Palestine Legal calls on UCLA to address escalating intimidation against Students for Justice in Palestine

Palestine Legal calls on UCLA to address escalating intimidation against Students for Justice in Palestine

In its intensifying harassment campaign, the David Horowitz Freedom Center distributed posters on at least four university campuses in California targeting individual students and professors by name. The posters are the latest desperate attempt by off-campus Israel advocacy groups to scare students and scholars into silence.

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Palestine Legal statement on lawsuit against ASA

Palestine Legal statement on lawsuit against ASA

Palestine Legal issued the following statement in response to a lawsuit announced today against the American Studies Association (ASA) for adopting an academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions:    

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Anti-BDS legislation update: California, Ohio, and Georgia

Anti-BDS legislation update: California, Ohio, and Georgia

Palestine Legal continues to track anti-BDS legislation across the country. We regularly update legal resources and action items at www.RightToBoycott.org.

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IUPUI must stand with Haneen and SJP, too

Today, Palestine Legal wrote to the Chancellor of Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) demanding that the University take immediate action to ensure that members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) are able to speak out about Palestinian human rights without fear of violence and intimidation.

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Statement: Banning SJP from CUNY would be unconstitutional

Statement: Banning SJP from CUNY would be unconstitutional

Palestine Legal is concerned by recent calls from 35 NY legislators for the “immediate suspension” of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) from the City University of New York (CUNY). The calls come after a recent letter by the Zionist Organization of America to “investigate and ban” SJP from all CUNY campuses.

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UC Regents' statement is unenforceable

UC Regents' statement is unenforceable

Today the University of California (UC) Board of Regents adopted a Report and Statement of Principles against Intolerance that states: “Anti-Semitism, anti-Semitic forms of anti-Zionism, and other forms of discrimination have no place at the University of California.”  In doing so, the Regents rejected a blanket conflation of anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism.

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Anti-BDS legislation updates: Illinois, Florida, Colorado, Arizona (updated)

Anti-BDS legislation updates: Illinois, Florida, Colorado, Arizona (updated)

Israel advocacy groups – and the state lawmakers who blindly support them – continue their campaign to legislate against the growing boycott, divest from, and sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian freedom. With their anti-BDS legislation, these groups and lawmakers are threatening our constitutionally-protected right to boycott.

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