There's a dangerous rise of quasi-legal erasure of Palestinian presence in our institutions.
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There's a dangerous rise of quasi-legal erasure of Palestinian presence in our institutions.
The latest manifestation of it comes with the forced decision of the Trustees of the Britiish Museum to rename exhibits which have been labelled Palestinian for many many years. They are now suddenly being labelled otherwise at the behest of a nasty and vicious organisation called "UK Lawyers for Israel" (UKLFI) who have a track record of harrassing and bullying British people and organisations expressing peaceful non-violent support for Palestinians.
They came to prominence in 2023, when a display of artwork by Palestinian children at Chelsea and Westminster hospital in London was removed after agitation from them. The display of decorated plates, designed by children at two United Nations schools in Gaza and accompanied by brief explanations, was on show at the entrance to the children’s outpatients department.
UKLFI's mode of operation includes sending threatening letters to organisations or individuals, in what critics have described.as a pattern of vexatious or legally baseless correspondence.
The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) and the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) have both submitted formal complaints to the Solicitors Regulation Authority against UKLFI’s director Caroline Turner, alleging breaches of the SRA’s Principles and Code of Conduct.
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posted by Satish Sharma at
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