After 16 years behind bars, Mufid Abdulqader, a member of the Holy Land Five, has been released from prison into a halfway house. The case of the Holy Land 5 has become a symbol of U.S. unconstitutional overreach since 9/11.
The House has passed H.R. 9495, a bill that would allow the Treasury Secretary to strip tax-exempt status from nonprofits. Many view the draconian legislation as an attempt to crack down on the Palestine movement.
If passed, the anti-charities bill would be the most dangerous piece of domestic antiterrorism legislation since the PATRIOT Act and it would take direct aim at the Palestine movement.
A new report shows how opposition to Palestinian rights helped shape anti-terror laws in the United States.
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, passed what rights groups are calling one of the “most intrusive and draconian legislative measures” ever passed.
In a blatant attempt at intimidation, Israel is claiming that providing legal representation to Palestinian civil society organizations violates anti-terrorism laws.