Faculty panel rebukes Columbia leadership for police crackdown on protesters

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Students protest on Columbia University campus, New York City. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

Faculty panel rebukes Columbia leadership for police crackdown on protesters What's going on: While Columbia University in Manhattan remains the epicenter of the student movement protesting Israel's war in Gaza, campus demonstrations have spread across the United States, including to the University of Southern California, which canceled its main graduation ceremony. Read our "explainer" about the origins of the protests. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the protests were a hallmark of American democracy, while criticizing demonstrator silence on Hamas. Middle East latest: An Egyptian delegation met Israeli counterparts to seek a way to restart talks to end the Gaza war and release Israeli hostages, the U.N. closed one case and suspended three more in its investigation of reports that UNRWA staff took part in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said any decisions the World Court makes will not stop its Gaza assault.