Exactly a month after censoring a Palestine webinar at San Francisco State, Zoom has censored two other campus Palestine events—this time at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa (UHM) and at New York University (NYU).
Read MoreStudents at Butler University in Indiana mounted a successful campaign against two resolutions cracking down on the right to advocate for Palestine on campus. The resolutions had been proposed as retaliation against an event featuring protest art from around the world.
Palestine Legal wrote to Butler earlier this week after an administrator boosted the censorship campaign in a campus-wide email. The letter explained that Butler had failed its students by giving a stamp of approval to a widespread harassment campaign targeting advocacy for Palestine on college campuses.
Read MoreAs we head into the fall, here’s a recap of some of the biggest stories of the summer targeting advocacy for Palestinian rights in the U.S.
Read MoreThe unprofessional response of City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law to a Zionist smear campaign has fueled vicious cyberbullying against a Palestinian student.
Read MoreThree tech giants censored a discussion featuring Palestinian, Black, Jewish and South African activists at San Francisco State University today, after pro-Israel advocacy groups complained. The open classroom event “Whose Narratives?: Gender, Justice & Resistance” featured Palestinian activist Leila Khaled and was scheduled to take place at 12:30 PDT before being erased from Zoom, Facebook and YouTube.
Read MoreAs the Israeli government and its proxy groups operating in the United States continue to mount coordinated campaigns against the movement for Palestinian freedom and equality, these groups have coopted the language and tools of civil rights to stifle Palestine activism on U.S. campuses.
Read MoreStudents asked New York’s Appellate Court on Friday to reject an effort by Fordham University to overturn a decision ordering the school to recognize the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) club. The students are represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights, Palestine Legal, and cooperating counsel Alan Levine.
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