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.
Read MoreAs we head into the fall, here’s a recap of some of the biggest stories of the summer targeting advocacy for Palestinian rights in the U.S.
Read MoreEchoing trends of censorship by Facebook and other online platforms, organizers of a theater and poetry event featuring personal stories from Palestinians and Jews were unable to share or post about the event on Facebook for almost three weeks, receiving a notification that the content violated Facebook’s standards.
Read MoreThe Highland Park Public Library announced late Tuesday that it would allow a book event organized by Jewish Voice for Peace-Central New Jersey (JVP) to go forward after the Library cancelled the event because of racist, Islamophobic complaints. Palestine Legal, the Center for Constitutional Rights and ACLU-NJ wrote the library board of trustees on May 29, warning that the cancellation violated the First Amendment and Article I, Paragraph 6 of the New Jersey Constitution, by which public libraries in New Jersey are bound.
Read MorePalestine Legal, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the ACLU of New Jersey wrote the Highland Park Public Library today to inform the library that its cancellation of a May 19 event organized by the Central New Jersey chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) violates the First Amendment. The library had put out a statement that the event was cancelled pending a review by the library’s board after community members complained.
Read MorePalestine 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.
Read MoreThe email links to a website baring Jacobs’ name and also accuses him of antisemitism for “spend[ing] all [his] time” with Jewish Voice for Peace.
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