Palestine Legal joined 60 global NGOs in calling on the Dutch government to reverse their decision to end funding to the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) in Palestine and to reject Israel’s politically motivated designations of Palestinian civil society organizations as “terrorists.”
Read MoreHere is a media roundup on Palestine Legal’s civil rights complaint against George Washington University and student protests against GW’s discriminatory treatment against Palestinians. Our complaint challenges GW's selective and discriminatory cancelation of trauma support services for Palestinian students.
Read MoreLiz Jackson: “Zahra Billoo, who was voted off the board of the Women’s March just days after joining the team, embodies what it means to challenge all systems of violence - fighting the patriarchy, resisting Islamophobia, and supporting Jewish people like me in a time of rising bigotry against Jewish people and all vulnerable populations.”
Read MoreGeorge Washington University (GW) is investigating its denial of trauma support services of trauma support services to Palestinian students in the wake of Israel’s bombing campaign last spring, but the university failed to apologize to its Palestinian students. The investigation comes after a public outcry and a civil rights complaint that Palestine Legal initiated this month.
Read MorePalestine Legal and co-counsel Benjamin Douglas initiated a civil rights complaint against George Washington University (GW) challenging GW's selective and discriminatory cancelation of trauma support services for Palestinian students after Israel’s violent repression of Palestinian protests in Jerusalem and another devastating war on Gaza this past spring.
Read MorePalestine Legal joined civil rights and Muslim advocacy groups in denouncing Islamophobic attacks against Nourhan Mesbah, the newly-elected vice president of the College Democrats of America, based on one tweet she made as a child. Read the full press release from American Muslims for Palestine here.
Read MoreIsrael’s continued expansion of the so-called “terrorist” designation is based on unfounded accusations and racist propaganda, and is another escalation of Israel's efforts to cut Palestinians off from the international community. These organizations are being targeted because they are doing critical work to expose Israel’s constant violations of Palestinian rights.
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