Pregnant wife of detained Palestinian Columbia University student speaks out
“He is the most incredible person who cares so much for other people,” his wife Noor Abdalla told the Reuters news agency. “He is the most kind, genuine soul.”
On Wednesday, Khalil’s lawyers argued to a federal judge that he had been arrested in retaliation for his outspoken advocacy against Israel’s war on Gaza. The judge extended his order blocking Khalil’s deportation while he considers whether the arrest was constitutional.
The couple are expecting their first child in late April. She said she hoped Khalil would be free by then.
“I think it would be very devastating for me and for him to meet his first child behind a glass screen,” Abdalla said. “I’ve always been so excited to have my first baby with the person I love.”
Khalil’s arrest is one of the first efforts by US President Trump to fulfill his promise to seek deportation of some foreign students involved in the pro-Palestinian protest movement.
“He is the most incredible person who cares so much for other people,” his wife Noor Abdalla told the Reuters news agency. “He is the most kind, genuine soul.”
On Wednesday, Khalil’s lawyers argued to a federal judge that he had been arrested in retaliation for his outspoken advocacy against Israel’s war on Gaza. The judge extended his order blocking Khalil’s deportation while he considers whether the arrest was constitutional.
The couple are expecting their first child in late April. She said she hoped Khalil would be free by then.
“I think it would be very devastating for me and for him to meet his first child behind a glass screen,” Abdalla said. “I’ve always been so excited to have my first baby with the person I love.”
Khalil’s arrest is one of the first efforts by US President Trump to fulfill his promise to seek deportation of some foreign students involved in the pro-Palestinian protest movement.
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Columbia union president among nine expelled over Palestine activism.
More on Columbia University’s crackdown on student protesters.
The Student Workers of Columbia (SWC) union says its president Grant Miner is among the nine students expelled by the university.
In a statement, SWC said Miner was “expelled without evidence for participation in Palestine solidarity activism, which was in response to Columbia’s financial investment in US-backed Israeli genocide”.
SWC added that Miner’s expulsion “comes the day before we start bargaining” with the university’s administration over staff contracts.
It accused the university of escalating “retaliation against students, faculty and staff for pro-Palestine protest” in order to “appease the Trump administration”.
The White House withdrew some $400m in federal funding to Columbia this week, accusing it of failing to protect Jewish students during the campus protests last year.
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More on Columbia University’s crackdown on student protesters.
The Student Workers of Columbia (SWC) union says its president Grant Miner is among the nine students expelled by the university.
In a statement, SWC said Miner was “expelled without evidence for participation in Palestine solidarity activism, which was in response to Columbia’s financial investment in US-backed Israeli genocide”.
SWC added that Miner’s expulsion “comes the day before we start bargaining” with the university’s administration over staff contracts.
It accused the university of escalating “retaliation against students, faculty and staff for pro-Palestine protest” in order to “appease the Trump administration”.
The White House withdrew some $400m in federal funding to Columbia this week, accusing it of failing to protect Jewish students during the campus protests last year.
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Protesters storm Trump Tower
Police arrested dozens of protesters after they flooded Trump Tower in New York City to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil.
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Police arrested dozens of protesters after they flooded Trump Tower in New York City to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil.
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Yale Law School has suspended an Iranian scholar following accusations stemming from an Israeli AI-powered website article that highlights her advocacy for Palestine and Iran, as well as her outspoken criticism of Israeli genocide during the Gaza war.
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