DePaul University

Asking Israel why it tortured my friend

Joy Ellison
Chicago
25 February 2012
When I heard that Israeli Sergeant Benjamin Anthony would be speaking at DePaul University in Chicago yesterday, I had one question for him: why did its army torture my friend?

I saw Sabra hummus for sale at my high school cafeteria and decided to act

Nadine Darwish
12 January 2012
Nadine Darwish felt a strong urge to do something when she saw Sabra hummus for sale in her school’s cafeteria, knowing Sabra’s mother company gives money to the Israeli army.

Judge dismisses claims of "anti-Semitic climate" at UC Berkeley

Dalia Almarina
Berkeley
6 January 2012
A lawsuit over anti-Semitism at the University of California Berkley has been dismissed after a judge determined that students alleging a hostile climate on campus failed to support their claims.

Student tells EI about Sabra hummus boycott victory at her high school

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 23:28
Today Nadine Darwish, a sophomore at Lincoln-Way High School in the Chicago suburbs, tweeted the news that her school will no longer serve Sabra brand hummus. This afternoon she told me more about what happened, and that others concerned with human rights shouldn’t be intimidated from speaking up.

Ethical alternatives to Sabra hummus now at DePaul University

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 11/25/2011 - 18:30
After a year-long campaign by DePaul’s Students for Justice in Palestine against Sabra hummus products from the dining halls, the university has quietly introduced alternative brands from which students can choose according to their ethics.

Video: Chicago students say "mic check, fact check!" to protest StandWithUs propaganda event

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 22:22
Two Israel propaganda events at different Chicago-area universities were creatively protested last night, showing that Israel and its supporters are having a hard time going unchallenged these days.

DePaul vote on Sabra hummus a victory for human rights

Sami Kishawi
Chicago
25 May 2011
Over the course of the last few months, DePaul University has become ground zero of the growing campus boycott movement in Chicago. It began after DePaul’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) discovered that the sale of Sabra brand hummus served to profit a corporation found to have direct financial ties to two Israeli army brigades notorious for countless human rights violations.

DePaul students vote by large margin to ban Sabra hummus

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 20:40

Students at DePaul University in Chicago voted by a large margin in a referendum asking if they support ending sales of Sabra brand hummus on their campus. Due to a technicality, however, the result will not be binding. A note received by The Electronic Intifada from campus activists with Students for Justice in Palestine at the university announced today the results of voting that took place earlier this week:

Sabra boycott referendum up for student vote at DePaul University

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 05:19
After DePaul University initially agreed to remove Sabra hummus from the school’s cafe, outside pressure from the usual suspects caused the university to reverse its decision. However, Students for Justice in Palestine activists didn’t take no for an answer and they are now posing the question of whether the school should boycott Sabra through a student government referendum.
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