Requests for US legal aid linked to Palestine activism far surpass pre-2023 levels
المصدر: The Guardian World | Source: The Guardian WorldCivil rights group logs 300% yearly rise from before war and says ‘authoritarian repression … went into overdrive’
A civil rights group dedicated to the defense of pro-Palestinian speech said that requests for legal assistance linked to Palestine-related activism in the US continues to far surpass pre-2023 levels, having logged 300% more requests for support last year than in any year prior to Israel’s war in Gaza.
Palestine Legal logged some 1,131 requests in 2025. That was less than the record 2,184 requests it received in 2024, amid the peak of student protests and encampments, but well above its yearly average prior to the October 7 2023 Hamas attacks and Israel’s response in Gaza.
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