Palestine Legal Explained

Logo Alt:Logo of Palestine Legal
Founder:Dima Khalidi
Type:Advocacy group
Headquarters:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Palestine Legal is an advocacy group focused on defending people who support Palestinian rights.[1] [2] The group is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.[3] Its founder and director is Dima Khalidi, a Palestinian born in Beirut and raised in the US.[4] [5]

Activity

In 2015, Palestine Legal published a report with the Center for Constitutional Rights about what the two organizations described as "the Palestine exception to free speech."[6] During the first four months of 2015, the organization reported responding to 102 requests from university students and faculty for legal aid, most of them involving accusations of support for terrorism and antisemitism.[7]

In 2019, Palestine Legal lawyers reported responding to more than 180 attempts to suppress the speech of students and academics supporting Palestinian rights.[8]

In May 2021, Truthout reported that Palestine Legal had been tracking bills that would harm advocacy for Palestinian rights since 2014.[9]

In response to the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, Dylan Saba, an attorney with Palestine Legal, said "Glory to the resistance and the people of Palestine". Saba was described by The Forward as part of a small segment of the Jewish left that supported the Hamas attack.[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Pilkington. Ed. May 21, 2021. US campuses become a growing front in Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Guardian. June 10, 2021.
  2. News: Strickland. Patrick. May 14, 2021. As Violence Spikes in Middle East, Ted Cruz Targets Israel Boycotters. Dallas Observer. June 10, 2021.
  3. Web site: Paul. Ari. 2021-05-20. Conservative Jewish Journalists Use False Claims of Censorship to Try to Silence Critics. 2021-06-10. Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting. en-US.
  4. Web site: Dima Khalidi. June 10, 2021. Truthout. May 17, 2021 .
  5. Web site: Biddle. Sam. May 14, 2021. Facebook's Secret Rules About the Word "Zionist" Impede Criticism of Israel. 2021-06-10. The Intercept. en.
  6. Web site: Sainath. Radhika. May 23, 2021. When It Comes to Palestine, Free Speech Rights Are Under Attack. 2021-06-10. Jacobin. en-US.
  7. Eaton. Emily Marie. December 2015. Let's all meet in Palestine. Dialectical Anthropology. en. 39. 4. 424. 10.1007/s10624-015-9400-7. 143230857. 0304-4092.
  8. Web site: Kane. Alex. 2021-02-25. This university claims to be pro-justice. So why is it banning Palestine activism?. 2021-06-10. +972 Magazine. en-US.
  9. Web site: Cohn. Marjorie. May 24, 2021. Outrage Over Israel's Human Rights Violations Is Fueling the Global BDS Movement. 2021-06-11. Truthout. en-US.
  10. News: Rosenfeld . Arno . Meet the Jews defending Hamas . 9 December 2023 . . 2023-10-09.

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