The backlash against Palestine in education isn’t just happening in universities. There have also been dozens of educators disciplined at primary and secondary schools across the U.S. for teaching about the Israeli attack on Gaza.
Pro-Palestine activists are facing extreme repression and censorship at German universities as a growing number of students are finally questioning Germany’s unwavering commitment to Israel.
Michael Arria talks to Ryan Grim about The Squad vs. the Israel Lobby, and students at Columbia University fight pro-Palestine censorship.
Academy Award winning actress Olivia Colman is among more than 1300 artists who are accusing cultural institutions of Palestine censorship.
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, passed what rights groups are calling one of the “most intrusive and draconian legislative measures” ever passed.
Fatima Mohammed’s criticism of Israel, white supremacy, and the NYPD have led to public condemnations from U.S. politicians and pro-Israel groups. Many are calling for the university to be defunded over the speech.
On May 15th, as people worldwide commemorated the 75th anniversary of the ongoing Nakba, the City University of New York ramped up its repression of student-led Palestine solidarity organizing.
Georgia’s General Assembly failed to pass a bill adopting the IHRA’s controversial working definition of antisemitism for the third time, but Israel lobby groups are continuing to push similar laws across the country.
Two Lloyds Bank employees were penalized for their Palestine support. Now they’re suing the bank for discrimination.
Zionist watchdog groups like Honest Reporting have launched smear campaigns to silence the voices of Palestinian journalists, often causing many of them to lose their jobs. Media organizations have to ask themselves: will they continue to allow such groups to dictate their journalism, or will they dare to be as fearless as the Palestinian journalists they claim to support?