PSLS Letter to John Jay College President

PSLS Letter to John Jay College President

Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, along with the Center for Constitutional Rights, sent a letter to John Jay College President Jeremy Travis on October 23, 2014, urging the College to stop censoring Students for Justice in Palestine’s (SJP) expressive conduct.

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ASA Targeted, Again

ASA Targeted, Again

On October 13, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a right-wing, Zionist lawfare organization, issued a baseless legal threat to the Westin Hotel in Los Angeles, which is scheduled to host the American Studies Association (ASA) conference in early November.

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Victory! Brooklyn College Suspends Security Fees

Victory! Brooklyn College Suspends Security Fees

The City University of New York, Brooklyn College announced that it was suspending its unconstitutional security fee policy in an email to Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) last week. In February 2014, Brooklyn College implemented a new security fee policy that allowed the college to assess security costs for after-hours student club events.

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Rasmea Odeh Update

Rasmea Odeh Update

The U.S. Attorney filed an extraordinary motion this week in the controversial prosecution of Rasmea Odeh, seeking an order to empanel an anonymous jury and sequester jurors from protests occurring outside the Detroit courthouse so that they are not improperly swayed by Odeh's supporters.

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Steven Salaita Chicago Tour

Steven Salaita Chicago Tour

PSLS is co-sponsoring Steven Salaita's tour of Chicago campuses as he speaks out about the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's actions to terminate him for his tweets about Gaza just weeks before he was set to start his tenured position. 

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SJP Loyola Investigation Continues

SJP Loyola Investigation Continues

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Loyola University – Chicago today released a statement about the university’s lifting of a temporary suspension on their group and an ongoing investigation against individual students after they attempted to register at a Birthright Israel table on September 9.

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Jadaliyya Interview with Dima Khalidi

Jadaliyya Interview with Dima Khalidi

PSLS Director, Dima Khalidi, reflects on the establishment of Palestine Legal and the pervasiveness of the problem that brought it about in this interview on Jadaliyya.

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