Our advocacy manager, Lina Assi, spoke to the Electronic Intifada and Mondoweiss about an important victory: the Department of Education’s exclusion of the distorted IHRA definition in its guidance on addressing antisemitism and other discrimination in US schools – despite heavy pressure from Israel lobby groups that use IHRA as a censorship tool.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has released a new fact sheet describing protections that cover students who are Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, or of another religious group. The fact sheet comes after years of demands by pro-Israel groups and right-wing politicians for the Biden administration to further entrench the Trump-endorsed IHRA definition of antisemitism. The Israel lobby has demanded that Biden’s Education Department enshrine the distorted definition in federal regulations.
Read MoreIn written decisions issued last Friday, George Washington University cleared Students for Justice in Palestine and its president, Lance Lokas, who were wrongly charged with misconduct relating to property after SJP organized a postering campaign critical of the Israeli army’s treatment of Palestinians.
Read MoreCommunications Manager Danya Zituni published an op-ed in Truthout, on an alarming new trend of multiple U.S. cities and counties voting to adopt the distorted definition of antisemitism used by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). In the Op-Ed, Danya argues that the IHRA definition is also dangerously being used to expand the scope and power of police surveillance, and provides quotes from organizers challenging IHRA on the ground from Stop LAPD Spying and Palestinian Youth Movement.
Read MoreAn Israeli government-funded law firm has partnered with a Florida lawyer to demand a federal investigation into University of California, Berkeley, alleging that the university’s recognition of the First Amendment rights of students who stand in solidarity with Palestine violates civil rights laws.
Read MorePalestine Legal recently published a new two-page resource on anti-BDS legislation and the right to boycott. At a time when the right to boycott is under attack from rightwing lawmakers, and the Supreme Court is considering weighing in on the constitutionality of these laws, this new resource aims to provide advocates with information and tools to bolster our rights to protest and dissent.
Read MoreWe are sharing this statement from our client, George Washington University sophomore and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) president Lance Lokas, who was forced to testify in two hearings last Friday, December 2 after he and SJP were falsely charged with damaging a concrete bench outside of Hillel. Lance and SJP believe this is racist retaliation for a postering campaign critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.
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