Fordham University’s Ban On Palestinian Rights Group Sets Dangerous Precedent

‘As far as we’re aware, this is the first time a college has summarily banned a group supporting Palestinian rights before students even held their first meeting,’ an attorney representing those hoping to establish a Students for Justice in Palestine group at Fordham told MintPress News.

Joe Catron
By Joe Catron
Students and supporters protest Fordham University’s ban on Students for Justice in Palestine, a student group which advocates the rights of Palestinians. (Photo: Joe Catron/MintPress)

NEW YORK --- Nearly a hundred students and community members rallied on Fordham University’s Manhattan campus before marching to nearby Columbus Circle on Monday. The protest marked the latest chapter in an ongoing effort by students at the Jesuit institution to found a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine on their campus. SJP

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Jewish Students, Scholars Object To Antisemitism Awareness Act

“American Jews do not need protection from passionate young activists organizing for justice. Rather, we need to join with justice-seeking people everywhere to fight white supremacy, racism and the genuine antisemitism that are reemerging in the very highest levels of government.”

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By IMEMC News
An ultra Orthodox Jew holds a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's air strikes on Gaza in London, July 11.

Jewish scholars and students have released statements urging the US House of Representatives and President Obama to reject the controversial “Antisemitism Awareness Act”. In a recent initiative by US based organization Jewish Voice for Peace, Jewish scholars and students signed statements urging both the House of Representatives, as well as

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Black Lives Matter Coalition Demands US Divestment From Israel

Jewish Voice For Peace, an NGO that supports Palestinian liberation, announced that it ‘endorses the Movement for Black Lives platform in its entirety, without reservation’ amid pushback from Zionist organizations against a Black Lives Matter coalition.

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By Kit O'Connell
In Hebron, a fence imposed by the Israeli military separates two Palestinian children from a member of a young group of American activists called the Dream Defenders during a trip to Palestine.

HOUSTON --- Controversy is swelling over a policy platform published by a coalition of Black Lives Matter activists that includes calls for the United States to economically divest from Israel. “The US justifies and advances the global war on terror via its alliance with Israel and is complicit in the genocide taking place against the

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Jewish Activists Protest Israeli Rebranding Conflict Conference At SXSW

As conference attendees entered a hotel in downtown Austin, Texas, JVP activists rapped, drummed, and danced to illustrate the harm caused by Israeli occupation.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell

  AUSTIN, Texas --- At least two dozen activists drummed, rapped, and danced as SXSW attendees streamed into the JW Marriott in downtown Austin, Texas, on Monday morning for a panel titled “Building The Perfect Country.” Panelists included Ido Aharoni, the consul general of Israel in New York and one of the key minds behind “Brand Israel,” a

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Jewish Voice For Peace Helps New Yorkers Imagine A More Balanced New York Times

Stories from the activist group’s fake edition of the Times included a Palestinian village awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and Congress debating aid to Israel.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell

NEW YORK --- Big Apple commuters may have been a bit bewildered by the headlines in their morning copies of The New York Times on Tuesday. The New York chapter of Jewish Voice For Peace, a progressive Jewish group opposed to Israel’s occupation and oppression of Palestinians, collaborated with local group Jews Say No! to create a parody edition

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(VIDEO) MintPress Founder, Mnar Muhawesh: One State Solution Is Only Solution For Peace In Israel

On February 24, 2015, Augsburg College presented a panel discussion on “Palestine-Israel: Understanding The Conflict At Hand” to discuss the solution for peace in Israel/Palestine through a one state solution. The panel included MintPress founder & editor in chief Mnar Muhawesh along with Jewish Voice for Peace members & anti-war activist Sabry Wazwaz.

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By Mnar Adley
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MINNEAPOLIS -- "Palestine-Israel: Understanding The Conflict At Hand" presented MintPress founder & editor in chief Mnar Muhawesh  as a panelist, along with two members of Jewish Voices for Peace , Cindy Cohen and Asa Diebolt,  joined by Palestinian-American and Anti-War Committee member Sabry Wazwaz to discuss solutions to peace in the Holy

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