December 17, 2020

CAIR-Florida, Palestine Legal Call on FSU President to Protect the Civil Rights of Palestinian Students, Apologize to Smeared Student Leader

December 17, 2020/ Guest User

The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida) and Palestine Legal called this week on Florida State University President John Thrasher to protect the free speech of students supporting Palestinian rights and ensure that FSU meets its obligations to Palestinian students under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

December 04, 2020

Palestine Legal & Fordham SJP In The News

December 04, 2020/ Guest User

The Fordham Observer and North Jersey Record each covered last week’s court hearing in the seminal case. Palestine Legal, the Center for Constitutional Rights and co-counsel Adam Levine represent Fordham University students, and urged the appellate court to reject Fordham’s effort to overturn the lower court’s ruling that the school’s ban on an SJP club was arbitrary and capricious.

November 24, 2020

Fordham Students Urge Court to Reject School’s Appeal on Palestine Club

November 24, 2020/ Guest User

Today, attorneys representing Fordham University students argued before the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court, urging the court to reject Fordham’s request that the court reinstate the school’s ban on a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) club.

November 23, 2020

Dima Khalidi in Al Jazeera English on Pompeo's Anti-BDS Attacks

November 23, 2020/ Guest User

Following Mike Pompeo’s announcement that Trump’s State Department intends to defund and label as "antisemitic" groups that support boycotts for Palestinian freedom, director Dima Khalidi spoke to Al Jazeera English on the larger context of attacks on Palestine advocacy.

November 18, 2020

Palestine Legal Launches Comprehensive, Interactive Site Tracking Legislation Targeting Palestine Advocacy

November 18, 2020/ Guest User

Palestine Legal launched a new website tracking legislative efforts to silence the movement for Palestinian freedom in the U.S. Geared towards activists, researchers, journalists, and policymakers alike, the site aims to document one part of a widespread attack on the Palestine solidarity movement in the U.S., and to support efforts to push back against these threats.

November 15, 2020

Past Webinars with Palestine Legal

November 15, 2020/ Guest User

Palestine Legal staff have organized and participated in a number of webinars this year on topics from FBI spying and frivolous legal complaints against Palestine advocates to the Right to Boycott and Black liberation. Watch and read videos and articles from the events.

November 14, 2020

Dima Khalidi in The Intercept on Zoom Censorship

November 14, 2020/ Guest User

The Intercept published a comprehensive report on Zoom’s censorship of academic events on Palestine at San Francisco State University, NYU and the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, quoting Palestine Legal director Dima Khalidi.

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