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5 April 2017
Lawyers hail “significant victory” against lawfare effort to reverse American Studies Association’s Israel boycott. Read more about US judge throws out key claim against academic boycott of Israel
24 April 2016
Israel advocates turn to corporate law in latest effort to stifle free speech by academics. Read more about "Frivolous" lawsuit aims to reverse ASA's Israel boycott
22 March 2016
Pro-Israel groups have pushed for policy that conflates anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. Read more about Univ. of California regents set to vote on policy to curb Israel criticism
10 November 2013
A post on The Electronic Intifada prompts the Simon Wiesenthal Center and others to defend the discredited and abandoned EUMC draft working definition of anti-Semitism. Read more about Pro-Israel groups keen to revive discredited anti-Semitism definition
28 August 2013
The US Department of Education has thrown out three separate legal claims filed by Zionist students against the University of California. Read more about Victory for campus free speech as US Dept. of Education throws out “anti-Semitism” complaints
7 January 2013
Nora Barrows-Friedman squares off against a pro-Israel lawyer behind efforts to silence Palestine solidarity activists and conflate criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism on US campuses. Read more about EI's Nora Barrows-Friedman debates pro-Israel activist, former US government official on Al Jazeera
12 December 2012
A letter sent Monday to the Department of Education from the ACLU states that Israel-aligned groups’ complaints of discrimination because of Palestine activism “raises constitutional red flags that are significant and alarming.” Read more about ACLU condemns “lawfare” targeting campus Palestine solidarity activism
Berkeley 8 August 2012
The real intention of various lawsuits alleging anti-Semitism in universities is to chill Palestine solidarity activism and censor open discussions about Israeli policy in classrooms. Read more about Bogus allegations of "anti-Semitism" create real climate of fear for Arab, Muslim students in US
14 January 2012
The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has dismissed a complaint against Barnard College – which is a partner of Columbia University – that a student was “steered” away from taking a class by Professor Joseph Massad because the student is Jewish. Read more about US Department of Education throws out Zionist group's "civil rights" complaint against Barnard College
2 November 2011
The Olympia Food Co-op (OFC) is fighting back against an Israel-backed lawsuit aimed at forcing it to end its boycott of Israeli goods. Lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, acting on behalf of the OFC, today filed a motion to dismiss the suit on the grounds that it violates a Washington state law to prevent use of the courts to silence free speech and public participation. Read more about Olympia Food Co-op fights back against Israel-backed anti-boycott lawsuit