In response to Fletcher’s remarks, the Israeli mission to the U.N. said that “Israel will not accept a humanitarian mechanism that props up the Hamas terror organization that butchered our people in their homes and communities.” Before the blockade, the U.N. and other international aid agencies handled moving aid into the enclave.
“Columbia University is participating in the destruction of the democratic system,” Mahdawi said in the interview. “They are supporting the initiatives and the agenda of the Trump administration, and they are punishing and torturing their students.”Mohsen Mahdawi, center, speaks during a press conference announcing the launch of the Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the Cedar Creek Reception Room at the Vermont State House on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Alex Driehaus)
Mohsen Mahdawi, center, speaks during a press conference announcing the launch of the Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the Cedar Creek Reception Room at the Vermont State House on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Alex Driehaus)A spokesperson for Columbia University, which in Marchsweeping policy changes related to protests following Trump administration
to revoke its federal funding, declined to comment Thursday beyond the response of the school’s acting president to Wednesday’s protests.The acting president, Claire Shipman, said the protesters who had holed up inside a library reading room were asked repeatedly to show identification and to leave, but they refused. The school then asked police in “to assist in securing the building and the safety of our community,” she said in
Wednesday evening, calling the protest actions “outrageous” and a disruption to students for final exams.
Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident, was born in a refugee camp in theGardner and her partner, Josh Fishlock, had been holidaying on the island and were away from their campsite fishing when their pet escaped from a pen. The couple searched but eventually had to return to the mainland without her.
Volunteers from Kangala Wildlife Rescue, a not-for-profit service, spotted the distinctive addition to the Australian wilderness in March.She was captured after volunteers spent an estimated 1,000 hours searching while covering 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) of the island.
Having seen video camera images of the dog sniffing a trap last month, Kangala Wildlife Rescue director Jared Karran said he was surprised by how small she was in reality.“If it was a miracle that she’s survived — seeing her size — it’s just unbelievable that she was able to survive and thrive out there,” Karran said.