In a vote late Wednesday, the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers walked back a resolution on the Israel-Hamas war after acknowledging that the statement was harmful to Jewish members and students.
Minneapolis is the first stop on the “Whistlestops for Ukraine” initiative, an effort led by philanthropist Howard Buffett and the think tank the German Marshall Fund.
Tensions within the DFL Party over the war in Israel and Gaza are flaring in public, as colleagues criticized Sen. Ron Latz over his comments about Palestinian youth.
On Wednesday, protestors met at the state capitol to call on the State Board of Investment to withdraw over $100 million in investments towards Israel. They echoed a wider movement known as BDS for “boycott, divest, sanctions.”
China has become the third most common source of foreign influence operations, behind Russia and Iran, according to the owner of Facebook and Instagram.
The secretary of state said the U.S. is committed to seeing the release of all Hamas hostages. Meanwhile, gunmen killed three Israelis in an attack on the outskirts of West Jerusalem early Thursday.
The state invests $116.3 million in Israel through pensions and other investments. Pro-Palestinian groups want the state to divest those funds, while Jewish groups argue against the move.
U.S. and Israeli officials are in Qatar working on a new cease-fire extension. Separately, Hamas released two hostages it said were Russian citizens at the request of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The students filed a federal complaint alleging discrimination after the school district suspended them for using a pro-Palestinian chant during a recent school protest. The district says free speech rights aren’t unfettered on school property.