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Palestine Legal Stands Firmly with the Palestine Movement, Condemns Rising Anti-Palestinian Attacks
Palestine Legal expresses our firm and unequivocal solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle for self-determination and freedom. The events of the last few days broke the barriers – physical and psychological – of Israel’s inhumane 16-year long siege of over two million Palestinians in Gaza, of 75-years of dispossession, exile and apartheid, of Israel’s invincibility and Palestinian invisibility.
As a legal organization supporting the Palestine movement in the U.S., we are committed to supporting those organizing for Palestine at this critical moment.
PATHWAY ON THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO CAMPUS. SOURCE: FLICKR
Palestinian Students File Civil Rights Complaint Against University of Illinois Chicago
On September 12th, Palestine Legal filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), demanding an investigation into the University of Illinois Chicago’s (UIC) discriminatory treatment of Palestinian students, including barring Palestinian students from attending a January 2023 informational session on a university sponsored Israel study abroad program and threatening legal action against them for speaking about their experiences of discrimination.
