Activists Join UCLA's Fight Against Doxing Palestinian Rights Advocates

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Activists Join UCLA's Fight Against Doxing Palestinian Rights Advocates

David Abrams, an attorney with ties to the Israeli government who files frivolous suits against Palestine advocates, is attempting to force UCLA to reveal the list of speakers at the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) conference that took place at UCLA in 2018. UCLA has refused to disclose the names in order to protect people from doxing by right-wing pro-Israel groups—and potentially the government of Israel itself.

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Take Action Against Facebook’s Censorship of Palestine Advocacy

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Take Action Against Facebook’s Censorship of Palestine Advocacy

Palestine Legal is co-sponsoring a campaign against Facebook labeling Palestine advocacy as hate speech. The tech giant is considering a policy that would treat some posts critical of “Zionists” as equivalent to attacks against Jewish people, and therefore subject to removal under their hate speech policies. This policy would add to the already troubling censorship that advocates for Palestinian rights experience on Facebook and other social media platforms.

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NYT Article on Campus Palestine Advocacy Erases Scope of Anti-Palestinian Attacks

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NYT Article on Campus Palestine Advocacy Erases Scope of Anti-Palestinian Attacks

Last month, the New York Times published an article “What Zoom Does to Campus Conflicts Over Israel and Free Speech” that featured Palestinian CUNY Law student Nerdeen Kiswani, who has also been a Palestine Legal client. Palestine Legal Michael Ratner Justice Fellow Amira Mattar issued her own thoughts on the missing context from the piece.

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Fordham Students Seek Appeal of Ruling Allowing Prohibition of Students for Justice in Palestine Club

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Fordham Students Seek Appeal of Ruling Allowing Prohibition of Students for Justice in Palestine Club

Today, civil rights groups asked the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in New York State, to hear an appeal of a ruling that allows Fordham University to censor student speech. The petition comes in a lawsuit brought by Fordham students prohibited by the university from forming a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) school club because of the group’s “political goals” and because of claims it would be “polarizing.”

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Dima Khalidi's Op-Ed on the Biden Transition and Palestine Advocacy

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Dima Khalidi's Op-Ed on the Biden Transition and Palestine Advocacy

Director Dima Khalidi published an op-ed in In These Times about the need for the Biden administration to rescind policies from Trump and his predecessors against Palestine advocacy.

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Statement on NY Appellate Court's Decision in Awad v. Fordham

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Statement on NY Appellate Court's Decision in Awad v. Fordham

In a hasty decision short on analysis, a New York appellate division court reversed a thorough, well-reasoned ruling by the trial court that Fordham University violated its own policies when it refused to recognize a Students for Justice in Palestine club. We plan to seek review by the highest court in New York so that Fordham students can keep organizing for Palestinian rights on campus as SJP, as they have been for the last year and a half.

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2020 Snapshot: Top 10 Stories from Palestine Legal

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2020 Snapshot: Top 10 Stories from Palestine Legal

Palestine advocacy in the U.S. - like all social justice organizing - has had to adapt amidst the unprecedented year that has been 2020. As we enter 2021, here’s a look back at some of our top stories from 2020.

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