Fall Events with Palestine Legal
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We have a very busy schedule this fall of public education events and conference panels. Hear from us at the following events in October and November.
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Bowing to pro-Israel complaints, Dept. of Ed threatens Middle East studies funding
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Three months after announcing that it would investigate the use of federal funds in an academic conference on Gaza at the University of North Carolina (UNC), the Department of Education has published a letter threatening to withdraw funding from the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, which sponsored the event.
Sent a week after the start of the fall semester, the letter threatens to cut off funding to Middle East Studies unless Duke-UNC provides a “revised schedule of activities that it plans to support for the coming year, including a description demonstrating how each activity promotes foreign language learning and advances the national security interests and economic stability of the United States” by September 22.
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Legislation: What We’re Watching This Fall
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As Congress and state legislatures return from summer recess, we expect to see action on a number of measures that could have a major impact on advocacy for Palestinian rights.
Read MorePalestine Legal Comments on California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum
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We wrote in response to an organized campaign against the curriculum because of its inclusion of the movement for Palestinian freedom alongside other contemporary struggles for civil rights and equality.
Read MoreIsrael's ban on Tlaib and Omar exposes larger attacks on advocates for Palestinian rights
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The attack on Omar and Tlaib puts a spotlight on efforts to suppress advocacy for Palestinian rights, which have impacted thousands of activists around the country. While this story holds our national attention, we must continue to fight to ensure that human rights defenders can raise their voices for marginalized people in Palestine and around the world.
Read MoreSuccess: UIC Reverses Ban on Palestine Event
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A community group in Rockford, Ill., that had been blocked from renting space for an event featuring Israeli-American activist and author Miko Peled successfully held their event on Saturday after Palestine Legal intervened.
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