Palestine Legal Urges NYU to Stop Politically-Motivated Investigation of Law Students 

Palestine Legal Urges NYU to Stop Politically-Motivated Investigation of Law Students 

Palestine Legal is supporting NYU law students active with Law Student for Justice in Palestine (LSJP) as they face an investigation based on frivolous complaints falsely alleging antisemitism following a public email exchange with members of Law Students for Israel.

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ASU Students Overcome IHRA Roadblock to Mohammed El-Kurd Event

ASU Students Overcome IHRA Roadblock to Mohammed El-Kurd Event

After a month of delays and a false push by fellow students to invoke a distorted definition of antisemitism to block their event, the Palestine Cultural Club and Students for Justice in Palestine at Arizona State University successfully hosted a talk by popular Palestinian poet and journalist Mohammed El-Kurd on April 10.

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SUNY Binghamton Wrongly Says Professors Can’t Condemn Israel’s Killing of Palestinian Children

SUNY Binghamton Wrongly Says Professors Can’t Condemn Israel’s Killing of Palestinian Children

A public university in upstate New York violated the constitutional rights of one of its faculty by removing a professor’s bulletin board poster criticizing the Israeli army’s killing of Palestinian children. The university subsequently made a new rule limiting faculty from posting social or political content to their bulletin boards, also in contravention of the federal and NY State constitutions.

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Palestine Legal to Google: You Can't Discriminate Against Workers Organizing for Palestinian Freedom

Palestine Legal to Google: You Can't Discriminate Against Workers Organizing for Palestinian Freedom

Palestine Legal warned Google against unlawful worker retaliation as thousands of Google and Amazon employees called on their employers to end contracts with the Israeli government, including the billion-dollar Project Nimbus.

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Winter Events with Palestine Legal

Winter Events with Palestine Legal

Palestine Legal staff are participating in a number of events this winter on topics ranging from attacks on Palestine advocates in the U.S. to free speech and the right to boycott. Stay tuned to this page for updates throughout the next two months.

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Dima Khalidi on Al Jazeera: The Cost of Speaking Out For Palestinian Rights

Dima Khalidi on Al Jazeera: The Cost of Speaking Out For Palestinian Rights

Palestine Legal director Dima Khalidi appeared on Marc Lamont Hill’s Al Jazeera show UpFront to discuss the ways false accusations of antisemitism are being used to silence support for Palestinian rights.

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

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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