Palestine Legal Condemns US Designation of Palestinian Human Rights Group Addameer as Genocide Escalates

Palestine Legal Condemns US Designation of Palestinian Human Rights Group Addameer as Genocide Escalates

The action against Addameer is the latest in a long list of politicized attacks by the Trump administration against activists and organizations that work to promote civil and human rights.

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Harvard Must Not Be Pressured To Violate Civil Rights of Palestinian Students to Get Back Billions from Trump

Harvard Must Not Be Pressured To Violate Civil Rights of Palestinian Students to Get Back Billions from Trump

Today Palestine Legal announced the filing of a "friend of the court" brief on behalf of the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) in Harvard University's lawsuit against the Trump Administration's revocation of over $3 billion in federal funding and research grants.

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Top 10 Points from Harvard Law Review Note Debunking Anti-BDS Claims

Top 10 Points from Harvard Law Review Note Debunking Anti-BDS Claims

In February the Harvard Law Review published a compelling note refuting legal claims that boycotts for Palestinian rights are discriminatory. In case you missed it, here are 10 key points from that note.

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Success: Harvard apologizes for charging security fees for Black-Palestinian solidarity event

Success: Harvard apologizes for charging security fees for Black-Palestinian solidarity event

Harvard College reversed a discriminatory, eleventh hour decision to charge a student group $300 in security fees for an event on Black-Palestinian solidarity featuring Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Dr. Cornell West and Palestine Legal’s Dima Khalidi, which took place on the evening of Tuesday, April 2. A university official had informed a member of Harvard’s Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) at 5pm the day before the event that the fees were being charged due to concerns that the event was “controversial.”

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