FMEP President Lara Friedman has for years been researching and documenting ongoing Israel-Palestine-related “lawfare” efforts — i.e., efforts to exploit U.S. laws (state and federal) and courts to quash criticism and activism challenging Israeli policies, to delegitimize Palestinian organizations and the Palestinian cause, and to undermine and even criminalize support for and solidarity with the Palestinian people. The results of her research — in the form of regularly updated databases, reports, analyses, and op-eds — is collected below.
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FMEP Non-Resident Fellow Peter Beinart and Dima Khalidi unpack some of the context behind the Trump Administration’s recent Executive Order claiming to combat anti-semitism on…
Op-ed by FMEP’s Lara Friedman, originally published at Responsible Statecraft, Dec. 12, 2019 What does an antisemitism spewing, Nazi dog-whistling President give his favorite Jewish…
People are about to start arguing about what the new Israel Anti-Boycott Act – HR 5595 — introduced 1/13/20 by Zeldin (R-NY) and friends —…
Op-ed by Lara Friedman, originally published by Jewish Currents on February 20, 2020. _ A NEW WEAPON has been unveiled in the battle to quash activism…
Analysis by FMEP’s Lara Friedman, published at Jewish Currents on August 19, 2020 Israel-Advocacy Groups Urge Facebook to Label Criticism of Israel as Hate Speech…
Analysis by FMEP’s Lara Friedman, published at the American Prospect on November 12, 2020 Weaponizing Anti-Semitism, State Department Delegitimizes Human Rights Groups Authoritarian regimes and…
This is Palestine is a podcast by IMEU _ From Pompeo’s attack on BDS to the battle for free speech on college campuses, anti-Semitism is…
The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) and Palestine Legal invite you to attend The IHRA Definition & the Fight Against Antisemitism Part 6: Implications…
In 2014, opponents of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel began promoting legislation in various U.S. states denouncing the BDS movement. In 2015, these…
In this episode of “Occupied Thoughts,” Peter Beinart interviews FMEP President Lara Friedman about the potential blowback Ben & Jerry’s faces for their decision to…