The US-backed distribution of aid in Gaza using ex-military staff is a weaponization of food and a grotesque mockery of humanitarianism. This cruel spectacle is meant to distract from Israel’s plans to forcibly displace all Palestinians from Palestine. Such action is as far away from humanitarian aid as one can go. We call it what it is: A tool of genocide. (fb)

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification which affects the university’s ability to enroll international students. Noem terminated Harvard’s SEVP certification in retaliation for the university refusing to hand over information on the supposed “illegal and violent activities” of their international students. Even after a judge temporarily blocked this move, Trump doubled down in his demands for information on international students. This marks further escalation in the administration targeting international students for their nationality and political beliefs and coercing universities to cooperate with Trump’s executive order to combat antisemitism on college campuses (See Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism). If eventually allowed to be enforced, the nearly 7,000 international students currently enrolled at Harvard would have to transfer schools or lose their student visa status. See Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism: https://bit.ly/4hFBIGM Read Noem’s Demands: https://nyti.ms/3So9Lsv Trump’s Comments: https://bit.ly/4kyOGYf (fb)