Civil Society & Human Rights Groups Condemn Microsoft’s Discriminatory Censorship on Palestine

7amleh and MPower Change call on Microsoft to stop censoring their workers’ speech. It has recently come to light that Microsoft implemented a change to its internal email system blocking messages with the word “Palestine”, “Gaza”, or “Genocide” in the subject line. Initial reporting suggests that no such blocker is in place for “Israel”, showing concerning signs of a discriminatory, anti-Palestinian bias.

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65+ Progressive, Faith, Human Rights Groups Urge Senate to Reject Mike Huckabee's Nomination for Ambassador to Israel

We write to express strong opposition to the nomination of Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel. Mr. Huckabee is unfit to serve in this critical diplomatic role given his record of anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian, and anti-semitic beliefs and rhetoric, his support for illegal settlements and annexation, as well as his extreme views supporting the Israeli government’s genocide of Palestinians.

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Statement in solidarity with student protests for Gaza

We, the 253 undersigned organizations, stand in solidarity with the students nationwide and globally who are bravely protesting in encampments and otherwise to condemn Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza–actions which human rights organizations, a federal U.S. court, and the International Court of Justice have said “plausibly” constitute genocide.

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