40+ Civil and Human Rights Groups to ABA: Controversial IHRA Definition Deployed to Target Advocacy for Palestinian Rights Should Have No Part in Resolution on Antisemitism

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40+ Civil and Human Rights Groups to ABA: Controversial IHRA Definition Deployed to Target Advocacy for Palestinian Rights Should Have No Part in Resolution on Antisemitism

Last week, Palestine Legal joined more than 40 civil rights, human rights, and grassroots organizations in calling on the American Bar Association (ABA) to remove reference to the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition on Antisemitism in a proposed resolution on antisemitism.  

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Palestine Legal Welcomes Ed Dept's Decision to Combat Antisemitism Without IHRA Definition In New Factsheet

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Palestine Legal Welcomes Ed Dept's Decision to Combat Antisemitism Without IHRA Definition In New Factsheet

The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has released a new fact sheet describing protections that cover students who are Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, or of another religious group. The fact sheet comes after years of demands by pro-Israel groups and right-wing politicians for the Biden administration to further entrench the Trump-endorsed IHRA definition of antisemitism. The Israel lobby has demanded that Biden’s Education Department enshrine the distorted definition in federal regulations.

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Success! George Washington SJP Completely Exonerated After Controversial Hearing

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Success! George Washington SJP Completely Exonerated After Controversial Hearing

In written decisions issued last Friday, George Washington University cleared Students for Justice in Palestine and its president, Lance Lokas, who were wrongly charged with misconduct relating to property after SJP organized a postering campaign critical of the Israeli army’s treatment of Palestinians. 

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Berkeley Students Don't Have to Host Zionists

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Berkeley Students Don't Have to Host Zionists

An Israeli government-funded law firm has partnered with a Florida lawyer to demand a federal investigation into University of California, Berkeley, alleging that the university’s recognition of the First Amendment rights of students who stand in solidarity with Palestine violates civil rights laws.  

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New Resource on the Right to Boycott

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New Resource on the Right to Boycott

Palestine Legal recently published a new two-page resource on anti-BDS legislation and the right to boycott. At a time when the right to boycott is under attack from rightwing lawmakers, and the Supreme Court is considering weighing in on the constitutionality of these laws, this new resource aims to provide advocates with information and tools to bolster our rights to protest and dissent.

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Statement by GW Student Leader of Palestine Group Facing Racist Charges

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Statement by GW Student Leader of Palestine Group Facing Racist Charges

We are sharing this statement from our client, George Washington University sophomore and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) president Lance Lokas, who was forced to testify in two hearings last Friday, December 2 after he and SJP were falsely charged with damaging a concrete bench outside of Hillel. Lance and SJP believe this is racist retaliation for a postering campaign critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.

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Civil Rights Attorneys Urge GW to Drop Racist Charges against Palestine Group and its Student Leader

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Civil Rights Attorneys Urge GW to Drop Racist Charges against Palestine Group and its Student Leader

George Washington University is bringing disciplinary charges against GW Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and its student president for protesting an event held on campus featuring Doron Tenne, a former senior intelligence official in the Israeli military. The university initiated an investigation after pro-Israel students complained about the protest, and is now threatening SJP’s president with disciplinary probation. A conduct hearing on the matter is scheduled for this Friday.

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