On February 3, the Los Angeles Review of Books, a publication known for its intellectual rigor, published a letter by David Horowitz, a right-wing extremist, falsely accusing Students for Justice in Palestine of funding, supporting and being “orchestrated” by a State-Department designated foreign terrorist organization.
Read MoreThe bill as written would still punish with criminal financial penalties a variety of actions taken to comply with, further, or support boycott calls by international governmental organizations like the UN or the EU.
Read MoreToday, Palestine Legal and over 100 national and state-based organizations urged Congress to reject the unconstitutional Israel Anti-Boycott Act.
Read MoreOn the eve of a student election, University of Minnesota (UMN) President Eric W. Kaler declared that a student-organized referendum to advance human rights and socially responsible investment could damage the UMN community’s efforts to promote peace in the Middle East.
Read MoreOn Friday, March 9, a court ended a seven-year old lawsuit against former board members of the Olympia Food Co-op over their decision to boycott Israeli goods. The court, in agreeing that the plaintiffs had failed to show any injury to the co-op because of the boycott, granted the motion for summary judgment by former board members.
Read MoreThe amendments do not solve its underlying constitutional infirmities.
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