Palestine Legal and CAIR File Lawsuit Against U. of Maryland for Canceling Palestinian and Jewish Student Groups' Vigil

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Palestine Legal and CAIR File Lawsuit Against U. of Maryland for Canceling Palestinian and Jewish Student Groups' Vigil

Palestine Legal and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, filed a lawsuit today on behalf of University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine to challenge the university’s decision to cancel the group’s interfaith vigil to honor the lives lost during Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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Palestine Legal Condemns Wave of Campus Anti-Protest Policies Intended To Suppress Student Activism

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Palestine Legal Condemns Wave of Campus Anti-Protest Policies Intended To Suppress Student Activism

The stakes have gone up this fall for students protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Across the U.S., colleges are rolling out new anti-protest policies in an attempt to prevent a repeat of last spring’s historic wave of student activism calling on universities to disclose and divest from financial ties to Israel. 

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Dima Khalidi on Al Jazeera: Are restrictions on pro-Palestine speech ‘the new McCarthyism?’

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Dima Khalidi on Al Jazeera: Are restrictions on pro-Palestine speech ‘the new McCarthyism?’

Palestine Legal director Dima Khalidi appeared on Steve Clemons’ Al Jazeera show The Bottom Line alongside UK journalist British journalist Richard Medhurst, about the increasing attacks on pro-Palestine speech and assembly.

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Palestine Legal Statement on NYU’s New, Draconian Student Conduct Policies

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Palestine Legal Statement on NYU’s New, Draconian Student Conduct Policies

In a dangerous escalation of repression, New York University announced new student conduct policies last week that appear to prohibit criticism of Zionism. If implemented, these policies risk creating a hostile environment for Palestinian and anti-Zionist Jewish students and severely curtail the free expression of all students.

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Dep't of Ed Launches Investigation into Anti-Palestinian Racism at Pomona College

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Dep't of Ed Launches Investigation into Anti-Palestinian Racism at Pomona College

The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into discrimination against Palestinian, Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA), and Muslim students at Pomona College.

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Rifqa Falaneh and Northwestern Law student Aasiyah Wasif on CBS News

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Rifqa Falaneh and Northwestern Law student Aasiyah Wasif on CBS News

In an exclusive interview with CBS News, Palestine Legal client Aasiyah Wasif and our Michael Ratner Fellow Rifqa Falaneh spoke about the months-long, hostile anti-Palestinian environment at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.

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Victory: University of Southern California Dismisses Anti-Palestinian Complaint Against Professor Gualtieri

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Victory: University of Southern California Dismisses Anti-Palestinian Complaint Against Professor Gualtieri

On July 8, the University of Southern California (USC) dismissed a baseless, anti-Palestinian complaint against Dr. Sarah Gualtieri after a months-long investigation by the university administration. Gualtieri is Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, History, and Middle East Studies and a founding member of the Palestine Justice Faculty Group at USC. 

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