Today Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) filed an appeal against a University of California Irvine (UCI) decision to punish them for spontaneously clapping and chanting at a May 10 speaking event with Israeli soldiers.
Read MoreSenator Cardin’s reading of the bill is wrong, and 100 civil and human rights organizations across the country have called on him and other politicians to withdraw the bill. The Senator should provide answers to the following three questions.
Read More“The inflammatory term “terrorist” is routinely applied in a highly political and racially charged manner to demonize brown, black, and Muslim people.”
Read MoreToday, San Francisco State University (SFSU) Professor, Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, asked the court to dismiss a frivolous lawsuit that targets her academic freedom and threatens campus advocacy for Palestinian rights more broadly.
Read MoreAugust 18, 2017: Palestine Legal issued the following statement regarding the deadly Charlottesville attack on anti-racist protesters, and the ensuing national attention to brazen displays of white supremacy:
Read MoreOver seventy national and local civil and human rights organizations endorsed a joint statement to members of Congress expressing strong opposition to the Israel Anti-Boycott Act and calling on lawmakers to reject - rather than amend - the bill.
Read MoreThis segment features staff attorney Liz Jackson speaking about Palestine Legal's recent cases. It was aired on KPOO's Arab Talk on July 27, 2017. Listen below.
Constitutional attorney Liz Jackson discusses AIPAC-sponsored Senate bill aimed at criminalizing and penalizing advocates for Palestinian rights in violation of the First Amendment.
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