LEON KRAIEM

Leon Kraiem is a native New Yorker and an adopted Jerusalemite. He works as a Breaking News Desk Editor at The Jerusalem Post. He can be reached at leonkraiem@gmail.com

  Passover table provides food for "kosher comrades." April 29, 2024.

Reporter’s notebook: Progressive Jews at Columbia try to make it work

 An "Intifada" banner waves over Columbia University after students seize Hamilton Hall on 116th Street in New York City, April 30, 2024.

Columbia students seize building, smashing windows and lowering 'Intifada' banner

 From left to right: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Minister-without-portfolio Benny Gantz, and opposition leader Yair Lapid

Ministers threaten coalition over choice between Rafah op. and hostage deal


New York conference discusses crimes against Uyghur Muslims

The Chinese government’s campaign of repression in Xinjiang – billed as a security measure – was declared a genocide by the United States in 2021.

 A man from China's Uyghur Muslim ethnic group. A recent interfaith panel took place in New York looking at the human rights violations against the Uyghurs by the Chinese government.

Dueling lawsuits allege discrimination against Jews, Palestinians at Columbia

A lawsuit by Palestine Legal demands Columbia reverse students' suspensions, drop charges against them, expunge their records, and offer to pay for their psychotherapy.

 Demonstrators gather outside of Columbia University to demand a ceasefire and the end of Israeli attacks on Gaza, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, during a protest in New York, U.S., April 20, 2024.

Israeli gov't committed human rights abuses in 2023, State Department says

The report, which runs 103 pages, details intentional efforts by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to worsen conditions for security prisoners, and the denial of visits by the Red Cross.

People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017.

Police arrest dozens of protesters at Yale University encampment

The arrests come following the erection of a protest encampment in the model of the tents set up at Columbia University earlier this week.

Students walk on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut November 12, 2015. More than 1,000 students, professors and staff at Yale University gathered on Wednesday to discuss race and diversity at the elite Ivy League school, amid a wave of demonstrations at US colleges.

NYC Mayor on Columbia protests: 'We will not be a city of lawlessness'

The mayor cited several examples of violent rhetoric used on campus, and pledged that the police were ready to respond to law-breaking; he noted, however, that the university is private property.

 New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a Lights for Liberty event demanding the release of the remaining 135 hostages held in Gaza

US sanctions Lehava leader, fundraisers for violent settlers

The sanctions come the same day that similar measures were taken by the European Union Council, which sanctioned four individuals and two entities including Lehava.

 LEHAVA CHAIRMAN Benzi Gopstein and activists protest the annual Jerusalem Pride Parade under heavy security, in 2019.

Who is Mar Mari Emmanuel, the Assyrian bishop attacked in Sydney?

Though relatively unknown to the wider world, the bishop has carved out a significant following online among other Christians and those in the Assyrian community.

 Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel gestures during a sermon, in this screenshot from a video on YouTube.

New Irish PM on Gaza: 'Reason has been replaced by revenge'

Simon Harris, speaking to his party on Saturday, affirmed Ireland's readiness to recognize a Palestinian state. He condemned Hamas but said the Irish were "repulsed" by Israel's actions in Gaza.

 People applaud as Taoiseach Simon Harris looks on after receiving a majority parliamentary vote to become the next Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, in Dublin, Ireland, April 9, 2024.

US could remove Houthis from terror list in exchange for Red Sea quiet - report

The comment is in line with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's statements in November that the US would re-evaluate the designation if the Houthis ceased attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

 Demonstrators, predominantly Houthi supporters, hold a picture of the Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi and signs as they rally to show support to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Sanaa, Yemen February 16, 20

Activists take sledgehammers to defense contractor building over Gaza

A spokesperson for the local police force said that officers received a report at 5:04am of a break-in at the premises, and, upon arriving at the location, found four people on the roof.

 Members of the Palestine Action group, upon breaking into a Teledyne building in Shipley, UK.