Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Texas have all introduced legislation conflating support for Palestine with terrorism.
Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesIn the months since October 7, students, organizers, and community members have decried the ongoing genocide in Gaza and called for a free Palestine. There has also been a corresponding increase in Islamophobia and brutal suppression of Palestinian organizing, includingLegislators, acting in lockstep with school officials’ efforts to suppress free speech, have spent the last several months introducing bills intended to target pro-Palestine protests.
State legislatures also invoked Oct. 7 as justification to introduce or amend state antiterrorism laws. The use of domestic terrorism laws to target Palestine and pro-Palestine advocacy is not new, as evidenced by a Februarythe anti-Palestine animus that underpins a great deal of U.S. antiterrorism law. This year, numerous bills were introduced that reinforce anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant trends.
Smith also claimed that American Muslims for Palestine trained Students for Justice in Palestine. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Committee on Education and the Workforce recently sent ato Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen requesting “suspicious activity reports” for a variety of groups expressing support for Palestine, including Students for Justice in Palestine, Palestine Legal, American Muslims for Palestine, and Jewish Voice for Peace.
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