From courts to campuses, US Palestine advocates are reclaiming their free speech
Despite 'all-out assault' on Palestine advocacy, legal victories and grassroots organizing are creating new opportunities for activism under Biden, says Palestine Legal attorney Meera Shah.
Protesting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, New York, February 3, 2019. (Gili Getz)
In a letter to the head of the American Zionist Movement last month, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared that the Biden administration was dedicated to “fighting efforts to delegitimize Israel” and would “counter attempts to isolate Israel in the international community.” More worryingly, Blinken wrote that the administration “enthusiastically embraces” the definition of antisemitism proposed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) — a controversial definition that explicitly labels various criticisms of Israel as forms of anti-Jewish bigotry.