' Filmmaker Beaten and Detained, Claims Activist Group (hollywoodreporter.com)
One of the co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has been injured and detained after a conflict that took place on the West Bank, according to his fellow filmmaker and an activist group.

Filmmaking, Activism, Israel, Palestine, Documentary

24 points by suraci 9 days ago | 2 comments

Florida mayor seeks to evict cinema for showing Oscar-winning documentary (theguardian.com)
The mayor of Miami Beach is attempting to evict an independent cinema from city-owned property after it screened No Other Land, the film about Palestinian displacement in the West Bank that just won the Oscar for best documentary.

Politics, Cinema, Documentary, Palestine, Florida

13 points by impish9208 20 days ago | 2 comments

US relies on rare foreign policy provision to try to deport Mahmoud Khalil (theguardian.com)
The US government is relying on a rarely used provision of the law to try to deport a prominent Palestinian activist who recently completed his graduate studies at Columbia University, where he was a leader in last year’s campus protests.

Politics, Immigration, United States, Palestine, Activism

22 points by n1b0m 21 days ago | 5 comments

Yale Suspends Palestine Activist After AI Article Linked Her to Terrorism (gizmodo.com)
The dystopian future is here. Yale University has suspended a scholar in its law school after a Jewish news website that uses AI to produce articles called her a member of a terrorist group. It comes as the Trump administration has launched a relentless campaign to silence any speech sympathetic to the Palestinian cause.

Artificial Intelligence, Free Speech, Palestine, Universities

24 points by nickthegreek 21 days ago | 3 comments

ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says (theguardian.com)
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student encampment movement was arrested on Saturday night by federal immigration authorities who claimed they were acting on a state department order to revoke his green card, according to his attorney.

Immigration, Activism, Politics, Law Enforcement, Palestine

141 points by n1b0m 24 days ago | 172 comments

Climate group that called for Gaza ceasefire risks losing federal funding (theverge.com)
An alliance of grassroots environmental groups could lose $60 million in federal funding after calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Climate Change, Politics, Israel, Palestine, Funding

6 points by lots2learn 88 days ago | 0 comments

Palestinian Authority Suspends Al Jazeera TV in West Bank, Citing Incitement (bbc.com)
The Palestinian Authority says it has suspended broadcasting by the prominent Arab channel Al Jazeera in parts of the occupied West Bank, citing incitement and bias.

Palestine, Media, Politics, Conflict, Censorship

13 points by impish9208 90 days ago | 16 comments

Palestinian Authority Suspends Al Jazeera Operations in the West Bank (aljazeera.com)
Al Jazeera has deplored the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) decision to close its office in the occupied West Bank, calling it a move that is “in line with the [Israeli] occupation’s actions against its staff”.

Palestine, Media, Politics, International Relations

8 points by nsoonhui 91 days ago | 0 comments

Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (undocs.org)

Human Rights, Palestine, International Law, Occupied Territories

8 points by runarberg 153 days ago | 1 comments

The First Tenured Professor to Be Fired for Pro-Palestine Speech (theintercept.com)
Maura Finkelstein never hid her support for Palestinian liberation during her nine years working as a professor of anthropology at Muhlenberg College, a small liberal arts school in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Academia, Politics, Palestine

10 points by Qem 184 days ago | 1 comments

Extremist settlers rapidly seizing West Bank land (bbc.com)

Politics, Israel, Palestine, Land Disputes

43 points by verginer 212 days ago | 15 comments

Binance seizes Palestinian funds: 'Not your keys, not your coins' (ambcrypto.com)

Cryptocurrency, Binance, Palestine

18 points by LightBug1 217 days ago | 0 comments

Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say (bbc.com)

Microsoft, Gaza, Palestine, Politics, International Relations

271 points by mih 266 days ago | 185 comments

Columbia Law Review: Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept [pdf] (static.al2.in)