August 11, 2017A bill in Congress that would prohibit U.S. persons or companies from participating in or supporting boycotts of Israel organized by international governmental organizations like the United Nations...
August 11, 2017There is something immoral in Washington D.C., and its consequences can be dire for many people, particularly for the health of US democracy. The US government is declaring war on the Palestinian...
CCR and nine other organizations sent a letter to Congress members on August 9, 2017, expressing opposition to the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, federal legislation that would amend existing law to ban...
Updated: December 14, 2018
August 15, 2017The adage goes, "Be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it." Indeed, this is the very predicament in which the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) could...
August 17, 2017The US Congress, cheered on by the powerful Israeli lobby in Washington, is waging a war on Palestinians and their supporters. In the process, they are attempting to demolish the very core of...
August 18, 2017Sen. Claire McCaskill, along with 47 other senators (including 12 Democrats), is cosponsoring Senate Bill 720, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act . The proposed legislation, described as draconian and...
Diala Shamas is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on challenging government and law enforcement abuses perpetrated under the guise of national security...
September 2, 2017The fight to grant club status to Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has not ended, as several Fordham students who are engaged in an ongoing legal battle with the university have filed their...
On July 11, 2017, Defending Rights & Dissent, CCR, the Massachusetts chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, and Palestine Legal sent a memorandum to Massachusetts legislators opposing S.1689 and...
Updated: February 21, 2018
On March 2, 2017, CCR, Palestine Legal, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Arab American Institute, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee/Defending Dissent Foundation, the Carolina...
Updated: October 16, 2017
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