A new report from the American Association of University Professors and the Middle East Studies Association reveals how civil rights law has been used to suppress Palestine activism on U.S. campuses.
Mahmoud Khalil’s case represents a horrifying precedent, but it is not developing in a vacuum. The Trump administration’s unprecedented assault on Khalil is one of many efforts to stifle dissent and stave off justice for Palestine.
Mondoweiss spoke with Lara Friedman about Trump’s pro-Israel Executive Orders and the anti-Palestinian legislation people should be watching in the new Congress.
Four students at the University of Rochester are facing up to seven years in jail for putting up posters around campus accusing a small number of faculty members of enabling the genocide in Gaza.
Since the fall semester began last month we have seen schools implement a new round of repressive measures to crack down on Palestine activism.
“Despite the McCarthyite environment, the new anti-speech policies, the attempts to throw the book at students for minor violations of such policies, the student movement is still going strong,” says Palestine Legal attorney Radhika Sainath.
Last month Sang Hea Kil, a justice studies professor at the San Jose State University, was placed on a temporary suspension because of her Palestine activism.