Here is a media roundup on Palestine Legal’s civil rights complaint against George Washington University and student protests against GW’s discriminatory treatment against Palestinians. Our complaint challenges GW's selective and discriminatory cancelation of trauma support services for Palestinian students.
Read MoreFollowing Ben & Jerry's announcement, Israeli government officials and their allies in the U.S. threatened to invoke some 30 state laws that target boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns for Palestinian freedom. Here’s what you need to know about your right to boycott.
Read MoreSenior staff attorney Radhika Sainath published an op-ed in Jacobin on how cancel culture intersects with "the Palestine Exception to free speech," a phenomenon that is magnified at this time of increasing censorship of advocacy for Palestinian rights:
Read MoreMichael Ratner Justice Fellow Amira Mattar was featured in a Guardian article addressing the backlash to the growing campus movement for Palestinian liberation.
Read MoreIn April, Palestine Legal filed a civil rights complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights demanding an immediate investigation into a hostile environment of anti-Palestinian racism at Florida State University. Ahmad’s story was featured in 972 Magazine, Inside Higher Education, Mondoweiss, and in an op-ed from Ahmad himself in The Nation.
Read MoreDirector Dima Khalidi published a powerful op-ed in Truthout on the role of Palestinian youth leading the movement to end Israeli apartheid and settler colonialism.
Read MoreThe Intercept published a breaking story about guidelines Facebook has been employing since 2019 to moderate posts about “Zionists” as hate speech. Dima Khalidi was quoted in the piece, criticizing the policy.
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