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“We now ask for your intervention to end this silencing of Palestine and other narratives of resistance and justice.” Organizers of an April online event featuring Leila Khaled, which was shut down by private tech companies following Israel lobby pressure, respond.
Zoom canceled an event featuring Khaled at San Francisco State University in the fall after pressure from pro-Israel groups such as the Lawfare Project, a nonprofit that works to protect the human and civil rights of Jewish communities. Several subsequent events at other institutions were also canceled by Zoom and other platforms such as Facebook and YouTube.
At the time, Zoom said it had canceled the event because of Khaled’s “reported affiliation or membership in a U.S. designated foreign terrorist organization” and Zoom s determination that the San Francisco State meeting was a violation of the company’s terms of service.