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online – Israel, Palestine, and the First Amendment: Defining the Boundaries of Freedom of Speech

November 4, 2022 @ 8:15 am - 3:45 pm

Is there an emerging Israel-Palestine exception to the First Amendment? On November 4, 2022, the University of the Pacific Law Review and the Global Center for Business & Development at McGeorge School of Law will convene a full-day symposium to examine several contexts in which the boundaries of freedom of speech are being tested by the regulation of expression implicating the State of Israel and advocacy for Palestinian rights. We will discuss the constitutionality – and propriety – of federal and state legislation prohibiting boycotts of Israel, of efforts by universities to manage the sometimes clamorous debate about Israel-Palestine on their campuses, and of policies and processes adopted by digital platforms to moderate content pertaining to one of the most hotly contested places on the planet.
In order to facilitate rich and robust discussion, the symposium will bring together an uncommon array of experts, diverse in perspective, experience, and discipline.

Keynote speaker

  • Peter Beinart, Editor-at-Large, Jewish Currents, & Professor, City University of New York

Confirmed participants include:

  • Aslı Ü. Bâli, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
  • Nadia Banteka, Assistant Professor of Law, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
  • Susan Benesch, Founder & Director of Dangerous Speech Project, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
  • Omar M. Dajani, Professor of Law & Co-Director of the Global Center for Business & Development, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
  • Marwa Fatafta, MENA Policy Manager, Access Now
  • Brian Hauss, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
  • Lara Friedman, President, Foundation for Middle East Peace
  • Ethan Katz, Associate Professor of History & Co-Director of the Anti-Semitism Education Initiative, University of California, Berkeley
  • Dima Khalidi, Founder & Director, Palestine Legal
  • Zoha Khalili, Staff Attorney, Palestine Legal
  • Yehuda Kurtzer, President, Shalom Hartman Institute of North America
  • Maha Nassar, Associate Professor of Modern Middle East History, University of Arizona
  • Mira Sucharov, Professor of Political Science, Carleton University & Founding Signatory and Member of Advisory Council for the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism
  • Kenneth Stern, Director, Bard Center for the Study of Hate
  • Eugene Volokh, Gary D. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles

Details

Date:
November 4, 2022
Time:
8:15 am - 3:45 pm