CAIR-Florida, Palestine Legal Call on FSU President to Protect the Civil Rights of Palestinian Students, Apologize to Smeared Student Leader

CAIR-Florida, Palestine Legal Call on FSU President to Protect the Civil Rights of Palestinian Students, Apologize to Smeared Student Leader

The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida) and Palestine Legal called this week on Florida State University President John Thrasher to protect the free speech of students supporting Palestinian rights and ensure that FSU meets its obligations to Palestinian students under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Fordham Students Urge Court to Reject School’s Appeal on Palestine Club

Fordham Students Urge Court to Reject School’s Appeal on Palestine Club

Today, attorneys representing Fordham University students argued before the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court, urging the court to reject Fordham’s request that the court reinstate the school’s ban on a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) club.

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Palestine Legal Launches Comprehensive, Interactive Site Tracking Legislation Targeting Palestine Advocacy

Palestine Legal Launches Comprehensive, Interactive Site Tracking Legislation Targeting Palestine Advocacy

Palestine Legal launched a new website tracking legislative efforts to silence the movement for Palestinian freedom in the U.S. Geared towards activists, researchers, journalists, and policymakers alike, the site aims to document one part of a widespread attack on the Palestine solidarity movement in the U.S., and to support efforts to push back against these threats.

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Past Webinars with Palestine Legal

Past Webinars with Palestine Legal

Palestine Legal staff have organized and participated in a number of webinars this year on topics from FBI spying and frivolous legal complaints against Palestine advocates to the Right to Boycott and Black liberation. Watch and read videos and articles from the events.

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Palestine Legal to California: Stop Erasing Palestinian Narratives

Palestine Legal to California: Stop Erasing Palestinian Narratives

California has demoted Arab American studies to second-class status in its ethnic studies curriculum after backlash from Israel advocacy groups over the inclusion of narratives around Palestine and boycotts for Palestinian freedom.

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State Dept. Push to Label Human Rights Orgs ‘Antisemitic’ Exposes Repressive Intent of Redefinition Efforts

State Dept. Push to Label Human Rights Orgs ‘Antisemitic’ Exposes Repressive Intent of Redefinition Efforts

In the latest manifestation of a Trump-backed campaign to redefine antisemitism, the U.S. State Department reportedly plans to designate three prominent human rights groups as antisemitic due to their criticism of Israel’s violations of international law.

According to news sources, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo could soon release a report that would label Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam International as antisemitic groups, bar federal funding to the organizations and encourage foreign governments to do the same.

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Big Tech Censors Palestine—Again

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).

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