Senior staff attorney Radhika Sainath published an op-ed in Jacobin on how censorship of Palestinian rights advocacy isn’t just a free speech issue — it’s often a manifestation of anti-Palestinian racism.
Read MoreAfter facing public backlash, NYU’s Office of Student Conduct has dropped its false discrimination charge against graduate student worker Naye Idriss, who was accused in November 2022 of antisemitism after she wrote “Fuck” over the word ‘Israel,’ and “Free Palestine” on an Israeli mail bag that had been discarded in the recycling at Bobst Library, where she worked in the mailroom.
Read MorePalestine Legal staff participated in a number of events during winter and spring this year on topics ranging from attacks on Palestine advocates in the US, to free speech and the right to boycott, to a Know Your Rights workshop geared towards student activists. Stay tuned to this page for updates.
Read MoreVirginia lawmakers voted to adopt the distorted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism into Virginia law. HB 1606 adopts IHRA, including its contemporary examples related to Israel, as a tool and guide for recognizing and combating antisemitic discrimination and hate crimes in Virginia.
Read MorePalestine Legal published our 2022 Year-in-Review this week, which documents trends in backlash facing the movement for Palestinian rights in the U.S. and the movement’s resilience against them. In nine years, from January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2022, Palestine Legal responded to a total of 2,201 incidents.
Read MoreYesterday, the D.C. Superior Court ended a 9-year harassment campaign against the American Studies Association (ASA) and several of its members over its historic 2013 academic boycott resolution.
Read MoreHere is a media roundup on Palestine Legal’s federal civil rights complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) demanding an immediate investigation into the years-long, hostile environment of anti-Palestinian racism that continues unabated at George Washington University (GW).
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