Columbia Students File Civil Rights Complaint After NYPD Arrests, National Guard Threat

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Columbia Students File Civil Rights Complaint After NYPD Arrests, National Guard Threat

Today, Palestine Legal filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), demanding an investigation into Columbia University’s discriminatory treatment of Palestinian students and their allies, including by inviting NYPD officers in riot gear — for the first time in decades — to arrest over a hundred students peacefully protesting Israel’s genocide last week. 

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Palestine Legal Statement on McCarthyist Congressional Hearing With Columbia University President

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Palestine Legal Statement on McCarthyist Congressional Hearing With Columbia University President

Today, the President of Columbia, along with other university leaders, testified in Congress. The hearing evidenced the hostile anti-Palestinian environment at Columbia University perpetuated by university leadership and administration.

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Radhika Sainath in Al Jazeera Fault Lines Documentary

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Radhika Sainath in Al Jazeera Fault Lines Documentary

A new, moving documentary by Fault Lines on “The Palestine Exception: The crackdown on Palestine advocacy on US campuses” premiered this week on Al Jazeera English featuring Palestine Legal staff and clients.

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Palestine Legal and NYCLU Sue Columbia University Over Student Group Suspension

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Palestine Legal and NYCLU Sue Columbia University Over Student Group Suspension

The New York Civil Liberties Union and Palestine Legal filed a lawsuit today against Columbia University for the unlawful suspension of its chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) for engaging in peaceful protest. 

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Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine Attacked by University President During COVID-19 Crisis

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Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine Attacked by University President During COVID-19 Crisis

Palestine Legal calls on Tufts University President Anthony Monaco to revoke his April 24 statement “disapproving” of a recent award given to Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and falsely accusing the group of antisemitism over its support for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS).

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Federal Complaint Filed Against Columbia, After Trump Gives Nod to Target Political Speech on Palestine (Updated)

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Federal Complaint Filed Against Columbia, After Trump Gives Nod to Target Political Speech on Palestine (Updated)

The complaint, which invokes Donald Trump’s new executive order, argues that allowing SJP to hold events, art installations and other speech activity advocating for Palestinian freedom violates the Civil Rights Act.

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Over 30 New York Scholars and Activists Spied on by Former Mossad Agents

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Over 30 New York Scholars and Activists Spied on by Former Mossad Agents

Palestine Legal confirmed today that a 2017 attempt to scare New Yorkers believed to support boycotts for Palestinian rights with bogus ‘cease and desist’ letters was the work of ex-Mossad agents. The people targeted by former Israeli intelligence agents with Psy-Group include faculty at Columbia University, New York University, multiple City University of New York (CUNY) campuses as well Black, Jewish, and Palestinian volunteers from groups such as Adalah-NY and Jewish Voice for Peace.

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