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The war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza directly impacts many Minnesotans. And while MPR News does not have journalists stationed in the region, we do have a responsibility to our audiences to report on how this ongoing conflict affects people here. Our goal is to provide MPR News audiences with a variety of perspectives, context and factual information. We are committed to using language that is as precise as possible.

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‘We’re not going to stop’: Protests continue at the University of Minnesota campus

‘We’re not going to stop’: Protests continue at the University of Minnesota campus

A University of Minnesota protest was cleared late Tuesday night for the second time in a day. They picked things back up on Wednesday and say they will not quit until their demands are met.
by MPR News Staff and Alex V. Cipolle

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University of Minnesota students and faculty walk out after anti-war encampment cleared, 9 arrested

University of Minnesota students and faculty walk out after anti-war encampment cleared, 9 arrested

Protest organizers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus led a class walkout Tuesday afternoon to try to reestablish an encampment that authorities cleared from Northrop Mall earlier Tuesday.
by MPR News Staff and Nicole Ki

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Pro-Palestinian protests sweep U.S. college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep U.S. college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia

Columbia University canceled in-person classes and police arrested dozens of students at New York University and Yale as tensions over Israel's war with Hamas continue to grow on U.S. college campuses.
by The Associated Press

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Israel launches missile strikes into Iran, U.S. military official says

Israel launches missile strikes into Iran, U.S. military official says

A senior U.S. military official confirmed to NPR that the Israeli military had conducted missile strikes against Iran. But little else is known about the extent of the strikes and any potential damage, as both Israel and Iran appeared to downplay the attack on Friday morning.
by Tom Bowman, Rob Schmitz and Peter Kenyon

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Twin Cities anti-war group demonstrators call on U.S. to avoid retaliation against Iran

Twin Cities anti-war group demonstrators call on U.S. to avoid retaliation against Iran

Twin Cities anti-war groups say the U.S. should not take part in any retaliatory strikes on Iran following its drone and missile attack on Israel Saturday, which followed Israel’s airstrikes on Iran’s embassy in Damascus. More than 100 people took part in a demonstration in downtown Minneapolis Monday evening.
by Matt Sepic

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Biden will meet with his national security team as US pledges 'support' for Israel against Iran

Biden will meet with his national security team as US pledges 'support' for Israel against Iran

President Joe Biden cut short a weekend stay in Delaware to monitor the situation in the Middle East as Iran launched an attack against Israel. Tensions are at their highest since the Israel-Hamas war began six months ago after a suspected Israeli strike this month on an Iranian consular building in Syria killed 12 people, including two senior Iranian generals.
by The Associated Press

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