King’s College London (KCL) used a private security firm to monitor a campaign in support of a student suspended in relation to pro-Palestine activism, who has since been readmitted to the university, Novara Media can reveal. Usama Ghanem, 22, was suspended and excluded from campus on misconduct charges last year, with his visa…
Page A5From§Eachthe coffee break edition — 10 September 2026
Hollywood launches open letters on Israel and Palestine while universities monitor pro-Palestine students with private security.
The war of open letters erupts in Hollywood—pro-Israel and pro-Palestine factions trade public statements, setting the stage for 'the time is coming' (New York Post). The debate is loud, but the real drama plays out at King's College London, where private security is hired to monitor a campaign supporting a suspended pro-Palestine student (Novara). The spectacle hangs over the industry, but the tools of power operate quietly: open letters for the audience, surveillance for dissenters. The next act isn't scripted—the campus activists are cast as extras, but the lens stays fixed on them. The narrative is written by institutions, not the stars.
“The script's the same: stars argue politics in public, while the real surveillance happens offstage. They fight over letters, you get watched for picking a side. It's all for show until the cameras leave, then you're the one under the lens.”
“This is just healthy debate—open letters keep the conversation going. Security is about campus safety, not politics. Monitoring student campaigns? That's standard procedure for maintaining order. Did I say surveillance? No, it's proactive engagement, that's all.”
The receipts
On Wednesday morning, a group of Hollywood notables signed a new missive denouncing the use of the word “genocide” with regards to Israel’s military response in Gaza.
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