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James Pasch (courtesy)/People hold US and Israeli flags as they gather ahead of the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, outside a military base near Re'im, southern Israel, October 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
December 9, 2025, 11:28 pm
ADL’s James Pasch: Taking on the Axis of Evil through lawfare
VP of litigation helping 200 American-Israeli victims of Oct. 7 sue four terror-supporting nations in US courts: ‘This is the most impactful thing that ADL has ever worked on’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Jewish counter-demonstrators at a protest outside a New York City synagogue, November 19, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
November 22, 2025, 2:54 am
Can a US law protecting abortion clinics push back against protests at synagogues?
Anti-Zionist activists have been sued for 2 demonstrations at shuls under federal law, but free speech expert says New York rally this week was likely covered by 1st Amendment
By Luke Tress
Schoolchildren at the Nysmith School for the Gifted in Northern Virginia present a drawing of Adolf Hitler as an image of a 'strong historical leader' in October 2024, according to a legal complaint filed in July 2025 against the school. (Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law)
November 18, 2025, 6:59 pm
US school that expelled Jews after antisemitic bullying apologizes in settlement
Nysmith School booted 3 Jewish children after parents complained of discrimination and of students celebrating Hitler; agrees to introduce antisemitism training, Holocaust education
By Luke Tress and Zev Stub
Illustrative: Anti-Zionist protesters in New York City, August 16, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
November 15, 2025, 12:48 am
US professor sues university for probing his call for global war to ‘end Israel’
University of Kentucky lecturer Ramsi Woodcock argues eliminationist rhetoric is protected speech, in case that serves as counterpoint to Jewish groups’ legal battles
By Luke Tress
Protesters gather with a sign reading 'UAW Rank & File Workers For Palestine' after police cleared an encampment of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protestors on the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) campus on May 23, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images North America via AFP)
November 5, 2025, 2:05 am
Jewish legal group tries new line of attack to combat campus antisemitism in US
Lawsuit filed by National Jewish Advocacy Center against California’s Chapman University seeks to apply workplace discrimination law to educational contracts
By Luke Tress
Masked protesters wearing Hamas headbands protest against Baruch College's Hillel student group, in New York City, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 15, 2025, 9:22 pm
21 US state AGs back lawsuit filed by Oct. 7 victims against NYC anti-Israel activists
Attorneys general say NYC, Columbia protesters illegally provided propaganda support for Hamas; defendants decry attempt to chill free speech
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: An employee of Al Jazeera walks past the channel's logo at its headquarters in Doha, Qatar, in 2016. (AP/ Kamran Jebreili, File)
August 31, 2025, 5:36 pm
New York Jewish man files $1 million libel suit against Al Jazeera
Abraham Hamra says Qatar-based media network falsely reported that he had been paid by the Israeli government to visit aid sites in Gaza
By Luke Tress
Police stand between Israel supporters and anti-Israel crowds during a protest in New York City, October 8, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
August 14, 2025, 2:55 am
Legal group hails breakthrough as US judge equates Israeli flag with Jewish identity
Federal court says attacking Star of David is ‘racial discrimination,’ not political protest, setting legal standard for future cases involving anti-Zionist targeting of Jews
By Luke Tress
An Israeli settler youth, wearing an anti-disengagement T-shirt that reads: 'A Jew doesn't expel a Jew,' September 27, 2005. (DAVID FURST / AFP)
July 23, 2025, 2:04 pm
Daily Briefing July 23: Day 656 – MKs, activists form action plan to undo 2005 Gaza pullout
Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon and Knesset reporter Ariela Karmel on trending support for annexation in the halls of the Knesset, potential lawfare measures against Canadian IDF soldiers
By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Jeremy Sharon and Ariela Karmel
In this April 9, 2019, photo, pedestrians walk on the campus at Stanford University in Stanford, California (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
July 10, 2025, 11:55 pm
Israeli postdoc sues Stanford for discrimination; university denies it
Researcher says lab tampered with his findings, falsely accused him of sexual harassment; Stanford says investigation found claims ‘unsubstantiated’
By Luke Tress
Palestinian entrepreneur Bashar al-Masri in front of his residential project of Rawabi in the West Bank, on February 23, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90/File)
April 11, 2025, 6:04 am
Leading Palestinian American drops Harvard position after claims he aided Hamas
University’s Kennedy School of Government says lawsuit against Bashar Masri ‘raises serious allegations that should be vetted’
By Luke Tress
Palestinian entrepreneur Bashar al-Masri in front of his residential project of Rawabi in the West Bank, on February 23, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90/File)
April 7, 2025, 9:05 pm
Leading Palestinian-American businessman aided Hamas, lawsuit by Oct. 7 victims claims
Case in US court alleges Bashar Masri used development projects in Gaza to help terror group carry out invasion of Israel; he denies ‘baseless’ claims, says he opposes all violence
By Luke Tress
Jewish musician Mikey Pauker. (Courtesy)
April 2, 2025, 5:40 pm
US spiritual hot springs retreat discriminated against Jewish musician, lawsuit says
California case aims to expand Title II civil rights protections for Jews, building on case filed by professional gamer earlier this year
By Luke Tress
Protesters rally in support of Mahmoud Khalil outside his court hearing in New York City, March 12, 2025. (Luke Tress/The Times of Israel)
March 26, 2025, 4:33 pm
Columbia students’ lawyers, street protest groups part of linked anti-Israel network
Legal representatives for allegedly pro-Hamas students threatened with deportation have advised and mentored activists leading disruptive rallies around New York and on campuses
By Luke Tress
Felix Hasson. (Courtesy)
February 25, 2025, 4:03 am
High-ranking gamer banned for pro-Israel stance could forge new legal precedent for US Jews
Lawsuit against gaming competitions that shut out a Zionist Jewish competitor aims to open a new front in the court battles over antisemitism and anti-Israel activism
By Luke Tress
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