U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who drew the ire of pro-Palestine activists, will not speak as planned at the University of Vermont's…
Student activists at the University of Vermont and Middlebury College on Sunday established encampments to protest the war in Gaza, joining a rapidly spreading…
Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists lined the sidewalk by the entrance to Higher Ground in South Burlington on Thursday night protesting the performance of reggae…
Local pro-Palestinian activist groups and nearly 100 Vermont musicians are urging Higher Ground to cancel a Thursday night performance by Matisyahu, a Jewish reggae…
Dozens of speakers urged Burlington city councilors on Monday to pass a resolution condemning the recent shootings of three college students of Palestinian descent.…
Four gunshots fired on a quiet Burlington street over the weekend changed the lives of three college students of Palestinian descent, shocked residents and…
By Derek Brouwer, Colin Flanders, Sasha Goldstein, and Courtney Lamdin
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Nov 29, 2023 | Crime
U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) is calling for the fragile cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war to be extended indefinitely, citing a humanitarian crisis in Gaza…
Protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza swarmed a Burlington fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) on Thursday evening, chanting loudly on a…
This story has been updated to remove more specific crowd-size estimates. Hundreds of people waving flags and signs crowded onto Burlington's Church Street on…
By Hannah Feuer and Derek Brouwer
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Oct 15, 2023 | News
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday urged Israel to show restraint as it prepares to retaliate for Hamas' "terrorist assault" that killed more…
U.S. Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) visited Israel earlier this month with 23 other Democratic House members and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in…
Michelle Sayles and Jen Berger expected some backlash about their “street comic.” The 45-foot-long, black-and-white banner titled “Najawa: A Story of Palestine,” commissioned by Vermonters…
A top Vermont Republican plans to travel to Israel Saturday on a trip financed by a right-wing Christian group that has espoused racist, homophobic and…
As befits a veteran diplomat, the Palestinian Liberation Organization's chief representative to the United States knows how to work an audience. Maen Rashid Areikat began…
After anti-Israel protesters shout him down, the senator tells them to shut up. Sanders' staff call the cops.
Interrupted repeatedly at a town hall meeting last weekend, an irate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) yelled at disruptive audience members: "Shut up!" The meeting, at…
Burlingtons three-way sister-city program with Arad in Israel and Bethlehem on the West Bank was marked at birth by both contentiousness and conciliation. And…
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