(2025-03-19). Pro-Palestinian Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil issues first statement since arrest. haaretz.com Khalil, who was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, asserted that 'My unjust detention is indicative of the anti-Palestinian racism that both the Biden and Trump administrations have demonstrated' over the duration of the Gaza war…
(2025-03-19). Mahmoud Khalil denounces bipartisan genocide, attacks on democratic rights from Louisiana jail. wsws.org Khalil's powerful statement came the same day Trump threatened to impeach a federal judge for seeking to block the kidnapping and deportation of Venezuelan and El Salvadoran immigrants.
(2025-03-19). "I Am a Political Prisoner," Writes Mahmoud Khalil From ICE Jail. truthout.org My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner. I am writing to you from a detention facility in Louisiana where I wake to cold mornings and spend long days bearing witness to the quiet injustices underway against a great many people precluded from the protections of the law. Who has the right to have rights? It is certainly not the humans crowded into the cells here. |
(2025-03-19). US court rejects Trump bid to dismiss Mahmoud Khalil deportation challenge. aljazeera.com Judge Jesse Furman says effort to deport Palestinian rights advocate is 'exceptional' and requires 'careful' review.
(2025-03-19). Protesters try to disrupt Gal Gadot's 'Walk of Fame' star ceremony. aljazeera.com Pro-Palestinian protesters attempted to disrupt the Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony for Israeli actress Gal Gadot.
(2025-03-18). The Israeli-American Trump mega-donor behind speech crackdowns. responsiblestatecraft.org 
The Trump administration's effort to deport a Columbia University graduate student, Mahmoud Khalil, in retaliation for Khalil's role in campus protests opposing Israel's war in Gaza, showed the lengths the White House is prepared to go to police speech about Israel. The administration's unprecedented decision to seek the deportation of a U.S. permanent resident without bringing any criminal charges has an overlooked ally, however: the largest financier of Trump's three presidential campaigns, Israeli-American billionaire Miriam Adelson.Adelson's support for the administration's campaign to stifle criticism of…
(2025-03-18). Free, Free Mahmoud Khalil! counterpunch.org 
Their first line of attack must be our first line of defense. The Trump administration's arrest, detention, and possible deportation of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is a threat to all our democratic rights. For now, a judge has stayed his deportation, but he remains incarcerated far away from his home in New York City in Jena Louisiana
(2025-03-18). 'Mahmoud Khalil is no Mother Teresa – but there are laws in America'. haaretz.com
(2025-03-18). What is GEO Group, the prison company holding Mahmoud Khalil. newarab.com 
(2025-03-18). The fight to free Mahmoud Khalil and defend freedom of speech. internationalviewpoint.org In the past few days, thousands of people across the United States have demonstrated in support of Mahmoud Khalil, an individual who has come to symbolize President Donald Trump's attacks on immigrants, on Palestinians, on the Palestine solidarity movement, on universities, and on academic freedom and freedom of speech. | – | / |
(2025-03-18). Solidaridad con los y las estudiantes pro Palestina: °Liberen a Mahmoud Khalil! workers.org 
No debería sorprendernos que la administración MAGA se haya centrado en los estudiantes activistas. O que se hayan centrado especialmente en los estudiantes internacionales que necesitan permiso para permanecer en Estados Unidos. No es ninguna sorpresa primero porque la cábala de Trump apunta a la garganta. Segundo porque ven al . . . |