Media Spotlight on 'The Palestine Exception'

Media Spotlight on 'The Palestine Exception'

We are excited to share the extensive media coverage of our report, The Palestine Exception to Free Speech: A Movement Under Attack in the US, released last Wednesday in partnership with the Center for Constitutional Rights.

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New Report: The Palestine Exception to Free Speech

New Report: The Palestine Exception to Free Speech

Palestine Legal Responded to Nearly 300 Incidents in 2014-2015; 85 Percent Targeted Students and Scholars on More Than 65 College Campuses

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Anti-BDS Legislation in the U.S.: What You Need to Know

Anti-BDS Legislation in the U.S.: What You Need to Know

Today, Palestine Legal published an overview of anti-BDS legislation in the United States. The new webpage, available here, explains the impact of legislation that has been introduced in legislatures around the U.S. aimed at countering the movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction (BDS) Israel. Palestine Legal also released an accompanying timeline summarizing the legislation.

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Berkeley Commissioner Terminated for Israel Divestment Proposal

Berkeley Commissioner Terminated for Israel Divestment Proposal

As we prepare to release our report documenting the “Palestine Exception to Free Speech”, a canonical example is playing out in the city of Berkeley where a city councilmember recently terminated a citizen commissioner in order to extinguish her speech critical of Israel.

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Israel Advocates Attack UC Regents for Intolerance Statement

Israel Advocates Attack UC Regents for Intolerance Statement

At the University of California Regents meeting yesterday, Israel advocacy organizations attacked the university for failing to protect Jewish students from criticism of Israel. University administrators had proposed a “statement of principles against intolerance” which emphasizes bedrock values of free speech and refrains from condemning Palestinian human rights activism as intolerant.

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Palestine Legal's Statement on Shurat HaDin's Claim against GE

Palestine Legal's Statement on Shurat HaDin's Claim against GE

September 10, 2015, Chicago – Palestine Legal issued the following statement today in response to Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center’s letter urging the General Electric company to breach its union contract with the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE): 

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Chicago Event: BDS in the USA

Chicago Event: BDS in the USA

Why the answer to the growing backlash needs to be more Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel

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