Rasmea Odeh’s trial was surreal – and not just because I grew up knowing her and her story and was jarred seeing her in the defendant’s chair. The attorney representing the U.S. government essentially did Israel’s bidding, painting a Palestinian woman who embodies the Palestinian history of dispossession, struggle and resilience as “dangerous and threatening.” And the judge allowed it.
Read MorePSLS Director, Dima Khalidi, reflects on the establishment of Palestine Legal and the pervasiveness of the problem that brought it about in this interview on Jadaliyya.
Read MoreAcross the U.S., people are rallying in support of justice for Palestinians. They’re doing it in small ways, like carrying a Palestinian flag to a game. They’re doing it in bigger ways, like conducting sit-ins and blocking ships. Some are veteran activists from the Civil Rights era. Others are Palestinian-American youth, returning from a summer under occupation.
Read MoreListen here to CCR Cooperating Counsel Liz Jackson interview with Electronic Intifada explaining efforts to repress Palestinian human rights advocacy on campus.
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