Seven pro-Palestinian protesters who shut down traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in 2024 to denounce U.S. aid to Israel in the Israel-Hamas war were all found guilty of false imprisonment by a jury in San Francisco on Thursday.
Hamdi was reportedly speaking at a CAIR gala the night before about the genocide in Gaza and against the Israeli apartheid occupation. He was heading to speak at another CAIR gala in Florida when ICE detained him.
It was a full day devoted to celebrating Palestinian heritage. But with a fragile ceasefire holding, many Palestinian Americans are holding out for lasting peace and a fully sovereign Palestinian state.
Humanitarian workers said they will face many challenges delivering aid to Gaza including border restrictions and trying to access destroyed roads.
All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
Responding to a question about reports of Hamas rearming themselves, Trump said that "we gave them approval for a period of time."