Statement in response to UC Regents' amended policy on "anti-Zionism"

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Statement in response to UC Regents' amended policy on "anti-Zionism"

Palestine Legal Staff Attorney Liz Jackson made the following statement in response to the UC Regents' adoption of an amended policy condemning “anti-Semitic forms of anti-Zionism” in place of defining "anti-Zionism" as a form of discrimination:

“This statement of opinion by the Regents is unenforceable, and the General Counsel acknowledged that it should not be misconstrued to restrict criticism of Israel.

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Claremont Colleges botch response to student speech critical of Israel

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Claremont Colleges botch response to student speech critical of Israel

Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights wrote to the presidents of the five Claremont Colleges demanding they fix a botched job on free speech.
 

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Media Release: UC's proposed intolerance statement is unenforceable

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Media Release: UC's proposed intolerance statement is unenforceable

The University of California (UC) Regents Working Group on Principles Against Intolerance has asked the Regents to adopt a report and an accompanying policy on Principles Against Intolerance at their March 23 meeting in San Francisco Mission Bay. The report states that “anti-Zionism” is a form of discrimination.

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Vassar Trustees threaten $900K over BDS

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Vassar Trustees threaten $900K over BDS

The Vassar Student Association (VSA) Executive Board was informed last week that if it were to pass a BDS amendment, the college’s Board of Trustees would “remove” student control of college funds for student activities, amounting to around $900,000.

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Northeastern students blocked from voting on BDS

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Northeastern students blocked from voting on BDS

On February 26, Northeastern University’s Student Government Association (SGA) again blocked Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) from placing a referendum on the election ballot asking university trustees to divest from companies profiting from violations of Palestinian rights.

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Marquette University Censors SJP Mock Apartheid Wall

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Marquette University Censors SJP Mock Apartheid Wall

On Sunday evening, February 21, members of Marquette University’s Students for Justice in Palestine erected a mock Israeli separation wall on campus to kick off Israeli Apartheid Week. The wall featured slogans and pictures that appear on the actual separation wall in Palestine. They had reserved the space and received approval from the University administration for their fliers and publicity. But the next morning, the wall was gone; the University administration had confiscated it.

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#UMNDivest resolution countered with proposal to restrict student speech

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#UMNDivest resolution countered with proposal to restrict student speech

Yesterday, University of Minnesota student organizers introduced a resolution in the Minnesota Student Association (MSA) calling on the University to divest from four companies that profit from human rights abuses of Palestinians. If successful, the #UMNDivest campaign, spearheaded by Students for Justice in Palestine, would add University of Minnesota to the growing list of university student bodies that have passed divestment resolutions to support Palestinian freedom and human rights.

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