A new report shows how opposition to Palestinian rights helped shape anti-terror laws in the United States.
U.S. correspondent Michael Arria speaks with Palestine Legal’s Amal Thabateh about a US court of appeals decision upholding an Arkansas law that prohibits state contractors from boycotting Israel.
Michael Arria on the legacy of Madeleine Albright, and an interview with Palestine Legal’s Zoha Khalili about the group’s 2021 year-in-review report.
The group Palestine Legal has filed a civil rights complaint against Florida State University for allegedly tolerating and intensifying an anti-Palestinian environment on campus. It’s believed to be the first ever anti-Palestinian discrimination complaint on a college campus. “It’s time to speak out about racism against Palestinians as the status quo,” said Michael Ratner Justice Fellow Amira Mattar in a statement.
Despite the challenges of remote learning, campus activism for Palestine charged forward this past year.
Dave Reed talks with Olivia Katbi Smith, national U.S. organizer for the BDS Movement and co-chair of the Portland chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, about being the target of internet harassment, and Michael Arria interviews Palestine Legal’s Meera Shah about their new website that tracks anti-BDS legislation around the U.S.