Senior HuffPost reporter and WGAE comrade. Chicago 'til I die. She/her. sanjana.karanth@huffpost.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3lrsv7f4d3s2xAs foreign policy talks continue to swirl around Israel's war against Iran, UN leaders are warning of the civilian toll that's already begun in both countries ― and stressing that the conflict must not lead the world to forget about Gaza's destruction. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/un-officials-plead-end-israel-iran-war-gaza_n_6850a081e4b0e06f8e604c3f17 Jun 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsv7f4d3s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3lp5fxzglrs2sNEW: As Israel continues to block lifesaving food and humanitarian aid, doctors and experts are desperately trying to get the world to see the crisis for what it is -- that Palestinians are being intentionally starved to death. Bearing the brunt of malnutrition is Gaza's children. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/children-israel-starving-gaza-death-doctors_n_682396dde4b0993b52bf548f14 May 2025 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5fxzglrs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3lo26sza2mc2hA federal judge just ordered ICE to release (on bail) Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia student and green card holder from the West Bank who was detained at his citizenship interview this month for what his lawyers say was his pro-Palestinian advocacy. To Trump, he said today: "I am not afraid of you."30 Apr 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo26sza2mc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3llwp6pxzmk2vWow, only 15 Senate Democrats voted to block nearly $9 billion in weapons packages to Israel. Both measures failed, which was expected to happen given the party's divide on the issue. What's surprising is that there were four *fewer* Democrats who voted yes this time than in November. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2025 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwp6pxzmk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3llwjmbfsl22vSchiff says he plans to vote no on the JRDs, because blocking the sale of 20,000-pound bombs to Israel "do not get us closer to peace." He mentioned Palestinians protesting Hamas, but not the Israelis protesting Netanyahu to stop bombing Gaza. And again, Gaza has not received *any* aid for a month. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2025 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwjmbfsl22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3llwd6jl2w22zThe Senate is voting today on whether to block $8.8 billion in weapons sales to Israel, including more than 35,000 one-ton bombs. The effort's being led by @sanders.senate.gov. This could serve as an important test for Dems, given their voters increasingly support ending the weapons transfers.03 Apr 2025 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwd6jl2w22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3llrwbh3fy22zNEW: A federal court ruled today that Mahmoud Khalil's lawsuit can proceed in New Jersey -- a win for the Columbia graduate after the Trump admin argued for his case to be heard in Louisiana, where ICE agents took him without charge and where he still remains. https://www.aclu.org/cases/khalil-v-trump?document=Opinion-and-Order-on-Motion-to-Dismiss01 Apr 2025 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrwbh3fy22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3llruo7hlbk2oSorry but would it kill politicians to care about immigrants without attaching their humanity to how useful and talented they are? When that standard of capitalism isn’t even applied to Americans born here?01 Apr 2025 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llruo7hlbk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3llrejh55z226Harvard University's president has signaled compliance with the WH after facing funding threats if the school didn't implement policies the govt says combat antisemitism but that critics say restrict academic freedom. Just like Columbia, which also caved. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-review-billions-funding-harvard_n_67eb1f4de4b0b5d66dd02bfc01 Apr 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrejh55z226https://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3lloua6b5wk2gSince publishing this last week, the number of academics who signed on to the call for boycotting Columbia has risen from around 1,400 to about 1,750. More than 350 additional signatories in just a few days. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/academics-call-boycott-columbia-free-speech-crackdown_n_67e5d824e4b0ce900a28a88b31 Mar 2025 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lloua6b5wk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3ll2yuoallc2aSource in Gaza says that Nasser Hospital has been bombed, and front of the facility is on fire. Nasser has been one of the more active hospitals treating the hundreds of casualties this past week.23 Mar 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2yuoallc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3lkvk5j7jlk2wNEW: Israel’s ceasefire-breaking carpet bombing this week has thrown Gaza’s barely functioning hospitals back into chaos — leaving them scrambling to save lives without enough medicine, water and power. Doctors recount the nightmare of Tuesday’s massacre: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doctors-gaza-recount-night-israel-killed-hundreds-palestinian_n_67dc6c3be4b05115459c74df21 Mar 2025 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvk5j7jlk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3lkbqjqynik2gSCOOP: 12 Jewish organizations -- including some pro-Israel groups -- expressed extreme concern to DHS today over Mahmoud Khalil's unlawful abduction, as well as the Trump administration's crackdown on free speech and immigration disguised as fighting antisemitism. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jewish-americans-sick-trump-exploiting-antisemitism_n_67d30be1e4b0e72dd7fedbe0?99b13 Mar 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbqjqynik2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3lk7fozy7c22f“It simply cannot be the case that you can be disappeared at night off the streets of New York City simply because the current U.S. government ... dislikes what you have to say" - Ramzi Kassem, one of Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys. From me and @saraboboltz.bsky.social: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lawyers-mahmoud-khalil-fight-release-ice-detention_n_67d1d203e4b00defe4987ab4?g1r12 Mar 2025 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7fozy7c22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3lk2nrasf4c2vA judge has ruled the U.S. cannot deport Mahmoud Khalil pending his attorney's habeas corpus petition. He is still detained at the Jena/LaSalle ICE detention facility in Louisiana though, as far as we know. Faculty, advocates, students, and community leaders have all called for his release. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2025 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2nrasf4c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com/post/3lk2h7tt5ck2vSchool faculty, Jewish community leaders and immigration activists are getting ready to speak about ICE arresting and detaining Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian green card holder who helped lead the anti-war protests at Columbia last year. My pre-presser story here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ice-arrests-palestinian-columbia-speech_n_67cf46d4e4b04dd3a4e5b208?dk10 Mar 2025 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:riwumukro5b4ca54jdsafrxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2h7tt5ck2v