Students for Justice in Palestine

Following death threats, rights groups issue call to support US students' right to speak about Palestine

As hostility, intimidation and even death threats mount against students for organizing non-violent actions to educate about Palestine, a number of rights groups have issued a call for their rights to be protected.

BDS roundup: Major divestment victory at UMass Boston

UMass Boston’s undergraduate student government unanimously passes a divestment resolution against Boeing; the US’ largest Latin@ youth association continues to endorse BDS across the country; Moroccan activists say no to orientalist Israeli belly dancers; and more!

How California uni chief conflates real bigotry with criticism of Israel

Dalia Almarina
Berkeley
18 April 2012

University of California President Mark Yudof has double standards when it comes to on-campus criticism of Israeli policies.

With campus propagandists like these, the satire writes itself

Jimmy Johnson
14 April 2012

Jimmy Johnson’s ironic report on a Zionist propaganda event at Wayne State University, which was protested by student activists.

Video: Dabke flashmob at Arizona State University asserts (dancing) Palestinian presence

Students for Justice in Palestine livened up an ordinary day at Arizona State University (ASU) by staging a dabke (Palestinian line dance) flashmob in the middle of campus.

Why is Palestine solidarity being criminalized on California campuses?

Kristin Szremski
Chicago
3 April 2012

Cooperation between academic authorities at the University of California at Davis and influential Zionist organizations could have an adverse impact on Palestine solidarity work there and on college campuses across the country.

California professor under attack for opposing "study in Israel" scheme

Nora Barrows-Friedman
Berkeley
25 January 2012

The well-funded Israel lobby continues to wage attacks against university faculty, staff and students who engage in Palestine solidarity activism. One professor talks about why he refuses to be silent despite the threats against him, and why he thinks the tide is turning.

Video of MLK Day protest outside Combined Systems, Inc., in Pennsylvania

Reports from yesterday’s protest outside the headquarters of US weapons maker Combined Systems, Inc., which produces tear gas canisters that have killed and injured Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

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.

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