Reposted by Dody Gunawinata
The Trump administration's illegal kidnapping and detention of Mahmoud Khalil will perhaps be seen as one of the more pivotal moments which accelerated the change in elite, and especially elite youth opinion on Palestine.
nytimes.com
A Quietly Shattering Memoir by a Man Detained by ICE for His Beliefs (Gift Article)
Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist and former Columbia graduate student, offers an account of his ordeal and explains why his work continues.
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