(2025-03-13). How Pro-Palestine Student Activists Are Fighting Increasing Repression. popularresistance.org The student movement for Palestine is once again in the news following reports that ICE detained Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of pro-Palestine organizing at Columbia University. The Trump administration appears to be delivering on its promise to go after foreign students who participate in the movement for Palestine. Trump has already passed several executive orders as part of this McCarthyist attack on universities. | The outrage against Khalil's detention is clear. In just over a day, a petition calling for Khalil's release has been sent over 2.3 million times.
(2025-03-13). "Absolutely Unacceptable and Illegal": Lawmakers Demand Release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE Jail. pressenza.com Fourteen members of Congress have signed a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanding the release of recent Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent resident of the U.S. who was arrested by immigration authorities for helping organize campus protests in solidarity with Palestinians. The 14 lawmakers, all Democrats, wrote, "Khalil's constitutional rights have been violated. He has been denied meaningful access to counsel and any visitation from his family. This is absolutely unacceptable — and illegal." | On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt argued Secreta…
(2025-03-13). The Case Against Mahmoud Khalil: How the Israel Lobby Fueled a Campus Crackdown. mintpressnews.com Pro-Israel lobbyists spent a year framing campus protests as Hamas-linked. Now, their disinformation campaign has led to the detention and planned deportation of Mahmoud Khalil—despite Trump officials admitting he broke no laws.
(2025-03-13). Professor At Center Of Columbia University Deportation Scandal Is Former Israeli Spy. popularresistance.org The professor at the center of the Columbia University deportation scandal is a former Israeli intelligence official, MintPress News can reveal. | The professor at the center of the Columbia University deportation scandal is a former Israeli intelligence official, MintPress News can reveal. | Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate of the university's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), was abducted by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) Saturday for his role in organizing protests last year against Israel's attack on Gaza. Khalil's dean, Dr. Keren Yarhi-Milo, head of the School of International and Pu…
(2025-03-13). The Arrest Of Mahmoud Khalil, A Zero Hour Conversation With Sonali Kolhatkar. progressivehub.net RJ ESKOW AND SONALI KOLHATKAR | THE ZERO HOUR…
(2025-03-13). The Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil and the Struggle Ahead. counterpunch.org 
This is a galvanizing moment. Defending free speech and the right to dissent gives us the high ground. It's a chance to organize. This means bringing in new people, not merely mobilizing those who already agree with us. We need to win people to the left, such as those who are alienated by politics or liberals who are frustrated or disgusted by liberal elite capitulation to Trump.
(2025-03-13). Arrests at Trump Tower as Mahmoud Khalil demonstrations continue. aljazeera.com Outrage continues to grow as Trump administration tries to deport US permanent resident over pro-Palestine protests.
(2025-03-13). Jewish activists protest at Trump Tower in support of Mahmoud Khalil. aljazeera.com Dozens of activists occupied Trump Tower in New York City to protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil.
(2025-03-13). Over 1,000 protest in Foley Square, New York City in defense of Mahmoud Khalil: "This is what happened in Nazi Germany" wsws.org Protesters denounced the fascist actions of the Trump administration and the complicity of the Democratic Party in the Gaza genocide and Khalil's detention.
(2025-03-13). Trump administration pursues deportation of Mahmoud Khalil while admitting he has committed no crime. wsws.org The Palestinian activist, a green card holder married to a US citizen, was seized by ICE agents Saturday in New York and taken to a private detention facility in Louisiana.
(2025-03-13). Mahmoud Khalil's wife: He is fighting for his people. presstv.ir The spouse of Mahmoud Khalil says her husband is Palestinian and is standing up for his people.
(2025-03-13). How Mahmoud Khalil became the face of Trump's protest crackdown. newarab.com 
When The international-affairs graduate student was a fixture in and around the protest encampment on Columbia's Manhattan campus, serving as a spokesperson and negotiator for demonstrators who deplored Israel's military campaign in Gaza and pressed the Ivy League school to cut financial ties with Israel and companies that…
(2025-03-13). Gladiator II star Pedro Pascal shows support for Mahmoud Khalil. newarab.com 
(2025-03-13). Mahmoud Khalil's arrest 'not about free speech', Rubio says. newarab.com 
The "This is not about free speech," Rubio said when asked if the weekend arrest of Mahmoud Khalil clashed with President