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Victory! Lawsuit Against SFSU and Abdulhadi Dismissed
October 30, 2018
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Federal Judge Permanently Throws Out Lawfare Project’s Case Against Professor Rabab Abdulhadi and San Francisco State University
San Francisco – Yesterday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against Professor Rabab Abdulhadi and San Francisco State University (SFSU) that had sought to compel the university to restrict the speech of students and faculty who support Palestinian freedom.
The case, Mandel v. Board of Trustees, was first filed in June 2017 by the Lawfare Project, a right-wing anti-Palestinian organization with an explicit plan to “inflict massive punishments” against critics of Israel. Having dismissed an earlier version of the lawsuit in March 2018, Judge William Orrick III this time dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the lawsuit cannot be filed again.
The lawsuit is part of a years-long campaign of harassment against campus activists and Abdulhadi, an outspoken scholar and advocate for justice in and for Palestine.
“The unfounded and malicious nature of this bogus suit against Dr. Abdulhadi is now clear for all to see. This has disrupted nearly two years of her life and her work for justice in Palestine, which is the purpose of ‘lawfare,’” explained Abdulhadi’s attorney, Mark Kleiman.
October 30, 2018
Federal Judge Permanently Throws Out Lawfare Project’s Case Against Professor Rabab Abdulhadi and San Francisco State University
San Francisco – Yesterday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against Professor Rabab Abdulhadi and San Francisco State University (SFSU) that had sought to compel the university to restrict the speech of students and faculty who support Palestinian freedom.
The case, Mandel v. Board of Trustees, was first filed in June 2017 by the Lawfare Project, a right-wing anti-Palestinian organization with an explicit plan to “inflict massive punishments” against critics of Israel. Having dismissed an earlier version of the lawsuit in March 2018, Judge William Orrick III this time dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the lawsuit cannot be filed again.
The lawsuit is part of a years-long campaign of harassment against campus activists and Abdulhadi, an outspoken scholar and advocate for justice in and for Palestine.
“The unfounded and malicious nature of this bogus suit against Dr. Abdulhadi is now clear for all to see. This has disrupted nearly two years of her life and her work for justice in Palestine, which is the purpose of ‘lawfare,’” explained Abdulhadi’s attorney, Mark Kleiman.
