Palestinian activist Khalil returns to Columbia after US detention

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NEW YORK: Mahmoud Khalil, a figurehead of Gaza war protests in the United States, returned Tuesday to Columbia University for the first time since his 2025 arrest under President Donald Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists. The 31-year-old told AFP his presence for an event on his new memoir, attended by around 100 people, was a “victory,” as he accused Columbia of seeking “to erase me,…

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