Trump’s Education Department Targets UCLA with Investigation into Palestine Advocacy

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Trump’s Education Department Targets UCLA with Investigation into Palestine Advocacy

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has reportedly opened two investigations into UCLA’s response to Palestine advocacy including a student conference in November 2018 and a guest lecture by Professor Rabab Abdulhadi last May. The investigations into UCLA come just weeks after Trump signed an executive order adopting a distorted redefinition of antisemitism that targets advocacy for Palestinian rights.

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Lawsuit: Quora Discriminates Against Palestinian Professor

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Lawsuit: Quora Discriminates Against Palestinian Professor

The popular question-and-answer site Quora is facing a lawsuit over its censorship of retired Palestinian-American professor Rima Najjar. Quora permanently banned Dr. Najjar in May 2019 after website administrators claimed using the term ‘Zionist’ in a negative way was “hate speech.” Dr. Najjar attempted unsuccessfully to resolve the matter directly with Quora, and filed a lawsuit against Quora on December 31 for discriminating against her on the basis of national origin. 

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Facebook Error Blocks Sharing of JVP-NYC Event

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Facebook Error Blocks Sharing of JVP-NYC Event

Echoing trends of censorship by Facebook and other online platforms, organizers of a theater and poetry event featuring personal stories from Palestinians and Jews were unable to share or post about the event on Facebook for almost three weeks, receiving a notification that the content violated Facebook’s standards.

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Palestine Legal's Top 12 Blogs of 2019

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Palestine Legal's Top 12 Blogs of 2019

2019 was a big year for activists supporting Palestinian freedom. This growing movement has shifted the national conversation—creating space for members of Congress to openly support BDS for the first time. As we enter 2020, we’re taking a look at our most-read blog posts from 2019.

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Federal Complaint Filed Against Columbia, After Trump Gives Nod to Target Political Speech on Palestine (Updated)

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Federal Complaint Filed Against Columbia, After Trump Gives Nod to Target Political Speech on Palestine (Updated)

The complaint, which invokes Donald Trump’s new executive order, argues that allowing SJP to hold events, art installations and other speech activity advocating for Palestinian freedom violates the Civil Rights Act.

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Pro-Israel Students Drop Case Against UMass Amherst Over Palestine Event

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Pro-Israel Students Drop Case Against UMass Amherst Over Palestine Event

Nearly eight months after filing a lawsuit against the University of Massachusetts Amherst, pro-Israel Jewish students dropped claims against the university for hosting an event on Palestine and free speech in May. The lawsuit relied on the same distorted definition of antisemitism included in President Trump’s new anti-Palestinian executive order – one designed to shield Israel from criticism – in attempt to censor the talk.

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Trump's Anti-Palestinian Agenda Comes Home

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Trump's Anti-Palestinian Agenda Comes Home

Today Donald Trump will sign an executive order that directs government agencies, including the Department of Education, to consider a distorted definition of antisemitism designed to censor human rights activists, after failed attempts to pass similar legislation in Congress. 

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