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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Pro-Palestine students set up a "liberated zone" in Schenley Plaza on April 23, 2024.

Opinion | Empowering community opposes fascism

By Julianna Steach, Staff Columnist February 21, 2025
Although it is not a surprise to most that Trump pulled the United States out of the UN Human Rights Council after he did the same thing in 2018 due to “bias against Israel,” this move means Palestinian refugees are deprived of health care, food and education that U.S. funding to UNRWA supports. 
A pro-Israel protester holds an American flag during the event at Schenley Plaza on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

Opinion | Stop shifting the goalposts for Zionism

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist October 15, 2024
Netanyahu threatened the genocidal hammer onto the civilians of Lebanon for not fighting against Hezbollah, an armed resistance group formed in the 1980s in face of Israeli aggression. Not only is Netanyahu seemingly proud of the Gaza destruction, he’s willing to leverage the hundreds of thousands of dead Palestinians as a scare tactic against the Lebanese.
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