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Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours.But the next evening, the college junior received an email from the university. Alwan and other students were being suspended after their arrests at the “ Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” a tactic colleges across the country have deployed to calm growing campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war.The students’ plight has become a central part of protests, with students and a growing number of faculty demanding their...

International Solidarity Movement member Radhika Sainath is getting ready to leave Israel in a few days. But before she goes, she’s decided to slap Israel with a $4,000 lawsuit. The tactics of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and its supporters get more bizarre and brazen every day. On Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27, Sainath filed suit in Tel Aviv against the State of Israel for alleged unlawful imprisonment, negligence and breach of obligations. The $4,000 is for “mental trauma and agony” she claims to have suffered at the hands of Israeli authorities during her 30-hour detention. The legal action arises...