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Illustrative: Children play at a public school in San Francisco, California, August 30, 2022. (AP/Eric Risberg)
July 30, 2026, 6:49 pm
US court dismisses free speech challenge to California’s school antisemitism law
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee claimed legislation was unconstitutionally vague and discriminatory, but federal judge says there is no evidence of free speech infringements
By Shira Li Bartov
The Harvard campus Hillel House welcomes students into its 'safe space,' in Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 12, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
July 24, 2026, 8:51 am
Hillel files, then pulls, legal brief backing Harvard in antisemitism fight with Trump
In amicus brief, which Jewish group says was filed ‘without having gone through our internal review process,’ lawyer argues funding freezes hurt, don’t help, Jewish students
By Andrew Lapin
Mohsen Mahdawi speaks outside the courthouse after a US judge released the Palestinian student activist on April 30, 2025 in Burlington, Vermont. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)
July 21, 2026, 9:03 pm
US court overturns order releasing pro-Palestinian Columbia activist Mohsen Mahdawi
Judges reject lower court’s authority to free Mahdawi, opening the door to the re-arrest and deportation of the West Bank-born activist
By AP and ToI Staff
Dinaw Mengestu speaks at a PEN America event in May 2026. (YouTube screenshot)
July 14, 2026, 1:10 pm
PEN America president’s resignation marks latest anti-Zionist uproar in literature
Dinaw Mengestu quits free-expression group over article that highlighted post-October 7 prejudice against Jewish and Israeli writers and expressed opposition to cultural boycotts
By Luke Tress
People stand listening to the court proceedings outside the Royal Courts Of Justice in central London on June 15, 2026, amid a legal standoff between the UK government and the Palestine Action group. (CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
June 15, 2026, 4:05 pm
UK court upholds ban on Palestine Action group, days after four activists jailed
Judge rules anti-Israel organization ‘is not, as it claims, a direct action civil disobedience protest group,’ but rather a ‘covert organization operating with secret cells’
By AFP
Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja holds a sign reading "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action" on April 11, 2026, in solidarity with the anti-Israel group, which was proscribed as a terror organization after breaking into defense plants and a Royal Air Force base, causing millions of pounds of damage and assaulting a police officer. (Screenshot via La Jornada on YouTube)
April 13, 2026, 5:53 pm
Massive Attack frontman arrested in London for backing banned anti-Israel group
Robert Del Naja decries ‘farcical authoritarian overreach’ at protest for Palestine Action, proscribed by UK as a terror organization after raids on military bases, defense plants
By ToI Staff
Students gather around tents at an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protest camp at Kings College at Cambridge University in Cambridge, eastern England on May 7, 2024 (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
March 16, 2026, 2:59 pm
1 in 5 UK university students ‘reluctant’ to share house with Jewish student — poll
In poll covering 170 institutions, about half of students report seeing glorification of proscribed terror groups; large majority (82%) say ‘globalize the intifada’ is antisemitic
By ToI Staff
Faculty join pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel students at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, on April 24, 2024. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP)
November 3, 2025, 10:04 am
Arab-American group challenges new California law aimed at fighting antisemitism
Anti-Discrimination Committee files federal complaint charging that new law hampers free speech, claiming teachers are too scared to teach properly
By Janie Har
Members of the band Kneecap arrive at Woolwich Crown Court in London on September 26, 2025. (AP/Joanna Chan)
September 26, 2025, 2:49 pm
UK court drops terrorism charge against Kneecap rapper on technicality
Liam O’Hanna, who was charged after wearing Hezbollah flag and shouting ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah!,’ says after ruling it was ‘always about Gaza,’ brands UK ‘guilty of terrorism’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Far-right US Congress candidate Valentina Gomez, a Republican from Texas, burns a Quran in an advertisement posted on August 26, 2025. (Screen capture via X)
August 27, 2025, 11:39 am
‘Stop Islam’: Far-right US House candidate in Texas burns Quran in campaign ad
Colombian-American influencer Valentina Gomez, who came in 6th last time she ran for office, uses flamethrower against Islamic holy book, winning praise from Trump confidante
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: US President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order requiring the Justice Department to investigate instances of flag burning, in the Oval Office of the White House, August 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
August 26, 2025, 3:29 am
Trump orders crackdown on US flag burning, raising free speech concerns
US president directs AG to prosecute those who burn or in any way desecrate American flag and pursue litigation to clarify scope of the First Amendment regarding the issue
By Brendan O'Brien and Kanishka Singh
US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable at a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Florida (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
July 2, 2025, 11:58 am
Paramount to pay $16m in settlement with Trump over ’60 Minutes’ interview with Harris
Case seen as a challenge to free speech; US president’s lawyers say editing of interview caused Trump ‘mental anguish’; money will go to future presidential library
By AP
Hadi Matar walks into Chautauqua County court in Mayville, New York, where he was sentenced for 25 years in prison for the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, May. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
May 16, 2025, 10:15 pm
Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie in 2022 sentenced to 25 years in prison
Lebanese-American Hadi Matar to face federal charges of terrorism, carrying potential life sentence, for allegedly trying to execute Iranian fatwa that accused writer of blasphemy
By CAROLYN THOMPSON
Eric Fingerhut speaks during The Jerusalem Post New York conference on June 3, 2024, in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images via JTA)
April 22, 2025, 9:33 am
Jewish Federations CEO privately opposed letter against arrests of campus activists
Eric Fingerhut, in email to local federations, said anti-Trump letter didn’t represent American Jews’ diverse views and detained students were not deprived of due process rights
By JTA and ToI Staff
Students, faculty and members of the Harvard University community rally, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo)
April 19, 2025, 4:35 pm
Trump officials claim letter that sparked Harvard clash was sent erroneously – NYT
Senior White House official blames university for ‘not picking up the phone’ to call administration; Harvard: ‘Recipients of such correspondence… don’t question its authenticity’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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