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16 June 2015
Trinity Lutheran Seminary removed nonviolence activist Mubarak Awad as keynote speaker following objections from the Jewish Federation of Columbus. Read more about Sole Palestinian dropped from "Holy Land" conference under Israel lobby pressure
19 February 2015
The student government at the University of Toledo in Ohio shut down a divestment resolution hearing Tuesday night. Read more about Students allege "travesty of justice" as Ohio university muzzles debate on Israel divestment
24 January 2014
Israel lobby groups can be expected again to try to halt growing efforts to hold Israel accountable and promote Palestinian rights and a just peace. Read more about Divestment battle to return to Presbyterian Church
17 December 2013
Swarthmore Hillel declares that it will not adhere to umbrella group’s policy banning criticism of Israel; Hillel International responds with threats as its legitimacy is called into question. Read more about Hillel International faces crisis as Swarthmore chapter rebels against its Israel guidelines
14 May 2013
Alarmist attack by StandWithUs staffer on campus BDS activists only highlights the growing strength of divestment campaigns on US campuses Read more about Anti-Palestinian activist heaps praise on campus BDS campaigners
14 November 2011
Activists delivered a statement of solidarity from Palestinians to the Occupy Wall Street camp in New York City shortly it was was demolished by police, and an OWS activist who played a role in the deletion of an OWS tweet supporting the aid flotilla to Gaza has ties to a conservative lobbyist and Israel PR groups Read more about Palestinians express solidarity to NYC 'Occupy' camp before raid; Activist in tweet controversy linked to Israel PR groups
Oakland 13 September 2011
Pro-Israel organizations pressured an Oakland children’s museum to cancel an upcoming exhibition of drawings made by Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip. Community leaders say the shutting down of the exhibition is the result of a disturbing — and well-funded — campaign to silence Palestinian voices across the US. Read more about Gaza children's images of war censored under pressure from US Israel lobby