'No substitute to Peace' India demands for Gaza ceasefire in UN Security Council meeting
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Indian Express
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- Indian Express
Australia plans to recognise Palestinian state within days: Report
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led government is all set to recognise a Palestinian state as early as Monday, following a similar move by France, the UK and Canada, a report in Sydney Morning Herald stated. PM Albanese could sign the move within days after the cabinet clears it on Monday, the report added, quoting unnamed sources. However, the office of the Australian prime minister has not responded to the development. France and the UK last month said they would recognise a Palestinian state, which was followed by the same announcement made by Mark Carney led Canada. Though Britain said it would follow suit unless Israel addresses the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territories and reaches a ceasefire. The countries have set September as the deadline to recognise a Palestinian state. Israel, on the contrary, has condemned the decision taken by its allies to recognise a Palestinian state, saying the action would amount to reward militant group Hamas that governs Gaza and had attacked Israel in October 2023 which led to a war in the region. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that most of the Israeli citizens were against the establishment of a Palestinian state as they think it would bring war and not peace in the region, despite thousands of protesters and demonstrators demanding an end to war with a ceasefire and hostage deal. 'To have European countries and Australia march into that rabbit hole just like that, fall right into it…this is disappointing and I think it's actually shameful but it's not going to change our position,' Netanyahu said, reported Reuters. Australian PM Albanese has been vocal about a two-state solution, with his centre-left government supporting Israel's right to exist within secure borders and Palestinians' right to their own state. When asked by reporters about his government's stance on recognising a Palestinian state, Albanese said 'I've said it's a matter of when, not if.' (with inputs from Reuters, Sydney Morning Herald)
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First Post
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- First Post
Trump demands $1 bn from University of California, 5 times the agreed sum to settle antisemitism dispute
In its crusade against America's top university, the Trump administration demanded $1 billion to settle antisemitism claims and release federal funds to the University of California, the largest sum demanded from any institution. read more In yet another attack against top universities in the United States, President Donald Trump's administration is seeking more than $1 billion from the University of California, Los Angeles, to restore its research funding. The government have been pushing its claim of antisemitism at UCLA over the university's response to the 2024 student protests related to the Gaza crisis. The figure is five times the sum Columbia University agreed to pay to settle similar federal accusations of antisemitism. The draft of the settlement obtained by The New York Times calls for the university to make a $1 billion payment to the US government and to contribute $172 million to a claims fund that would compensate 'victims of civil rights violations.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD If UCLA accepts the settlement, it would be the largest payout by far for any university that has reached a deal with the White House so far. Earlier, Columbia University agreed to pay $221 million in connection with its settlement with the government, and Brown University pledged to spend $50 million with state workforce programs. In response to the Trump administration's latest demand, the University of California's president, James B. Milliken, said in a statement on Friday that the university had 'just received a document from the Department of Justice and is reviewing it.' 'As a public university, we are stewards of taxpayer resources, and a payment of this scale would completely devastate our country's greatest public university system as well as inflict great harm on our students and all Californians," he added. The sharp turn toward UCLA Ever since coming to power, the Trump administration has largely targeted elite private universities, referring to it as a campaign to fight against antisemitism and reshape institutions that it views as cathedrals of liberalism. However, his crusade against UCLA has been extremely sharp. On July 29, the day after the university settled a lawsuit that accused it of allowing pro-Palestinian protesters to block Jewish students on campus, the Justice Department said it believed UCLA had committed civil rights violations. In the same week, Dr Julio Frenk, UCLA's chancellor, stated that the federal government had begun freezing research funds. Interestingly, the White House's wrath towards UCLA fit into a broad pattern of how the Trump administration has targeted California. All this can be attributed to the fact that the state's governor, Gavin Newsom, is one of President Trump's top political foes and a potential candidate for the White House. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Last week, a day before the Trump administration demanded the new settlement, Newsom suggested that the University of California would not bow to the federal government. 'I will fight like hell to make sure that doesn't happen,' said Newsom, an ex officio member of the university's board of regents. 'There are principles. There's right and wrong, and we'll do the right thing, and what President Trump is doing is wrong, and everybody knows it.' The California governor made it clear that he would 'do everything in my power to encourage them to do the right thing and not to become another law firm that bends on their knees, another company that sells their soul, or another institution that takes a shortcut and takes the easy wrong versus the hard right.' However, UCLA maintained that it is willing to speak to the federal government. Milliken, the system's newly installed president, said on Wednesday that the university had agreed 'to engage in dialogue with the federal administration.' Though it sharply criticised the administration's moves against funding. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'These cuts do nothing to address antisemitism,' said Milliken, who started his job on August 1. 'Moreover, the extensive work that UCLA and the entire University of California have taken to combat antisemitism has been ignored."
Hindustan Times
an hour ago
- Hindustan Times
Australia plans to recognise Palestinian state within days, in line with France, Britain and Canada: Report
Australia plans to recognise a Palestinian state as early as Monday following similar moves by France, Britain and Canada, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Displaced Palestinians travel on carts and vehicles through a makeshift camp along the beach in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese could sign off on the move within days after a regular cabinet meeting on Monday, the SMH reported, citing unidentified sources. Albanese's office did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment. France and Canada last month said they planned to recognise a Palestinian state, while Britain has said it would follow suit unless Israel addresses the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territories and reaches a ceasefire. Israel has condemned decisions by countries to support a Palestinian state, saying it will reward Hamas, the militant group that governs Gaza. Netanyahu told reporters on Sunday that most Israeli citizens were against establishing a Palestinian state as they thought that would bring war and not peace, even as thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Tel Aviv, opposing his plan to escalate the nearly two-year war and seize Gaza City. "To have European countries and Australia march into that rabbit hole just like that, fall right into it ... this is disappointing and I think it's actually shameful but it's not going to change our position," Netanyahu said. Albanese has been calling for a two-state solution, with his centre-left government supporting Israel's right to exist within secure borders and Palestinians' right to their own state. "I've said it's a matter of when, not if," Albanese told reporters on Saturday in New Zealand on his government's stance on a Palestinian state. "For a long period of time, there's been a bipartisan position in Australia of support for two states."
