Author: Rory Sullivan
Published on: 22/04/2025 | 00:00:00

AI Summary:
Mahmoud Khalil was arrested on 8 March outside his apartment in New York. He has been held for more than a month at a detention facility in Louisiana. After his wife Dr Noor Abdalla went into labour on Sunday, his lawyers sought to have the family briefly reunited. Khalil was the first person to be arrested in US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on students involved in demonstrations against Israel’s war in Gaza. The Trump administration is attempting to deport him on the alleged grounds that he is a threat to US foreign policy. Pope Francis was “not just our pope, he was our brother, our friend, our dear friend for Bethlehem,” says Tony Tabash. Catholics in Gaza held a mass for Pope Francis at the Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in the enclave. The pope’s nightly ritual was a fervent advocate of peace in Gaza, praying for an end to the war. “I think of the people of Gaza and its Christian community in particular,” the pope says. Pope Francis urged Hamas to release dozens of Israeli hostages it is holding. Francis urged an investigation into whether Israel’s war amounted to genocide. The next month, he called the ongoing humanitarian crisis “very serious and shameful” The Holy Land’s Christian community has dwindled over the decades, with only 1,000 Christians living in Gaza.

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    11 months ago

    MAGA has a hardon for cruelty. It’s a feature, not a bug. Their seething hatred and resentment about being told that they are bad for being dumb, ignorant, backwards, intolerant, racists has boiled over and now they want to make themselves feel better by hurting others and watching them be hurt.