Public figures accused Students for Justice in Palestine at Brooklyn College of discrimination and anti-Semitism following an event with Omar Barghouti and Judith Butler.
Rights groups express concerns about a recent incident in which an Israeli professor called a Palestinian student “a cockroach” at a Southern California college.
Activists now have the backing and support of major civil rights and legal organizations if they are harassed, intimidated, singled out, or pressured to shut down activism campaigns.
Liz Jackson talks about how civil rights groups are challenging the University of California as a climate of fear silences Palestine solidarity activism and Palestinian and Muslim students.
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In a potentially significant victory for civil rights, Palestinian-American Muhammad Salah has been removed from the US Department of Treasury’s list of “designated terrorists.”
The US Supreme Court announced Monday that it had decided not to hear the appeal of the Holy Land Five; EI interviews Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights.