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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Members of Georgetown Community Attend National March for Gaza

Members of Georgetown Community Attend National March for Gaza

By Aamir Jamil January 19, 2024

Several Georgetown University students and faculty members joined the National March for Gaza in Freedom Plaza on Jan. 13, gathering alongside thousands of protestors calling for a permanent ceasefire...

Grief, Justice, Hope: On-Campus Resonances From Israel and Palestine

Grief, Justice, Hope: On-Campus Resonances From Israel and Palestine

By Jack Willis November 3, 2023

Content warning: This article discusses violence and death. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. U.S. college campuses have been at the center of a heated debate...

Georgetown Faculty Panel Seeks Bipartisan Understanding of the Israel-Gaza Conflict

Georgetown Faculty Panel Seeks Bipartisan Understanding of the Israel-Gaza Conflict

By Satya Heidrich-Amin October 21, 2023

Four Georgetown University faculty members came together in a panel Oct. 18 to discuss the reasons behind the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza. Panelists criticized U.S. officials’ responses to the...

Students for Justice in Palestine Host Israeli Apartheid Week

Students for Justice in Palestine Host Israeli Apartheid Week

By Adora Zheng March 24, 2022

Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) hosted their annual Israeli Apartheid Week to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine and raise awareness about the human rights abuses they...

Activist Accused of Antisemitism Speaks at Virtual GU Event Despite Student Backlash

Activist Accused of Antisemitism Speaks at Virtual GU Event Despite Student Backlash

By Caitlin McLean October 23, 2020

Miko Peled, a Jewish pro-Palestinian writer and activist who has been accused of posting antisemitic tweets, spoke at an event Sunday despite widespread condemnation from students and campus organizations. Peled’s...

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Pro-Israel Activist Urges Constructive Dialogue on Conflict

By Elizabeth Ash November 30, 2017

A divisive, us-versus-them approach to debating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict impedes progress, argued pro-Israel activist Chloé Valdary at a Nov. 28 discussion. The U.S. conversation regarding...

Panelists Urge Trump Leadership in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

By Alex Mooney April 26, 2017

President Donald Trump’s stated commitment to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict presents an opportunity for renewed negotiation between the two regions, according to two experts on the Middle...

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Pro-Palestine ICC Wall Vandalized

By Lisa Burgoa March 22, 2016

Tensions flared among student groups invested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after the vandalism of a makeshift wall created by Georgetown’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine in the...

Professor Talks Israeli-Palestinian Tensions

By Christian Paz January 22, 2016

Professor of Middle East Studies at Sciences Po, Paris School of International Affairs Jean-Pierre Filiu stressed necessary measures that both Palestinians and Israelis should take in order to pacify current...

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Through Different Lenses: Israel, Hamas and Gaza

By Contributors July 16, 2014

Shortly after the militant group Hamas and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority agreed to form a unitary government, the kidnapping and subsequent murder of three Israeli teenagers triggered tensions....

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Undermining Hamas Through Moderation

By Elijah Jatovsky July 16, 2014

“The prospects for an agreement are real. The potential for a breakthrough is possible.” With recent developments in Israel and Gaza, these words, which I heard spoken by former U.S. Ambassador...

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With Hamas at the Helm, A Fearful Future

By Nitzan Gabai July 16, 2014

I look back at the past few weeks I spent in Israel and the West Bank in both awe and frustration. Amid visits to Ramallah and Bethlehem, I managed to reconvene with family and spend time with my new baby...

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