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QC says: IHRA definition badly drafted; scope for confusion/inconsistency; may “chill” debate on Israel/Palestine https://t.co/oDq9CXOWru

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Pressure is mounting on the international community over Israel's #genocide in #Gaza. With the latest report from @amnesty International, the mainstream U.S. media faced an excruciating dilemma. How could it downplay the damning report this time? https://t.co/8qppVB20O4

[JewishVoiceForLiberation @JVoiceLiberatio]

. @sheffielduni has cancelled a planned – and previously approved – ‘teach-in’ by the university’s lecturers and researchers on the subject of the Gaza genocide, sponsored by @ucu, on the grounds that it was ‘linked to a controversial event/topic’ and therefore posed a security risk. One element of the teach-in was to cover the university’s complicity through its investments and partnerships.
#FreeSpeech
https://t.co/DDR9l13O3c

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Leading Arts Figures Condemn Anti-Trans and Anti-Palestinian Censorship at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre
Kingsley Ben-Adir, Khalid Abdalla, Pooja Ghai and April De Angelis are among 200+ arts and theatre figures who have signed an open letter to the Theatre condemning the theatre for censoring references to Palestinian and trans liberation in a recently commissioned work. https://t.co/cK3PBrbJsf

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Why antisemitic politicians pose a quandary for Jewish leaders

Piercing attack on selective hypocritical outrage about antisemitism and its weaponisation
https://t.co/KvMPveEH5j

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Globe and Mail [Toronto]censored criticism of Israel by award-winning Indian author
Pankaj Mishra’s lecture tracked two decades of media cheerleading for western wars, but its criticisms of Israel were edited out by newspaper
Ironically, some of the newspaper’s proposed cuts related to Mishra’s descriptions of past experiences having his writing on Israel stifled.
https://t.co/gUiSDFeuUg

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Palestine meetings at @ukLabour conference banned from using the word #genocide or #apartheid in publicity https://t.co/cAsOq20sJO
#censorship @TheCanaryUK

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German police in Berlin blocked journalists working for international media from accessing a pro-Israel rally to report on the comments and attitudes of those demonstrating in support of Israel's genocide in Gaza. German media companies were allowed access. restricted the press work of foreign media. Reporters from stations or publications with a Pro-Palestinian editorial position were particularly targeted, according to eyewitnesses
https://t.co/9ZFzpckhSJ

[JewishVoiceForLiberation @JVoiceLiberatio]

Toolkit: Demand “NO IHRA”
This toolkit is for students, faculty, and staff who are working to stop right wing attacks on universities, knowledge, and communities, which use anti-Palestinian racism as their starting point.
Legislators and institutions are under immense pressure from Zionist/right-wing organizations to adopt IHRA. This resource page supports efforts to formalize opposition to IHRA wherever possible. https://t.co/y9GWhAs8YY

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‘From the river to the sea’ is not hate speech says Meta’s Oversight Board

The ruling reviewed three specific posts using “from the river to the sea” that had been flagged by users. The Board said that the posts “do not glorify or even refer to Hamas, an organization designated as dangerous by Meta.”

The Oversight Board’s statement said that the posts simply “contain contextual signals of solidarity with Palestinians” without attacking Jewish people or inciting violence. While the phrase “can be understood by some as encouraging and legitimizing antisemitism and the violent elimination of Israel and its people,” the Board wrote, “it is also often used as a political call for solidarity, equal rights and self-determination of the Palestinian people, and to end the war in Gaza.”
https://t.co/nbdyEvejLz

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A raft of bills proposed in the California legislature would stifle Palestine-related speech in public schools and on college campuses, including protests against Israel’s war on Gaza and the teaching of ethnic studies and histories of Palestine and the Middle East.
https://t.co/sqhVokyOIh

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🚨CASE UPDATE

In June 2024, the Berlin Appellate Court ruled that the freezing and cancellation of the association's @JSNahost bank account by the partly state-owned bank Berliner Sparkasse was illegal. /1

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Joint statement by Al-Haq and ELSC

Il Corriere Della Sera, one of Italy's most prominent newspapers, has paid around €15,000 damages to Shawan Jabarin, the General Director of Al-Haq, for falsely accusing him in 2021 of being a terrorist and murderer, an unfounded allegation based on Israeli propaganda and smear campaigns. https://t.co/9x4A5lc93O

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https://t.co/qlCAkS7ld6
German court convicts activist for leading ‘from the river to the sea’ chant
Judge says phrase ‘denied right of Israel to exist’ but woman’s lawyer says ruling is a defeat for free speech

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Victory for #FreeSpeach at @LSEnews

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Who are the Extremists? The Israel-Palestine conflict heightens the question of what constitutes “extremism” in Britain
https://t.co/j712VEbQ0J
LSE banned this but posted after it found Prof Hughes was a victim of discrimination on grounds of anti-Zionist philosophical beliefs

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St Andrews rector dismissed from governing body over Israel genocide accusation
Stella Maris criticises decision to remove her from two roles after she accused Israel of genocide and apartheid https://t.co/aDPSpplEWx
They'd sack the @CIJ_ICJ if they could
#FreeSpeech gone awol

[NabeelaAkh @NabeelaAkh]

The Met police London arrested this woman for her sign 6 months ago claiming she committed a crime ( a public order offence). She was dragged off in handcuffs & held in a cell for 12 hours.

Six months later they say no crime was committed. She has just collected her sign.

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We would question the judgement of @BoardofDeputies in seeking to become censors of artistic responses to events in the world. Suppression of views disliked by partisan groups hasn't historically worked well for Jews has it?

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Jerusalem Police Take Down Art Exhibit After Far-right Extremists Attack
The exhibit highlights the impact of conflict on children since Oct 7. Extremists accused organizers of being 'against IDF soldiers'; one vandalized the art, attacked an organizer https://t.co/62KgIPmtxI

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Israel Faces No Apparent Red Line, But Pro-Palestinian Media Workers Do

Western journalists have faced retaliation following expressions of support, or even concern, for the people of Gaza. https://t.co/Ce5xHSOHC9

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Delta Airlines Forces Passenger to Remove T-Shirt in Anti-Palestine Move

Louie Siegel describes how Delta Airlines threatened to kick him off a plane over his “Jews Say Ceasefire Now” T-shirt.

https://t.co/w3uh06wwpx