Palestine Legal Joins Call on Dutch Gov’t to Reverse Defunding of Palestinian Farmers’ Group

Palestine Legal Joins Call on Dutch Gov’t to Reverse Defunding of Palestinian Farmers’ Group

Palestine Legal joined 60 global NGOs in calling on the Dutch government to reverse their decision to end funding to the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) in Palestine and to reject Israel’s politically motivated designations of Palestinian civil society organizations as “terrorists.”

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

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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SUCCESS! CUNY Dismisses Frivolous Complaint Against SJP Over Nakba Vigil

SUCCESS! CUNY Dismisses Frivolous Complaint Against SJP Over Nakba Vigil

“We are happy this harassing complaint is dismissed, but it was incredibly disingenuous of SSI to accuse us of incitement in the first place,” said one member of SJP. “We held this vigil to commemorate 70 years of the dispossession of our family members. At the same time as our vigil, the Israeli military was killing unarmed protesters in Gaza.”

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Rights Groups to UC Irvine, UC Berkeley and SFSU: Condemn David Horowitz Posters, Protect Students From Intimidation Campaign

Rights Groups to UC Irvine, UC Berkeley and SFSU: Condemn David Horowitz Posters, Protect Students From Intimidation Campaign

Palestine Legal joined American Muslims for Palestine, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus, Arab Resource and Organizing Center, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, and local chapters of the National Lawyers Guild, Council on American-Islamic Relations, and Jewish Voice for Peace to demand that the University of California Irvine (UCI), University of California Berkeley (UCB) and San Francisco State University (SFSU) protect campus members targeted by hateful posters.

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