Federal Court Rules Florida Officials Do Not Intend to Deactivate University of Florida’s Students for Justice in Palestine

/
Federal Court Rules Florida Officials Do Not Intend to Deactivate University of Florida’s Students for Justice in Palestine

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida today denied the University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine’s request for a preliminary injunction, finding that Florida officials do not intend to deactivate the Florida chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). UF SJP is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Florida, and Palestine Legal.

Read More
/ /
, , , ,

Palestine Legal, CAIR-GA, Community and Civil Rights Groups Demand Emory University Protect Palestinian, Muslim and Arab Students from Harassment

/
Palestine Legal, CAIR-GA, Community and Civil Rights Groups Demand Emory University Protect Palestinian, Muslim and Arab Students from Harassment

Palestine Legal and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) – Georgia, along with eight other community and civil rights, sent a letter to Emory University on behalf of Palestinian, Muslim, and Arab students at Emory who have been the target of anti-Palestinian, xenophobic, Islamophobic, and racist harassment.

Read More
/ /
, , , , ,

Coalition Letter to Dept. of Education: Reject IHRA Definition That Is Causing Severe Anti-Palestinian Racism

/
Coalition Letter to Dept. of Education: Reject IHRA Definition That Is Causing Severe Anti-Palestinian Racism

On January 16, Palestine Legal, along with 13 other civil rights and legal advocacy organizations, submitted a letter urging the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to reject codifying the distorted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism into agency rules, policies, or decisions. 

Read More

Danya Zituni in The Daily Beast: Silencing of Pro-Palestinian Voices Proves Israel Is Losing

/
Danya Zituni in The Daily Beast: Silencing of Pro-Palestinian Voices Proves Israel Is Losing

Communications Manager Danya Zituni wrote an important op-ed in The Daily Beast on why the machine of anti-Palestinian repression is failing.

Read More
/ /
, ,

Media Roundup: Palestine Legal and ACLU file lawsuit challenging DeSantis' deactivation order against SJPs

/
Media Roundup: Palestine Legal and ACLU file lawsuit challenging DeSantis' deactivation order against SJPs

On November 16th, the University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (UF SJP) filed a lawsuit challenging the Chancellor of the State University System of Florida’s order to state universities to deactivate the student group. The lawsuit aims to protect UF students’ First Amendment right to free speech. UF SJP is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Florida, and Palestine Legal.

Read More
/ /
, , , , ,

Pro-Palestine Student Group in Florida Sues University System to Prevent Unconstitutional Deactivation

/
Pro-Palestine Student Group in Florida Sues University System to Prevent Unconstitutional Deactivation

The University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (UF SJP) filed a lawsuit today challenging the Chancellor of the State University System of Florida’s order to state universities to deactivate the student group. Contrary to recent media reports, the deactivation order remains in place today.

Read More

Letter to Workplace Leaders: Protect against anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim discrimination

/
Letter to Workplace Leaders: Protect against anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim discrimination

Palestine Legal, together with other legal organizations including ADC, CCR, NLG, Law for Black Lives,  the National Lawyers Guild and Project South issued an open letter to workplace leaders urging them to take measures to protect against anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim discrimination, and against retaliation for employees' political views. The letter emphasizes the unprecedented wave of workplace discrimination and employment consequences people who are advocating for Palestinian lives are facing.

Read More