The controversial demonstration halted traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge for hours, triggering intense national debate over the boundaries of free speech versus public safety.
British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi, who has been held by US federal immigration for over two weeks since being detained at SFO, is set to be released and allowed to return to the UK.
More than 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far, Gaza health officials said Saturday, as more bodies are recovered and identified in the devastated Gaza Strip since the ceasefire began on Oct. 10.
The Red Cross and Gaza hospital officials say Israel has handed over the bodies of 30 Palestinians, a day after Palestinian militants in Gaza turned over the remains of two hostages to Israel.
Hamdi, who is Muslim, was detained Sunday by ICE officers at San Francisco International Airport, according to federal officials. His lawyers say the arrest was triggered by his criticism of the Israeli government, while U.S. officials have pointed to comments he made after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, which they claim celebrated the violence.
Hamdi was reportedly speaking at a CAIR gala the night before about the genocide in Gaza and against the Israeli apartheid occupation. He was heading to speak at another CAIR gala in Florida when ICE detained him.