Mahmoud Khalil

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil asks US Supreme Court to hear case seeking to avoid re-arrest

Khalil's lawyers argue that noncitizens must be able to challenge detention allegedly intended to punish constitutionally protected speech as his deportation case reaches the Supreme Court.

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Columbia graduate and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil attends a press conference announcing a lawsuit against the university in New York City, September 14, 2026.
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Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil speaking at a Yom Kippur Yizkor event in New York, September 21, 2026.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil calls for God to 'hold Israel accountable' at Yom Kippur event

"It's tough to repent at a time where our tuition fees, our tax dollars, our votes are being used to kill, to maim, to displace Palestinians," he said.

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Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist, stands with others announcing a federal lawsuit to be filed against Columbia University for showing "deliberate indifference" to the harassment of pro-Palestinian students, New York City, US, September 14, 2026.

Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia University for alleged failure to protect pro-Palestinian students

Khalil became a face of the Trump administration crackdown on students' pro-Palestinian protests after US immigration agents arrested him in March 2025 in the lobby of his university residence.

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The exploitation of academic discourse: A gateway to the spread of extremism - opinion

American universities have become strategic targets for extremist groups, which use student gatherings as fronts for their ideas.

MARCH 27, 2025BySALEM ALKETBI
Muslim protestors pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, U.S., March 14, 2025.

For the first time, an undergraduate pro-Palestinian protester is facing deportation

Yunseo Chung is suing the Trump administration after agents tried to deport her over a pro-Palestinian protest, part of a broader effort targeting non-citizen students.

MARCH 25, 2025ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
People take part in a protest outside Columbia University following the school's concessions ot the Trump administration over pro-Palestinian protests, March 24, 2025 in New York City. (Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images)

Mahmoud Khalil can be deported. Arguments of free speech violations are simply wrong - opinion

Many people espousing their views shape their opinions on the irresponsible and ill-informed opinions of commentators from media outlets with once highly respected names.

MARCH 25, 2025ByMICAH HALPERN
People rally against the detention by ICE agents of Hamas supporter and Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, on March 20, 2025. Media analysts who spew incorrect details proclaim violations of freedom of speech and the right to assembly, the writer claims.

US says Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil hid UNRWA work

A March 17 document in his deportation case informed Khalil he could be removed because he failed to disclose that he was a political officer of UNRWA in 2023.

MARCH 24, 2025ByREUTERS
A demonstrator holds a placard, ahead of a hearing on the detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, March 12, 2025.

The case against Mahmoud Khalil: Bold legal precedent or executive overreach? - analysis

Experts spell out the legalities behind the detention and threatened deportation of Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil

MARCH 22, 2025BySHIRA DICKER/THE MEDIA LINE
White house shares a photo of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student who was arrested over involvement with protests.

The hypocrisy of the human rights industrial complex - opinion

Khalil's arrest has been met with staunch opposition, while the massacre in Syria is legitimized; the West's double standards are the height of hypocrisy.

MARCH 17, 2025ByDAN DIKER
Demonstrators hold placards as they protest on the day of a hearing on the detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, U.S., March 12, 2025.

Defending the rights of Mahmoud Khalil, even when we disagree with him - opinion

American Jews should ensure that Khalil is given full protection of the law, ensuring that their future rights under that law are protected, too.

MARCH 17, 2025BySHERWIN POMERANTZ
A PROTEST takes place following the arrest by US immigration agents of Mahmoud Khalil, at Columbia University, in New York City.