The Trump administration’s recent investigation of 60 schools for “antisemitic discrimination” appeared to target campus protests. But, a closer look shows it was driven by pro-Israel groups’ use of civil rights law to push a broad right-wing agenda.
The recent avalanche of civil rights lawsuits in response to Palestine campus protests is the result of an intentional Israel advocacy strategy: criminalizing anti-Zionist politics by contorting the idea of civil rights.
A new report shows how opposition to Palestinian rights helped shape anti-terror laws in the United States.
Yumna Patel joins us to discuss rising armed resistance in Jenin and USCPR’s Ahmad Abuznaid talks about their legal battle with the Jewish National Fund.
Whitworth Art Gallery director Alistair Hudson has been asked to step down from his position after being targeted by a pro-Israel legal group, The Guardian reports. The campaign to remove him was sparked by a 2021 art exhibition that contained a statement expressing solidarity with Palestinians. The gallery is run by the University of Manchester. Art Forum reports that Hudson was “ousted.”
A battle over pro-Israel censorship in the art world shows how Palestine activists can fight back and win.
A GOP lawmaker is claiming that a popular fundraising app used by the BDS movement could be funneling money to terrorists and is calling for the Biden administration to investigate.
A California judge recently threw out a lawsuit launched by a former Israeli solider which attempted to apply Israeli defamation law against Palestinian activist Suhair Nafal. Nafal’s attorney says the attempt to introduce Israeli law into a U.S. courtroom was truly unprecedented. “This was not a lawsuit against Suhair,” he told Mondoweiss. “This was a lawsuit from Israel against all activists.”
The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights is the target of a $90 million lawsuit that accuses the group of engaging in environmental terrorism. “The lawsuit is a ludicrous abuse of U.S. courts to silence calls for Palestinian freedom,” says the Center for Constitutional Rights Deputy Legal Director Maria LaHood.