Harvard Students Face New Punishments For Protesting for Palestine, Palestine Legal Receives 300% More Requests Since Pre-2023

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Harvard Students Face New Punishments For Protesting for Palestine, Palestine Legal Receives 300% More Requests Since Pre-2023

Three Harvard students who engaged in a demonstration in support of Palestinian freedom and climate justice are likely the first to face punishments from a new university disciplinary body that the Trump administration pressured the university to adopt. Students were protesting a campus event promoting climate sustainability that featured the CEO of a major fossil fuel company and board member of notorious weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin, whose weapons are routinely used by the Israeli military to commit war crimes in Gaza and have been used in deadly attacks on residential areas in Iran according to experts.

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Burst of Legal Wins Reaffirms Power of the Palestine Movement

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Burst of Legal Wins Reaffirms Power of the Palestine Movement

Several recent legal victories are offering hope for the Palestine movement in the US. In the last few weeks, many US courts have been rightfully ruling in favor of pro-Palestinian protesters, often affirming that they are exercising their First Amendment-protected rights to speak out and take action against Israel’s genocide.

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We Stand With Palestinian Activist Nerdeen Kiswani Against Far-Right Zionist Attacks on Her Life

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We Stand With Palestinian Activist Nerdeen Kiswani Against Far-Right Zionist Attacks on Her Life

Palestine Legal is deeply appalled by last week's foiled assassination plot against Nerdeen Kiswani, a 31-year-old Palestinian activist and mother who has been a prominent voice and organizer for Palestinian liberation in New York City for over a decade.

We stand in solidarity with Nerdeen, a former Palestine Legal client who was president of City University of New York’s Staten Island campus Student for Justice in Palestine group—and with all activists who speak out for Palestinian freedom.

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Palestine Legal and Allies Demand LA Public Library Reinstate Palestine Event

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Palestine Legal and Allies Demand LA Public Library Reinstate Palestine Event

The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) violated the constitutional rights of authors Jenan Matari and Nora Lester Murad — and the rights of community members who lost the opportunity to hear from the authors — when it cancelled their event at the library in December, Palestine Legal wrote in a letter to the library last week.

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Lawsuit Against Penn For Allowing ‘Free Palestine’ slogans and Protests Against Israel’s Genocide Must be Dismissed

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Lawsuit Against Penn For Allowing ‘Free Palestine’ slogans and Protests Against Israel’s Genocide Must be Dismissed

Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights today announced the filing of a “friend of the court” brief in support of the University of Pennsylvania in a lawsuit claiming that Penn violated civil rights laws by not doing enough to stop speech critical of Israel on campus.

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Ohio State University: Stop Unconstitutionally Censoring and Discriminating Against Palestinian Students

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Last week, Palestine Legal wrote to Ohio State University (OSU) expressing serious concerns about the school's repeated censorship and criminalization of student speech. The legal letter demands that the school end its discriminatory enforcement of vague and overly restrictive policies to conform with the First Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

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“I Will Not Trade Speaking Out for Palestine for My Safety”: We Stand with Professor Mohja Kahf

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“I Will Not Trade Speaking Out for Palestine for My Safety”: We Stand with Professor Mohja Kahf

Across the US, professors—like Palestine Legal client Mohja Kahf—are continuing to speak out against Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians, in defiance of racist attacks and repression.

Professor Mohja Kahf is a distinguished professor of comparative literature and Middle East studies at the University of Arkansas (UofA), and an award-winning Syrian-Americanpoet.

Since December 2025, Professor Kahf has been subjected to a bogus antisemitism investigation by UofA. The complaint? She has two pro-Palestinian posters on her office door (one of which has been there since 2007).

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