June 13, 2023

Civil Rights Groups Urge CUNY to Retract Anti-Palestinian Statement and Apologize

June 13, 2023/ Danya Zituni

Palestine Legal and 13 civil rights groups, including the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee, and Law for Black Lives, wrote the City University of New York (CUNY) today to raise serious concerns that the university’s May 30th Statement condemning as “hate speech” the principled remarks by graduating CUNY Law 3L Fatima Mohammed violated state and federal laws. Published two weeks after Mohammed gave her speech in which she criticized Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, the statement from CUNY’s Board of Trustees and Chancellor contributed to the bullying campaign led by anti-Palestinian groups, politicians, and rightwing media outlets in the wake of Mohammed’s speech, and incited additional online harassment and threats against Mohammed.

March 30, 2023

SUCCESS: NYU Withdraws False Accusations Against Pro-Palestine Graduate Student Worker; Rehires Idriss to Library with Back Pay

March 30, 2023/ Danya Zituni

After facing public backlash, NYU’s Office of Student Conduct has dropped its false discrimination charge against graduate student worker Naye Idriss, who was accused in November 2022 of antisemitism after she wrote “Fuck” over the word ‘Israel,’ and “Free Palestine” on an Israeli mail bag that had been discarded in the recycling at Bobst Library, where she worked in the mailroom.

February 01, 2023

Media Roundup: NYU student punished for writing on discarded Israeli mail bag

February 01, 2023/ Danya Zituni

Our staff attorney, Dylan Saba, spoke to the Electronic Intifada, and New York University’s (NYU) independent student newspaper Washington Square News, about our client who is a graduate student worker at NYU put under investigation by the administration for the alleged “vandalism” of an Israeli mail services bag discarded in a recycling bin.

December 22, 2020

Statement on NY Appellate Court's Decision in Awad v. Fordham

December 22, 2020/ Guest User

In a hasty decision short on analysis, a New York appellate division court reversed a thorough, well-reasoned ruling by the trial court that Fordham University violated its own policies when it refused to recognize a Students for Justice in Palestine club. We plan to seek review by the highest court in New York so that Fordham students can keep organizing for Palestinian rights on campus as SJP, as they have been for the last year and a half.

January 23, 2020

Fired History Teacher's Letter in The New York Times

January 23, 2020/ Guest User

Jewish high school history teacher JB Brager was fired this month from the Fieldston School in the Bronx after they made statements critical of Israel and Zionism. On January 21, Brager published a letter to the editor in The New York Times regarding their firing.

January 17, 2020

Firing Bronx History Teacher Over Israel Criticism Chills Free Speech & Human Rights Advocacy

January 17, 2020/ Guest User

The Ethical Culture Fieldston School’s decision to fire Jewish high school history teacher JB Brager is the latest in a well-documented, nationwide campaign to censor and punish critics of Israel. Brager was fired last week after they made statements critical of Israel and Zionism.

August 06, 2019

Fordham University Students Win Landmark Fight to Establish Palestine Club

August 06, 2019/ Guest User

Five Fordham University students have won a landmark legal victory against Fordham University, which sought to prohibit them from forming a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) club at their university. The students, represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights, Palestine Legal, and cooperating counsel Alan Levine, argued that Fordham University violated its own rules when, in 2016, it vetoed the United Student Government’s approval of SJP, preventing the students from forming the SJP club.

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