Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate passed, by unanimous consent and before the bill’s language was even public, the controversial and unconstitutional Anti-Semitism Awareness Act. The bill was also exposed to significant opposition in the media.
Read MoreIn a victory for Palestine solidarity and free speech activists, the U.S. House of Representatives wrapped up its 2016 legislative session without passing the controversial and unconstitutional Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, despite intense lobbying by Israel advocacy groups. The failed bill threatened to impose on the U.S. Department of Education a definition of antisemitism that is so broad it would encompass virtually any criticism of Israel.
Read MoreIn marking International Human Rights Defenders Day, the undersigned organizations commend the work of all human rights defenders working for justice globally, stand in solidarity with them, and highlight the case of individuals and organizations focused on Palestine.
Read MoreSince Donald Trump’s election, a wave of hate attacks have targeted Jews, Muslims and other vulnerable groups. What’s the government doing about it? Nothing.
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December 1, 2016 - The US Senate will today consider a bill aiming to impose a broad redefinition of antisemitism on the Department of Education (DOE). While purporting to address rising antisemitism on college campuses, the bill clearly takes aim at student advocacy for Palestinian rights, and criticism of Israel.
Read MoreThis “Thanksgiving,” Palestine Legal recalls the fact that the holiday is “a completely made up story,” “the origin story of the United States, the beginning of genocide and dispossession and constant warfare…a colonial system that was set up,” as indigenous historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz recently stated.
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