What We're Watching (Week of July 6)

What We're Watching (Week of July 6)

We are keeping track of events that may interest our followers related to Palestine and advocacy for Palestinian rights, Black Lives Matter protests and allied social movements, and digital rights and security.

Read More

In Solidarity with Black Liberation

In Solidarity with Black Liberation

It is impossible to separate recent anti-Black violence from this nation’s foundation in violence against Indigenous, Black and other people of color here and throughout the globe

Read More

Palestine Legal in The North Jersey Record on Dept. of Ed. Complaint

Palestine Legal in The North Jersey Record on Dept. of Ed. Complaint

The North Jersey Record covered the complaint that Palestine Legal and 8 other civil rights organizations filed with the Department of Education against Kenneth Marcus for violating federal law while investigating Rutgers University at the behest of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA). The article quotes staff attorney Zoha Khalili and Rutgers SJP:

the complaint Palestine Legal and 8 other civil rights organizations filed against Kenneth Marcus for violating federal law while investigating Rutgers University at the behest of the Zionist Organization of America

Read More

Liz Jackson in Jewish Currents on Lawfare Attacks

Liz Jackson in Jewish Currents on Lawfare Attacks

Senior staff attorney Liz Jackson appears in an extensive Jewish Currents profile on lawfare efforts to silence campus Palestine advocacy.

Read More

Complaint to Inspector General: Special Treatment for Zionist Group Violates Federal Law

Complaint to Inspector General: Special Treatment for Zionist Group Violates Federal Law

Palestine Legal and eight other civil rights organizations have filed a complaint with the inspector general for the Department of Education, urging the office to investigate Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kenneth Marcus for violations of federal law in his handling of a case against Rutgers University.

Read More

Palestine Legal Statement on NLG Ending Lawsuit Targeting BDS

Palestine Legal Statement on NLG Ending Lawsuit Targeting BDS

Palestine Legal issued the following statement regarding NLG’s decision to end a lawsuit brought by anti-Palestinian activist and serial litigant David Abrams.

Read More

Duke Interrogates Arab Student Over Tweets, Memes

Duke Interrogates Arab Student Over Tweets, Memes

Palestine Legal is calling on Duke University to apologize for and remedy an intimidating pattern of monitoring the online speech of a student who is active with Duke Students for Justice in Palestine.

Read More