Efforts to shut down pro-Palestinian speech face series of setbacks in court: Rulings in cases alleging antisemitism on US campuses say common pro-Palestinian speech is constitutionally protected (The Guardian, 2026-03-19)

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Efforts to shut down pro-Palestinian speech face series of setbacks in court: Rulings in cases alleging antisemitism on US campuses say common pro-Palestinian speech is constitutionally protected (The Guardian, 2026-03-19)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/19/pro-palestinian-speech-antisemitism-lawsuits
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>> Pro-Israel groups have filed hundreds of lawsuits or legal actions in an effort to silence some of this speech [criticising Israel and Zionism], with the vast majority filed since 2023 ... The most important rulings to have come out of these cases, experts say, have found that speech and slogans at the heart of the controversies are protected by the first amendment.

>> A number of the rulings also state that the speech at issue is not antisemitic and does not violate the civil rights of Jewish students. Together, those decisions are delivering a blow to pro-Israel groups’ legal campaign to shut down protests and criticism of Israel through the courts…

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