On Tuesday, Palestine Legal issued a legislative memorandum to lawmakers in Missouri, urging them to withdraw unconstitutional anti-boycott bills pending in the state legislature, and warning that failure to do so could result in costly legal challenges.
Palestine Legal urges Pitzer College to respect the demands of a student petition asking that the Board of Trustees rescind its interference with student support for Palestinian human rights.
The Israeli deputy consul general erroneously told the City of Alameda, California that establishing a sister city relationship with a Palestinian village would run afoul of state law.
Read MoreAn anti-boycott bill opposed by the Massachusetts "Freedom to Boycott" coalition was defeated today after a Massachusetts legislative committee refused to advance it.
Read MoreOn Thursday, the New Orleans City Council rescinded a human rights resolution, bowing to pressure from the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans.
Read MoreOn Thursday, the US Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions committee approved the nomination of Kenneth L. Marcus to head the Office for Civil Rights in the US Department of Education.
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