The Latest Breaking News on Middle East Conflict: US Reportedly Holds Off Sanctioning Embattled Israeli Army Battalions

Saturday will see what is billed as the largest-ever march supporting Palestinians in Gaza and calling for an end to arms sales to Israel. There will also be a counter-event by the Campaign Against Antisemitism.

Ongoing discussions at Columbia University with anti-Israel protesters, no NYPD involvement, and debate on handling protests.

Students at one of France's top universities occupied its premises overnight Thursday after police broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration there on Wednesday. It follows similar waves of anger across college campuses in the US in protest over Israel's bombardment of Gaza.

In Gaza's southernmost city, where more than a million Palestinians have sought shelter and where aid groups have centralized operations, worries have grown over a possible Israeli military operation.

Hamas is stressing its four conditions even as 18 countries try to ramp up pressure on the group for a deal.

Columbia University backed off late Thursday from an overnight deadline for pro-Palestinian protesters to abandon an encampment there as more college campuses in the United States sought to prevent occupations from taking hold.

A delegation from Egypt arrived in Israel Friday in a bid to reignite stalled negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza war including the potential release of hostages, Israeli and Egyptian media reported. The signs of fresh truce talks came alongside Israeli preparations for a military push in Gaza's southern…

Campaign Against Antisemitism, led by Gideon Falter, was set up by activists who felt existing groups were not doing enough

Pro-Palestinian campus protests in US universities lead to arrests and demands for divestment from Israel, with Columbia University at the forefront.