The New York Times reported this week that Marcus resigned after we filed a complaint to the Inspector General outlining the ways he violated the law in service of his anti-Palestinian agenda. The article features staff attorney Zoha Khalili.
Read MorePalestine Legal staff attorney Zoha Khalili issued the following statement on the resignation of Kenneth Marcus from the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights.
Read MorePalestine Legal and eight other civil rights organizations have filed a complaint with the inspector general for the Department of Education, urging the office to investigate Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kenneth Marcus for violations of federal law in his handling of a case against Rutgers University.
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 MoreThe right-wing Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has demanded that the City of Berkeley, California investigate City Council Member Cheryl Davila, arguing erroneously that Davila violated the law by supporting boycotts for Palestinian rights.
Read MoreThere is much uncertainty about what a Trump presidency will mean. On one point, however, the signs are clear: the next four years will see increased attacks on Muslim and other minority communities at home, hawkish support for Israel abroad, and a disdain for our right to criticize any of it.
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