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Raunaq Alam, a pro-Palestine activist, was accused of spray painting "F*** Israel" on a Christian church in Euless. Prosecutors argued he committed a hate crime, and his defense attorneys said he was making a protected political statement.
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Julia Venzor took the stand against Raunaq Alam as part of a deal with prosecutors. They're accused of spray painting "F*** Israel" on a church in Euless.
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Tarrant County prosecutors say Raunaq Alam committed a hate crime when he and two others graffitied "F*** Israel" on a church in Euless. His defense attorney says foreign countries are not defended by hate crime laws.
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Dozens of American doctors and nurses who鈥檝e volunteered in Gaza gathered at Parkland Hospital in Dallas Thursday to call for a ceasefire amid the humanitarian crisis they鈥檝e witnessed firsthand.
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The company won a $149 million missiles contract for Israel鈥檚 鈥淚ron Dome鈥 defense system in 2014. Protestors demonstrated outside their Richardson offices a day after at least 94 Palestinians seeking food were reportedly killed.
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By the time history professor Nancy Stockdale began her lecture Thursday, the Jade Ballroom at the University of North Texas Union was almost at capacity, with some attendees standing. One month earlier, her presentation had been challenged by five Republican state representatives who serve Denton County, but UNT officials didn鈥檛 cancel the event.
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ICE said in a news release it had arrested Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian from the West Bank, for overstaying her expired student visa. She was also arrested last year for her involvement in the protests at Columbia University against the war in Gaza.
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Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a multiphase ceasefire that commits them to end the war in Gaza, President Biden and Qatar's prime minister announced separately on Wednesday.
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Dr. Mohammed Khaleel, a spine surgeon in Frisco, traveled to Gaza earlier this year on a 10-day medical mission and treated patients at the Gaza European Hospital.
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Oct. 7 marks the anniversary of the Hamas-led attack in Israel and the conflict that's followed after. One year later, Jewish and Arab Americans in North Texas continue to deal with the grief and anger from the escalating war.
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Some Arab Americans in North Texas say President Biden's reluctance to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire could cost him their votes.
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Sixty artists have bowed out over the festival's partnership with the U.S. Army and defense contractors. The list is growing.