Spring Events with Palestine Legal
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We have a very busy schedule this spring of public education events and conference panels. Hear from us at the following events in March, April and May.
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2019 in Review: Intensifying Censorship Efforts Fail to Thwart Thriving Movement
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Palestine Legal just released a new report analyzing attempts to censor the U.S. movement for Palestinian rights in 2019. While efforts to silence the movement intensified from public officials and institutions, activists pushed back, winning key victories on campus and in court. Palestine Legal responded to 247 incidents of suppression of U.S.-based Palestine advocacy over the course of 2019, totaling 1,494 suppression incidents between 2014 and 2019.
Read MoreMeera Shah in the Chronicle of Higher Education on Kenneth Marcus
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Senior staff attorney Meera Shah was quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education on the impacts of Trump’s antisemitism executive order.
Read MoreLiz Jackson's Op-Ed in the Brown Daily Herald on Brown Divestment
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Last December, the Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility at Brown voted to divest from companies complicit in violations of Palestinian human rights. This followed a student referendum that from Brown University Divest passed by an overwhelming margin in March. The university's president refuses to honor these calls. Senior staff attorney Liz Jackson published an op-ed in the Brown Daily Herald telling her alma mater that it must divest from Israel's abuse of Palestinian human rights:
Read MoreBard College Retaliates Against Students for Protesting a Racist Speaker
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Bard College is investigating two members of Bard Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for protesting a panel featuring Ruth Wisse, a retired Harvard professor with a history of bigoted anti-Palestinian remarks. The investigation began after one of Wisse’s co-panelists, an editor at The Forward, published an article in her own publication falsely claiming that she and the panelists were targeted for being Jewish.
Read More2020 Israel Anti-Boycott Act Attacks #RightToBoycott—Again
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Last week, House Republican lawmakers introduced a new version of the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (IABA). Like previous versions, the 2020 IABA would criminalize participation in boycotts of Israel, singling out boycotts of illegal Israeli settlements. While this year’s bill differs slightly from previous versions, it fundamentally remains the same: amending U.S. export law to fine and punish entities that participate in boycotts of Israel.
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