/tags/gaza Gaza en-US Copyright Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:29:31 GMT /news/2024-04-30/police-begin-arresting-protesters-at-unc Police detained three dozen protesters who refused to leave an encampment. The group call themselves the UNC-Chapel Hill Gaza Solidarity Encampment and are calling for an end to the war in Gaza Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:29:31 GMT /news/2024-04-30/police-begin-arresting-protesters-at-unc ąĎÉńapp ąĎÉńapp /news/2024-04-29/unc-palestine-gaza-israel-encampment-protest-divest-endownment Protests continued Monday at an encampment at UNC Chapel Hill, as students called for the university to divest from investments that support Israel. Mon, 29 Apr 2024 21:18:17 GMT /news/2024-04-29/unc-palestine-gaza-israel-encampment-protest-divest-endownment Liz Schlemmer /news/2024-04-26/photos-unc-encampment-protest-israel-hamas-gaza Some UNC-Chapel Hill students set up an encampment midday Friday to protest the ongoing war in Gaza. Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:16:42 GMT /news/2024-04-26/photos-unc-encampment-protest-israel-hamas-gaza Jason deBruyn /arts-culture/2024-04-09/saba-taj-muslim-artist-palestinian-birds-painting-grief-magic In a recent exhibition at the Anchorlight Gallery in Raleigh, artist Saba Taj channeled the emotional pain they felt over the suffering and loss that Palestinians in Gaza have experienced since Oct. 7 into a series of paintings that feature Palestinian birds and plants. Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:35:38 GMT /arts-culture/2024-04-09/saba-taj-muslim-artist-palestinian-birds-painting-grief-magic Eli Chen /show/due-south/2024-02-22/more-than-a-thousand-black-pastors-are-still-asking-biden-for-a-cease-fire-in-gaza President Biden, they say, should call for a cease-fire. One representative of a network leading 15 million congregants said she hasn’t seen such a unified political front among Black congregants since the Civil Rights movement. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:10:23 GMT /show/due-south/2024-02-22/more-than-a-thousand-black-pastors-are-still-asking-biden-for-a-cease-fire-in-gaza Jeff Tiberii, Cole del Charco /education/2019-09-20/federal-government-threatens-to-remove-funding-from-unc-duke-middle-east-studies-consortium The U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies accusing them of misusing federal funds in their… Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:53:18 GMT /education/2019-09-20/federal-government-threatens-to-remove-funding-from-unc-duke-middle-east-studies-consortium Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-09-20/federal-government-threatens-to-remove-funding-from-unc-duke-middle-east-studies-consortium The U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies accusing them of misusing federal funds in their… Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:53:18 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-09-20/federal-government-threatens-to-remove-funding-from-unc-duke-middle-east-studies-consortium Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2015-01-08/a-one-man-attempt-to-wrestle-jerusalem Aaron Davidman grew up on the West Coast in a progressive Jewish family, with a specific understanding of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. But as his… Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:30:00 GMT /arts-culture/2015-01-08/a-one-man-attempt-to-wrestle-jerusalem Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-01-08/a-one-man-attempt-to-wrestle-jerusalem Aaron Davidman grew up on the West Coast in a progressive Jewish family, with a specific understanding of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. But as his… Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:30:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-01-08/a-one-man-attempt-to-wrestle-jerusalem Anita Rao, Frank Stasio