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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Students for Justice in Palestine- UW Madison (@sjpuwmadison) Meet at UW-Madison Library Mall at 9 am. Wear a mask and bring […]
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The author will be interviewed by Allen Ruff on Thursday, April 18 from 12 noon – 1 pm on WORT 89.9 FM, live online, or future archive. A major Israeli […]
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., at a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 3, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images) In the […]
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ARVIND DILAWAR, TONE MADISON, MARCH 25, 2024 Activists hold a die-in to protest Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Photo by Tsela Barr. A “conservative watchdog” with no ties to campus triggered […]
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In five minutes, the video sounds the alarm on laws intended to take away Americans’ First Amendment right to boycott Israel. As masses throughout the US and around the world […]
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Inside the Doxxing Operation Targeting Anti-Zionist Students and Professors Americans who give money to Canary Mission are potentially committing a serious crime by acting as agents of a foreign power. […]
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Suspended for Criticizing War on Gaza DECEMBER 28, 2023 This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. DONATE GUESTS Aida Touma-Sliman Palestinian member of the Knesset suspended last […]
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Rent Israelism through Jan 1, 2024: https://bit.ly/rentisraelism About the film When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take […]
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HR 6578 would build a commission with subpoena authority to force Americans to testify and produce evidence to “investigate the facts and causes of antisemitism in the present day” Lisa […]
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How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today How two definitions of antisemitsm differ Masha Gessen, December 9, 2023 “In 1948, […]
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Marchers carry Palestinian flags during a May Day celebration in Kreuzberg, Germany, 2017. (Montecruz Foto, CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Private colleges and employers can, and do, ignore the right to […]
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The piece was nearing publication when the journal decided against publishing it. You can read the article here. RABEA EGHBARIAH, THE NATION, NOVEMBER 21, 2023 Harvard students protest for Palestine […]
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DEMOCRACY NOW! NOVEMBER 22, 2023 This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. DONATE GUESTS Meir Baruchin history and civics teacher from Jerusalem accused of intending to […]
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7amleh has published a position paper on a new Israeli law “Prohibiting the Consumption of Terrorist Publications.” The paper aims to analyze the Israeli law from a human rights perspective […]
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JVP is appalled at Columbia University’s decision to suspend JVP and SJP student chapters for the semester. This is an appalling act of censorship and intimidation by the administration. […]
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October 30, 2023 Dr. James J. Zogby © President Arab American Institute In recent years, US pro-Israel groups have been pursuing a multi-pronged strategy designed to stifle discourse about Israeli […]
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Civil rights groups say critics of the Israeli assault on Gaza have lost jobs and students who support Palestine have been blacklisted Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 30 Oct 2023 Civil […]
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Donate Here October 27, 2023 – American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) expresses deep concern over the recent Senate resolutions condemning antisemitism led by U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, Marsha Blackburn, […]
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The outlet has been a crucial source of on-the-ground reporting from Gaza. Sharon Zhang, TRUTHOUT, October 25, 2023 Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for a press conference in […]
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J.G. Michael, Producer and Host of Parallax Views, reports that his recent podcast with Jeff & Huwaida has been flagged as “spam” and “hatespeech” on FaceBook. Michael says, “Both of you […]
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Houston, TX | www.uscpr.org | October 18, 2023 – Yesterday, the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel, capitulating to external pressure from hate groups, unilaterally canceled the US Campaign for Palestinian […]
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In the past several days, ADC has received an endless barrage of complaints and cases from students across college campuses in the United States tied to the War on […]
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PETER BEINART, The Beinart Notebook, SEP 26, 2023 Sources Cited in this Video The Palestine Writes Literature Festival, held last weekend. A letter by University of Pennsylvania alums asking […]
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Dr. Steve Feldman, pictured on a trip to the West Bank. Feldman was denied payment from the state of Arkansas for refusing to sign a pledge promising not to boycott […]
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Court dismisses claims arising from 2013 Boycott Resolution as a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation), siding with Steven Salaita and others March 2, 2023, Washington, D.C. – The D.C. […]
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Proposed resolution targeted Palestinian rights advocacy In January, we sent letters urging the American Bar Association (ABA) to remove its reference to the “International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition […]
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Blocking the former head of Human Rights Watch stirred debate over academic freedom and donor influence Kenneth Roth, the former director of Human Rights Watch, in New York last April. […]
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Confronts Challenge to Human Rights Advocacy Last week a U.S.-based Palestinian rights organization asked the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by […]
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One of the primary tactics opponents of the movement for Palestinian freedom have used to silence political debate is the branding of all support for Palestinian rights as anti-Jewish. Roughly […]
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Complaint from Israeli lawfare group prompts investigation over student group challenging Zionism MICHAEL ARRIA, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 16, 2022 Members of UC Berkeley’s Students for Justice in Palestine on Sproul Plaza. […]
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On November 15, the Arizona Palestine Solidarity Alliance (APSA), Black Lives Matter (BLM) Phoenix Metro, Mijente, and Puente continue their fight against the corporate-led American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in […]
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Today across Palestine, we’re witnessing the Palestinian people rise up united once again. It is a moment in which our people declare we will not die quietly at the hands of […]
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Just Vision, 10/20/22 Moments ago, the ACLU petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case of national significance on the right to boycott. It’s a case with massive implications […]
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Beating back anti-Palestinian prejudice, which shouldn’t even exist in the first place, doesn’t feel like a win. SHAHD ABUSALAMA (FACEBOOK) MONA ABUAMARA, MONDOWEISS, AUGUST 20, 2022 Anti-Palestinianism has been increasingly […]
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An online film salon for the acclaimed film: BOYCOTT Sunday, 9 October 2022 1pm PT, 2pm MT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET (US, Canada) Register here A bracing look at the far-reaching […]
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(Final version, emphasis added) Dear colleagues and comrades, Thank you so much for signing on to our global open letter calling on the Biden administration to take immediate action in response […]
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🚨ACTION ALERT🚨 Next Thursday, September 8th at 5pm at the Seattle Google campus (1000 Mercer Street Google office) join us as we stand in solidarity with Amazon and Google tech […]
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Huge news just broke. Today, tech worker organizer Ariel Koren, active in our #NoTechForApartheid campaign, resigned from Google. Her resignation letter cited Google’s retaliation and the silencing of Palestinian, Muslim, […]
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The Honorable Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: We write because your administration’s consistently tepid and yielding response to the Israeli […]
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I’m with the nine countries in the EU on this. The US should condemn this action as well. They have not proven anything but the fact they can stifle free […]
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American Friends Service Committee, August 18, 2022 Stand with Palestinian human rights defenders Early this morning, Israeli soldiers raided the offices of Palestinian human rights and civil society groups in […]
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Democracies don’t raid human rights offices in the middle of the night. pic.twitter.com/kJZSVCl1Tx — IfNotNow🔥 (@IfNotNowOrg) August 18, 2022
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Just Vision, August 18, 2022 Early this morning, Israeli army forces raided the offices of six leading Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations in Ramallah. Soldiers confiscated files and […]
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Join the Movement of Jews, Orgs, and Politicians Pledging to #DropAIPAC AIPAC endorsed 109 insurrectionist Republicans and spent $25 million to defeat candidates supporting Palestinian rights and progressive causes. Their […]
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The Montgomery County Council was initially scheduled to consider a harmful and overly expansive definition of anti-Semitism on July 26. Hundreds of community members made their voices heard. “This is […]
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A mural that was conceived and painted by the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) and Art Forces. The mural was censored by the SFPL and the ACLU claims there […]
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“In the absence of such evidence, we will continue our cooperation and strong support for the civil society in the occupied Palestinian Territories” Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministries of […]
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), July 8, 2022 Today our movement celebrates 17 years. On this anniversary of the 2005 call from the largest Palestinian coalition to boycott, divest from, […]
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Complaint says Unilever sale of Israeli business to a local licensee to sell its ice-cream in the occupied West Bank undermines its values Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream delivery truck at […]
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I’m writing with breaking news. Today the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that boycotts are not protected by the First Amendment. The ACLU has confirmed they will take the […]
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Rosa Parks sitting on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, 1956. (Encyclopedia Britannica) The boycott was organized by local ministers, including Martin Luther King, Jr. (PBS) The Martin Luther King, Jr. […]
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A new Super PAC aligned with AIPAC looks to undercut the only Palestinian Democrat ever elected to Congress, and diminish the growing support between Palestinians and African-Americans. REP. RASHIDA TLAIB […]
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Demand the Reinstatement of the Wall + Response Exhibit Now! After four months of planning, the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) decided to cancel a mural exhibition because of its […]
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The ABA schools Israel on international law regarding the military’s decision to silence widely respected Palestinian voices by calling them ‘terrorist’ Sahar Francis, director of Addameer, a Palestinian prisoners rights […]
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Just Vision’s new documentary, Boycott, will have its Wisconsin Premiere at the Milwaukee Film Festival on Monday, April 25 at 5:45pm. Boycott follows the stories of a news publisher, an […]
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Yesterday @latimes reported that @Google is punishing a worker who doesn't want her labor to power Israeli apartheid & violence against Palestinians. Let's show up in support of her & […]
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Amer Zahr, YouTube, 8 March 2022 Amer Zahr is a Palestinian Arab American comedian, speaker, writer, academic, and adjunct professor at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. He draws […]
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If Americans Knew, YouTube, Oct 6, 2021 Part one of a three-part series. Part two is at https://iakn.us/VidBetray. For citations see https://iakn.us/3Ded9MU. If you don’t want U.S. politicians to give […]
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The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media (7amleh), 2022-01-10 1,033 violations of Palestinian digital rights on social media platforms Development and use of surveillance and spyware technologies by […]
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Online Hub Provides Information and Calls to Action Aimed at Reversing Ban on Six Palestinian NGOs 14 December 2021, Ramallah – The Palestinian civil society organizations (CSOs) targeted by the […]
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Rasmy Hassouna, a Palestinian American, is suing the state over a provision that bans him or his company from protesting Israel or its products Rasmy Hassouna: ‘If I don’t want […]
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November 22, 2021 I’m writing to share some news: a few hours ago, The New York Times published an important op-ed by Alan Leveritt, a news publisher in Arkansas who […]
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Vermonters for Justice in Palestine, November 16, 2021 Our own Executive Director, Reverend Mark Davidson, sent this opinion editorial to the News and Observer last week to urge our community […]
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‘Harsh invasion of privacy’ provides Israeli Security Agency with a system of control over the Palestinians A woman uses her phone in a courtroom in Nablus, occupied West Bank in […]
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News broke today that NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware has been detected on phones of six Palestinian rights defenders, three of whom work for Al-Haq, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and the […]
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Israel requests social media to remove content Speaking at the panel with the 7amleh digital rights team on Monday, Mahmoud Franji, the coordinator for the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council […]
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‘We’re succeeding in changing the paradigm’ After being outlawed as ‘terrorist organizations’ overnight, Palestinian human rights groups talk to +972 about why Israel’s allegations are not just unfounded, but amount […]
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Register for & share the Wednesday Power Half-Hour #StandWithThe6 Call-In to Call Out Biden Join us for the Power Half-Hour #StandWithThe6 Call-In to Call Out Biden. Join us for 30 […]
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Israel should rescind their blanket decision to label Palestinian civil rights organizations as terrorist groups. Many of these organizations are working to bring peace in the region and are vocal […]
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US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 22 Oct 2021 Earlier today, the Israeli Ministry of Defense designated six leading Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations, such as Defense for Children […]
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If Mark Pocan is your representative, please contact his office and thank him, BUT request that he speak out more forcefully and publicly on this. Pocan’s direct contact info: Madison […]
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An Israeli consul general baselessly accused a graduate student of antisemitism and said she shouldn’t teach a course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The University of North Carolina campus in Chapel […]
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In his resignation letter Dr Cornel West warns of ‘an intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy’ in US academia [Getty] Sahar F. Aziz, The New Arab, 23 Jul, 2021 It is no […]
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Israeli soldiers confiscated computer equipment and client files in a dawn raid on Defense for Children International – Palestine’s main office in Al-Bireh on July 29. (Source: DCIP) Defense for […]
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Aisha Mansour, The Palestine Solidarity Committee – Seattle, June 13, 2021 Thank you for your readiness to mobilize Seattle! After our successful action yesterday and rally today, we have prevented […]
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Defense for Children Palestine, June 11, 2021 Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Mohammad Said Mohammad Hamayel with a live bullet to the chest this afternoon in Beita, a village […]
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The Israeli police violence against Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah is completely unacceptable. The Israeli military is forcing hundreds of Palestinians out of their homes. US taxpayer dollars should not fund […]
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Useful Idiots, Apr 30, 2021 Friend-of-show Dr. Cornel West has been in the news a lot of late, and not always in a happy way. At the end of February, […]
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On Wednesday, April 14, join us for a powerhouse event on Palestine advocacy and how to push back against attacks on the movement. The panel will feature Sumaya Awad of […]
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One provision has been invalidated, but the general ban on boycotts of Israel by most state government contractors still stands. Eugene Volokh, Reason, 2.14.2021 An Arkansas statute generally bans the […]
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Criticism of Israel is not antisemitism Grave implications for free speech, distracts from actual racism UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. (INSTAGRAM) OPEN LETTER, Mondoweiss, DECEMBER 23, 2020 As faculty and […]
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make a joint statement after meeting in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool) Tsela […]
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This week Pompeo broke with longstanding U.S. policy and visited illegal Israeli settlements. On his trip, he made several announcements, including that the State Department is designating BDS as antisemitic […]
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Attacks on Palestinian-American Delegate Linda Sarsour After DNC delegate and Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour spoke at an official DNC event of the Muslim Delegates and Allies Assembly on August 18th, […]
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July 27, 2020 July 27, 2020, New York – Students asked New York’s Appellate Court on Friday to reject an effort by Fordham University to overturn a decision ordering the […]
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06 Mar 2020 Case is Part of Broader Assault on Human Rights Defenders March 6, 2020, Washington, DC – Last night, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) moved to […]
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Case Dismissed Against Former Board Members of Olympia Food Co-op Center for Constitutional Rights, March 9, 2018 Olympia, WA — A Washington appeals court has upheld a ruling that dismissed […]
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Israeli activist Jonathan Pollack pens a powerful Op-Ed in Haaretz on his arrest, putting into context his act of solidarity with Palestinians who face altogether different circumstances than his own. […]
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UNC-Chapel Hill Students for Justice in Palestine, December 24, 2012. (Photo: Facebook) Josh Ruebner, Mondoweiss, December 12, 2019 President Trump signed yesterday an Executive Order empowering the federal government to […]
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After a week of antisemitic speech, today Donald Trump is signing an executive order to withhold money from college campuses that tolerate “anti-Israel” movements As a Jewish college student, I […]
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Center for Constitutional Rights, October 21, 2019 Join us in court tomorrow in Olympia, Washington, as Center for Constitutional Rights Deputy Legal Director
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Documents seen by Guardian show fresh attack on university debate under the guise of prohibiting antisemitism Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017. First amendment advocates see the potential spread […]
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New campaign exposes double-standard of social media giant in dealing with Israeli and Palestinian incitement Dima Abumaria, The Media Line, 10/07/2019 Journalists, activists launch campaign against alleged violations of user […]
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Literally the only thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on nowadays is that it’s bad to kowtow to China, but it’s good to capitulate to Israel. Billy Haisley, Deadspin, 10/8/19 […]
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Ismail Ajjawi, a Harvard freshman who said he was was denied U.S. entry because of his friends’ social media postings, arrived in Boston in time for the start of classes. […]
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Posts by friends on social media were critical of the United States Deirdre Fernandes, Boston Globe, August 27, 2019 A 17-year-old Palestinian student en route to Harvard University to begin […]
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Dr. James J. Zogby, August 17, 2019 Back in May, a jury found Patrick Syring, a former State Department official, guilty of 14 counts of making threats against my life […]
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Reps. Tlaib & Omar Blocked from Taking Official Trip to West Bank Democracy Now! August 16, 2019 GUESTS Mustafa Barghouti member of the Palestinian Parliament, secretary general of the Palestinian National […]