Share this page!

Palestine Legal Profile picture
Twitter logo
Feb 17 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Congrats to Virginia advocates for defeating this unconstitutional anti-boycott bill!
Although these bills continue to pop up, not a single one of these laws has been upheld on the merits when challenged. palestinelegal.org/news/2022/2/8/…
See what @AbbyMartin, one of the plaintiffs challenging the Georgia anti-boycott law has to say about its impact:
And, the same rightwing lawmakers are using these bills as a template for attacking boycotts for justice more broadly, punishing those who speak out in support of climate justice and against gun violence.
exposedbycmd.org/2022/02/08/ale…

theguardian.com/environment/20…
The state-level advocates fighting back against these bills—and succeeding—are proof of the power of mobilizing and speaking out.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Palestine Legal

Palestine Legal Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @pal_legal

Palestine Legal Profile picture
Feb 4
Palestine Legal staff attorney Zoha Khalili was introduced on stage at @jeopardy earlier this week as a "movement lawyer." Wondering what that means? In the words of @Law4BlackLives, it means "building the power of the people, not the power of the law."
It's the philosophy we adhere to here at Palestine Legal. Here are some of our favorite intros to movement lawyering.
From @Law4BlackLives: law4blacklives.org/respond/
From @MovementLawLab:
Eviction Defense Law and Organizing; On Lawyering in Times of Crisis: A Call to Action; and Advice from the Ground.
movementlawlab.org/past-webinars
Read 4 tweets
Palestine Legal Profile picture
Dec 13, 2021
As the ADL and other Israel lobby organizations reignite smear attacks on our partner Zahra Billoo, we are reposting our statement from September 2019 to call for safety in solidarity.
palestinelegal.org/news/2021/zahr…
"Zahra is on the national stage, but I know her as a community partner, laboring in the daily grind of caring for each other. Zahra zigzags across the Bay Area every day, through traffic congestion, from one community center to another.
She is an essential know your rights educator for people facing persecution simply because they are Arab or Muslim and viewed as dangerous. She is on the mic at huge protests about immigrant rights,
Read 6 tweets
Palestine Legal Profile picture
Dec 10, 2021
"We have to reject Israel's attempts to make pariahs out of organizations and individuals. ... The best defense is to increase our numbers, to increase our voices, to make it clear that we're not going to let people be dragged under the bus in silence and alone." - Dima Khalidi
"We see our job really as making sure that efforts to make people and groups radioactive don't work, that people aren't isolated, that they have the confidence and the courage to keep going and doing the work ... to reject the goal of intimidation and silencing."
"Part of this is the critical work of connecting our issues. We're not alone here. The repression is not unique. We know that governments throughout history have repressed dissent. We have to learn from those movements historically and ally with those movements here."
Read 6 tweets
Palestine Legal Profile picture
Nov 16, 2021
BREAKING: We initiated a discrimination complaint against George Washington U. (@GWtweets) for canceling university trauma services for Palestinians this past spring after a pro-Israel group falsely alleged that doing so was anti-Jewish. palestinelegal.org/news/2021/11/1…
The story just broke at @JewishCurrents, which details how GW's Office of Advocacy & Support provided services to Asian, Black, and Jewish students (among other groups), but canceled advertised services for Palestinian students after pressure from admin.
jewishcurrents.org/george-washing…
“Palestinians at GW deserve to access the same services as any other student here," said GW employee Nada Elbasha. "To have high-level administrators cancel our support programming was a shocking declaration that GW does not care about its Palestinian students.”
Read 10 tweets
Palestine Legal Profile picture
Oct 22, 2021
1/ Israel’s expansion of the so-called “terrorist” designation is racist propaganda based on unfounded accusations. It's another escalation of Israeli efforts to isolate Palestinians organizations doing critical work to expose Israel’s constant violations of Palestinian rights.
2/ Israel and its allies’ primary strategy is to criminalize and undermine any resistance to its continued violent colonial expansion by targeting outspoken individuals around the world through smear and harassment campaigns, and through lawfare.
3/ Baseless terrorism accusations are a scare tactic that cause enormous harm to Palestinians, and rely on guilt by association in the most attenuated forms.
mondoweiss.net/2021/10/israel…
Read 5 tweets
Palestine Legal Profile picture
Aug 24, 2021
As students head back to school (in person?!), we wanted share the top reasons why students might want to reach out to Palestine Legal this year. palestinelegal.org/intake
1. CENSORSHIP.
You and your activism for Palestinian rights are being silenced, and you want to challenge it, or confidentially share your story with us.
2. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
You want to know your rights around safely and confidently protesting Israel propaganda events, putting up a mock apartheid wall, organizing a divestment campaign, or holding an event on campus.
Read 11 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @pal_legal has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @pal_legal!

Read all threads by @pal_legal

:(