Palestine Legal Publishes Report on Trends in Palestine Advocacy and Backlash in 2021

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Palestine Legal Publishes Report on Trends in Palestine Advocacy and Backlash in 2021

This week, Palestine Legal published our 2021 Year-in-Review documenting trends in backlash facing the movement for Palestinian rights in the U.S. and the movement’s resilience against them. As people rose up in solidarity with Palestinians, Palestine Legal witnessed an intensification of repression strategies by Israel and its allies in the United States as they attempted to thwart a shift in public opinion in favor of Palestinian rights.

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New Anti-Boycott Bills Pop Up Even as Texas Law Blocked Over Constitutional Concerns

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New Anti-Boycott Bills Pop Up Even as Texas Law Blocked Over Constitutional Concerns

A coalition of civil rights and human rights groups urged Virginia lawmakers to oppose a new anti-boycott bill targeting advocacy for Palestinian rights. Palestine Legal sent a letter to state lawmakers on February 7 joined by eight organizations, including the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. If enacted, H.B. 1161 would unconstitutionally infringe on Virginians’ core political speech, in violation of the First Amendment.

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Palestine Legal Joins Call on Dutch Gov’t to Reverse Defunding of Palestinian Farmers’ Group

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Palestine Legal Joins Call on Dutch Gov’t to Reverse Defunding of Palestinian Farmers’ Group

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.”

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Media Roundup: George Washington University’s Anti-Palestinian Discrimination

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Media Roundup: George Washington University’s Anti-Palestinian Discrimination

Here 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.

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Zahra Billoo's Principled Insistence on Justice for All

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Zahra Billoo's Principled Insistence on Justice for All

Liz 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.” 

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GW Responds to Public Outcry But Falls Short in Supporting Palestinian Students

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GW Responds to Public Outcry But Falls Short in Supporting Palestinian Students

George 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.

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George Washington University Selectively Denies Trauma Services to Palestinians: New Civil Rights Complaint  

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George Washington University Selectively Denies Trauma Services to Palestinians: New Civil Rights Complaint  

Palestine 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.

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