City College of New York announced late Friday that it would allow a book event organized by Students for Justice in Palestine to go forward.
Read MoreA delegation of Palestinian lawyers, human rights activists, and artists is traveling to Montgomery, AL this week to witness and celebrate the opening of the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice.
Read MorePalestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights wrote to the City University of New York today informing the college that the City College of New York’s cancellation of a May 3 event organized by Students for Justice in Palestine violates the First Amendment.
Read MoreAn appeals office has once again dismissed San Francisco Hillel’s claim that the student group was denied a table at a Know Your Rights fair at San Francisco State University (SFSU) on the basis of religion. The decision, issued last week, affirmed an earlier finding by campus investigators that Hillel's identification as a Jewish organization played no role in the denial.
Read MoreIn February, Palestine Legal issued an advisory regarding FBI visits to Palestine activists. Following is an update to the advisory to provide context about these visits and to describe trends we have observed based on information activists have reported to us.
Read MorePalestine Legal, along with 13 national civil rights and social justice groups, wrote to 280 U.S. universities this week to demand that they take forceful action to protect free speech in response to targeted harassment by right-wing Israel advocacy groups.
Read MoreOn April 10, 2018, Columbia University dismissed an 11-page complaint filed by Students Supporting Israel alleging that campus speech supporting Palestinian rights violated New York criminal law, civil law and university rules.
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