The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Cornell University professor and two graduate students. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of two Executive Orders used by the Trump Administration to target and deport international students advocating for Palestinian freedom, rights, and liberation under the guise of protecting national security.
Category: Censorship
BBC slammed for pulling film that ‘humanized Palestinian children’
The BBC took down a film focused on the life of children under siege in Gaza, claiming it is ‘conducting further due diligence’
Poised To Take Over TikTok, Oracle Is Accused Of Clamping Down On Pro-Palestine Dissent
Big US based tech company Oracle accused of clamping down on pro-Palestine content , while being the lead company attempting to take over TikTok in the US.
US TikTok ban linked to pro-Palestine content rather than China threat, insiders reveal
US officials and lobbyists say the push to ban the Chinese-owned application Tik Tok gained momentum during the genocide in Gaza upon finding out that a majority of users were supporting a free Palestine.
Columbia network pushing to deport and arrest student protesters
“Really, it’s an across-the-board attempt to silence and take away the First Amendment right of people simply because they don’t agree with them. It’s a very dangerous precedent.” Abed Ayoub, executive director of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Released From Detention, Owners of East Jerusalem Bookstore Still Don’t Know Why They Were Arrested
Ahmed and Mahmoud Muna were held in detention for two nights in harsh conditions, after police raided their bookshop and confiscated books they claimed ‘incited violence.’
The brothers were questioned just once for 15 minutes. ‘We challenge the Israeli narrative, but also the Palestinian narrative.’
Israel sees terrorism in books – even coloring books, arrests Palestinian bookshop owners
With a Palestinian coloring book as proof of ‘incitement,’ Israeli police raided East Jerusalem’s world-famous Educational Bookshop and arrested its owners.
Ali Abunimah arrested in Switzerland
The Electronic Intifada’s executive director Ali Abunimah was arrested by Swiss police ahead of a speaking event in Zurich on Saturday afternoon. He is currently being detained. UN experts decry his arrest
“Why Are You Not in the Hague?”
Two independent journalists, Sam Husseini & Max Blumenthal, confront Blinken on the US-Israeli genocide. Husseini is literally carried out, manhandled, and handcuffed after Blinken talks about the importance of a free press.
Meta’s staunch support for Israel shines amidst genocide in Gaza
Meta/Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $125,000 to Zaka, the Israeli organization that is the source of most of the disinformation used to dehumanize Palestinians; Sheryl Sandberg, a key figure at Facebook, created a promotional documentary for Israel; Guy Rosen, the most senior person making decisions around what content is allowed on Meta, is Israeli, served in the IDF’s Unit 8200…