Letter to Workplace Leaders: Protect against anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim discrimination

Letter to Workplace Leaders: Protect against anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim discrimination

Palestine Legal, together with other legal organizations including ADC, CCR, NLG, Law for Black Lives,  the National Lawyers Guild and Project South issued an open letter to workplace leaders urging them to take measures to protect against anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim discrimination, and against retaliation for employees' political views. The letter emphasizes the unprecedented wave of workplace discrimination and employment consequences people who are advocating for Palestinian lives are facing.

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Case Western Replaced JVP Workshop with Anti-Palestinian ADL Program

Case Western Replaced JVP Workshop with Anti-Palestinian ADL Program

Case Western Reserve University has refused to apologize to an organizer whose workshop on the censorship of Palestinian voices—scheduled to take place at the university's annual Social Justice Teach-In—was canceled and replaced by a pro-Israel workshop.

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Lawmakers Reintroduce Federal Bill Aimed at Censoring Palestine Advocacy on Campuses

Lawmakers Reintroduce Federal Bill Aimed at Censoring Palestine Advocacy on Campuses

Yesterday, members of Congress announced the reintroduction of the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act (ASAA), a bill aimed at censoring Palestine advocacy on college campuses by imposing on the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) a widely-criticized and overbroad re-definition of antisemitism that classifies virtually all speech critical of Israel as antisemitic.

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New Orleans City Council Rescinds Human Rights Resolution to Shield Israel From Accountability

New Orleans City Council Rescinds Human Rights Resolution to Shield Israel From Accountability

On Thursday, the New Orleans City Council rescinded a human rights resolution, bowing to pressure from the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans.

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