Hamas offered 40-day ceasefire in exchange for release of hostages, says UK’s Cameron

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29 April 2024 at 0:13 am·1-min read

Hamas has been offered a 40-day ceasefire and the release of "potentially thousands" of Palestinian prisoners in return for freeing Israeli hostages, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Monday as Hamas negotiators are due to hold a new round of talks in Cairo with Egyptian and Qatari mediators. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.

12:10am: Columbia threatens to suspend pro-Palestinian protesters after talks stall

Columbia University's president said on Monday that talks with pro-Palestinian activists over a protest encampment on the Ivy League campus in New York City had reached an impasse and urged demonstrators to voluntarily disperse or face suspension.

But a mid-afternoon deadline set by the university for an end to the demonstration passed without any visible action immediately taken by Columbia's administrators or police.

University President Nemat Minouche Shafik said days of negotiations between student organisers and academic leaders had failed to persuade demonstrators to dismantle the dozens of tests they set up to express opposition to Israel's war in Gaza.

In a statement, Shafik said Columbia would not divest assets that support Israel's military, a key demand of the protesters. Instead, she offered to invest in health and education in Gaza and to make Columbia's direct investment holdings more transparent.

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12:10am: Columbia threatens to suspend pro-Palestinian protesters after talks stall

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