|
Palestine Legal
@
pal_legal
|
|
Providing legal support and advocacy for Palestinian rights activists in the U.S. Contact us for legal advice, representation, and resources.
|
|
|
٧٬٣٩٥
التغريدات
|
٦٤٢
متابعة
|
٨٬٩٨٥
متابع
|
| التغريدات |
| ٢٢ س |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
A federal judge blocked enforcement of Texas' anti-BDS law in a stunning decision last April, and has now ruled Texas can’t thwart a First Amendment challenge to the law by simply amending it. Kudos to @CAIRNational and @ACLUTx for bringing this lawsuit!
palestinelegal.org/news/2019/7/25…
|
||
|
||
| ٢٢ س |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
GREAT NEWS: On the same day that the House passed a resolution condemning the BDS campaign for Palestinian rights, a federal district court threw a wrench in efforts by the state of Texas to evade judicial review of a law that punishes boycott advocates.
palestinelegal.org/news/2019/7/25…
|
||
|
|
||
| ٢٥ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
Like Ilhan Omar, advocates for Palestinian rights are castigated for demanding that Israel respect human rights and international law and insisting that the First Amendment protects our right to boycott towards these ends.
nymag.com/intelligencer/…
|
||
|
|
||
| ٢٤ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
It is troubling that the Democrat-led House would align itself with a rightwing condemnation of a grassroots human rights movement. Fortunately, this is a nonbinding resolution that has no legal impact on our right to boycott for justice.
Full statement: palestinelegal.org/news/2019/7/24…
|
||
|
|
||
| ٢٤ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
|
||
| ٢٤ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
Disappointed by the vote on the deeply misleading #HRes246, but two important things to keep in mind: A House resolution cannot take away your 1st Am. right to boycott. Let's focus instead on the beautiful, brave statements today from @RashidaTlaib and @BettyMcCollum04.
|
||
|
|
||
| ٢٣ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
Rep. Betty McCollum voices strong opposition to #HRes246, not only by defending the #RightToBoycott, but also by naming the human rights abuses that led Palestinians to call for a boycott. Read the full letter below: twitter.com/WhatIsPalestin…
|
||
|
|
||
| ٢٣ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
"Our right to free speech is being threatened with this resolution. It sets a dangerous precedent because it attempts to delegitimize a certain peoples' political speech. And to send the message that our government can and will take action against speech it doesn't like."
💯💯💯 twitter.com/RepRashida/sta…
|
||
|
|
||
| ٢٣ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
Full statement from Black for Palestine on the #RightToBoycott: "There is nothing progressive about targeting a human rights movement for condemnation or governmental retaliation for exercising our constitutionally protected right to boycott." pic.twitter.com/mdpaxTHexJ
|
||
|
|
||
| ٢٣ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
Powerful statement and action alert from Black for Palestine against today's anti-boycott resolution (H.Res. 246) and in support of the #RightToBoycott (H.Res. 496). Contact your reps NOW to defend our right to advocate for Palestinian freedom.
blackforpalestine.com/blog/congress-…
|
||
|
|
||
| ٢٣ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
The House is voting today on its anti-boycott resolution. Contact your representative now and tell them to VOTE NO on H.Res. 246.
Thank you @AAIUSA for this really easy contact tool: twitter.com/AAIUSA/status/…
|
||
|
|
||
| ٢٢ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
"The bill is part of a much larger campaign to prevent Palestinians and their allies from even talking about their freedom and self-determination, or from criticizing the colonization of their land..."
New oped from Dima Khalidi on a proposed bill in NJ.
nj.com/opinion/2019/0…
|
||
|
|
||
| ٢٢ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
The sad irony of this is that Congress is voting on a resolution tomorrow that claims "the BDS Movement promotes principles of collective guilt, mass punishment, and group isolation," while Israel is literally demolishing homes next to its illegal wall. #CognitiveDissonance twitter.com/huwaidaarraf/s…
|
||
|
|
||
| ٢٢ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
In case you don't know, the case against UMass Amherst's Palestine panel is still in play (sort of). A Boston judge ruled last month that pro-Israel students cannot remain anonymous if they want to sue the school. They have until this Thursday to decide.
palestinelegal.org/news/2019/7/22…
|
||
|
|
||
| ٢٢ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
Check out this free webinar happening Wednesday on lawsuits designed to harass and scare activists out of their work. We're happy to be a part of this network to Protect the Protest. twitter.com/SLAPPtaskforce…
|
||
|
|
||
| ٢٢ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
"The right to boycott is one that extends throughout the country and extends to all people who are interested in engaging in boycotts for civil and human rights."
-Staff attorney Zoha Khalili discussing the new #RightToBoycott resolution on KPFA on 7/19: kpfa.org/program/voices…
|
||
|
|
||
| ١٩ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
(3/3) This conflation of criticism of Israel with antisemitism is worn out and dangerous. It smears advocates for Palestinian human rights and makes them targets for racist backlash and censorship, and it fails to protect Jewish people from lethal white supremacist violence. pic.twitter.com/ZnXnjv9iTN
|
||
|
|
||
| ١٩ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
(2/3) Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos insisted that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and denounced the boycott movement for Palestinian rights, while the president of an anti-Palestinian org claimed that Jewish anti-Zionists and college activists seek "elimination." pic.twitter.com/q0PWznlnny
|
||
|
|
||
| ١٩ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
Even Yahoo News can't ignore that the Trump administration's summit on antisemitism this week focused more on pro-Israel platitudes and anti-Palestinian tirades than on combatting white nationalist violence against Jewish Americans. (1/3)
news.yahoo.com/anti-semitism-…
|
||
|
|
||
| ١٨ يوليو |
@pal_legal
Palestine Legal
|
|
|
On Tuesday, progressive and civil rights minded legislators introduced a resolution affirming the #RightToBoycott. But by Wednesday an anti-boycott resolution advanced to the full House. Now is the time to take action and contact your reps. See how here: palestinelegal.org/news/2019/7/18…
|
||
|
|
||