{"id":31282,"date":"2024-01-24T21:07:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T05:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=31282"},"modified":"2024-01-24T21:07:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T05:07:38","slug":"us-supreme-court-rejects-bid-to-silence-palestinian-rights-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/01\/24\/us-supreme-court-rejects-bid-to-silence-palestinian-rights-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"US Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Silence Palestinian Rights Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights’ support for the 2018-19 Great March of Return protests in Gaza\u2014shown here on April 27, 2018\u2014was the subject of a thrice-rejected lawsuit filed by the Jewish National Fund. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Mohammed Abed\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This marks the third straight time a federal court has dismissed a case targeting the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights’ support for the 2018-19 Great March of Return protests in Gaza.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BRETT WILKINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan 22, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free speech defenders welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to take up a lawsuit that outlandishly claimed a civil society group provided “material support” for terrorism by advocating for Palestinian human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Court’s punting of Jewish National Fund v. U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights<\/a>\u2014<\/em>which comes over three months into Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip\u2014marks the third consecutive time a federal court has dismissed the case, which USCPR said<\/a> casts “collective activism and expression of solidarity as unlawful.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case’s first dismissal in March 2021, a federal judge said<\/a> that the plaintiffs’ argument was “to say the least, not persuasive.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USCPR executive director Ahmad Abuznaid hailed<\/a> Monday’s move by the nation’s highest court, reiterating the group stands for “justice for all and an end to funding genocide.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There’s no lawsuit in the world that can stop us from pushing our demands for human rights,” he added. “We will remain focused on opposing Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people and pursuing justice and freedom for the Palestinian people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, a U.S. Palestinian rights organization prevailed when the Supreme Court refused to take up a lawsuit that sought to criminalize & silence the political activities of supporters of Palestinian rights. "@USCPR_<\/a> message is justice for all…" https:\/\/t.co\/qG5yJSy5jH<\/a><\/p>— The CCR (@theCCR) January 22, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>