Courts Risk Creating an ‘Anti-Zionist Exception’ to Civil Rights

Today’s lead: legal scholars warn that courts risk creating an “anti-Zionist exception” that denies Jewish plaintiffs and their allies ordinary civil-rights protection.

Also tracking: the University of Washington delayed conduct-code reforms after a destructive anti-Israel occupation, while a California defendant was ordered to stand trial over alleged threats to open fire at a Jewish community center.

In the wire: an Abraham Accords channel for counter-extremism, a renewed Adidas boycott campaign, and allied pressure on Iran’s nuclear program.