SUNY Binghamton Wrongly Says Professors Can’t Condemn Israel’s Killing of Palestinian Children

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SUNY Binghamton Wrongly Says Professors Can’t Condemn Israel’s Killing of Palestinian Children

A public university in upstate New York violated the constitutional rights of one of its faculty by removing a professor’s bulletin board poster criticizing the Israeli army’s killing of Palestinian children. The university subsequently made a new rule limiting faculty from posting social or political content to their bulletin boards, also in contravention of the federal and NY State constitutions.

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Palestine Legal to Google: You Can't Discriminate Against Workers Organizing for Palestinian Freedom

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Palestine Legal to Google: You Can't Discriminate Against Workers Organizing for Palestinian Freedom

Palestine Legal warned Google against unlawful worker retaliation as thousands of Google and Amazon employees called on their employers to end contracts with the Israeli government, including the billion-dollar Project Nimbus.

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Winter Events with Palestine Legal

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Winter Events with Palestine Legal

Palestine Legal staff are participating in a number of events this winter on topics ranging from attacks on Palestine advocates in the U.S. to free speech and the right to boycott. Stay tuned to this page for updates throughout the next two months.

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Palestine Legal Publishes Report on Trends in Palestine Advocacy and Backlash in 2021

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Palestine Legal Publishes Report on Trends in Palestine Advocacy and Backlash in 2021

This week, Palestine Legal published our 2021 Year-in-Review documenting trends in backlash facing the movement for Palestinian rights in the U.S. and the movement’s resilience against them. As people rose up in solidarity with Palestinians, Palestine Legal witnessed an intensification of repression strategies by Israel and its allies in the United States as they attempted to thwart a shift in public opinion in favor of Palestinian rights.

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New Anti-Boycott Bills Pop Up Even as Texas Law Blocked Over Constitutional Concerns

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New Anti-Boycott Bills Pop Up Even as Texas Law Blocked Over Constitutional Concerns

A coalition of civil rights and human rights groups urged Virginia lawmakers to oppose a new anti-boycott bill targeting advocacy for Palestinian rights. Palestine Legal sent a letter to state lawmakers on February 7 joined by eight organizations, including the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. If enacted, H.B. 1161 would unconstitutionally infringe on Virginians’ core political speech, in violation of the First Amendment.

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Palestine Legal Joins Call on Dutch Gov’t to Reverse Defunding of Palestinian Farmers’ Group

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Palestine Legal Joins Call on Dutch Gov’t to Reverse Defunding of Palestinian Farmers’ Group

Palestine Legal joined 60 global NGOs in calling on the Dutch government to reverse their decision to end funding to the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) in Palestine and to reject Israel’s politically motivated designations of Palestinian civil society organizations as “terrorists.”

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Zahra Billoo's Principled Insistence on Justice for All

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Zahra Billoo's Principled Insistence on Justice for All

Liz Jackson: “Zahra Billoo, who was voted off the board of the Women’s March just days after joining the team, embodies what it means to challenge all systems of violence - fighting the patriarchy, resisting Islamophobia, and supporting Jewish people like me in a time of rising bigotry against Jewish people and all vulnerable populations.” 

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