Palestine Legal Condemns Trump Regime’s “Terrorism” Designation of Palestine Action

/
Palestine Legal Condemns Trump Regime’s “Terrorism” Designation of Palestine Action

On August 26, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two Palestine advocacy groups—Palestine Action and Masar Badil—along with an anti-fascist group, Autistici/Inventati, designating them as Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) organizations.

These designations seek to repress the ability of activists to operate but, importantly, also aim to scare U.S. residents from interacting with—or even speaking about—these organizations, under threat of criminal prosecution. But one thing remains clear: The First Amendment protects the right of activists to independently educate themselves and their communities about these organizations and speak out in support of them.

Read More
/ /

Media Roundup: Top Stories of Repression and Resistance Featuring Palestine Legal Clients and Attorneys

/
Media Roundup: Top Stories of Repression and Resistance Featuring Palestine Legal Clients and Attorneys

Read our roundup of the 2026’s top media coverage of stories of repression and resistance featuring Palestine Legal clients, attorneys, and attorney network members from outlets including The Guardian, The Hill, Inside Higher Ed, The Intercept, and Truthout.

Read More

Palestine Legal to ASA: Allow Faculty to Vote on Resolution to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions

/
Palestine Legal to ASA: Allow Faculty to Vote on Resolution to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions

Today, Palestine Legal sent a legal letter on behalf of Sociologists for Palestine to urge the American Sociological Association to allow ASA faculty the opportunity to vote on a proposed resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions.

Read More
/ /
,

Palestine Legal and Jewish Voice for Peace Respond to Carnegie Mellon's Misrepresentations of Student Activists for Palestine

/
Palestine Legal and Jewish Voice for Peace Respond to Carnegie Mellon's Misrepresentations of Student Activists for Palestine

Carnegie Mellon University's statement is yet another desperate attempt to malign and attack its own students for speaking out in support of Palestinian rights. Palestine Legal, which is representing the student activists, will continue to fiercely defend our client's right to free expression, and we continue to call on CMU to do the right thing and close the investigations against all 10 campus activists.

Read More
/ /

Carnegie Mellon Punishing 10 Pro-Palestinian Activists for Free Expression

/
Carnegie Mellon Punishing 10 Pro-Palestinian Activists for Free Expression

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has opened Title VI investigations into 10 activists, barring 8 of them from campus after they painted pro-Palestinian messages on the university's century-old free speech fence. Today, Palestine Legal sent a legal letter to the CMU President's office demanding the university end its discriminatory treatment of advocates for Palestinian freedom, conform with its own speech policies, and comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

Read More
/ /

Civil Rights Groups Condemn New Florida Anti-Terrorism Laws as State-Level Tools of Authoritarian Repression

/
Civil Rights Groups Condemn New Florida Anti-Terrorism Laws as State-Level Tools of Authoritarian Repression

Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights stand in solidarity with organizations, movements, activists and communities in Florida impacted by two so-called anti-terrorism laws that went into effect on July 1, 2026, which represent a new state-level tool of authoritarian political repression.

Read More
/ /
,

Federal Court Blocks Berkeley Students from Weighing in on University's Chilling Deal with Zionists

/
Federal Court Blocks Berkeley Students from Weighing in on University's Chilling Deal with Zionists

A federal court has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit by a right-wing Israel lobby organization against the University of California, Berkeley, as part of an anti-Palestinian deal that will infringe on the free speech and academic freedom rights of members of the campus community, blocking efforts by students to have a say in the decision.

Read More
/ /
, , ,