As it unfurls, the saga of Mahmoud Khalil—the Columbia agitator picked up by immigration enforcement last week—looks less like a complicated immigration-law dispute and more like something out of a John le Carré novel.

But inspect the details, and Khalil's case gives us a glimpse a well-established network linking American universities, international progressive NGOs, and government agencies. This network places ideologues like Khalil in positions of power and influence and promoting radical policies that challenge both the will of American voters and our national-security interests.

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What are the next steps for university leaders and donors after the Trump administration's slew of executive orders on removing diversity, equity, and inclusion policies from American life, identifying and removing hostile foreign students, and protecting Jewish students?

Some necessary measures are a simple matter of compliance. Traditionally, universities faced with threats complain loudly about the end of the world, hide the ball — in this case, rename DEI activities, including policies, offices/personnel, and courses — and claim they have complied with mandated changes while hiring Washington lobbyists to establish diplomatic relations with the new administration.

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As the Israel-Hamas cease-fire arrives at its pivotal second phase, Egypt has emerged as the unlikely focal point for the next stage of the multifront war that has consumed the Middle East since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.

Although most of the world has focused on Gaza over the past 16 months, the ongoing Near Eastern conflict has revealed the stark fragility of Israeli-Egyptian relations.

President Trump's declaration earlier this month that the US would "own Gaza" has revived fears in Cairo that Egypt will ultimately bear the brunt of solving the "Gaza" problem.

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"It shall be the policy of the United States to combat anti-Semitism vigorously, using all available and appropriate legal tools, to prosecute, remove, or otherwise hold to account the perpetrators of unlawful anti-Semitic harassment and violence."

So states an executive order signed this week by President Trump, allotting all US department and agency heads 60 days to come up with meaningful new ways to fight the rise in anti-Jewish incidents in America.

Should these officials need of inspiration, the order also refers to existing immigration laws, which permit the immediate deportation of any resident alien who "endorses or espouses terrorist activity or supports a terrorist organization."

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It's been a very bad month for terrorists and their sympathizers.

No matter how you feel about the president-elect, Donald Trump has made it clear that, when it comes to the Palestinians, his administration is going to do things differently. His appointments of Mike Huckabee as his incoming ambassador to Israel, of Steve Witkoff as envoy to the Middle East, and of Pete Hegseth as his secretary of defense speak volumes, suggesting that the president is about to dispense with decades of perceived wisdom.

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