Palestine Legal issued the following statement in response to a lawsuit announced today against the American Studies Association (ASA) for adopting an academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions:
Read MorePalestine Legal continues to track anti-BDS legislation across the country. We regularly update legal resources and action items at www.RightToBoycott.org.
Read MoreToday, Palestine Legal wrote to the Chancellor of Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) demanding that the University take immediate action to ensure that members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) are able to speak out about Palestinian human rights without fear of violence and intimidation.
Read MorePalestine Legal is concerned by recent calls from 35 NY legislators for the “immediate suspension” of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) from the City University of New York (CUNY). The calls come after a recent letter by the Zionist Organization of America to “investigate and ban” SJP from all CUNY campuses.
Read MoreFor us Palestinian-Americans, the height of election year means it is cringe season. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, intentionally timed to attract the presidential frontrunners, is a perfect illustration of why. It is at AIPAC after all, that those hoping to become or remain our elected leaders are pandering to powerful pro-Israel groups this week in order to win their favor, or avoid their disfavor.
Read MoreToday the University of California (UC) Board of Regents adopted a Report and Statement of Principles against Intolerance that states: “Anti-Semitism, anti-Semitic forms of anti-Zionism, and other forms of discrimination have no place at the University of California.” In doing so, the Regents rejected a blanket conflation of anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism.
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