Massive protests erupt in Israel after 6 hostages found dead in Gaza
The mass demonstration erupted after the Israeli military announced they had recovered the bodies in a tunnel under the Gaza city of Rafah on Saturday.
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The mass demonstration erupted after the Israeli military announced they had recovered the bodies in a tunnel under the Gaza city of Rafah on Saturday.
Mourners gathered in Newton Center with signs and flags in memory of the six hostages killed, including American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
Some members of the Massachusetts delegation boycotted Netanyahu's first address to Congress since the October 7th attack by Hamas.
The Biden administration paused a delivery of 2,000-pound bombs, but says weapons continue to flow to Israel.
Four Israeli hostages taken by Hamas were rescued during an operation in Gaza, but Hamas officials say hundreds of Palestinians were killed in the raid.
President Biden urged Hamas to agree on the deal that would release some 100 remaining hostages, along with the bodies of around 30 more.
The Israeli strike came hours after Hamas claimed it fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza toward central Israel for the first time in months.
Ireland, Spain and Norway are recognizing a Palestinian state, the three announced in rapid succession. The move will take effect May 28.
The move comes days after the U.S. withheld shipments of certain munitions to Israel over concerns about a ground offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah.
Jerry Seinfeld, who has supported Israel since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants, delivered the commencement address at Duke University on Sunday.
Two Israeli artists are working together to create a different reality in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
While officials worked to keep politics out of the event, the Israel-Hamas war led to controversy this year.
Neta Weiner and Stav Marin recently taught a course at Tufts where they created workshops for students to engage in conversation. WBZ TV's Paul Burton reports.
Author Colson Whitehead withdrew as speaker from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Commencement after the university called in police on pro-Palestinian protesters.
Police moved in and were seen forcibly removing some of the demonstrators who were blocking the entrance to a parking garage.
President Biden said in an interview with CNN he's "made it clear" to Israelis that "they're not going to get our support" if they attack Rafah's population centers.
Israeli forces took "operational control" of the Gaza side of the vital Rafah border crossing as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the latest cease-fire proposal.
An adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS News that "the end of the war will come with the end of Hamas in Gaza."
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags and Israeli flags during the University of Michigan's commencement Saturday.
There was a fiery rally on the steps at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to support Jewish students and counter the pro-Palestinian encampment across the street that's urging the administration to cut ties with Israel.
President Joe Biden addressed the nationwide protests in unscheduled remarks from the White House.
Tents cities constructed across campuses in Massachusetts are housing demonstrators protesting the war in Gaza. But are they legal and if not, what happens next?
College students want their schools to divest from Israel. So how is a school's money linked to the war in Gaza?
The NYPD took dozens of protesters at Columbia University into custody Tuesday night. This comes after demonstrators forced their way into a university building and locked themselves inside.
Pro-Palestine encampments at Boston colleges that were later broken up by police have many students who live on campus on edge. Some Jewish students have decided to move to hotels.
