Dayan referred to critical questions by SJP members and supporters as “terrorism,” and SJP members faced racist harassment and physical attack by at least one member of SSI immediately after the event. The university has taken no action to support SJP members, the vast majority of whom are Muslim and Arab or South Asian.
Read MoreFordham has chosen to forego the opportunity to resolve the issue amicably, opting instead for a protracted legal battle.
Read MoreFor four straight days this past May, a group of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers called “Reservists On Duty” harassed UCI students who were displaying a Mock Wall to educate their campus about Israel’s concerted violations of international law and Palestinian human rights.
Read MorePalestine Legal joins several organizations to call for U.N. Secretary-General Guterres to urge Israel to comply with the U.N. standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners and international law on detention.
Read MoreThe lawsuit has national significance, as suppression of campus activism for Palestinian rights is widespread. We collected some highlights of the media coverage.
Read MoreIn a stunning violation of First Amendment rights to leaflet in a public space, New York Police Department (NYPD) officers ordered two members of New York University Students for Justice in Palestine (NYU SJP) to leave Washington Square Park on Tuesday because they claimed the leafleting was causing attendees of an Israeli Independence Day “rave” anxiety.
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